All The City Lights
@atcl.bsky.social
Fan of music, cargo bikes, the #EastBay, and humor. Not a fan of the seemingly inexorable slide into fascism. #ShoupPilled. Follow me if you want to have far too many song-a-day #MusicChallenge posts sliding into your timeline.
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Onomatopoeia? I barely know ya!
Get ready to post some bangers for next month’s cover-songs mini #MusicChallenge, #5CoverSongsNoise!
And thanks to all who took part in January’s #5CoverSongsRelation, especially to my co-hosts @savemeaseat.bsky.social & @wecdsend.bsky.social. Great job, fam!
Get ready to post some bangers for next month’s cover-songs mini #MusicChallenge, #5CoverSongsNoise!
And thanks to all who took part in January’s #5CoverSongsRelation, especially to my co-hosts @savemeaseat.bsky.social & @wecdsend.bsky.social. Great job, fam!
#FebruaryIsForLoversNot
#MusicChallenge
Day 8 - "Yulia," Wolf Parade
LADIES! One more for the ones in the back: Do not—and I cannot emphasize this enough—under any circumstances fall in love with a doomed cosmonaut. It doesn't matter how much of a favored son of history he is.
#MusicChallenge
Day 8 - "Yulia," Wolf Parade
LADIES! One more for the ones in the back: Do not—and I cannot emphasize this enough—under any circumstances fall in love with a doomed cosmonaut. It doesn't matter how much of a favored son of history he is.
February 9, 2026 at 6:17 AM
#FebruaryIsForLoversNot
#MusicChallenge
Day 8 - "Yulia," Wolf Parade
LADIES! One more for the ones in the back: Do not—and I cannot emphasize this enough—under any circumstances fall in love with a doomed cosmonaut. It doesn't matter how much of a favored son of history he is.
#MusicChallenge
Day 8 - "Yulia," Wolf Parade
LADIES! One more for the ones in the back: Do not—and I cannot emphasize this enough—under any circumstances fall in love with a doomed cosmonaut. It doesn't matter how much of a favored son of history he is.
#FebruaryIsForLoversNot
#MusicChallenge
Day 7 (catch up) - "The Hazards Of Love 4 (The Drowned)," The Decemberists
LADIES! Once more for the ones in the back: Do not under any circumstances fall in love with a shape-shifting forest god. It doesn't matter how handsome his antlers are.
#MusicChallenge
Day 7 (catch up) - "The Hazards Of Love 4 (The Drowned)," The Decemberists
LADIES! Once more for the ones in the back: Do not under any circumstances fall in love with a shape-shifting forest god. It doesn't matter how handsome his antlers are.
February 9, 2026 at 6:10 AM
#FebruaryIsForLoversNot
#MusicChallenge
Day 7 (catch up) - "The Hazards Of Love 4 (The Drowned)," The Decemberists
LADIES! Once more for the ones in the back: Do not under any circumstances fall in love with a shape-shifting forest god. It doesn't matter how handsome his antlers are.
#MusicChallenge
Day 7 (catch up) - "The Hazards Of Love 4 (The Drowned)," The Decemberists
LADIES! Once more for the ones in the back: Do not under any circumstances fall in love with a shape-shifting forest god. It doesn't matter how handsome his antlers are.
