(dear god, this is plausible) www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...

Thank you, Blake. This story is a gut-punch.

Shoutouts for the Black Rock Coalition from Leon Thomas and Billy Idol #AMAs

Oh my goodness. Rest in peace, Sonny Rollins. The largest spirit. The most incomparable tone.

Instead of engaging with me and others about the poor conditions, ICE sent in an armored vehicle and a line of armed agents that only poured gasoline on the fire. Civilians were tackled and restrained, and agents fired pepper balls and spray into the crowd. 2/4

I saw chaos inside and outside of the ICE detention center Delaney Hall today. Detainees protesting the lack of due process, the disgusting food and poor treatment while their families and advocates stood outside calling for help. 1/4

It is with deep sorrow and profound love that we announce the passing of Sonny Rollins. The Saxophone Colossus died this afternoon at his home in Woodstock, NY at the age of 95. 1/2

And I'm right with you! I totally missed that Meshell Ndegeocello made a Sun Ra-inspired album. 🎶

Boarded my flight. The flight attendant pointed out my seat in row 17 was nearby. I looked to the left and saw Business class and said - oh the lucky ones are over there. He replied - they aren’t lucky. They are the 1%. They mostly had rich parents. #classconsciousness

(sticks the landing) The Aristocrats!

I want to know who within the Delta Airlines user experience team decided that solo piano versions of Material Girl and Rocket Man by Relaxing Piano Crew should accompany your boarding. I also want to know what else was proposed that was rejected.

A childhood favorite! This and the baseball version

Absolutely beautiful music here

#SunRadio #Omniversity series kickoff 6p-midnight ET five-part series across two continents & several galaxies #SunRa #Arkestra #radio #stream LoRa.ch 97.5fm #zürich #lovolution tonight + next 3 fridays same bat time, same bat space ++ wkcr.org arrival marathon 22 may 12a-12a ET (cb @ dawn 6-9a tbc)

Solid ball knowledge here. A thing that differentiates us from 90% of the bands on here is that we don't just nail up signboards for our stuff + bail; we read + interact with all sorts of folks in other contexts than music on the daily. It's a living culture here; + we're committed to it.

AOC on possibly running for the Senate or President: They assume my ambition is a title or a seat. My ambition is way bigger than that. My ambition is to change this country. Presidents come and go, elected officials come and go, single payer healthcare is forever.

This. I still have Amazon Prime, and it's something I'd find it difficult to do without. But I switched from an Audible subscription to a libro.fm one, for example. We're all enmeshed in a world run by technofascists and low on spoons. But we can do bits at the margins.

Things I’ve canceled in the past year: - Amazon Prime - Microsoft 365 - Paramount+ - Spotify I haven’t missed them. And I’ll be searching for more to cancel.

Not gonna lie. I’d like personally branded, engraved bourbon bottles.

**blinks in minneapolis**

Turns out the chicken machboos at the Budweiser branded Dubai Airport restaurant across from the gate for US-bound flights … isn’t very good.

Oh no, not again.

Grateful for friends like Deborah Kapchan, who can write beautifully and personally about the Abu Dhabi we call home. We spent a night sharing Iftar during the complicated early days of the war she describes in this essay, in way that resonates so much. www.themontrealreview.com/Articles/Goo...

Two nights ago, I said Trump had been using our troops as pirates in Iran and a Republican got mad. Well… the president just admitted it. He literally bragged about doing piracy.

May I offer you luqaimat? guide.michelin.com/ae-az/en/art...

My biggest conspiracy theory is that telling working class people that engagement in the arts is a middle / upper class thing and to do so makes you a class traitor is a psyop to make them disengaged with themselves and the world and the beauty of being human, so that they accept worse treatment.

Dude learned nothing from the pandemic about zoom staging

It’s the “ill will.”

In the past we had “Jim Crow“ laws. The next phase should be called “John Roberts” laws

Love the Men’s Saloon photo accompaniment

It just hit me that the second side of Ziggy Stardust—which I probably heard first when I was 12?—was the first step in the desuburbanization of my mind.

Every day is dumber than the day before

!! www.ft.com/content/8c35...

I love this story so much. The moral of the story is: Don't start cheering until you cross the finish line. Congrats Joshua Jackson. 👑👏🏾🌱

Hey, Brooklyn! Something to add to your #MayDayStrong plans! @bkindivisible.bsky.social is gonna picket some corporations in the Atlantic Center Plaza area before the NYC May Day event! Check it out and join up! www.mobilize.us/indivisiblen...

Because we have made terrible life choices, @tlecaque.bsky.social and I spent the last couple of days analysing Palantir’s techno-fascist listicle. Our annotated (and intensely annoyed) version is up at @religiondispatches.org now:

Uh, oopsie? “NEVER F**KING GUESS!”

“don’t be evil” my ass (no paywall) www.nytimes.com/2026/04/27/u...

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Film you’ve watched more than six times with a gif

I want to live in a country where: - the president isn‘t a fascist - the political media don’t collaborate with fascism - political violence and mass shootings aren’t a regular occurrence - there is a democratic method to depose the head of state if they’re a corrupt, demented pedo

Live music options in NYC, Spring 1976

"Who would you be without us?" Dedicated to the so-called liberal order youtu.be/EdFlJFXPNZU?...

Last month, the City Council passed two bills related to the right to protest. Today, I am letting one go into effect, and vetoing the other. I’d like to take a moment to explain why. As Mayor, I will always make sure the right to protest, prayer and protection are guaranteed for every New Yorker.

This is monstrous. Just profoundly shameful behavior by our government. www.nytimes.com/2026/04/21/w...

You’d file Meat Loaf under C?