Joe Wall
@joewall.bsky.social
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Joe Wall
@joewall.bsky.social
· May 17
Sturgill Simpson, aka Johnny Blue Skies, did his thing for 3 hours last at a steamy Knoxville hockey barn last night. My clips don’t do him just justice but here’s a bit of ‘Living the Dream’.
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Tomorrow, if you don't agree to terms, the bridge will be bombed on the orders of Secretary Hegseth. Any survivors in the water will be strafed. And then the Chinese are going to come for the syrup and you rubes will be left putting soy sauce on your flapjacks.
The mad King of America speaketh.
The mad King of America speaketh.
Wait. On the same day Trump says China is going to eliminate hockey, and he threatens to block the GORDIE HOWE BRIDGE
www.detroitnews.com/story/news/p...
www.detroitnews.com/story/news/p...
President Trump threatens to block Gordie Howe International Bridge from opening
The Republican president aired trade-related grievances on Monday in his threat to block the Canadians from opening a new bridge to Detroit.
www.detroitnews.com
February 10, 2026 at 6:11 PM
Tomorrow, if you don't agree to terms, the bridge will be bombed on the orders of Secretary Hegseth. Any survivors in the water will be strafed. And then the Chinese are going to come for the syrup and you rubes will be left putting soy sauce on your flapjacks.
The mad King of America speaketh.
The mad King of America speaketh.
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Good morning. The President of the United States was in the middle of the most serious child sex trafficking ring of the last quarter century.
He is referenced not a dozen times in the case files. Not 100 times. Not 1,000 times. He’s referenced 38,000 times.
He is referenced not a dozen times in the case files. Not 100 times. Not 1,000 times. He’s referenced 38,000 times.
February 8, 2026 at 7:50 PM
Good morning. The President of the United States was in the middle of the most serious child sex trafficking ring of the last quarter century.
He is referenced not a dozen times in the case files. Not 100 times. Not 1,000 times. He’s referenced 38,000 times.
He is referenced not a dozen times in the case files. Not 100 times. Not 1,000 times. He’s referenced 38,000 times.
In a North Knoxville neighbourhood besieged by failed businesses pushing booze comes a bar called The Black Dog. Huh, you might think, do the ingenious proprietors know that 'black dog' is another term for depression? Glad you asked.
February 9, 2026 at 1:14 PM
In a North Knoxville neighbourhood besieged by failed businesses pushing booze comes a bar called The Black Dog. Huh, you might think, do the ingenious proprietors know that 'black dog' is another term for depression? Glad you asked.
I'm hoping President Michelle Obama sends heavily armed federal troops into the backwoods of southern states in search of traitors flying confederate flags on private property. I mean, what's more unAmerican than siding with an army that declared war on this country? DEPORT THEIR SEDITIOUS ASSES.
February 8, 2026 at 3:19 PM
I'm hoping President Michelle Obama sends heavily armed federal troops into the backwoods of southern states in search of traitors flying confederate flags on private property. I mean, what's more unAmerican than siding with an army that declared war on this country? DEPORT THEIR SEDITIOUS ASSES.
Astute line from historian Ian Reifowitz: “If a person has done 500 things that should have ended his career, then who cares about the 501st?” Reifowitz said.
www.smh.com.au/world/north-...
www.smh.com.au/world/north-...
Trump’s Obama video was horrifically racist. But there was another dangerous detail
Under this US president, the bar for standards of public discourse has plunged so low, there is no longer an expectation that such actions will trigger any consequences.
www.smh.com.au
February 7, 2026 at 1:13 PM
Astute line from historian Ian Reifowitz: “If a person has done 500 things that should have ended his career, then who cares about the 501st?” Reifowitz said.
www.smh.com.au/world/north-...
www.smh.com.au/world/north-...
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February 6, 2026 at 12:25 PM
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Pour one out for every professional political pundit, writer, consultant whatever that has spent the last decade trying to pretend that the Trump phenomenon was about trade or opiates and not a big chunk of white america losing its mind over having a black president bsky.app/profile/kyle...
A screenshot from a video posted on Trump's Truth Social account: truthsocial.com/@realDonaldT...
February 6, 2026 at 9:28 AM
Pour one out for every professional political pundit, writer, consultant whatever that has spent the last decade trying to pretend that the Trump phenomenon was about trade or opiates and not a big chunk of white america losing its mind over having a black president bsky.app/profile/kyle...
