steven_mps
@stevenmps.bsky.social
Put together another compilation of local, largely unreleased music. All proceeds will go towards supporting Tone Madison's independent journalism.
All purchases this month will multiply in value, and all purchases made today will help us net a bit more, thanks to Bandcamp Friday.
Buy if ya can!
All purchases this month will multiply in value, and all purchases made today will help us net a bit more, thanks to Bandcamp Friday.
Buy if ya can!
Today, we're releasing "Resolution," a new Bandcamp compilation that will help fund Tone Madison's future.
"Each track acts as a demonstration of the perseverance inherent to Madison musicians," writes Music Editor @stevenmps.bsky.social.
Read more here: tonemadison.bandcamp.com/album/resolu...
"Each track acts as a demonstration of the perseverance inherent to Madison musicians," writes Music Editor @stevenmps.bsky.social.
Read more here: tonemadison.bandcamp.com/album/resolu...
Resolution, by Tone Madison
30 track album
tonemadison.bandcamp.com
December 5, 2025 at 7:43 PM
Put together another compilation of local, largely unreleased music. All proceeds will go towards supporting Tone Madison's independent journalism.
All purchases this month will multiply in value, and all purchases made today will help us net a bit more, thanks to Bandcamp Friday.
Buy if ya can!
All purchases this month will multiply in value, and all purchases made today will help us net a bit more, thanks to Bandcamp Friday.
Buy if ya can!
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Unfortunately, in US journalism it is considered neutral to spread a lie, but it is considered "biased" to call out a lie. So, there is a structural asymmetry that rewards colorful lies with virality.
November 30, 2025 at 1:16 AM
Unfortunately, in US journalism it is considered neutral to spread a lie, but it is considered "biased" to call out a lie. So, there is a structural asymmetry that rewards colorful lies with virality.
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"Sir, did you just abuse and insult a journalist for asking a question? And did you publicly call a woman a piggie? Is this the way a U.S. President behaves?"
A reporter who so spoke loses WH credentials, maybe his job if his agency is gutless. But absent such, the entire WHPC is without honor.
A reporter who so spoke loses WH credentials, maybe his job if his agency is gutless. But absent such, the entire WHPC is without honor.
November 21, 2025 at 3:33 PM
"Sir, did you just abuse and insult a journalist for asking a question? And did you publicly call a woman a piggie? Is this the way a U.S. President behaves?"
A reporter who so spoke loses WH credentials, maybe his job if his agency is gutless. But absent such, the entire WHPC is without honor.
A reporter who so spoke loses WH credentials, maybe his job if his agency is gutless. But absent such, the entire WHPC is without honor.
would rather have politicians who “don’t understand how the senate works” be elected to the senate than it be made up of protect-the-status-quo puppets who don’t understand how reality is impacted by the decisions *of* the senate
November 11, 2025 at 4:15 PM
would rather have politicians who “don’t understand how the senate works” be elected to the senate than it be made up of protect-the-status-quo puppets who don’t understand how reality is impacted by the decisions *of* the senate
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Great news, everybody! The ACA is materially undermined, no concessions were secured on any other front, and Donald Trump will be able to declare this a personal win. But poor people did starve for about a week there, so there's that.
The Senate has decided the HSA idea from Trump is a win and they're going to do it.
Man, this timeline SUCKS.
Man, this timeline SUCKS.
November 9, 2025 at 10:37 PM
Great news, everybody! The ACA is materially undermined, no concessions were secured on any other front, and Donald Trump will be able to declare this a personal win. But poor people did starve for about a week there, so there's that.
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Senator Schumer is no longer effective and should be replaced. If you can’t lead the fight to stop healthcare premiums from skyrocketing for Americans, what will you fight for?
November 10, 2025 at 2:25 AM
Senator Schumer is no longer effective and should be replaced. If you can’t lead the fight to stop healthcare premiums from skyrocketing for Americans, what will you fight for?
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if democrats want to retain any amount of integrity they need to immediately vote out chuck schumer as party minority leader
November 10, 2025 at 2:50 AM
if democrats want to retain any amount of integrity they need to immediately vote out chuck schumer as party minority leader
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Cull the Democratic Party. Systematically chip away all the weak, corporate centrists and corrupt, gutless elected officials who refuse to fight and instead suck at the teat of the oligarchy.
November 10, 2025 at 2:34 AM
Cull the Democratic Party. Systematically chip away all the weak, corporate centrists and corrupt, gutless elected officials who refuse to fight and instead suck at the teat of the oligarchy.
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If the Democrats were a real party and not a bunch of spineless career politician cowards these 8 senators would be ejected tomorrow morning.
