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@ludditerobot.bsky.social
Writer, movie-watcher, jazz-listener, fascism-loather. Dad.
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When we get out the other side of this, we should think seriously about making signs like this permanent, like the plaques in Paris that tell you that you're standing on the exact spot where a resistance fighter was shot down by the Nazis in 1944.
seen in my neighborhood in south Minneapolis
February 10, 2026 at 11:56 PM
When we get out the other side of this, we should think seriously about making signs like this permanent, like the plaques in Paris that tell you that you're standing on the exact spot where a resistance fighter was shot down by the Nazis in 1944.
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Amber Glenn won Olympic gold on Sunday. That same day, she left social media because of death threats. Her offense: she'd told reporters the queer community is going through "a hard time." The headline called it "backlash." www.readtpa.com/p/the-thresh...
The Threshold
The right used to attack athletes who protested. Now they attack athletes who express feelings at all.
www.readtpa.com
February 10, 2026 at 7:17 PM
Amber Glenn won Olympic gold on Sunday. That same day, she left social media because of death threats. Her offense: she'd told reporters the queer community is going through "a hard time." The headline called it "backlash." www.readtpa.com/p/the-thresh...
And speaking of which, references to Return To Oz mime / puppeteer / fake-sounding name-haver Justin Case reminded me of this movie we inexplicably had on VHS my whole childhood
February 10, 2026 at 6:06 PM
And speaking of which, references to Return To Oz mime / puppeteer / fake-sounding name-haver Justin Case reminded me of this movie we inexplicably had on VHS my whole childhood
Going to be thinking about Griffin from @blankcheck.bsky.social, on an ep about We Need To Talk About Kevin, calling Love Actually "the Kevin of holiday movies" for a long, long time
February 10, 2026 at 6:00 PM
Going to be thinking about Griffin from @blankcheck.bsky.social, on an ep about We Need To Talk About Kevin, calling Love Actually "the Kevin of holiday movies" for a long, long time
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glad charley made all this explicit, he has been a real one
Country Singer, songwriter Charley Crockett well said......
February 10, 2026 at 2:43 PM
glad charley made all this explicit, he has been a real one
Cronenberg-ass company name
February 10, 2026 at 2:25 PM
Cronenberg-ass company name
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Schumer: ball’s in your court
Republicans: stab the ball, tear it apart, set it on fire, rip up the court and sell the turf to Bahrain
Schumer: hey you guys are out of balls
Republicans: we’re gonna kill your families
Schumer: ok we’ll pass funding for new balls but you’ve GOT to read the rules
Republicans: stab the ball, tear it apart, set it on fire, rip up the court and sell the turf to Bahrain
Schumer: hey you guys are out of balls
Republicans: we’re gonna kill your families
Schumer: ok we’ll pass funding for new balls but you’ve GOT to read the rules
February 10, 2026 at 1:34 PM
Schumer: ball’s in your court
Republicans: stab the ball, tear it apart, set it on fire, rip up the court and sell the turf to Bahrain
Schumer: hey you guys are out of balls
Republicans: we’re gonna kill your families
Schumer: ok we’ll pass funding for new balls but you’ve GOT to read the rules
Republicans: stab the ball, tear it apart, set it on fire, rip up the court and sell the turf to Bahrain
Schumer: hey you guys are out of balls
Republicans: we’re gonna kill your families
Schumer: ok we’ll pass funding for new balls but you’ve GOT to read the rules
Happy birthday Roland Hanna!
Ron Carter - bass, piccolo bass
Joe Henderson - tenor sax
Roland Hanna - piano
Richard Tee - electric piano
Billy Cobham - drums, percussion
Released - 1974
Recorded - Oct 24, 1973
Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ
Label - CTI
Producer - Creed Taylor
#jazzsky
Ron Carter - bass, piccolo bass
Joe Henderson - tenor sax
Roland Hanna - piano
Richard Tee - electric piano
Billy Cobham - drums, percussion
Released - 1974
Recorded - Oct 24, 1973
Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ
Label - CTI
Producer - Creed Taylor
#jazzsky
All Blues
YouTube video by Ron Carter - Topic
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February 10, 2026 at 1:57 PM
Happy birthday Roland Hanna!
