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Howie Cohen
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Possibly the cutest rodent! -
@archiemcphee 🚫DMs if I don't know you.❤️ #PNW #Seattle & #music. #FriendsOfDesoto #FoD #StarTrek #GymShimoda #StarWars #DoctorWho #BattlestarGalactica #BSG #TransRights 🏳️‍⚧️ #IndieMusic Reply STOP to stop, HELP for help
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Howie Cohen @howiecohen.bsky.social · Nov 14
I think a fresh intro is due: I live in the PNW, obsessed with local and alternative/DIY music of nearly any genre (but especially #emo, #mathrock, #punk, #ska, #ska-punk). Nerd. Many fandoms but especially #StarTrek and #FriendsOfDeSoto. "Possibly the cutest rodent" according to Archie McPhee.
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Ordering new business cards for the first time in 6 years I think. Time to find some free lunch contest fishbowls to enter
November 24, 2025 at 9:33 PM
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Has it not?
November 22, 2025 at 1:38 AM
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Sorry guys universe is splitting open starting today
kylegriffin1.bsky.social Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 5d
BREAKING: Marjorie Taylor Greene says she's resigning from Congress — effective January 5, 2026.
November 22, 2025 at 1:21 AM
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This week's streams had more than a few trips to the past for Game Theory (1987), Trotsky Icepick (1988), The Walkabouts (1988), and Beat Happening (1989). And favs from the past few years, and some new releases. And LOTS from The Beths.
#5x5 #LastFM #music #FridayGrid #NowPlaying
5x5 grid of my top 25 streams for the week: Game Theory-Lolita Nation; Origami Angel-Somewhere City; Trotsky Icepick-Carpetbomb the Riff; Emi Pop-No Te Voy a Extrañar; Chokecherry-Ripe Fruit Rots and Falls; The Beths-Straight Line Was A Lie; The Walkabouts-See Beautiful Rattlesnake Gardens; The Beths-Warm Blood (EP); Great Grandpa-Patience, Moonbeam; Cheekface-Emphatically No!; Raue-Raue; Cheekface-Middle Spoon; Dining Dead-Is This A House?; Hatchie-Liquorice; Jeff Rosenstock-Hellmode; Kill Lincoln-No Normal; The Beths-Future Me Hates Me; Beat Happening-Black Candy; Dazy-Bad Penny; The Jins-It's a Life; Car Seat Headrest-The Scholars; Daffo-Where the Earth Bends; Jay Som-Belong; Short Fictions-Every Moment of Every Day; Snocaps-Snocaps
November 22, 2025 at 1:03 AM
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November 20, 2025 at 2:02 AM
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This is the hardest I have seen any member of Congress work to try and address transphobia in Congress, and her ability to get nearly all Democratic lawmakers to sign onto this letter is something any first would applaud
House Dems unite to tell GOP to stop "demonizing" trans people with "dehumanizing" slurs - LGBTQ Nation
Rep. Nancy Mace's "tra**y, tra**y, tra**y!" tirade is just one example.
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November 19, 2025 at 1:49 AM
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I had a fun time sitting down with Allison at Seattle Met to talk about my time at Bartell's and some of the fun items we brought in (several other Category Managers too- not just me!). I miss that wonderful chain a lot.
November 17, 2025 at 8:42 PM
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On the plus side, maybe Sam Darnold got a season's worth of picks out of his system in one game. #Seahawks
November 17, 2025 at 12:31 AM
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Finally listening to the new debut lp from Chokecherry and it's every bit as good as I expected. Can't wait to catch them live again. Pic from Freakout Fest '23
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Freakout Fest pic of Chokecherry, with Scarlett and Izzie leaning into each other, back-to-back, with a multi-color psychedelic light show backdrop projected on them and the wall behind them.
November 16, 2025 at 1:35 AM
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The newest Beths lp sounds like evolved in ways relative to their earlier works in much the same way the newest Deep See Diver lp does, and I for one, would like to see them on a double-bill.
November 15, 2025 at 11:52 PM
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Whelp. But I'm seeing them live again tonight, and it's such a great record, and I can always listen to that stack of new vinyl tomorrow and...
The new Beths record, Straight Line Was A Lie, on blue vinyl, still on my turntable.
November 15, 2025 at 10:24 PM
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Happy birthday to Derrick Anderson!
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Derrick Anderson - "When I Was Your Man" (Official Video)
YouTube video by Derrick Anderson
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November 15, 2025 at 4:49 AM
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My main goal tomorrow is to play as much of my backlog of new vinyl as I can before I have to leave for the Beths concert. Unfortunately, that also means I have to finally take the new Beths lp off the turntable.
