AthensBTU
@athensbtu.bsky.social
Making efforts to share art, knowledge, and noise in Athens, Ohio and surrounding communities.
https://swagehardcore.bandcamp.com/
https://voiceofcrows.bandcamp.com/
stay sharp.
belonging. together. united.
https://swagehardcore.bandcamp.com/
https://voiceofcrows.bandcamp.com/
stay sharp.
belonging. together. united.
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New policy brief warns of growing efforts to reshape schools around White Christian nationalist ideology. @heidihadley.bsky.social bit.ly/4qJ0CKT
Christian Nationalism and Educational Policy in the United States
American public education, though historically rooted in Christian ideals, has long navigated tensions among denominational differences and, in modern times, secularism. The growing influence of Chris...
nepc.colorado.edu
November 4, 2025 at 5:19 PM
New policy brief warns of growing efforts to reshape schools around White Christian nationalist ideology. @heidihadley.bsky.social bit.ly/4qJ0CKT
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A Stage for Everyone: Rise Up Arts Alliance builds safe space in rural Ohio.
‘We are the first organization where they’ve been able to be themselves.’
thebuckeyeflame.com/2025/10/03/r...
‘We are the first organization where they’ve been able to be themselves.’
thebuckeyeflame.com/2025/10/03/r...
A Stage for Everyone: Rise Up Arts Alliance builds safe space in rural Ohio
'We are the first organization where they’ve been able to be themselves.'
thebuckeyeflame.com
October 4, 2025 at 10:38 AM
A Stage for Everyone: Rise Up Arts Alliance builds safe space in rural Ohio.
‘We are the first organization where they’ve been able to be themselves.’
thebuckeyeflame.com/2025/10/03/r...
‘We are the first organization where they’ve been able to be themselves.’
thebuckeyeflame.com/2025/10/03/r...
For Athens! For Hardcore! Saturday, August 23, 2025 at The Union!
August 19, 2025 at 1:21 AM
For Athens! For Hardcore! Saturday, August 23, 2025 at The Union!
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I’m gonna say armed troops from red states descending on a blue city is just a few inches — or maybe one exchange of gunfire — short of a civil war’s opening stages.
WASHINGTON (AP) — South Carolina, Ohio also sending National Guard troops to DC in further escalation of federal intervention in Dem city.
August 17, 2025 at 12:51 AM
I’m gonna say armed troops from red states descending on a blue city is just a few inches — or maybe one exchange of gunfire — short of a civil war’s opening stages.
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This one’s for the punks, the anarchists, and the dreamers:
I got to interview political hardcore icons CATHARSIS about their excellent new album, ‘Hope against Hope, for my newsletter, Salvo.
Love and rage 🖤
salvo.ghost.io/catharsis-re...
I got to interview political hardcore icons CATHARSIS about their excellent new album, ‘Hope against Hope, for my newsletter, Salvo.
Love and rage 🖤
salvo.ghost.io/catharsis-re...
Catharsis, Rebirth, and Hope
The North Carolina political hardcore icons return with their first new album in 24 years, and it's exactly what we needed.
salvo.ghost.io
August 11, 2025 at 7:20 PM
This one’s for the punks, the anarchists, and the dreamers:
I got to interview political hardcore icons CATHARSIS about their excellent new album, ‘Hope against Hope, for my newsletter, Salvo.
Love and rage 🖤
salvo.ghost.io/catharsis-re...
I got to interview political hardcore icons CATHARSIS about their excellent new album, ‘Hope against Hope, for my newsletter, Salvo.
Love and rage 🖤
salvo.ghost.io/catharsis-re...
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Cbus: Next week at Cafe Bourbon St -Aug 7. Updated line up, sadly Cussed Out had to drop, but we get Heavenbound from Dayton coming in with some heavy showgaze. Doors at 7, music promptly at 8. Don’t miss it. Disappearances is loud and heavy AF and Kirkby Kiss is quite crushing as well.
July 29, 2025 at 9:02 PM
Cbus: Next week at Cafe Bourbon St -Aug 7. Updated line up, sadly Cussed Out had to drop, but we get Heavenbound from Dayton coming in with some heavy showgaze. Doors at 7, music promptly at 8. Don’t miss it. Disappearances is loud and heavy AF and Kirkby Kiss is quite crushing as well.
New tunes!
Friends! My band, The Peel, released a new album last Friday.
You can stream it on all the streaming platforms (or purchase digitally), we also pressed vinyl for this one and you can pre-order here: thepeel-suncru.bandcamp.com/album/in-the...
You can stream it on all the streaming platforms (or purchase digitally), we also pressed vinyl for this one and you can pre-order here: thepeel-suncru.bandcamp.com/album/in-the...
July 28, 2025 at 10:33 PM
New tunes!
One month out. Big one in Athens!
Athens- Saturday 8/23! We’ve got a great show lined up in support of SECLUSION from DC. Don’t miss it.
https://seclusiondc.bandcamp.com/album/no-recourse-demo
https://seclusiondc.bandcamp.com/album/no-recourse-demo
July 21, 2025 at 8:50 PM
One month out. Big one in Athens!
