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Jay Babcock @jaywbabcock.bsky.social · Jul 3
This took forever, but I am very glad to be able to write this morning that the entire run of Arthur magazine (2002-2008, 2012-13) is finally available online as single issue PDFs. Every page of every issue, either scanned or from the original digital files. FREE.

arthurmag.com/read-the-mag...
Contents: An epic-length profile of California harper JOANNA NEWSOM by Erik Davis, with photos by Eden Batki // Kyp Malone of TV ON THE RADIO talks with Jay Babcock about directly confronting USA militarism // “Bog Venus vs. Nazi Cock-Ring: Some Thoughts Concerning Pornography” by Alan Moore: a landmark eight-page essay/manifesto, with illustrations // Chuck Dukowski (ex-Black Flag, SST) on the deeper, civilizational issues surrounding ALL-AGES SHOWS, illustrated by Geoff McFetridge // Columnist Molly Frances on the roots of Christmas // Columnist Dave Reeves on guns // Douglas Rushkoff on visionary thinker Robert Anton Wilson // Lisa Anne Auerbach‘s knitted sweaters photographed by Justine Kurland // Nabob Shineywater (Brightblack Morning Light) on musicians Sandy Bull and Hamza al-Din // Chris Ziegler on new albums by White Magic and Sunn O))) & Boris // Byron Coley & Thurston Moore on oodles of underground culture forms; a full-color full-page of “Strings” comics by PShaw
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · Jun 28
If the GOP reconciliation bill passes, ICE gets through FY2029:

- $45 billion for detention, on top of the current annual budget of $3.4 billion
- $14.4 billion for transportation and removal, on top of the current annual budget of $750 million
- $8 billion for hiring/retention
- Billions more.
joncooper-us.bsky.social Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · Jun 28
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Paste Magazine @pastemagazine.bsky.social · Jun 18
Before the release of Hotline TNT's third full-length LP, 'Raspberry Moon,' Will Anderson talks about the attention that followed 'Cartwheel,' writing from a happier place, and the art of things left unsaid.

Read the Q&A here:
www.pastemagazine.com/music/hotlin...
Hotline TNT Won’t Give It All Away
Paste Magazine is your source for the best music, movies, TV, comedy, videogames, books, comics, craft beer, politics and more. Discover your favorite albums and films.
www.pastemagazine.com
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Ben Swank @benswank.bsky.social · Jun 6
The Jean Cocteau Crucifixion mural in the church fittingly next door to @princecharlescinema.com
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Ben Swank @benswank.bsky.social · Jun 5
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Ben Swank @benswank.bsky.social · Jun 5
Nobody’s allowed to mention the ICA without also mentioning this legendary moment. Sorry, those are the rules.
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Ben Swank @benswank.bsky.social · Jun 5
William Tyler at the ICA London last night
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Verso Books @versobooks.bsky.social · May 5
Karl Marx was born on this day in 1818.

“The philosophers have only interpreted the world, in various ways. The point, however, is to change it."
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Ben Swank @benswank.bsky.social · May 1
Huge
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Ben Swank @benswank.bsky.social · Apr 30
pitchfork.com Pitchfork @pitchfork.com · Apr 30
The Nashville guitarist’s latest album is an act of reckoning: Collaging together found sounds and field recordings with his own fingerpicking, it feels like an elegy for a nation in free fall
William Tyler: Time Indefinite
Read Daniel Felsenthal’s review of the album.
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John Semley @johnsemley3000.bsky.social · Apr 19
Happy Bicycle Day! in honor of the unofficial LSD holiday, here's a history of the best, purest acid made in underground: tracking its application from Bay Area '60s freak-out parties, to current clinical depression studies. for @rollingstone.com. www.rollingstone.com/culture/cult...
Inside the Long, Strange Trip of the World's Best LSD
Owsley Stanley created a legendary strain of acid in the 1960s — now it's taking on a new life in modern-day research facilities.
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Naomi Klein @naomiaklein.bsky.social · Apr 13
THE RISE OF END TIMES FASCISM

My first major piece of the new Trump era, co-written with @astra.bsky.social.

The governing ideology of the far right has become a
monstrous, supremacist survivalism.

