Casual reminder that the myth of “pulling yourself up by your bootstraps” is a cruel hoax designed to convince poor people from all walks of life that the injustices they face are a result of their own actions, rather than an oppressive system rigged against them.

Advance Base Christmas Special 2025 is free to watch through January 5, 2026. Merry Christmas. 🎄 youtu.be/tMta7JY6Pxs?...

Podcast Episode 770 is now live! Seasonal music by The Legendary Pink Dots, Laura Cannell, Paula Kelley, Nina Nastasia, Low End Activist, Marielle V Jakobsons, Throwing Muses, Gareth Davis & Scanner, Ólöf Arnalds, Insides, Kodax Strophes/Martyn Bates, and Coн & Wladimir Schall. brainwashed.com

if you'd rather listen in the mixcloud app: www.mixcloud.com/camp_fr/morc... anyway: enjoy!

morcfm episode 57 is up. my favorite kind of episode: we start off with a premiere. in january, we'll be releasing a new lp by Pefkin. you heard 'the dissonance' here first. www.morctapes.com/morcfm

tonight, 22 CET a new episode of morcfm - including a track première for an upcoming lp by a familiar morc-face! listen via listen.camp

Citizens of countries including the UK and France will have to disclose the past five years of their social media history to visit the US even though they are covered by visa waiver schemes, under new proposals by the Trump administration. www.ft.com/content/683b...

Three Advance Base Midwest Christmas shows remain

“The advice and support I was given once again lifted me out of a state of desperation and I don’t say that lightly.”  Donate to our Big Give campaign today, and help us continue to help people like Beena access the support they need: bit.ly/2025-big-give 

Hey, if you can, support your favorite bands and labels today on Bandcamp Friday - fees are waived and they’ll get all of what’s paid 💖 Bandcamp.com

these won't be around forever. you can get the three of them via the 'three for 50 euro bundle', which is really as low as we can go pricewise. and since we've started working on the releases for 2026, your support is welcome of course. --> morctapes.bandcamp.com/merch/vinyl-bundle-pick-three-lps

in the spirit of being extra nice on bandcamp friday: i'll send everyone who picks up a release a free surprise download. buy one item, get one suprise download, buy three, and we'll send you three codes. fun, no?

if you waited until now to pick up the morc-releases of this year: it's a pretty good moment. we still have limited copies of all three in stock: - Kroppskannedom - Kroppskannedom - Eva Fernandez Suarez & Thomas Barrière - Adela - soccer Committee - Eye --> morctapes.bandcamp.com

The Trump administration has fired, or tried to fire, many of the federal staff who manage and enforce federal disability law in schools. n.pr/48udkF5

youtu.be/FgV8X2x6xvE Highly recommend this. Devo sparked curiosity in me as a kid, and helped shape my taste in music, sense of humor, and world view. I wasn’t aware of their mission at the time, but that message was planted in my young brain, and blossomed.

hey-if you can- from now on ;) (or until dec 2) - buy independent local and with cash (credit card companies blow) for the next week!!

If you use GMail, AI (Gemini) was turned on yesterday by default and now scans all of your content for machine learning. To turn off, go to Settings>General and scroll down. Uncheck the box for "Smart features." There's other "Smart" add-ons as well, but that's the one that reads your content.

!!! Three more organisations have joined the global #OurFutureMemory movement! * @iua-official.bsky.social Librarians’ Group (IUALG) * Boston Library Consortium * @libraryfutures.bsky.social 🔗 Full announcement: www.internetarchive.eu/2025/11/21/t... 🔗 Promote the campaign: ourfuturememory.org

morcfm episode 56 is online. We've probably been overthinking this episode: you'll hear a lot of songs/artists that we've been thinking of playing for a bit longer, but for some reason we never did. so this episode is probably a bit more eclectic than usual. --> www.morctapes.com/morcfm

Last show of the November tour tonight at Glow Hall in Kalamazoo, MI Tickets & info: www.ticketleap.events/events/glow-...

Impromptu standup on the zoom tonight! 6:30pm Pacific/9:30pm Eastern - all cash raised going to the LA food bank. Venmo @jackiekashian [email protected] for paypal. $5 suggested. if you’re MaximumFun supporter you should have got an email. Same w Dork Forest or Patreon. We just wanna comedy.

