The Curmudgeon
@thecurmudgeon.bsky.social
Aging left wing punk just trying to organize the working class and make some cool stuff along the way.
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youtube.com/@DeathtotheAlgorithm
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Sucked down a milkshake this afternoon and as a result I get a surprise night off. Stupid old man stomach.
December 2, 2025 at 6:09 AM
Sucked down a milkshake this afternoon and as a result I get a surprise night off. Stupid old man stomach.
For the midnighters.
Here it is. My newest video on Death to the Algorithm, Space Liberals: An Andor Review (sorta). It took six months but it looks much better, is 56 mins long, and has puppets! Enjoy & subscribe!
youtu.be/flu0lYWWPL8?...
youtu.be/flu0lYWWPL8?...
Space Liberals: An Andor Review (sorta)
YouTube video by Death to the Algorithm
youtu.be
December 2, 2025 at 5:27 AM
For the midnighters.
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For all the mfers who say workers just serve coffee, just deliver packages, just stock shelves, just clean rooms, just prep food, or just check in guests, remember this, they keep our communities running every day. And when they’re on a picket line, you respect it.
December 2, 2025 at 3:26 AM
For all the mfers who say workers just serve coffee, just deliver packages, just stock shelves, just clean rooms, just prep food, or just check in guests, remember this, they keep our communities running every day. And when they’re on a picket line, you respect it.
What a world.
It looks like someone invented a fake Russia advance in Ukraine to manipulate online gambling markets.
'Unauthorized' Edit to Ukraine's Frontline Maps Point to Polymarket's War Betting
It looks like someone invented a fake Russia advance in Ukraine to manipulate online gambling markets.
www.404media.co
December 1, 2025 at 6:24 PM
What a world.
What I don't get about this is, I can write bad all on my own, in my own special bad way. This seems like so much effort for small change. If you're gonna be a criminal, do better, aim higher.
so i've gotten a lot of submissions for IHTOV that were kind of weird. long prose, short on details about albums, but long on flowery words and the physicality of vinyl. all from other countries, with the same paypal address. i ran them through an AI detector, but they were ok, just bad
December 1, 2025 at 5:39 PM
What I don't get about this is, I can write bad all on my own, in my own special bad way. This seems like so much effort for small change. If you're gonna be a criminal, do better, aim higher.
Here it is. My newest video on Death to the Algorithm, Space Liberals: An Andor Review (sorta). It took six months but it looks much better, is 56 mins long, and has puppets! Enjoy & subscribe!
youtu.be/flu0lYWWPL8?...
youtu.be/flu0lYWWPL8?...
Space Liberals: An Andor Review (sorta)
YouTube video by Death to the Algorithm
youtu.be
December 1, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Here it is. My newest video on Death to the Algorithm, Space Liberals: An Andor Review (sorta). It took six months but it looks much better, is 56 mins long, and has puppets! Enjoy & subscribe!
youtu.be/flu0lYWWPL8?...
youtu.be/flu0lYWWPL8?...
500,000 TIMES!
BREAKING: According to a recent investigation by NYC's Department of Consumer and Worker Protection, Starbucks illegally violated workers' protection laws in NYC 500,000 times since 2021. Over $35.5 million will be paid in restitution to Starbucks workers!
gothamist.com/news/starbuc...
gothamist.com/news/starbuc...
Starbucks to pay $35M to NYC workers after city alleges years of abuses
The city says about 15,000 employees will get paid $50 for each week worked over a three-year period. For some workers, that's thousands of dollars.
gothamist.com
December 1, 2025 at 5:12 PM
500,000 TIMES!
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IHTOV is off today due to some scheduling shenanigans but..
my favorite yacht rock documentary is a year old, so let's repost an in depth interview @thecurmudgeon.bsky.social had with @hollywoodsteve.bsky.social about all things yacht rock ihavethatonvinyl.com/conversation...
my favorite yacht rock documentary is a year old, so let's repost an in depth interview @thecurmudgeon.bsky.social had with @hollywoodsteve.bsky.social about all things yacht rock ihavethatonvinyl.com/conversation...
