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Nitish Pahwa @nitishpahwa.com · 12h

🎵 a wild pack of feral hogs came running through the yard one day
my father got his gun, shot it up, they ran away, OK
a wild pack of feral hogs came running through the yard
and as my own hog ran away with them
I didn't say much of anything at all
didn't say much of anything at all ... 🎵

Sharon @sharonk.bsky.social · 14h

i love paying attention to the slow motion hog-apocalypse because what do YOU MEAN

www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Wild boars were purposely crossbred with pink domestic pigs to make a larger animal with a faster reproductive rate. The barrel-like bodies of wild boars can weigh up to 300 pounds.

Their size and sharp tusks mean people should be careful when hiking in the back country, Brook said. He recommends carrying pepper spray, because feral pigs are known to charge and injure humans.

"If there are signs of pigs, certainly leave the area," Brook said. "In any encounter with the pig you should get out of that and into a vehicle or building as fast as you can."

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sam³⁰⁰⁰ @samgavin.com · 14h

This notably leaves out his past history as a white rapper named Dillis who toured with Lil Debbie lmao. Like when Wikipedia lists you as an American singer-songwriter and former rapper, "former rapper" should be in bold and italics

Vulture @vulture.com · 14h

The folksy pop singer, real name Tucker Pillsbury, makes his ‘Saturday Night Live’ debut on October 11 with veteran host Amy Poehler. Everything to know about the rising musician and all his Sallys.

Who’s Your Role Model?

The folksy pop singer, real name Tucker Pillsbury, makes his ‘Saturday Night Live’ debut on October 11 with veteran host Amy Poehler. Everything to know about the rising musician and all his Sallys.

www.vulture.com

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Captain Suboo baja blast: the falafel lobbyist @coolranch4lyfe.bsky.social · 13h

For christs sake

Stereogum @stereogum.bsky.social · 13h

Neko Case ends Tennessee show early after venue refuses to remove armed security guard

Neko Case Ends Tennessee Show Early After Venue Refuses To Remove Armed Guard

Neko Case played a show Thursday night at the Caverns in the tiny Tennessee town of Pelham — or at least she started to, before walking off stage after her first few songs. The reason for her departur...

www.stereogum.com

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Brian Goldstone @brian-goldstone.bsky.social · 19h

Today is World Homeless Day, and after years reporting on this crisis, I'll just say: homelessness is neither inevitable nor intractable. It's the result of choices—political, economic, moral—that can be unmade.

And this: how we treat the unhoused is a bellwether for the violence we will tolerate.

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Elana Levin @levin.bsky.social · 14h

New Mobb Deep album !! Prodigy recorded before he died (rip). One track

Mobb Deep - "Against The World" Official Music Video

YouTube video by Mass Appeal

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Carly Goodman @carlygoodman.bsky.social · 14h

Ripping millions of people away from the fabric of our communities is creating unfathomable mass trauma

Maggie Tokuda-Hall @maggietokudahall.bsky.social · 19h

Today my daughter's preschool is holding a farewell assembly for one of her classmates whose mother has no choice but to self deport. The school is hoping it will be joyful in tone, so we might make this less upsetting for this 3 year old.

There's just no words for the uselessness of this cruelty.

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London Review of Books @lrb.co.uk · 16h

‘Five musicians from the Vienna Philharmonic are thought to have taken their instruments to the camps or ghettos, where they played music before they were liquidated. Then there was silence.’

Thomas Laqueuer on Kate Kennedy’s ‘Cello: A Journey through Silence to Sound’
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...

Thomas Laqueur · A Different Life: Can cellos remember?

Cellists and violinists in particular are haunted by the musicians who played their instruments before them and those...

www.lrb.co.uk

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Louie Stowell @louiestowell.bsky.social · 1d

One of the things about this study is that a lot of baby and toddler books are written in house, by editors. So the study reveals the whiteness of editorial in kidlit even if not explicitly. But, big picture, this trend is unacceptable. I remember so many promises www.theguardian.com/books/2025/o...

‘Catastrophic decline’ in Black representation in children’s books

A report by charity Inclusive Books for Children found that of the 2,721 books surveyed, only 51 featured a Black main character, down by 21.5% since 2023

www.theguardian.com

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Nitish Pahwa @nitishpahwa.com · 17h

"we all are" yeah I absolutely am not a daughter to Woody Allen, please and thank you Pulitzer finalist Caitlin Flanagan

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lastpositivist.bsky.social @lastpositivist.bsky.social · 1d

you know what fair

Bootleggirl on twitter writes: "I still dislike the Star Wars sequels but I can't no longer fault them for running with the premise of "20 years after fascism, same fascism again, but stupider" bc I just lived through that.

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Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 18h

“Another former OpenAI employee who also was not authorized to speak publicly argued that releasing a deepfake AI social media platform was the right business decision, even if it contributes to the collapse of everyone's shared sense of reality.” 💀

Sora gives deepfakes 'a publicist and a distribution deal.' It could change the internet

OpenAI's new hit app has unleashed a new wave of AI slop across the internet. But what happens when there are no rules over hyper-realistic synthetic videos?

www.npr.org

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Nitish Pahwa @nitishpahwa.com · 18h

tbt to the giant puppets at the Battle for Seattle indypendent.org/2019/11/how-...

dr. caitlin m. green @caitlinmoriah.bsky.social · 1d

there are SO many more inflatable costumes tonight. clearly we have settled on a motif

Wide shot of many people in inflatable costumes

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Todd in the Shadows @shadowtodd.bsky.social · 18h

Man, a lot of beef showing up in pop music all of a sudden... Taylor/Charli, Cardi/Nicki, Cardi/Bia, Tate McRae/Kid Laroi, Zach Bryan/ICE if we're counting that... Morgan Wallen/Charlie Crockett a month or so ago...