Ron Carter - bass, piccolo bass
Joe Henderson - tenor sax
Roland Hanna - piano
Richard Tee - electric piano
Billy Cobham - drums, percussion
Released - 1974
Recorded - Oct 24, 1973
Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ
Label - CTI
Producer - Creed Taylor
#jazzsky
Ron Carter - bass, piccolo bass
Joe Henderson - tenor sax
Roland Hanna - piano
Richard Tee - electric piano
Billy Cobham - drums, percussion
Released - 1974
Recorded - Oct 24, 1973
Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ
Label - CTI
Producer - Creed Taylor
#jazzsky
Happy birthday Walter Perkins!
Jaki Byard - piano
Richard Williams - trumpet
Booker Ervin - tenor sax
Bob Cranshaw - bass
Walter Perkins - drums
Released - 1965
Recorded - May 21 & 28, 1964
Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ
Label - Prestige
Producer - Ozzie Cadena
#jazzsky
Jaki Byard - piano
Richard Williams - trumpet
Booker Ervin - tenor sax
Bob Cranshaw - bass
Walter Perkins - drums
Released - 1965
Recorded - May 21 & 28, 1964
Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ
Label - Prestige
Producer - Ozzie Cadena
#jazzsky
Searchlight
YouTube video by Jaki Byard - Topic
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February 10, 2026 at 1:42 PM
Happy birthday Walter Perkins!
Jaki Byard - piano
Richard Williams - trumpet
Booker Ervin - tenor sax
Bob Cranshaw - bass
Walter Perkins - drums
Released - 1965
Recorded - May 21 & 28, 1964
Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ
Label - Prestige
Producer - Ozzie Cadena
#jazzsky
Jaki Byard - piano
Richard Williams - trumpet
Booker Ervin - tenor sax
Bob Cranshaw - bass
Walter Perkins - drums
Released - 1965
Recorded - May 21 & 28, 1964
Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ
Label - Prestige
Producer - Ozzie Cadena
#jazzsky
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Happy 13th anniversary to this pair of matching news headlines.
February 10, 2026 at 7:26 AM
Happy 13th anniversary to this pair of matching news headlines.
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This is the 38th time that the U.S. military has unlawfully killed civilians on the orders of Pete Hegseth and Donald Trump. At least 130 people — never charged with crimes, their identities unknown to their executioners — are now dead.
We are murdering people and it is basically just background noise at this point. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/09/u...
U.S. Boat Strike Kills 2 in Pacific, With One Survivor
www.nytimes.com
February 10, 2026 at 11:29 AM
This is the 38th time that the U.S. military has unlawfully killed civilians on the orders of Pete Hegseth and Donald Trump. At least 130 people — never charged with crimes, their identities unknown to their executioners — are now dead.
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Jazz OTD: Anyone who follows my feed knows that I love George Cables's work, and "In Good Company" - recorded February 10, 2015 - is a characteristically excellent piano trio session: by turns lyrical and propulsive, brilliantly played by Cables with Essiet Essiet (b) and Victor Lewis (d). #jazzsky
George Cables - Naima's Love Song
YouTube video by Jazz Everyday!
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February 10, 2026 at 11:35 AM
Jazz OTD: Anyone who follows my feed knows that I love George Cables's work, and "In Good Company" - recorded February 10, 2015 - is a characteristically excellent piano trio session: by turns lyrical and propulsive, brilliantly played by Cables with Essiet Essiet (b) and Victor Lewis (d). #jazzsky
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Jazz OTD: Here's the exceptional opening cut to "Free For All," recorded on February 10, 1964 by Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers with one of the band's best lineups: Freddie Hubbard (tp), Curtis Fuller (tb), Wayne Shorter (ts), Cedar Walton (p), and Reginald Workman (b). Brilliant stuff. #jazzsky
Free For All (2004 Remaster/Rudy Van Gelder Edition)
YouTube video by Art Blakey - Topic
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February 10, 2026 at 11:31 AM
Jazz OTD: Here's the exceptional opening cut to "Free For All," recorded on February 10, 1964 by Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers with one of the band's best lineups: Freddie Hubbard (tp), Curtis Fuller (tb), Wayne Shorter (ts), Cedar Walton (p), and Reginald Workman (b). Brilliant stuff. #jazzsky
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Jazz OTD: Pianist Andrew Hill had a staggering run of mid-1960s Blue Note classics. Pax - recorded February 10, 1965 - sat unreleased until 1975, but the high-energy quintet date with Freddie Hubbard (tp), Joe Henderson (ts), Richard Davis (b), and Joe Chambers (d) is a rewarding affair. #jazzsky
Calliope (Remastered)
YouTube video by Andrew Hill - Topic
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February 10, 2026 at 11:25 AM
Jazz OTD: Pianist Andrew Hill had a staggering run of mid-1960s Blue Note classics. Pax - recorded February 10, 1965 - sat unreleased until 1975, but the high-energy quintet date with Freddie Hubbard (tp), Joe Henderson (ts), Richard Davis (b), and Joe Chambers (d) is a rewarding affair. #jazzsky
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I think collectively, we at least partially wanted the child at the Super Bowl to be Liam because the little boy on stage looked happy and healthy and our hearts want so badly to think these children can somehow magically recover from the evils our government is doing.
