erica
@ejoyce.bsky.social
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i think if you ride public transit enough you learn that most weird behavior is not dangerous, and conversely i think driving a car teaches you that everyone is trying to kill you at all times
October 29, 2025 at 4:49 PM
i think if you ride public transit enough you learn that most weird behavior is not dangerous, and conversely i think driving a car teaches you that everyone is trying to kill you at all times
correct, obviously
Obviously you're going to listen to Frances Quinlan and Kyle Pulley's debut EP as Parts Work
Obviously You're Going To Listen To Frances Quinlan & Kyle Pulley's Debut Parts Work EP
Those who’ve been missing Hop Along were recently blessed by the news that Frances Quinlan, the band’s peerless lead singer and songwriter, had started a new project. Parts Work pairs Quinlan with Kyl...
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October 24, 2025 at 7:09 PM
correct, obviously
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they’d really hate it if you stayed focused on helping people in need
September 18, 2025 at 2:39 PM
they’d really hate it if you stayed focused on helping people in need
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The belief that poverty and homelessness are about "individual choices" didn't arise on its own. It was manufactured through decades of messaging designed to protect the policies and interests that create mass precarity.
As this new poll shows, that propaganda campaign has been wildly successful.
As this new poll shows, that propaganda campaign has been wildly successful.
Most US adults think individual choices keep people in poverty, new AP-NORC/Harris poll finds
A new AP-NORC poll finds that most U.S. adults think personal choices are a major driver of poverty and homelessness, while fewer blame a lack of government support.
apnews.com
September 9, 2025 at 1:39 PM
The belief that poverty and homelessness are about "individual choices" didn't arise on its own. It was manufactured through decades of messaging designed to protect the policies and interests that create mass precarity.
As this new poll shows, that propaganda campaign has been wildly successful.
As this new poll shows, that propaganda campaign has been wildly successful.
@raxkingisdead.bsky.social ireland is gonna need an essay
August 9, 2025 at 9:21 PM
@raxkingisdead.bsky.social ireland is gonna need an essay
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All famines are man-made, all famines are political. Historians of empire and humanitarianism have known this forever. Gaza is not starving, Gaza is being starved, by Israel, and this starvation is enabled by our government and by every other government that does not step in to force food and aid.
July 24, 2025 at 1:48 PM
All famines are man-made, all famines are political. Historians of empire and humanitarianism have known this forever. Gaza is not starving, Gaza is being starved, by Israel, and this starvation is enabled by our government and by every other government that does not step in to force food and aid.
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If you think the people in a state that went for Trump deserves whatever happens to them but you are exempt from this as a citizen of a country that went for Trump you gotta break that down for me
July 5, 2025 at 7:48 PM
If you think the people in a state that went for Trump deserves whatever happens to them but you are exempt from this as a citizen of a country that went for Trump you gotta break that down for me
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shitting on people in crisis, in grief, just because they’re in a red state — don’t. ever. it’s fucking wrong. like the whole point of the left is that everyone deserves a path to some fucking dignity, some protection. solidarity in a hard ass world. if that’s your impulse, fix your heart.
July 5, 2025 at 7:42 PM
shitting on people in crisis, in grief, just because they’re in a red state — don’t. ever. it’s fucking wrong. like the whole point of the left is that everyone deserves a path to some fucking dignity, some protection. solidarity in a hard ass world. if that’s your impulse, fix your heart.
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Stopped by the (closed) Free Library on the Parkway to check in on the striking library workers there. They’re mad!
“The mayor gave herself a 9% raise! Why don’t we deserve the same?”
“The mayor gave herself a 9% raise! Why don’t we deserve the same?”
July 2, 2025 at 7:48 PM
Stopped by the (closed) Free Library on the Parkway to check in on the striking library workers there. They’re mad!
“The mayor gave herself a 9% raise! Why don’t we deserve the same?”
