Fat Tom of Brewerytown
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NFL Hall of Famer Alan Page protesting in Minneapolis today. Alan was a Minnesota Viking and is a retired Justice of the Minnesota Supreme Court. #MinnesotaStrong
January 24, 2026 at 11:01 AM
NFL Hall of Famer Alan Page protesting in Minneapolis today. Alan was a Minnesota Viking and is a retired Justice of the Minnesota Supreme Court. #MinnesotaStrong
It's a cruel thing to think about, but one other factor involved in the feds investigating Renee Good and Alex Pretti as culpable for their own deaths: life insurance providers can refuse to pay life claims if you were killed while committing a crime. This could leave their families with nothing.
January 24, 2026 at 10:11 PM
It's a cruel thing to think about, but one other factor involved in the feds investigating Renee Good and Alex Pretti as culpable for their own deaths: life insurance providers can refuse to pay life claims if you were killed while committing a crime. This could leave their families with nothing.
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We have been told for nearly 30 years that America needed to tolerate mass shootings because the broad availability of guns would help us defend ourselves from an overreaching federal government. That day has come. The people who said this are supporting the federal agents. Many have joined them.
January 24, 2026 at 6:02 PM
We have been told for nearly 30 years that America needed to tolerate mass shootings because the broad availability of guns would help us defend ourselves from an overreaching federal government. That day has come. The people who said this are supporting the federal agents. Many have joined them.
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If anyone in Minneapolis follows me please know I am so very very very proud of all of you
January 24, 2026 at 1:09 AM
If anyone in Minneapolis follows me please know I am so very very very proud of all of you
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Nekima Levy Armstrong and Chauntyll Allen, who were arrested and charged after a demonstration at a Minnesota church, have been released
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
January 24, 2026 at 1:13 AM
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To some extent, which city gets to be a hero is going to be determined by who ICE invades. I'm sure we'll acquire ourselves well in Philly, but the "Philly Hard" talk is overblown for now. Minneapolis is straight killing it right now, at least this Philadelphian is looking to them as a role model.
Philly been dining out on the Hitchbot thing since 2013 . It’s been decades since they whipped a battery at Santa. The craziest thing they’ve done recently was when that guy ate shit after the Eagles won and that was before COVID. Minneapolis has the belt right now sorry to say.
January 24, 2026 at 12:43 AM
To some extent, which city gets to be a hero is going to be determined by who ICE invades. I'm sure we'll acquire ourselves well in Philly, but the "Philly Hard" talk is overblown for now. Minneapolis is straight killing it right now, at least this Philadelphian is looking to them as a role model.
In case you're wondering what kind of awful shit goes on on Philly Nextdoor when remembrances of enslaved people are removed. I had to see it, so now you do, too.
January 23, 2026 at 7:00 PM
In case you're wondering what kind of awful shit goes on on Philly Nextdoor when remembrances of enslaved people are removed. I had to see it, so now you do, too.
This song's giving me life today. More people need to know Fantastic Negrito; really innovative and soulful electric blues with a sneer. Highly recommended.
tidal.com/track/469076...
tidal.com/track/469076...
Fantastic Negrito - Goddamn Biscuit
Listen to Goddamn Biscuit on TIDAL
tidal.com
January 23, 2026 at 5:03 PM
This song's giving me life today. More people need to know Fantastic Negrito; really innovative and soulful electric blues with a sneer. Highly recommended.
tidal.com/track/469076...
tidal.com/track/469076...
This was a dope-ass comic (as are basically all the P. Craig Russell opera adaptations). If it comes back into print, Imma buy them for everyone I know. So thoughtfully done with an eye toward capturing the feel of the music in the art.
January 23, 2026 at 12:50 PM
This was a dope-ass comic (as are basically all the P. Craig Russell opera adaptations). If it comes back into print, Imma buy them for everyone I know. So thoughtfully done with an eye toward capturing the feel of the music in the art.
I feel the need to admit: I don't hear the bass appreciably more on Master of Puppets than on And Justice For All. I barely hear the bass on any Metallica record.
January 23, 2026 at 12:39 AM
I feel the need to admit: I don't hear the bass appreciably more on Master of Puppets than on And Justice For All. I barely hear the bass on any Metallica record.
When I wax a kid, you could find RAM in the cereal boxes. It was the prize in my first box of the Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves cereal. King Vitaman came with power supplies.
when i was a child you used to be able to buy RAM from the corner store and it only cost a nickel
January 23, 2026 at 12:34 AM
When I wax a kid, you could find RAM in the cereal boxes. It was the prize in my first box of the Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves cereal. King Vitaman came with power supplies.
Anyone have an idea where we could find the original texts of the signs? Printing them and putting them back up seems like a good idea.
January 22, 2026 at 10:03 PM
Anyone have an idea where we could find the original texts of the signs? Printing them and putting them back up seems like a good idea.
Good band. Their stances are great (especially now and during Scott Walker's assault on bargaining right in WI). Musically, I liked them better when they played harder and faster (up to about The Meanest of Times).
Dropkick Murphys.
January 22, 2026 at 9:54 PM
Good band. Their stances are great (especially now and during Scott Walker's assault on bargaining right in WI). Musically, I liked them better when they played harder and faster (up to about The Meanest of Times).
Fuck this administration and their enablers forever.
Signs about the history of slavery in the U.S. and the 9 people George Washington enslaved are being removed right now at the President’s House Site in Philadelphia, across from Independence Hall, months after the Trump administration threatend to do so.