Talking to Yacht Rock Expert "Hollywood" Steve Huey
“At this point, JD had started calling it yacht rock. Because you look at the cover of Loggins and Messina’s Full Sail album, they’re on a boat. They’re very, very happy to be on a boat. You look at t...
ihavethatonvinyl.com
December 1, 2025 at 9:39 AM
IHTOV is off today due to some scheduling shenanigans but..
my favorite yacht rock documentary is a year old, so let's repost an in depth interview @thecurmudgeon.bsky.social had with @hollywoodsteve.bsky.social about all things yacht rock ihavethatonvinyl.com/conversation...
my favorite yacht rock documentary is a year old, so let's repost an in depth interview @thecurmudgeon.bsky.social had with @hollywoodsteve.bsky.social about all things yacht rock ihavethatonvinyl.com/conversation...
Finally finished my next Death to The Algorithm video. It only took 8 months. Up tomorrow.
November 30, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Finally finished my next Death to The Algorithm video. It only took 8 months. Up tomorrow.
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The right is full of grown-ass adults who are afraid of vaccines, kid's books, and anyone Twitter or OAN tells them to fear, including the entirety of NYC, and NYC is full of people who cheerfully chase federal agents out of the state and then do stunts on Citibikes; you tell ME who's going to win.
The scene now at Lafayette and Howard, diagonal to the ICE garage which activists remain camped out in front of on both sides of the building.
November 29, 2025 at 10:28 PM
The right is full of grown-ass adults who are afraid of vaccines, kid's books, and anyone Twitter or OAN tells them to fear, including the entirety of NYC, and NYC is full of people who cheerfully chase federal agents out of the state and then do stunts on Citibikes; you tell ME who's going to win.
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it's the IHTOV black friday sale!
join today and get 15% off your first month's membership or 15% off if you sign up for a full year. it's a great way to support IHTOV, and you get great exclusive discussions, polls, and posts. discount code is 3B72F through 12/5 www.patreon.com/c/IHaveThato...
join today and get 15% off your first month's membership or 15% off if you sign up for a full year. it's a great way to support IHTOV, and you get great exclusive discussions, polls, and posts. discount code is 3B72F through 12/5 www.patreon.com/c/IHaveThato...
Get more from I Have That on Vinyl on Patreon
a collection of collections
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November 28, 2025 at 5:32 PM
it's the IHTOV black friday sale!
join today and get 15% off your first month's membership or 15% off if you sign up for a full year. it's a great way to support IHTOV, and you get great exclusive discussions, polls, and posts. discount code is 3B72F through 12/5 www.patreon.com/c/IHaveThato...
join today and get 15% off your first month's membership or 15% off if you sign up for a full year. it's a great way to support IHTOV, and you get great exclusive discussions, polls, and posts. discount code is 3B72F through 12/5 www.patreon.com/c/IHaveThato...
I just figured out why I've felt like I've been forgetting something lately. I missed Sandwich Night. BOO ME!
November 28, 2025 at 2:52 PM
I just figured out why I've felt like I've been forgetting something lately. I missed Sandwich Night. BOO ME!
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at IHTOV today:
you've heard of black friday, but at IHTOV we celebrate frank black friday. popmatters writers @rfwilhelm.bsky.social and @ingalls1969.bsky.social got together to give an oral history of teenager of the year, and how it connects them
ihavethatonvinyl.com/essays/welco...
you've heard of black friday, but at IHTOV we celebrate frank black friday. popmatters writers @rfwilhelm.bsky.social and @ingalls1969.bsky.social got together to give an oral history of teenager of the year, and how it connects them
ihavethatonvinyl.com/essays/welco...
Welcome to Frank Black Friday
Oh, you don’t know about Frank Black Friday? Read on to learn all about Frank Black Friday and more as PopMatters pals Rich Wilhelm and Chris Ingalls present an oral history of how their separate 30-y...
ihavethatonvinyl.com
November 28, 2025 at 9:52 AM
at IHTOV today:
you've heard of black friday, but at IHTOV we celebrate frank black friday. popmatters writers @rfwilhelm.bsky.social and @ingalls1969.bsky.social got together to give an oral history of teenager of the year, and how it connects them
ihavethatonvinyl.com/essays/welco...
you've heard of black friday, but at IHTOV we celebrate frank black friday. popmatters writers @rfwilhelm.bsky.social and @ingalls1969.bsky.social got together to give an oral history of teenager of the year, and how it connects them
ihavethatonvinyl.com/essays/welco...