#TheTenX5
#MusicChallenge
Day 8
43. "Stockholm"
Jason Isbell
2013
single ❌
PC ✅
NKC ❌
One of Isbell's breeziest, most evocative, easiest-to-love love songs, from the early days of his relationship with Amanda Shires. RIP their marriage :(
#MusicChallenge
Day 8
43. "Stockholm"
Jason Isbell
2013
single ❌
PC ✅
NKC ❌
One of Isbell's breeziest, most evocative, easiest-to-love love songs, from the early days of his relationship with Amanda Shires. RIP their marriage :(
February 8, 2026 at 5:15 PM
#TheTenX5
#MusicChallenge
Day 8
43. "Stockholm"
Jason Isbell
2013
single ❌
PC ✅
NKC ❌
One of Isbell's breeziest, most evocative, easiest-to-love love songs, from the early days of his relationship with Amanda Shires. RIP their marriage :(
#MusicChallenge
Day 8
43. "Stockholm"
Jason Isbell
2013
single ❌
PC ✅
NKC ❌
One of Isbell's breeziest, most evocative, easiest-to-love love songs, from the early days of his relationship with Amanda Shires. RIP their marriage :(
#TheTenX5
#MusicChallenge
Day 7 (catch up)
44. "Blank Space"
Taylor Swift
2014
single ✅
PC ✅
NKC ✅
My daughter & friends for a long time were convinced the lyrics were "Call all the Starbucks lovers," and sometimes I can only hear that instead of "Gotta long list of ex-lovers."
#MusicChallenge
Day 7 (catch up)
44. "Blank Space"
Taylor Swift
2014
single ✅
PC ✅
NKC ✅
My daughter & friends for a long time were convinced the lyrics were "Call all the Starbucks lovers," and sometimes I can only hear that instead of "Gotta long list of ex-lovers."
February 8, 2026 at 4:20 PM
#TheTenX5
#MusicChallenge
Day 7 (catch up)
44. "Blank Space"
Taylor Swift
2014
single ✅
PC ✅
NKC ✅
My daughter & friends for a long time were convinced the lyrics were "Call all the Starbucks lovers," and sometimes I can only hear that instead of "Gotta long list of ex-lovers."
#MusicChallenge
Day 7 (catch up)
44. "Blank Space"
Taylor Swift
2014
single ✅
PC ✅
NKC ✅
My daughter & friends for a long time were convinced the lyrics were "Call all the Starbucks lovers," and sometimes I can only hear that instead of "Gotta long list of ex-lovers."
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“They’re basically torturing people into signing off on their own deportation,” said one attorney.
Superb, deeply reported story, via @charpentier.bsky.social
Superb, deeply reported story, via @charpentier.bsky.social
Concentration camps: stories of as many as 50 people to a cell — men and women in some cases — with no windows and limited airflow, a single camera-monitored toilet, aluminum blankets, no showers and poor quality food.
ICE detainees from Maine being held under ‘inhumane’ conditions in Mass. facility, attorneys say
An Immigration and Customs Enforcement spokesperson said the allegations of overcrowding and lack of access to lawyers are false.
www.pressherald.com
February 7, 2026 at 3:03 PM
“They’re basically torturing people into signing off on their own deportation,” said one attorney.
Superb, deeply reported story, via @charpentier.bsky.social
Superb, deeply reported story, via @charpentier.bsky.social
#FebruaryIsForLoversNot
#MusicChallenge
Day 6 - "The Curse," Josh Ritter
And now a few high-concept tragedies.
LADIES! One more for the ones in the back: Do not—and I cannot emphasize this enough—under any circumstances fall in love with a mummy. It doesn't matter how handsome his bandages are.
#MusicChallenge
Day 6 - "The Curse," Josh Ritter
And now a few high-concept tragedies.
LADIES! One more for the ones in the back: Do not—and I cannot emphasize this enough—under any circumstances fall in love with a mummy. It doesn't matter how handsome his bandages are.
February 6, 2026 at 9:46 PM
#FebruaryIsForLoversNot
#MusicChallenge
Day 6 - "The Curse," Josh Ritter
And now a few high-concept tragedies.
LADIES! One more for the ones in the back: Do not—and I cannot emphasize this enough—under any circumstances fall in love with a mummy. It doesn't matter how handsome his bandages are.
#MusicChallenge
Day 6 - "The Curse," Josh Ritter
And now a few high-concept tragedies.
LADIES! One more for the ones in the back: Do not—and I cannot emphasize this enough—under any circumstances fall in love with a mummy. It doesn't matter how handsome his bandages are.