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For teachers searching for guidelines on how to use AI in your classroom--
You don't have to. At all.
You don't have to. At all.
July 12, 2025 at 1:42 PM
For teachers searching for guidelines on how to use AI in your classroom--
You don't have to. At all.
You don't have to. At all.
Had an amazing time in Cincinnati last night at The Nest. Here are the rest of Swage's summer shows.
June 29, 2025 at 8:36 PM
Had an amazing time in Cincinnati last night at The Nest. Here are the rest of Swage's summer shows.
Here we go!
Surprise! Cleveland hocked up a wad of asshole shaped genius in the form of a BRAND NEW ALBUM by the legends better known as INMATES. It's called Role Of God and now is the time to get it coz' like a serial public urinator, it's out and streaming all over. LPs ship soon. linktr.ee/ironlungrecords
May 30, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Here we go!
It's summertime in Athens!
May 21, 2025 at 10:06 AM
It's summertime in Athens!
Today is going to be so much fun!
Out of the foothills and back into the crustbelt. This time in Youngstown, OH. Swage and friends will be meeting up at Westside Bowl on May 10th. Thank you once again @skunkcabbages.bsky.social for another fabulous show flier!
May 10, 2025 at 11:17 AM
Today is going to be so much fun!
Because the red buses and red yard signs keep showing up in our area; www.unclosetedmedia.com/p/how-lifewi... @unclosetedmedia.bsky.social
How LifeWise Grooms Kids to Hate Through Bible Study
There are 50,000 public school students attending an academy that teaches them about how anything LGBTQ-related is sinful.
www.unclosetedmedia.com
May 4, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Because the red buses and red yard signs keep showing up in our area; www.unclosetedmedia.com/p/how-lifewi... @unclosetedmedia.bsky.social
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Be sure to share & read the NPE report #ASharpTurnRight - The report is about Christian Nationalist Charter Schools, funded w/ YOUR Tax dollars networkforpubliceduc...
A Sharp Turn Right: A New Breed of Charter Schools Delivers the Conservative Agenda - Network For Public Education
How Christian nationalists and far-right charter schools are fueling the culture wars.
networkforpubliceducation.org
April 29, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Be sure to share & read the NPE report #ASharpTurnRight - The report is about Christian Nationalist Charter Schools, funded w/ YOUR Tax dollars networkforpubliceduc...
Out of the foothills and back into the crustbelt. This time in Youngstown, OH. Swage and friends will be meeting up at Westside Bowl on May 10th. Thank you once again @skunkcabbages.bsky.social for another fabulous show flier!
April 21, 2025 at 9:43 PM
Out of the foothills and back into the crustbelt. This time in Youngstown, OH. Swage and friends will be meeting up at Westside Bowl on May 10th. Thank you once again @skunkcabbages.bsky.social for another fabulous show flier!
Family protest signs from yesterday afternoon.
April 20, 2025 at 9:38 PM
Family protest signs from yesterday afternoon.
Last fall Swage(Athens, OH) self released a 7 song cassette tape. There are just under a handful left at swagehardcore.bandcamp.com/merch along with a few shirts.
April 13, 2025 at 11:12 PM
Last fall Swage(Athens, OH) self released a 7 song cassette tape. There are just under a handful left at swagehardcore.bandcamp.com/merch along with a few shirts.
Just received my copy! No cop city in any city!
Mace and Grenades- a cassette compilation history of antifascist music assembled by Josh MacPhee justseeds.org/product/mace...
April 6, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Just received my copy! No cop city in any city!
...and unhoused kids, and kids who are lgbtqia+
thebuckeyeflame.com/2025/04/02/o...
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April 3, 2025 at 9:47 AM
...and unhoused kids, and kids who are lgbtqia+
thebuckeyeflame.com/2025/04/02/o...
thebuckeyeflame.com/2025/04/02/o...
Big one for Athens this coming Saturday, March 29th at The Union. Presented by @blackoutbooking.bsky.social
March 23, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Big one for Athens this coming Saturday, March 29th at The Union. Presented by @blackoutbooking.bsky.social
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With world's worst human Elon Musk dominating every news cycle, it's easy to miss what else is going on in the federal government.
But how wild is it that the education secretary ran the WWF during the attitude era?
Pro wrestling explains a lot about America
religiondispatches.org/with-educati...
But how wild is it that the education secretary ran the WWF during the attitude era?
Pro wrestling explains a lot about America
religiondispatches.org/with-educati...
With Education Secretary Linda McMahon on Board, Christian Right Dream to Wrestle Public Schools into Submission in Sight
Compared to Donald Trump’s prior term in office, the current Trump administration looks different. The gleefully Nazi-saluting billionaire Elon Musk is front and center in an unprecedented and unconst...
religiondispatches.org
March 11, 2025 at 4:56 PM
With world's worst human Elon Musk dominating every news cycle, it's easy to miss what else is going on in the federal government.
But how wild is it that the education secretary ran the WWF during the attitude era?
Pro wrestling explains a lot about America
religiondispatches.org/with-educati...
But how wild is it that the education secretary ran the WWF during the attitude era?
Pro wrestling explains a lot about America
religiondispatches.org/with-educati...