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Dave Awl

@daveawl.bsky.social

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Writer/Performer in Chicago. Early Neo-Futurist. Once & future Pansy King. Host of the Partly Dave Show. Russell Hobanologist. Old New Waver, erstwhile DJ. GNC/Queer. He/Him. I fly through the dark and I sing with the bees. https://linktr.ee/daveawl

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Dave Awl @daveawl.bsky.social · Apr 13

Happy to see my book What the Sea Means on the shelves at the brand-new Lilliput Books in Chicago. And in such excellent company, too. 💙📚

Two shelves at a bookstore with a label reading LGBTQ plus. Books facing out on the lower shelf include Stag Dance by Torrey Peters, Harriet Tubman Live in Concert by Bob the Drag Queen, and What the Sea Means by Dave Awl. On the shelf above that are books by various authors including André Aciman, Emily Austin, Kate Bornstein and S Bear Bergman, Kacen Callender, Kabi Nagata, Armistead Maupin, Amy Ellis Nutt, and Jeanette Winterson.

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Dave Awl @daveawl.bsky.social · 3h

Some friends of mine, the wonderful band Even in Blackouts, performing my favorite Tom Waits song.

Little Trip to Heaven - Even In Blackouts Live On WGN

YouTube video by John Jughead Pierson

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Dave Awl @daveawl.bsky.social · 3h

Because someone else referenced it on the original thread, my favorite Decemberists song:

"And I / Seventeen and terminally fey / I wrote it down and threw it all away ... "

The Decemberists - Lake Song (Bing Lounge)

YouTube video by 101.9 KINK.FM

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Dave Awl @daveawl.bsky.social · 3h

Some friends of mine, the wonderful band Even in Blackouts, performing my favorite Tom Waits song.

Little Trip to Heaven - Even In Blackouts Live On WGN

YouTube video by John Jughead Pierson

www.youtube.com

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Dave Awl @daveawl.bsky.social · 4h

"Lake Song"! That's my favorite. Was so bummed when I saw the Decemberists on the tour for that album and they didn't perform it.

Dave Awl @daveawl.bsky.social · 4h

I'm never good at picking a favorite, but my list would include Billy Bragg, Joni Mitchell, Paul Simon, Elvis Costello, Tracey Chapman, Neil Finn, Joan Baez, Joe Jackson, Patti Smith, Roddy Frame, Dar Williams, Colin Meloy, Tracey Thorn, Mike Scott, Suzanne Vega, and yes (emphatically): Yoko Ono.

Emily, a Two-Shoes-Gooder @rebelmusicteach.bsky.social · 3d

I also need to know: I am fairly middle-of-the-road on Taylor Swift but someone I know called her the Greatest Living Lyricist. She is not.

Who is yours? Either the greatest or your favorite?

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nb_alorakid @alorakid.bsky.social · 17h

All proceeds from 10/18 Infinite Wrench tix go to the Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Rights www.icirr.org

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The Neo-Futurists

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Dave Awl @daveawl.bsky.social · 17h

From Medscape: "A 60-year-old man developed paranoia and hallucinations after using sodium bromide as a table salt substitute for 3 months on the advice of an artificial intelligence (AI) tool." He wound up in the emergency department.

ChatGPT Advice Triggers Bromide Poisoning, Psychosis

Physicians warn that AI recommendations cannot substitute professional medical consultations, as shown in a case of bromide-induced psychosis.

www.medscape.com

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Dave Awl @daveawl.bsky.social · 19h

Like Ted Baxter frantically memorizing zingers for his next encounter with Murray

Denise Wheeler @denisedwheeler.bsky.social · 1d

Reuters photographer Jonathan Ernst noticed that Bondi flipped open a file during the Senate hearing and he zoomed in.

Inside were her crib notes for attacking the senators.

The GOP now practicing Cliff's Notes Fascism

In other words, under oath Bondi was purely a performance.

Bondi senate hearing had a folder full of notes for attacking the senators

Dave Awl @daveawl.bsky.social · 20h

This. This should be top of mind and top of the discussion every single day.

The Associated Press @apnews.com · 1d

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio insisted “no one has died” as a result of U.S. foreign aid cuts. In Myanmar, the grieving father of a 2-year-old boy who died after their food rations were cut calls such claims a lie.

Starving children screaming for food as US aid cuts unleash devastation and death across Myanmar

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio has repeatedly said “no one has died" because of his government’s decision to gut its foreign aid program.

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Sham Jaff @shamjaff.bsky.social · 1d

It’s a "crisis" when immigrants "take jobs away", but "innovation" when machines do. Funny.

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Meg @prayingmantis.bsky.social · 2d

I am so glad Paul Vallas isn't mayor of Chicago right now I am so glad Paul Vallas isn't mayor of Chicago right now I am so glad Paul Vallas isn't mayor of Chicago right now I am so glad Paul Vallas isn't mayor of Chicago right now I am so glad Paul Vallas isn't mayor of Chicago right now I am so gl

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Dave Awl @daveawl.bsky.social · 2d

Yes, that was a great one.