My parents continue their holiday tradition of being hours late.
November 27, 2025 at 7:18 PM
My parents continue their holiday tradition of being hours late.
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Shout-out to everyone on the Group W Bench today.
November 27, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Shout-out to everyone on the Group W Bench today.
Turns out I have used up all my insurance money for the year, so I had to reschedule for January. So I can still eat (that's good). But I have to see my family (that's bad). But I can enjoy my weekend off (that's good). But I still need these teeth pulled (that's bad).
November 27, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Turns out I have used up all my insurance money for the year, so I had to reschedule for January. So I can still eat (that's good). But I have to see my family (that's bad). But I can enjoy my weekend off (that's good). But I still need these teeth pulled (that's bad).
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A class war Thanksgiving greeting from the early 20th-century socialist newspaper Appeal to Reason.
November 27, 2025 at 1:00 PM
A class war Thanksgiving greeting from the early 20th-century socialist newspaper Appeal to Reason.
My Name Is Jonas
Serve The Servants
Blister In The Sun
At The Bottom of Everything
Good Times, Bad Times
Serve The Servants
Blister In The Sun
At The Bottom of Everything
Good Times, Bad Times
November 27, 2025 at 8:15 AM
My Name Is Jonas
Serve The Servants
Blister In The Sun
At The Bottom of Everything
Good Times, Bad Times
Serve The Servants
Blister In The Sun
At The Bottom of Everything
Good Times, Bad Times
The solution to this problem is not AI. It's creating a society where people's material needs are met so they can choose to pursue art without worrying about starving.
All AI music does is devalue the work done by human artists. It’s not accessibility, it’s exploitation. We need real protections for artists against AI!
BTW — even if you had access to this AI startup as a child, you still wouldn’t know how to make music.
BTW — even if you had access to this AI startup as a child, you still wouldn’t know how to make music.
November 26, 2025 at 3:14 PM
The solution to this problem is not AI. It's creating a society where people's material needs are met so they can choose to pursue art without worrying about starving.
Getting three more teeth pulled today, the day before Thanksgiving. I'm not very good at calendars and now I must pay the price.
November 26, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Getting three more teeth pulled today, the day before Thanksgiving. I'm not very good at calendars and now I must pay the price.
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Here's something to listen on the drive to your family's house. A new episode of the One Big Podcast. We discuss the book 'Solidarity Unionism: Rebuilding the Labor Movement from Below' by Staughton Lynd from @pmpress.bsky.social. Enjoy!
open.spotify.com/episode/7phV...
open.spotify.com/episode/7phV...
Solidarity Unionism Book Discussion
open.spotify.com
November 25, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Here's something to listen on the drive to your family's house. A new episode of the One Big Podcast. We discuss the book 'Solidarity Unionism: Rebuilding the Labor Movement from Below' by Staughton Lynd from @pmpress.bsky.social. Enjoy!
open.spotify.com/episode/7phV...
open.spotify.com/episode/7phV...
Training a 21 year old (it's their first job) in our building and more so then them just being bad at the job, I hate that they are making me say shit every adult said to me when I was 15. She's making me sound like an old asshole. I'M YOUNG AND COOL DAMMIT! JUST DO YOUR JOB.
November 25, 2025 at 12:26 PM
Training a 21 year old (it's their first job) in our building and more so then them just being bad at the job, I hate that they are making me say shit every adult said to me when I was 15. She's making me sound like an old asshole. I'M YOUNG AND COOL DAMMIT! JUST DO YOUR JOB.
Who needs Grok when you can just post yourself saying the dumbest shit and have the whole internet roast you like the idiotic personality void creature you are?
Everything about this might be the saddest thing I’ve ever seen
November 24, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Who needs Grok when you can just post yourself saying the dumbest shit and have the whole internet roast you like the idiotic personality void creature you are?
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It's Monday. So I thought I'd checka my email.
flashy: homestarrunner.com/sbemails/210...
tubey: youtu.be/-zhsNdk1_Vc?si
flashy: homestarrunner.com/sbemails/210...
tubey: youtu.be/-zhsNdk1_Vc?si
November 24, 2025 at 3:05 PM
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