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John Lithium

@johnlithium.bsky.social

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Experimental electronic musician. Co-founder and manager of Argali Records Netlabel. Leftist. Music enthusiast and promoter. Anti-crypto/NFT/AI.

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John Lithium @johnlithium.bsky.social · 8d

1) musicfortherestofus.blog #bandcampfriday 28 new posts up of music you should be listening to, including releases from: @pulseemitter.bsky.social , Sir Richard Bishop, Ø (Mika Vainio), The Implicit Order, Noise Trail Immersion, @scannerdot.com , \\\^◊^///, Reid Karris, ... 🧵

Music For The Rest Of Us

You Should Be Listening To This

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Angie Rasmussen @angierasmussen.bsky.social · 21h

I don’t know who needs to hear this but the CDC is being eviscerated right now. America is not going to have any kind of outbreak response capacity after tonight. Americans’ health data is no longer secure. Say goodbye to federal public health in any capacity. It’s a disaster. We won’t recover.

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John Lithium @johnlithium.bsky.social · 17h

Just heard the new Rob Zombie single. Imagine being at the point in your career where a song can be more boring than what Ministry is putting out at this point.

John Lithium @johnlithium.bsky.social · 20h

open.spotify.com/album/3ZXd4o... #nowplaying It’s meh. Maybe these songs do better in a live setting, but personally nothing really grabs my attention on this album.

Age of Aquarius

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 22h

“.. Inside the White House, top advisers joke that they are ruling Congress with an “iron fist,” according to people who have heard the comments. Steve Bannon, the influential Trump ally, likened Congress to the Duma, the Russian assembly that is largely ceremonial.”

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Bill Corbett @billcorbett.bsky.social · 1d

It would be great, wouldn’t it? But this is an alternate universe version of the Democratic party.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Thune: "If the Democrats had won the majority, they probably would've tried to nuke the filibuster. And then you'd have four new senators from Puerto Rico and DC, you'd have a packed Supreme Court, you'd have abortion on demand ... "

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Dan Schkade @danschkade.bsky.social · 1d

Scam calls always spike in the fall. Remember, legitimate callers won't:

-Threaten to report you to law enforcement
-Get defensive about the call's legitimacy
-Hang up when you ask for a supervisor
-Ask for your SSN

If you EVER don't like the vibe, just bail. If it's real, they'll call back.

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Popehat Agitates And Irritates @kenwhite.bsky.social · 1d

I have a couple of comments about Paul Ingrassia's lawyer, who sounds like a lawyer who would be hired by Paul Ingrassia.

First, vagueness in legal threats is the hallmark of legal thuggery. Notice the letter does not identify a single allegedly false statement of fact in the Politico story.

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Anna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · 1d

Paul Ingrassia is now threatening to sue Politico:

“This vexatious political attack masquerading as "journalism" is defamatory and will be addressed in forthcoming litigation.”

October 10, 2025
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Re: Statement on behalf of my client Paul Ingrassia regarding last night's story, Key Trump nominee accused of sexual harassment, POLITICO (Oct. 9, 2025), https://www.politico.com/news/2025/10/09/ingrassia-trump-harassment-dhs-
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POLITICO's hit piece about Mr. Ingrassia is calculated to cause maximum harm to his promising career — and torpedo his nomination for Special Counsel. This vexatious political attack masquerading as "journalism" is defamatory and will be addressed in forthcoming litigation.
To be 100% crystal clear, so that there is zero room for doubt: Mr. Ingrassia did not engage in any wrongdoing in connection with the matters reported. As POLITICO itself reported: "The woman, whom POLITICO is not naming, said in a statement that she 'never felt uncomfortable' about Ingrassia's behavior and said she had never made a complaint." This is one of the only accurate parts of POLITICO's otherwise fantastical and fictional partisan fairy tale.
Accordingly, one last time, I call upon POLITICO to publicly apologize and issue a full retraction of this disgraceful and partisan sludge.
/s/ Edward Andrew Paltzik
taylordykema.com

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John Lithium @johnlithium.bsky.social · 1d

Notice how all these people who same people who were like “we can’t be scared to live our life” during the worst of COVID are now insisting that there can be “no soft targets”?

