speaking of XTC, I recently ran across someone online describing the guitar solo in "Reel by Real" as "the most perfect 13-second guitar solo in history," which made me happy because I've been calling it one of my all-time fave guitar solos since c. 2002 www.youtube.com/watch?v=JoOg...

anyway, here's the song that's in my head rn www.youtube.com/watch?v=L17P...

You may have heard that WaPo published a story about Seattle being "overrun" by trans people. It's not true. I don't like WaPo either, but the article is about orgs that help displaced trans people being low on resources & asking the governor to declare state of emergency to get them more funding.

🧵 I saw a thread about how a lot of men don't have good models of masculinity they can draw from, and on a fundamental level I just don't understand why people need to define their character and values in terms of gendered archetypes.

I just saw a youtube commenter tell a video creator to use an AI voice ... because they don't like the creator's Northern English accent

If you have a beef with someone and you die without resolving it, your loved ones should go to Buckingham Palace. There the Beefeaters will ritually consume a meal that represents your dispute, thus freeing you from conflict in the afterlife

i’m slowly turning my estrogen vials into time capsules of air from my room, 0.3 mg at a time

erotic thriller is such a great genre concept. like youre naked but you have to save the president

fyi this site is closing and selling off the last of their stock: www.tomboytoes.com

A pet peef of mine is when people say things like "if you don't like [specific artwork] you have no heart." Let people have different taste from you!

all rise for the national anthem gaylord.bandcamp.com/track/coward...

ok time to stop soapboxing, geez lexi

When right-wingers talk about "protecting women," they don't mean it in the sense of protecting a person, they mean it in the sense of protecting a resource.

Asking how people can partake in joyful acts during a period of immense suffering leads me to believe this is your first time at the suffering rodeo.

Billionaires and corporations are putting a lot of resources into selling us the idea that thinking, learning and knowledge are not worth your time. Don't buy the slopaganda!

"Being pulled out of the story" is good, actually. It means you're thinking about what you're reading.

[showing my cat a spiky shape and a blobby shape] okay, which one is called "mrowl" and which one is called "ekekekek"?

new video! GUIDE TO HORROR www.youtube.com/watch?v=XGWx...

Here's one for me: When I was 15 I wrote "MUSIC IS SOUND AND THAT'S THAT!!!" in my journal. Now almost all the music I write deals in some way with how music carries meaning.

the headline says "LGBTQ+" but these are trans protections specifically! www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news...

My hobby: unnecessary disclaimers Look, I believe in a woman's right to vote, but this synth I got a few months ago sounds great. I'm not saying Bill Gates is putting 5G chips in our blood, but you have to admit that New England is really pretty in the fall. No offense, but my cat is really cute.

IMPORTANT LINGUISTICS RESEARCH QUESTION what's your favourite bouba/kiki meme?

this simultaneous Reich/Machaut combo works shockingly well: www.youtubemultiplier.com/6a45d628bd32...

What's something big that you've changed your mind about at some point in your life?

The only trombone fundamental you'll ever truly need

It's funny how half the stuff people associate with the Middle Ages is actually from the Renaissance or later: • Greensleeves was first registered in 1580 • Those iconic plague doctor masks date to the 1610s • Witch hunts started in the 15th century but peaked in the 16th and 17th

physical media forever arstechnica.com/gadgets/2026...

Historian David Blight pejoratively describes Trump's vanity projects as "theatre of the absurd." That's not what that phrase means! Theatre of the absurd is an actual avant-garde art movement, not just a bunch of bullshit!

HAPPY 100TH BIRTHDAY MEL BROOKS YOU ICON YOU

Erin McKean is a journalist. Erin McKeown is a composer, and also what you get if a cat tries to say Erin McKean

You don't have to be hot for your gender to be legitimate

I told my cat he was a silly बिल्ली

Realizing part of what is so frustrating about progressive discourses onlinr is that people use materialist language but seem to mostly be interested in actions and solutions that reward "good" people and punish "bad" people.

I need someone born in the 21st century to explain to me what "indie" means in a musical context now, because it's definitely not what it meant 20 years ago

I just saw someone describe not taking money from AIPAC as "not taking money from Jews," and my Jewish ass is here to tell you that equating AIPAC with Jews in general is itself an antisemitic position

Any good book on law-following, law-making, and the meaning of law during revolutions?

Taking the "2020s Political Compass Test" (the first one I've seen that actually reflects the current state of Anglosphere political discourse), and one of the agree/disagree questions is "Oversimplified/minimalist brand logos have gone too far." Fascinating. britmonkey.com/2020s-politi...

Mamdani is investing $15 million in LGBTQ+ healthcare research & a gender-affirming care access fund. Texas GOP is calling for overturning Obergefell, banning trans healthcare for anyone under 26, and banning trans ppl from teaching in public schools. but both parties are exactly the same, right?

why is the virtual agent in the phone menu named Maddie. that's the name of a person

I've always liked kiki music but I had to learn to like bouba music

Two of my favorite things: a cat and El Yucateco hot sauce

Every educator who complains about "kids these days" needs to see this thread

it's always a good day to say "fuck Stephen Miller"

love to listen to my client talk on the radio (photo is someone else)

You‘ve your last Neubau eingestürzt

Time to re-up it, or, Why Nadia Boulanger Isn't Your Poster Child for Women in Music kendraprestonleonard.hcommons.org/2018/04/05/m...

You know how people try to get around algorithmic censorship by abbreviating "sexual assault" to "SA"? I just saw someone censor *that* and write "s*"!