Rod Meade Sperry
@rodmeadesperry.bsky.social
Editor/writer, delighted husband, musician, artist, dogfather, sanghamate, punk singer, foole
still more buddhist punk: "ecstatic black metal" that “fuses Zen Buddhist thought with queer history” and includes a song called "Bodhidharma"
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The Spiritual Sound, by Agriculture
10 track album
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October 23, 2025 at 5:52 PM
still more buddhist punk: "ecstatic black metal" that “fuses Zen Buddhist thought with queer history” and includes a song called "Bodhidharma"
agriculturemusic.bandcamp.com/album/the-sp...
agriculturemusic.bandcamp.com/album/the-sp...
May it be so
The sleeping giant is awakening
After a week of authoritarian excess, the nation is turning on Trump
robertreich.substack.com
September 25, 2025 at 4:40 PM
May it be so
If you're an online content-creator, you shouldn't miss this.
Advice from a Ghost
In the wake of Jimmy Kimmel's cancellation, here's what comedy people need to do.
[Folks, I just posted this to Substack, because those are the people I think really need to hear it, but just in case...
online.americanbystander.org
September 18, 2025 at 5:56 PM
If you're an online content-creator, you shouldn't miss this.
unfuckingbelievable
ABC yanks Jimmy Kimmel’s show ‘indefinitely’ after remarks about Charlie Kirk | CNN Business
Disney’s ABC is taking Jimmy Kimmel’s late night talk show off the air indefinitely amid a controversy over his recent comments about Charlie Kirk’s suspected killer.
www.cnn.com
September 18, 2025 at 12:12 AM
unfuckingbelievable
breaking
New York City comptroller and mayoral candidate Brad Lander arrested by immigration officers inside Manhattan court | CNN
New York City comptroller and mayoral candidate Brad Lander was arrested by federal officers inside a Manhattan immigration court on Tuesday, according to a spokesperson for his office.
www.cnn.com
June 17, 2025 at 6:43 PM
breaking
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This is the energy we need to beat these fascist fucks.
Here's another angle from Fox News reporter Bill Melugin of Sen. Alex Padilla getting roughed up by law enforcement after he tries to question Kristi Noem at her presser:
“I’m Senator Alex Padilla. I have questions for the secretary. Because the fact of the matter is, a half dozen... Hands off!”
“I’m Senator Alex Padilla. I have questions for the secretary. Because the fact of the matter is, a half dozen... Hands off!”
June 12, 2025 at 6:18 PM
This is the energy we need to beat these fascist fucks.
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Some happy news.
Roshi Joan Halifax recovering, "doing great" after heart surgery
"All is going in the right direction," reports Upaya Zen Center. "Thank you for your loving care."
www.lionsroar.com
June 12, 2025 at 12:45 PM
Some happy news.
Reposted by Rod Meade Sperry
Roshi Joan Halifax underwent major heart surgery this morning, @upaya.bsky.social has announced. Please visit their post for more info, and join us in wishing Roshi Joan all the best for every moment in her healing and beyond.
The Spirit of Care - Roshi Joan Halifax Updates + leave you messages HERE
Visit this page for updates and to leave a message for Roshi Joan as she heals from heart surgery.
www.upaya.org
June 10, 2025 at 9:29 PM
Roshi Joan Halifax underwent major heart surgery this morning, @upaya.bsky.social has announced. Please visit their post for more info, and join us in wishing Roshi Joan all the best for every moment in her healing and beyond.
Not sure I ever shared an article from USA Today before, but this was good to see.
Trump lied about LA protests to deploy the National Guard. He wants violence. | Opinion
President Donald Trump wants you to believe the second-largest city in America is in ruins, destroyed by 'insurrectionist mobs.' It's a dangerous lie.
www.usatoday.com
June 9, 2025 at 10:46 PM
Not sure I ever shared an article from USA Today before, but this was good to see.
Great article from @jimvermin.bsky.social
FLAG once again proves that not all punk band reunions are created equal
The hardcore supergroup featuring former members of Black Flag at Punk Rock Bowling was more than a reunion show. It felt like history in the making, especially in the wake of their original band's ev...
www.latimes.com
May 30, 2025 at 11:42 AM
Great article from @jimvermin.bsky.social
Getting to be Ramones weather
April 30, 2025 at 8:39 PM
Getting to be Ramones weather
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Big update in the Mohsen Mahdawi story today!
