I am NOT a Britney hater. But this doesn’t deserve to have gotten even a single vote. #XPNcountdown

@kristenkurtis.bsky.social @wxpnfm.bsky.social #XPNcountdown

Looks like I’m gonna land at 7/10. Flabbergasted that “I Am a Man of Constant Sorrow” is gonna be a miss. #XPNcountdown

It's a shame Gwen Stefani sucks now. #XPNcountdown

There are a lot of cover songs that aren't my cup of tea but I can recognize why they appeal to a certain segment of #XPNcountdown voters. That said, if you voted for Weezer's "Africa" ...

Okay @wxpnfm.bsky.social, I love you but how could you NOT use one of the many incredible LIVE versions of DMB’s take on “Watchtower”?! #XPNcountdown

The Warren Zevon Appreciation Society thoroughly endorses the heavy dose of Linda Ronstadt we’ve gotten on the #XPNcountdown.

you'll never guess what happened

I haven’t been hitting up the #XPNcountdown chatter here too much, but since Willie’s version of “Always on My Mind” is the first song from my ballot to hit the countdown, I’m just going to say this is CRIMINALLY low placement for it.

So … who gets to kick it?

Irony is dead

Yessssssssss. #XPNcountdown

Since everyone else is doing it, here again is my #XPNcountdown ballot for this year. @wxpnfm.bsky.social

If the incompetence and maliciousness of this administration didn’t have actual consequences for the rest of us, this would be high comedy.

My Spotify Wrapped is so f’ed this year. I mainly blame @eurovangelists.com. And myself a distant second because other than Eurovision songs, I didn’t really proactively seek out new music this year and listened to way too many podcasts.

Wait that’s NOT Jack White?

Welcome to the strange

This is what oligarchy looks like: If you're Elon Musk, the richest man alive, Tesla gives you a $1 trillion pay package & Trump gives you a huge tax break. If you're a poor kid on SNAP, Trump appeals a court decision that would have prevented you from going hungry. Obscene.

10.31.2008 Parade day for the World Champions. Chase Utley would like to say a few words.

A+++ alt text.

This is pure, uncut Philadelphia energy

Without a doubt, this is the weirdest ballot I've ever submitted for a @wxpnfm.bsky.social #XPNcountdown.

I was right about her 10 years ago.

Yes, Lord of the Rings is about how you must trust the “hard men.” Just as Narnia is about an evil lion. And the New Testament tells a tale of a wimp who wouldn’t fight back. Next week on “fascists read classics,” we’ll meet tech visionary George Orwell…

Weather delay of the Eagles game is a GREAT excuse for me to stop listening to Cris Collinsworth’s annoying voice and resume the House of R deep dive on this week’s Alien: Earth. (Also: Go watch Alien: Earth.)

Go Birds.

@ringerwrestling.bsky.social Listening to y’all’s picks and “locks” AFTER SummerSlam is such a funny way to wind down the weekend. Did you get worked, or work us? Find out later, humanoids. Finn Balor’s doin’ okay.

What a staggeringly stupid policy and, somehow, an even more stupidly written way of conveying it.

No matter what Samuel Alito wants to you to believe, telling kids that gay people exist is not “indoctrination.” Watch more Strict Scrutiny on YouTube.

People and the media have accepted it as a normal political discussion that good people can disagree on but it’s straight up sociopath shit to take away someone’s healthcare and I don’t really have time for anyone who feels differently

What an incredible white dude at Duke take.

Translating this — for the unaware, not for a fellow son of the South like Kevin — as a guy who grew up in Alabama: Tuberville means Black people.

FFS I can't take Democratic Party dinosaurs framing trans issues as a "distraction." The implication here is these issues and trans people aren't as important as other issues that affect "normal" Americans. F off, Chuck.

A+ sign.

She is right. The Trump admin is literally doing this. They terminated humanitarian parole for hundreds of thousands of people who came here LEGALLY through a government program, and they are calling all those people "illegal aliens."

Robert E. Lee and his men killed over 110,000 US Army soldiers. Here's why that same Army must rename its military bases after him. by Donald Trump and Pete Hegseth

Don't threaten me with a good time, Mike.

LA Knight indulging the little kid coming out of the California wildfires who said his favorite wrestler is CM Punk is the most hero face shit since Cena went bad. Strap up Knight for real. #wwe #mitb

No fucking shit.

HAWLEY: Let's see the Trump chart. You don't think it's a little bit anomalous that Trump has so many more nationwide injunctions against him? KATE SHAW: A very plausible explanation you have to consider is that he's engaged in much more lawless activity than other presidents

Re-upping this:

@jowrotethis.bsky.social PLEASE put an end to the raven squawks on House of R every time an email is mentioned. It was a fun running joke, but when it’s interjecting while discussing fandom properties relating to real world events, holy hell it’s distracting and trivializes the conversation.

Exactly

This has always been the GOP's strategy: 1) Cut taxes for the wealthy & corporations by claiming they'll pay for themselves. 2) Explode the deficit. 3) Demand cuts to vital programs that help millions. 4) Repeat. They're trying to get away with it again.

@eurovangelists.com For the record (and hooo boy do I have thoughts/comments I’m spitting along listening to this episode), Dimitry should not feel at all bad about dancing to “Baller” in the club. The studio version rips.