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Sloane Spencer

@sloanespencer.bsky.social

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At least we can still SleepWithRockStars.com. The Gen X sleep podcast OUT NOW. Subscribe/follow on Apple, Spotify, YouTube. CountryFriedRock.com returns. Great music taste. Runner. She/Her Jesus rides beside me He never buys any smokes

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Sloane Spencer @sloanespencer.bsky.social · Jan 31

@nucisspace.bsky.social is a remarkable resource for musicians in Athens, GA, with a mission to prevent suicide. 2025 is their 25th year of saving lives. Happy to be part of their $25 for 25 years campaign. 💙
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25th Anniversary Giving Campaign

Help us grow our monthly recurring donations!

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Sloane Spencer @sloanespencer.bsky.social · 1h

I have Googled, and it has something to do with settings in your computer a d how you save the file but jumble garble jargon IDK.

Sloane Spencer @sloanespencer.bsky.social · 1h

Gah! Digital hex code color created in Vista differs from same hex code when trying to match a background on a web design page.

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Sloane Spencer @sloanespencer.bsky.social · 22h

Studio legend John Keane is officially retiring and will be selling everything from his epic space on Marketplace in Athens, GA.
(Per his FB post today.)

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Sleep with Rock Stars @sleepwithrockstars.bsky.social · 1d

Linky
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/s...

Sleep with Indigo Girls

Podcast Episode · Sleep with Rock Stars · 10/06/2025 · 37m

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Sleep with Rock Stars @sleepwithrockstars.bsky.social · 1d

Linky Dinky Doo
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Sleep with Indigo Girls

YouTube video by Sloane Spencer

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Sleep with Rock Stars @sleepwithrockstars.bsky.social · 1d

Linky dinky
open.spotify.com/episode/5wJP...

Sleep with Indigo Girls

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Sloane Spencer @sloanespencer.bsky.social · 1d

We had this book, too. I used to read it to my little brother.

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Josh Johnson @joshjohnsoncomedy.bsky.social · 1d

Tonight Friends

Josh Johnson Back at Daily Show Anchor Desk Tues–Thurs This Week - LateNighter

Two and a half months after making his Daily Show hosting debut, Josh Johnson is set to return to the anchor desk Tuesday through Thursday of this week—picking up where Jon Stewart leaves off tonight...

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 1d

Thanks, New Yorker

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Fast Women @fastwomen.bsky.social · 1d

Marathon legend Tegla Loroupe will run Sunday’s Chicago Marathon.
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One last marathon run: Tegla Loroupe to take 'her final stride' in Chicago

The Kenyan, now 52, won seven major marathons and is set to make her final competitive appearance in Chicago on 12 October, 14 years after her final marathon in New York.

www.olympics.com

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Sloane Spencer @sloanespencer.bsky.social · 1d

Maxing out my clipart skills making a new logo. I have zero artistic talent.

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Sloane Spencer @sloanespencer.bsky.social · 1d

Good. Read what you want.

ACLU of South Carolina @aclusc.bsky.social · 1d

NEW: Three students and the SC Association of School Librarians are suing SC Education Superintendent Ellen Weaver to challenge her book banning and classroom censorship policies. During Banned Books Week and every week, we’ll show up to defend the freedom to read. www.aclusc.org/en/press-rel...

Students and librarians take S.C. superintendent to court over school censorship rules

COLUMBIA – South Carolina public school librarians and students filed a lawsuit today asking a federal court to block enforcement of the state’s unconstitutional book banning regulation and a

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Sloane Spencer @sloanespencer.bsky.social · 1d

If you don't know Bad Bunny's music, start here with Alt.Latino on the Tiny Desk Concert:
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/a...

Behind the scenes of Bad Bunny's Tiny Desk

Podcast Episode · Alt.Latino · 04/09/2025 · 34m

podcasts.apple.com

Sloane Spencer @sloanespencer.bsky.social · 1d

Out now!
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/s...

Sleep with Indigo Girls

Podcast Episode · Sleep with Rock Stars · 10/06/2025 · 37m

podcasts.apple.com

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WUNC News @wunc.org · 2d

For the past 17 years Kym Register has owned The Pinhook, one of Durham's most esteemed clubs. WUNC music reporter @brianburns.bsky.social recently sat down with Register to talk about the history of the club and what came before it.

www.wunc.org/wunc-music/2...

Kym Register and the legacy of The Pinhook

For the past 17 years Kym Register has owned The Pinhook, one of Durham's most esteemed clubs.

www.wunc.org

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Sloane Spencer @sloanespencer.bsky.social · 1d

I work well in creative bursts and total breaks. I need my mundane life in a >2:1 ratio with the energizing parts.

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Rachel Cholst @rachelcholst.bsky.social · 2d

Moreover, I am especially grateful to artists like @idiotwitchamelia.bsky.social, @jessyedmusic.bsky.social, @rhinestonetomboy.bsky.social, and @paisleyfields.bsky.social for giving of themselves when it would be so much easier not to

nodepression.org/queer-countr...

QUEER COUNTRY: Will You Let Queer Country Be Outlawed?

“Outlaw country” often evokes a certain rough-and-tumble (cis white) dude — The kind of person who doesn’t take any shit and isn’t interested in conforming to Music Row’s ideals of what it means to “b...

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Rachel Cholst @rachelcholst.bsky.social · 2d

In this moment of trans repression, I am extremely grateful to @NoDepression.bsky.social for welcoming me to ask a hard question: is the music community prepared to let trans voices be silenced?

QUEER COUNTRY: Will You Let Queer Country Be Outlawed?

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James E. Clyburn @repjamesclyburn.bsky.social · 2d

Respectfully, claiming you have fixed health care when you are kicking 15 million Americans off their health coverage and doubling average premiums for many millions more—that’s the very definition of a talking point.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d

Mike Johnson: "Let me look right into the camera and tell you very clearly: Republicans are the ones concerned about healthcare. Republicans are the party working around the clock everyday to fix healthcare. This is not talking points for us: we've done it."

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Sloane Spencer @sloanespencer.bsky.social · 2d

Woohoo! Now it works.

Sloane Spencer @sloanespencer.bsky.social · 2d

Thank you so much for this thoughtful conversation. Can't wait for Tuesday's episode ft Indigo Girls!

Rainbow Rodeo Magazine @rainbowrodeo.bsky.social · 2d

@sloanespencer.bsky.social wants to help you @sleepwithrockstars.bsky.social Rock Stars on her new sleep podcast. We learn about the method to her madness ahead of her episode about the Indigo Girls.

rainbowrodeomag.com/...

A multi-colored circle with overlaid text that reads: Sleep with Rock Stars: The Gen X Sleep Podcast

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Sloane Spencer @sloanespencer.bsky.social · 2d

Cannot seem to set the athlete tracker in the Chicago Marathon app. I'm super busy this week, and wanted to have it ready for watching this weekend.

Sloane Spencer @sloanespencer.bsky.social · 2d

Per his son on FB, Crash LaResh (Sam) of the mid-90s version of Flat Duo Jets, has passed away from injuries in an auto accident.

Sloane Spencer @sloanespencer.bsky.social · 2d

It was so, so horrid.

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Sloane Spencer @sloanespencer.bsky.social · 2d

So, read whatever you want.
Don't read what you don't want to read.