#TheTenX5
#MusicChallenge
Day 6
45. "Cream On Chrome"
Ratatat
2015
single ✅
PC ✅
NKC ❌
The only instrumental among my 50 picks. Ah, the days of indie electro dance-rock.
#MusicChallenge
Day 6
45. "Cream On Chrome"
Ratatat
2015
single ✅
PC ✅
NKC ❌
The only instrumental among my 50 picks. Ah, the days of indie electro dance-rock.
February 6, 2026 at 9:40 PM
#TheTenX5
#MusicChallenge
Day 6
45. "Cream On Chrome"
Ratatat
2015
single ✅
PC ✅
NKC ❌
The only instrumental among my 50 picks. Ah, the days of indie electro dance-rock.
#MusicChallenge
Day 6
45. "Cream On Chrome"
Ratatat
2015
single ✅
PC ✅
NKC ❌
The only instrumental among my 50 picks. Ah, the days of indie electro dance-rock.
#readandplay (608)
#MusicChallenge
#MusicSky
“No rules. The only limit is our imagination.”
Read 📚 & Play🎶
#MusicChallenge
#MusicSky
“No rules. The only limit is our imagination.”
Read 📚 & Play🎶
February 6, 2026 at 9:14 PM
#readandplay (608)
#MusicChallenge
#MusicSky
“No rules. The only limit is our imagination.”
Read 📚 & Play🎶
#MusicChallenge
#MusicSky
“No rules. The only limit is our imagination.”
Read 📚 & Play🎶
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Um, that is CLEARLY Eminem, not Backstreet Boys. FBI in shambles.
For FBI personnel whose jobs entail the handling of all sorts of docs, anything Epstein related they were pulled into generated responses filled with dread & comedy, according to internal message chats
“Epstein’s back, back again … (do you hear Backstreet Boys)?” one person wrote.
“Epstein’s back, back again … (do you hear Backstreet Boys)?” one person wrote.
February 6, 2026 at 5:01 PM
Um, that is CLEARLY Eminem, not Backstreet Boys. FBI in shambles.
#TheTenX5
#MusicChallenge
Day 5
46. "Still Life"
The Horrors
2011
single ❌
PC ✅
NKC ❌
I dunno. This is one where Wikipedia keeps calling it "the first single" but Discogs lists only a "limited edition"? I'm counting it as one of my 15.
#MusicChallenge
Day 5
46. "Still Life"
The Horrors
2011
single ❌
PC ✅
NKC ❌
I dunno. This is one where Wikipedia keeps calling it "the first single" but Discogs lists only a "limited edition"? I'm counting it as one of my 15.
#TheTenX5
#MusicChallenge
Day 4
47. "Lazaretto"
Jack White
2014
single ✅
PC ✅
NKC ❌
Just in case you're not aware: 1) a lazaretto is building or ship used to quarantine maritime travelers, and 2) Jack White is a guitar player of some note who can really shred but also a strong songwriter!
#MusicChallenge
Day 4
47. "Lazaretto"
Jack White
2014
single ✅
PC ✅
NKC ❌
Just in case you're not aware: 1) a lazaretto is building or ship used to quarantine maritime travelers, and 2) Jack White is a guitar player of some note who can really shred but also a strong songwriter!
February 6, 2026 at 8:28 AM
#TheTenX5
#MusicChallenge
Day 5
46. "Still Life"
The Horrors
2011
single ❌
PC ✅
NKC ❌
I dunno. This is one where Wikipedia keeps calling it "the first single" but Discogs lists only a "limited edition"? I'm counting it as one of my 15.
#MusicChallenge
Day 5
46. "Still Life"
The Horrors
2011
single ❌
PC ✅
NKC ❌
I dunno. This is one where Wikipedia keeps calling it "the first single" but Discogs lists only a "limited edition"? I'm counting it as one of my 15.
#FebruaryIsForLoversNot
#MusicChallenge
Day 5 - "The Galway Girl," Steve Earle
A bit of the ol', "Went to bed in love, woke up alone."
