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Hello, friends! If you're following me, that means you're cool. Or uncool. I don't remember which. But you're likely to get a shit ton of TV and music recommendations in between tons of political content. Also the occasional #actuallyautistic post from a guy who spent 41 years thinking he was NT.
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We are monitoring, thinking, and praying.
December 14, 2025 at 12:18 AM
We are monitoring, thinking, and praying.
Here's the context for you, Erika:
Your husband was a trash person who didn't deserve to die by gun violence but who advocated for the very gun violence thar killed him.
You are a trash person who is using her husband's popularity and murder to enrich herself and raise her political profile.
Your husband was a trash person who didn't deserve to die by gun violence but who advocated for the very gun violence thar killed him.
You are a trash person who is using her husband's popularity and murder to enrich herself and raise her political profile.
Erika Kirk: Viral Charlie clips lack context, late husband "shouldn't be deteriorated to two sentences."
Erika Kirk: Viral Charlie clips lack context, late husband "shouldn't be deteriorated to two sentences"
The CBS News town hall with Erika Kirk will air Saturday at 8 p.m. ET/PT on CBS.
cbsn.ws
December 13, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Here's the context for you, Erika:
Your husband was a trash person who didn't deserve to die by gun violence but who advocated for the very gun violence thar killed him.
You are a trash person who is using her husband's popularity and murder to enrich herself and raise her political profile.
Your husband was a trash person who didn't deserve to die by gun violence but who advocated for the very gun violence thar killed him.
You are a trash person who is using her husband's popularity and murder to enrich herself and raise her political profile.
Rock music has been "dying" since the '70s (see Lester Bangs' entire life's work). I myself recall how the Strokes were "an outlier" and were going to "save rock 'n' roll" around 2001. Never mind that the Smashing Pumpkins had just finished one of the most lucrative tours in history the year before.
I'm old enough to have seen a version of this story repeat over multiple decades.
It's old and tired.
It's also very gendered. If you're counting Coldplay as a rock act, and not counting Olivia Rodrigo, that's a you problem.
It's old and tired.
It's also very gendered. If you're counting Coldplay as a rock act, and not counting Olivia Rodrigo, that's a you problem.
Rock Music Struggles to Draw Crowds as Tour Earnings Drop
Rock tours once dominated arenas, but 2025 data shows a shrinking share of total touring revenue, with newer genres eclipsing classic rock on the live-music charts.
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December 13, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Rock music has been "dying" since the '70s (see Lester Bangs' entire life's work). I myself recall how the Strokes were "an outlier" and were going to "save rock 'n' roll" around 2001. Never mind that the Smashing Pumpkins had just finished one of the most lucrative tours in history the year before.
This is the kind of Democratic Party boosterism I can't stand (not to pick on Dave; there's plenty of them on here). Biden was a bad candidate in *2020*, and a major contributing factor to his win was the fact that he didn't have to have a very rigorous campaign schedule.
Many times the 2024 margin of victory. But an old man looked bad on TV once so we had to lose our collective minds.
December 12, 2025 at 7:57 PM
This is the kind of Democratic Party boosterism I can't stand (not to pick on Dave; there's plenty of them on here). Biden was a bad candidate in *2020*, and a major contributing factor to his win was the fact that he didn't have to have a very rigorous campaign schedule.
Reminder that Cubs star Matt Shaw is a white supremacist who hangs out with other white supremacists. Not a surprise Tom Ricketts employs him, but it sure says something bad about the media and country that he can do this but God forbid Colin Kaepernick protest racial violence peacefully.
Steve Bannon, Roger Stone, Russell Brand, James O'Keefe, and Cubs 3rd baseman Matt Shaw. Way to go, Cubbies.
December 12, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Reminder that Cubs star Matt Shaw is a white supremacist who hangs out with other white supremacists. Not a surprise Tom Ricketts employs him, but it sure says something bad about the media and country that he can do this but God forbid Colin Kaepernick protest racial violence peacefully.