Super Bowl viewers Sunday speculated that 5-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos appeared in the halftime show. In fact, he has been in hiding with his family.
“He can’t sleep well at night. He wakes up three or four times a night screaming, ‘Daddy, Daddy,’” Liam's father Adrian Conejo Arias, said.
“He can’t sleep well at night. He wakes up three or four times a night screaming, ‘Daddy, Daddy,’” Liam's father Adrian Conejo Arias, said.
‘He’s not the same’: Father of Liam Conejo Ramos says 5-year-old continues to suffer
Some people thought they say the 5-year-old during the Super Bowl halftime show. But Liam is still in hiding with his family, after he and his father were detained and then released from a Texas deten...
www.mprnews.org
February 10, 2026 at 1:23 AM
I think collectively, we at least partially wanted the child at the Super Bowl to be Liam because the little boy on stage looked happy and healthy and our hearts want so badly to think these children can somehow magically recover from the evils our government is doing.
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gatorade is owned by pepsico but it's the coca cola of the sports drink market. powerade in turn is owned by coca cola, but it's unquestionably the pepsi of sports drinks. this should be plainly obvious to all
February 9, 2026 at 10:03 PM
gatorade is owned by pepsico but it's the coca cola of the sports drink market. powerade in turn is owned by coca cola, but it's unquestionably the pepsi of sports drinks. this should be plainly obvious to all
Ha yeah that was me. My mom was a French teacher though so there was some pressure, and I was the kind of kid who wanted to watch French New Wave movies and smoke cigarettes while discussing Sartre or whatever (read: “challenging”). Wish I’d already put in years of Spanish study now though
February 9, 2026 at 7:42 PM
Ha yeah that was me. My mom was a French teacher though so there was some pressure, and I was the kind of kid who wanted to watch French New Wave movies and smoke cigarettes while discussing Sartre or whatever (read: “challenging”). Wish I’d already put in years of Spanish study now though
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It bears repeating that Tom Homan is a fucking psycho and Greg Bovino's exile means functionally nothing when it comes to what's happening on the ground in Minnesota.
In one 30-minute stretch, three legal observers were arrested — as Trump’s Border czar Tom Homan calls on locals to “end the resistance.”
“Uptick In Abductions”: ICE Ramps Up Targeting of Minneapolis Legal Observers
In one 30-minute stretch, three Minneapolis legal observers were arrested as ICE ramped up its targeting of community volunteers.
interc.pt
February 9, 2026 at 6:57 PM
It bears repeating that Tom Homan is a fucking psycho and Greg Bovino's exile means functionally nothing when it comes to what's happening on the ground in Minnesota.
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Kiran, 16, led his walkout in Silver Spring, MD.
"When I am protesting and speaking out, I’m not just thinking about my family, because I know my family has some level of privilege against what ICE is doing. I’m really trying to think about all the other people who don’t have that privilege."
"When I am protesting and speaking out, I’m not just thinking about my family, because I know my family has some level of privilege against what ICE is doing. I’m really trying to think about all the other people who don’t have that privilege."
These are the high schoolers taking a stand against ICE: ‘You can’t let despair take over’
Thousands of students across the US have been walking out of their schools to protest ICE in their communities
www.theguardian.com
February 9, 2026 at 3:22 PM
Kiran, 16, led his walkout in Silver Spring, MD.
"When I am protesting and speaking out, I’m not just thinking about my family, because I know my family has some level of privilege against what ICE is doing. I’m really trying to think about all the other people who don’t have that privilege."
"When I am protesting and speaking out, I’m not just thinking about my family, because I know my family has some level of privilege against what ICE is doing. I’m really trying to think about all the other people who don’t have that privilege."
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on Fri, Henders, 17, walked out at his school in the Woodlands, TX.