#MusicChallenge
Day 5 - "The Galway Girl," Steve Earle
A bit of the ol', "Went to bed in love, woke up alone."
February 6, 2026 at 5:22 AM
#FebruaryIsForLoversNot
#MusicChallenge
Day 5 - "The Galway Girl," Steve Earle
A bit of the ol', "Went to bed in love, woke up alone."
#MusicChallenge
Day 5 - "The Galway Girl," Steve Earle
A bit of the ol', "Went to bed in love, woke up alone."
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A gut punch with today's ICE Air flight at MSP - I thought we were going to make it the whole day without a flight for the first time since January 5th, but one popped up this evening.
66 detainees boarded today - the most we've seen in the last ten days.
3,137 are represented on this graph.
66 detainees boarded today - the most we've seen in the last ten days.
3,137 are represented on this graph.
February 5, 2026 at 5:11 AM
A gut punch with today's ICE Air flight at MSP - I thought we were going to make it the whole day without a flight for the first time since January 5th, but one popped up this evening.
66 detainees boarded today - the most we've seen in the last ten days.
3,137 are represented on this graph.
66 detainees boarded today - the most we've seen in the last ten days.
3,137 are represented on this graph.
Alt-country is pretty well represented in the Best Album of 2001 bracket parade so far, but this by my estimation is pretty much the only thing that could possibly be classified as "not-alt" country, and even it is borderline alt.
Alison Krauss + Union Station, NEW FAVORITE
February 5, 2026 at 4:20 AM
Alt-country is pretty well represented in the Best Album of 2001 bracket parade so far, but this by my estimation is pretty much the only thing that could possibly be classified as "not-alt" country, and even it is borderline alt.
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Thought I was done writing about the bullshit that outside media says about S.F.
But this pair — making fun of unhoused people in wheelchairs — coaxed me out of retirement.
On loving the city, and the fragility of visiting adult male Patriots fans.
Gift link 🎁
www.sfchronicle.com/totalsf/arti...
But this pair — making fun of unhoused people in wheelchairs — coaxed me out of retirement.
On loving the city, and the fragility of visiting adult male Patriots fans.
Gift link 🎁
www.sfchronicle.com/totalsf/arti...
Are all Patriots fans this soft? Boston radio hosts mock S.F. in idiotic Super Bowl tirade
Radio hosts Michael Felger and Tony Massarotti failed the empathy test this week when they took to the airwaves to call San Francisco a “zombie apocalypse.”
www.sfchronicle.com
February 5, 2026 at 1:58 AM
Thought I was done writing about the bullshit that outside media says about S.F.
But this pair — making fun of unhoused people in wheelchairs — coaxed me out of retirement.
On loving the city, and the fragility of visiting adult male Patriots fans.
Gift link 🎁
www.sfchronicle.com/totalsf/arti...
But this pair — making fun of unhoused people in wheelchairs — coaxed me out of retirement.
On loving the city, and the fragility of visiting adult male Patriots fans.
Gift link 🎁
www.sfchronicle.com/totalsf/arti...
#FebruaryIsForLoversNot
#MusicChallenge
Day 4 - "Hollywood Nights," Bob Seger
Moving on to songs about flings that fizzled. This is a classic of the genre. That poor Midwestern boy on his own didn't know what hit him.
#MusicChallenge
Day 4 - "Hollywood Nights," Bob Seger
Moving on to songs about flings that fizzled. This is a classic of the genre. That poor Midwestern boy on his own didn't know what hit him.
February 4, 2026 at 9:52 PM
#FebruaryIsForLoversNot
#MusicChallenge
Day 4 - "Hollywood Nights," Bob Seger
Moving on to songs about flings that fizzled. This is a classic of the genre. That poor Midwestern boy on his own didn't know what hit him.
#MusicChallenge
Day 4 - "Hollywood Nights," Bob Seger
Moving on to songs about flings that fizzled. This is a classic of the genre. That poor Midwestern boy on his own didn't know what hit him.
