Noah Gittell
@noahgittell.bsky.social
Troubador. Former film critic, author, lobbyist, bartender. Was once seen in NYT, The Atlantic, The Guardian. Now seen at open mic night, possibly in your town.
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Minneapolis (A Song for Good)
YouTube video by Noah Gittell
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I wrote and recorded a song for the people of Minneapolis www.youtube.com/watch?v=lkdR...
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I know we’re so far past even considering the possibility that Republicans ever actually believed in the Constitution, but it’s a useful thought experiment to read this article as if it was about Biden using technology developed by a billionaire donor to surveil anti-abortion and 2A activists.
A Minnesota woman observing ICE agents in her car was cornered on one-way streets. An agent approached, called her by name—citing facial recognition. Days later, her Global Entry and TSA privileges were revoked, with no explanation.
How ICE Already Knows Who Minneapolis Protesters Are
www.nytimes.com
January 30, 2026 at 2:35 PM
I know we’re so far past even considering the possibility that Republicans ever actually believed in the Constitution, but it’s a useful thought experiment to read this article as if it was about Biden using technology developed by a billionaire donor to surveil anti-abortion and 2A activists.
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interested to learn what “at my direction” means because it sounds like “without a warrant”
January 30, 2026 at 2:44 PM
interested to learn what “at my direction” means because it sounds like “without a warrant”
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Finally got around to a bit of research I'd been meaning to explore, and: There is no documented instance of an ICE officer being identified and assaulted while off duty because he wasn't masked. www.pbump.net/o/ices-excus...
ICE’s excuse for wearing masks has never actually manifested
There have been incidents of harassment and threats. But there are no apparent incidents in which identified ICE officers have been assaulted off-duty.
www.pbump.net
January 29, 2026 at 6:05 PM
Finally got around to a bit of research I'd been meaning to explore, and: There is no documented instance of an ICE officer being identified and assaulted while off duty because he wasn't masked. www.pbump.net/o/ices-excus...
I have canceled almost no one. An artist's work doesn't belong to them once it's out there in the world. It's half mine at that point.
Bill Cosby is the exception. I was raised on his show, and I can't look at his face anymore.
Bill Cosby is the exception. I was raised on his show, and I can't look at his face anymore.
Question for the Skyline: What was your HARDEST "cancel"?? Like the actor/singer/athlete that was the hardest to drop.
I feel like it's always people I don't fw getting canceled so it's never really a loss.
The hardest one was maybe TI because I actually liked multiple albums by him.
I feel like it's always people I don't fw getting canceled so it's never really a loss.
The hardest one was maybe TI because I actually liked multiple albums by him.
January 29, 2026 at 5:23 PM
I have canceled almost no one. An artist's work doesn't belong to them once it's out there in the world. It's half mine at that point.
Bill Cosby is the exception. I was raised on his show, and I can't look at his face anymore.
Bill Cosby is the exception. I was raised on his show, and I can't look at his face anymore.
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He doesn't have Springsteen's or Billy Bragg's profile, but writer @noahgittell.bsky.social has recorded a protest song about Minnesota as well, and it's a good one: noahgittell.bandcamp.com/track/minnea...
Minneapolis, by Noah Gittell
track by Noah Gittell
noahgittell.bandcamp.com
January 29, 2026 at 2:55 PM
He doesn't have Springsteen's or Billy Bragg's profile, but writer @noahgittell.bsky.social has recorded a protest song about Minnesota as well, and it's a good one: noahgittell.bandcamp.com/track/minnea...
I watched NUREMBERG last night. An absolutely remarkable Russell Crowe performance. His best in years. Saves the movie from being an outright disaster.
January 29, 2026 at 2:06 PM
I watched NUREMBERG last night. An absolutely remarkable Russell Crowe performance. His best in years. Saves the movie from being an outright disaster.
I think my Minneapolis song is better than Bruce’s, but I’ll admit it’s close. youtu.be/lkdRbT__5so?...
