Nathan Keedy
@nkeedy.bsky.social
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"And just like that, I’ve hijacked the whole service."
I’m the High Note in “O Holy Night,” and I’m Ready to Hijack Your Christmas Eve Service
It’s that magical time of year again. Candles and poinsettias decorate every surface, small children are dressed as sheep, angels are telling peopl...
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December 25, 2025 at 3:40 AM
"And just like that, I’ve hijacked the whole service."
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"If my saxophone (Reggie) and I can get canceled for loudly farting during “Smuggler’s Blues” (we sometimes do covers of the Goo Goo Dolls doing covers of Glenn Frey), then anyone can."
😂 henceforth my sax will be known as "Reggie" #saxofart
😂 henceforth my sax will be known as "Reggie" #saxofart
"Right on cue, here they come with their cancel cudgels—it’s the intolerant left trying to cancel me for the 'thought crime' of farting (loudly) at the height of my sax solo and then getting dizzy (from saxophone exertion, NOT farting exertion) and crashing into nearby scaffolding."
Well, Well, Well, If It Isn’t the Woke Mob Here to Cancel Me for Loudly Farting at the Height of My Saxophone Solo
Would you look at that, right on cue, here they come with their cancel cudgels—it’s the intolerant left, trying to cancel me for the “thought crime...
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December 19, 2025 at 4:01 AM
"If my saxophone (Reggie) and I can get canceled for loudly farting during “Smuggler’s Blues” (we sometimes do covers of the Goo Goo Dolls doing covers of Glenn Frey), then anyone can."
😂 henceforth my sax will be known as "Reggie" #saxofart
😂 henceforth my sax will be known as "Reggie" #saxofart
"If my saxophone (Reggie) and I can get canceled for loudly farting during “Smuggler’s Blues” (we sometimes do covers of the Goo Goo Dolls doing covers of Glenn Frey), then anyone can."
😂 henceforth my sax will be known as "Reggie" #saxofart
😂 henceforth my sax will be known as "Reggie" #saxofart
"Right on cue, here they come with their cancel cudgels—it’s the intolerant left trying to cancel me for the 'thought crime' of farting (loudly) at the height of my sax solo and then getting dizzy (from saxophone exertion, NOT farting exertion) and crashing into nearby scaffolding."
Well, Well, Well, If It Isn’t the Woke Mob Here to Cancel Me for Loudly Farting at the Height of My Saxophone Solo
Would you look at that, right on cue, here they come with their cancel cudgels—it’s the intolerant left, trying to cancel me for the “thought crime...
buff.ly
December 19, 2025 at 4:01 AM
"If my saxophone (Reggie) and I can get canceled for loudly farting during “Smuggler’s Blues” (we sometimes do covers of the Goo Goo Dolls doing covers of Glenn Frey), then anyone can."
😂 henceforth my sax will be known as "Reggie" #saxofart
😂 henceforth my sax will be known as "Reggie" #saxofart
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Japanese Monk Racks
Brain For Haiku That Will Knock
Them On Their Asses
https://theonion.com/japanese-monk-racksbrain-for-haiku-that-will-knockthem-on-their-asses/
Brain For Haiku That Will Knock
Them On Their Asses
https://theonion.com/japanese-monk-racksbrain-for-haiku-that-will-knockthem-on-their-asses/
December 9, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Japanese Monk Racks
Brain For Haiku That Will Knock
Them On Their Asses
https://theonion.com/japanese-monk-racksbrain-for-haiku-that-will-knockthem-on-their-asses/
Brain For Haiku That Will Knock
Them On Their Asses
https://theonion.com/japanese-monk-racksbrain-for-haiku-that-will-knockthem-on-their-asses/
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"The arc of the moral universe just walked into the kitchen but forgot what it was looking for. It mindlessly opens the refrigerator as if the answer might be sitting next to the milk. All the shelves are empty."
Updates on the Arc of the Moral Universe
“The arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends towards justice.” — Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. - - -The arc of the moral universe is feeling ...
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November 21, 2025 at 2:20 AM
"The arc of the moral universe just walked into the kitchen but forgot what it was looking for. It mindlessly opens the refrigerator as if the answer might be sitting next to the milk. All the shelves are empty."
"Fairy tales are fine when they teach practical lessons, e.g., Goldilocks and Little Red Riding Hood (girls should stay home safe) or Chicken Little (environmental hysterics get eaten)." Practical lessons for our perfectly normal times 😂
"Avoid any fairy tales that frame wealth redistribution as heroic, such as those involving theft from lawful property owners via beanstalks."
Make Preschool Great Again: A Federal Compact
“Seven of the nine universities that the White House initially approached about a plan to steer more federal money toward schools aligned with Pres...
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October 29, 2025 at 2:07 AM
"Fairy tales are fine when they teach practical lessons, e.g., Goldilocks and Little Red Riding Hood (girls should stay home safe) or Chicken Little (environmental hysterics get eaten)." Practical lessons for our perfectly normal times 😂
Beautiful, inspiring day at the #nokings rally in Knoxville, TN today. Loved seeing so many show up in solidarity across the country supporting freedom.
