just a reminder, ya'll:

Can’t stress enough that all these and more line the shelves of every thrift shop in America for a few dollars apiece, many of which also stock DVD/Blu-ray players. You could probably score the classic titles and a player for around $50, cheaper than six months of Disney+’s basic ad tier plan.

howdy👋 per our current media landscape: I'm now officially Ex-Media, happily free of contractual "impartiality" clauses in the near future, i'm hoping i can share some industry knowledge to marshal precious resources and nail the right pressure points here's today's main message : Be This Cat.

shit is scary right now, but i have no intention of shutting up or shutting down. support independent media. subscribe to the handbasket.

the top google result for "cancel hulu" is on their web site… and it's a 404. SHOCKER. you can go here to cancel your hulu account if it's not thru the app store:

I mean, “community values?” How underwater in polling is this administration anyway?

boy, go out to get a cheap pizza and get home to see network television in flames

It's really hard to have creative work be the only thing you want to do, and the only thing you're actually any good at, in the age of "we are going to eat you and shit your bones into an image of a woman with a distressingly childish face and distressingly large breasts hugging a crying Shrek."

Hi! I was homeless. That's me he wants to kill. If you don't know me, hi, I am pretty nice, I think. I'm a privacy lawyer. I drive a cute yellow Bronco. I do art. I have two really fluffy Maine coon cats. I volunteer at food banks when I can. This guy would have killed me for being homeless.

i'm hoping that seeing reposts of bits and pieces of @programme4.tv means the new season of @programme4.tv is not too far away 🤞🤞🤞

for #CDFriday, actually found a new copy of this Early Music a cappella gem 👏👏 y'know, playing them hits from the 1500's

i was the envy of all my tech buds with this modem

Local serial killer admits that there's less people to kill due to a rise of unsolved murders

Today the internet lost Maru, cat of legend, so I'm putting out an empty cardboard box for him.

Know your rights, Illinois. Stay safe and stay informed.

I wrote a little thing about Chicago, my beautiful complicated city, on the eve of occupation. dansinker.com/posts/202…

paging @ihavethatonvinyl.com

this is a very helpful guide to a completely insane situation

FINALLY

if I could get my GIFs to work, I would insert the Bugs Bunny Cuts Florida Off From The United States GIF immediately. And yeah - we live here. 😖 (Feel free to add that GIF below.)

Oh well. I am making my claim and every author should.

when i subscribed to @theonion.com i did not expect to feel seen😱

Good way to get some focus for this Monday.

bumping this again for @maura.bsky.social gofund.me/5c1c61b0

per last repost www.gofundme.com/f/help-bring...

John Shin, a well known and respected violinist from South Korea, who received Bachelor's and Master's degrees at the University of Utah for violin performance, was detained by ICE. John Shin has been a violinist and teaches students in Utah. He is being detained in Colorado.

This feels like a spot of good news www.sciencedaily.com/releases/202...

bumping this for the saturday night crowd

my incredible friend ivy set this up to help nuno. i have reached the max reimbursement from my pet insurance and we still have radiation to go. if you can help i will be so very grateful. if not. just your thoughts are appreciated. thanks. www.gofundme.com/f/nuno-needs...

this album/book/atlas realigned my third ear. not coincidentally, irwin is also the person single most responsible for reinventing/reinvigorating freeform weirdness at @wfmu.bsky.social in the late '70s (& tune in every wednesday 3-6pm for his still-adventurous show).

Ooooof www.wsj.com/business/med...

Props to The Hollywood Reporter for getting the headline right.

@annkpowers.bsky.social i was finally able to read your 8/12 piece... ... ma'am, You _Get_ It. people like us stuck far from cultural centers read the Times & WaPo just to know what was going on in the arts, far from the Florida Panhadle Purgatory we live within, where Nothing Ever Happens. (1/4)

@bourgwick.bsky.social sir, perhaps you could answer this question: has YLT ever performed "Something To Do?" I've not seen it on any set lists.. (still think it's one of ira's most underrated songs, but that's just me)

My friend Laura is an activist in the Charlottesville area. Laura eschews social media, but asked me to help amplify this message. Dark times. Victimizing vulnerable people. Check the alt text and share.

Yup, This. (btw, @flaminghydra.com Rules.)

I hate to keep saying this, but the only way that we in the arts (writing, criticism, music, art, dance, film) are going to be able to keep culture alive is to create an actual counter-economy. I know that Wen & I have harped on this for the last 15+ years, but now more than ever: it's Essential.

This thread by @szacharek.bsky.social absolutely nails it.

It is sometimes necessary, in these difficult times, to spend an hour scrolling through clothing sites, hoping that one of these gowns is going to give you the strength to fight fascism.

@nightafternight.bsky.social dear mr. smith, as someone who reads & enjoys your emailed writings religiously, i am nonetheless disturbed that you waited three days to publish the stunning pictorial evidence that ULTRAMAN SODA EXISTS 😱 THIS SHOULD HAVE BEEN SHARED IMMEDIATELY 😫

This is fantastic. And more importantly, true. buttondown.com/monteiro/arc...

@leahreich.com just wanted to thank you for yesterday’s newsletter - you freakin’ nailed it 👏👏👏

just sayin': this piece by @sterlewine.bsky.social is a great example why reviews are still a great discovery tool (and i'm now interested in this record, btw)

Daily bunny no.3038 practices daily in his room

@bourgwick.bsky.social i thought you might be intrigued by this - i'm beginning to think i was the only person who liked Vineland when it first came out - and your posts about it are winding me up to read it again i at least also owe the book that it taught me what defenestration is

just hearing that Terry Reid has passed - a phenomenal talent who not only had a lot of behind-the-scenes impact on music, but was pretty freaking amazing himself his River album lived on my turntable for quite some time when it came out and is always a good starting point for the uninitiated

Absolutely _This._

i'm home (in three parts): 1. this came from pre-order (from bookshop dot org, so score one for the non-corporate writer's death trap) pre-ordered almost instantly because @bowiesongs.bsky.social's prose is so damned good it's nearly criminal it is well worth your hard-earned green (1/3)

have you noticed how our timeline has suddenly become an adult version of "where the wild things are" with max as pres