Killer live performance of the best song from the best album of 2025. @wxyr www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cnpc...

My English-Scots-Irish ancestors didn't die for multiculturalism; they killed for it. Killed Confederates who said shit exactly like this.

May is coming up...Philly sold out...other stuff moving. All available tix online at the respective venues. The rest of SKWM and I hope to see ya out there

Not a ton of copies of the great Tre Orsi LP "Devices + Emblems" were made. 200x maybe? This is your lone chance to own Steve Albini's copy. www.stevealbiniscloset.com/stuff/p/tre-...

america could be such a cool fucking place if we’d just let it be

ARE WE GETTING ENERGY POLICY COMMENTARY IN THE SUPER BOWL HALFTIME SHOW????

kind of funny that an olympian said they are here to represent "compassion, respect, and love for others" and some people automatically knew that was a statement against them

aw, rather bummed to see jay hinman wrapping up his fantastic fanzine hemmorhage blog, where he annotated '70s/'80s zines. really fun immersive way to recenter indie/punk/underground sounds in their hyper-specific original contexts. fanzinehemorrhage.com/2026/01/28/t...

Sorry, y’all, it’s DEI Settlement now

I just got tear gassed along with thousands of union members, many of whom had their families with them. Federal agents at the ICE facility tear gassed children. We must abolish ICE, DHS, and we must have prosecutions. I expect to see enforcement of our city code prohibiting the use of tear gas.

straight up Gestapo shit

Let me reiterate: THEY DO NOT HAVE ENOUGH GUYS TO PERSECUTE LARGE NUMBERS OF DISSENTERS. What they are doing, instead, is using fear and paranoia as a force multiplier: they don’t have to persecute us if we keep ourselves home because someone told us we can’t walk in public without being terrified.

Omg! Local San Antonio news is at a protest in Dilley, Texas at the Family Prison where Liam Ramos is being held. Y'all I'm crying so hard. These young people are so brave. I'm guessing most are from San Antonio. Absolutely clear video proof that the cops were the only violent actors here.

Important not to lose sight of what’s starting up in Maine right now.

I'm watching this all from the cheap seats so no idea what's going on here. But it can't hurt to call your congresspeople and tell them one more time to abolish and investigate ICE.

This is a really incredible piece. Share it widely 🎁https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/2026/01/minneapolis-uprising/685755/?gift=C-rzmQ8PsUHt15odxTKJDn7xrpPNxSpotkNz_P27oI0

I think @sarahjeong.bsky.social said it's because they devalue women's labor and a LOT of this Scary Logistics stuff comes from people who don't understand that basically all of the civic life they enjoy is created with the help of free labor, largely by women.

part of this is like, conservatives projecting; part of this is conservatives unable to imagine politics without money; and part of this is dudes who are so out of touch with feminized labor that they think children's birthday parties exist as a spontaneous act of parthogenesis

one of the gofundme campaigns sent to me today is only trying to raise $1,600 and has a horrific story of an experience of a Hmong elder. they've only raised $10.

Public executions will continue until the citizenry is silent.

I keep seeing people say, oh, trans people must take a hit for the greater good and, first of all, no, you don't get to discard someone else's rights and second, we know from past experience that marginalized communities like theirs are merely the first to be targeted. They'll come for you next.

1st box of these are packed up with a few types of whistles, with and without lanyards, and I'll have even more throughout the next week. I have a couple deliveries to make, but hit me up if you need some. If I have leftovers in a couple weeks and you want them in your city, let me know.

i am asking all the cis people in my life to make a LOT of fucking noise about this

Corollary to this is the self-indulgent “it’s my vote to do w as I wish.” It isn’t. It’s a civic trust to do what is best for your country and fellow citizens. First past the post, plurality wins, single seat districts have A LOT wrong w them. Force you to pick the lesser evil. Which: do that.

This narcissistic attitude that sees a vote as a curated extension of your personal brand or a version of a celebrity endorsement is going to be the death of this nation.

i think if you ride public transit enough you learn that most weird behavior is not dangerous, and conversely i think driving a car teaches you that everyone is trying to kill you at all times

The energy we need is this suburban dad standing out in the street -- barefoot with Blackhawks pajama pants on -- screaming at the masked goons to get the fuck out of their neighborhood.

it is very annoying to have people keep going “no purity tests, we need a big tent” when it is very clear that they mean to exclude you as a trans person from the big tent. big tent for me and my more conservative friends and not for thee

Take note of all these people turning out for protests in small towns in red states. Remember them the next time you’re inclined to write an area off because “they voted for this.”

I spoke to a Venezuelan woman who was arrested in this raid and later released with her 4yo son. She said agents broke down their door, pointed guns at them and made sexualized remarks about Venezuelan women. When she returned to her apartment it was boarded up and all her possessions were gone.

I am completely mystified by grown ass men incapable of bringing, I don’t know, a tote? A baggu? A plastic bag from grocery outlet? to a show they are attending and planning on purchasing items at. Ah fuck I’m turning into Mitski aren’t I?

Alright, so I've been afraid to say this out loud, but I think after today, I can say it: In the first Battle of Los Angeles, the good people of LA County have prevailed. We beat ICE back. 1/

yo this guy is cooking

This is one of the most beautiful things I have witnessed, the craft here is impeccable.

Every ten years or so, I update the homepage of the Silkworm website

is “i need access to the medicine that keeps me alive” not a kitchen table issue. is “i need to be able to piss safely” not a kitchen table issue. is “should kids be able to play sports with their friends” not a kitchen table issue. god i hate this framing so much

In old enough to remember the campaign to “find the liberal Rush Limbaugh.” This will work as well. The GOP didn’t build Rogan, and Democrats sure won’t be able to build a liberal one. They should focus on funding existing liberal outlets and local newspapers and Spanish language radio and TV.

Unyielding gratitude to Sanford Parker (recording), Scott Evans (mixing), @matthewbarnhart.bsky.social(mastering), @mikeboyd.bsky.social (documenting), @christiandegn.bsky.social (artwork), Josh Ford (visuals), Ryan Cunningham (press), and @rfcrecords.bsky.social for making it all possible.

PELICAN "Flickering Resonance" Recorded by Sanford Parker, mixed by me, mastered by @matthewbarnhart.bsky.social @pelicansong.bsky.social

Lord Buffalo drummer Yamal Said, a legal U.S. resident, has been detained by border patrol.

Loved getting to watch these brilliant people create together, hope I did them justice, proud of this record. Assistant Shawn Simmons Mastering @matthewbarnhart.bsky.social

My story breaking this news exclusively was 7K+ words and had almost all of this in it, and more: www.npr.org/2025/04/15/n...

if you are a cis person it costs you nothing to just say today that you see & hear your trans sisters & brothers & others over in the UK today -- and around the world, too, knowing that rulings like today's ripple out in ugly ways.

Just a reminder, if you were an REI member who purchased more than $10 worth of items in 2024 or joined in 2024, you can vote until midnight May 1st to reject the proposed slate of anti-labor Trump supporters for the REI board vote.escvote.com/REI/

RFK really missed the simplest lesson of LBJ’s career, try not to get any kids killed if your name rhymes with “how many kids did you kill today”

Future Living’s new LP, “Get Vasectomy”, is here! Recorded over Labor Day weekend 2024 with Jon San Paolo at EA, mastered by our man @matthewbarnhart.bsky.social. LPs on Bandcamp, streaming everywhere you can listen to “Presto” or “Counterparts.” futurelivingkzoo.bandcamp.com/album/get-va...

Ayyyy new Pelican LP tracked by Sanford Parker mixed by me mastered by @matthewbarnhart.bsky.social