EIGHT Senate Democrats have voted to advance the funding measure so far after the deal was reached:
Cortez Masto
Durbin
Fetterman
Hassan
Kaine
King
Rosen
Shaheen
If the existing 52 Republicans hold, that's 60 — enough to advance this agreement. Final vote still to come.
Cortez Masto
Durbin
Fetterman
Hassan
Kaine
King
Rosen
Shaheen
If the existing 52 Republicans hold, that's 60 — enough to advance this agreement. Final vote still to come.
November 10, 2025 at 1:57 AM
If the Democrats were a real party and not a bunch of spineless career politician cowards these 8 senators would be ejected tomorrow morning.
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New: Conde Nast fired four employees who were among a group that confronted the company's head of human resources on Wednesday over the decision to fold Teen Vogue into Vogue/recent cuts. Employees who were fired included journalists from the New Yorker, Wired, and Bon Appétit.
November 6, 2025 at 5:49 PM
New: Conde Nast fired four employees who were among a group that confronted the company's head of human resources on Wednesday over the decision to fold Teen Vogue into Vogue/recent cuts. Employees who were fired included journalists from the New Yorker, Wired, and Bon Appétit.
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thank you for all the support; the statement from our union is now live here with some more reporting.
now that this is public I can confirm that the majority of today’s layoffs were women of color. there are no longer any Black women working at Teen Vogue.
now that this is public I can confirm that the majority of today’s layoffs were women of color. there are no longer any Black women working at Teen Vogue.
November 3, 2025 at 11:25 PM
thank you for all the support; the statement from our union is now live here with some more reporting.
now that this is public I can confirm that the majority of today’s layoffs were women of color. there are no longer any Black women working at Teen Vogue.
now that this is public I can confirm that the majority of today’s layoffs were women of color. there are no longer any Black women working at Teen Vogue.
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GIANNIS WINS IT AT THE BUZZER!!!
November 4, 2025 at 2:42 AM
GIANNIS WINS IT AT THE BUZZER!!!
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This was just posted by a CBS News producer on their Instagram stories.
October 29, 2025 at 9:44 PM
This was just posted by a CBS News producer on their Instagram stories.
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Music Editor @stevenmps.bsky.social highlights—and finds what unifies—great recent releases from Aergo, Baby Tyler Band, Calamity, Frozen Charlotte, Alex Yaco Kalfayan, and a collaboration between Slick and In Ropes in our latest.
tonemadison.com/articles/mad...
tonemadison.com/articles/mad...
Madison musicians bare their teeth
New releases from September and October seize a cathartic aggression.
tonemadison.com
October 29, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Music Editor @stevenmps.bsky.social highlights—and finds what unifies—great recent releases from Aergo, Baby Tyler Band, Calamity, Frozen Charlotte, Alex Yaco Kalfayan, and a collaboration between Slick and In Ropes in our latest.
tonemadison.com/articles/mad...
tonemadison.com/articles/mad...
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Lmao what (from today's Breaker newsletter)
October 28, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Lmao what (from today's Breaker newsletter)
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Nothing in the FOIA says agencies can close a request after three days just because they feel like it.
In August the Energy Dept sent a mass still interested letter to FOIA requesters, basically making it much easier to close out a bunch of old requests.
Obviously I filled a FOIA request about it.
Energy just told me I have 3 days to narrow my request or they are closing it.
Lolol uh no.
Obviously I filled a FOIA request about it.
Energy just told me I have 3 days to narrow my request or they are closing it.
Lolol uh no.
October 24, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Nothing in the FOIA says agencies can close a request after three days just because they feel like it.
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It's less than 24 hours after 5-8 million Americans marched against a president who called them domestic terrorists, and there is zero reference to it on the current NYT home page, except for a Bouie op/ed that came out several days earlier.
October 19, 2025 at 7:55 PM
It's less than 24 hours after 5-8 million Americans marched against a president who called them domestic terrorists, and there is zero reference to it on the current NYT home page, except for a Bouie op/ed that came out several days earlier.
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NEW @motherjones.com: Nobody in that GOP group chat praising Hitler or making racist comments was a “kid,” as JD Vance claimed today
I tracked down their ages. (Weirdly, it seems nobody else did.)
Eight of the 11 in the group chat range from 24 to 35. Ages of others are unclear.
But… no “kids”!
I tracked down their ages. (Weirdly, it seems nobody else did.)
Eight of the 11 in the group chat range from 24 to 35. Ages of others are unclear.
But… no “kids”!
No one in the GOP Hitler chat was a "kid"
We checked. Sorry, JD Vance.
www.motherjones.com
October 15, 2025 at 11:05 PM
NEW @motherjones.com: Nobody in that GOP group chat praising Hitler or making racist comments was a “kid,” as JD Vance claimed today
I tracked down their ages. (Weirdly, it seems nobody else did.)
