George Grella
@gtra1n.bsky.social
Write/edit about music & stuff all over the place, amazing taste, hard core values. Prolly only person to play CBGB and write about opera for the FT. Edit Brooklyn Rail music section, kickass newsletter: killyridols.substack.com
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Coming out April 30, 2026: preorder now! Links and more at the link! (new post with updated publication date)
Minimalist Music: The Book open.substack.com/pub/killyrid...
Minimalist Music: The Book open.substack.com/pub/killyrid...
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"[Bari Weiss] found a champion in Bill Maher, who would like you to think he’s Mort Sahl but is actually Vietnam-period Bob Hope with delusions of Hugh Hefner." phildyessnugent.substack.com/p/bari-weis-...
Bari Weis Doesn't Love America
America Wants to See Other People
phildyessnugent.substack.com
January 30, 2026 at 3:43 AM
"[Bari Weiss] found a champion in Bill Maher, who would like you to think he’s Mort Sahl but is actually Vietnam-period Bob Hope with delusions of Hugh Hefner." phildyessnugent.substack.com/p/bari-weis-...
Democrats agree to fund fascism but in a strongly worded letter way.
I dearly dearly hope the primaries will be a massacre because these fuckers absolutely will not learn and need to be retired and never heard from again
I dearly dearly hope the primaries will be a massacre because these fuckers absolutely will not learn and need to be retired and never heard from again
January 30, 2026 at 3:41 AM
Democrats agree to fund fascism but in a strongly worded letter way.
I dearly dearly hope the primaries will be a massacre because these fuckers absolutely will not learn and need to be retired and never heard from again
I dearly dearly hope the primaries will be a massacre because these fuckers absolutely will not learn and need to be retired and never heard from again
There are no words for how deplorably cowardly and incompetent @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social and @schumer.senate.gov are
If there's ever a history museum dedicated to this time period make sure this sentence gets displayed there
January 30, 2026 at 3:37 AM
There are no words for how deplorably cowardly and incompetent @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social and @schumer.senate.gov are
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what the fuck
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) on Thursday said House Democrats will demand a ban on the deportation of American citizens as a condition of winning their support for legislation funding the Department of Homeland Security (DHS).
Jeffries demands ban on deportation of US citizens as part of DHS reforms
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) on Thursday said House Democrats will demand a ban on the deportation of American citizens as a condition of winning their support for legislation fun…
www.kget.com
January 30, 2026 at 1:37 AM
what the fuck
What do you call someone willing to fund fascism?
January 30, 2026 at 3:13 AM
What do you call someone willing to fund fascism?
What a load of fascist appeasing surrender bullshit @schumer.senate.gov retire and make way for a leader
Minority Leader Chuck Schumer said the party agreed on three main goals:
° Require warrants in some cases and ICE coordination with state and local law enforcement
° Create a code of conduct and enforce it
° Require agents to wear body cams and not masks
° Require warrants in some cases and ICE coordination with state and local law enforcement
° Create a code of conduct and enforce it
° Require agents to wear body cams and not masks
Democrats demand new ICE restrictions as government shutdown looms
After federal agents shot and killed Alex Pretti in Minneapolis, Senate Democrats say they’ll block a massive government funding package without policy changes.
www.washingtonpost.com
January 30, 2026 at 3:05 AM
What a load of fascist appeasing surrender bullshit @schumer.senate.gov retire and make way for a leader
It has, as the man sang, “All the style and finesse / of the purchase of armaments”
You don't have the be an avowed AI hater to be impressed without lifeless and unwatchable this is.
January 29, 2026 at 8:59 PM
It has, as the man sang, “All the style and finesse / of the purchase of armaments”
Since Trump is laser focused on affordability that frees up @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social to try out some leadership
Trump: "People that own their homes -- we're gonna keep them wealthy. We're gonna keep those prices up. We're not gonna destroy the value of their homes so that somebody who didn't work very hard can buy a home."
January 29, 2026 at 8:09 PM
Since Trump is laser focused on affordability that frees up @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social to try out some leadership
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Melania called for unity and senate Dems took heed
January 29, 2026 at 8:02 PM
Melania called for unity and senate Dems took heed
Fausto Romitelli heavily in the house. IYKYK
January 29, 2026 at 7:46 PM
Fausto Romitelli heavily in the house. IYKYK
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I sometimes wish the Democratic Party in Congress consisted of any 260 people in the Minneapolis telephone directory rather than the 260 dignitaries now representing us.
January 29, 2026 at 5:41 PM
I sometimes wish the Democratic Party in Congress consisted of any 260 people in the Minneapolis telephone directory rather than the 260 dignitaries now representing us.
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As Greg points out, the Times thinks they're doing a dunk on Pretti, when actually they're providing evidence of *motive.* The ICE agents should be charged with Murder 1.
So the homicide was premeditated. Planned in advance. Agents knew they wanted to kill him, so they prepared for the opportunity and took it.
Thanks for helping NYT.
Thanks for helping NYT.
More than a week before federal agents killed Alex Pretti in Minneapolis, different agents pushed him to the ground after he spit at them and broke a taillight on their SUV, according to newly unearthed videos. Watch here.
January 29, 2026 at 5:46 PM
As Greg points out, the Times thinks they're doing a dunk on Pretti, when actually they're providing evidence of *motive.* The ICE agents should be charged with Murder 1.
