ActiveCultures
@activecultures.bsky.social
Imposing his taste on friends & strangers since 19xx. Agitador Cultural. Globalizer. Arts Monger from Long Island & Brooklyn now in Abu Dhabi UAE
IG @activecultures
Also me (w/ others):
@NYUADArtsCenter @globalFEST_NYC
Representing no one but me
Also me (w/ others):
@NYUADArtsCenter @globalFEST_NYC
Representing no one but me
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Pete Hegseth says he’s going to court-martial me for saying the same exact thing he said 9 years ago. What changed for Pete? Well to start, he spends all day thinking about how he can suck up to Trump. When Trump says jump, he says how high.
December 3, 2025 at 3:02 AM
Pete Hegseth says he’s going to court-martial me for saying the same exact thing he said 9 years ago. What changed for Pete? Well to start, he spends all day thinking about how he can suck up to Trump. When Trump says jump, he says how high.
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Passing out while your underlings are sucking up to you is a neat illustration of what unitary executive theory gets us.
Trump dozes while Marco Rubio speaks to him directly next to him. Just insane optics.
December 2, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Passing out while your underlings are sucking up to you is a neat illustration of what unitary executive theory gets us.
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Again, this is the cognitive test that Donald Trump thinks was very hard.
December 2, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Again, this is the cognitive test that Donald Trump thinks was very hard.
UAE 54th National Day Eid Al Etihad about to begin with the new UAE National Orchestra
www.youtube.com/live/7d3MYbE...
www.youtube.com/live/7d3MYbE...
54th Eid Al Etihad Official Ceremony Livestream| البث المباشر للحفل الرسمى لعيد الاتحاد الـ54
YouTube video by Eid Al Etihad l عيد الاتحاد
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December 2, 2025 at 3:47 PM
UAE 54th National Day Eid Al Etihad about to begin with the new UAE National Orchestra
www.youtube.com/live/7d3MYbE...
www.youtube.com/live/7d3MYbE...
Better Smokey and the Bandit chase scene, cause more Burt Reynolds with an accent
youtu.be/LNVy8xVBU9g?...
youtu.be/LNVy8xVBU9g?...
December 1, 2025 at 8:56 PM
Better Smokey and the Bandit chase scene, cause more Burt Reynolds with an accent
youtu.be/LNVy8xVBU9g?...
youtu.be/LNVy8xVBU9g?...
December 1, 2025 at 8:53 PM
I’m going to see Al-Qasar three times in the next month and a half. And I wonder how many other people in the audience will also have been jumped on the way to a Dead Kennedy’s show.
tidal.com/track/352378...
tidal.com/track/352378...
Al-Qasar & Jello Biafra - Ya Malak (Scúru Fitchádu Remix)
Listen to Ya Malak (Scúru Fitchádu Remix) on TIDAL
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December 1, 2025 at 8:47 PM
I’m going to see Al-Qasar three times in the next month and a half. And I wonder how many other people in the audience will also have been jumped on the way to a Dead Kennedy’s show.
tidal.com/track/352378...
tidal.com/track/352378...
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I wish I had time to show them videos of b-boys dancing at Soho galleries, or Rock Steady dancing at Lincoln Center. It's their homegrown culture, but they don't know it. Some don't get why I have Willie Colon on there either! But yes to all of the above
December 1, 2025 at 8:21 PM
I wish I had time to show them videos of b-boys dancing at Soho galleries, or Rock Steady dancing at Lincoln Center. It's their homegrown culture, but they don't know it. Some don't get why I have Willie Colon on there either! But yes to all of the above
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I wish I could have time for all of the above. The Ramones are my only CBGBs representative. Once in a Lifetime would blow their minds.
December 1, 2025 at 8:17 PM
I wish I could have time for all of the above. The Ramones are my only CBGBs representative. Once in a Lifetime would blow their minds.
Soul Coughing - 'Ruby Vroom' Remixes
Listen to 'Ruby Vroom' Remixes on TIDAL
tidal.com
December 1, 2025 at 8:03 PM
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TRUMP: If they want to release my MRI it's ok w/me. It's perfect like my phone call where I got impeached
Q: What part of your body were they were looking at?
