EsopusΘΔ 🔜 ANE
@esopus.bsky.social
Esopus travels to places and performs analog and digital music in places. The Best Show is her favorite podcast. Pinu Studios (will have) made her fursuit. Queens was where she proudly hatched. Esopus is 51 years old. New York is where she lives.
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EsopusΘΔ 🔜 ANE
@esopus.bsky.social
· Apr 16
For the followers who may not have had a fresh reminder who I am, they are provided this art drop. I'm Esopus (pronounced es-OAP-us), an Eastern Dragon. Am I beautiful?
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Looking for character adopts to be made into fursuit premades. Share what you got open? Share them and make sure prices are shown. Links are fine TH or kofi
January 9, 2026 at 2:23 AM
Looking for character adopts to be made into fursuit premades. Share what you got open? Share them and make sure prices are shown. Links are fine TH or kofi
i want ice guys to suffer through rejection by systems every way until they're in the most unliveable means in a town and the time they have to see themselves fall is so long; they have to live on twinkies that are labeled inedible
there needs to be a sex offender registry but for ice guys. you should have to go door to door when you move to a new area and inform your neighbors that you used to be an ice guy. they shouldn't be allowed with 500 feet of a school
January 9, 2026 at 2:14 AM
i want ice guys to suffer through rejection by systems every way until they're in the most unliveable means in a town and the time they have to see themselves fall is so long; they have to live on twinkies that are labeled inedible
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Here is a Turnaround reference so you can get to know her best!
January 9, 2026 at 1:11 AM
Here is a Turnaround reference so you can get to know her best!
@eehouls.bsky.social what's your opinion on clothing and household goods donation to united breast cancer foundation and the home pickup service? it seems they pickup from my location i can't tell how vastly they help the lives of those affected by breast cancer to the amount they're raising
January 9, 2026 at 12:28 AM
@eehouls.bsky.social what's your opinion on clothing and household goods donation to united breast cancer foundation and the home pickup service? it seems they pickup from my location i can't tell how vastly they help the lives of those affected by breast cancer to the amount they're raising
anyone who does stuff online is forever at the mercy of you a simulacra of nelson muntz with a portable device to detect them the potential target of destruction or will you decide to leave them alone or celebrate them? note that we're all oppressed by the panopticon but some decide to be its fans
to push through that you have to be okay with embarrassing yourself. but unfortunately now we have these huge panopticon devices to immediately shame and bully anyone who says or does anything embarrassing. so a lot of people are afraid of even trying.
January 8, 2026 at 9:32 PM
anyone who does stuff online is forever at the mercy of you a simulacra of nelson muntz with a portable device to detect them the potential target of destruction or will you decide to leave them alone or celebrate them? note that we're all oppressed by the panopticon but some decide to be its fans
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i love the idea of a guy who’s still been on the edge of getting into jeopardy after 61 years of it airing
January 8, 2026 at 8:42 PM
i love the idea of a guy who’s still been on the edge of getting into jeopardy after 61 years of it airing
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in any case now's a time to be engaging with work/scenes you care about on an underground level and stop worrying about whether it's clouty or you can make a career out of it or not because if nothing else it's one of the big things that's going to make the instability of reality remotely bearable
January 8, 2026 at 8:19 PM
in any case now's a time to be engaging with work/scenes you care about on an underground level and stop worrying about whether it's clouty or you can make a career out of it or not because if nothing else it's one of the big things that's going to make the instability of reality remotely bearable
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eventually this conformism might become so utterly embarrassing and unbearable to your average joe schmo listener that - especially if these underground/indie scenes start to be more in conversation with each other - some alternative might start to break containment. but i dunno, we'll have to see.
January 8, 2026 at 8:16 PM
eventually this conformism might become so utterly embarrassing and unbearable to your average joe schmo listener that - especially if these underground/indie scenes start to be more in conversation with each other - some alternative might start to break containment. but i dunno, we'll have to see.