Sorry, folks. Looks we had two #readandplay prompts today. I try to check and make sure @savemeaseat.bsky.social hasn't already done one before I click the ol' Post button, and today it slipped my mind. Feel free to do either one (or both!) today, and we'll try to avoid double posts in the future!
#readandplay (606)
#MusicChallenge
#MusicSky
“No rules. The only limit is our imagination.”
Read 📚 & Play🎶
Author Siobhan Dowd, #botd in 1960.
#MusicChallenge
#MusicSky
“No rules. The only limit is our imagination.”
Read 📚 & Play🎶
Author Siobhan Dowd, #botd in 1960.
February 4, 2026 at 9:39 PM
Sorry, folks. Looks we had two #readandplay prompts today. I try to check and make sure @savemeaseat.bsky.social hasn't already done one before I click the ol' Post button, and today it slipped my mind. Feel free to do either one (or both!) today, and we'll try to avoid double posts in the future!
#TheTenX5
#MusicChallenge
Day 4
47. "Lazaretto"
Jack White
2014
single ✅
PC ✅
NKC ❌
Just in case you're not aware: 1) a lazaretto is building or ship used to quarantine maritime travelers, and 2) Jack White is a guitar player of some note who can really shred but also a strong songwriter!
#MusicChallenge
Day 4
47. "Lazaretto"
Jack White
2014
single ✅
PC ✅
NKC ❌
Just in case you're not aware: 1) a lazaretto is building or ship used to quarantine maritime travelers, and 2) Jack White is a guitar player of some note who can really shred but also a strong songwriter!
February 4, 2026 at 7:52 PM
#TheTenX5
#MusicChallenge
Day 4
47. "Lazaretto"
Jack White
2014
single ✅
PC ✅
NKC ❌
Just in case you're not aware: 1) a lazaretto is building or ship used to quarantine maritime travelers, and 2) Jack White is a guitar player of some note who can really shred but also a strong songwriter!
#MusicChallenge
Day 4
47. "Lazaretto"
Jack White
2014
single ✅
PC ✅
NKC ❌
Just in case you're not aware: 1) a lazaretto is building or ship used to quarantine maritime travelers, and 2) Jack White is a guitar player of some note who can really shred but also a strong songwriter!
#readandplay (606)
#MusicChallenge
#MusicSky
“No rules. The only limit is our imagination.”
Read 📚 & Play🎶
Author Siobhan Dowd, #botd in 1960.
#MusicChallenge
#MusicSky
“No rules. The only limit is our imagination.”
Read 📚 & Play🎶
Author Siobhan Dowd, #botd in 1960.
February 4, 2026 at 7:35 PM
#readandplay (606)
#MusicChallenge
#MusicSky
“No rules. The only limit is our imagination.”
Read 📚 & Play🎶
Author Siobhan Dowd, #botd in 1960.
#MusicChallenge
#MusicSky
“No rules. The only limit is our imagination.”
Read 📚 & Play🎶
Author Siobhan Dowd, #botd in 1960.
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Remember her name: Aliya Rahman
Her testimony is everything and it deserves to be heard, by everyone. Decide for yourself.
It’s powerful. It’s gut-wrenching. And no one should have to survive what she did.
ICE MUST GO‼️
Her testimony is everything and it deserves to be heard, by everyone. Decide for yourself.
It’s powerful. It’s gut-wrenching. And no one should have to survive what she did.
ICE MUST GO‼️
February 3, 2026 at 10:10 PM
Remember her name: Aliya Rahman
Her testimony is everything and it deserves to be heard, by everyone. Decide for yourself.
It’s powerful. It’s gut-wrenching. And no one should have to survive what she did.
ICE MUST GO‼️
Her testimony is everything and it deserves to be heard, by everyone. Decide for yourself.
It’s powerful. It’s gut-wrenching. And no one should have to survive what she did.