Our task is to build a movement strong enough to stop them. www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
The rise of end times fascism
The governing ideology of the far right has become a monstrous, supremacist survivalism. Our task is to build a movement strong enough to stop them
www.theguardian.com
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Ben Swank @benswank.bsky.social · Apr 4
Just once I want to care enough about a hill that I WOULD die on it
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The Onion @theonion.com · Apr 4
Nation Could Have Sworn Russell Brand Was Already Convicted Sex Offender
Nation Could Have Sworn Russell Brand Was Already Convicted Sex Offender
NEW YORK—Stressing that the memory seemed so fresh and vivid in their minds, the confused nation announced Monday that they could have sworn British entertainer Russell Brand was already a convicted s...
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Gaius (from Tribunate) @gaius.bsky.social · Mar 26
Becoming a “thank you for your service” guy for a car dealership is the logical endpoint of American conservatism
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Patrick Cosmos @veryimportant.lawyer · Mar 22
elon putting up "check out my tape of ambient field recordings on bandcamp" numbers
rickywlmsbong.bsky.social chair of the committee for the abolition of stuffing @rickywlmsbong.bsky.social · Mar 20
7,000 units in a quarter lol
electrek.co Electrek @electrek.co · Mar 20
Tesla confirms it can’t sell the Cybertruck even with tax credit and discounts
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David_j_roth @davidjroth.bsky.social · Mar 20
RIP to Wings Hauser, an American original and the man behind some of the most deranged film performances I've ever seen. (Also he's the smug lawyer that gets told "wipe that smirk off your face" in The Insider) I wrote about him last year; this is a gift link. defector.com/wings-hauser...
Wings Hauser, American Weirdo | Defector
When Entertainment Weekly profiled the actor Wings Hauser in the spring of 1991, he had made nine movies in the previous 15 months and was wrapping up production on a tenth. “The 43-year-old actor-dir...
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Reconstructionist @unavaleable.bsky.social · Mar 19
Dumber golden calf
patriottakes.bsky.social PatriotTakes 🇺🇸 @patriottakes.bsky.social · Mar 16
On display at Mar-a-Lago: A golden Mount Rushmore monument with Trump head on it
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Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · Mar 18
Israel resumed its relentless bombing of Gaza overnight on Tuesday, killing more than 400 Palestinians and sowing terror.

Here's what we know about why Israel broke the ceasefire in the enclave ⤵️
Why did Israel break the ceasefire in Gaza?
Israel resumed its relentless bombing of Gaza overnight on Tuesday, killing more than 400 people and sowing terror.
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · Mar 15
Holy crap. The DOJ is arguing that the President can unilaterally deport anyone he wants without ANY statutory authority, just on his inherent authority as President over national security.

That is a terrifying claim to make and not one that has ever been recognized before in US history.
Beyond the statute, the President’s inherent Article II authority is plainly violated by the district court’s order. As a function of his inherent Article II authority to protect the nation, the President may determine that TdA represents a significant risk to the United States, that it is intertwined and advancing the interests of a foreign government in a manner antithetical to the interests of the United States, and that its members should be summarily removed from this country as part of that threat.
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · Mar 15
Sen. Bernie Sanders and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez are hitting the road this coming week for Sanders's 'Fighting Oligarchy' tour, which is focused on "the takeover of the national government by billionaires and large corporations."

Events will take place in Nevada, Arizona, and Colorado.
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Ben Swank @benswank.bsky.social · Mar 12
Ooooh so scary for her new maga era
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Ben Swank @benswank.bsky.social · Mar 11
Chad and Chaz headed to Jeff’s with a bottle of roofies
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Ben Swank @benswank.bsky.social · Mar 11
Major kidnapper vibes
thedailyshow.com The Daily Show @thedailyshow.com · Mar 11
Get in loser, we're tanking the economy
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Ben Swank @benswank.bsky.social · Mar 6
Imagine breaking Grover’s heart
washingtonpost.com The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · Mar 6
The nonprofit behind “Sesame Street” announced “painful” staff reductions as it searches for a new streaming partner to air the iconic show.

Sesame Workshop President and CEO Sherrie Rollins Westin blamed the end of a distribution deal with Max and the loss of federal funding under President Trump.
Layoffs to hit Sesame Workshop amid streaming woes, Trump attacks
Sesame Workshop announced layoffs at it searches for a new “Sesame Street” streamer.
www.washingtonpost.com
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