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Michael Hunter
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is a writer, designer and musician. He is cloud-based and disruptive.
Love that guy. Every official from this administration should be facing a rain of shoes daily…
Regardless of one’s feeling about it, such a public response to a political leader is news, and deliberately failing to mention it is self-censorship. It’s like if reporters agreed not to report on the man who threw a shoe at George Bush. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
NBC appears to cut crowd’s booing of JD Vance from Winter Olympics broadcast
The US vice-president, JD Vance, was greeted by a chorus of boos during when he appeared at the opening ceremony of the Winter Olympics in Milan on Friday
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February 7, 2026 at 2:50 PM
Neil Jung
February 7, 2026 at 4:18 AM
Most American voters feel like Diogenes these days. The very basic empathy that should be a given in any candidate is in short supply these days…
His enemies spend a lot of time attacking that Mamdani’s a “social democrat.”

What makes him special, I think, is that he’s an authentically moral person with empathy.

That’s sadly rare in politics these days.
Mamdani: "I speak of Renee Good, whose final words to the man who murdered her were, 'I'm not mad at you.' I speak of Alex Pretti who died as he lived, caring for the stranger. ICE shot him bc he did something they could never fathom ... let us offer a new path: one of defiance through compassion."
February 6, 2026 at 11:11 PM
Once again, the problem is easy access to guns in America. 🫤
February 6, 2026 at 11:09 PM
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@theonion.com is so worth the subscription for this
January 31, 2026 at 2:40 PM
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can't say which i find more appalling, remnick handing him a "fair enough" on the left and right being equally antisemitic or saying there was "no immigration policy" under dems. either way, super embarrassing for remnick to get steamrolled this hard by the right's pre-eminent midwit
February 6, 2026 at 9:31 PM
Morrissey voice: “A dreaded soda day”
Q: what is “symmetry?”

A:
February 6, 2026 at 10:51 PM
“You love to see it”
Vice President JD Vance gets roundly booed at the opening ceremony of the Milano-Cortina 2026 Olympics. "Those are a lot of boos for him, whistling jeering," says the presenter. US athletes receive a warm welcome from fans, though.
February 6, 2026 at 10:49 PM
Got on an Eastbound MARTA train mysteriously marked “Bankhead” because, you know, I want to get home. Turns out it’s that most worthless of trains, the Candler Park. 😡
February 6, 2026 at 10:48 PM
Duran Duran certainly thought so! #GirlsonFilm
I know the word “iconic” has been driven headfirst into the ground, but man oh man that bassline. RIP.
February 6, 2026 at 10:28 PM
It’s really simple, @democrats.org. We want to see you on the Capitol steps every day decrying the shit that’s going on.
Finneas is better at political messaging than 99% of the Democratic consultants in DC.
February 6, 2026 at 10:27 PM
The good music industry in the 21st century…
I run a micro label of mostly mine and my friends' music. It's bandcamp Friday, so check it if you like: space psych or heavy improv played on guitars, snares, veena, cracked pedals, voice, bottles or comps of pre-war south Indian instrumental music from 78s.
branchdravidian.bandcamp.com/merch
February 6, 2026 at 10:24 PM
Most likely to be the second VP with a gallows erected in his honor…
missed opportunity for Vance, not working the booing crowd like a wrestling heel.
February 6, 2026 at 10:23 PM
The giants are passing… glad I got to see the OG band once in the 90s.
Richard Lloyd just announced that Television bassist Fred Smith died in hospice today

RIP to one of the greats
Television - Elevation
YouTube video by SpaceOdyssee0
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February 6, 2026 at 9:16 PM
"In Between Self" (2021)
by South African artist
DEBORAH POYNTON (born 1970 in Durban, based in Cape Town), best known for her monumental, hyper- realistic, hyper-detailed portraits, usually of friends and family.

Oil on canvas
190 × 250 cm

#art #painting #artist #BlueSkyArt
February 6, 2026 at 5:40 PM
What to drink while you read this? Margs, Ana…
The rain,
then air,
are thin,
in earth.

#anagrams
February 6, 2026 at 5:21 PM
After one House reporter asks the question, the rest should shout in unison: “I HAVEN'T SEEN THAT!”
Pro tip to House reporters: Print this out and have with you BEFORE you interview Mike Johnson later today.
A screenshot from a video posted on Trump's Truth Social account: truthsocial.com/@realDonaldT...
February 6, 2026 at 5:19 PM
Luna covering Lou… (Lou-na?). Thanks, @tylerwilcox.bsky.social
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mh-I...
Luna, “New Sensations” (Lou Reed cover), 12/28/25, San Francisco
YouTube video by Oliver Yun
www.youtube.com
February 6, 2026 at 5:17 PM
You need to click through on this one to see one of the greatest band photos evar! Happy to be seeing JoJo in March in Atlanta…
February 6, 2026 at 5:09 PM
Pretty sure my college band Red Square played this one opening up for The Replacements on the “Let It Be” tour at FSU…
February 6, 2026 at 3:25 PM
Happy to be sharing the planet with this gent. Also, Willie the Shake was a bit of alright, yeah? www.instagram.com/reel/DUXMaLm...
colbertlateshow on Instagram: "Leave it to Shakespeare and @ianmckellen to so eloquently speak of man’s mountainish inhumanity. #Colbert #IanMcKellen #Shakespeare…"
Leave it to Shakespeare and @ianmckellen to so eloquently speak of man’s mountainish inhumanity. #Colbert #IanMcKellen #Shakespeare #ThomasMoreView all 9,262 comments
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February 6, 2026 at 3:23 PM
Here’s a fun thing to do when yer commuting: Yell, “Everybody! Off your phones, NOW!” 😂
February 6, 2026 at 2:32 PM
Mandatory listening on a “Pleasant Valley Sunday”! 😉
February 6, 2026 at 2:21 PM
Early contender for post of the day…
Just a slob like one of us
February 6, 2026 at 2:19 PM
Should be a national holiday, right?
Happy 3 Feet High day y’all

Big up to Prince Paul
February 6, 2026 at 2:17 PM