Rediscovered @theresidents.bsky.social & @negativlandland.bsky.social a few weeks ago bc of @marcmaron.bsky.social's great interview w/Peter Conheim. Lovely culture-jam chaos. Reminds why I got into music in the 1st place: Bc life is scary, society is ridiculous, & I don't like being pushed around.

"Write from the heart" doesn't mean only use your "emotional side" - it means write from all that you are. Be smart, be creative, be emotional, be analytical, be sincere, be sneaky - be whatever you really are, & bring that into your work.

Moved recently - it's been really hard to find time to feel mentally organized enough to record new music, much less just sit and play. It's funny how that is. Especially when playing or working on recording would probably be a mentally organizing action on some level.

Happy Halloween! I appreciate all of you who continually work to spread the values of empathy, love and intelligence. And not reactivity, hate & cynicism. #love

Ok so now it's a race to see when the US economy really does hit bottom. Whee...

“According to a 2019 USDA report, every dollar in new SNAP benefits increases GDP by $1.50 in a weak economy.” “SNAP benefits are one of the fastest, most effective forms of economic stimulus because they get money into the economy quickly during a recession.” ~Center for Budget and Policy

Fascism for dummies

I wrote an essay about discovering that a thriller writer has started to publish Nicholas Sparks-style novels under a very familiar pseudonym!--leading to reflections on genre fiction, my experience as a 9/11 survivor, etc. lithub.com/when-an-extr...

Read this @newartistspotlight.bsky.social #10Questions with @dreamoptimistmusic.bsky.social and learn why "Doing something every day is better than doing nothing for 2 weeks and the playing for 4 hours." www.newartistspotlight.org/post/nas-10-... #newmusic

Brooklyn magnolias!

Don’t shame people for not immediately reading all the books they buy. Some books aren’t made to be ready right away, okay? Some books need time to mature. Some books need to cure for a while. Some books are prosciutto, and don’t you forget it.

Elections have consequences

There's some great #indiemusic happening - art makes life better...

“The Food and Drug Administration’s top vaccine official, Dr. Peter Marks, abruptly resigned Friday, saying in a searing letter that Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s aggressive stance on vaccines was irresponsible and posed a danger to the public.”

In recent years, Judge Boasberg has: - ordered the release of Hillary’s emails - ensured Trump’s tax returns never became public - restricted disclosure from the Mueller investigation - limited disclosure of grand jury material in the Trump classified docs case. The resistance, he ain’t.

Great online indie music community... #indiemusic

Sometimes I imagine the future so much that the present seems like the past.

Can’t emphasize this enough: if you’re feeling overwhelmed by the debased assault on our country, the antidote is connecting with other people in the flesh who are feeling the same way. There are millions of us.

A top economics reporter goes off script on national TV: “I am going to say this at risk of my job, but what President Trump is doing is insane.”

Everyone should be screaming like this! More of this, now please!

PLEASE SHARE U.S. Representative Jamie Raskin is encouraging all U.S. citizens to join him this week in filing formal demands for access to their personal data obtained by the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) and Elon Musk. jamieraskin.com/doge-privacy...

Listen to Pete Buttigieg. No one is safe from the criminal conman and his Nazi sidekick; not seniors, not children, and especially not veterans. These greed-driven billionaire fucksticks will stop at nothing to give themselves tax cuts. 😳👇

#Neversayhisname 45 will do...

Windows Central: Xbox gaming handheld planned later this year codename "Keenan" - MS working with PC gaming OEM (think ASUS/Lenovo/MSI) that will look unmistakably "Xbox" Next-Gen Xbox console targeting 2027 www.windowscentral.com/gaming/xbox/...

New #indiemusic from NAS for the week...

Rec when arguing w/MAGA: Use AI to validate misinformation & false claims when arguing w/far right leaning people online. I've been doing this and it's been amazingly helpful. ChatGPT & Grok both show sources. Useful to strike down a lot of misinformation - & good education! #truth #democracy

My current theory: The admin is doing the craziest, most constitution-risking things under the assumption it won't get through, but that liberal/centrist voters will react strongly to these notions on social, further polarizing the populace. (1/)

Well said!

🔥 Rep. Al Green is not new to standing up

Curtis Yarvin‘s writings display an astonishing amount of ignorance about human behavior - on top of ignorance about history & the details underpinning critical moments (end of slavery, etc). My hunch is anyone intensely subscribed to his worldview is in for a stark wake up call in coming years.

love this @rokhanna.bsky.social We need more proposals like this that co-opt the chaos Please share off line as well !!!

March 4th: Nationwide day of protests! Over 90 events added so far, and our team is working hard to get more up as quickly as possible. Find a March 4th demonstration at www.FiftyFifty.one. #50501movement #PeoplesMovement #FiftyFiftyOne @polrev.bsky.social #March4thForDemocracy #ImpeachTrump

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Democracy dies in primer… #bezos

Encouraging people to get the measles vaccine is a bare minimum requirement of any health worker's job. Sadly, we are now in the place where the head of the country's health agency doing it warrants widespread applause; a reflection of the dire place US public health is in.

The question is WTF are Democrats doing to counter the lies and propaganda? Every Democratic Senator and representative should be loudly countering this administration via every communication means possible. There are only a few who seem to be doing this and it’s not enough.

Last week in a WHO-led process, a group of experts selected target flu strains for production for the 2025-26 season. All three strains selected were previously used in the global 2024-25 season, which should make work easier for manufacturers since they have experience with these strains.

Every second, the Sun ejects 1.5 million tons of material into space at hundreds of miles per second, but Earth's magnetic field protects it from the solar wind. Credit: NASA Goddard

Please watch this and learn more about Curtis Yarvin. JD Vance, Peter Thiel and the oligarchs admire his ideas. youtu.be/VeVhHNSe9Ks?...

A picture is a memory of the past and a reminder that we have these last few wild places today, because good people once realized the value of conservation.

Another strong woman speaks the TRUTH…