40 years ago we’d have congressional hearings falsely accusing metal bands of putting backwards messages in their songs that told kids to kill themselves & now we have a planet-killing chatbot that’s all like “bet you won’t commit suicide chickenshit bitch” & the government is like here’s $5 billion

the intensity of my anger at those who would criminalize the homeless — a population literally created by the greed and callousness of the ruling class — is very hard to contain. it was you who dismantled the safety net. if you don’t like the results, put it back

Scotland doesn't play around! If only journalists in the U.S. and England weren't afraid of telling the truth......

WeTransfer just changed their TOS giving themselves permission to train AI on any content you transfer and produce derivative works based on content you transfer that they are allowed to monetize and you are not allowed payment for. Stop using WeTransfer.

Deerhoof: the best music and the best people.

incredible Brian Wilson self-edit here:

God dammit! Not Brian Wilson too!! Why are all the groundbreakers dying this week? Somebody please keep a close eye on Gruff Rhys and Deerhoof.

Son of a bitch! R.I.P. to one of the true greats. And thank you for all of your absolutely groundbreaking music.

You all need to treat Harry Potter IP like we’re treating the Tesla brand.

Kansas was a Koch Brothers playground for a number of years. It really devastated large portions of a state I love and the state which I consider home.

There are so many great and kindhearted people in the world. Why is it that the absolute worst of us always end up with the power?

The dumbest people ever to exist currently seem dead set on making our lives miserable and filling their pockets, but it's not all bad because the greatest band in the world has a new album coming out and I truly think this is their best one yet - and the perfect antidote to cruelty and stupidity.

What in the actual fuck?

R.I.P. Geraint Jarman, one of the greatest Welsh songwriters ever.

Keep the population dumb and sick so they can’t fight back. Make homelessness illegal then push people to poverty. They already use prisoners in the workforce instead of paying people fair wages. Just been moving slowly enough to normalize it all before going over the edge you can’t come back from

Congratulations to BRIT winners Charli XCX (Bishop's Stortford College, £38,319 per year), AG Cook (King Alfred School, £27,747) and The Last Dinner Party (Bedales, £52,075) for showing that people from ordinary backgrounds can reach the top in pop music, that most egalitarian of art forms.

The greatest band in the world is releasing a couple of tunes off their brilliant new record in a few hours. Please do your ears a favor and tuck in.

Don’t buy stuff on February 28. Money’s the only thing these dicks understand. #resist

I was honored that these guys trusted my hands (and ears) to be safe ones to remaster this classic album for its 21st century re-emergence (and first time to be available on something other than cassette).

Diolch i Huw Gwyn am ryddhau y caset gwreiddiol a @gorwelowen.bsky.social am ei recordio a @kliphscurlock.bsky.social am yr ôl gynhyrchu

Imagine being rich enough to do anything you want and choosing to take food and medicine from starving children to give yourself even more money.

So let me get this straight: every tech exec and VC is just absolutely tripping balls all the time now and the best they’ve come up with is a copyright-eating machine and fascism? www.wired.com/story/ket…

Brother Thor, always a fountain of good advice, is back with some more.

After that, changing your default search engine to something other than Google is a good, quick and easy thing to do.

Hey NYTimes — *now* you’re lighting the beacons? NOW?!? After months of “Sauron: Avatar Of Evil… Or Extreme Uniter?” thumbsucker reporting you’re screaming what we’ve known since 2015? Fuck all the way off.

Dydd Miwsig Cymru Hapus!! (Happy Welsh Language Music Day!!) There is an insane amount of great music that's come from this country that's 1/3 the size of the state I'm originally from. I couldn't even begin to list it all. But may I recommend a great album that came out just today?

The folks responsible for the "DEI Watch List" website targeting Black federal employees are, according to @src161.bsky.social: Cari Fike, 38, of Cheverly MD Elisabeth Guinard (nee Osloff), 34, of Helena MT Adam Cahn, 43, of Austin TX

Spot on from @chrismurphyct.bsky.social

Sometimes the good guys win.

🚨BREAKING. From a program officer at the National Science Foundation, a list of keywords that can cause a grant to be pulled. I will be sharing screenshots of these keywords along with a decision tree. Please share widely. This is a crisis for academic freedom & science.

it needs to be said that while democratic elected officials are trying to get into the USAID building which was shut down by musk, CNN and MSNBC are showing the entirety of a trump press conference.

This Fiona Apple narrated explainer PSA on how to film (and release footage from, not livestream) ICE arrests is exactly what we need from people with production skills right now and is worth about 3 million celebrity “imagine” covers in terms of survival utility

Also, Spotify literally has *the worst* sound quality of all streaming platforms. Ever heard of ogg vorbis? No? Probably because it mostly died out because of how shitty it sounds. Spotify uses ogg vorbis, which absolutely shreds the life out of music. Please switch. I recommend Qobuz.

X is Republican state media. Get off of X.

1/ Trump’s executive order banning trans people from serving in the military isn’t about “readiness” or “lethality.” It’s about cruelty. And right-wing media wasted no time celebrating the ban with some of the most vile rhetoric imaginable. 🧵

Given The Horrors, it seems the right time to post this again. Stay safe. Keep fighting. You deserve to live just as much as anyone else.

Amazon and other chain book stores care only about the bottom line and profits. If you don't have a reputable independent book store in your town, please order from here. Also, Jeff Bezos is a super scumfuck, so never give a single cent to Amazon for anything ever.

If you ever encounter a Nazi, this is the only acceptable response to their existence.

The fact that even the richest guy in the world is afraid to admit he did a Nazi salute should be enough to let you know the fight isn’t over.

Helpful ICE Information from JB Pritzger of Chicago, IL. Please share!

laughed for the first time in days thanks to this

Thank you for having me!!

The flexi discs for the @revpermovie.bsky.social Patreon bonus that I was lucky enough to be asked to play on (with some serious heavyweights like Peter Buck, Victor Krummenacher and Ann Magnuson) arrived in Cardiff today!! I love those few days a year when the mailbox contains more than bills!

A really nice article on quite probably my favorite current Welsh band. I've heard this record and it absolutely needed to be a double. The sheer musical scope is awe-inspiring and not a moment is wasted. Hooks for days and more twists and turns than a rollercoaster. A true masterwork.

Can you imagine if Biz Markie made this case to the judge when he got sued for using one uncleared sample

no Hell hot enough

You're too kind! I just have a big mouth and love sharing what I love, so I end up yelling about new Welsh things I discover to Welsh people, since that's who I'm around mostly.

It was my pleasure to track down the original Ffa Coffi Pawb mixdown tapes and then remaster their 3 classic albums so that their brilliant music can finally be heard by more than the handful of people who were lucky enough to be there at the time.

The tour with @billryderjones.bsky.social finished last night and I have some complaints: 1)It was too short. 6 shows? Fuck that, it should have been 6 months. 2)The sets were too short. Gruff and Bill have too many great songs to fit into 75 minutes. 3)Everybody was too nice and I miss them.