ICE MUST GO‼️
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The current exposure for the California FAIR plan (California’s insurer of last resort) sits at $724 billion. Its liability almost doubled in two years and is now more than double the state’s annual budget. In its most recent financial reporting it had about $1.5 billion on hand.
February 3, 2026 at 6:37 PM
The current exposure for the California FAIR plan (California’s insurer of last resort) sits at $724 billion. Its liability almost doubled in two years and is now more than double the state’s annual budget. In its most recent financial reporting it had about $1.5 billion on hand.
#TheTenX5
#MusicChallenge
Day 3
48. "Drunk Girls"
LCD Soundsystem
2010
single ✅
PC ✅
NKC ❌
Tough choice between this & "Dance Yrself Clean," which will probably get an HM. I went with the dumb, short one with an all-time metaphor: "Love is an astronaut. It comes back but it's never the same."
#MusicChallenge
Day 3
48. "Drunk Girls"
LCD Soundsystem
2010
single ✅
PC ✅
NKC ❌
Tough choice between this & "Dance Yrself Clean," which will probably get an HM. I went with the dumb, short one with an all-time metaphor: "Love is an astronaut. It comes back but it's never the same."
February 3, 2026 at 7:42 PM
#TheTenX5
#MusicChallenge
Day 3
48. "Drunk Girls"
LCD Soundsystem
2010
single ✅
PC ✅
NKC ❌
Tough choice between this & "Dance Yrself Clean," which will probably get an HM. I went with the dumb, short one with an all-time metaphor: "Love is an astronaut. It comes back but it's never the same."
#MusicChallenge
Day 3
48. "Drunk Girls"
LCD Soundsystem
2010
single ✅
PC ✅
NKC ❌
Tough choice between this & "Dance Yrself Clean," which will probably get an HM. I went with the dumb, short one with an all-time metaphor: "Love is an astronaut. It comes back but it's never the same."
#FebruaryIsForLoversNot
#MusicChallenge
Day 3 - "Pretty Girl from Cedar Lane," The Avett Brothers
This is one of at least 10 songs in the "Pretty Girl from ..." series that the Avetts have done over the years. Most, if not all, end in disappointment, solitary longing and/or awkward apologies.
#MusicChallenge
Day 3 - "Pretty Girl from Cedar Lane," The Avett Brothers
This is one of at least 10 songs in the "Pretty Girl from ..." series that the Avetts have done over the years. Most, if not all, end in disappointment, solitary longing and/or awkward apologies.
February 3, 2026 at 7:35 PM
#FebruaryIsForLoversNot
#MusicChallenge
Day 3 - "Pretty Girl from Cedar Lane," The Avett Brothers
This is one of at least 10 songs in the "Pretty Girl from ..." series that the Avetts have done over the years. Most, if not all, end in disappointment, solitary longing and/or awkward apologies.
#MusicChallenge
Day 3 - "Pretty Girl from Cedar Lane," The Avett Brothers
This is one of at least 10 songs in the "Pretty Girl from ..." series that the Avetts have done over the years. Most, if not all, end in disappointment, solitary longing and/or awkward apologies.
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wow, it's almost as if all of those other universities that poured hundreds of millions of dollars into god knows what could have just told them to shove it instead
The Trump administration is no longer trying to get cash from Harvard as it seeks a settlement. At this point, the White House seems happy to get a signature on anything they can call a compact.
Trump Drops Demand for Cash From Harvard After Stiff Resistance
www.nytimes.com
February 3, 2026 at 1:41 AM
wow, it's almost as if all of those other universities that poured hundreds of millions of dollars into god knows what could have just told them to shove it instead
QuakeBot spamming my timeline because there is an earthquake every 2 minutes in San Ramon smdh
M 2.2 - 4 km ESE of San Ramon, CA Link: https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/nc75306286
https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/nc75306286
https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/nc75306286
earthquake.usgs.gov
February 2, 2026 at 11:15 PM
QuakeBot spamming my timeline because there is an earthquake every 2 minutes in San Ramon smdh