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Nitish Pahwa @nitishpahwa.com · 18h

among other things … that TikTok sale ain't gonna happen anytime soon

Jeremy Wallace @jeremywallace.bsky.social · 18h

ok, here's DJT on the rare earth export controls that China has proposed. sorry for sharing tr*th s*cial posts, but apparently that's how us policy gets done this administration.

Some very strange things are happening in China! They are becoming very hostile, and sending letters to Countries throughout the World, that they want to impose Export Controls on each and every element of production having to do with Rare Earths, and virtually anything else they can think of, even if it’s not manufactured in China. Nobody has ever seen anything like this but, essentially, it would “clog” the Markets, and make life difficult for virtually every Country in the World, especially for China. We have been contacted by other Countries who are extremely angry at this great Trade hostility, which came out of nowhere. Our relationship with China over the past six months has been a very good one, thereby making this move on Trade an even more surprising one. I have always felt that they’ve been lying in wait, and now, as usual, I have been proven right! There is no way that China should be allowed to hold the World “captive,” but that seems to have been their plan for quite some time, starting with the “Magnets” and, other Elements that they have quietly amassed into somewhat of a Monopoly position, a rather sinister and hostile move, to say the least. But the U.S. has Monopoly positions also, much stronger and more far reaching than China’s. I have just not chosen to use them, there was never a reason for me to do so — UNTIL NOW! The letter they sent is many pages long, and details, with great specificity, each and every Element that they want to withhold from other Nations. Things that were routine are no longer routine at all. I have not spoken to President Xi because there was no reason to do so. This was a real surprise, not only to me, but to all the Leaders of the Free World. I was to meet President Xi in two weeks, at APEC, in South Korea, but now there seems to be no reason to do so. The Chinese letters were especially inappropriate in that this was the Day that, after three thousand years of bedlam and fighting, there is PEACE IN THE MIDDLE EAST....

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Nitish Pahwa @nitishpahwa.com · 18h

Crumb's prototype for the Portland Frog

R Crumb Warehouse @rcrumbwarehouse.bsky.social · 18h

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Nitish Pahwa @nitishpahwa.com · 19h

she's had a great year

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Craig Jenkins @craigsj.bsky.social · 19h

the remixes eating the mixes tf up www.youtube.com/watch?v=fDXc...

PinkPantheress - Nice to Know You + Sugababes (Official Audio)

YouTube video by Pinkpantheress

www.youtube.com

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Nitish Pahwa @nitishpahwa.com · 19h

the production/instrumentation may be dated, sure, but damn if this ain't catchy as heck www.youtube.com/watch?v=FLES...

The Moody Blues - Steppin´a Slide Zone

YouTube video by AdamTensor

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Nitish Pahwa @nitishpahwa.com · 19h

RIP John Lodge, I know the Moody Blues have long been Polarizing but when their songwriting hit it really hit, as Lodge's did here www.youtube.com/watch?v=N_J-...

The Moody Blues - I'm Just A Singer (In A Rock And Roll Band)

YouTube video by TheMoodyBluesVEVO

www.youtube.com

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Matt Peterson @mattpeterson.bsky.social · 19h

Trump says he was blindsided by new Chinese trade restrictions. He is “calculating at this moment is a massive increase of Tariffs on Chinese products coming into the United States of America.” Market not happy.

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Nitish Pahwa @nitishpahwa.com · 19h

"know that we are aligned" wooofffffffff bsky.app/profile/oliv...

Oliver Darcy @oliverdarcy.bsky.social · 20h

Here's the full memo.

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Carole King @carolekingofficial.bsky.social · 19h

Only Love Is Real

#caroleking #onlyloveisreal

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Nitish Pahwa @nitishpahwa.com · 19h

smh Google trying to hoard more feet pics

TechCrunch @techcrunch.com · 2d

To virtually try on a pair of shoes, users need to tap on any product listing on Google, select the "try it on" button and then add a full length photo themselves.

Google's virtual try-on shopping tool expands to more countries, now lets you try on shoes | TechCrunch

To virtually try on a pair of shoes, users need to tap on any product listing on Google, select the "try it on" button and then add a full length photo themselves.

techcrunch.com

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Nitish Pahwa @nitishpahwa.com · 20h

congrats to everyone celebrating this victory over Trump, hope the likes are worth it bsky.app/profile/joad...

Joad The Wet Sprocket @joadsprocket.bsky.social · 20h

the movie Knowing is about me

Tweet from María Corina Machado that reads, "This recognition of the struggle of all Venezuelans is a boost to conclude our task: to conquer Freedom.

We are on the threshold of victory and today, more than ever, we count on President Trump, the people of the United States, the peoples of Latin America, and the democratic nations of the world as our principal allies to achieve Freedom and democracy.

I dedicate this prize to the suffering people of Venezuela and to President Trump for his decisive support of our cause!"

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The Tonearm @thetonearm.com · 20h

“[Jim McNeely] transformed the art of writing music for big bands. He writes so fluidly for big band, creates these wonderful colors and textures, and makes the structures feel so natural and inevitable.”

Jim McNeely, Innovative Composer for Jazz Big Bands, Dies at 76 (gift link):

Jim McNeely, Innovative Composer for Jazz Big Bands, Dies at 76

A Grammy-winning pianist, he was renowned for works that created “new ideas about line, harmony, rhythm, sound and musical architecture,” one admirer wrote.

www.nytimes.com

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