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Gerard Cosloy @gerardcosloy.bsky.social · 2h

it's 2025 and Will Leitch is calling someone else a failure.

I mean, comparing Arch Manning to Quibi is pretty harsh. It would be sort of like saying Will Leitch was the original Luke Winkie.

Jason Cohen @cohenesque.bsky.social · 4h

There used to be a Can't Stop The Bleeding @gerardcosloy.bsky.social tag for this sort of story thebarbedwire.com/2025/10/08/h...

Hey, New York Times? Stay Out of Texas Football Family Business.

The New York Times branded Arch Manning “college football’s first flop,” drawing a backlash from some very unlikely places.

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Seth Cotlar @sethcotlar.bsky.social · 5d

Oregonians will recognize the names of almost all of those people cited on that list. Most have been involved in Proud Boy/Patriot Prayer/far right MAGA activism for several years. Daviscourt, for example, was with Turning Point USA for a few years and is a prolific far right content creator.

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Seth Cotlar @sethcotlar.bsky.social · 5d

There is an entire stable of far right "influencers" cosplaying as journalists who are in Portland "covering" events there. The person who compiled this list was arrested for his actions on January 6. He texted a friend from DC to celebrate that the Proud Boys were "beating the shit" out of BLM.

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Michael Edison Hayden @michaelehayden.bsky.social · 8h

I love when Andy Ngo does one of his David Attenborough-style posts about Antifa and highlights some kid who took a bong rip and waddled into the protest dressed like a giant muppet.

My favorite flavor of his commentary by far.

Andy Ngo wants to draw your attention to Barney the dinosaur

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Sarah McLaughlin @sarahemclaugh.bsky.social · 8h

It isn't just that you can't express verbal support for Palestine Action. You may also not even be free to simply question the government's decision to ban it. This is the most basic political expression — challenging how leaders govern. And yet.

Rick @rick-sco.bsky.social · 8h

Yeh, you can't even disagree with the action of declaring Palestine Action a terrorist group. Pretty sure they will just try to arrest anyone with the words Action & Palestine in what they deem to be the wrong order at this point. Some politicians are really in need of swift replacement.

Woman 'arrested' over 'I oppose proscription of Palestine Action' sign

A PROTESTER has claimed she was arrested for holding a sign saying “I do not support the proscription of Palestine Action”.

www.thenational.scot

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Gerard Cosloy @gerardcosloy.bsky.social · 5h

not so secret presently, but yeah

Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 10h

JB Pritzker and Gavin Newsom are doing something new and important: They understand Stephen Miller's theory of fascist power politics, and they've developed a theory on how to combat it. More Dems need to reckon with Miller's understanding of the moment.

New from me:
newrepublic.com/article/2014...

Inside Stephen Miller’s Secret Plan to Normalize Trump’s Dictator Rule

He wants to supercharge searing civil tensions to get low-information voters to embrace their inner authoritarian. Exactly two Democrats appear to fully grasp this.

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Gerard Cosloy @gerardcosloy.bsky.social · 5h

would've made a lovely Bridge 9 Superstore

I Heart Noise @iheartnoise.bsky.social · 7h

Crazy to think Tower Records had a Frank Gehry designed five-story building in Boston at one point 😱

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Tower Records Building // 1918 & 1986

New England is home to just three projects by world-renowned (and sometimes maligned) architect Frank Gehry. To me, architecture is best when it makes you stop, look, critique, and comment on it. A…

buildingsofnewengland.com

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Gerard Cosloy @gerardcosloy.bsky.social · 7h

if he really wanted to illustrate a point he should have removed the hat

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Gerard Cosloy @gerardcosloy.bsky.social · 7h

episode 280 of The Radio Hour That Feels Like Two Hours now playing (link below), this week with new stuff from Spiral Wave Nomads, Powell, Creative Writing, Bill Orcutt, Gay Death and more.

www.mixcloud.com/gerardcosloy...

10/08/25 Show 280 : There's No Such Thing As A Bad Bun E., Only The Thoroughly Great Bun E.

if you’re like me (and I suspect a few of you are), you were surprised but hardly outraged at the NFL’s recent announcement that Bun E. Carlos would be headlining the Super Bowl halftime show next Feb...

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NY Times Pitchbot @nytpitchbot.bsky.social · 1d

Put the National Guard on the blockchain.

by Andrew Yang

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 1d

crazy that one of the most storied institutions in american journalism is going to be run by two people with basically no experience to do it

Exclusive | CBS News taps Adam Rubenstein — once ostracized at NY Times for liking Chick-fil-A — as new deputy editor

Sources expect Rubenstein will effectively run the Free Press now that Weiss will be busy steering the editorial direction of shows like “60 Minutes,” “Face The Nation” and …

nypost.com

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Gerard Cosloy @gerardcosloy.bsky.social · 1d

The Tubs,
29th St. Ballroom,
10/06/25

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Rosy Overdrive @rosyoverdrive.com · 1d

If you enjoyed my writing about the Chicago Silkworm shows, you may want to read another one from Jacob Simons (Moon Orchids). It’s quite good!!

