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· Jan 1
Ripping this off from many (directly from @tomewing.bsky.social): in 2025, I play to a new-to-me record a day. Partly to prevent year-end listening being so clogged (AGAIN), partly just because I keep finding myself going "I should play more records" and doing nothing about it. Thread to follow.
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COYOTE’s service journalism will always be free to read, including today’s guide to helping someone who might be overdosing.
Anyone can reverse an overdose, and we should all know how. Naloxone is a social intervention; while our public health systems are woefully inadequate, and the war on drugs continues unchecked, we can empower ourselves and one another to step up.
✍️: @nuala.bsky.social
📸: @estefancy.bsky.social
✍️: @nuala.bsky.social
📸: @estefancy.bsky.social
COYOTE First Aid Kit: How to Compassionately Respond to an Overdose
Naloxone, rescue breathing, and 911: Learn the do's, don'ts, and best practices for reversing an overdose.
www.coyotemedia.org
November 19, 2025 at 5:41 PM
COYOTE’s service journalism will always be free to read, including today’s guide to helping someone who might be overdosing.
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and so many of its bits are still *painfully* relevant today
for example, here is every single AI grifter's pitch today:
for example, here is every single AI grifter's pitch today:
November 19, 2025 at 5:03 PM
and so many of its bits are still *painfully* relevant today
for example, here is every single AI grifter's pitch today:
for example, here is every single AI grifter's pitch today:
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This is one of the worst, most horrifying exposures we have ever seen. It is hard to overstate how bad the things that people are using tools like for are, and it's insane to pretend like these tools are anything other than nonconsensual porn machines
www.404media.co/ai-porn-secr...
www.404media.co/ai-porn-secr...
Massive Leak Shows Erotic Chatbot Users Turned Women’s Yearbook Pictures Into AI Porn
Chatbot roleplay and image generator platform SecretDesires.ai left cloud storage containers of nearly two million of images and videos exposed, including photos and full names of women from social me...
www.404media.co
November 19, 2025 at 5:11 PM
This is one of the worst, most horrifying exposures we have ever seen. It is hard to overstate how bad the things that people are using tools like for are, and it's insane to pretend like these tools are anything other than nonconsensual porn machines
www.404media.co/ai-porn-secr...
www.404media.co/ai-porn-secr...
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This would've been SO MUCH easier if y'all had listened to sex workers 7 years ago, and 15 years ago, and 30 years ago, and 40 years ago, and...
Glad to see the pushback on payment processors regarding games. But remember, the fight is far from over. There is still an effort to criminalize porn, and hopefully we all know by now that porn can mean anything from OF to books to games to magazine covers.
www.thepinknews.com/2025/05/13/p...
www.thepinknews.com/2025/05/13/p...
Republican bill would ban all porn in the US
Republicans have reintroduced a bill which aims to ban porn in its entirety across the US, causing immense concern among adult creators.
www.thepinknews.com
August 15, 2025 at 3:30 AM
This would've been SO MUCH easier if y'all had listened to sex workers 7 years ago, and 15 years ago, and 30 years ago, and 40 years ago, and...
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One thing about Fake Friends 2 is it never even cracked 250k views and for maybe four years after I made it I was still paying off debt I accrued while making video essays/too poor to afford rent in Atlanta. Doing okay now fortunately but lol
Many fans of Taylor Swift showed parasocial relationships with the pop star after her engagement to Travis Kelce. https://www.cbsnews.com/news/parasocial-cambridge-dictionary-2025-word-of-the-year-taylor-swift/
Parasocial, how you may have felt after Taylor Swift's engagement, is Cambridge Dictionary's word of the year
Many fans of Taylor Swift showed parasocial relationships with the pop star after her engagement to Travis Kelce.
www.cbsnews.com
November 18, 2025 at 2:40 PM
One thing about Fake Friends 2 is it never even cracked 250k views and for maybe four years after I made it I was still paying off debt I accrued while making video essays/too poor to afford rent in Atlanta. Doing okay now fortunately but lol
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"He desired. He desired desiring. He desired being desired. He desired desire itself."
