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Sam Wiant @samwiant.bsky.social · 3d

Way more fun than work.

Sam Wiant @samwiant.bsky.social · 3d

Now I can’t stop
All I Want is You - Barry Louis Polisar
Tree Hugger - Kimya Dawson & Antsy Pants
Roadrunner - Modern Lovers
Bees - Caribou
Bug Like an Angel - Mitski
5 Years Time - Noah and the Whale

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Sam Wiant @samwiant.bsky.social · 3d

The Crane Wife 3 - The Decemberists
A Horse in the Country - Cowboy Junkies
Advice on Bears - Boats
A Chicken with its Head Cut Off - Magnetic Fields
Drunk Drivers/Killer Whales - Car Seat Headrest
My Dove/My Lamb (live @ St Pancras) - Phosphorescent
Last Lion of Albion - Neko Case

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Sam Wiant @samwiant.bsky.social · 4d

I’m here to help.

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Sam Wiant @samwiant.bsky.social · 4d

Those were the first ones to pop to mind.

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Sam Wiant @samwiant.bsky.social · 4d

Hummingbird- Wilco
New Order T-Shirt - The National
Our House - CSNY
Porpoise Song - The Monkees
Old King - Neil Young
Puppy and a Truck - Jenny Lewis
Who Rescued Who - Kathleen Edwards
Chips Ahoy - The Hold Steady
Three Little Birds - Bob Marley
A Place in the Choir - Bill Staines

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Sarah Wolfson @sarahwolfson.bsky.social · Sep 23

People are talking about The Rapture? I imagine that event in my own strange little way in this poem published a while back in @triquarterlymag.bsky.social :

www.triquarterly.org/issue-154/th...

This Is How I Imagine the Rapture — TriQuarterly

On the metro escalator and you just keep going up but at the top there’s a

www.triquarterly.org

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Sam Wiant @samwiant.bsky.social · Sep 18

Baby Felix and I asleep in the hospital after watching Three Days of the Condor.

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🔞 Ian Jones 🏳‍🌈 @spazwazza.bsky.social · Aug 21

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Sam Wiant @samwiant.bsky.social · Aug 13

I modified it from an idea Monica provided so I can’t take all the credit.

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Sam Wiant @samwiant.bsky.social · Aug 13

Slightly diminish a band:

Run-D.M.V.

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Sam Wiant @samwiant.bsky.social · Aug 13

Slightly diminish a band:

10 Maniacs

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Sam Wiant @samwiant.bsky.social · Aug 13

Slightly diminish a band: The Grateful Dad

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August J. Pollak @augustjpollak.bsky.social · Jul 24

Hulk Hogan truly was the real America: an icon you were dutifully instructed to adore as a child and then every single piece of information about what he was, what he did, and what he thought about things made you hate him more and more, and in a way, yourself for falling for it.

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Brian Phillips @brianphillips.bsky.social · Jul 9

I wrote about the Grok Situation

Elon Musk’s Grok Has Lost Its Non-Sentient Mind

The X chatbot went off the rails this week, tweeting a slew of antisemitic content and praising Adolf Hitler. Now, CEO Linda Yaccarino has left the company, and the future of AI chatbots feels even mo...

www.theringer.com

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Dave Weasel @daveweasel.bsky.social · Jul 4

Happy 4th of July! A reminder that the differences between the GOP and the DNC as political parties are the difference between authoritarianism and democracy.
daveweasel.substack.com/p/both-sides...

‘Both Sides’ Are Not The Same: This Is Collapse vs. Complacency

There’s always that guy.

daveweasel.substack.com

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Candace Avalos @candaceavalos.bsky.social · Jul 4

People living under fascism didn’t survive by giving up joy—they protected it.

They held onto the things fascism tried to erase: art, friendship, jokes, rituals, language, memory.

Not as escapism but as resistance. As proof they were still human.

Joy isn’t frivolous under fascism. It’s strategic.

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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · Jul 4

America is beautiful, contradictory, unfinished. I am proud of our country even as we constantly strive to make it better, to protect and deepen our democracy, to fulfill its promise for each and every person who calls it home.

Happy Independence Day. No Kings in America.