Drew Daniel
@drewdaniel.bsky.social
Matmos guy with my husband @lordchiefjustice / English professor at Hopkins / also known as The Soft Pink Truth.
My new solo album comes out on @thrilljockey.bsky.social on January 30th but you can hear the last song on the record today: thesoftpinktruth.bandcamp.com/track/undern...
Underneath (II), by The Soft Pink Truth
from the album Can Such Delightful Times Go On Forever?
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January 13, 2026 at 11:42 PM
My new solo album comes out on @thrilljockey.bsky.social on January 30th but you can hear the last song on the record today: thesoftpinktruth.bandcamp.com/track/undern...
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One lesson from yesterday:
"In the eyes of the state and its agents, all of the rest of us are walking around with a standing presumption, not just of guilt, but of murderous intent. Anything but total and immediate submission is domestic terrorism."
"In the eyes of the state and its agents, all of the rest of us are walking around with a standing presumption, not just of guilt, but of murderous intent. Anything but total and immediate submission is domestic terrorism."
Nothing constrains these agents except whatever inhibits any individual one of them, personally, from brutalizing and murdering any person who disobeys them.
@albertburneko.bsky.social on the murder in Minneapolis
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@albertburneko.bsky.social on the murder in Minneapolis
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ICE Agent Kills Woman, DHS Tells Obvious, Insane Lies About It | Defector
On Wednesday in Minneapolis, masked government agents apparently representing Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) surrounded a stationary vehicle stopped in the middle of a residential street. O...
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January 8, 2026 at 3:51 PM
One lesson from yesterday:
"In the eyes of the state and its agents, all of the rest of us are walking around with a standing presumption, not just of guilt, but of murderous intent. Anything but total and immediate submission is domestic terrorism."
"In the eyes of the state and its agents, all of the rest of us are walking around with a standing presumption, not just of guilt, but of murderous intent. Anything but total and immediate submission is domestic terrorism."
Terrific thread 🧵
What even *is* music? There's a surprisingly little agreement but I wanted to give my students a sense of how to characterize it. Christopher Smalls' _Musicking_ suggests we can't agree because it isn't one thing, it's something people do. But what's distinctive about it vs. ritual, theater, dance?
What makes rituals work? From prayer to sacrifice to public ceremonies they hold a special power to invoke feelings. But exactly what *is* that feeling? Scholars tend to portray it as a primal, indescribable "experience" but in my Ritual, Myth, and Music class we take a different path inside it (1)
January 5, 2026 at 6:59 PM
Terrific thread 🧵
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"Maduro is a brutal authoritarian dictator," I wisely intone, as the corrupt demented paedophile US President violating Constitutional Law while operating a gestapo and concentration camps illegally arrests a foreign leader on charges which read like they were written on a paper placemat in crayon.
January 3, 2026 at 1:24 PM
"Maduro is a brutal authoritarian dictator," I wisely intone, as the corrupt demented paedophile US President violating Constitutional Law while operating a gestapo and concentration camps illegally arrests a foreign leader on charges which read like they were written on a paper placemat in crayon.
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This is like an ICE kidnapping but on an international scale.
January 3, 2026 at 1:56 PM
This is like an ICE kidnapping but on an international scale.
happy NYE from Matmos y’all
January 1, 2026 at 5:04 PM
happy NYE from Matmos y’all
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So many people were struggling in 2025, I hope 2026 brings whatever you need.
December 31, 2025 at 11:29 PM
So many people were struggling in 2025, I hope 2026 brings whatever you need.
R.I.P. Richard Smallwood, an incredible artist. Fun fact: As an undergrad I was in the Young Inspiration Gospel Choir at UC Berkeley and one semester he was our special guest and taught us to sing some of his songs and arrangements. That concert together in an Oakland church was 🔥
Richard Smallwood, a gospel giant and songwriter known for classics like “Center of My Joy” and “Total Praise,” has died. He was 77
December 30, 2025 at 5:24 PM
R.I.P. Richard Smallwood, an incredible artist. Fun fact: As an undergrad I was in the Young Inspiration Gospel Choir at UC Berkeley and one semester he was our special guest and taught us to sing some of his songs and arrangements. That concert together in an Oakland church was 🔥
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Google is hosting a CBP app that uses facial recognition to identify immigrants, while simultaneously removing apps that report the location of ICE officials because Google sees ICE as a vulnerable group. “Big tech has made their choice.”
www.404media.co/google-has-c...
www.404media.co/google-has-c...
Google Has Chosen a Side in Trump's Mass Deportation Effort
Google is hosting a CBP app that uses facial recognition to identify immigrants, while simultaneously removing apps that report the location of ICE officials because Google sees ICE as a vulnerable…
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December 28, 2025 at 2:30 AM
Google is hosting a CBP app that uses facial recognition to identify immigrants, while simultaneously removing apps that report the location of ICE officials because Google sees ICE as a vulnerable group. “Big tech has made their choice.”
www.404media.co/google-has-c...
www.404media.co/google-has-c...
