Brassneck
@esgiii.bsky.social
#infosec; #Prince fam; Tottenham Hotspur; Silver Jews; Record shopper; Wristwatch researcher
Music writer // Formerly: Drawer B, Free Times, Verse Chorus Verse
Bassist // Ex-From Safety To Where, Death Becomes Even The Maiden
Music writer // Formerly: Drawer B, Free Times, Verse Chorus Verse
Bassist // Ex-From Safety To Where, Death Becomes Even The Maiden
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Joseph Gordon-Levitt made a 12-minute response video to people mad at him supporting mass surveillance and censorship, and somehow got even MORE wrong about Section 230 than his original congressional testimony.
My Response To Joseph Gordon-Levitt
YouTube video by Taylor Lorenz
youtu.be
February 13, 2026 at 4:50 PM
Joseph Gordon-Levitt made a 12-minute response video to people mad at him supporting mass surveillance and censorship, and somehow got even MORE wrong about Section 230 than his original congressional testimony.
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Democrats should demand the dismantling of ICE, congressional hearings into its operations and prosecution of its worst offenders, but at the VERY least they must refuse to spend our tax money to fund these masked goons who are terrorizing our communities.
I think it is probably a bad idea to put clearly unhinged, angry psychopaths in federal law enforcement positions.
January 9, 2026 at 8:31 PM
Democrats should demand the dismantling of ICE, congressional hearings into its operations and prosecution of its worst offenders, but at the VERY least they must refuse to spend our tax money to fund these masked goons who are terrorizing our communities.
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In America you drop your kid off at school, get your brains blown out on the ride home, then the Vice President drops everything for a week to call you a terrorist, to slander your family, to protect the circumstances that led to your death so they can do it again. It is government by Alex Jones.
January 9, 2026 at 7:24 PM
In America you drop your kid off at school, get your brains blown out on the ride home, then the Vice President drops everything for a week to call you a terrorist, to slander your family, to protect the circumstances that led to your death so they can do it again. It is government by Alex Jones.
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'Centred on sweeping orchestral arrangements and Rosalía’s jaw-dropping, sometimes operatic vocal chops, these songs touch on the intense give-and-take of romantic relationships, heartbreak and present-day femininity'
Rosalía - LUX is a Quietus Album of the Month for Nov/Dec 2025
buff.ly/anIfoc6
Rosalía - LUX is a Quietus Album of the Month for Nov/Dec 2025
buff.ly/anIfoc6
December 22, 2025 at 8:04 PM
'Centred on sweeping orchestral arrangements and Rosalía’s jaw-dropping, sometimes operatic vocal chops, these songs touch on the intense give-and-take of romantic relationships, heartbreak and present-day femininity'
Rosalía - LUX is a Quietus Album of the Month for Nov/Dec 2025
buff.ly/anIfoc6
Rosalía - LUX is a Quietus Album of the Month for Nov/Dec 2025
buff.ly/anIfoc6
This is an old piece, but I re-read it at least once a year.
The Untold Story Of Silver Jews’ The Natural Bridge: How David Berman Lost His Mind, Left Pavement Behind, And Made A Masterpiece - stereogum.com/1902185/the-...
#silverjews #davidberman
The Untold Story Of Silver Jews’ The Natural Bridge: How David Berman Lost His Mind, Left Pavement Behind, And Made A Masterpiece - stereogum.com/1902185/the-...
#silverjews #davidberman
The Untold Story Of Silver Jews' The Natural Bridge: How David Berman Lost His Mind, Left Pavement Behind, And Made A Masterpiece
It starts with a line you might yell at an ex across an empty, half-lit parking lot around midnight: “I don’t really wanna die/ I only wanna die in your eyes.” But here it’s not hollered, it’s sung, a...
stereogum.com
December 19, 2025 at 4:48 PM
This is an old piece, but I re-read it at least once a year.
The Untold Story Of Silver Jews’ The Natural Bridge: How David Berman Lost His Mind, Left Pavement Behind, And Made A Masterpiece - stereogum.com/1902185/the-...
#silverjews #davidberman
The Untold Story Of Silver Jews’ The Natural Bridge: How David Berman Lost His Mind, Left Pavement Behind, And Made A Masterpiece - stereogum.com/1902185/the-...
#silverjews #davidberman
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wtf is a FIFA peace prize? that's like being an NFL laureate in physics
December 5, 2025 at 7:21 PM
wtf is a FIFA peace prize? that's like being an NFL laureate in physics
I wish you could comment on eBay listings so you could call out the piece of shit record flippers who ruin Record Store Day by being selfish pricks.
