Argyle St.
@argyleheir.bsky.social
Pics & fics & gothic vibes 🪦
The act of: death-defying affection
insures the constancy of the stars
and their place at the beginning of
everything.
- Richard Brautigan
The act of: death-defying affection
insures the constancy of the stars
and their place at the beginning of
everything.
- Richard Brautigan
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January 30, 2026 at 6:09 PM
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All the blockbuster IP franchises you love today only exist because of mass market paperbacks. How can we stop this? goodereader.com/blog/digital...
Mass Market Paperbacks are discontinued
Publishers Weekly last month reported that ReaderLink, the largest full-service distributor of
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January 28, 2026 at 12:23 AM
All the blockbuster IP franchises you love today only exist because of mass market paperbacks. How can we stop this? goodereader.com/blog/digital...
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The simplest way to make spaghetti al limone is also my favorite, no cream, butter, or other clutter. It's sunny and triumphant, even on a freezing day.
smittenkitchen.com/2019/06/simp...
smittenkitchen.com/2019/06/simp...
January 28, 2026 at 10:00 PM
The simplest way to make spaghetti al limone is also my favorite, no cream, butter, or other clutter. It's sunny and triumphant, even on a freezing day.
smittenkitchen.com/2019/06/simp...
smittenkitchen.com/2019/06/simp...
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Republicans are fond of invoking the US's founding and the framers of the Constitution.
But their veneration is particularly rich right now: Of all the abuses England heaped on the colonies, nothing angered them more than the Crown’s deployment of soldiers on city streets, especially in Boston.
But their veneration is particularly rich right now: Of all the abuses England heaped on the colonies, nothing angered them more than the Crown’s deployment of soldiers on city streets, especially in Boston.
Donald Trump’s Twin Cities onslaught feels a lot like the British tyranny in colonial Boston
Centuries-old dispatches show how his administration has betrayed our founding principles.
www.motherjones.com
January 28, 2026 at 2:15 PM
Republicans are fond of invoking the US's founding and the framers of the Constitution.
But their veneration is particularly rich right now: Of all the abuses England heaped on the colonies, nothing angered them more than the Crown’s deployment of soldiers on city streets, especially in Boston.
But their veneration is particularly rich right now: Of all the abuses England heaped on the colonies, nothing angered them more than the Crown’s deployment of soldiers on city streets, especially in Boston.
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Good to see some people with power and influence realizing it's theft
Scarlett Johansson, Cate Blanchett Among 800 Creatives Condemning Big Tech in Anti-AI Campaign: 'It's Theft'
Scarlett Johansson, Cate Blanchett and Joseph Gordon-Levitt are among over 800 supporters who have lent their signatures to a new anti-AI campaign.
www.thewrap.com
January 23, 2026 at 2:55 PM
Good to see some people with power and influence realizing it's theft
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Incredible read
AI companies will fail. We can salvage something from the wreckage | Cory Doctorow
AI companies will fail. We can salvage something from the wreckage | Cory Doctorow
AI is asbestos in the walls of our tech society, stuffed there by monopolists run amok. A serious fight against it must strike at its roots
www.theguardian.com
January 23, 2026 at 1:35 PM
Incredible read
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‘SINNERS’ has broken history as the MOST-NOMINATED FILM OF ALL TIME at the Oscars with 16 nominations
See the full nominees list: bit.ly/OscarNoms26
See the full nominees list: bit.ly/OscarNoms26
January 22, 2026 at 1:53 PM
‘SINNERS’ has broken history as the MOST-NOMINATED FILM OF ALL TIME at the Oscars with 16 nominations
See the full nominees list: bit.ly/OscarNoms26
See the full nominees list: bit.ly/OscarNoms26
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Certain types of physical touch among plants allows them to better withstand stress, finds a new report. https://scim.ag/45dMP6c
Plants cope with stress by touching each other
Behavior could help them respond to environmental challenges
scim.ag
January 22, 2026 at 2:30 PM
Certain types of physical touch among plants allows them to better withstand stress, finds a new report. https://scim.ag/45dMP6c
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In a new paper, SFI researchers examine the Boltzmann brain, a thought experiment that raises fundamental questions about memory, entropy, and time. The work clarifies how arguments for or against these ideas depend on assumptions about the past that are not fixed by physical laws alone.
Disentangling the Boltzmann brain hypothesis: Memory, entropy, and time
We trust our memories because they feel natural, and we trust time because it seems to flow in only one direction. Physics, however, allows for stranger possibilities that challenge our intuition.
