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Joe Hefta @hefta.bsky.social · 4d

What a bunch of tyrant clowns.

Joe Hefta @hefta.bsky.social · 8d

I was watching a show about human history and at the end my cat Notter jumped into my lap and I was confronted with the evolutionary reality of the domestication of genus Felis and fell in love with my cat all over again and thought of you.

Joe Hefta @hefta.bsky.social · 10d

Everyone said everything I thought and more, but, yeah, please write it.

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Joe Hefta @hefta.bsky.social · 10d

Feel as you will about the medium, but this is clarity on the question.

youtu.be/eRmOmutBeSA?...

Golf Says Everything About Trump

YouTube video by Sam Harris

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Punk Rock History @punkrockhistory.bsky.social · 19d

Released 45 years ago
"Kill the Poor", a song by the Dead Kennedys

Dead Kennedys - Kill The Poor - Live at The Warfield, San Francisco, March 25, 1980

#punk #punkrock #hardcorepunk #deadkennedys #killthepoor #history #punkrockhistory

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Joe Hefta @hefta.bsky.social · Sep 19

A friend posted a "caption this photo" challenge. Herewith, my attempt.

A photograph of King Charles and Queen Camilla standing together, flanked on either side by President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump. The First Lady, all in black, has her face concealed by a large black hat.

Joe Hefta @hefta.bsky.social · Sep 17

BS is a verbal shit-spewer. Reading him reveals how thin his reasoning is.

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Joe Hefta @hefta.bsky.social · Sep 6

Not all of them are upbeat (MASH, Welcome Back Kotter) but they all share a delicious, "Now let's drop into the den," kind of vibe for me.

But for real, the Barney Miller theme literally slaps.

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Joe Hefta @hefta.bsky.social · Sep 6

Dang, forgot Sanford and Son.

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Joe Hefta @hefta.bsky.social · Sep 6

S.W.A.T.
The Rockford Files
Barney Miller
Welcome Back Kotter
Taxi
MASH
and Goddess help me,
Fat Albert

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Joe Hefta @hefta.bsky.social · Aug 31

Saw it in the theater in its original release and again a couple of years ago. As a thriller, it holds up pretty well. Other parts, well, as noted.

I remember thinking, "That Lucas Haas kid is going places." Shoulda bought futures.

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Joe Hefta @hefta.bsky.social · Aug 28

Some things are sacrosanct.

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Joe Hefta @hefta.bsky.social · Jul 19

And then #NomaDumezweni ties it up with a bow without speaking a word. Just really good craft, and I loved every minute.

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Joe Hefta @hefta.bsky.social · Jul 19

The finale of Murderbot with Alexander Skarsgård and David Dastmalchian were the best minutes on TV this year. What sensitive writing, exquisite acting, bold artistic choices and incredible technical work. I watched four times and wept each time.

#murderbot
#alexanderskarsgård
#daviddastmalchian

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Meg Elison @megelison.bsky.social · Jul 1

In honor of getting fired by Elon Musk, this month's newsletter is all stories about bad bosses, and revenge:

Tales from the Underpaid: Drop Dead Ed

Elon Musk was not my boss, but he did fire me on the last day of June. My job as a federal contractor for the Center for Medicare Services was eliminated as...

buttondown.com

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Joe Hefta @hefta.bsky.social · Jul 1

This is deeply satisfying.

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Joe Hefta @hefta.bsky.social · Jul 1

Get some of this. You'll be glad you did. Released during the First Age of Darkness, its message is even more on the nose today. I find it heartening.

#hayescarll

open.spotify.com/track/58eXcq...

Times Like These

Hayes Carll · What It Is · Song · 2019

open.spotify.com

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Joe Hefta @hefta.bsky.social · Jun 18

That's delightful. Funny to realize, but I don't think I ever owned the record. I knew it pretty well because everyone else had it and it was on the radio all the time.

Radio. Jeez.

A GIF of cartoon character Grandpa Simpson swaying in his chair to music playing on a nearby wireless radio set

Joe Hefta @hefta.bsky.social · Jun 16

This is teenybop pop of the first order on the one hand, but on the other, watch it queer the subject. So punk. So subversive. Great contribution.

open.spotify.com/track/0s9oqw...

#punkrockhistory
#blondie
#debbieHARRY

I'm Gonna Love You Too

Blondie · Parallel Lines · Song · 1978

open.spotify.com

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Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · Jun 16

It’s a frightening time in our history. But in spite of that reality — or rather, in response to that reality — we are organizing and still rising. #NoKings

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Joe Hefta @hefta.bsky.social · Jun 16

This is just the most moving and strangely coherent lyric, given how it moves from a critique of the inexorable pull of pop culture mediocrity to racial tension and violence over social policy straight to Hitler and fascism. Selling out is selling out in every context. Don't sell out.

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Joe Hefta @hefta.bsky.social · Jun 15

No expert, here, and nothing new to report, unless you want to know why I'm obsessing over this underappreciated masterpiece cover

open.spotify.com/track/62H036...

of an otherwise underappreciated masterpiece

youtu.be/_Xja9C09k2w?...

In which case, query away, comrade.

#blondie
#nerves
#punk

Hanging On The Telephone

Blondie · Parallel Lines · Song · 1978

open.spotify.com

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Joe Hefta @hefta.bsky.social · Jun 15

Marching today, feeling solidarity, leading chant responses and booming out the words, fists in the air, grinning like a fool. People cheering and joining. The physicality of that emotional connection was profoundly encouraging to me. I can't understate it. Get some of this.

#nokings
#50501sanjose

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Jen K @embracechaos.bsky.social · Jun 14

Today in San Jose, CA
NO KINGS protest and march.
12,000 participants!
#june14 #nokings #nokingsday #sanjose #dumptrump #resist #handsoff #protestart #indivisible #bayarea #goodtrouble #50501movement #fiftyfiftyone #nokings #stopICE #abolishICE #standupfightback #50501ca #50501sanjose

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Joe Hefta @hefta.bsky.social · Jun 14

San Jose shows up again. Unions, orgs, vets, pols, immigrants (that's nearly all of us), retirees, workers, activists, and public sector workers on duty and off made this a forceful, righteous and peaceful expression of rage and solidarity 30,000 strong. We are winning.

#nokings
#50501SanJose

A photograph of a protester holding a sign that says, "Presidents are temporary. Wu-Tang is forever"

Photograph of a protester holding a sign that depicts Homer Simpson asking, "How hard do I pronounce the F in Fuck ICE?"

Crowd photo of the San Jose, California No Kings protesters carrying flags and signs in peaceful demonstration

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