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Paul Westerberg are you out there on Bluesky?
May 29, 2025 at 2:18 AM
Paul Westerberg are you out there on Bluesky?
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Lately I’ve wondered whether the perception of music as an almost magical pursuit also contributes, in some small way, to its treatment as essentially valueless by contemporary society
Where Do Songs Come From?
Thinking of songwriting as labor versus divine inspiration can be helpful in resisting the endless churn of big streaming.
www.hearingthings.co
May 27, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Lately I’ve wondered whether the perception of music as an almost magical pursuit also contributes, in some small way, to its treatment as essentially valueless by contemporary society
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Reaganomics Finally Trickles Down To Area Man
theonion.com/reagano...
theonion.com/reagano...
May 10, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Reaganomics Finally Trickles Down To Area Man
theonion.com/reagano...
theonion.com/reagano...
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REPORT: Biden Officials Admit They Never Pressured Israel for Ceasefire, as Israeli Leaders Boast of Playing Washington
Here’s what the investigation revealed: 🧵⬇️
Here’s what the investigation revealed: 🧵⬇️
April 28, 2025 at 5:19 PM
REPORT: Biden Officials Admit They Never Pressured Israel for Ceasefire, as Israeli Leaders Boast of Playing Washington
Here’s what the investigation revealed: 🧵⬇️
Here’s what the investigation revealed: 🧵⬇️
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Fandom is rotten as a concept, man. I understand it helps a lot of people who struggle with socializing to find community, but I think it's pretty clear the end result is the very difficult to reverse enmeshment of individual identity with corporate property.
April 27, 2025 at 7:49 PM
Fandom is rotten as a concept, man. I understand it helps a lot of people who struggle with socializing to find community, but I think it's pretty clear the end result is the very difficult to reverse enmeshment of individual identity with corporate property.
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ACLU — NEW ORLEANS: “ICE deported at least two families, including 2 mothers and their minor children – 3 of whom are U.S. citizen children aged 2, 4, and 7. One of the mothers is currently pregnant... 1 child with cancer deported without medication…” www.aclu.org/press-releas...
April 27, 2025 at 12:21 AM
ACLU — NEW ORLEANS: “ICE deported at least two families, including 2 mothers and their minor children – 3 of whom are U.S. citizen children aged 2, 4, and 7. One of the mothers is currently pregnant... 1 child with cancer deported without medication…” www.aclu.org/press-releas...
Since nobody really jokes on here except @505serena.bsky.social this is the funniest thing on Bluesky right now. We call that “Bluesky Funny”
William Shakespeare was born and also died on April 23rd. Incredible to think he wrote all those plays in just one day.
April 23, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Since nobody really jokes on here except @505serena.bsky.social this is the funniest thing on Bluesky right now. We call that “Bluesky Funny”
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Guy in post-apocalyptic Jackson Hole who keeps trying to reinvent health insurance
April 21, 2025 at 3:21 AM
Guy in post-apocalyptic Jackson Hole who keeps trying to reinvent health insurance
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Nation Can’t Believe It On Harvard’s Side
April 17, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Nation Can’t Believe It On Harvard’s Side
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i’ve always wanted to use a social media website that only has fake users with fake human profile pictures with posts entirely created by a robot brain trying to sound human
OpenAI is building a social network
OpenAI is building a social network
ChatGPT versus X?
buff.ly
April 15, 2025 at 4:09 PM
i’ve always wanted to use a social media website that only has fake users with fake human profile pictures with posts entirely created by a robot brain trying to sound human
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MIT following Harvard's lead here
April 15, 2025 at 1:07 AM
MIT following Harvard's lead here
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They said my artisanal hand-carved semiconductor business would never be viable but who’s laughing now?
April 9, 2025 at 3:16 AM
They said my artisanal hand-carved semiconductor business would never be viable but who’s laughing now?
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Citizens cannot, by legal definition, be "deported." What she's describing is kidnapping and forced imprisonment without cause. She and many, many others in this administration should face prison one day. bsky.app/profile/ones...
Leavitt confirmed that the WH is working on deporting US citizens to El Salvador
April 8, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Citizens cannot, by legal definition, be "deported." What she's describing is kidnapping and forced imprisonment without cause. She and many, many others in this administration should face prison one day. bsky.app/profile/ones...