In...
www.santafe.edu
January 21, 2026 at 5:48 PM
In a new paper, SFI researchers examine the Boltzmann brain, a thought experiment that raises fundamental questions about memory, entropy, and time. The work clarifies how arguments for or against these ideas depend on assumptions about the past that are not fixed by physical laws alone.
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Immediate punishment for speaking out against the regime.
Mischief Toy Store in St. Paul has until Wednesday to turn over employment records to the Department of Homeland Security as part of a surprise audit launched Friday, just hours after one of the shop's owners criticized ICE agents during a television interview. bit.ly/4r5AFol
January 21, 2026 at 12:27 PM
Immediate punishment for speaking out against the regime.
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"Major media know Trump is building a dictatorship, but they’re unwilling to tell the public that Trump is building a dictatorship.
This cynical pursuit of profit at the expense of public awareness is unacceptable."
@markjacob.bsky.social asks some critical questions here:
This cynical pursuit of profit at the expense of public awareness is unacceptable."
@markjacob.bsky.social asks some critical questions here:
“I sometimes wonder why journalists are so nice to the people who want to destroy them.”
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My free Stop the Presses newsletter.
Fascists are at war with journalism. Why aren’t journalists at war with fascism?
Mainstream media seem willing to drop their duty in order to pick up profits
www.stopthepresses.news
January 20, 2026 at 7:45 PM
"Major media know Trump is building a dictatorship, but they’re unwilling to tell the public that Trump is building a dictatorship.
This cynical pursuit of profit at the expense of public awareness is unacceptable."
@markjacob.bsky.social asks some critical questions here:
This cynical pursuit of profit at the expense of public awareness is unacceptable."
@markjacob.bsky.social asks some critical questions here:
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London backgrounds from 101 Dalmatians, 1961
January 20, 2026 at 1:18 PM
London backgrounds from 101 Dalmatians, 1961
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Hear another spectacular new Bill Callahan song, "Stepping Out For Air"
Bill Callahan Shares New Single "Stepping Out For Air": Listen
In about a month, the great American songwriter Bill Callahan will release his new album My Days Of 58. He introduced the project to us with the self-portrait “The Man I’m Supposed To Be,” then follow...
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January 20, 2026 at 3:49 PM
Hear another spectacular new Bill Callahan song, "Stepping Out For Air"
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Wolf Parade's Spencer Krug shares solo piano version of 'Heated Rivalry' hit "I'll Believe In Anything"
Wolf Parade's Spencer Krug Performs "I'll Believe In Anything" Solo: Watch
Last month, Wolf Parade won the random-ass viral-hit lottery when their 2005 song “I’ll Believe In Anything” soundtracked a dramatic moment on the HBO sports romance Heated Rivalry. In the past few we...
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January 20, 2026 at 4:13 PM
Wolf Parade's Spencer Krug shares solo piano version of 'Heated Rivalry' hit "I'll Believe In Anything"
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@toriamos.bsky.social details new album 'In Times Of Dragons' and announces 2026 US tour dates
Tori Amos Details New Album 'In Times Of Dragons,' 2026 US Tour
Last October Tori Amos announced that her 18th studio album was on the way, that it’d be called In The Times Of Dragons, and that she’d be supporting it with a massive European tour. Today the singer-...
stereogum.com
January 20, 2026 at 4:14 PM
@toriamos.bsky.social details new album 'In Times Of Dragons' and announces 2026 US tour dates
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Severe G4 geomagnetic storm sparks jaw-dropping northern lights worldwide.
@Spacecom has photos from Europe to China: https://flip.it/veR3EV
#northernlights #space #astronomy #science
@Spacecom has photos from Europe to China: https://flip.it/veR3EV
#northernlights #space #astronomy #science
Severe G4 geomagnetic storm sparks jaw-dropping northern lights worldwide (photos)
A fast CME slammed into Earth on Jan. 19, unleashing hours of intense auroral activity and lighting up skies far beyond the poles.
www.space.com
January 20, 2026 at 2:15 PM
Severe G4 geomagnetic storm sparks jaw-dropping northern lights worldwide.
