Falling Apartment
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“If people make your world a better place, it will necessarily feel like a worse place when they are gone. Yet what remains is still so much better than it ever would have been without them.”
If you click on this, you'll get a great recap of the genesis of "Can't Be the First One," an unreleased Molina song on my band Mint Mile's new LP, andwhichstray. Plus a buncha pix of our time recording the record with my beloved pal Steve Albini in the south of France. Thanks Erin (Osmon)
Static & Distance
A tribute to the life and work of Jason Molina
Brought to you by Secretly Canadian, ‘Static & Distance’ provides a unique opportunity to dive deeper into the life and work of a generation-defining ar...
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November 28, 2025 at 11:27 PM
“If people make your world a better place, it will necessarily feel like a worse place when they are gone. Yet what remains is still so much better than it ever would have been without them.”
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this photo slaps even harder when you remember the FDR line Mamdani quoted in his primary victory speech
November 24, 2025 at 12:33 AM
this photo slaps even harder when you remember the FDR line Mamdani quoted in his primary victory speech
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I think the level of sexual abuse that is going to be coming out of ICE would put the Boston archdiocese and Penn State to shame
Sounds like he thought he had a get out of jail free card on the underage sex charge since he was ICE www.cbsnews.com/minnesota/ne...
November 19, 2025 at 1:55 AM
I think the level of sexual abuse that is going to be coming out of ICE would put the Boston archdiocese and Penn State to shame
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Zohran at the rally for trans youth on february 8 ❣️ he was polling single digits.
June 25, 2025 at 4:51 AM
Zohran at the rally for trans youth on february 8 ❣️ he was polling single digits.
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right wing bigots have admitted
- the “trans women in bathrooms” issue
- the “trans women in sports” issue and
- the “trans kids getting surgery” issue
were all MADE UP TO TAKE OUR RIGHTS AWAY
are you paying attention?
- the “trans women in bathrooms” issue
- the “trans women in sports” issue and
- the “trans kids getting surgery” issue
were all MADE UP TO TAKE OUR RIGHTS AWAY
are you paying attention?
October 19, 2025 at 6:40 PM
right wing bigots have admitted
- the “trans women in bathrooms” issue
- the “trans women in sports” issue and
- the “trans kids getting surgery” issue
were all MADE UP TO TAKE OUR RIGHTS AWAY
are you paying attention?
- the “trans women in bathrooms” issue
- the “trans women in sports” issue and
- the “trans kids getting surgery” issue
were all MADE UP TO TAKE OUR RIGHTS AWAY
are you paying attention?
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You have to read nearly to the end for it, but @jonathanlarsen.bsky.social dropped the sickest of burns on good old John Bolton. It’s worth the read.
Admirable Holsey Quits Trump's Illegal War
U.S. Southern Command leader reportedly had a few issues with murdering people in boats
open.substack.com
October 17, 2025 at 7:07 PM
You have to read nearly to the end for it, but @jonathanlarsen.bsky.social dropped the sickest of burns on good old John Bolton. It’s worth the read.
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One continuous scene of two separate run-ins with ICE from an alley in Rogers Park this morning, from three entirely different POVs.
1. www.instagram.com/reel/DPt0Roi...
2. bsky.app/profile/roya...
3. bsky.app/profile/juri...
1. www.instagram.com/reel/DPt0Roi...
2. bsky.app/profile/roya...
3. bsky.app/profile/juri...
October 13, 2025 at 2:44 AM
One continuous scene of two separate run-ins with ICE from an alley in Rogers Park this morning, from three entirely different POVs.
1. www.instagram.com/reel/DPt0Roi...
2. bsky.app/profile/roya...
3. bsky.app/profile/juri...
1. www.instagram.com/reel/DPt0Roi...
2. bsky.app/profile/roya...
3. bsky.app/profile/juri...
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If you enjoyed my writing about the Chicago Silkworm shows, you may want to read another one from Jacob Simons (Moon Orchids). It’s quite good!!