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We are living through a storm of uncertainty. Our values are being tested as never before. Through our commitments to pursuing housing and criminal legal system reform, we at Impact for Equity stand firm in our values, a bulwark of social justice against rising chaos and confusion.
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December 12, 2025 at 4:54 PM
We are living through a storm of uncertainty. Our values are being tested as never before. Through our commitments to pursuing housing and criminal legal system reform, we at Impact for Equity stand firm in our values, a bulwark of social justice against rising chaos and confusion.
This should be the *conservative* argument. The moderate position ought to be that the Sensational Six should be in prison for violating their oaths of office. The radical position...
The current SCOTUS majority should resign in shame. Each and every one of them.
Trump: "We have to be unified. China is unified because they have one vote -- that's President Xi. He says 'do it' and that's the end of that. We have a different system."
December 12, 2025 at 3:35 AM
This should be the *conservative* argument. The moderate position ought to be that the Sensational Six should be in prison for violating their oaths of office. The radical position...
Olivia Nuzzi was paid actual money for this.
Okay, I think I figured out how to turn the audio sample into a video that can be uploaded to Bluesky. Here are the first 3 minutes.
December 12, 2025 at 3:27 AM
Olivia Nuzzi was paid actual money for this.
My contribution to the Tarantino discourse is that I love "Kill Bill, Vol. 1" (less so "Vol. 2"), "Pulp Fiction" was revolutionary but flawed, "OUATIH" was well-acted, and Tarantino himself seems like an utter penis. I mean, he's a Gen X precursor to 4chan edgelords. Personally, I mean.
December 8, 2025 at 5:16 PM
My contribution to the Tarantino discourse is that I love "Kill Bill, Vol. 1" (less so "Vol. 2"), "Pulp Fiction" was revolutionary but flawed, "OUATIH" was well-acted, and Tarantino himself seems like an utter penis. I mean, he's a Gen X precursor to 4chan edgelords. Personally, I mean.
Biden did a lot of dumb shit, but appointing Jackson wasn't one of them. She's better than *anyone* Obama nominated.
Justice Jackson to Solicitor General Sauer (just now, in Trump v. Slaughter arguments):
December 8, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Biden did a lot of dumb shit, but appointing Jackson wasn't one of them. She's better than *anyone* Obama nominated.
This absolute moron. This absolute intellectual featherweight. It really is incredible how disproportionate Gorsuch's arrogance is to his intelligence.
December 8, 2025 at 4:27 PM
This absolute moron. This absolute intellectual featherweight. It really is incredible how disproportionate Gorsuch's arrogance is to his intelligence.
Whatever happens in Illinois, there is no way in hell I'm backing @congressmanraja.bsky.social for Senate. The guy is practically as corporate sponsored as an NFL stadium, and he's taking money from Trump's right-wing buddies. He's a wolf in sheep's clothing, and he needs to be stopped.
December 8, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Whatever happens in Illinois, there is no way in hell I'm backing @congressmanraja.bsky.social for Senate. The guy is practically as corporate sponsored as an NFL stadium, and he's taking money from Trump's right-wing buddies. He's a wolf in sheep's clothing, and he needs to be stopped.
Gonna see all six of the "Constitutional Originalists" contort themselves like a Stretch Armstrong doll to explain why the Constitution doesn't say what it literally spells out in plain text.
The Supreme Court will ultimately decide whether to uphold the longstanding principle that grants citizenship to the children of non-citizens born in the U.S., following a legal challenge by the Trump administration. n.pr/48E1oko
Supreme Court agrees to hear arguments in birthright citizenship challenge
The Supreme Court will ultimately decide whether to uphold the longstanding principle that grants citizenship to the children of non-citizens born in the U.S., following a legal challenge by the Trump administration.
n.pr
December 8, 2025 at 2:13 AM
Gonna see all six of the "Constitutional Originalists" contort themselves like a Stretch Armstrong doll to explain why the Constitution doesn't say what it literally spells out in plain text.