October 19, 2025 at 12:50 AM
Beautiful, inspiring day at the #nokings rally in Knoxville, TN today. Loved seeing so many show up in solidarity across the country supporting freedom.
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We showed out y'all.
Source unknown but its an aerial shot of the Missoula No Kings rally.
Source unknown but its an aerial shot of the Missoula No Kings rally.
October 18, 2025 at 9:46 PM
We showed out y'all.
Source unknown but its an aerial shot of the Missoula No Kings rally.
Source unknown but its an aerial shot of the Missoula No Kings rally.
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Oriana Korol, a clarinetist with the Unpresidented Brass Band, was arrested after a man and federal agents barreled into band members who were standing across the street from the ICE office and playing the theme from “Ghostbusters.”
Read more: www.oregonlive.com/crime/2025/1...
Read more: www.oregonlive.com/crime/2025/1...
October 16, 2025 at 1:35 AM
Oriana Korol, a clarinetist with the Unpresidented Brass Band, was arrested after a man and federal agents barreled into band members who were standing across the street from the ICE office and playing the theme from “Ghostbusters.”
Read more: www.oregonlive.com/crime/2025/1...
Read more: www.oregonlive.com/crime/2025/1...
Take heed before it's too late, man.
Head shaking (all beats, heavier on beats 2 and 4).
Hand drumming on every surface—steering wheel, tables, grocery cart.
Get excited when, in the noise of the mall, you hear the perfect high-hat rhythm. Only to find that it's coming from a coffee machine.
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Hand drumming on every surface—steering wheel, tables, grocery cart.
Get excited when, in the noise of the mall, you hear the perfect high-hat rhythm. Only to find that it's coming from a coffee machine.
buff.ly/MqfqVYw
This Is What Happens When You Listen to Too Much Jazz
Foot tapping (beats 2 and 4!). Head shaking (all beats, heavier on beats 2 and 4). Hand drumming on every surface—steering wheel, tables, grocery c...
www.mcsweeneys.net
October 9, 2025 at 2:51 AM
Take heed before it's too late, man.
Seems fine. What could possibly go wrong? 😬
“Technology firms behind artificial intelligence–based note-taking software — marketed to therapists as a time-saving administrative tool — have quietly included provisions in their terms and conditions that allow patients’ therapy records to be sold and manipulated to train other AI applications.”
Your Therapists’ Notes Could Become Fodder For AI
Tech companies are marketing AI-based note-taking software to therapists as a new time-saving tool. But by signing up, providers may be unknowingly offering patients’ sensitive health information as d...
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September 18, 2025 at 9:50 AM
Seems fine. What could possibly go wrong? 😬
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There was a book from the AV Club of lists and it had a list that was something like “10 Great Songs Ruined By a Saxophone Solo” and I almost threw that mfer in the trash
September 13, 2025 at 1:08 AM
There was a book from the AV Club of lists and it had a list that was something like “10 Great Songs Ruined By a Saxophone Solo” and I almost threw that mfer in the trash
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If it’s run for profit, then it’s profiting off of … us.
When I hear that the post office lost money, I think this: Good. We already paid for it. Why on earth should it make even more money from us? Who would keep the money? Would we see it?
When I hear that the post office lost money, I think this: Good. We already paid for it. Why on earth should it make even more money from us? Who would keep the money? Would we see it?
I don't want to start a thing so I'll just say that there will never be a good argument for privatizing USPS. That would be like privatizing libraries. The aim of services isn't to be run for profit, they are for serving the greater good, which USPS has been extremely successful at.
September 8, 2025 at 1:55 AM
If it’s run for profit, then it’s profiting off of … us.
When I hear that the post office lost money, I think this: Good. We already paid for it. Why on earth should it make even more money from us? Who would keep the money? Would we see it?
When I hear that the post office lost money, I think this: Good. We already paid for it. Why on earth should it make even more money from us? Who would keep the money? Would we see it?
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"In the weeks since, I’ve found myself unable to commit—grammatically, affectively, institutionally. Where once I might have said, 'I teach,' I now say, 'There are moments in which I find myself adjacent to pedagogy.' Friends have grown concerned. My dog, unfed."
I Got Tenure and Now I Can’t Seem to Form Simple Declarative Sentences
When I received the email, I was holding a piece of toast. Dry, no butter. I remember this vividly because it was the last thing in my life with a ...
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September 2, 2025 at 6:27 PM
"In the weeks since, I’ve found myself unable to commit—grammatically, affectively, institutionally. Where once I might have said, 'I teach,' I now say, 'There are moments in which I find myself adjacent to pedagogy.' Friends have grown concerned. My dog, unfed."
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"Ba de ya – I need dipping sauce with chicken tenders"
"Ba de ya – why does our band have all these members?"
"Ba de ya – too much Drakkar might overwhelm her"
"Ba de ya – why does our band have all these members?"
"Ba de ya – too much Drakkar might overwhelm her"
Rejected Lyrics from Earth, Wind & Fire’s 1978 Hit Song “September”
“Ba de ya – your corpse I will dismember” “Ba de ya – Christian Bale sure has a temper” “Ba de ya – I need dipping sauce with chicken tenders” “Ba ...