Minneapolis (A Song for Good)
YouTube video by Noah Gittell
youtu.be
January 29, 2026 at 12:11 AM
I think my Minneapolis song is better than Bruce’s, but I’ll admit it’s close. youtu.be/lkdRbT__5so?...
NOT ENOUGH.
SCHUMER says Democrats are “united” behind three DHS reforms
1/ End roving patrols; tighten the rules on warrants and require ICE to coordinate with local authorities.
2/ Enforce accountability; a uniform code of conduct.
3/ Require masks off, body cameras on, agents carry ID.
1/ End roving patrols; tighten the rules on warrants and require ICE to coordinate with local authorities.
2/ Enforce accountability; a uniform code of conduct.
3/ Require masks off, body cameras on, agents carry ID.
January 28, 2026 at 8:42 PM
NOT ENOUGH.
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"You raise your voice, I erase your voice."
ICE in Minneapolis are erasing your rights.
Please share our new video of what's happening in our city. youtu.be/W1dyNcRGRXY
ICE in Minneapolis are erasing your rights.
Please share our new video of what's happening in our city. youtu.be/W1dyNcRGRXY
January 27, 2026 at 4:15 PM
"You raise your voice, I erase your voice."
ICE in Minneapolis are erasing your rights.
Please share our new video of what's happening in our city. youtu.be/W1dyNcRGRXY
ICE in Minneapolis are erasing your rights.
Please share our new video of what's happening in our city. youtu.be/W1dyNcRGRXY
One of the most annoying things about Twitter and Bluesky is that people mostly respond only when they disagree with you, so it feels like very interaction you have on here is negative.
I really could have used this epiphany 10 years ago, but better late than never I suppose.
I really could have used this epiphany 10 years ago, but better late than never I suppose.
January 27, 2026 at 6:54 PM
One of the most annoying things about Twitter and Bluesky is that people mostly respond only when they disagree with you, so it feels like very interaction you have on here is negative.
I really could have used this epiphany 10 years ago, but better late than never I suppose.
I really could have used this epiphany 10 years ago, but better late than never I suppose.
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“This is a preschool you stupid motherf*ckers!”
(From Somali Snaps)
(From Somali Snaps)
January 27, 2026 at 5:08 PM
“This is a preschool you stupid motherf*ckers!”
(From Somali Snaps)
(From Somali Snaps)
I've been single for two years now, and I just that thought that people have from time to time, "Why are all the good ones taken?," and then I realized this means I'm almost certainly not one of the good ones.
January 27, 2026 at 3:33 PM
I've been single for two years now, and I just that thought that people have from time to time, "Why are all the good ones taken?," and then I realized this means I'm almost certainly not one of the good ones.
This is hilarious. Steve Somers asked Jerry Seinfeld for Larry David's personal email address, and Jerry bristled at it, and now Steve and Jerry are not friends anymore. www.youtube.com/watch?v=TEXF...
Steve Somers Tells His Side of the Seinfeld Fallout Story!
YouTube video by WFAN
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January 27, 2026 at 3:08 PM
This is hilarious. Steve Somers asked Jerry Seinfeld for Larry David's personal email address, and Jerry bristled at it, and now Steve and Jerry are not friends anymore. www.youtube.com/watch?v=TEXF...
This morning, I awoke with a surprising feeling: hope. The tide is turning on Trump and his cadre of villains. In the past, I was able to manufacture optimism. This is different. I feel it in my bones.
January 27, 2026 at 1:25 PM
This morning, I awoke with a surprising feeling: hope. The tide is turning on Trump and his cadre of villains. In the past, I was able to manufacture optimism. This is different. I feel it in my bones.
I am embarrassed at how long it has taken me to come around to this view, but Bill Simmons is a genuinely terrible person.
January 27, 2026 at 4:07 AM
I am embarrassed at how long it has taken me to come around to this view, but Bill Simmons is a genuinely terrible person.
I'm out of the "talking about baseball movies on podcasts" game. Anybody feel they're up to it?