Next time a conservative friend or family member uses the term 'liberal media', be sure to mention how the Amazon billionaire who owns WaPo threw $40 million at Trump for a vanity 'film' about his former-model (cough cough) wife before gutting one of the world's most prestigious newspapers.
February 5, 2026 at 2:58 PM
Next time a conservative friend or family member uses the term 'liberal media', be sure to mention how the Amazon billionaire who owns WaPo threw $40 million at Trump for a vanity 'film' about his former-model (cough cough) wife before gutting one of the world's most prestigious newspapers.
From last night’s spirited American Aquarium show at the Bijou, which included a new song and many back catalogue favorites, the ultimate breakup tune - ‘I Hope He Breaks Your Heart’.
@americanaquarium.bsky.social
@americanaquarium.bsky.social
February 5, 2026 at 1:40 PM
From last night’s spirited American Aquarium show at the Bijou, which included a new song and many back catalogue favorites, the ultimate breakup tune - ‘I Hope He Breaks Your Heart’.
@americanaquarium.bsky.social
@americanaquarium.bsky.social
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Perfection
Sir Ian McKellen performing a monologue from Shakespeare’s Sir Thomas More on the Stephen Colbert show. Never have I heard this monologue performed with such a keen sense of prescience. Nor have I ever been in this exact historical moment.TY Sir Ian, for reaching us once again.
#Pinks #ProudBlue
#Pinks #ProudBlue
February 5, 2026 at 12:56 PM
Perfection
Regardless of the body’s reticence: Always. Go. To. The. Show. #americanaquarium
February 5, 2026 at 1:10 AM
Regardless of the body’s reticence: Always. Go. To. The. Show. #americanaquarium
Phil Williams (@philinvestigates.com) is an almost miraculous truth-seeker in a state rife with Trump bootlickers Blackburn, Hagerty, Lee, Birchett, Jacobs and hundreds of rodent-brained local politicians. Support him.
www.hatecomestomainstreet.com?r=3334u&utm_...
www.hatecomestomainstreet.com?r=3334u&utm_...
Hate Comes to Main Street | Phil Williams | Substack
Examining the influence of white supremacists, neo-Nazis, Christian nationalists, and QAnon conspiracy theorists on Main Street America. Click to read Hate Comes to Main Street, by Phil Williams, a Su...
www.hatecomestomainstreet.com
February 4, 2026 at 2:23 PM
Phil Williams (@philinvestigates.com) is an almost miraculous truth-seeker in a state rife with Trump bootlickers Blackburn, Hagerty, Lee, Birchett, Jacobs and hundreds of rodent-brained local politicians. Support him.
www.hatecomestomainstreet.com?r=3334u&utm_...
www.hatecomestomainstreet.com?r=3334u&utm_...
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No. Commonsense reform is to burn ICE to the waterline and scatter the rubble so that all of us who value a constitutional republic with a Bill of Rights can prevent such a monstrosity from ever being constructed again.
And nothing above is hyperbole.
God, but you are not a leader for this time.
And nothing above is hyperbole.
God, but you are not a leader for this time.
Democrats want commonsense reform for ICE:
End the roving patrols and racial profiling.
Take accountability and abide by the same rules as local police.
Masks need to come off, body cameras need to stay on—no secret police in the United States of America.
End the roving patrols and racial profiling.
Take accountability and abide by the same rules as local police.
Masks need to come off, body cameras need to stay on—no secret police in the United States of America.
February 3, 2026 at 11:00 PM
No. Commonsense reform is to burn ICE to the waterline and scatter the rubble so that all of us who value a constitutional republic with a Bill of Rights can prevent such a monstrosity from ever being constructed again.
And nothing above is hyperbole.
God, but you are not a leader for this time.
And nothing above is hyperbole.
God, but you are not a leader for this time.
“What an obscenity to hear this woman employ the language of shared humanity, as the Trump administration kills Americans and systematically kidnaps immigrants and their kids.”
In pushing the pernicious myth of the "good American," against her husband's systematic kidnapping of immigrants and their children, the Melania movie amounts to an American obscenity.
The Melania movie is an American obscenity
The vapid, corruption-soaked film, which celebrates the myth of the "good immigrant," is more revelatory than it seems.
www.motherjones.com
February 2, 2026 at 4:14 PM
“What an obscenity to hear this woman employ the language of shared humanity, as the Trump administration kills Americans and systematically kidnaps immigrants and their kids.”
