Batten Kill
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Manager (http://bowthayer.com) and metalhead (http://cityofdevils.info)
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Bless Chunklet for keeping the noise rock howl of Harvey Milk alive. This one’s a WREK ripper from when the band was barely even a band. Sounds nasty.
chunklet.bandcamp.com/album/wharve...
chunklet.bandcamp.com/album/wharve...
WhaRvEy milK, by Harvey Milk
6 track album
chunklet.bandcamp.com
December 2, 2025 at 1:18 AM
Bless Chunklet for keeping the noise rock howl of Harvey Milk alive. This one’s a WREK ripper from when the band was barely even a band. Sounds nasty.
chunklet.bandcamp.com/album/wharve...
chunklet.bandcamp.com/album/wharve...
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Judge Ellis derides Greg Bovino as a serial fabulist who brazenly lied on the stand and seemingly considered it funny to perjure himself. cst.brightspotcdn.com/49/34/daecfb...
November 20, 2025 at 8:16 PM
Judge Ellis derides Greg Bovino as a serial fabulist who brazenly lied on the stand and seemingly considered it funny to perjure himself. cst.brightspotcdn.com/49/34/daecfb...
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Ladies and gentlemen...The War on Christmas.
"Agencies within the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, including ICE, ERO, and CBP intend to implement a comprehensive plan to target Spanish-speaking churches across the country during the upcoming holiday season between Thanksgiving, Nov. 27, and Christmas, Dec. 25."
Exclusive: Trump DHS Plans Immigration Raids on Churches Over Holidays
The Trump Dept. of Homeland Security is briefing federal agencies on plans for immigration enforcement operations inside churches over holidays.
thisweekinworcester.com
November 18, 2025 at 2:13 AM
Ladies and gentlemen...The War on Christmas.
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Bearded power trio Orcutt Shelley Miller kick off a short east coast tour tonight — I’m sad not to be anywhere in the vicinity but at least there’s this awesome KEXP set to enjoy. doomandgloomfromthetomb.tumblr.com/post/7992977...
Doom & Gloom From The Tomb
Orcutt Shelley Miller - KEXP Session, Seattle, Washington, September 10, 2025
While we're on the subject of Bill Orcutt this week, tonight the guitarist is kicking off a short east coast tour with his...
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November 4, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Bearded power trio Orcutt Shelley Miller kick off a short east coast tour tonight — I’m sad not to be anywhere in the vicinity but at least there’s this awesome KEXP set to enjoy. doomandgloomfromthetomb.tumblr.com/post/7992977...
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Too many Americans either didn’t care or didn’t believe. Hopefully they do now.👇
October 29, 2025 at 9:53 PM
Too many Americans either didn’t care or didn’t believe. Hopefully they do now.👇
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NEW Economist/YouGov
Net favorability of Donald Trump [at the start of his second term | now] among...
White Americans +13 | -3
Hispanic Americans -12 | -34
Black Americans -31 | -70
today.yougov.com/politics/art...
Net favorability of Donald Trump [at the start of his second term | now] among...
White Americans +13 | -3
Hispanic Americans -12 | -34
Black Americans -31 | -70
today.yougov.com/politics/art...
![A multiple line chart of YouGov polling data with the headline: "Views of Donald Trump among U.S. adult citizens, and among white, Black, and Hispanic Americans."
The chart has the sub-headline: "Do you have a favorable or an unfavorable opinion of the following people? [Donald Trump] (% with a very or somewhat favorable opinion minus the % with a very or somewhat unfavorable opinion)."
The chart has the note: "Note: Responses of "don't know" are not shown."](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:ke6f766al4swdugyvmvyipuo/bafkreigqma7j6x4uqqpurm36v6v32d7spdyjyajgo3xzlqu7ii7nhha6vy@jpeg)
October 28, 2025 at 3:21 PM
NEW Economist/YouGov
Net favorability of Donald Trump [at the start of his second term | now] among...
White Americans +13 | -3
Hispanic Americans -12 | -34
Black Americans -31 | -70
today.yougov.com/politics/art...
Net favorability of Donald Trump [at the start of his second term | now] among...
White Americans +13 | -3
Hispanic Americans -12 | -34
Black Americans -31 | -70
today.yougov.com/politics/art...
Trump’s war on Christianity continues - his violent deportations are making America less Christian and he’s denying communion to detainees
“A group of Catholics who marched to a Chicago immigration processing center three days ago and were prevented from giving Communion to detainees said they are not about to back down.” www.ncronline.org/news/activis...
Activists in Chicago, barred from giving Communion to ICE detainees, plan next actions
A group of Catholics who marched to a Chicago immigration processing center and were prevented from giving Communion to detainees said they are not about to back down.
www.ncronline.org
October 17, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Trump’s war on Christianity continues - his violent deportations are making America less Christian and he’s denying communion to detainees
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Curtis Mayfield at his peak in 1972 for German television. This is just spectacular, one hour well spent. youtu.be/-pebUCR1tak?...
