Mark Chappelle
@markchappelle.bsky.social
Writer. Ethnomusicologist. Professional introvert. Recovering overthinker. Defector from the petty wars that shell-shock love away. ✍🏾 linktr.ee/markchappelle
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This is so fucking haunting.
January 24, 2026 at 3:11 AM
This is so fucking haunting.
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TikTok is now under US ownership and their new ToS reads like a guide to giving fascists everything they need to put you on a list.
They’re collecting information about immigration status, citizenship, sexual orientation, whether you’re trans or non binary and physical or mental disabilities.
They’re collecting information about immigration status, citizenship, sexual orientation, whether you’re trans or non binary and physical or mental disabilities.
January 23, 2026 at 9:11 PM
TikTok is now under US ownership and their new ToS reads like a guide to giving fascists everything they need to put you on a list.
They’re collecting information about immigration status, citizenship, sexual orientation, whether you’re trans or non binary and physical or mental disabilities.
They’re collecting information about immigration status, citizenship, sexual orientation, whether you’re trans or non binary and physical or mental disabilities.
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in case you're curious about how angry Minnesota is about ICE, it was -20 today
January 24, 2026 at 12:38 AM
in case you're curious about how angry Minnesota is about ICE, it was -20 today
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You don’t know your role yet maybe, but we are all finding out just what we have to offer.
In Minneapolis, one man knew immediately what he could offer and said “Bring me your clothing”.
In Minneapolis, one man knew immediately what he could offer and said “Bring me your clothing”.
January 23, 2026 at 2:57 AM
You don’t know your role yet maybe, but we are all finding out just what we have to offer.
In Minneapolis, one man knew immediately what he could offer and said “Bring me your clothing”.
In Minneapolis, one man knew immediately what he could offer and said “Bring me your clothing”.
As much as I love anything that samples or references Jeff Lorber Fusion's "Rain Dance" (like Lil Kim's "Crush on You"), I just realized I never listen to the original.
And I SHOULD.
And I SHOULD.
Rain Dance
YouTube video by Jeff Lorber - Topic
www.youtube.com
January 23, 2026 at 12:43 AM
As much as I love anything that samples or references Jeff Lorber Fusion's "Rain Dance" (like Lil Kim's "Crush on You"), I just realized I never listen to the original.
And I SHOULD.
And I SHOULD.
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So things from 2006 will be turning 20 years old all this year? I know how math works, and I still want recounts on everything b/c NAH.
a woman in a white sweater and glasses is sitting on a couch covering her face with her hand .
Alt: a woman in a white sweater and glasses is sitting on a couch covering her face with her hand .
media.tenor.com
January 22, 2026 at 7:06 AM
So things from 2006 will be turning 20 years old all this year? I know how math works, and I still want recounts on everything b/c NAH.
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good thing we don’t have any new tech that’s ramping up water consumption
The world has entered “an era of global water bankruptcy” with irreversible consequences, according to a new United Nations report. https://cnn.it/4qxGTNX
January 20, 2026 at 10:47 PM
good thing we don’t have any new tech that’s ramping up water consumption
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Your math is wrong, 20 years ago was the 70s and it had been ever since I was in high school
So things from 2006 will be turning 20 years old all this year? I know how math works, and I still want recounts on everything b/c NAH.
a woman in a white sweater and glasses is sitting on a couch covering her face with her hand .
Alt: a woman in a white sweater and glasses is sitting on a couch covering her face with her hand .
media.tenor.com
January 22, 2026 at 7:30 AM
Your math is wrong, 20 years ago was the 70s and it had been ever since I was in high school
So things from 2006 will be turning 20 years old all this year? I know how math works, and I still want recounts on everything b/c NAH.
a woman in a white sweater and glasses is sitting on a couch covering her face with her hand .
Alt: a woman in a white sweater and glasses is sitting on a couch covering her face with her hand .
media.tenor.com
January 22, 2026 at 7:06 AM
So things from 2006 will be turning 20 years old all this year? I know how math works, and I still want recounts on everything b/c NAH.
I remember my mama repeating "If You Only Knew" ad nauseum as a kid. When I flipped the 7" over and tried to play "I'll Never, Never Give Up," she told me not to play that song. I didn't know why she said so and assumed there was something "evil" about it based on the fevered opening BGVs. lol
Oh Lover Man Where Can You Be is a fun ride.
Body Language is also a funky late disco jam
I'll never, never give you up is very 80's Clark sisters
Body Language is also a funky late disco jam
I'll never, never give you up is very 80's Clark sisters
Listening to Patti LaBelle's I'm In Love Again (1983) all the way through for the first time. Just had to check to see if I was missing out on anything besides "Love, Need, and Want You" and "If Only You Knew."
January 22, 2026 at 12:42 AM
I remember my mama repeating "If You Only Knew" ad nauseum as a kid. When I flipped the 7" over and tried to play "I'll Never, Never Give Up," she told me not to play that song. I didn't know why she said so and assumed there was something "evil" about it based on the fevered opening BGVs. lol
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Absolutely despicable.
Minnesota: "School officials say the [5-year-old] child was used as bait. They say [ICE] agents made little Liam knock on the door to ask to be let in in order to see if anyone else was home."
