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.

I'm excited to be back in the world talking to readers about my book BLACK WOMEN TAUGHT US with the Dayton Metro Library on Nov 6 at 6pm ET. This event aligns with Shirley Chisholm becoming the first Black woman elected to Congress in Nov 1968. dayton.bibliocommons.com/events/67f81... #booksky

This is Adelita Grijalva. She was elected to Congress two weeks ago, officially making her the final vote needed to force the release of the Epstein files. She has still not been sworn in because Mike Johnson refuses to do so.

We’ve got everything you need for Banned Books Week — just add your favorite banned book! Support our work defending free speech and shop our collection at aclu.org/bannedbook_shop, and the first 100 orders of $20 or more will get a FREE banned bookworm sticker sheet, automatically added to cart.

DePaul University Research is conducting an online survey focused on PEM (Post-Exertional Malaise). Patients who experience PEM, as well as members of the general population, are invited to take part. The survey takes about 10-15 minutes to complete. www.dsqpem2.com #MEcfs #CFS #PwME #PEM

Come see me do some final work on the new hour before i record in November. Share this Id like to sell out (since i wasn’t offered Riyahd;) one of my FAVORITE clubs in the whole wide world. www.madisoncomedy.com/event/jackie...

It's Bandcamp Friday. Look at the beautiful things I made. advancebase.bandcamp.com cftpa.bandcamp.com

tonight in LA - cmon out! you’re always asking… when are you in LA? wellllllll always. and here tonite

Give 'em hell, NPR.

Veterans react to Hegseth’s ‘insulting’ address to generals and admirals

Dear @apnews.com The republicans control congress. Democrats did not vote down anything. If the GOP wanted to fund the government, they could have changed the rules to pass a CR with a simple majority like they did 11 days ago to approve 48 trump appointees at once. Fix your headline.

Spotify is also running ICE ads for anyone wanting to cancel something else.

ADVANCE BASE MIDWEST CHRISTMAS TOUR 2025 Tickets & info: advancebasemusic.com

Erasing history.

In any other country, if federal agents fired upon journalists when unprovoked — what would we call it? If federal agents marched down streets demanding papers — what would we say? Authoritarianism — let’s not pretend it’s something else when it happens in our American cities.

⏰ October 6—one week from today! —at 9pm is the deadline to register to vote or to update your registration before the 2025 election 🚸🚒📚👩🏽‍⚖️👨🏿‍⚖️🧑🏼‍💼 Ohioans are voting on school boards, mayors, judges, tax levies, city council members & so much more this fall. Don't miss the chance to make your voice heard

Can't we just get healthcare

Go to indivisible.org to find your nearest NO KINGS protest on Oct. 18th. Let the whole world hear us! NO KINGS!