Somewhere, @mattabbatacola.bsky.social takes a sip of his sparkling water and sighs. "Sometimes, the world is a wonderful place," he muses.
December 7, 2025 at 10:34 PM
Somewhere, @mattabbatacola.bsky.social takes a sip of his sparkling water and sighs. "Sometimes, the world is a wonderful place," he muses.
I can't believe I'm reskeeting Bill Kristol, of all people, but he's 100% right on this. I'll go a step further: everyone involved, from Hegseth to the Admirals to the grunts who carried it out, should be prosecuted for war crimes AND murder.
If the Sep. 2 boat really had "narco-terrorists" on board, questioning the survivors would have been a way to learn about how the organization worked, where more drugs were stashed, etc. But this isn't a counter-terrorism campaign. It's a shooting gallery with helpless targets.
December 7, 2025 at 7:21 PM
I can't believe I'm reskeeting Bill Kristol, of all people, but he's 100% right on this. I'll go a step further: everyone involved, from Hegseth to the Admirals to the grunts who carried it out, should be prosecuted for war crimes AND murder.
Don't even care how the fan base feels about this song; "Petrichor" is a masterpiece.
“Petrichor” from Trey Anastasio’s 11/29/25 Beacon Theatre show is now streaming in full on Trey's YouTube channel. 📼
The Beacon Jams 5th Anniversary shows benefit Divided Sky Foundation and its mission to support those struggling with addiction. Donate: dividedsky.org/donate
The Beacon Jams 5th Anniversary shows benefit Divided Sky Foundation and its mission to support those struggling with addiction. Donate: dividedsky.org/donate
Trey Anastasio Band - Petrichor - 11/29/25 (4K HDR)
YouTube video by Trey Anastasio
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December 7, 2025 at 7:11 PM
Don't even care how the fan base feels about this song; "Petrichor" is a masterpiece.
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Who has made this 🤣
December 7, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Who has made this 🤣
Someone make sure @daralind.bsky.social is remembering to breathe.
December 7, 2025 at 4:26 AM
Someone make sure @daralind.bsky.social is remembering to breathe.
Just reminding everyone that Graham Planter is not a good candidate to go after fascist fake-moderate Susan Collins. I don't in any way want someone who will be in their 80s at the end of their first term; but I'd prefer her to a guy who *at best* is so stupid he kept a Nazi tattoo for *years.*
December 5, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Just reminding everyone that Graham Planter is not a good candidate to go after fascist fake-moderate Susan Collins. I don't in any way want someone who will be in their 80s at the end of their first term; but I'd prefer her to a guy who *at best* is so stupid he kept a Nazi tattoo for *years.*
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The thing to understand about "age verification" laws is that they are not just for kids
The only way to "stop kids from doing xyz online" using age-gating is to demand a government ID (or invasive biometric face scan) from EVERYONE.
This means associating your gov ID with EVERYTHING YOU DO ONLINE
The only way to "stop kids from doing xyz online" using age-gating is to demand a government ID (or invasive biometric face scan) from EVERYONE.
This means associating your gov ID with EVERYTHING YOU DO ONLINE
December 4, 2025 at 9:20 PM
The thing to understand about "age verification" laws is that they are not just for kids
The only way to "stop kids from doing xyz online" using age-gating is to demand a government ID (or invasive biometric face scan) from EVERYONE.
This means associating your gov ID with EVERYTHING YOU DO ONLINE
The only way to "stop kids from doing xyz online" using age-gating is to demand a government ID (or invasive biometric face scan) from EVERYONE.
This means associating your gov ID with EVERYTHING YOU DO ONLINE
Another shocker: rapists support rape.
No one in the legacy media seems willing to say it 'cause they're all too chickenshit, but Donald Trump is a rapist. A civil court said so. Why we're playing games with language for this hollow husk of a man, I'll never understand.
No one in the legacy media seems willing to say it 'cause they're all too chickenshit, but Donald Trump is a rapist. A civil court said so. Why we're playing games with language for this hollow husk of a man, I'll never understand.