START-TRACK AT SHOW: Silkworm wsg. Gotobeds, Dianogah - September 24–25, 2025
"I have been a feverish fan of Silkworm since I was 22 years old. In my late teens and early twenties, when I first began playing the electric guitar and bass guitar in local punk bands..."
starttrack.substack.com
October 7, 2025 at 2:58 AM
If you enjoyed my writing about the Chicago Silkworm shows, you may want to read another one from Jacob Simons (Moon Orchids). It’s quite good!!
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I was sent this by a Georgian this morning. 2025 premiums vs 2026 premiums for someone making $65k a year.
Republicans in Washington did this.
This is what I'm fighting to stop. This is what’s at stake in this shutdown fight.
Republicans in Washington did this.
This is what I'm fighting to stop. This is what’s at stake in this shutdown fight.
October 1, 2025 at 6:33 PM
I was sent this by a Georgian this morning. 2025 premiums vs 2026 premiums for someone making $65k a year.
Republicans in Washington did this.
This is what I'm fighting to stop. This is what’s at stake in this shutdown fight.
Republicans in Washington did this.
This is what I'm fighting to stop. This is what’s at stake in this shutdown fight.
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This is the information that mainstream media needs to be reporting on. @jonathanlarsen.bsky.social does an excellent job of breaking it done nice and easy. So easy even MAGA could understand what the issue here is. Important parallels are drawn.
open.substack.com/pub/jonathan...
open.substack.com/pub/jonathan...
Trump Got Venezuela Intel from Controversial "Fixer"
Venezuelan expat with rich, dissident clients and an ex-CIA partner told Trump that Maduro's waging a covert war
open.substack.com
September 30, 2025 at 12:07 AM
This is the information that mainstream media needs to be reporting on. @jonathanlarsen.bsky.social does an excellent job of breaking it done nice and easy. So easy even MAGA could understand what the issue here is. Important parallels are drawn.
open.substack.com/pub/jonathan...
open.substack.com/pub/jonathan...
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I think the Trump admin assumed no one would try to find out who the people on the boats they blew up really were
September 29, 2025 at 3:42 PM
I think the Trump admin assumed no one would try to find out who the people on the boats they blew up really were
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I saw my favorite band, Silkworm, live three times last week. I had to write about it:
Whenever You Might Think It’s Over: Silkworm in Chicago 9/23/25 to 9/25/25
I saw the band Silkworm live in Chicago, Illinois. Three times, in fact. The first three shows of the group’s mini-tour from The Windy City to Tolono, Illinois (that’s Champaign-Urbana, effectively…
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September 29, 2025 at 2:01 PM
I saw my favorite band, Silkworm, live three times last week. I had to write about it:
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NEW FROM ME: Last year, two men fed Team Trump the claim Tren de Aragua was a covert Maduro army.
The Miami Herald IDed one of them in March.
I just IDed the second one.
The Miami Herald IDed one of them in March.
I just IDed the second one.
Trump Got Venezuela Intel from Controversial "Fixer"
Venezuelan expat with rich, dissident clients and an ex-CIA partner told Trump that Maduro's waging a covert war
jonathanlarsen.substack.com
September 29, 2025 at 4:13 PM
NEW FROM ME: Last year, two men fed Team Trump the claim Tren de Aragua was a covert Maduro army.
The Miami Herald IDed one of them in March.
I just IDed the second one.
The Miami Herald IDed one of them in March.
I just IDed the second one.
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Hell of a photo by my former Chicago Tribune colleague Stacey Wescott from a protest today at an ICE facility in the Chicago suburbs. Read the sign at the bottom. @staceywescott.bsky.social
HARDEST PHOTO OF 2025 JUST DROPPED
September 19, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Hell of a photo by my former Chicago Tribune colleague Stacey Wescott from a protest today at an ICE facility in the Chicago suburbs. Read the sign at the bottom. @staceywescott.bsky.social
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This shooting is nothing short of horrific. I'm praying for Charlie Kirk and thinking of the students at the event in Utah. Political violence has no place in our country — it's never ok.
September 10, 2025 at 7:51 PM
This shooting is nothing short of horrific. I'm praying for Charlie Kirk and thinking of the students at the event in Utah. Political violence has no place in our country — it's never ok.
Well said
Yes, Charlie Kirk's Death Is a Loss
It's not preciousness or institutionalist norms that call on us to reject political violence
open.substack.com
September 10, 2025 at 9:35 PM
Well said
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I'm definitely of the "Don't panic" school...