January 22, 2026 at 12:21 AM
Absolutely despicable.
Listening to Patti LaBelle's I'm In Love Again (1983) all the way through for the first time. Just had to check to see if I was missing out on anything besides "Love, Need, and Want You" and "If Only You Knew."
January 22, 2026 at 12:06 AM
Listening to Patti LaBelle's I'm In Love Again (1983) all the way through for the first time. Just had to check to see if I was missing out on anything besides "Love, Need, and Want You" and "If Only You Knew."
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she's not wrong ☝🏿
January 20, 2026 at 10:37 PM
she's not wrong ☝🏿
Interesting to hear a brown-skinned Taylor Swift fan offer commentary on her subtle ideological shifts.
Taylor Swift’s Republican Turn Is Less About Race and More About Keeping Up With America’s…
Trigger Warning: This is an anti-Taylor Swift article. Swifties, please beg me some pardon.
medium.com
January 20, 2026 at 5:23 AM
Interesting to hear a brown-skinned Taylor Swift fan offer commentary on her subtle ideological shifts.
Becoming a Luther Vandross stan in 2025/2026 is not what I had on my bingo card, but here I am.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=DXSM...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=DXSM...
My Sensitivity (Gets in the Way)
YouTube video by Luther Vandross - Topic
www.youtube.com
January 20, 2026 at 4:41 AM
Becoming a Luther Vandross stan in 2025/2026 is not what I had on my bingo card, but here I am.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=DXSM...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=DXSM...
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I can’t wait for this.
BILLY PRESTON: THAT'S THE WAY GOD PLANNED IT | OFFICIAL TRAILER
YouTube video by Abramorama
youtu.be
January 20, 2026 at 2:19 AM
I can’t wait for this.
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the NFL held moments of silence for a podcaster
Source: Texans’ LB Azeez Al-Shaair was fined $11,593 for a violation of the NFL uniform and equipment rules for wearing eye black that contained a personal message during last week’s Wild Card game.
January 19, 2026 at 6:09 PM
the NFL held moments of silence for a podcaster
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lmfaooo this the post that made them take his blue check away
January 19, 2026 at 4:34 PM
lmfaooo this the post that made them take his blue check away
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Yep and they recently announced that anyone who *enters* the store will have biometrics collected, including, face, eyes and voice.
January 19, 2026 at 4:29 PM
Yep and they recently announced that anyone who *enters* the store will have biometrics collected, including, face, eyes and voice.
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Happy 20th Anniversary to Mutemath’s eponymous debut album ‘Mutemath’ originally released January 19, 2006 | Listen to the album + read our tribute by @markchappelle.bsky.social here: album.ink/mutemath06
January 19, 2026 at 3:15 PM
Happy 20th Anniversary to Mutemath’s eponymous debut album ‘Mutemath’ originally released January 19, 2006 | Listen to the album + read our tribute by @markchappelle.bsky.social here: album.ink/mutemath06
Finally taking in @craigspoplife.bsky.social's Luther Vandross biography and just found out Anita Baker was supposed to duet with him on "I (Who Have Nothing)" but then she ghosted him!!
Martha Wash sang it with him instead and killed it! But wow... what could've been...
Martha Wash sang it with him instead and killed it! But wow... what could've been...
I (Who Have Nothing)
YouTube video by Luther Vandross - Topic
www.youtube.com
January 19, 2026 at 7:59 AM
Finally taking in @craigspoplife.bsky.social's Luther Vandross biography and just found out Anita Baker was supposed to duet with him on "I (Who Have Nothing)" but then she ghosted him!!
Martha Wash sang it with him instead and killed it! But wow... what could've been...
Martha Wash sang it with him instead and killed it! But wow... what could've been...
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Heard about this and found the video.
The pastor of this church is also an ICE director.
The pastor of this church is also an ICE director.
January 18, 2026 at 10:06 PM
Heard about this and found the video.
The pastor of this church is also an ICE director.
The pastor of this church is also an ICE director.
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Waymo is I.C.E. Been warning y’all about this.
In fact, all license plate reader companies cooperate with law enforcement and are complicit.
Don’t say nobody warned you! #ICE
In fact, all license plate reader companies cooperate with law enforcement and are complicit.
Don’t say nobody warned you! #ICE
January 18, 2026 at 4:53 PM
Waymo is I.C.E. Been warning y’all about this.
In fact, all license plate reader companies cooperate with law enforcement and are complicit.
Don’t say nobody warned you! #ICE
In fact, all license plate reader companies cooperate with law enforcement and are complicit.
Don’t say nobody warned you! #ICE
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Looks like we are just going to continue observing the society-wide experiment on the interaction between chatbots and mental illness.
Examples of how these products exacerbate and amplify people’s worst tendencies continue to proliferate.
He Was Indicted for Cyberstalking. His Former Friends Tracked His ChatGPT Meltdown
Brett Dadig faces up to 70 years in prison on charges of cyberstalking and interstate threats.
www.rollingstone.com
January 18, 2026 at 7:15 PM
Looks like we are just going to continue observing the society-wide experiment on the interaction between chatbots and mental illness.