BREAKING: Trump administration plans to end prison rape protections for trans & intersex people, memo says. A DOJ memo says certain standards under the Prison Rape Elimination Act (PREA) do not align with Trump’s Jan. 20 anti-trans executive order, @byadamrhodes.bsky.social reports.
Trump administration plans to end prison rape protections for trans and intersex people
A Department of Justice memo says certain standards under the Prison Rape Elimination Act do not align with Trump’s executive order
prismreports.org
December 5, 2025 at 2:47 AM
Another shocker: rapists support rape.
No one in the legacy media seems willing to say it 'cause they're all too chickenshit, but Donald Trump is a rapist. A civil court said so. Why we're playing games with language for this hollow husk of a man, I'll never understand.
No one in the legacy media seems willing to say it 'cause they're all too chickenshit, but Donald Trump is a rapist. A civil court said so. Why we're playing games with language for this hollow husk of a man, I'll never understand.
Pete Hegseth is evil. Just absolutely, completely evil. What he is doing in the Caribbean is evil. What he is *ordering* to happen is evil. And every single servicemember, down to the lowest noncom, who goes along with this is evil, too. You get told to do this, you resign. End of story.
Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth announces another boat strike in response to a request/wish from Turning Point USA’s Andrew Kolvet.
December 5, 2025 at 2:43 AM
Pete Hegseth is evil. Just absolutely, completely evil. What he is doing in the Caribbean is evil. What he is *ordering* to happen is evil. And every single servicemember, down to the lowest noncom, who goes along with this is evil, too. You get told to do this, you resign. End of story.
THIS. I have never understood the "It's-popular-therefore-it's-good" people. I LOVE discovering new music. If it weren't for @jimderogatis.bsky.social, I wouldn't have found the Flaming Lips, for example. His championing them in the '90s started a love affair for me that lasted through "Embryonic."
Year-end critics’ lists exist for people to fight over, so I’m happy when people complain about them. But the complaint I will never get is, “I’ve never heard of most of these movies/albums/shows.” Yes, and? Why be mad about learning about stuff you didn’t know before from the news?
December 3, 2025 at 12:53 AM
THIS. I have never understood the "It's-popular-therefore-it's-good" people. I LOVE discovering new music. If it weren't for @jimderogatis.bsky.social, I wouldn't have found the Flaming Lips, for example. His championing them in the '90s started a love affair for me that lasted through "Embryonic."
Therrrrrre's the Hillary Clinton I remember. Centrist, safe, genocide-endorsing, and utterly unable to read the (larger) room. Amazing how Bill can go to Michigan and lecture Palestinians and other Muslims about voting, yet anyone who sees a dead kid is seeing something "totally made up?"
Hillary Clinton blames TikTok and “totally made up” videos for young people’s views on Israel and Palestine.
She says social media influenced “not just the usual suspects” but also “young Jewish Americans who don’t know the history and don’t understand.”
She says social media influenced “not just the usual suspects” but also “young Jewish Americans who don’t know the history and don’t understand.”
December 3, 2025 at 12:46 AM
Therrrrrre's the Hillary Clinton I remember. Centrist, safe, genocide-endorsing, and utterly unable to read the (larger) room. Amazing how Bill can go to Michigan and lecture Palestinians and other Muslims about voting, yet anyone who sees a dead kid is seeing something "totally made up?"
This might be my favorite Simpsons gag of all time. They do a feint towards calling her "Crabapple" while making it funnier by having Homer say an utterly normcore name. Just absolutely brilliant writing.
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The Simpsons - I've Been Calling Her Crandall!
YouTube video by Mostly Simpsons
youtu.be
December 1, 2025 at 12:26 AM
This might be my favorite Simpsons gag of all time. They do a feint towards calling her "Crabapple" while making it funnier by having Homer say an utterly normcore name. Just absolutely brilliant writing.
youtu.be/Kgy2CShrzOU?...
youtu.be/Kgy2CShrzOU?...