START-TRACK AT SHOW: Silkworm wsg. Gotobeds, Dianogah - September 24–25, 2025

"I have been a feverish fan of Silkworm since I was 22 years old. In my late teens and early twenties, when I first began playing the electric guitar and bass guitar in local punk bands..."

starttrack.substack.com

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 1d

we’re gonna need a cbs news pitchbot pretty soon

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Gerard Cosloy @gerardcosloy.bsky.social · 2d

Brick Savage & JJ Blake vs Dimitri Alexandrov and Oli Summers, New Texas Pro, #weknowball 10/05/25

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Gerard Cosloy @gerardcosloy.bsky.social · 3d

the bad news is there’s some heavy handed “security” tactics being employed at shows

The good news is we have video footage from Redditor Quaka-Doodles!

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electrojcr @electrojcr.bsky.social · 4d

www.news5cleveland.com/news/local-n...

#Ideastream murdered college radio station #WCSB yesterday without public discussion, just press releases about "opportunities" and "not taking over" as police lead students out of the station. That's it for my future support.

Cleveland State University abruptly ends student-run WCSB radio, replaces with smooth jazz run by Ideastream

Cleveland State University's student-run alternative radio station WCSB was abruptly shut down Friday and replaced with a jazz station operated by Ideastream Public Media.

www.news5cleveland.com

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Yo La Tengo @actualylt.bsky.social · 5d

Saturday 11am-1pm EDT! Please join Ira as he fills in for Michael Shelley on WFMU, as part of the October Hellraiser! Check it all out at pledge.wfmu.org/donate/IK

Pledge your Support to WFMU!

Keep WFMU Weird! Donate to our Year-End Hellraiser Fundraiser. Visit wfmu.org/pledge.

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Gerard Cosloy @gerardcosloy.bsky.social · 5d

episode 279 of The Radio That Feels Like Two Hours now archived at @eastvillageradio.bsky.social

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The Gerard Cosloy Radio Hour That Feels Like Two Hours on EVR, October 2, 2025

“The Gerard Cosloy Radio Hour That Feels Like Two Hours” is entering its 5th year of weekly transmission, however, the program’s host (conveniently named “Gerard Cosloy”, and don’t think it wasn’t har...

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Gerard Cosloy @gerardcosloy.bsky.social · 6d

episode 279 of The Radio Hour That Feels Like Two Hours, 10am-noon today @eastvillageradio.bsky.social

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EVR IS BACK

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Gerard Cosloy @gerardcosloy.bsky.social · 6d

Nape Neck,
Chess Club, 10/01/25

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 7d

For at least the past 15 years, my colleagues in academia have grappled with angry letters to university officials for doing their jobs. They have weathered campaigns for their firing. They have contended with an internet army obsessed with doxxing them, their parents, their kids. I've been contacted by the F.B.I. more than once in my career. Not because I hold any important state secrets or know a biker gang but because one of my colleagues has lived with so much sustained harassment from right-wing
"activists" that it has become a matter of federal concern. Watch lists (one of which was constructed by Kirk's organization) do not distinguish between public intellectuals at wealthy enclaves and hoi polloi who teach popular classes at cash-strapped schools. In either case, an army of trained provocateurs stands ready to destroy their lives to prove their bona fides as conservative activists. That threat has been chilling speech on campuses for years.
Now it's coming for all of you.

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WFMU @wfmu.bsky.social · 7d

WFMU's Hellraiser Fundraiser starts today, and runs through October! There will be many DJ specials, new swag, and events throughout the month celebrating WFMU. If you can, help us out with a donation and grab one of two new Hellraiser T-shirts. Pledge here: pledge.wfmu.org

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Gerard Cosloy @gerardcosloy.bsky.social · 7d

episode 279 of The Radio Hour That Feels Like Two Hours now playing (link below), this week with new stuff from Brainwash Victim, Applejuice, Mick Harris, Kinlaw and Franco Franco, Garden Of Love and more

www.mixcloud.com/gerardcosloy...

10/01/25 Show 279 : Richer Sounds' Lifetime Warranty Does Not Specify Whose Lifetime

greetings friends, I nearly wasn’t able to complete this week’s epsiode after being diagnosed with a case of minor men’s whiplash acquired while reading the New York Times’ recent, “Is It OK To Use Yo...

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Gerard Cosloy @gerardcosloy.bsky.social · 8d

rough day for Rob Feinstein

Encyclopaedia Britannica @britannica.com · 8d

(solemnly) You've had mail.

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