Curtis Mayfield Beat Club 1972
YouTube video by Spirit of 66
youtu.be
October 15, 2025 at 4:50 AM
Curtis Mayfield at his peak in 1972 for German television. This is just spectacular, one hour well spent. youtu.be/-pebUCR1tak?...
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good intentions can be evil, both hands can be full of grease/sometimes satan comes as a man of peace www.youtube.com/watch?v=GfA-...
Daniel Romano's Outfit - Man of Peace (2020) [Bob Dylan Cover]
YouTube video by Deep Track Zach
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October 14, 2025 at 4:04 AM
good intentions can be evil, both hands can be full of grease/sometimes satan comes as a man of peace www.youtube.com/watch?v=GfA-...
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Captain Beefheart on The Dr. Demento Show, December 3, 1978. doomandgloomfromthetomb.tumblr.com/post/6409334...
October 12, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Captain Beefheart on The Dr. Demento Show, December 3, 1978. doomandgloomfromthetomb.tumblr.com/post/6409334...
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NEW: I spoke to clergy and faith leaders who've joined protests at the Chicago-area ICE facility.
Three say they've been shot with pepper balls, sometimes while praying.
All say ICE is also violating their religious freedom, and one is arguing it in court. religionnews.com/2025/10/07/i...
Three say they've been shot with pepper balls, sometimes while praying.
All say ICE is also violating their religious freedom, and one is arguing it in court. religionnews.com/2025/10/07/i...
Religious protesters say ICE threatens religious freedom in Chicago
(RNS) — Despite potential danger, religious leaders and faith activists have been a visible presence at Chicago-area ICE protests, some waving signs with slogans such as ‘Love thy neighbor’ and ‘Who w...
religionnews.com
October 7, 2025 at 11:15 PM
NEW: I spoke to clergy and faith leaders who've joined protests at the Chicago-area ICE facility.
Three say they've been shot with pepper balls, sometimes while praying.
All say ICE is also violating their religious freedom, and one is arguing it in court. religionnews.com/2025/10/07/i...
Three say they've been shot with pepper balls, sometimes while praying.
All say ICE is also violating their religious freedom, and one is arguing it in court. religionnews.com/2025/10/07/i...
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This was killer — excited to to revisit.
Chris Forsyth and Jeff Zeigler Live at Jerry's on Front on 2025-08-16 https://archive.org/details/forsythzeigler2025-08-16.mix.flac24
Chris Forsyth and Jeff Zeigler Live at Jerry's on Front on 2025-08-16 : Chris Forsyth and Jeff Zeigler : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive
Chris Forsyth and Jeff Zeigler8.16.2025Jerry's on Front, Philadelphia, PASource: Mix [Schoeps MK4's > Vark KCY > VST 62 IUg + DPA 4061's > DAD6001BC]...
archive.org
September 30, 2025 at 5:38 PM
This was killer — excited to to revisit.
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Ty Cobb: "The simple theme is rewriting history. Trump wants to rewrite history so the next generation may not know that he incited a violent insurrection... America needs to learn from the mistakes that we've had. And one of the biggest mistakes that America ever had was reelecting President Trump"
September 28, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Ty Cobb: "The simple theme is rewriting history. Trump wants to rewrite history so the next generation may not know that he incited a violent insurrection... America needs to learn from the mistakes that we've had. And one of the biggest mistakes that America ever had was reelecting President Trump"
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@radiofreetom.bsky.social at #TAF25l: Donald Trump’s use of the military as his “personal militia” is “everything George Washington feared about what the U.S. military could become.”
Watch more: bit.ly/3ItaNSB
Watch more: bit.ly/3ItaNSB
September 19, 2025 at 11:46 PM
@radiofreetom.bsky.social at #TAF25l: Donald Trump’s use of the military as his “personal militia” is “everything George Washington feared about what the U.S. military could become.”
Watch more: bit.ly/3ItaNSB
Watch more: bit.ly/3ItaNSB
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I'm so furious at the Democrats who voted to tell lies about Charlie Kirk, including many I have long supported.
No, he was not a “courageous American patriot" and "a model for young Americans across the political spectrum” who was known for “engaging in respectful, civil discourse." 1/3
No, he was not a “courageous American patriot" and "a model for young Americans across the political spectrum” who was known for “engaging in respectful, civil discourse." 1/3
September 19, 2025 at 4:25 PM
I'm so furious at the Democrats who voted to tell lies about Charlie Kirk, including many I have long supported.
