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r @fourfiveandseven.bsky.social · 16h

people who expect you to call a thing made from beef 'ham': "vegetables are confusing 😞"

Mark Lynas @marklynas.bsky.social · 23h

WOW! The European Parliament just voted to BAN the words 'burger' and 'sausage' when used in sustainable plant-based alternatives. HUGE win for the meat and dairy lobby in the EU, and lots more confusion for consumers if this goes through. Insane!
www.euroveg.eu/european-par...

European Parliament votes to ban use of ‘veggie burger’ and ‘plant-based sausage’ - European Vegetarian Union

Brussels, 8 October 2025 European Parliament votes to ban use of ‘veggie burger’ and ‘plant-based sausage’: coalition calls decision misguided and counterproductive This Wednesday the Members of the E...

www.euroveg.eu

r @fourfiveandseven.bsky.social · 20h

ooh cheat codes was a great album! excited to hear what they come up with next

Stereogum @stereogum.bsky.social · 20h

Hear Danger Mouse and Black Thought collaborate with Rag'n'Bone Man on the new track "Up"

Danger Mouse & Black Thought Share New Song "Up" (Feat. Rag’n’Bone Man): Listen

Danger Mouse and Black Thought last collaborated for the 2022 album Cheat Codes. The longtime friends are joining forces again today for a new track called “Up” with British singer Rag’n’Bone Man.

www.stereogum.com

r @fourfiveandseven.bsky.social · 20h

of course TVP world has the updates on meat substitute news stories

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r @fourfiveandseven.bsky.social · 1d

another tour hits Cleveland but skips Pittsburgh, smdh

Janet Hill @saskajanet.bsky.social · 1d

Look at her go!
#invertebrates 🌿

Screen shot of Project Monarch app map of progress of a monarch butterfly from southern Ontario to Oklahoma.

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Nick Davies / Aster Loxley / Spiral Island @spiralisland.bsky.social · 1d

My band Gentle Brontosaurus is part of this too! Our first Chicago show in several years

r @fourfiveandseven.bsky.social · 1d

Chicago! I'll be playing with the Garment District at the Windy Pop Weekender on 10/18 at Cole's Bar! If you're in the area, check it out!

Headliner is Idle Ray (side project of Fred Thomas from the wonderful Saturday Looks Good to Me)

colesbarchicago.com/event/windy-...

Windy Pop Weekender – Saturday | Cole's Bar

Windy Pop Weekender brings together Chicago's twee and indie pop community for two days of music and other revelry October 18th and 19th. The fest showcases Midwest and Rust Belt artists playing in...

colesbarchicago.com

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r @fourfiveandseven.bsky.social · 1d

oh hell yeah! see you there!

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r @fourfiveandseven.bsky.social · 1d

still from "joe pera talks with you" tv show. it's the egg bite episode. Joe is standing in a restaurant next to a table with a family of four. conner o'malley is at the table. the caption reads "i need a win. things are not going well for me."

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r @fourfiveandseven.bsky.social · 1d

That link is for tickets to saturday the 18th, but the event is a two-day thing. if you wanna go to both days, use promo code SWEATERWEATHER and you get ten bucks off

r @fourfiveandseven.bsky.social · 1d

Chicago! I'll be playing with the Garment District at the Windy Pop Weekender on 10/18 at Cole's Bar! If you're in the area, check it out!

Headliner is Idle Ray (side project of Fred Thomas from the wonderful Saturday Looks Good to Me)

colesbarchicago.com/event/windy-...

Windy Pop Weekender – Saturday | Cole's Bar

Windy Pop Weekender brings together Chicago's twee and indie pop community for two days of music and other revelry October 18th and 19th. The fest showcases Midwest and Rust Belt artists playing in...

colesbarchicago.com

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r @fourfiveandseven.bsky.social · 1d

finally, an exception to betteridge's law of headlines

Lanrick Bennett @lanrickbennett.bsky.social · 2d

“Could Congestion Pricing Unlock a Better Toronto?”

YES!!!!

Wrote this with Jeff Allen @jamaps.bsky.social Senior Research Associate; Lead, Data Visualization at @uoftcities.bsky.social

Who has the #PoliticalWill to take this issue on?

#TOpoli
schoolofcities.utoronto.ca/could-conges...

r @fourfiveandseven.bsky.social · 2d

interesting -- Monroeville was held up as a success story in the doc "Wal Mart: The High Cost of Low Price" (2005) as a community that had successfully blocked a Walmart from opening. 25 years later, Walmart gets their way

James Santelli @santelli.bsky.social · Feb 4

Important to note that even if Walmart builds a giant Supercenter store, it would only take up a fraction of Monroeville Mall's 186 acres.

We'll see what the grander plans might be there.

triblive.com/business/wal...