Dave Awl @daveawl.bsky.social · 2d

Magnificent photo. This would make a perfect start to a series of pics that recreate Greek myths with all of the characters portrayed by birds.

Ray Akey @rayakey.bsky.social · 3d

A tufted titmouse gazes at its reflection in a pond after a rainfall.

#photography #birds #songbirds #titmouse #reflection #reflections #rain

Dave Awl @daveawl.bsky.social · 3d

From the "everything old is new again" bin

Patrick Stewart sketch: what has the ECHR ever done for us?

YouTube video by The Guardian

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Dave Awl @daveawl.bsky.social · 4d

Agreed, and it pairs very well with Sy Montgomery's wonderful book The Soul of an Octopus (I read it and listened to the audiobook shortly after seeing this movie).

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ACLU @aclu.org · 4d

NEW: Illinois Gov. Pritzker announced President Trump intends to federalize 300 state National Guard troops “in the coming hours" over objections from state and city leaders.

We resolutely condemn this potential escalation. It's a power grab meant to intimidate and torment Chicago's communities.

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Dave Awl @daveawl.bsky.social · 4d

And then we had to pass our paste-up board exams.

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Paul T. Levin @paultlevin.bsky.social · 4d

““They dragged little Greta [Thunberg] by her hair before our eyes, beat her, and forced her to kiss the Israeli flag. They did everything imaginable to her, as a warning to others,” the Turkish activist ErsinÇelik, a participant in the Sumud flotilla, told Anadolu news agency.”+

Israel accused of detaining Greta Thunberg in infested cell and making her hold flags

Activist tells Swedish officials she has been subjected to harsh treatment, including insufficient food and water

www.theguardian.com

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Vajra Chandrasekera @vajra.me · 5d

Currently at:
— only buy tech too old to have AI built in
— painstakingly disable AI every time they add it to something that used to work perfectly well
— if it can't be switched off, abandon the platform or tool
— if there are no good alternatives, avoid the AI parts
— patiently wait for the crash

Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 5d

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How to Turn Off AI Tools Like Gemini, Apple Intelligence, Copilot, and More - Consumer Reports

AI features are crowding into Google search, Gmail, iPhones, Windows laptops, and other products. If you're suffering from AI overload, these settings can help.

www.consumerreports.org

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#TeslaTakedown @teslatakedown.com · 5d

"Let’s make it clear not just to T-Mobile but all of corporate America: There are costs to siding with this authoritarian government." 🔥👏✊ #teslatakedown #MuskMustFall
www.commondreams.org/opinion/boyc...

Boycott T-Mobile—and All Trump Collaborators | Common Dreams

Let's make it clear not just to T-Mobile but all of corporate America: There are costs to siding with this authoritarian government.

www.commondreams.org

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Suzanne Shelton @neodj1.bsky.social · 5d

Today Feds tear gassed people, including young children, on the street near my house and roughed up my Alderperson for defending constitutional rights. This is not the America I know and love. Federal Agents Handcuff Chicago Alderperson At Hospital ER blockclubchicago.org/2025/10/03/f...

Federal Agents Handcuff Chicago Alderperson At Hospital ER

In another incident caught on video Friday, federal agents inside a car randomly threw tear gas into a Logan Square street while people — including a 2-year-old — were outside nearby.

blockclubchicago.org

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Wm. Bullion @wmbullion.bsky.social · 5d

GO AWAY. You are not wanted here!

Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 5d

Kristi Noem is mad they wouldn’t let her in to use the restroom in Illinois today.

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Dave Awl @daveawl.bsky.social · 5d

The past few days of Bluesky leadership communications: like this, but imagine that the baker is carrying a big tray of waffles with all the messiest toppings.

The Sesame Street Baker Pratfalls * 1-10 (June 1969)

YouTube video by Talking Favor Surround Vamos

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Eric Reinhart @eric-reinhart.com · 5d

ICE just blatantly violated the law and arrested sitting Chicago Alderperson Jessie Fuentes while seeking to illegally arrest a patient in a hospital. Fuck these fascists.

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Andy Karl-son of Kong @andykarlson.bsky.social · 6d

These guys are just plain bigots, and it pisses me off that so many in the media are just playing along with their sick hatred.

MSNBC @msnbc.com · 6d

EXCLUSIVE: FBI Director Kash Patel fired an agent in training for displaying a gay pride flag on his desk while appointed to a field office in California last year, according to three people familiar with the matter and a dismissal notice reviewed by MSNBC.
www.msnbc.com/msnbc/news/k...

Kash Patel fires FBI agent trainee for displaying gay pride flag

The FBI employee was fired on the first day of the government shutdown as President Trump threatened more terminations.

www.msnbc.com

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