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the Mountain Goats @themountaingoats.bsky.social · Mar 7

change of plans. feeling like I'm just gonna come to terms with my rusty cage

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the Mountain Goats @themountaingoats.bsky.social · 5m

all “there was a good movie/book of this so now we’re doing it forever” things are terrible except the one that nets me a palatial estate, which sadly hasn’t happened yet

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the Mountain Goats @themountaingoats.bsky.social · 25m

highland cattle have it figured out

Tom Cox @dj-acid-reflux.bsky.social · 1h

Highland cattle are famous for their ability to "disco nap". Normally these brief, efficient sleeps will last between three and twenty minutes, deploying a variety of objects as pillows, including moorland boulders, cars or any particularly large dog or sheep who happens to be nearby.

A highland cow having a little nap on a boulder on Dartmoor (ok, it was actually scratching its head)

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the Mountain Goats @themountaingoats.bsky.social · 29m

I yearn to rave with the Portland massive

Courtney Vaughn @courtneyvaughn.bsky.social · 4h

It's a whole block party vibe over here.

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the Mountain Goats @themountaingoats.bsky.social · 6h

very same!

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the Mountain Goats @themountaingoats.bsky.social · 9h

same boat

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the Mountain Goats @themountaingoats.bsky.social · 10h

😡

the Mountain Goats @themountaingoats.bsky.social · 10h

wait word? did I miss something?

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the Mountain Goats @themountaingoats.bsky.social · 11h

friend if I could. the things I would do

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the Mountain Goats @themountaingoats.bsky.social · 11h

Oh it’s him all the way though. The whole response part was his idea

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🎃 public HELLth guy 🎃 @publichealthguy1.bsky.social · 19h

they just slapped a surgeons general warning on RFK like he’s a pack of cigarettes

Dan Diamond @ddiamond.bsky.social · 22h

“Secretary Kennedy is entitled to his views. But he is not entitled to put people’s health at risk.”

Six former surgeons general condemn RFK Jr.

Opinion | Six surgeons general: RFK Jr. is a threat to the health of Americans

It was our duty in office to warn of dangers when we found them. We’re doing that again today.

www.washingtonpost.com

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the Mountain Goats @themountaingoats.bsky.social · 12h

Anna Netrebko just announced a recital on December 8 in Berlin. I am a husband and father, and to spend money to fly to Berlin to see a show that has a decent chance of getting canceled anyway is poor planning & really self indulgent. Posting for accountability

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the Mountain Goats @themountaingoats.bsky.social · 13h

yeah it's incredible. this tape is like...an object of profound inspiration for me

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the Mountain Goats @themountaingoats.bsky.social · 13h

"And when ye pray, ye shall not be as the hypocrites: for they love to stand and pray in the synagogues and in the corners of the streets, that they may be seen of men. Verily I say unto you, They have received their reward." --MT 6:5, ASV

☠️deadward niedermurder☠️ @niedermeyer.online · 13h

sources say they wrapped up the prayer with a stirring round of "By The Rivers Of Burgerville"

Alex Zielinski @alexzee.bsky.social · 13h

Apropos of nothing, Sec. Kristi Noem is currently praying over Burgerville with Portland ICE officials.

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the Mountain Goats @themountaingoats.bsky.social · 13h

the transcript of the audience conversation after the set is loaded with gems

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the Mountain Goats @themountaingoats.bsky.social · 13h

that's in Texas yeah? I feel like we stayed down the street from it on an off day last year

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the Mountain Goats @themountaingoats.bsky.social · 13h

I was reading Swinburne this year. dudes just finding a place to crash and spinning out poems so hot Edith Sitwell has to censor them. gravy train

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the Mountain Goats @themountaingoats.bsky.social · 13h

this is actually a good idea because controlling the chains of distribution is one small step away from owning the means of production

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the Mountain Goats @themountaingoats.bsky.social · 14h

every subject known to man. harness racing. gemology. the history of shoes. you name it you will get an album about it. no, you won't get *checks notes* "Television You Can Feel" but what you will get is albums. one every day. come on, now

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the Mountain Goats @themountaingoats.bsky.social · 14h

I understand that they gave somebody 150 million to be the new boss of CBS. I just want to say, if these people are ever looking to do more novel things with their money, for 150 million dollars I will write an album every day for a year. I'll do it, too. try me

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the Mountain Goats @themountaingoats.bsky.social · 15h

obsessed

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the Mountain Goats @themountaingoats.bsky.social · 15h

obsessed

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Under the Radar Magazine @undertheradar.bsky.social · 17h

The Mountain Goats (@themountaingoats.bsky.social) are releasing a new album, "Through This Fire Across From Peter Balkan," on November 7. Now they have shared two new songs from it, “Cold At Night” and “Rocks In My Pockets.”

www.undertheradarmag.com/news/the_mou...

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Justin Anderson-Weber @jlweber.bsky.social · 16h

“Going to Princeton” makes a case for best @themountaingoats.bsky.social album. Not just best live album either.

The mastering and pressing are fantastic. The energy comes through the recordings. The setlist will please just about any fan, new and old. Vibrant versions of old favs.

Cover of Going to Princeton by The Mountain Goats. Peach cover background with illustrated bus driving into sunset. Bus has a possum graphic on it. Album is sitting on a blue couch next to a pillow with a jaguar on it.

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the Mountain Goats @themountaingoats.bsky.social · 17h

for no friendly thing can live / in such depressive waters, as it were

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the Mountain Goats @themountaingoats.bsky.social · 17h

Post-Exoticism in 20 Lessons or Radiant Terminus