Praying for the people of #Iran who are rising up against a brutal, authoritarian regime that has cut off internet and phone service for 5 days now to cover up their lethal crimes. Like, comment, and share to help be a voice for the Iranian people! #freeiran #iranrevolution #iranprotests #RISEIran

This explains a lot… www.nytimes.com/2026/01/11/u...

This ICE killing in Minneapolis is so tragic. It raises a lot of questions about how they are onboarded and trained and their sworn duty. Are they there to protect and serve?

A short, clear explanation of why the invasion of Venezuela 🇻🇪 is not just constitutionally and morally wrong, but also internationally dangerous and destabilizing. 1nadinesmith.substack.com/p/invading-g...

It's an old and obvious pattern. An unpopular president - failing on the economy and losing his grip on power at home - decides to launch a war for regime change abroad. The American people don’t want to “run” a foreign country while our leaders fail to improve life in this one.

Honestly, it’s incredible MTV held out for so long. Music has been incidental to their brand for so long…

My process to the Grammy Voter Guide: Look at the ads once. Tear out the pages I want to read.

ICYMI check out last week's Woody Guthrie webinar, The Making of Woody at Home: The Home Tapes. youtu.be/XFNPxmxOypI?...

11 Ten things I would do if starting as a musical artist today - part 5 11. Try to figure out as quickly as possible what I love to do, what I’m great at, and what makes me unique. Double down.

11 things I would do if starting as a musical artist today - part 4 8. Meet people locally - as many as I can. 9. Make a habit of writing, recording, creating daily. 10. Make a habit of critiquing weekly (don’t let creating and critiquing be the same thing - this cuts off the creative flow).

11 things I would do if starting as a musical artist today - part 3 6. Research local acts - go to their shows and take notes. Become their friends. 7. Research national acts - follow and friend them online, see if they’ll collaborate. Go to their show. take notes.

11 things I would do if starting as a musical artist today - part 2 4. Post video regularly to both platforms - experiment - what do I like creating? and what do others like? 5. Write/produce a lot, but hold off on releasing anything until I felt solid about my followings on the platforms above.

11 things I would do if starting as a musical artist today: 1. Focus on learning production / recording / video editing 2. Focus on building two distinct audiences - one local, one online 3. Determine the online platforms for those audiences (likely Meta for local, Youtube for online) (part 1)

Interesting reflection on Spotify Wrapped. What do y’all think?

“The world is going to be full of competent, AI-assisted background music. Don’t compete with that. Build something so human, so distinctive and so well-protected on the rights side that it’s worth fighting for!” Interesting perspective from Virginie Berger

Artists want lawmakers to cap ticket resale at or near face value in order to keep our shows fairly priced for fans. But resale-industry lobbyists want to stop this, because it would jeopardize these companies' profits. So they lie and say that caps encourage fraud.

Check it out y’all! open.spotify.com/playlist/3hX...

Incredibly inspiring steps taken by Ireland.🇮🇪

[Hypebot] NIVA State of Live: How US Independent Venues Power Local Economies buff.ly/Hmpn5mc #mediaor

Everyday in the news 🗞️ I read more of the unbelievable, the wicked, the horrifying, and then the spin by spinning wizards 🧙

Battle doomscrolling by sharing 5 simple pleasures in life: 1. Walking barefoot 2. Hanging out with kids 3. Live music 🎶 4. Creating things 5. Any amount of time spent with a true friend

Who else would watch The Colbert Network and ditch the other social media platforms for truthiness social?

In the next ten months—while he’s still being broadcast—someone needs to get the Epstein list to Colbert so he can read it on the air

@anneapplebaum.bsky.social Nice to “run into you” at the library today :)

I don’t think anyone is prepared for what they just did w/ ICE. This is not a simple budget increase. It is an explosion - making ICE bigger than the FBI, US Bureau of Prisons, DEA,& others combined. It is setting up to make what’s happening now look like child’s play. And people are disappearing.

Have you called your reps about opposing this crazy bill? It will hurt 99% of us including our kids. Please take 2 min and go to 5calls.org 🙏❤️

ICE *already* can't meet their detainment numbers without rounding up children, veterans, people born in the U.S., people with no criminal records, people at immigration hearings, plus academics and visitors with valid visas. So who do they plan to detain with >10x the budget? The answer is: you.

Important read for these days. www.erininthemorning.com/p/200000-mar...

Basic Income for the Arts extended to 2026 as NCFA calls for it be made permanent Full details and how to help: nialler9.com/basic-income...

just for the record, protests in Kansas City were peaceful. NoKing

reminder

Does everyone have comic book names in politics now? Donald Trump, Elon Music, Gavin Newsom… Definitely feel like any of these could be the Mayor of Gotham City.🏙️

BREAKING: Kamala Harris issues statement on Los Angeles.

I urge all #usa #military to remember your oath. You swore to uphold the United States #Constitution. Not a #dictator trying to utilize you against #civilians. Our #nationalguard has not been federalized since 1992. #LA #protest #resist #ICE #riot #marines #airforce #navy #army #cnn #abc #fox #msn

America is better than this 😢🇺🇸

So many tanks! It’s wild to watch the video and see tank after tank on the train tracks. This can’t be normal, can it? Is there a precedence?

Always suspected, but I’ll take this as confirmation.

Get my book The Fist, and it's follow-up, The Fist Vs Inner Peace, RIGHT NOW! jordankroeger.bigcartel.com

I love playing with Hot Club KC. I hope KC friends can come to our album release on Thursday (May 29) at Black Dolphin!

woohoo!

An amazing piece for that time, and a movement that changed us. Say their names.

Today marks five years since George Floyd was killed by police. Our June 22, 2020 cover “Say Their Names,” by Kadir Nelson, illustrated how Floyd’s murder embodies the history of violence inflicted upon Black people in America. nyer.cm/UmfefJw

“Be impeccable with your words”. What does this mean to you? #spirit #spirituality #reading

morning routine: - alarm - think of 5 things that I’m grateful for - listen to one song🎵 - coffee/shower