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anyway this has led to a sort of stifling conformism and a lack of desire to investigate further unless you are someone to whom being adventurous about art is a big part of your sense of self. esp as these industries as a whole don't even want to give the appearance of sticking up for artistry
January 8, 2026 at 8:13 PM
anyway this has led to a sort of stifling conformism and a lack of desire to investigate further unless you are someone to whom being adventurous about art is a big part of your sense of self. esp as these industries as a whole don't even want to give the appearance of sticking up for artistry
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i don't think it's simply a matter of "better curation/criticism", but also it's hard to ignore that a lot of people just don't know where tf to put their time and energy outside of what's already getting attention. and the music/media industries as entities are not interested in changing that
January 8, 2026 at 8:11 PM
i don't think it's simply a matter of "better curation/criticism", but also it's hard to ignore that a lot of people just don't know where tf to put their time and energy outside of what's already getting attention. and the music/media industries as entities are not interested in changing that
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meanwhile the online influencer/celebrity ecosystem is getting all the mainstream focus put on it, so that's where a lot of the eyes and ears are going. most people who are actually making creative work in general are in a very marginal position in comparison. and it's really hard to break through
January 8, 2026 at 8:08 PM
meanwhile the online influencer/celebrity ecosystem is getting all the mainstream focus put on it, so that's where a lot of the eyes and ears are going. most people who are actually making creative work in general are in a very marginal position in comparison. and it's really hard to break through
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as a result a lot of people aren't just cueing into these smaller discourses or art movements that are happening. it's hard to know what to put your investment in unless you have a direct stake in it. & it doesn't feel very socially advantageous to do that around normies who dunno any of this stuff
January 8, 2026 at 8:05 PM
as a result a lot of people aren't just cueing into these smaller discourses or art movements that are happening. it's hard to know what to put your investment in unless you have a direct stake in it. & it doesn't feel very socially advantageous to do that around normies who dunno any of this stuff
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ofc the people who care about music will always care about music. but the discourse is increasingly undirected and scattered in a billion different directions. if you have your local niche/scene (irl or online) that's great but that can only go so far. so it feels like very little is filtering up
January 8, 2026 at 8:04 PM
ofc the people who care about music will always care about music. but the discourse is increasingly undirected and scattered in a billion different directions. if you have your local niche/scene (irl or online) that's great but that can only go so far. so it feels like very little is filtering up
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also you can get into increasing living expenses and less disposable income, the ready availability of streaming etc etc. if it feels way more socially advantageous to talk about the things many other people are talking about bc it increases your own visibility then it's hard to fight against that
January 8, 2026 at 8:01 PM
also you can get into increasing living expenses and less disposable income, the ready availability of streaming etc etc. if it feels way more socially advantageous to talk about the things many other people are talking about bc it increases your own visibility then it's hard to fight against that
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in general, people who were writing crit about indie/underground art eventually found it hard to sustain a career doing that in a views-based economy and shifted to something else. this coincided with poptimism, etc. a lot of indie/underground art has really suffered as a result.
January 8, 2026 at 7:59 PM
in general, people who were writing crit about indie/underground art eventually found it hard to sustain a career doing that in a views-based economy and shifted to something else. this coincided with poptimism, etc. a lot of indie/underground art has really suffered as a result.
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college radio was crucial in creating the audience for indie/underground music to form its own ecosystem. but it's still a smaller space with less resources, so it's hard to propagate past a certain point. and the turn to social media made a lot of online discourse aggressively monocultural
January 8, 2026 at 7:56 PM
college radio was crucial in creating the audience for indie/underground music to form its own ecosystem. but it's still a smaller space with less resources, so it's hard to propagate past a certain point. and the turn to social media made a lot of online discourse aggressively monocultural
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For those keeping score, Bellingcat, The New York Times Visual Investigation Team, & Washington Post's Visual Forensic team have all published analysis showing the ICE shooter wasn't in the path of Renee Nicole Good’s vehicle when he shot her, contradicting statements by the President & his cronies
January 8, 2026 at 3:35 PM
For those keeping score, Bellingcat, The New York Times Visual Investigation Team, & Washington Post's Visual Forensic team have all published analysis showing the ICE shooter wasn't in the path of Renee Nicole Good’s vehicle when he shot her, contradicting statements by the President & his cronies
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Breaking news: A frame-by-frame analysis of video footage from a deadly encounter in Minneapolis between ICE agents and a 37-year-old woman raises questions about accounts from officials like Homeland Security Secretary Kristi L. Noem.