...but Trump just said religious leaders should have more of a voice and more power than you do.
And corporate media didn't even mention it, let alone blast out the warning.
...but Trump just said religious leaders should have more of a voice and more power than you do.
And corporate media didn't even mention it, let alone blast out the warning.
Trump Called for American Theocracy and No One Said Shit
Trump wished for right-wing religious leaders to get more of a voice than other people and alleged fictional "anti-Christian bias"
thefuckingnews.substack.com
September 9, 2025 at 8:12 PM
I'm definitely of the "Don't panic" school...
...but Trump just said religious leaders should have more of a voice and more power than you do.
And corporate media didn't even mention it, let alone blast out the warning.
...but Trump just said religious leaders should have more of a voice and more power than you do.
And corporate media didn't even mention it, let alone blast out the warning.
Happy Labor Day, oh dignified workers, we. Here’s a good little read about a slightly alt aspiration from the dignity of grind and toil. h/t @jonathanlarsen.bsky.social
What Labor Means Today
How America's been brainwashed to abandon the dreams labor once had for us
open.substack.com
September 1, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Happy Labor Day, oh dignified workers, we. Here’s a good little read about a slightly alt aspiration from the dignity of grind and toil. h/t @jonathanlarsen.bsky.social
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Lee’s story underscores the need for trans youth to have access to lifesaving healthcare in PA. We highlighted the importance of this access last month:
By Refusing to Provide Necessary Care to Trans Youth Under 19 Years of Age, Penn State Health and UPMC Are Failing Their Patients - ACLU of Pennsylvania
The ACLU advocates for the legality of and access to gender-affirming care because we have a 105-year track record of fighting for equality and equity for all, especially those who have been marginali...
www.aclupa.org
August 29, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Lee’s story underscores the need for trans youth to have access to lifesaving healthcare in PA. We highlighted the importance of this access last month:
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they think they can just erase trans joy and trans freedom. they can't. they can make things a lot harder and more painful. but that joy and that freedom is not theirs to take and it is incumbent on all good people to say so.
US government orders 46 states to destroy trans education materials
https://www.thepinknews.com/2025/08/27/trans-education-us-state-directive/?utm_content=1756312804&utm_medium=social&utm_source=bluesky
https://www.thepinknews.com/2025/08/27/trans-education-us-state-directive/?utm_content=1756312804&utm_medium=social&utm_source=bluesky
US government orders states to destroy trans education materials
The US government has ordered 46 states and territories to destroy education materials referencing trans people.
www.thepinknews.com
August 29, 2025 at 2:07 AM
they think they can just erase trans joy and trans freedom. they can't. they can make things a lot harder and more painful. but that joy and that freedom is not theirs to take and it is incumbent on all good people to say so.
Another fantastic (sub)headline, with a bonus Bartleby the Scrivener reference on the side!
Find tiny bits of joy where you can these days, folks .
Find tiny bits of joy where you can these days, folks .
The People Just Freed The Subway™ Vigilante
A grand jury reportedly refused to return felony charges against America's favorite submarine captain
open.substack.com
August 28, 2025 at 1:09 PM
Another fantastic (sub)headline, with a bonus Bartleby the Scrivener reference on the side!
Find tiny bits of joy where you can these days, folks .
Find tiny bits of joy where you can these days, folks .
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Now available: Lay it Down In Full View: Collected Writings On Silkworm And Their Music.
The 14 essays in this landmark 416 page tome adopt a range of approaches from memoir and historiography to music criticism.
Details here...
shop.comedyminusone.com/products/sil...
The 14 essays in this landmark 416 page tome adopt a range of approaches from memoir and historiography to music criticism.
Details here...
shop.comedyminusone.com/products/sil...
August 25, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Now available: Lay it Down In Full View: Collected Writings On Silkworm And Their Music.
The 14 essays in this landmark 416 page tome adopt a range of approaches from memoir and historiography to music criticism.
Details here...
shop.comedyminusone.com/products/sil...
The 14 essays in this landmark 416 page tome adopt a range of approaches from memoir and historiography to music criticism.
Details here...
shop.comedyminusone.com/products/sil...