Why is a Senator asking some randos on Bluesky this question?

they abolished the department of education, we do not need a trojan horse to abolish ice we can just do it

It's worth your time to call Hilton to cancel your account with them. 1-800-446-6677. Here's why: They asked me if it was because of the ICE thing. I said it was. Then they suggested I wait a couple days to see if they were going to change course. The pressure is getting to them. Let's keep it up.

If you know, you know. Rad Magic Vegan Subs in SE Portland. This is the good stuff. radmagicsubs.square.site #vegan #veganfood #plantbased #pdx #pdxvegan

A touching tribute to Mike F

Benicio del Toro up first at @nyfcc.bsky.social awards. And here’s my booklet essay, for his Best Supporting Actor win.

the good that you do persists in this world

I will reiterate that if you are an independent journo/hobbyist I will happily set up your ghost install and host it for a few quid above cost price. You set up your own stripe and mailgun accounts, and you get to keep ALL your revenue. And post migration from wordpress/substack is pretty easy.

It's fascinating to see the changes in one company's logo over the years.

Slate Movie Club 2025 is underway, with an opening post from me on the challenge of coming up with a movie that best encapsulates this year. More posts coming up over the next two weeks from @bilgeebiri.bsky.social, @alisonwillmore.bsky.social & @justincchang.bsky.social. slate.com/culture/2025...

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After just over 25 hours of non-stop playing, @thehornesection.bsky.social and I finished the #howlongathon live on Channel 4 last night! Thanks to everyone who supported in person and online, all the guests who came down to join in, and to everyone who donated.

Today in “Dudes Rock”: A dude playing Dire Straits’s “Sultans of Swing” guitar solo on…a recorder.

Greedy execs and tech bros essentially waging a war on artists. They will make a big mess but the garbage they make will be soulless, devoid of humanity. There will be many who settle for the garbage but people who want good stuff will seek out art made by humans.

The request came from the Center for American Rights, a nonprofit law firm that has played a prominent role in the news-distortion investigations spearheaded by FCC Chairman Brendan Carr.

Someone should really build a high-quality creator-centric video platform that isn’t owned by baby oligarchs, tech empires, or venture capitalists

pals you gotta quit spotify

Plug the power strip into itself

Shopping small is meaningful!

Yesterday the Welsh indie rock band Los Campesinos! posted a detailed breakdown of its streaming revenue. I admire this transparency, an attempt to educate music streamers about artist compensation so they make more ethical choices loscampesinos.com/heres-how-mu...

I think "financialize everything and create a tradable asset out of any difference in opinion" might be the worst thing I've ever read the competition is strong but it's a real contender

The real question is not "Why is Bluesky so left-coded," the real question is "Why can't the right exist in a social media environment without algorithmic assistance, where people can ignore them"

Hey Bill I'm a big fan of your work and I'm a big fan of your foodie posts but could you not support a website like substack please they have a long history with neo-nazis arstechnica.com/tech-policy/... I'm not trying to put you on blast I really love your work and I love your food posts.

This is actually quite brilliant, up to and including the final sentence 🔥

Last chance to get a discount pass to see all the films in our John Carpenter series. cstpdxtickets.square.site/product/john...

artists: just go out and make something awesome, even if it's just for you

Lovers for Berggruen (The offering), 1965 #marcchagall #naveart

Doctor: I’m sorry, you have Microsoft Teams Exposure…. the only cure is watching a movie from the 90s on mute at your local dive bar

TCM.com now has an updated look! Check out the new features we’ve added with you — our fans — in mind!

@sarahjeong.bsky.social wonderful job with @davidpierce.xyz & @reckless.bsky.social on the new ep of version history! learned a ton about the intricacies of that file sharing era www.youtube.com/watch?v=r4w-...

After King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard left Spotify in protest earlier this year, something strange took their place. My investigation into what happened, which resulted in Spotify taking down a bunch of slop tracks www.platformer.news/king-gizzard...

I just walked out of federal court where I pleaded NOT GUILTY to the charges against me. I will continue to stand up to authoritarianism and call this out for what it is: a political prosecution.

@davidpierce.xyz @reckless.bsky.social @theverge.com a little fun idea for folks who pay for the subscription. a daily game to play like a cinematrix by vulture / wordle etc. keep up the great work! :)

heck yes, this community rules! also, you are doing a great job @eileen.actor 🙌

In Japan, tourism to Portland, Oregon, is promoted by a grinning blue monster named Odnarodude. He’s at a Portland artisan event in Jiyugaoka De Aone this weekend.

People who are leaving NYC, please post pix of your U-Hauls!

Unlike other places, The Onion is quadrupling down on being a pain in the ass, politically. Please subscribe.

heck yes @letterboxd.social

Private equity destroys 200-year-old book distribution company that libraries around the country rely on and now libraries are having trouble getting new books: www.404media.co/libraries-sc...

Amazon is helping fund a $300 million build of a ballroom for the White House. Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity. They are not the same.

Self-styled political debate influencers often use the rhetorical technique "Gish gallop," whereby a "galloper" floods their opponent with rapid-fire, disconnected, often inaccurate arguments. Anthropologist Eugenie Scott first used the term to describe the debate style of creationist Duane Gish.

@404media.co @jasonkoebler.bsky.social any black logo hats on the way? keep up the great work!! 🙏

"This is a moment that demands a response. If Dems can’t run on a unified platform that centralizes and prioritizes taxing the ultrawealthy in order to dismantle their stranglehold on our govt, then they need to get out of the way for people who will." Read more: bit.ly/4ohxXLq #TaxBillionaires

Here it comes

There is no journalistic task more imperative than getting eyes inside this process. The kind of thing historians wait for archives of dictatorships to open, when figuring out how the REAL nightmare begin. newrepublic.com/post/202199/...

Enough time has passed that I can definitively say that the “everyone is 12 now” post is THE load bearing post of Bluesky. The hall of famer Bluesky post. It commands respect even from Bluesky skeptics and haters