November 17, 2025 at 3:49 PM
"He desired. He desired desiring. He desired being desired. He desired desire itself."
Well, I know what I'm listening to later
Hesse Kassel made the AOTY and I don’t care who else reads this so long as @ismathers.bsky.social does hessekassel.bandcamp.com/album/la-brea
La Brea, by Hesse Kassel
8 track album
hessekassel.bandcamp.com
November 15, 2025 at 11:11 PM
Well, I know what I'm listening to later
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leaving for work in the morning, blissfully unaware that your cat is about to ruin your fucking life with this
November 14, 2025 at 11:30 PM
leaving for work in the morning, blissfully unaware that your cat is about to ruin your fucking life with this
Surprisingly easy votes for Shannon and SOS for me here, all due respect to the other finalists (especially Sade and Smiley)
#BPHM8285 THE GRAND FINAL
Here you go - 48 hours to vote, 1 vote in each of the A-Side and B-Side finals in the
🪩BLACK POP HISTORY 1982-1985 POLL🪩
Grandmaster Flash v Patrice Rushen v Sade v SOS Band!
Model 500 v Shannon v Smiley Culture v William Onyeabor!
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Here you go - 48 hours to vote, 1 vote in each of the A-Side and B-Side finals in the
🪩BLACK POP HISTORY 1982-1985 POLL🪩
Grandmaster Flash v Patrice Rushen v Sade v SOS Band!
Model 500 v Shannon v Smiley Culture v William Onyeabor!
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Black Pop 1982-1985 GRAND FINAL
Welcome to the Black Pop History 1982-1985 poll, where we're polling the best Black music of the early 80s to determine the ULTIMATE TRACK of that era.
This is the GRAND FINAL - you vote for your fav...
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November 14, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Surprisingly easy votes for Shannon and SOS for me here, all due respect to the other finalists (especially Sade and Smiley)
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at some point we ought to interrogate the link between the techbro-freak demographic and cowardice in confronting death anxiety. not usually one to go "society has gotten too soft and that's why everyone is weird now" but in this case it feels salient. I think we unlearned how to accept death
November 14, 2025 at 6:05 PM
at some point we ought to interrogate the link between the techbro-freak demographic and cowardice in confronting death anxiety. not usually one to go "society has gotten too soft and that's why everyone is weird now" but in this case it feels salient. I think we unlearned how to accept death
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#BPHM8285 B-Sides
12. BHUNDU BOYS - "Chekudya Chose" (1983 4/6)
136 points, 20 votes
High: 12th (FINAL)
Low: 27th (20v)
"Simply the act that most effortlessly brought me joy. I could listen to guitars that sound like that forever"
www.youtube.com/watch?v=7pUT...
12. BHUNDU BOYS - "Chekudya Chose" (1983 4/6)
136 points, 20 votes
High: 12th (FINAL)
Low: 27th (20v)
"Simply the act that most effortlessly brought me joy. I could listen to guitars that sound like that forever"
www.youtube.com/watch?v=7pUT...
Chekudya Chose
YouTube video by Bhundu Boys - Topic
www.youtube.com
November 13, 2025 at 4:27 PM
#BPHM8285 B-Sides
12. BHUNDU BOYS - "Chekudya Chose" (1983 4/6)
136 points, 20 votes
High: 12th (FINAL)
Low: 27th (20v)
"Simply the act that most effortlessly brought me joy. I could listen to guitars that sound like that forever"
www.youtube.com/watch?v=7pUT...
12. BHUNDU BOYS - "Chekudya Chose" (1983 4/6)
136 points, 20 votes
High: 12th (FINAL)
Low: 27th (20v)
"Simply the act that most effortlessly brought me joy. I could listen to guitars that sound like that forever"
www.youtube.com/watch?v=7pUT...
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"babies are born worshipping unknown gods" is one of the most incredible dwarf fortress bugs i have heard of. its poetry.
November 11, 2025 at 4:18 PM
"babies are born worshipping unknown gods" is one of the most incredible dwarf fortress bugs i have heard of. its poetry.
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This is one of the things I hate most about modern capitalism. The idea of making money has been fully peeled away from delivering any kind of goods or services that people would want to pay money for.