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That time of year again!
December 26, 2025 at 8:09 PM
That time of year again!
Christmas scene report: My brother gave us vintage salt and pepper shakers shaped like washing machines in honor of « Ultimate Care II »
December 25, 2025 at 9:14 PM
Christmas scene report: My brother gave us vintage salt and pepper shakers shaped like washing machines in honor of « Ultimate Care II »
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Fine, whatever, this random cat is your new god of the winter solstice
December 24, 2025 at 8:22 PM
Fine, whatever, this random cat is your new god of the winter solstice
Is this a whale bone that washed up on the beach in Half Moon Bay? @lordchiefjustice.bsky.social shown for scale
December 23, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Is this a whale bone that washed up on the beach in Half Moon Bay? @lordchiefjustice.bsky.social shown for scale
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If you happen to be looking for bad redactions in a large set of data files today for some reason, there's an open source tool for that.
Y’all know we have a tool for finding exactly these kinds of bad redactions, right? free.law/open-source-...
December 23, 2025 at 6:31 AM
If you happen to be looking for bad redactions in a large set of data files today for some reason, there's an open source tool for that.
Their plan is to weaponize fake victimhood in order to drive out trans people from the teaching profession : « religious freedom » arguments always boil down to the freedom to discriminate. The paper she wrote was a deliberate attempt to troll, and it worked like a charm.
A graduate teaching assistant who gave a University of Oklahoma student a failing grade on a psychology essay will no longer be teaching at the university
Graduate instructor who gave failing grade to Samantha Fulnecky no longer teaching at OU
A graduate teaching assistant who gave a University of Oklahoma student a failing grade on a psychology essay will no longer be teaching at the university.
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December 23, 2025 at 4:09 AM
Their plan is to weaponize fake victimhood in order to drive out trans people from the teaching profession : « religious freedom » arguments always boil down to the freedom to discriminate. The paper she wrote was a deliberate attempt to troll, and it worked like a charm.
spiritual selfie:
December 22, 2025 at 5:26 PM
spiritual selfie:
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"I want people to know what happened to him, a man who lived 30 years here, hardworking, paid taxes, and they treated him like an animal," said Gantchev's wife, who ...fears retaliation from federal officials. "They are so rude to him... They treated him like he was a murderer."
Bulgarian Chicago business owner dies in ICE custody, sparking calls for 'immediate investigation'
A Bulgarian business owner who lived in Chicago for decades and was arrested during an immigration enforcement 'blitz' has died while in the custody of ICE at a private prison in Michigan, the ABC7 I-...
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December 21, 2025 at 5:42 PM
"I want people to know what happened to him, a man who lived 30 years here, hardworking, paid taxes, and they treated him like an animal," said Gantchev's wife, who ...fears retaliation from federal officials. "They are so rude to him... They treated him like he was a murderer."
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When The Soft Pink Truth lets the violins take over
December 16, 2025 at 5:35 PM
When The Soft Pink Truth lets the violins take over
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Yknow it might be a good idea for Dems to counter this any time soon
"Men are men. Men can never become women. Women are women. Women can never become men."
December 19, 2025 at 1:14 AM
Yknow it might be a good idea for Dems to counter this any time soon
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The White House claims the vote to rename the Kennedy Center was “unanimous.” That is false. I was muted on the call and denied the opportunity to speak or register my opposition. That is not consensus. That is censorship.
December 18, 2025 at 7:42 PM
The White House claims the vote to rename the Kennedy Center was “unanimous.” That is false. I was muted on the call and denied the opportunity to speak or register my opposition. That is not consensus. That is censorship.
R.I.P. Rosa von Praunheim, one of the greatest to ever do it
December 18, 2025 at 6:34 PM
R.I.P. Rosa von Praunheim, one of the greatest to ever do it
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Every time I see this genre of article, I'm reminded of the time I applied for a job that got 500+ apps for 3 US history positions. There was a .6% chance of being hired. At that point, most applicants are qualified, everyone's odds are terrible, and getting hired involves some measure of luck
Wait…omg…this entire anecdote I mean argument is premised on the experience of someone who DIDN’T EVEN ATTEMPT THE MARKET????
I literally applied to hundreds of jobs over seven or eight years before getting a TT job offer.
I literally applied to hundreds of jobs over seven or eight years before getting a TT job offer.
December 17, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Every time I see this genre of article, I'm reminded of the time I applied for a job that got 500+ apps for 3 US history positions. There was a .6% chance of being hired. At that point, most applicants are qualified, everyone's odds are terrible, and getting hired involves some measure of luck