How far we have not come in 250 years.
How far we have not come in 250 years.
January 22, 2026 at 9:51 PM
Fuck this administration and their enablers forever.
Wait, is it true that there's no way to mount (or access) an NFS share on an Android device? That can't possibly be right, can it?
January 22, 2026 at 9:25 PM
Wait, is it true that there's no way to mount (or access) an NFS share on an Android device? That can't possibly be right, can it?
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What must’ve been going through the head of every ICE officer involved in kidnapping a 5 year old boy is scarier than any horror film I’ve seen
There’s no rehabbing this. Abolish ICE. Prosecute. Publish names. May those involved never be able to live comfortably in society again
There’s no rehabbing this. Abolish ICE. Prosecute. Publish names. May those involved never be able to live comfortably in society again
January 22, 2026 at 12:54 AM
What must’ve been going through the head of every ICE officer involved in kidnapping a 5 year old boy is scarier than any horror film I’ve seen
There’s no rehabbing this. Abolish ICE. Prosecute. Publish names. May those involved never be able to live comfortably in society again
There’s no rehabbing this. Abolish ICE. Prosecute. Publish names. May those involved never be able to live comfortably in society again
This is gonna rip sooo hard! The Messthetics (half of Fugazi) are also playing Solar Myth in May (bought my tic last night). Gonna be a great year for old punks!
SUGAR. Philly. Two nights at Union Transfer on October 12-13 this year—an appropriately loud venue for Bob Mould, who may have done considerable damage to my eardrums (which I gladly accepted) as a solo artist and in Sugar in the 1990s.
SUGAR is back! Love You Even Still 2026 Tour + new song "Long Live Love" out today. Register at sugarcopperblue.com for presales starting Tue Jan 27 10am local. 7" vinyl pre-order available. More shows coming soon!
January 21, 2026 at 2:04 PM
This is gonna rip sooo hard! The Messthetics (half of Fugazi) are also playing Solar Myth in May (bought my tic last night). Gonna be a great year for old punks!
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The problem with the protest interrupting a service at the church where an ICE field director serves as pastor is that we did not also have protesters interrupting the service where the cowardly murderer Jon "Fucking Bitch" Ross practices his "conservative Christianity."
January 20, 2026 at 9:43 PM
The problem with the protest interrupting a service at the church where an ICE field director serves as pastor is that we did not also have protesters interrupting the service where the cowardly murderer Jon "Fucking Bitch" Ross practices his "conservative Christianity."
See also here: a white man who introduced his racism to the Eucharist, fully aware that it's sinful.
religionnews.com/2026/01/16/w...
religionnews.com/2026/01/16/w...
January 20, 2026 at 9:18 PM
See also here: a white man who introduced his racism to the Eucharist, fully aware that it's sinful.
religionnews.com/2026/01/16/w...
religionnews.com/2026/01/16/w...
I really think elder white millennials can be explained by the fact that we grew up in a time where Primus and Ween were treated as legit bands. Routinely hearing Roses are Free and Wynona's Big Brown Beaver on the radio does something to a person...
January 20, 2026 at 1:04 PM
I really think elder white millennials can be explained by the fact that we grew up in a time where Primus and Ween were treated as legit bands. Routinely hearing Roses are Free and Wynona's Big Brown Beaver on the radio does something to a person...
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Seeing the same pearl-clutching and hand-wringing about the interruption of the ICE pastor’s service as we saw about ACT UP’s action in churches in the 1980s and about Sinead’s SNL moment.
Some folks are just intent on going 0-for-3 no matter how many chances they’re given. smdh
Some folks are just intent on going 0-for-3 no matter how many chances they’re given. smdh
January 20, 2026 at 1:26 AM
Seeing the same pearl-clutching and hand-wringing about the interruption of the ICE pastor’s service as we saw about ACT UP’s action in churches in the 1980s and about Sinead’s SNL moment.
Some folks are just intent on going 0-for-3 no matter how many chances they’re given. smdh
Some folks are just intent on going 0-for-3 no matter how many chances they’re given. smdh
A pastor at a white Evangelical church being an ICE official is just way too on the nose. It's not even subtext at this point.
January 20, 2026 at 1:13 AM
A pastor at a white Evangelical church being an ICE official is just way too on the nose. It's not even subtext at this point.
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This one is for @papito208.blacksky.app
January 20, 2026 at 1:02 AM
This one is for @papito208.blacksky.app
Last week's listens from @listenbrainz.org. Any recommendations of similar stuff I might like? Or just make fun of my music taste?
January 19, 2026 at 2:44 PM
Last week's listens from @listenbrainz.org. Any recommendations of similar stuff I might like? Or just make fun of my music taste?
I'm fascinated by this idea that the Disney Sea of Star Wars' problem is "people just wanting the same stuff". The franchise hasn't had a new idea since 1999.
"Han Solo," which was far from the worst movie to come out on Kennedy's watch didn't have a recasting problem so much as a writing problem.
gizmodo.com/maybe-a-han-...
gizmodo.com/maybe-a-han-...
Maybe a Han Solo Movie Wasn’t a Great Idea, Admits Kathleen Kennedy
The exiting Lucasfilm president expressed some regrets over recasting Harrison Ford.
gizmodo.com
January 17, 2026 at 12:59 AM
I'm fascinated by this idea that the Disney Sea of Star Wars' problem is "people just wanting the same stuff". The franchise hasn't had a new idea since 1999.