No, he was not a “courageous American patriot" and "a model for young Americans across the political spectrum” who was known for “engaging in respectful, civil discourse." 1/3
No, he was not a “courageous American patriot" and "a model for young Americans across the political spectrum” who was known for “engaging in respectful, civil discourse." 1/3
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Trump's abuses lend additional weight to the great economist Ronald Coase's classic 1959 argument for abolishing the FCC. We don't need a govt agency that licenses broadcasters, and such an agency is inherently dangerous to liberty: reason.com/volokh/2025/...
Abolish the FCC
FCC The Trump Administration Federal Communications Commission's (FCC) recent efforts to intimidate broadcasters into taking anti-Trump comedians off the air…
reason.com
September 19, 2025 at 1:03 AM
Trump's abuses lend additional weight to the great economist Ronald Coase's classic 1959 argument for abolishing the FCC. We don't need a govt agency that licenses broadcasters, and such an agency is inherently dangerous to liberty: reason.com/volokh/2025/...
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Key insight in Supreme Court brief for amici Charlie Kirk in 2024 case of Murthy v. Missouri.⤵️
Read now in thinking about government pressure on ABC and Jimmy Kimmel.
(h/t @jacklgoldsmith.bsky.social for flagging the brief)
Read now in thinking about government pressure on ABC and Jimmy Kimmel.
(h/t @jacklgoldsmith.bsky.social for flagging the brief)
September 19, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Key insight in Supreme Court brief for amici Charlie Kirk in 2024 case of Murthy v. Missouri.⤵️
Read now in thinking about government pressure on ABC and Jimmy Kimmel.
(h/t @jacklgoldsmith.bsky.social for flagging the brief)
Read now in thinking about government pressure on ABC and Jimmy Kimmel.
(h/t @jacklgoldsmith.bsky.social for flagging the brief)
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'Dopethrone is Electric Wizard’s masterpiece, made almost despite themselves, and it killed the entity that created it. And so it remains, like a cursed child wandering the earth...'
The Destructive Legacy of #ElectricWizard’s Dopethrone
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The Destructive Legacy of #ElectricWizard’s Dopethrone
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September 19, 2025 at 3:01 PM
'Dopethrone is Electric Wizard’s masterpiece, made almost despite themselves, and it killed the entity that created it. And so it remains, like a cursed child wandering the earth...'
The Destructive Legacy of #ElectricWizard’s Dopethrone
buff.ly/dsjLGU6
The Destructive Legacy of #ElectricWizard’s Dopethrone
buff.ly/dsjLGU6
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The last political column I was allowed to write in the @washingtonpost.com was a criticism of Obama.
His people took issue with my piece, but we were respectful.
Now he is tweeting in support of me.
This is how free political speech and respect for debate *actually works*.
Or used to work.
His people took issue with my piece, but we were respectful.
Now he is tweeting in support of me.
This is how free political speech and respect for debate *actually works*.
Or used to work.
September 18, 2025 at 2:56 PM
The last political column I was allowed to write in the @washingtonpost.com was a criticism of Obama.
His people took issue with my piece, but we were respectful.
Now he is tweeting in support of me.
This is how free political speech and respect for debate *actually works*.
Or used to work.
His people took issue with my piece, but we were respectful.
Now he is tweeting in support of me.
This is how free political speech and respect for debate *actually works*.
Or used to work.
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They confessed in advance
September 18, 2025 at 1:37 AM
They confessed in advance
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Anonymous one-man black metal project Lamp Of Murmuur announces new album 'The Dreaming Prince In Ecstasy'; hear the epic nine-minute opener "Forest Of Hallucinations"
Lamp Of Murmuur Announces New Album 'The Dreaming Prince In Ecstasy': Hear “Forest Of Hallucinations”
In 2019, an anonymous Los Angeles musician known only as M. started an intense, emotional one-man black metal project called Lamp Of Murmuur. By the time that M. started playing Lamp Of Murmuur shows ...
www.stereogum.com
September 17, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Anonymous one-man black metal project Lamp Of Murmuur announces new album 'The Dreaming Prince In Ecstasy'; hear the epic nine-minute opener "Forest Of Hallucinations"
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under this language charlie kirk would not have been allowed to speak on clemson’s campus
"We stand firmly on the principles of the U.S. Constitution, including the protection of free speech. HOWEVER, that right does not extend to speech that incites harm OR UNDERMINES THE DIGNITY OF OTHERS."
Emphasis added because holy fuck
Emphasis added because holy fuck
![@ClemsonUniv on X: A statement from Clemson University: [image of statement]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:eppsmw5nfmdzhfeymtzd3xbe/bafkreid6n6w5ec7olzm2wahdjop6juf2tpvrean5lqesze2m7xtbpr2laa@jpeg)
September 16, 2025 at 11:47 AM
under this language charlie kirk would not have been allowed to speak on clemson’s campus
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as of march 2024, 1 in 5 americans agree with resorting to violence “to get the country back on track.” : (
September 12, 2025 at 5:00 PM
as of march 2024, 1 in 5 americans agree with resorting to violence “to get the country back on track.” : (