If it happens to change your mind (or if you know someone who might be interested), I am looking for a baseball and history guest to talk with me about The X-Files episode "The Unnatural", and the ways we tell the story of America through baseball. :)
January 26, 2026 at 7:15 PM
I'm out of the "talking about baseball movies on podcasts" game. Anybody feel they're up to it?
Makes me think that the real fault here is not with the irredeemable 30% but with the Democrats, who have repeatedly failed to capture the middle by ignoring the will of their own voters and their total inability to communicate their values.
It's worth remembering that even AFTER Nixon resigned, roughly 30% of Americans thought he'd been treated very unfairly and was the victim of a left wing "witch hunt" coordinated by Democrats and a liberal media who hated the "real Americans" in the "silent majority." bsky.app/profile/seth...
Flashback to June of 1974 when a New York Times reporter went to an almost entirely white, upper-middle class retirement community in Orange County, Ca to see what folks thought of the ongoing investigation of Nixon. What they heard might ring some bells.
January 26, 2026 at 5:51 PM
Makes me think that the real fault here is not with the irredeemable 30% but with the Democrats, who have repeatedly failed to capture the middle by ignoring the will of their own voters and their total inability to communicate their values.
Anybody else just breaking into tears randomly in the middle of the day?
January 26, 2026 at 4:51 PM
Anybody else just breaking into tears randomly in the middle of the day?
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We are going to win.
pretty wild statement re: Republican Chris Madel drop from race for MN governor:
"Saying he cannot support the national GOP's 'stated retribution on citizens of our state, nor can I count myself a member of a party that would do so."
"Saying he cannot support the national GOP's 'stated retribution on citizens of our state, nor can I count myself a member of a party that would do so."
January 26, 2026 at 3:09 PM
We are going to win.
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Is the government ever going to release the name of the masked agent who killed Alex Pretti or are we going to continue to have a federal secret police in this country?
January 26, 2026 at 1:47 PM
Is the government ever going to release the name of the masked agent who killed Alex Pretti or are we going to continue to have a federal secret police in this country?
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pretty wild statement re: Republican Chris Madel drop from race for MN governor:
"Saying he cannot support the national GOP's 'stated retribution on citizens of our state, nor can I count myself a member of a party that would do so."
"Saying he cannot support the national GOP's 'stated retribution on citizens of our state, nor can I count myself a member of a party that would do so."
January 26, 2026 at 2:14 PM
pretty wild statement re: Republican Chris Madel drop from race for MN governor:
"Saying he cannot support the national GOP's 'stated retribution on citizens of our state, nor can I count myself a member of a party that would do so."
"Saying he cannot support the national GOP's 'stated retribution on citizens of our state, nor can I count myself a member of a party that would do so."
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Still can't believe they immediately put the officers who killed Pretti back in the field. Even if the shooting had been justified (it wasn't), it's just incredibly callous and reckless -- to the public, but also to the officers themselves. Just a sociopathic dearth of humanity.
January 26, 2026 at 2:19 PM
Still can't believe they immediately put the officers who killed Pretti back in the field. Even if the shooting had been justified (it wasn't), it's just incredibly callous and reckless -- to the public, but also to the officers themselves. Just a sociopathic dearth of humanity.
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A reminder that you can purchase my single "Minneapolis" for $1.99 on Bandcamp. All proceeds go to the Minnesota Immigrant Rights Action Committee. noahgittell.bandcamp.com/track/minnea...
Minneapolis, by Noah Gittell
track by Noah Gittell
noahgittell.bandcamp.com
January 25, 2026 at 4:13 PM
A reminder that you can purchase my single "Minneapolis" for $1.99 on Bandcamp. All proceeds go to the Minnesota Immigrant Rights Action Committee. noahgittell.bandcamp.com/track/minnea...
I would give up a year of my life to see a Trump perp walk.
January 25, 2026 at 4:22 AM
I would give up a year of my life to see a Trump perp walk.