@Spacecom has photos from Europe to China: https://flip.it/veR3EV
#northernlights #space #astronomy #science
@Spacecom has photos from Europe to China: https://flip.it/veR3EV
#northernlights #space #astronomy #science
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January 17, 2026 at 6:21 PM
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Kenny Morris, founding drummer for Siouxsie And The Banshees, is dead at 68
Siouxsie And The Banshees' Founding Drummer Kenny Morris Dead At 68
Kenny Morris, the founding drummer for goth post-punk legends Siouxsie And The Banshees, has died. His friend, journalist John Robb, is among those who’ve confirmed the news. No cause of death has bee...
stereogum.com
January 15, 2026 at 9:03 PM
Kenny Morris, founding drummer for Siouxsie And The Banshees, is dead at 68
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Oh hell yes
This is giving me a much needed endorphin rush youtu.be/I5XR48KLE8I?...
GWAR cover “Pink Pony Club” by Chappell Roan
YouTube video by The A.V. Club
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January 15, 2026 at 9:05 PM
Oh hell yes
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approximately three hundred of you have sent me this and you know what? Sure. I’ve got time today. Put 40 bulbs of garlic in my pasta, coming right up
September 25, 2025 at 11:21 AM
approximately three hundred of you have sent me this and you know what? Sure. I’ve got time today. Put 40 bulbs of garlic in my pasta, coming right up
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Brigitte Calls Me Baby unveil plans for sophomore LP 'Irreversible': The Chicago outfit have also announced that they’ll be supporting The Vaccines on their Spring 2026 UK tour.
Brigitte Calls Me Baby unveil plans for sophomore LP ‘Irreversible’
The Chicago outfit have also announced that they’ll be supporting The Vaccines on their Spring 2026 UK tour.
diymag.com
January 15, 2026 at 1:17 PM
Brigitte Calls Me Baby unveil plans for sophomore LP 'Irreversible': The Chicago outfit have also announced that they’ll be supporting The Vaccines on their Spring 2026 UK tour.
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It's incredibly rare to see such a broad spectrum of the industry speak out against a particular move. This is one of those times....NO ONE in the comics creative community likes this policy.
San Diego Comic-Con will allow AI pieces at this year's Art Show, and it's gone over as well as you might expect.
San Diego Comic-Con under fire for allowing AI at 2026’s Art Show
The convention's organizers stated AI-generated pieces may be displayed but not sold at this year's Art Show.
www.comicsbeat.com
January 14, 2026 at 7:35 PM
It's incredibly rare to see such a broad spectrum of the industry speak out against a particular move. This is one of those times....NO ONE in the comics creative community likes this policy.
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Condé Nast forgot to renew the trademark for Gourmet and so a group of journalists grabbed it and are relaunching the food magazine as a worker-owned co-op. Love it. [gourmetmagazine.net]
Gourmet Magazine
Gourmet is a worker-owned publication about food and the people who make and consume it.
gourmetmagazine.net
January 13, 2026 at 4:22 PM
Condé Nast forgot to renew the trademark for Gourmet and so a group of journalists grabbed it and are relaunching the food magazine as a worker-owned co-op. Love it. [gourmetmagazine.net]
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"Americans are being pulled into something worse than war. We are being pulled into a global realignment in which our existence is inconvenient. The ruling class doesn't want to spill my blood: they want to kill my soul and hope that I don't notice. They want the same for you, whoever you are."
My newsletter is back! I wrote about a road trip through Arkansas, Oklahoma, and Texas — and what it tells us about America’s imperial ambitions.
sarahkendzior.substack.com/p/the-invaders
sarahkendzior.substack.com/p/the-invaders
The Invaders
Thieves of American empire are gunning for your future.
sarahkendzior.substack.com
January 9, 2026 at 3:01 PM
"Americans are being pulled into something worse than war. We are being pulled into a global realignment in which our existence is inconvenient. The ruling class doesn't want to spill my blood: they want to kill my soul and hope that I don't notice. They want the same for you, whoever you are."
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Every country needs to be following Finland's lead here. Media literary skills are going to be crucially important in the age of AI, where knowing what's real and what's not is going to be increasingly difficult
apnews.com/article/fake...
apnews.com/article/fake...
Finnish children learn media literacy at 3 years old. It's protection against Russian propaganda
Finland has been fighting fake news by teaching media literacy to children as young as 3. The Nordic nation includes this in its national curriculum to help citizens recognize disinformation, especial...
apnews.com
January 7, 2026 at 9:50 AM
Every country needs to be following Finland's lead here. Media literary skills are going to be crucially important in the age of AI, where knowing what's real and what's not is going to be increasingly difficult
apnews.com/article/fake...
apnews.com/article/fake...