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Caryn Rose

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Music journalist, historian, archivist, crabby old punk rock lady. Bimonthly column at Salon.com | WHY PATTI SMITH MATTERS, UTP 2022 Springsteen newsletter @ https://www.radio-nowhere.com/ clips @ https://carynrose.contently.com/ She / her

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Caryn Rose @carynrose.bsky.social · Jul 7

music journalist / historian / archivist. bylines in: Salon.com, NPR, Variety & others. I wrote WHY PATTI SMITH MATTERS. proprietor of RADIO NOWHERE (www.radio-nowhere.com), a newsletter about Bruce Springsteen. clips at carynrose.contently.com

Radio Nowhere: A Newsletter About Bruce Springsteen

Thoughtful and deeply-researched discussion and commentary about Bruce Springsteen's music and live shows.

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Dr. Samantha Hancox-Li @sjshancoxli.liberalcurrents.com · 1h

have some goddamn courage

www.liberalcurrents.com/democrats-mu...

Democrats Must Embrace War Mindset

We have exited a long period of peace and entered into a struggle not unlike war, in which all the old certainties have gone malleable and the future of the republic is at stake.

www.liberalcurrents.com

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Jay Jaffe @jayjaffe.bsky.social · 1h

Remarkably it took only 68 years for him to be given his due by Some Clown at the Wall Street Journal.

Gummy Arts @gummyarts.bsky.social · 1h

Johnny Cash released his debut studio album on this date in 1957.

Colored-pencil card drawing of Johnny Cash

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Andrea Pitzer @andreapitzer.bsky.social · 1h

The autocrat's toadies destroy functioning governance and launch crisis after crisis in order to create a nation that runs on patronage in which he's the only one able to do anything for anyone.

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Bobby Kogan @bbkogan.bsky.social · 1h

I think it would be a huge public service if major media outlets interviewed people given RIF notices and let them explain in detail what their jobs are so that people can judge for themselves whether these positions are wasteful like Trump and Vought claim or whether they help the country prosper.

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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 1h

I'm so proud of everyone from my old neighborhood of Rogers Park in Chicago. I see what you have been and are doing. I am so proud of how organized the community is and how much more so everyone is becoming. It is inspiring. Just one example... And this is something EVERYONE can do. Everyone.

Informational flyer about Rogers Park Whistle Protocols, explaining how to use whistles to alert neighbors of emergencies, with color-coded alerts, steps for use, and encouragement to form a crowd and stay loud for safety.

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🎃 public HELLth guy 🎃 @publichealthguy1.bsky.social · 11h

states can only do so much though, the fact is this nation NEEDS a CDC, and that is going to become more and more apparent as time goes on

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Celeste Headlee @celesteheadlee.bsky.social · 1h

Here's the link to my pantry. It's so easy to do. Buy a little free library box (or build one), attach it to a pole or stand on your property, put up a sign so people know the food is free. Buying the shelf stable supplies is less expensive at Costco.

www.gofundme.com/f/help-keep-...

Donate to Help Keep Our Neighborhood Pantry Stocked, organized by Celeste Headlee

In 2021, my neighbors and I installed a little free pantry on my front lawn,… Celeste Headlee needs your support for Help Keep Our Neighborhood Pantry Stocked

www.gofundme.com

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Ms. Lynne Jeff 🏳️‍⚧️ (Trannÿ of Tÿranny) @alissa914.bsky.social · 3h

Me: Oh, ICE... are you complaining that some government power stops you from using a bathroom that you're normally legally entitled to use? Oh... I can't hear you over the tiny violin playing.

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Mikki Halpin @mikkipedia.bsky.social · 1h

Going to do my least favorite women's magazine trope and provide a "takeaway" which is--it doesn't fucking matter why, really. In the moment, when psychos are preying on people, what matters is helping them, and listening to folks who know a lot more about how to keep safe and fight back than we do

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John Lurie @johnlurie.bsky.social · 11h

On May 26, 1959, Harvey Haddix pitched a perfect game for 12 innings, only to lose in the 13th

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Caryn Rose @carynrose.bsky.social · 11h

No they’re not.

Caryn Rose @carynrose.bsky.social · 12h

I was going to go but I had too much to deal with today and needed a night on the couch but am still regretting it

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The Cola Corporation @cola.baby · 14h

Check ur inboxes

Graphic of black tee. Two blue stripes in background at top and bottom. White and red text reads Protest at top and Chicago at bottom. In middle is a diptych of black and white photo of Chicago protests 1968 and a color photo of man carrying USA flag amid tear gas at Broadview Illinois in 2025.

Close up of text on inside sleeve

1. "¿Soy libre de irme?"
Si no: "¿Me están deteniendo?"
2. "Deseo permanecer en silencio. Quiero hablar con un abogado."
3. "No doy miconsentimiento
ara un registro"
4. Ademas de 1-
de 1-3, cállate.
5. En serio, cállate
5. En serio, cállate.
Gremio Nacional de
Abogados
(872) 465-4244

1. "AmI free to go?"
If not: "Aml being detained?"
2."i choose to remain silent.
"I want to speak to a lawyer."
3."I do not consent to a search."
4. Besides 1-3, STFU.
5. Seriously, STFU.
6. National Lawyers
Guild Chicago

Close up of tag inside tee collar.

UNION MADE IN THE U.S.A
100% COTTON
SMALL

In background is image of Chicago flag

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Caryn Rose @carynrose.bsky.social · 16h

Don’t bring the Satanists into this

Caryn Rose @carynrose.bsky.social · 17h

“Garry Tallent never smiled that much” was my first complaint about the biopic trailer

Caryn Rose @carynrose.bsky.social · 17h

This is the first I am learning about it

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Lisa Needham @snipy.bsky.social · 18h

**goose meme** what sort of gunman, motherfucker????

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 19h

Bondi: "We've been living through a horrific cycle of political violence in this country ... night after night antifa wrecks havoc on the streets of our cities. In Minnesota, a gunman murdered a state lawmaker and her husband."

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Rhymers gonna rhyme @rhymer29.bsky.social · 18h

No violence, just 'scary' dancing frogs...ribbit🐸🐸🐸

#PortlandFrogFriend

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Caryn Rose @carynrose.bsky.social · 18h

I was glad when the bagel place at the Bedford L stop started charging extra for scooped bagels

Caryn Rose @carynrose.bsky.social · 18h

I understand and have been following but this epithet seems specific

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Adam Selzer @adamchicago.bsky.social · 21h

The frogs have landed in Chicago!

Protestor in a frog suit and an anti-Ice sign with what I believe to be a Pokémon character on a street corner in Rogers Park.

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Caryn Rose @carynrose.bsky.social · 18h

Here’s the thing about buses: in many places, buses are only for the poors. Whenever I’d talk to newcomers about living in Greenpoint they’d complain about the G. I’d say “yeah but the bus goes over the bridge & drops you at the last stop in queens on the 7, it’s great” “oh I don’t ride the BUS”

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Caryn Rose @carynrose.bsky.social · 19h

I really need someone to ask Cuomo what that means

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Caryn Rose @carynrose.bsky.social · 20h

i'm not dating anybody until i know their bagel order (or if they don't have one, which is another story)

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Ben K. @benjaminkabak.com · 22h

Journalism as Stenography: Every single article I've read about the Idaho Qatari air base has simply said it will exist because Hegseth said it. Not a single article explains why or what it will be (which I assume will be a joint training facility). This is awful journalism.

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