What a thrill to be part of @talkingpointsmemo.com's series about the past 25 years of digital media! I wrote about why private equity goons destroyed Deadspin and why it matters.
There Are No Weird Blogs Anymore Cause It’s More Fruitful to Drive Them Out of Business
I learned many surprising lessons from my 20 months as editor-in-chief of...
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November 11, 2025 at 7:21 PM
This is one of the things I hate most about modern capitalism. The idea of making money has been fully peeled away from delivering any kind of goods or services that people would want to pay money for.
it happened to me: mere seconds before i was going to get up and do something, Dolly came and sat in my lap and wouldn't leave for like 10 minutes
November 11, 2025 at 7:23 PM
it happened to me: mere seconds before i was going to get up and do something, Dolly came and sat in my lap and wouldn't leave for like 10 minutes
very weird to see so much snow at the ground when the trees still have most of their leaves, to the point that the trees are now dropping their leaves on top of the fresh snow. never seen that before
November 9, 2025 at 11:14 PM
very weird to see so much snow at the ground when the trees still have most of their leaves, to the point that the trees are now dropping their leaves on top of the fresh snow. never seen that before
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What better use of a Sunday than a relaxing few hours spent completing your ballots for the
BLACK POP HISTORY 1982-1985 poll? #BPHM8285
A-SIDES: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
B-SIDES: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Tell all your friends!
BLACK POP HISTORY 1982-1985 poll? #BPHM8285
A-SIDES: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
B-SIDES: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Tell all your friends!
a group of people are sitting in a living room .
ALT: a group of people are sitting in a living room .
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November 9, 2025 at 12:57 PM
What better use of a Sunday than a relaxing few hours spent completing your ballots for the
BLACK POP HISTORY 1982-1985 poll? #BPHM8285
A-SIDES: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
B-SIDES: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Tell all your friends!
BLACK POP HISTORY 1982-1985 poll? #BPHM8285
A-SIDES: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
B-SIDES: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Tell all your friends!
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I’ve released my inhibitions and am feeling the rain on my skin rn dog can I call you back
November 8, 2025 at 11:11 PM
I’ve released my inhibitions and am feeling the rain on my skin rn dog can I call you back
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if i have a friend over and we're talking in the living room, Dolly will hide in the closet (unless she knows you already). but if i'm alone and talking (phone, zoom, work call) she always wants to come over and snuggle and be involved. it's extremely endearing.
November 8, 2025 at 3:19 PM
if i have a friend over and we're talking in the living room, Dolly will hide in the closet (unless she knows you already). but if i'm alone and talking (phone, zoom, work call) she always wants to come over and snuggle and be involved. it's extremely endearing.
if i have a friend over and we're talking in the living room, Dolly will hide in the closet (unless she knows you already). but if i'm alone and talking (phone, zoom, work call) she always wants to come over and snuggle and be involved. it's extremely endearing.
November 8, 2025 at 3:19 PM
if i have a friend over and we're talking in the living room, Dolly will hide in the closet (unless she knows you already). but if i'm alone and talking (phone, zoom, work call) she always wants to come over and snuggle and be involved. it's extremely endearing.
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"you're canadian this doesn't concern you at all" you forget that zohran also had the better fonts. a win for Graphic Design the world over
November 5, 2025 at 2:44 AM
"you're canadian this doesn't concern you at all" you forget that zohran also had the better fonts. a win for Graphic Design the world over
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“Condé was content to hold Teen Vogue up as a prop for diversity, youth representation and progressive ideals when it benefited it, and then to unceremoniously discard the entire publication”
a sad, too-fucking-familiar story
a sad, too-fucking-familiar story
What We Lost When Condé Nast Unceremoniously Shuttered Teen Vogue
This article is part of TPM Cafe, TPM’s home for opinion and news...
talkingpointsmemo.com
November 4, 2025 at 6:14 PM
“Condé was content to hold Teen Vogue up as a prop for diversity, youth representation and progressive ideals when it benefited it, and then to unceremoniously discard the entire publication”
a sad, too-fucking-familiar story
a sad, too-fucking-familiar story