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It feels like it should be a bigger story that S&P Global is considering downgrading SoftBank's credit rating due to their investment in OpenAI, saying that their "financial condition will likely deteriorate" as a result of their investment.
www.wsj.com/business/dea...
www.wsj.com/business/dea...
April 8, 2025 at 4:56 PM
It feels like it should be a bigger story that S&P Global is considering downgrading SoftBank's credit rating due to their investment in OpenAI, saying that their "financial condition will likely deteriorate" as a result of their investment.
www.wsj.com/business/dea...
www.wsj.com/business/dea...
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There is absolutely no way the US can host the World Cup or the Olympics
FKA Twigs has announced she is canceling a series of live shows she was scheduled to perform after experiencing what she described as “ongoing visa issues": cnn.it/44hJdjJ
FKA Twigs cancels Coachella appearance and remaining tour dates due to ‘ongoing visa issues’ | CNN
British singer FKA Twigs has announced she is canceling a series of live shows she was scheduled to perform after experiencing what she described as “ongoing visa issues.”
cnn.it
April 6, 2025 at 5:05 PM
There is absolutely no way the US can host the World Cup or the Olympics
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i don’t want to hear anyone’s opinion on chappell roan ever again like genuinely.
April 2, 2025 at 6:14 AM
i don’t want to hear anyone’s opinion on chappell roan ever again like genuinely.
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If you were a halfway decent human being and you knew an innocent man was rotting in foreign prison—likely suffering nightmarish conditions—because your administration screwed up and send him there, you’d do something about it immediately instead of shitposting lies all day.
April 1, 2025 at 2:20 PM
If you were a halfway decent human being and you knew an innocent man was rotting in foreign prison—likely suffering nightmarish conditions—because your administration screwed up and send him there, you’d do something about it immediately instead of shitposting lies all day.
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this is why i say it's a form of hegemonic suicide. america had the entire postwar consensus built around it and decided liberal internationalism was woke
NATO leaders now speak Gaullism with an accent. Atlanticism is their first language. I do not think that will be the case 15-20 years from now.
March 28, 2025 at 3:54 AM
this is why i say it's a form of hegemonic suicide. america had the entire postwar consensus built around it and decided liberal internationalism was woke
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This guy is in one of the worst prisons in the world with no way out and may spend the rest of his life there because, it appears, he has an autism awareness tattoo in honor of his little brother.
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
March 26, 2025 at 11:46 PM
This guy is in one of the worst prisons in the world with no way out and may spend the rest of his life there because, it appears, he has an autism awareness tattoo in honor of his little brother.
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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“We had positive ID of him walking into his girlfriend’s building and it’s now collapsed,” National Security Advisor Waltz wrote. “Excellent,” VP Vance replied.
The Real Outrage About the Yemen Signal Group Is That It Called for Attack on Civilian Home
“We had positive ID of him walking into his girlfriend’s building and it’s now collapsed.”
interc.pt
March 26, 2025 at 7:44 PM
“We had positive ID of him walking into his girlfriend’s building and it’s now collapsed,” National Security Advisor Waltz wrote. “Excellent,” VP Vance replied.
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massively depressing that the big scandal is that the shithead guy from the atlantic got texted accidentally and not the part where they're raining more death on yemen
March 25, 2025 at 1:05 PM
massively depressing that the big scandal is that the shithead guy from the atlantic got texted accidentally and not the part where they're raining more death on yemen
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In partnership with @freedom.press, WIRED will make all of its FOIA-based reporting free to access for anyone. Public records should be public, and I hope to see more outlets follow suit:
freedom.press/issues/wired...
freedom.press/issues/wired...
Wired is dropping paywalls for FOIA-based reporting. Others should follow
As the administration does its best to hide public records from the public, Wired magazine is stepping up to help stem the secrecy
freedom.press
March 18, 2025 at 12:54 PM
In partnership with @freedom.press, WIRED will make all of its FOIA-based reporting free to access for anyone. Public records should be public, and I hope to see more outlets follow suit:
freedom.press/issues/wired...
freedom.press/issues/wired...