"Mostly everyone here in the area supports ICE and their actions, and pretty much everything that Trump is doing. But [during our walkout], our student body demonstrated its commitment to social justice and we are proud of it."
"Mostly everyone here in the area supports ICE and their actions, and pretty much everything that Trump is doing. But [during our walkout], our student body demonstrated its commitment to social justice and we are proud of it."
These are the high schoolers taking a stand against ICE: ‘You can’t let despair take over’
Thousands of students across the US have been walking out of their schools to protest ICE in their communities
theguardian.com
February 9, 2026 at 3:21 PM
on Fri, Henders, 17, walked out at his school in the Woodlands, TX.
"Mostly everyone here in the area supports ICE and their actions, and pretty much everything that Trump is doing. But [during our walkout], our student body demonstrated its commitment to social justice and we are proud of it."
"Mostly everyone here in the area supports ICE and their actions, and pretty much everything that Trump is doing. But [during our walkout], our student body demonstrated its commitment to social justice and we are proud of it."
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this exchange really distills what young people are seeing. best friends Rhy and Arianna, both 17, described their preschool aged cousins being told at school they would get deported—and recalled being afraid of the same as elementary schoolers in 2016.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
February 9, 2026 at 3:19 PM
this exchange really distills what young people are seeing. best friends Rhy and Arianna, both 17, described their preschool aged cousins being told at school they would get deported—and recalled being afraid of the same as elementary schoolers in 2016.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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Samiya, 17, led her Los Angeles high school's walkout.
"The White House has a TikTok account, and they’ll post things like 'deportation ASMR'. You go on YouTube the night before school, and you watch an ad of Kristi Noem threatening everybody who has ever come to this country. It’s frightening."
"The White House has a TikTok account, and they’ll post things like 'deportation ASMR'. You go on YouTube the night before school, and you watch an ad of Kristi Noem threatening everybody who has ever come to this country. It’s frightening."
These are the high schoolers taking a stand against ICE: ‘You can’t let despair take over’
Thousands of students across the US have been walking out of their schools to protest ICE in their communities
www.theguardian.com
February 9, 2026 at 3:11 PM
Samiya, 17, led her Los Angeles high school's walkout.
"The White House has a TikTok account, and they’ll post things like 'deportation ASMR'. You go on YouTube the night before school, and you watch an ad of Kristi Noem threatening everybody who has ever come to this country. It’s frightening."
"The White House has a TikTok account, and they’ll post things like 'deportation ASMR'. You go on YouTube the night before school, and you watch an ad of Kristi Noem threatening everybody who has ever come to this country. It’s frightening."
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in their walkout speech, Nathalie told their classmates,
"We’re being dehumanized and there’s nothing we can really do about it because we’re high schoolers... Not only are our parents being hunted, taken and kidnapped, but it’s also our little siblings being used as bait and then being taken."
"We’re being dehumanized and there’s nothing we can really do about it because we’re high schoolers... Not only are our parents being hunted, taken and kidnapped, but it’s also our little siblings being used as bait and then being taken."
These are the high schoolers taking a stand against ICE: ‘You can’t let despair take over’
Thousands of students across the US have been walking out of their schools to protest ICE in their communities
www.theguardian.com
February 9, 2026 at 3:09 PM
in their walkout speech, Nathalie told their classmates,
"We’re being dehumanized and there’s nothing we can really do about it because we’re high schoolers... Not only are our parents being hunted, taken and kidnapped, but it’s also our little siblings being used as bait and then being taken."
"We’re being dehumanized and there’s nothing we can really do about it because we’re high schoolers... Not only are our parents being hunted, taken and kidnapped, but it’s also our little siblings being used as bait and then being taken."
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Kid Rock actually did the same thing Bad Bunny did where he named all the different places that make up America but he only listed Texas, the part of Detroit where white people live, Funspot in New Hampshire and the defunct Times Square Señor Frog’s.
February 9, 2026 at 3:47 PM
Kid Rock actually did the same thing Bad Bunny did where he named all the different places that make up America but he only listed Texas, the part of Detroit where white people live, Funspot in New Hampshire and the defunct Times Square Señor Frog’s.
And then he named all the countries in the Americas, none of which are even US states! Get a map doofus!
Is there some sort of award for perfectly missing the point?
February 9, 2026 at 4:13 PM
And then he named all the countries in the Americas, none of which are even US states! Get a map doofus!