November 28, 2025 at 9:23 PM
I wish you could comment on eBay listings so you could call out the piece of shit record flippers who ruin Record Store Day by being selfish pricks.
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Incredible headline.
Elon Musk Could 'Drink Piss Better Than Any Human in History,' Grok Says
Grok has been reprogrammed to say Musk is better than everyone at everything, including blowjobs, piss drinking, playing quarterback, conquering Europe, etc.
www.404media.co
November 20, 2025 at 10:01 PM
Incredible headline.
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So great to see college radio in all its glory featured in today's NYT. I interviewed for the piece (WFUV is at Fordham, WFMU is independent, formerly of Uppsala--such is the way with radio, which has more acronyms than the New Deal): www.nytimes.com/2025/11/20/s...
College Radio Keeps Its Cool
www.nytimes.com
November 20, 2025 at 2:38 PM
So great to see college radio in all its glory featured in today's NYT. I interviewed for the piece (WFUV is at Fordham, WFMU is independent, formerly of Uppsala--such is the way with radio, which has more acronyms than the New Deal): www.nytimes.com/2025/11/20/s...
Incel army.
November 21, 2025 at 1:53 PM
Incel army.
WHAT THE FUCK IS GOING ON
“The U.S. Coast Guard will no longer classify the swastika — an emblem of fascism and white supremacy inextricably linked to the murder of millions of Jews and the deaths of more than 400,000 U.S. troops who died fighting in World War II — as a hate symbol”
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
U.S. Coast Guard will no longer classify swastikas, nooses as hate symbols
The military service, which falls under the Department of Homeland Security, has drafted a new policy that classifies such items “potentially divisive.”
www.washingtonpost.com
November 20, 2025 at 8:47 PM
WHAT THE FUCK IS GOING ON
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Watch The Cure’s trailer for ‘The Show of a Lost World’ live movie as cinema tickets go on sale
The film will hit cinemas worldwide from December 11
The film will hit cinemas worldwide from December 11
Watch The Cure's trailer for 'The Show of a Lost World' live movie as cinema tickets go on sale
The Cure have released the trailer for their live movie 'The Show of a Lost World' as cinema tickets go on sale.
www.nme.com
November 20, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Watch The Cure’s trailer for ‘The Show of a Lost World’ live movie as cinema tickets go on sale
The film will hit cinemas worldwide from December 11
The film will hit cinemas worldwide from December 11
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Corruption at every level of government. Inconvenient truths are eradicated.
November 20, 2025 at 12:27 PM
Corruption at every level of government. Inconvenient truths are eradicated.
I know this is stating the obvious, but the Republican Party is beyond a joke. Everything it historically claimed to stand for is vapor: small government, states' rights, etc. The Federal Government randomly detaining citizens based on algorithmic patterns is insane.
Border Patrol is monitoring US drivers and detaining those with 'suspicious' travel patterns
The U.S. Border Patrol is monitoring millions of American drivers nationwide in a secretive program to identify and detain people whose travel patterns it deems suspicious.
apnews.com
November 20, 2025 at 1:41 PM
I know this is stating the obvious, but the Republican Party is beyond a joke. Everything it historically claimed to stand for is vapor: small government, states' rights, etc. The Federal Government randomly detaining citizens based on algorithmic patterns is insane.
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The president was asked about a political rival and his answer really was "she's stupid; not like me—they showed me a picture of a giraffe and an elephant and I nailed it first try."
November 4, 2025 at 1:17 PM
The president was asked about a political rival and his answer really was "she's stupid; not like me—they showed me a picture of a giraffe and an elephant and I nailed it first try."
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We’re excited to announce our 2026 tour of North America. We’ll be playing ‘Seamonsters’ live to celebrate its 35th anniversary. Obtain early access to tickets using the code Seamonsters35 via the ticket links on our web site: www.scopitones.co.uk/forthcomingc...
October 28, 2025 at 3:13 PM
We’re excited to announce our 2026 tour of North America. We’ll be playing ‘Seamonsters’ live to celebrate its 35th anniversary. Obtain early access to tickets using the code Seamonsters35 via the ticket links on our web site: www.scopitones.co.uk/forthcomingc...
New Lily Allen album is naked, raw, and unnerving. Shockingly intimate. The hurt/rage is similar to that of Beyonce's Lemonade but far more specific. It feels genuinely original and has the tunes. Lurid detail wrapped in autotune, discomfort, and modern beats. Can't stop listening.
#lilyallen
#lilyallen
October 24, 2025 at 8:48 PM
New Lily Allen album is naked, raw, and unnerving. Shockingly intimate. The hurt/rage is similar to that of Beyonce's Lemonade but far more specific. It feels genuinely original and has the tunes. Lurid detail wrapped in autotune, discomfort, and modern beats. Can't stop listening.