Judge orders release of Buddhism-informed activist Mohsen Mahdawi
Mahdawi’s case has found support in some corners of the Buddhist community, most notably in via letters from mostly American Zen teachers as well as from Ven. Bhikkhu Bodhi.
www.lionsroar.com
April 30, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Big update in the Mohsen Mahdawi story today!
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"I am practicing here my constitutional rights, not to call for any destruction of anyone, not to fight anyone. I'm saying we need peace."
Mohsen Mahdawi at peace, meditating, he tells NPR in prison interview
It is the first media interview with Mahdawi -- the detained student activist and former president of Columbia University’s Buddhist Association -- or any of the students detained by the Trump adminis...
www.lionsroar.com
April 29, 2025 at 2:38 PM
"I am practicing here my constitutional rights, not to call for any destruction of anyone, not to fight anyone. I'm saying we need peace."
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Barry Blitt’s first 100 days cover for the New Yorker.
April 28, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Barry Blitt’s first 100 days cover for the New Yorker.
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A sticker for these times.
April 27, 2025 at 11:10 AM
A sticker for these times.
"This is not immigration enforcement. This is repression. This is authoritarianism."
Opinion | We Visited Rumeysa Ozturk in Detention.
The Constitution is only as strong as our willingness to defend it.
www.nytimes.com
April 25, 2025 at 11:13 AM
"This is not immigration enforcement. This is repression. This is authoritarianism."
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Me at 17, rocking a Pere Ubu shirt. (And a Wacky Packages sticker on my bass.) David Thomas, RIP.
April 24, 2025 at 8:39 PM
Me at 17, rocking a Pere Ubu shirt. (And a Wacky Packages sticker on my bass.) David Thomas, RIP.
Gah!
Pere Ubu's David Thomas, dead at 71
Rest easy, David. You one of a kind.
www.brooklynvegan.com
April 24, 2025 at 12:22 PM
Gah!
Hey! Follow my @equimerton.bsky.social “Flashes” account for visuals & music & the like. For example, my first post there:
A beautiful find from the Halifax record fair. Some hilarity does indeed ensue.
April 23, 2025 at 12:22 AM
Hey! Follow my @equimerton.bsky.social “Flashes” account for visuals & music & the like. For example, my first post there:
She was as fine a human as I've known, that's for sure.
Our dear Cindy Littlefair was a dynamo of action, positivity, and empathy - a beloved mom and community member; a gifted writer; committed dharma person; cheerleader for and exemplar of goodness. Loved ones and sangha will gather for a funeral ceremony of Sukhavati in Halifax today.
Remembering Our Friend and Colleague, Cindy Littlefair
We remember Cindy Littlefair, our dear friend and longtime human resources manager, whose invaluable contribution and dedication left a lasting impact on everyone at Lion’s Roar.
www.lionsroar.com
April 18, 2025 at 1:36 PM
She was as fine a human as I've known, that's for sure.
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I want to tell you why the case of Kilmar Abrego Garcia should matter to you.
The one power you cannot give the executive is the ability to imprison or expel anyone regardless of their legal rights. That is our key check against autocracy. And we are watching it disappear.
The one power you cannot give the executive is the ability to imprison or expel anyone regardless of their legal rights. That is our key check against autocracy. And we are watching it disappear.
April 15, 2025 at 9:05 PM
I want to tell you why the case of Kilmar Abrego Garcia should matter to you.
The one power you cannot give the executive is the ability to imprison or expel anyone regardless of their legal rights. That is our key check against autocracy. And we are watching it disappear.
The one power you cannot give the executive is the ability to imprison or expel anyone regardless of their legal rights. That is our key check against autocracy. And we are watching it disappear.
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"His quest for a way to deal with his suffering eventually led him to the Buddha’s teachings," recalls Ven Bhikkhu Bodhi about Mahdawi.
Student activist and former Columbia Buddhist Association leader Mohsen Mahdawi detained; facing deportation
A Vermont federal judge has decreed that Mahdawi is not to be moved out of the United States or Vermont until he orders otherwise.
www.lionsroar.com
April 15, 2025 at 3:05 PM
"His quest for a way to deal with his suffering eventually led him to the Buddha’s teachings," recalls Ven Bhikkhu Bodhi about Mahdawi.