TRUMP: I have no idea. It was just an MRI. It wasn't the brain bc I took a cognitive test & aced it, which you would be incapable of doing
Q: What part of your body were they were looking at?
TRUMP: I have no idea. It was just an MRI. It wasn't the brain bc I took a cognitive test & aced it, which you would be incapable of doing
December 1, 2025 at 3:51 PM
TRUMP: If they want to release my MRI it's ok w/me. It's perfect like my phone call where I got impeached
Q: What part of your body were they were looking at?
TRUMP: I have no idea. It was just an MRI. It wasn't the brain bc I took a cognitive test & aced it, which you would be incapable of doing
Q: What part of your body were they were looking at?
TRUMP: I have no idea. It was just an MRI. It wasn't the brain bc I took a cognitive test & aced it, which you would be incapable of doing
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The queer underground erupts on January 8 in NYC at Parkside Lounge at a Tribute to infamous "drag pariah" Needles Jones hosted by legendary performance artist
@pennyarcade4ever.bsky.social and WaPo style guru Shane Shane. A limited number of $10 early bird tix are available. Get 'em while you can!
@pennyarcade4ever.bsky.social and WaPo style guru Shane Shane. A limited number of $10 early bird tix are available. Get 'em while you can!
Six Feet Under the Radar: A Tribute to Needles Jones
Tribute and memorial to Needles Jones (aka Ira Abramowitz), the self-proclaimed
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December 1, 2025 at 5:49 PM
The queer underground erupts on January 8 in NYC at Parkside Lounge at a Tribute to infamous "drag pariah" Needles Jones hosted by legendary performance artist
@pennyarcade4ever.bsky.social and WaPo style guru Shane Shane. A limited number of $10 early bird tix are available. Get 'em while you can!
@pennyarcade4ever.bsky.social and WaPo style guru Shane Shane. A limited number of $10 early bird tix are available. Get 'em while you can!
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A grassroots movement is calling on all Americans to abstain from shopping at Target, Amazon, and Home Depot during the holiday weekend over their support for Trump's authoritarian policies.
I encourage you to join — and shop small. https://weaintbuyingit.com/
I encourage you to join — and shop small. https://weaintbuyingit.com/
November 26, 2025 at 5:02 PM
A grassroots movement is calling on all Americans to abstain from shopping at Target, Amazon, and Home Depot during the holiday weekend over their support for Trump's authoritarian policies.
I encourage you to join — and shop small. https://weaintbuyingit.com/
I encourage you to join — and shop small. https://weaintbuyingit.com/
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I love that Bluesky has decided this is “ graphic media”
December 1, 2025 at 2:22 AM
I love that Bluesky has decided this is “ graphic media”
It’s the 11th anniversary of my move to Abu Dhabi from NYC. Here’s a collaborative playlist The Send Off, compiled with my friends for my party at LPR
tidal.com/playlist/fbe...
Images: Clouds by Michael England, #FeltedCultures by Miles Saal, Billmo was Here by Michelle Shocked. UAE Airshow by Me
tidal.com/playlist/fbe...
Images: Clouds by Michael England, #FeltedCultures by Miles Saal, Billmo was Here by Michelle Shocked. UAE Airshow by Me
December 1, 2025 at 1:01 PM
It’s the 11th anniversary of my move to Abu Dhabi from NYC. Here’s a collaborative playlist The Send Off, compiled with my friends for my party at LPR
tidal.com/playlist/fbe...
Images: Clouds by Michael England, #FeltedCultures by Miles Saal, Billmo was Here by Michelle Shocked. UAE Airshow by Me
tidal.com/playlist/fbe...