Video shows ICE agent in Minneapolis fired at driver as vehicle veered past him
A frame-by-frame analysis of video footage raises questions about claims by President Donald Trump and Homeland Security Secretary Kristi L. Noem.
wapo.st
January 8, 2026 at 2:15 PM
Breaking news: A frame-by-frame analysis of video footage from a deadly encounter in Minneapolis between ICE agents and a 37-year-old woman raises questions about accounts from officials like Homeland Security Secretary Kristi L. Noem.
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A New York Times video analysis of an ICE agent’s fatal shooting of a woman in Minneapolis contradicts the Trump administration’s account. Watch our investigation here.
Video: Videos Contradict Trump Administration Account of ICE Shooting in Minneapolis
An analysis of footage from three camera angles shows that the motorist was driving away from — not toward — a federal officer when he opened fire.
nyti.ms
January 8, 2026 at 1:30 PM
A New York Times video analysis of an ICE agent’s fatal shooting of a woman in Minneapolis contradicts the Trump administration’s account. Watch our investigation here.
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We've analysed this video of the shooting of Renee Nicole Good yesterday in Minneapolis frame-by-frame to highlight the positioning of the gun and phone in the ICE agent's hands.
Video: @minnesotareformer.com with annotations by Bellingcat
Video: @minnesotareformer.com with annotations by Bellingcat
January 8, 2026 at 6:38 PM
We've analysed this video of the shooting of Renee Nicole Good yesterday in Minneapolis frame-by-frame to highlight the positioning of the gun and phone in the ICE agent's hands.
Video: @minnesotareformer.com with annotations by Bellingcat
Video: @minnesotareformer.com with annotations by Bellingcat
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As far as I can tell, this is the first time a major news organization has directly confronted the administration with proof in the moment, instead of just writing down the lies and noting the evidence in the story. Everybody has been saying for a year that they all should do this
This is quite a sequence:
—Trump asks aide for video of ICE shooting to convince NYT interviewers that driver tried to "run over" agent
—They watch together
—Interviewers note it shows nothing of the sort
—Trump says "well . . . it's a terrible scene"
GIFT LINK:
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/08/u...
—Trump asks aide for video of ICE shooting to convince NYT interviewers that driver tried to "run over" agent
—They watch together
—Interviewers note it shows nothing of the sort
—Trump says "well . . . it's a terrible scene"
GIFT LINK:
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/08/u...
We Pressed Trump on His Conclusion About the ICE Shooting. Here’s What He Said.
www.nytimes.com
January 8, 2026 at 4:25 PM
As far as I can tell, this is the first time a major news organization has directly confronted the administration with proof in the moment, instead of just writing down the lies and noting the evidence in the story. Everybody has been saying for a year that they all should do this
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Mike talks on the video about how college radio was really important in introducing him to underground hip-hop. i know when i was in college and had various radio shows my engagement with music was really high in general if only because i wanted to have new and interesting things to play every week
January 8, 2026 at 7:53 PM
Mike talks on the video about how college radio was really important in introducing him to underground hip-hop. i know when i was in college and had various radio shows my engagement with music was really high in general if only because i wanted to have new and interesting things to play every week
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but there have been limits to "indie". as that ecosystem grew esp in the 00's the idea of being a fan of indie became a sort of lifestyle with attached sounds, outfits, etc. also some of these labels, if they were successful enough, also just became another arm of the mainstream music infrastructure
January 8, 2026 at 7:51 PM
but there have been limits to "indie". as that ecosystem grew esp in the 00's the idea of being a fan of indie became a sort of lifestyle with attached sounds, outfits, etc. also some of these labels, if they were successful enough, also just became another arm of the mainstream music infrastructure
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underground or "indie" art has always mattered to me so much because there is an implicit idea that being a fan shows more interest and engagement in art in general. it's sort of doing the work that the actual structures of these industries are largely not interested in participating in whatsoever
January 8, 2026 at 7:49 PM
underground or "indie" art has always mattered to me so much because there is an implicit idea that being a fan shows more interest and engagement in art in general. it's sort of doing the work that the actual structures of these industries are largely not interested in participating in whatsoever