Walmart is new owner of Monroeville Mall; interested in presence at redeveloped site

Retail giant Walmart bought Monroeville Mall, a spokesman confirmed Tuesday. But no specific plans for the 186-acre site have been released, said Mark Rickel, director of corporate communications for ...

triblive.com

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r @fourfiveandseven.bsky.social · 4d

Benicio del Toro from "one battle after another" as he delivers the "a few small beers" line

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r @fourfiveandseven.bsky.social · 4d

Not a guzzler, but it's impractical to the point of ridiculousness (I audibly said "hell yeah" when Chris Fleming said he had a Nissan Figaro in a recent interview)

Nissan Figaro. A 2-door baby blue car from the 90s that is styled like a 60s car

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r @fourfiveandseven.bsky.social · 6d

5 pm, let's go everybody

Good Boy @goodboy.bsky.social · 7d

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r @fourfiveandseven.bsky.social · 6d

happy 25th anniversary to the time my hometown movie theater played Kid A over the IMAX movie "Into the Deep 3-D", but I wasn't allowed to go because I missed school that day with a stomach ache

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r @fourfiveandseven.bsky.social · 7d

Here's a fall mix I made a couple of years ago, if you want some songs to get you into the seasonal spirit. baroque pop/folk/etc, good leaf-crunching-sounding-music

"A Word to Say About Things Today (And Fallen Leaves): A Fall Mix"

tidal.com/playlist/298...

(track list added for people w/o tidal)

screenshot of tidal playlist. Tracklist is 1. "Lady-O" by Judee Sill; 2. "Northern Sky" by Nick Drake; 3. "Visions" by Stevie Wonder; 4. "Memories" by The Free Design; 5. "Help Me" by Joni Mitchell; 6. "River Man" by Nick Drake; 7. "Can I Stay With You" by Nick Garrie; 8. "It Comes With The Breezes" by Catherine Howe; 9. "Dusty Springfield" by Blossom Dearie; 10. "Mornin' Glory" by Bobbie Gentry and Glen Campbell; 11. "I Don't Know Where I Stand" by Joni Mitchell; 12. "Her Song" by Colin Blunstone; 13. "Dutchess" by Scott Walker; 14. "Bacchanal" by Gabor Szabo

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r @fourfiveandseven.bsky.social · 7d

absolutely wild...pittsburgh's currently at a low of ~$250-300, but we've still got an extra month after your show

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r @fourfiveandseven.bsky.social · 7d

my time is here

a photo of a man with a beard standing in a park between trees with orange leaves. some of the leaves are on the ground. he's wearing a plaid shirt and a grey shawl-collared sweater. he's holding a starbucks cup (presumably with a pumpkin spice latte in it). This is the header image from the famous onion article, "Mr. Autumn Man Walking Down Street With Cup Of Coffee, Wearing Sweater Over Plaid Collared Shirt".

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r @fourfiveandseven.bsky.social · 8d

First: cracker/gin blossoms/spin doctors, 1994

Last: geordie greep

Best: Cornelius and mogwai? YLT Hanukkah in 2001? Pre-yoshimi flaming lips?

Chris Belasco @someclevername.bsky.social · 8d

First concert: Kenny Loggins, Civic Arena, he opened the roof, 1988(?)

Last concert: Stop Making Sense in Its Entirety, two Saturdays ago, amazing

Best concert: Nine Inch Nails, Cleveland, 8/31/25, beating out Radiohead in Oxford 7/7/2001. Holy shit that Nine Inch Nails show was incredible.

it's decorative dani season motherfuckers @daniskitchen.bsky.social · 8d

first actual concert: the 4 tops & righteous brothers (taken by my parents, but I loved it)
first concert I wanted to go to: janet jackson rhythm nation 1814
last concert: alabama shakes

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r @fourfiveandseven.bsky.social · 8d

That cracker/spin doctors show was my first concert too! In Philly, 1994

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r @fourfiveandseven.bsky.social · 8d

Hermeto Pascoal in Lisbon

Arto Lindsay in Salvador

Caetano Veloso in Princeton

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r @fourfiveandseven.bsky.social · 8d

Girl Talk at the peach pitt to like 6 people

beach house and kurt vile to like 30 people at garfart

Brian Wilson pet sounds with Philly symphony 1999

Sigur Ros playing all of () at a 1k venue on the aegytis tour, ~2000

Blur at same venue, 2004

So many yo la tengo Hanukkah shows

Chris Belasco @someclevername.bsky.social · Aug 29

Saw Radiohead do Creep in Oxford

Saw Phoenix play the Rex for free for a Camel Cigarettes promo

Vanilla Ice signed my clamshells

Saw Taylor Swift in Buenos Aires Karma Is the Guy on the Chiefs night

Shucked Neil Young’s corn before HORDE Fest

Greg ✨️ @gsarafan.bsky.social · Aug 28

What is your biggest concert flex?

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r @fourfiveandseven.bsky.social · 8d

this is just a trick to keep bands from leaving the platform and users from dropping their subs, don't fall for it

NPR @npr.org · 8d

The founder of the world's biggest music streaming service says he'll remain at the company as Executive Chairman, and will be replaced by two co-CEOs.

Spotify's Daniel Ek announces that he'll step aside as CEO

The founder of the world's biggest music streaming service says he'll remain at the company as Executive Chairman, and will be replaced by two co-CEOs.

n.pr

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r @fourfiveandseven.bsky.social · 8d

good time as any to revisit the @uwebollocks.bsky.social Soundtracker podcast episode where Kaleb Hearon (rip) and @alansiegella.bsky.social give way more background into this film than you'd think possible
www.buzzsprout.com/1840875/epis...

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r @fourfiveandseven.bsky.social · 8d

Is Gallant Wainwright just Rufus, or is there another in the Wainwright Audiophile Universe?