Images: Clouds by Michael England, #FeltedCultures by Miles Saal, Billmo was Here by Michelle Shocked. UAE Airshow by Me
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In matching, brilliant blue suits, David Byrne and his band squeeze behind the Desk to perform four songs, including Talking Heads' "Life During Wartime." n.pr/4pFYoun
David Byrne: Tiny Desk Concert
In matching, brilliant blue suits, David Byrne and his band squeeze behind the Desk to perform four songs, including Talking Heads' "Life During Wartime."
n.pr
December 1, 2025 at 11:52 AM
In matching, brilliant blue suits, David Byrne and his band squeeze behind the Desk to perform four songs, including Talking Heads' "Life During Wartime." n.pr/4pFYoun
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I’m legit in awe of the concept of poems that are too dangerous to fall into the wrong hands
this is quite the detail
November 30, 2025 at 5:29 PM
I’m legit in awe of the concept of poems that are too dangerous to fall into the wrong hands
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I’m not saying Tidal is the answer. But it’s a better answer than Spotify, for now. That much I’m certain of.
derekberes.substack.com/p/spotify-an...
derekberes.substack.com/p/spotify-an...
Spotify & the power of inertia
Sick & tired of being sick & tired
derekberes.substack.com
November 30, 2025 at 9:31 PM
I’m not saying Tidal is the answer. But it’s a better answer than Spotify, for now. That much I’m certain of.
derekberes.substack.com/p/spotify-an...
derekberes.substack.com/p/spotify-an...
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Have I just been platform-shamed?
November 30, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Have I just been platform-shamed?
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The most specialist!
November 30, 2025 at 9:31 PM
The most specialist!
But what a special 1 fan.
👋🏽
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The hardest part about leaving Spotify was giving up a weekly playlist with 3k followers that I've kept alive for 8+ years.
So far, 1 fan here. But I'm going to keep it going.
tidal.com/playlist/48e...
So far, 1 fan here. But I'm going to keep it going.
tidal.com/playlist/48e...
EarthRise Yoga: The Weekly Playlist
Playlist - EarthRise Yoga: The Weekly Playlist - 12 items
tidal.com
November 30, 2025 at 9:27 PM
But what a special 1 fan.
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Exactly right. But please don’t leave Cuban / Latin off that roll call! My playlist, I should note, was developed for a music-industry-oriented program and focuses on country as a commercial genre largely defined by radio over the century. Another playlist is possible hahaha
November 30, 2025 at 8:37 PM
Exactly right. But please don’t leave Cuban / Latin off that roll call! My playlist, I should note, was developed for a music-industry-oriented program and focuses on country as a commercial genre largely defined by radio over the century. Another playlist is possible hahaha
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Well and part of the problem is a confusion about language here.
A boycott is definitionally a COLLECTIVE action, not an individual consumer choice.
Spending your money individually in accordance with your values is great. But that's conscious consumption, not boycott.
A boycott is definitionally a COLLECTIVE action, not an individual consumer choice.
Spending your money individually in accordance with your values is great. But that's conscious consumption, not boycott.
And shaming people doesn't do any good.
Do your best. Choose places you can boycott and do it.
But a focused approach is probably best.
Do your best. Choose places you can boycott and do it.
But a focused approach is probably best.
November 30, 2025 at 8:13 PM
Well and part of the problem is a confusion about language here.
A boycott is definitionally a COLLECTIVE action, not an individual consumer choice.
Spending your money individually in accordance with your values is great. But that's conscious consumption, not boycott.
A boycott is definitionally a COLLECTIVE action, not an individual consumer choice.
Spending your money individually in accordance with your values is great. But that's conscious consumption, not boycott.
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Finally streaming Kenny Leon's 2023 Shakespeare in the Park production of 'Hamlet,' set in modern-day Atlanta. Great cast with Ato Blankson-Wood as an unreadable, unsettling prince, John Douglas Thompson uncommonly sympathetic as Claudius. Streaming free through 12/31. www.pbs.org/wnet/gperf/h...
November 30, 2025 at 7:31 PM
Finally streaming Kenny Leon's 2023 Shakespeare in the Park production of 'Hamlet,' set in modern-day Atlanta. Great cast with Ato Blankson-Wood as an unreadable, unsettling prince, John Douglas Thompson uncommonly sympathetic as Claudius. Streaming free through 12/31. www.pbs.org/wnet/gperf/h...
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Free Shakespeare in the Park: still one of the most radically bad-ass things about New York City.
November 30, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Free Shakespeare in the Park: still one of the most radically bad-ass things about New York City.