Knoxville National Cemetery at sundown yesterday.
February 1, 2026 at 4:19 PM
Knoxville National Cemetery at sundown yesterday.
Figured I’d wait and see if this week’s #AT40 provoked me to post personal news. The Randy Bachman anecdote did it, as my mother battled a lifelong stammer. She passed away on Thursday. I’ve mentioned the dementia that struck her down but she forged a life entirely her own. Vale Diane Joan Vessel.
January 31, 2026 at 6:25 PM
Figured I’d wait and see if this week’s #AT40 provoked me to post personal news. The Randy Bachman anecdote did it, as my mother battled a lifelong stammer. She passed away on Thursday. I’ve mentioned the dementia that struck her down but she forged a life entirely her own. Vale Diane Joan Vessel.
Going through old Australia photos turned up this shot of the road sign north of Melbourne that inspired the name Little River Band. Yes, I'm a geek. #AT40
January 31, 2026 at 5:30 PM
Going through old Australia photos turned up this shot of the road sign north of Melbourne that inspired the name Little River Band. Yes, I'm a geek. #AT40
Any media outlet - like the fucking Guardian - that doesn’t mention her decade of brilliance on SCTV is fucking useless.
www.theguardian.com/film/2026/ja...
www.theguardian.com/film/2026/ja...
Catherine O’Hara, actor known for Home Alone and Schitt’s Creek, dies aged 71
Actor, also known for Beetlejuice and her work with Christopher Guest, died after a brief illness
www.theguardian.com
January 30, 2026 at 7:10 PM
Any media outlet - like the fucking Guardian - that doesn’t mention her decade of brilliance on SCTV is fucking useless.
www.theguardian.com/film/2026/ja...
www.theguardian.com/film/2026/ja...
Watching Strangeglove. Again. Kubrick wasn’t even close.
January 29, 2026 at 1:46 AM
Watching Strangeglove. Again. Kubrick wasn’t even close.
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I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good.
Stay free
Stay free
Bruce Springsteen - Streets Of Minneapolis (Official Audio)
YouTube video by Bruce Springsteen
youtu.be
January 28, 2026 at 5:02 PM
I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good.
Stay free
Stay free
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Cartoon by Mike Luckovich
January 28, 2026 at 5:45 PM
Cartoon by Mike Luckovich
“To some people, the administration’s posts sound patriotic. Others might sense at most a faint dog whistle to extremists. Some posts may just look odd. But those well-versed in the abstruse codes of right-wing extremism hear klaxons.”
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/27/u...
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/27/u...
Administration Social Media Posts Echo White Supremacist Messaging
www.nytimes.com
January 27, 2026 at 7:04 PM
“To some people, the administration’s posts sound patriotic. Others might sense at most a faint dog whistle to extremists. Some posts may just look odd. But those well-versed in the abstruse codes of right-wing extremism hear klaxons.”
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/27/u...
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/27/u...
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I wrote about my childhood friend Alexi Pretti. Please read it and share it and remember him as a human being. @theverge.com
I grew up with Alex Pretti
The kind-hearted ICU nurse shot by ICE agents was my childhood best friend.
www.theverge.com
January 27, 2026 at 4:45 PM
I wrote about my childhood friend Alexi Pretti. Please read it and share it and remember him as a human being. @theverge.com
When historians pour through the annals of this rancid chunk of US history, this nepo slug's ramblings about UFOs and vaccines and 'paid protestors' will bring only mordant chuckles. #tennessee
www.wbir.com/article/news...
www.wbir.com/article/news...
Verify: Rep. Tim Burchett claims protesters in Minneapolis are 'paid'
Tennessee Rep. Tim Burchett claims paid protesters are driving unrest in Minneapolis, but critics, including fellow Tennessee Rep. Steve Cohen, dispute this.
www.wbir.com
January 27, 2026 at 1:35 PM
When historians pour through the annals of this rancid chunk of US history, this nepo slug's ramblings about UFOs and vaccines and 'paid protestors' will bring only mordant chuckles. #tennessee
www.wbir.com/article/news...
www.wbir.com/article/news...
Michael Penn - No Myth (Official Video)
YouTube video by MichaelPennVEVO
youtu.be
January 27, 2026 at 1:16 PM