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Fallon | find me on disabled.social instead of this nazi bar @fallonturing.bsky.social · 2d

They're gonna start suing critics lol

Jay 🦋 @jay.bsky.team · 2d

Are you a lawyer? Do you enjoy working on small teams tackling big things? We’re hiring a senior counsel.

jobs.gem.com/bluesky/am9i...

Bluesky Jobs

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John Lithium @johnlithium.bsky.social · 1d

I’m guessing there must be a lot of kverulant pedants in the replies.

Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 1d

You all know we're an American English Dictionary, right?

It may be pronounced differently in your country, but that's not our jurisdiction.

John Lithium @johnlithium.bsky.social · 1d

www.nbcnews.com/business/bus... I get the feeling that a lot of these “destroyed” packages are either kept by employees or resold at a later date.

UPS is 'disposing of' U.S.-bound packages over customs paperwork problems

Shifting Trump tariffs have created a nightmare for UPS, as thousands of packages from overseas pile up at its hubs while they await customs clearance.

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John Lithium @johnlithium.bsky.social · 1d

Wake me up when any other character creator lets you do this.

John Lithium @johnlithium.bsky.social · 1d

#comics

Patric Reynolds @patricjreynolds.bsky.social · 2d

On the iPad today...

John Lithium @johnlithium.bsky.social · 1d

newrepublic.com/post/201562/... Even by RFK Jr standards, these quotes are fucking WILD.

RFK Jr. Admits He’ll “Make” Proof for His Bogus Tylenol Conspiracy

Trump’s health secretary finally admitted the truth about all those autism “studies” he keeps citing.

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Joel Zombied 🎃🦇 @velodus.bsky.social · 1d

I genuinely worry for any player who makes a massive error in a huge game in an age where gambling losses is turning people into psychopaths.

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James Medlock @jdcmedlock.bsky.social · 2d

“I’ll declare war on you if you don’t give me the peace prize” is an incredible bit

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aaron from queens from twitter @aaronnarraph.bsky.social · 2d

the background on zohran's colbert appearance is jaw-droppingly disgusting

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 1d

practically a requirement for this administration to be a sex pest

Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 1d

"30-year-old conservative lawyer and activist who is Trump’s nominee to lead the Office of Special Counsel, which deals with federal employee whistleblower complaints and discrimination" cancelled his colleague's hotel room so she would be forced to stay with him.
www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

In late July, Paul Ingrassia, the White House liaison for the Department of Homeland Security, arrived at a Ritz-Carlton in Orlando with a lower-ranking female colleague and others from their department. When the group reached the front desk, the woman learned she didn’t have a hotel room.

Ingrassia then informed her that she would be staying with him, according to five administration officials familiar with the episode. Eventually the woman discovered that Ingrassia had arranged ahead of time to have her hotel room canceled so she would have to stay with him, three of those officials said.

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John Lithium @johnlithium.bsky.social · 2d

“We forfeit three-fourths of ourselves in order to be like other people” - Arthur Schopenhauer. At the end of the day, all my joys and sorrows can be traced back to the fact that I only forfeited one-fourth instead of three.

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John Lithium @johnlithium.bsky.social · 2d

Just beat Auriza Hero’s Grave in Elden Ring. Easily among the top five worst dungeons of the game.

John Lithium @johnlithium.bsky.social · 2d

a man in a jacket says do it again

ALT: a man in a jacket says do it again

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Frog and Toad Bot @frogandtoadbot.bsky.social · 2d

“You must have been tired,” said Toad.

“I was tired,” said Frog, “and it started to rain.”

A tired little Frog walks home in the rain.

From "The Corner"
In *Frog and Toad All Year*

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John Lithium @johnlithium.bsky.social · 2d

www.youtube.com/live/hLDlKcN... via @adifficulttruth.bsky.social 10.09.2025. #leftisbest

🔴 Thursday News and Politics 10/09/2025

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