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So the homicide was premeditated. Planned in advance. Agents knew they wanted to kill him, so they prepared for the opportunity and took it.
Thanks for helping NYT.
Thanks for helping NYT.
More than a week before federal agents killed Alex Pretti in Minneapolis, different agents pushed him to the ground after he spit at them and broke a taillight on their SUV, according to newly unearthed videos. Watch here.
Videos Show Alex Pretti in Confrontation With Agents 11 Days Before His Death
More than a week before federal agents killed Mr. Pretti, a Minneapolis nurse, different agents pushed him to the ground after he spit at them and broke a taillight on their S.U.V.
nyti.ms
January 29, 2026 at 3:11 PM
So the homicide was premeditated. Planned in advance. Agents knew they wanted to kill him, so they prepared for the opportunity and took it.
Thanks for helping NYT.
Thanks for helping NYT.
I'm glad to see there's some strategy going on, but this isn't much different than the leverage that @schumer.senate.gov had last fall, which he then abandoned because he and the centrists are chickenshits
Latest intel: The 5 govt funding bills will pass, & the 6th, the DHS bill, will get a continuing resolution to buy time to negotiate whatever these conditions in ICE are. The fight right now btwn Schumer & the White House is how long that CR will be. The WH wants 3 months; Schumer wants 1-2 weeks.
January 29, 2026 at 6:19 PM
I'm glad to see there's some strategy going on, but this isn't much different than the leverage that @schumer.senate.gov had last fall, which he then abandoned because he and the centrists are chickenshits
Well this looks like utter dog shit
First trailer for Darren Aranofsky's new AI animated series 'On This Day... 1776'
• Tells short narrative stories about the Revolutionary War
• Uses Gen AI tools, including tech made by Google DeepMind
• Has SAG voice actors
• Tells short narrative stories about the Revolutionary War
• Uses Gen AI tools, including tech made by Google DeepMind
• Has SAG voice actors
January 29, 2026 at 6:17 PM
Well this looks like utter dog shit
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lmao
Trump: "My friend, who is very successful, seriously overweight person, he takes the fat shot ... crude individual but smart as hell, made a lot of money ... I told him it wasn't working ... very well-known business person."
January 29, 2026 at 5:10 PM
lmao
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So you’re saying his murder was premeditated…?
More than a week before federal agents killed Alex Pretti in Minneapolis, different agents pushed him to the ground after he spit at them and broke a taillight on their SUV, according to newly unearthed videos. Watch here.
Videos Show Alex Pretti in Confrontation With Agents 11 Days Before His Death
More than a week before federal agents killed Mr. Pretti, a Minneapolis nurse, different agents pushed him to the ground after he spit at them and broke a taillight on their S.U.V.
nyti.ms
January 29, 2026 at 5:11 PM
So you’re saying his murder was premeditated…?
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Who knew that Saint Francis too had a mystic marriage? To no fewer than 3 lovely lady saints! Here depicted by Sassetta, whose day is today, in 1444.
January 29, 2026 at 3:38 PM
Who knew that Saint Francis too had a mystic marriage? To no fewer than 3 lovely lady saints! Here depicted by Sassetta, whose day is today, in 1444.
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there's something appalling happening on our beloved Brooklyn Bridge — an architectural marvel that a lot of people died to create! — and @davecolon.bsky.social has some thoughts on how to put a stop to it nygroove.nyc/brooklyn-bri...
If you tie your garbage to the Brooklyn Bridge you should be thrown off the bridge
I am not fucking around here.
nygroove.nyc
January 29, 2026 at 3:00 PM
there's something appalling happening on our beloved Brooklyn Bridge — an architectural marvel that a lot of people died to create! — and @davecolon.bsky.social has some thoughts on how to put a stop to it nygroove.nyc/brooklyn-bri...
have had to get through a HUGE amount of music writing so far this week, then on impulse cleansing the palette with Tchaikovsky No. 6, and forget how explosively EVERYTHING the Bernstein/NY Phil recording is, it's unbelievable
January 29, 2026 at 5:31 AM
have had to get through a HUGE amount of music writing so far this week, then on impulse cleansing the palette with Tchaikovsky No. 6, and forget how explosively EVERYTHING the Bernstein/NY Phil recording is, it's unbelievable
When you're getting the band back together
Yep, this is really something the president of this country just posted this evening.
January 29, 2026 at 5:11 AM
When you're getting the band back together
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What makes Gavin Newsom such a skilled politician is that he stands up to Trump’s bullying with piping hot memes AND is able to agree with Trump about policy
www.sacbee.com
www.sacbee.com
Gov. Gavin Newsom: ‘I disagree’ with calls to abolish ICE
The 2028 presidential contender came out against calls to dismantle ICE after an agent fatally shot a Minneapolis woman.
www.sacbee.com
January 29, 2026 at 4:20 AM
What makes Gavin Newsom such a skilled politician is that he stands up to Trump’s bullying with piping hot memes AND is able to agree with Trump about policy
www.sacbee.com
www.sacbee.com
Ted Lasso
Name a TV show that overstayed it's welcome
January 29, 2026 at 4:35 AM
Ted Lasso
This is fantastic
“What’s happening at the dirty movie place?” Throughout February the New Beverly pays tribute to its previous era as the Eros, a theatre dedicated to erotic cinema from around the globe.
January 29, 2026 at 4:35 AM
This is fantastic