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September 2, 2025 at 1:20 AM
"Ba de ya – I need dipping sauce with chicken tenders"
"Ba de ya – why does our band have all these members?"
"Ba de ya – too much Drakkar might overwhelm her"
"Ba de ya – why does our band have all these members?"
"Ba de ya – too much Drakkar might overwhelm her"
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"We beheld throngs of swaying bodies, caught up in some sort of blood-trance, all of them shimmying as if to some unheard music, circling a massive, formless statue, all intertwined in a seething mass of sweat-covered skin and beehived hair-dos that seemed to defy gravity."
H.P. Loveshack
When I recall that night so many years ago, among the foul mists and brackish fens of the Great Southern Swamp, a great wave of shame and guilt ris...
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August 22, 2025 at 1:00 AM
"We beheld throngs of swaying bodies, caught up in some sort of blood-trance, all of them shimmying as if to some unheard music, circling a massive, formless statue, all intertwined in a seething mass of sweat-covered skin and beehived hair-dos that seemed to defy gravity."
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"The rust upon the roof of tin shall see your heart and know your sin."
(Happy B-Day, HP!)
www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/hp-...
(Happy B-Day, HP!)
www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/hp-...
H.P. Loveshack
When I recall that night so many years ago, among the foul mists and brackish fens of the Great Southern Swamp, a great wave of shame and guilt ris...
www.mcsweeneys.net
August 20, 2025 at 7:08 PM
"The rust upon the roof of tin shall see your heart and know your sin."
(Happy B-Day, HP!)
www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/hp-...
(Happy B-Day, HP!)
www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/hp-...
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Once upon a time at STSF I approached Jonathan Frakes at his table.
“I bought a picture with you later, and I brought two trombones. Could I—“
“Bring them.”
This was the result:
“I bought a picture with you later, and I brought two trombones. Could I—“
“Bring them.”
This was the result:
July 29, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Once upon a time at STSF I approached Jonathan Frakes at his table.
“I bought a picture with you later, and I brought two trombones. Could I—“
“Bring them.”
This was the result:
“I bought a picture with you later, and I brought two trombones. Could I—“
“Bring them.”
This was the result:
I can feel the world slowly starting to heal
everything is terrible so here's the Muppets channeling the Beastie Boys
July 28, 2025 at 12:50 AM
I can feel the world slowly starting to heal
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"Don’t worry about me: I’ve just been looping Jimmy Carter speeches and majestic whale sounds on my Golden Record while thanking my lucky stars I’m over fifteen billion miles away from you bozos."
This Is the Voyager Space Probe, and I’m Taking a Government-Mandated Mental Health Break from Social Media
“President Donald Trump’s NASA budget plans look to cut its public relations funding by half, but already the agency is shuttering social media acc...
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July 24, 2025 at 2:00 AM
"Don’t worry about me: I’ve just been looping Jimmy Carter speeches and majestic whale sounds on my Golden Record while thanking my lucky stars I’m over fifteen billion miles away from you bozos."
Nobody turns despair into hopeful defiance better than @swordsjew.bsky.social
yesterday, i got mild heatstroke and couldn't stop thinking about the great curses of Deuteronomy
so i wrote out a fever dream of curses and defiance, of the storm and the heat, of hatred and indifference
buttondown.com/theswordandt...
so i wrote out a fever dream of curses and defiance, of the storm and the heat, of hatred and indifference
buttondown.com/theswordandt...
That Tears Shall Drown the Wind
And pity, like a naked new-born babe,Striding the blast, or heaven's cherubim, horsedUpon the sightless couriers of the air,Shall blow the horrid deed in...
buttondown.com
July 10, 2025 at 12:48 PM
Nobody turns despair into hopeful defiance better than @swordsjew.bsky.social
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It's very obvious that the NYT has put people in editorial positions who view it as part of their job to upset the left. This is, in the bizarro, insular world of US elites, seen as a way to restore balance & regain the trust of the right.
Putting aside the merits of the larger effort ...
Putting aside the merits of the larger effort ...
July 4, 2025 at 8:06 PM
It's very obvious that the NYT has put people in editorial positions who view it as part of their job to upset the left. This is, in the bizarro, insular world of US elites, seen as a way to restore balance & regain the trust of the right.
Putting aside the merits of the larger effort ...
Putting aside the merits of the larger effort ...
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“The New York Times collaborated with a white nationalist eugenicist hacker and agreed to keep his identity a secret to publish a Zohran Mamdani hit piece” is a way bigger story than “18 year old Zohran Mamdani ticked ‘African American’ on his Columbia application because he was a citizen of Uganda”
July 4, 2025 at 1:40 AM
“The New York Times collaborated with a white nationalist eugenicist hacker and agreed to keep his identity a secret to publish a Zohran Mamdani hit piece” is a way bigger story than “18 year old Zohran Mamdani ticked ‘African American’ on his Columbia application because he was a citizen of Uganda”
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July 2, 2025 at 1:18 PM
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