aburtch
@aburtch.shakedown.social.ap.brid.gy
Brand builder, #bluegrass aficionado, BBQ enthusiast & award-winning baker. #AbolishICE. Never miss a Sunday show. (He / Him)
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I found my new theme song! “I Don't Want No IPA" by the Brothers Comatose.
https://song.link/s/4cYWyy2SrZlCGTse6mk8BX
#bluegrass #beer
https://song.link/s/4cYWyy2SrZlCGTse6mk8BX
#bluegrass #beer
The IPA Song by The Brothers Comatose, Ronnie McCoury
Listen now on your favorite streaming service. Powered by Songlink/Odesli, an on-demand, customizable smart link service to help you share songs, albums, podcasts and more.
song.link
February 5, 2026 at 7:32 PM
I found my new theme song! “I Don't Want No IPA" by the Brothers Comatose.
https://song.link/s/4cYWyy2SrZlCGTse6mk8BX
#bluegrass #beer
https://song.link/s/4cYWyy2SrZlCGTse6mk8BX
#bluegrass #beer
February 5, 2026 at 6:25 PM
RE: https://tomkahe.com/@GiftArticles/116015700327961186
“In every large population, roughly one-third of people just can’t resist a strongman. Not because they’re evil. Not because they’re dumb. But because they are wired — psychologically — to prefer:
Clear hierarchies
Dominant authority […]
“In every large population, roughly one-third of people just can’t resist a strongman. Not because they’re evil. Not because they’re dumb. But because they are wired — psychologically — to prefer:
Clear hierarchies
Dominant authority […]
Original post on shakedown.social
shakedown.social
February 5, 2026 at 3:05 AM
RE: https://tomkahe.com/@GiftArticles/116015700327961186
“In every large population, roughly one-third of people just can’t resist a strongman. Not because they’re evil. Not because they’re dumb. But because they are wired — psychologically — to prefer:
Clear hierarchies
Dominant authority […]
“In every large population, roughly one-third of people just can’t resist a strongman. Not because they’re evil. Not because they’re dumb. But because they are wired — psychologically — to prefer:
Clear hierarchies
Dominant authority […]
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I seem to remember a story about a bakery....
February 5, 2026 at 12:10 AM
I seem to remember a story about a bakery....
Gabriel Sherman, author of a new book on the Murdock family sums up what's happening so well. Rupert Murdock created this populist MAGA wave, but he thought he could control it and now he definitely can't.
Source […]
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![On the MAGA influence on the Fox media empire:
I think Rupert is sort of now a captive of a prison that he built. He's not in control of the MAGA movement. I think the best example of that is the Dominion lawsuit, the exodus of viewers after the 2020 election when Fox News tried to report the truth that Biden won. And very quickly, Fox News had to buy into the Trump stolen election conspiracy, or else their business would collapse. I think one of the tragedies is that Rupert's desire for ratings and profits have unleashed the populism that now [is] far bigger than Fox News or any of his media properties... My sort of mental image of Murdoch is he's now surfing, he's surfing a wave that he set in motion, but he can't stop the wave, and all he can do now is try to ride it.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:4sxuolexnpkpy4w54mxjt5ay/bafkreigjtieoxtq2yj675g76xnh2mxeg425kpt3h3m3jidy2qvfjrtfc3q@jpeg)
February 4, 2026 at 8:24 PM
Gabriel Sherman, author of a new book on the Murdock family sums up what's happening so well. Rupert Murdock created this populist MAGA wave, but he thought he could control it and now he definitely can't.
Source […]
[Original post on shakedown.social]
Source […]
[Original post on shakedown.social]
Sportsball looking pretty good next few months!
February 6 - Olympics
February 8 - NFL Super Bowl
February 13 - College Baseball
March 4 - World Baseball Classic
March 17 - NCAA March Madness
March 26 - MLB Opening Day
April 9 - The Masters
February 6 - Olympics
February 8 - NFL Super Bowl
February 13 - College Baseball
March 4 - World Baseball Classic
March 17 - NCAA March Madness
March 26 - MLB Opening Day
April 9 - The Masters
February 4, 2026 at 8:10 PM
Sportsball looking pretty good next few months!
February 6 - Olympics
February 8 - NFL Super Bowl
February 13 - College Baseball
March 4 - World Baseball Classic
March 17 - NCAA March Madness
March 26 - MLB Opening Day
April 9 - The Masters
February 6 - Olympics
February 8 - NFL Super Bowl
February 13 - College Baseball
March 4 - World Baseball Classic
March 17 - NCAA March Madness
March 26 - MLB Opening Day
April 9 - The Masters
Just found this excellent #bluegrass / #americana show on archive.org. Lots of good Tim O’Brien and Hot Rize tunes with some Dylan and Grateful Dead covers thrown in. Soundboard recording too.