“The mayor gave herself a 9% raise! Why don’t we deserve the same?”
i love to see @summerbruise.bsky.social
June 29, 2025 at 4:21 AM
i love to see @summerbruise.bsky.social
we are in fact more cooked than previously thought
June 27, 2025 at 5:38 PM
we are in fact more cooked than previously thought
🗣️ we’ve been saying
mewithoutYou deserve recognition as one of the 21st century's greatest rock bands, and the underrated 'Pale Horses' — released 10 years ago today — is a big reason why
mewithoutYou Deserve Their Flowers As One Of The 21st Century's Greatest Rock Bands
And the underrated 'Pale Horses,' released 10 years ago today, is a big reason why.
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June 16, 2025 at 8:06 PM
🗣️ we’ve been saying
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hunting season out now. home is where forever
May 23, 2025 at 2:48 PM
hunting season out now. home is where forever
red alert dog outside the gig
April 16, 2025 at 2:57 AM
red alert dog outside the gig
hiw forever
@homeiswhereforever.bsky.social announce new album 'Hunting Season' — hear lead single "Migration Patterns"
Home Is Where Announce New Album 'Hunting Season': Hear "Migration Patterns"
It’s April 8, which some true indie freaks may consider a holiday because of Neutral Milk Hotel’s haunting On Avery Island track “April 8.” Today, on April 8, Home Is Where, an emo group that often ge...
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April 8, 2025 at 1:42 PM
hiw forever
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It is 2002. I am 18 years old. We are in a once-in-a-generation economic crisis.
It is 2008. I am 24 years old. We are in a once-in-a-generation economic crisis.
It is 2020. I am 36 years old. We are in a once-in-a-generation economic crisis.
It is 2025. I am 41 years old. We are in a—
It is 2008. I am 24 years old. We are in a once-in-a-generation economic crisis.
It is 2020. I am 36 years old. We are in a once-in-a-generation economic crisis.
It is 2025. I am 41 years old. We are in a—
April 2, 2025 at 10:01 PM
It is 2002. I am 18 years old. We are in a once-in-a-generation economic crisis.
It is 2008. I am 24 years old. We are in a once-in-a-generation economic crisis.
It is 2020. I am 36 years old. We are in a once-in-a-generation economic crisis.
It is 2025. I am 41 years old. We are in a—
It is 2008. I am 24 years old. We are in a once-in-a-generation economic crisis.
It is 2020. I am 36 years old. We are in a once-in-a-generation economic crisis.
It is 2025. I am 41 years old. We are in a—
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Another fine outing, pointing and shouting
“Look, it’s baseball!
Look, it’s baseball!”
from “Look, It’s Baseball” by Guided By Voices, Tonics & Twisted Chasers (1996)
“Look, it’s baseball!
Look, it’s baseball!”
from “Look, It’s Baseball” by Guided By Voices, Tonics & Twisted Chasers (1996)
February 24, 2024 at 8:54 PM
Another fine outing, pointing and shouting
“Look, it’s baseball!
Look, it’s baseball!”
from “Look, It’s Baseball” by Guided By Voices, Tonics & Twisted Chasers (1996)
“Look, it’s baseball!
Look, it’s baseball!”
from “Look, It’s Baseball” by Guided By Voices, Tonics & Twisted Chasers (1996)
people are back to cryptic posting… good, i never wanted to know your business but i do want to theorize about it, don’t take that from me
March 26, 2025 at 12:49 AM
people are back to cryptic posting… good, i never wanted to know your business but i do want to theorize about it, don’t take that from me
watching folks discuss severance has me feeling like media literacy feels very bleak right now
March 15, 2025 at 10:56 PM
watching folks discuss severance has me feeling like media literacy feels very bleak right now
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every new chuck schumer statement this week
March 14, 2025 at 5:09 PM
every new chuck schumer statement this week
i love local radio and these bands
Fun little gig last night thanks @wxpnfm.bsky.social for putting on the show and to madska, @hurry.bsky.social and @queenofjeans.bsky.social.
February 27, 2025 at 4:54 PM
i love local radio and these bands
the evening already had a 2013 vibe, but then avicii started playing
February 23, 2025 at 3:15 AM
the evening already had a 2013 vibe, but then avicii started playing