Ypsi tonight

Average healthcare costs in the US: Giving birth? $18,000 Cancer treatment? $150,000 One month ICU stay? Between 30k and 150k. That’s not including copays, deductibles, interest and all the other hoops you have to jump through. Cost in Canada? $0. Cost in the UK? $0. Cost in Australia? $0.

youtu.be/LXxLgPOokBo Took 3 years to finally watch this, nearly made it through without tears. A superb set. What a privilege to watch them evolve from album one to the last. They can’t be celebrated enough 💖

Open enrollment for ACA healthcare plans has started, and enrollees are seeing what their premium costs will be next year. Without subsidies, one couple will see their monthly costs increase from $495 to $2,168 — a 300% increase. This is what Democrats are fighting to prevent.

www.timeout.com/news/the-eur... www.timeout.com/news/the-eur... There’s a list here of the top 15 safest countries for travelers, according to a travel insurance company; not surprised that the US isn’t on it. UAE is #7, Canada #5, UK #14

it's november 3rd, and this event was 20 years ago: soccer Committee, Annelies Monseré, drekka and Vollmar live at morc hq. you can stream the 3"cdr that was released after this wonderful show for the next week or so. you can add it to your library of course. morctapes.bandcamp.com/album/hilver...

In anticipation of Advance Base's upcoming Eastern & Midwestern US tours, I've decided to share a couple of long-lingering but newly-completed Advance Base songs: "Movie Theater Manager" & "Blue Christmas 2." The songs are available exclusively from Bandcamp. advancebase.bandcamp.com/album/movie-...

Join here - more actions coming soon: indivisible.org/cancel-spotify

There’s no such thing as the “genuinely disabled” Disability is dynamic Some disabilities are invisible. Some change day to day You won’t always know a person is disabled unless they tell you It’s a minority group you can join at any time, not a moral failing.

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Universal healthcare is so complicated and difficult to implement that only 32 of 33 developed nations have made it work.

Let’s be clear. If the federal government doesn't make changes to health care during this shutdown, then a lot of Americans WILL lose access to our healthcare as we know it. We are joining in coalition with other orgs aimed at protecting Medicaid in FLIPPING the Narrative. We need your help!

Hey, did I tell you I have a new comedy album available to stream? Go to paulapoundstone.com Look for the picture with Larry on the cat wheel. That's it.

FYI if you have a Spotify membership, Indivisible is asking people to cancel until they stop running ICE recruitment ads. Instructions on how to do it here: www.youtube.com/shorts/TKp7c...

The Walton family (who own Walmart) are worth over $400 billion, yet many of their employees are on SNAP. Bezos is worth over $400 billion, many Amazon employees require SNAP. The people who need help are not the problem. It’s corporate greed. It’s an unwillingness to pay a living wage.

✅ Yes, a meme titled "Republicans on rape" accurately presents quotes from six Republican candidates and elected officials. www.snopes.com/fact-check/r...

SNAP isn't about "people who don't work." It's about people who don't get paid enough to live. Of the 40 or so million people who rely on food stamps: * Two-thirds are children, seniors, or disabled * Most working-age adults who receive SNAP are employed—but in jobs that pay poverty wages

Whenever people complain about the number of folks relying on food stamps, it is worth reminding them that SNAP is, by too large of a degree, a subsidy for corporations that refuse to pay a living wage and their political allies who reject public policy prescriptions to reduce income inequality.

$170B for ICE and Border Patrol $40B for Argentina $1B to refurbish Trump's Qatar jet $230M for Trump's DOJ "compensation" $200M for Kristi Noem's jets $98M for Trump's golf outings But no money to lower your healthcare costs.

From @meresearchuk.bsky.social Today is PoTS Awareness day-a day aimed at raising awareness about postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome (PoTS), an under-recognised and debilitating condition. which many people with ME/CFS have. Read more www.meresearch.org.uk/pots-awarene... #OI #MEcfs #POTS

m.youtube.com/watch?v=huXJ... I swear I just heard this Popol Vuh track at the pet store. Yes it’s almost Halloween but it’s still strange (and great). Tops hearing Natural One a few months ago.

Go see Scott Marvel Cassidy’s treasure of a one-man show of still-life oil painting prowess. It’s up for the rest of this month at La Loma Gallery on N Figueroa in Highland Park, 90042. Breathtaking detail of Everyday.

youtu.be/3GBNbH2BeO4 #VashtiBunyan Vashti retraces the journey from London to the Outer Hebrides in this lovely 2008 film

“Nothing will be torn down.” — Karoline Leavitt “It won’t interfere with the current building. It pays total respect to the existing building, which I’m the biggest fan of.” — Donald Trump

For several years, I have spent my time busting terrible and even fraudulent research into ME, ME/CFS, Long COVID, etc. If this crowdfunding works out, I will do one more in the spring and then retire from Berkeley. If you'd like to support my work, here's how: crowdfund.berkeley.edu/project/47768

The White House is asking people not to share pictures of the East Wing because it’s even worse today.

Facing an Oct. 31 deadline to adopt a new congressional redistricting map, the Ohio Redistricting Commission will meet for the first time this month on Tuesday. by Susan Tebben ohiocapitaljournal.com/briefs/ohio-...

new episode of morcfm, episode 55, up for your enjoyment over at www.morctapes.com/morcfm. including the sweet sounds of ao @jessicabailiff.bsky.social , and an announcement for a show that already happened by now. most importantly: an unreleased puddle parade track! thanks for listening.