Sam Grisman, Tim O'Brien, & Victor Furtado
Live at the Waldo Theater (Waldoboro, ME)
1/17/26 […]
Sam Grisman, Tim O'Brien, & Victor Furtado
Live at the Waldo Theater (Waldoboro, ME)
1/17/26 […]
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shakedown.social
February 4, 2026 at 3:45 PM
Just found this excellent #bluegrass / #americana show on archive.org. Lots of good Tim O’Brien and Hot Rize tunes with some Dylan and Grateful Dead covers thrown in. Soundboard recording too.
Sam Grisman, Tim O'Brien, & Victor Furtado
Live at the Waldo Theater (Waldoboro, ME)
1/17/26 […]
Sam Grisman, Tim O'Brien, & Victor Furtado
Live at the Waldo Theater (Waldoboro, ME)
1/17/26 […]
#bandcamp Friday returns this Friday, February 6.
For 24 hours, every purchase you make on Bandcamp sends even more money directly to the artists and labels you support. A simple way to get the year started with support for musicians.
The other scheduled […]
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For 24 hours, every purchase you make on Bandcamp sends even more money directly to the artists and labels you support. A simple way to get the year started with support for musicians.
The other scheduled […]
[Original post on shakedown.social]
February 4, 2026 at 3:33 PM
#bandcamp Friday returns this Friday, February 6.
For 24 hours, every purchase you make on Bandcamp sends even more money directly to the artists and labels you support. A simple way to get the year started with support for musicians.
The other scheduled […]
[Original post on shakedown.social]
For 24 hours, every purchase you make on Bandcamp sends even more money directly to the artists and labels you support. A simple way to get the year started with support for musicians.
The other scheduled […]
[Original post on shakedown.social]
February 4, 2026 at 1:38 AM
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Every ICE raid without a warrant is funded by healthcare cuts. Every child separated is paid for by insurance premium increases. Every killing like Alex Pretti's is enabled by Republican budget priorities. #FundHealthcareOverICE
February 3, 2026 at 9:55 PM
Every ICE raid without a warrant is funded by healthcare cuts. Every child separated is paid for by insurance premium increases. Every killing like Alex Pretti's is enabled by Republican budget priorities. #FundHealthcareOverICE
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To clean out a junky drawer, remove the contents and put it in a box. Only when you've used one of the items in the box *twice* is it allowed to live in the drawer again. After a month, pitch or donate the remaining contents—or move the precious or useful stuff to deeper storage. But, yeah, you […]
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mastodon.social
February 3, 2026 at 11:00 PM
To clean out a junky drawer, remove the contents and put it in a box. Only when you've used one of the items in the box *twice* is it allowed to live in the drawer again. After a month, pitch or donate the remaining contents—or move the precious or useful stuff to deeper storage. But, yeah, you […]
We are going to see massive and widespread voter intimidate and election interference in the 2028 presidential election. The administration is already preparing, AND they are in a position to do so as the federal government.
Re: https://universeodon.com/@jaykuo/116008747232190750
Re: https://universeodon.com/@jaykuo/116008747232190750
Jay Kuo (@[email protected])
Attached: 1 image Understand this threat. Spread the word. Link in comments.
universeodon.com
February 3, 2026 at 9:14 PM
We are going to see massive and widespread voter intimidate and election interference in the 2028 presidential election. The administration is already preparing, AND they are in a position to do so as the federal government.
Re: https://universeodon.com/@jaykuo/116008747232190750
Re: https://universeodon.com/@jaykuo/116008747232190750
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That material was then presumably passed along to Putin, who used it for leverage when he needed it:
“Intelligence sources believe Epstein was running ‘the world’s largest honeytrap operation’ on behalf of the KGB when he procured women for his network of associates.”
“Intelligence sources believe Epstein was running ‘the world’s largest honeytrap operation’ on behalf of the KGB when he procured women for his network of associates.”
February 3, 2026 at 6:47 PM
That material was then presumably passed along to Putin, who used it for leverage when he needed it:
“Intelligence sources believe Epstein was running ‘the world’s largest honeytrap operation’ on behalf of the KGB when he procured women for his network of associates.”
“Intelligence sources believe Epstein was running ‘the world’s largest honeytrap operation’ on behalf of the KGB when he procured women for his network of associates.”
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Essentially, they’re arguing that Epstein was running an operation on behalf of the KGB/Putin that lured wealthy and powerful men to Epstein’s New York and Palm Beach mansions and his island, where they were surreptitiously filmed having sex with underage girls.
