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AJ is Rocking Out
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What perfect album came out the year you turned 16?
The cover for Drive Like Jehu's 1991 self-titled album.
November 17, 2025 at 5:03 PM
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Why...?
Screenshot of a NY Times headline saying "Trump Appeals Ruling That Orders Fast and Full SNAP Payments."
November 7, 2025 at 6:48 PM
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Shocker, they changed the title...
Screenshot of a NY Times opinion article for the column "Interesting times with Russ Douthat." The article title is "Did Liberal Feminism Ruin the Workplace?"
November 6, 2025 at 5:02 PM
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Wednesday on a Wednesday. #musicsky
The band Wednesday performing at the Aggie Theatre in downtown Fort Collins, CO.
October 23, 2025 at 1:40 PM
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Thousands out in Fort Collins, Colorado for #NoKings #NoKingsFortCollins
October 18, 2025 at 6:05 PM
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Finally saw Deafheaven last night and oh...my....gawd it was good. #metalsky #musicsky
The band Deafheaven on stage in blue light at the Aggie Theater in Fort Collins, Colorado.
October 8, 2025 at 2:32 PM
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Finally saw the Melvins last night. Good gawd those double drums pummel live. #musicsky #metalsky
Live concert venue full of people watching the Melvins on stage.
September 14, 2025 at 1:55 PM
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oh no this can't be good....
Screen capture of the Trending sidebar of Bluesky. The first trending item is "Ghislaine Maxwell," and the second trending item is "Big Balls."
August 12, 2025 at 8:51 PM
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Maybe it's not in _your_ word list, but....
A screenshot of the NY Times Spelling Bee game with the letters spelling the word "pimpin" and the game responding "Not in word list."
August 5, 2025 at 4:57 PM
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Got to see @bobmouldmusic.bsky.social for the first time tonight (even though I lived in the Twin Cities for 20 years) and holy crap did he RIP! It's so refreshing to see music at its purest, no pomp and circumstance, just a three piece kicking ass.

#musicsky
Bob Mould playing a live show in Fort Collins, Colorado.
April 13, 2025 at 4:39 AM
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Lemme correct this headline:

Shutdown Looms as Republicans Refuse to Produce Practical Spending Bill
March 12, 2025 at 9:23 PM
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Last night I got to see MJ Lenderman and the Wind play to a club of 600. It was a great reminder during these turbulent times that art endures. Some people are doing exactly what they are meant to do with their lives, and I am lucky to have seen one of them do it.
MJ Lenderman and the Wind playing to a packed club in Fort Collins, CO, backlit by purple and yellow stage lighting. Lenderman is center stage singing, flanked on his right by a keyboardist and second guitarist, on his left by the bass player and a pedal steel guitarist. The drummer is center behind him. The backdrop is a huge curtain of the cover to his latest album, "Manning Fireworks."
February 27, 2025 at 4:27 PM
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I'm just going to leave this here....
Screenshot of the definition of the word "kompromat." It is a noun that means "compromising information that is used to blackmail or descredit a person or group usually for political purposes." An example is given, "...alleged to have kompromat on elites from two continents and across the political spectrum..."
February 19, 2025 at 4:12 PM
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The final remnants of our Halloween candy.
A large silver bowl for Halloween candy with only 20ish individually wrapped Swedish fish remaining.
November 20, 2024 at 6:06 PM
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If this is your headline, you don't have a news article. You have an opinion.
Screen capture of an NPR website story headline "Trump promisted the 'largest deportation' in U.S. history. Here's how he might start" with the word "might" circled in red.
November 15, 2024 at 2:06 PM
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Pulled from the other site, too good to not share:
A man sits on a bench with his arm around a woman, holding hands with and gazing lovingly at a different woman behind the first woman's back. Text overlay on the man saying "PRODUCT MANAGER." Text overlay on the woman he has his arm around: "UNMET USER NEED." Text overlay on the woman he is gazing at: "UNRELATED AI FEATURE."
October 17, 2024 at 4:11 PM
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Got to take my Gen Z daughter to see a decidedly Gen X band on Monday night. Unwound at the Gothic in Denver, so awesome.

#post-hardcore #unwound
The band Unwound playing in front of an angular, spiral designed backdrop lit with red and purple.
October 16, 2024 at 5:14 PM
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Bluesky now has over 10 million users, and I was #288,671!
September 17, 2024 at 11:29 PM
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Meanwhile, over at the "fair and balanced" NY Times...
June 13, 2024 at 2:38 PM
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Four favorite records that came out when you were 20
Sonic Youth Washing Machine cover Unwound "The Future of What" album cover Archers of Loaf "Vee Vee" album cover Hum "You'd Prefer an Astronaut" album cover
February 12, 2024 at 7:45 PM
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Google search predictions are working great....

Is Chelsea Wolfe break-up music?
A Google search for Chelsea Wolfe's "She Reaches Out to She Reaches Out to She" with predictive search suggestions of "what to do when an ex girlfriend reaches out"
February 5, 2024 at 5:27 PM
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I got one from KEN Mode's Jesse Matthewson that's just a little scary.
November 29, 2023 at 5:13 PM
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🤦‍♂️
Screen capture of the trending sidebar on Twitter/X with "Speaker Trump" listed as "Politics - Trending" with 186K posts.
October 5, 2023 at 3:04 PM
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This was fun last night, even if it was some country-ass shit that I don't normally go in for.
The band Son Volt playing in a small club called Washington's in Fort Collins, CO. The stage lighting is red, there is a drummer, bassist, and three guitarists.
September 29, 2023 at 1:21 PM
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Mailperson brought me some more cool-looking vinyl today. Pg.99's "Document #8" #hardcorepunk
The sleeve and record of the band pageninetynine's 2005 album "Document #8." The record vinyl is a swirl of black, yellow, and purple with a smiling pig on the label.
August 29, 2023 at 5:27 PM