Eight of the 11 in the group chat range from 24 to 35. Ages of others are unclear.
But… no “kids”!
I tracked down their ages. (Weirdly, it seems nobody else did.)
Eight of the 11 in the group chat range from 24 to 35. Ages of others are unclear.
But… no “kids”!
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watching the government's social media accounts spit out groyper stuff on main this whole last year, this is how i imagined the behind the scenes chats were going
EXCLUSIVE: Thousands of leaked messages show leaders of Young Republican groups joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape in a private Telegram chat.
Inside rising GOP leaders’ racist chats — obtained by POLITICO and spanning more than 7 months👇
Inside rising GOP leaders’ racist chats — obtained by POLITICO and spanning more than 7 months👇
‘I love Hitler’: Leaked messages expose Young Republicans’ racist chat
Thousands of private messages reveal young GOP leaders joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape.
www.politico.com
October 14, 2025 at 7:00 PM
watching the government's social media accounts spit out groyper stuff on main this whole last year, this is how i imagined the behind the scenes chats were going
a bump for the evening crowd
"'We’re looking for this to be a sustainable part of our life that we can legitimately live off of,'" says The Spine Stealers' Kate Ruland, in a moment of conviction.
Music Editor @stevenmps.bsky.social sits down with The Spine Stealers' Kate Ruland and Emma O'Shea.
tonemadison.com/articles/the...
Music Editor @stevenmps.bsky.social sits down with The Spine Stealers' Kate Ruland and Emma O'Shea.
tonemadison.com/articles/the...
The Spine Stealers aim to author a bold new chapter
Songwriters Emma O'Shea and Kate Ruland open up about their burgeoning career.
tonemadison.com
October 6, 2025 at 11:42 PM
a bump for the evening crowd
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Claim: 10 cars rammed ICE
Truth: No cars rammed ICE
Claim: She boxed ICE in
Truth: ICE boxed her in
Claim: She shot a rifle at ICE
Truth: She did not have a rifle
Claim: ICE returned fire
Truth: Only ICE fired
Claim: She drove herself to the hospital
Truth: Paramedics found her
Truth: No cars rammed ICE
Claim: She boxed ICE in
Truth: ICE boxed her in
Claim: She shot a rifle at ICE
Truth: She did not have a rifle
Claim: ICE returned fire
Truth: Only ICE fired
Claim: She drove herself to the hospital
Truth: Paramedics found her
Body-camera video appears to contradict the government’s claim that Marimar Martinez, 30, drove toward officers before one of them opened fire at her late Saturday morning in Brighton Park, her attorney claimed.
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Attorney for woman shot by Border Patrol claims officer said 'Do something b-----' before shooting
Body-camera video appears to contradict the government's claim that Marimar Martinez, 30, drove toward officers before one of them opened fire at her late Saturday morning in Brighton Park, her attorney claimed. A judge ordered Martinez and a co-defendant released pending trial.
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October 6, 2025 at 10:49 PM
Claim: 10 cars rammed ICE
Truth: No cars rammed ICE
Claim: She boxed ICE in
Truth: ICE boxed her in
Claim: She shot a rifle at ICE
Truth: She did not have a rifle
Claim: ICE returned fire
Truth: Only ICE fired
Claim: She drove herself to the hospital
Truth: Paramedics found her
Truth: No cars rammed ICE
Claim: She boxed ICE in
Truth: ICE boxed her in
Claim: She shot a rifle at ICE
Truth: She did not have a rifle
Claim: ICE returned fire
Truth: Only ICE fired
Claim: She drove herself to the hospital
Truth: Paramedics found her
For the last five years, I've tried to get various local acts to open up about the business-end of being a musician in 2025. A few have delivered great bits of commentary, but The Spine Stealers and I went deep on what that looks like—and means—for a band on the precipice of a breakout.
"'We’re looking for this to be a sustainable part of our life that we can legitimately live off of,'" says The Spine Stealers' Kate Ruland, in a moment of conviction.
Music Editor @stevenmps.bsky.social sits down with The Spine Stealers' Kate Ruland and Emma O'Shea.
tonemadison.com/articles/the...
Music Editor @stevenmps.bsky.social sits down with The Spine Stealers' Kate Ruland and Emma O'Shea.
tonemadison.com/articles/the...
The Spine Stealers aim to author a bold new chapter
Songwriters Emma O'Shea and Kate Ruland open up about their burgeoning career.
tonemadison.com
October 6, 2025 at 6:29 PM
For the last five years, I've tried to get various local acts to open up about the business-end of being a musician in 2025. A few have delivered great bits of commentary, but The Spine Stealers and I went deep on what that looks like—and means—for a band on the precipice of a breakout.