November 15, 2025 at 4:46 AM
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I just don’t see how we can pretend even for a moment that anything involving our federal government is remotely normal when the president is covering up his involvement in a child sex trafficking ring. Like, what are we doing here
November 15, 2025 at 1:14 AM
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From this minister's op-ed: "People wanting to experience God are more likely to meet the Divine trying to shut down the Broadview, Illinois, ICE facility than we ever were in church...God does not live in our houses of worship, but...with those who are bearing the brunt of cruelty in this moment."
jackjenkins.me Jack Jenkins @jackjenkins.me · 12d
Oh wow @reuters.com got the photo here:
November 14, 2025 at 9:38 PM
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Being observed today so I guess I'll go through the slit on the left
November 14, 2025 at 7:13 PM
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Another eclectic mix of old and new. I'm falling back into a heavy Game Theory mode. Great new ones in here from Dazy, Florence + The Machine, Into It. Over It, Tomo Nakayama, Emi Pop, Bartees Strange, & King Youngblood all there this week.
#5x5 #LastFM #music #FridayGrid #NowPlaying
A 5x5 grid of my top 25 streams for the past week: Game Theory-Two Steps From The Middle Ages; Good Luck-Into Lake Griffy; Dazy-Bad Penny; Belly-Star; Florence + the Machine-Everybody Scream (Chamber Version); Into It. Over It.-Hypernomalisation (Single); Black Ends-Psychotic Spew; Glass Beach-Plastic Death; Pixies-Surfer Rosa (2007 Remaster); Catbite-Doom Garden (EP); Remember Sports-Like A Stone; Bad Moves-Wearing Out The Refrain; Tomo Nakayama-Ocean; Art Sorority-Older Boys; Emi Pop-No Te Voy a Extrañar; Fastbacks-Very, Very Powerful Motor; Jeff Rosenstock-Hellmode, Bartees Strange-Shy Bairns Get Nowt (EP); Chalk-Conditions III (EP); Flying Racoon Suit-Mothership (Single); King Youngblood-Black Hole Son (Single); Cut Copy-Live on KEXP; Built To Spill-THere's Nothing Wrong With Love; Chalk-Can't Feel It (Single)
November 14, 2025 at 7:15 PM
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Since so many #FriendsOfDeSoto watched the Star Trek TOS episode Miri this past week for the @greatesttrek.com pod, it's time to share my favorite fan-made video for Game Theory's "One More For Saint Michael" that draws heavily from this episode visually & in the song. Enjoy
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Game Theory "One More for St. Michael"
YouTube video by smptefreak
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November 14, 2025 at 5:43 PM
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Sitting with your pockets full of fists
And you're staring at your wrists
And your shoulders, and they're aching so bad
Now they're cutting care
Now they're talking pay cut
No one better dare
Ask you how your day was
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Spaceship - Art Sorority LYRICS
YouTube video by Quonit's Foxden
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November 14, 2025 at 4:12 AM
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Post a bird to support @sbworkersunited.org and warn your followers not to buy Starbucks for the duration of the strike 🪶
A pair of Cedar Waxwings perched in the top branches of a spruce tree with blue sky and wispy, high, thin white clouds in the sky behind them. The distinctive crests of the birds is visible and their tan, brown, and grey plumage is lit in late-afternoon golden-hour sun.
November 14, 2025 at 2:42 AM
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I honestly wasn't sure I could mentally handle John Richards' annual death & music show this morning on KEXP but so glad I did. It's really excellent.
November 13, 2025 at 4:31 PM
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SCHUMER: Well, I—for one—am touched by this act of generosity. Perhaps one day, all of humanity will know the saying “Be welcoming of Greeks bearing gifts.”
Senator Schumer Votes to Let the Big Wooden Horse into Troy
“In the wake of votes by a handful of key Democrats, led by Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, to pass a GOP-led continuing resolution funding f...
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November 12, 2025 at 2:00 AM
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91 votes separate the candidates. 91!!! (For you kids, that's 24 more than 67). It has never been more important to make sure your vote counted in the Seattle Mayoral election! It's quick and easy to check, and quick and easy to fix if there's an issue! ⬇️⬇️⬇️
howiecohen.bsky.social Howie Cohen @howiecohen.bsky.social · 18d
HEY! Did you vote for the Mayor of Seattle and think that you're DONE with this election already? Well, I'm here to tell you you're NOT! There's 1,794 ballots from Seattle alone that aren't counted due to signature issues! But good news: you can check and FIX IT if it's you!
November 11, 2025 at 4:45 AM
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SEATTLE!!!

We’ve now taken the lead by 91 votes! 🤯 This thing is certainly not over! Over 1,000 ballots have been challenged, so if you haven’t tracked your ballot yet get on it! Our trusty volunteers have been working hard to "cure" ballots so they count! We're so close!
A photo of Katie Wilson seated in a wooden chair beside a white brick fireplace smiling at the camera with her hands folded an image of the election results from King County
November 11, 2025 at 12:16 AM