#lilyallen
#lilyallen
I was listening to Psychocandy at a low-ish volume on my turntable at work. A co-worker came in to ask me a question, and she kept glancing toward the noise like something was horribly wrong. She even asked me if it was supposed to sound like that. Oh, indeed.
#thejesusandmarychain
#psychocandy
#thejesusandmarychain
#psychocandy
October 24, 2025 at 7:57 PM
I was listening to Psychocandy at a low-ish volume on my turntable at work. A co-worker came in to ask me a question, and she kept glancing toward the noise like something was horribly wrong. She even asked me if it was supposed to sound like that. Oh, indeed.
#thejesusandmarychain
#psychocandy
#thejesusandmarychain
#psychocandy
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history teacher in 50 years: So in September, that’s when the president signed an executive order criminalizing anti-fascism and saying all resistance would be crushed
student: oh so that’s when the whole country realized they were living under fascism
teacher: haha what? oh no lol not at all. no.
student: oh so that’s when the whole country realized they were living under fascism
teacher: haha what? oh no lol not at all. no.
October 4, 2025 at 11:14 PM
history teacher in 50 years: So in September, that’s when the president signed an executive order criminalizing anti-fascism and saying all resistance would be crushed
student: oh so that’s when the whole country realized they were living under fascism
teacher: haha what? oh no lol not at all. no.
student: oh so that’s when the whole country realized they were living under fascism
teacher: haha what? oh no lol not at all. no.
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I know these guys are all dumber than a sack of hammers, but it is fascinating to see the military decide “logistics are gay” in real time
October 2, 2025 at 12:51 PM
I know these guys are all dumber than a sack of hammers, but it is fascinating to see the military decide “logistics are gay” in real time
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Finally read this, and the reporting is as good as everyone says it is. It’s also terrifying, confounding, and deeply weird. The most powerful people in American politics right now — including the guy who has all our personal data — aren’t just evil, they’re absolutely bonkers.
The Real Stakes, and Real Story, of Peter Thiel’s Antichrist Obsession
Thirty years ago, a peace-loving Austrian theologian spoke to Peter Thiel about the apocalyptic theories of Nazi jurist Carl Schmitt. They’ve been a road map for the billionaire ever since.
www.wired.com
October 1, 2025 at 1:10 PM
Finally read this, and the reporting is as good as everyone says it is. It’s also terrifying, confounding, and deeply weird. The most powerful people in American politics right now — including the guy who has all our personal data — aren’t just evil, they’re absolutely bonkers.
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We are losing something by having newsrooms where everyone who has more than a few years’ experience has gotten fired. I don’t fault a young writer for not knowing about things that happened before she was born. But now there are no editors to help give context to these stories, either.
October 2, 2025 at 1:57 PM
We are losing something by having newsrooms where everyone who has more than a few years’ experience has gotten fired. I don’t fault a young writer for not knowing about things that happened before she was born. But now there are no editors to help give context to these stories, either.
"Listen to the Cars in 2025, and you’ll hear the accumulated history of 20th-century rock music—the elemental directness of Buddy Holly and Elvis records, the songwriting sturdiness of the Beatles and Beach Boys, the art-pop leanings of the Velvet Underground..."
#thecars
#thecars
Oh So Near: The Cars’ Deep (and Deeply Underrated) Influence on the Future of Music
A new biography on the New Wave crew underlines their unsung importance—everyone from the Strokes to the Killers to Nirvana took lessons out of Ric Ocasek’s playbook. So why are the Cars rarely mentio...
www.theringer.com
October 1, 2025 at 6:15 PM
"Listen to the Cars in 2025, and you’ll hear the accumulated history of 20th-century rock music—the elemental directness of Buddy Holly and Elvis records, the songwriting sturdiness of the Beatles and Beach Boys, the art-pop leanings of the Velvet Underground..."
#thecars
#thecars
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It rocks that this sort of thing is just playing with the sound on in every waiting room in the country once you get 50 miles outside a major city. Two people with stuffed animal eyes shaking their heads sadly over footage of the president being inconvenienced briefly.
Rep. Greg Steube: "Thankfully the first lady and the president had their hands on the rails that were going up the escalator, or they likely would've fallen down and injured themselves. It seems to be intentional ... I don't know why we're still part of the UN."
September 25, 2025 at 5:08 PM
It rocks that this sort of thing is just playing with the sound on in every waiting room in the country once you get 50 miles outside a major city. Two people with stuffed animal eyes shaking their heads sadly over footage of the president being inconvenienced briefly.