February 3, 2026 at 6:47 PM
Essentially, they’re arguing that Epstein was running an operation on behalf of the KGB/Putin that lured wealthy and powerful men to Epstein’s New York and Palm Beach mansions and his island, where they were surreptitiously filmed having sex with underage girls.
Here’s an article that digs in a little deeper on what @pluralistic
is calling the #epsteinclass:
https://the.ink/p/its-so-much-bigger-than-epstein
is calling the #epsteinclass:
https://the.ink/p/its-so-much-bigger-than-epstein
February 3, 2026 at 7:01 PM
Here’s an article that digs in a little deeper on what @pluralistic
is calling the #epsteinclass:
https://the.ink/p/its-so-much-bigger-than-epstein
is calling the #epsteinclass:
https://the.ink/p/its-so-much-bigger-than-epstein
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🚨The French offices of Elon Musk's X have been raided by the Paris prosecutor's cyber-crime unit, as part of an investigation into suspected offenses including unlawful data extraction and complicity in the possession of child pornography.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
February 3, 2026 at 5:52 PM
🚨The French offices of Elon Musk's X have been raided by the Paris prosecutor's cyber-crime unit, as part of an investigation into suspected offenses including unlawful data extraction and complicity in the possession of child pornography.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Thanks to @Neddyo for introducing me to Papir. This album is fantastic. Instrumental psych rock at its finest.
https://papir.bandcamp.com/album/ix-2
https://papir.bandcamp.com/album/ix-2
February 3, 2026 at 3:52 PM
Thanks to @Neddyo for introducing me to Papir. This album is fantastic. Instrumental psych rock at its finest.
https://papir.bandcamp.com/album/ix-2
https://papir.bandcamp.com/album/ix-2
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Someone objected to ‘dudes’, apparently it’s sexist so I’ll just leave this here.
In California, everything and everyone is a dude
In California, everything and everyone is a dude
February 3, 2026 at 3:08 PM
Someone objected to ‘dudes’, apparently it’s sexist so I’ll just leave this here.
In California, everything and everyone is a dude
In California, everything and everyone is a dude
New Steep Canyon Rangers album “Next Act" is out May 22. Three tracks are up now, one featuring Steve Martin on banjo.
https://steepcanyonrangers.bandcamp.com/album/next-act
#bluegrass
https://steepcanyonrangers.bandcamp.com/album/next-act
#bluegrass
February 3, 2026 at 1:38 PM
New Steep Canyon Rangers album “Next Act" is out May 22. Three tracks are up now, one featuring Steve Martin on banjo.
https://steepcanyonrangers.bandcamp.com/album/next-act
#bluegrass
https://steepcanyonrangers.bandcamp.com/album/next-act
#bluegrass
February 3, 2026 at 1:30 PM
RE: https://shakedown.social/@AAronL1968/116006440622425669
It was never really about the second amendment. It was always “we" can carry guns and “you" cannot, because “we” rule by force.
It was never really about the second amendment. It was always “we" can carry guns and “you" cannot, because “we” rule by force.
shakedown.social
February 3, 2026 at 1:26 PM
RE: https://shakedown.social/@AAronL1968/116006440622425669
It was never really about the second amendment. It was always “we" can carry guns and “you" cannot, because “we” rule by force.
It was never really about the second amendment. It was always “we" can carry guns and “you" cannot, because “we” rule by force.
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Subscription models suck. Back in the day we paid one price for cable TV and got (almost) everything. Not with a la carte pricing, it adds up to WAY more than you'd ever spend with a single cable box.
Just thinking about this because I have to subscribe to yet another services (albeit just for […]
Just thinking about this because I have to subscribe to yet another services (albeit just for […]
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shakedown.social
February 2, 2026 at 8:50 PM
Subscription models suck. Back in the day we paid one price for cable TV and got (almost) everything. Not with a la carte pricing, it adds up to WAY more than you'd ever spend with a single cable box.
Just thinking about this because I have to subscribe to yet another services (albeit just for […]
Just thinking about this because I have to subscribe to yet another services (albeit just for […]
Our economy is a rigged casino where only the rich win. And now that they've purchased the political class the rules are being re-written to accelerate this process.
We all know what happens to societies when income inequality reaches extreme levels…revolution […]
We all know what happens to societies when income inequality reaches extreme levels…revolution […]
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shakedown.social
February 2, 2026 at 4:11 PM
Our economy is a rigged casino where only the rich win. And now that they've purchased the political class the rules are being re-written to accelerate this process.
We all know what happens to societies when income inequality reaches extreme levels…revolution […]
We all know what happens to societies when income inequality reaches extreme levels…revolution […]