@sfgman.bsky.social
Cynical idealist. Words and music.
“The nation's in disorder
There's chaos in my heart
We've got to get together
Before we fall apart”
“The nation's in disorder
There's chaos in my heart
We've got to get together
Before we fall apart”
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Hello. I live in Los Angeles. The president is lying.
June 8, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Hello. I live in Los Angeles. The president is lying.
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Pulp: Spike Island review – Jarvis Cocker and co’s joyous second coming
Pulp: Spike Island review – Jarvis Cocker and co’s joyous second coming
The anthemic lead single from the band’s first album in 24 years casts a wary eye over their peak 90s fame – but also suggests that performing is irresistible
www.theguardian.com
April 10, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Pulp: Spike Island review – Jarvis Cocker and co’s joyous second coming
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No phone line, fewer local offices ... well, I'm sure America's septuagenarians are skilled enough to navigate the internet and handle any problems that arise.
So it appears DOGE has decreed that Social Security administration will no longer provide phone support. At all. This is in addition to shutting down a ton of local SSA offices. www.axios.com/2025/03/17/s...
Leaked memo: DOGE plots to cut Social Security phone support
Changes could break the system, former officials say.
www.axios.com
March 18, 2025 at 12:34 AM
No phone line, fewer local offices ... well, I'm sure America's septuagenarians are skilled enough to navigate the internet and handle any problems that arise.
Shameful. How far we have fallen. Just atrocious. Zelenskyy is a hero.
February 28, 2025 at 7:14 PM
Shameful. How far we have fallen. Just atrocious. Zelenskyy is a hero.
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We can’t say this enough: When people in Trump‘s orbit deliberately lie about how our constitutional democracy works, they violate the oaths they take to uphold the law. & they violate the trust the American people place in them.
Karoline Leavitt: "The real constitutional crisis is taking place within our judicial branch."
February 12, 2025 at 6:35 PM
We can’t say this enough: When people in Trump‘s orbit deliberately lie about how our constitutional democracy works, they violate the oaths they take to uphold the law. & they violate the trust the American people place in them.
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So when all was said and done, the only country that opened it's prisons and sent crazy murderous criminals to prey upon innocent American citizens, was us.
January 22, 2025 at 7:25 AM
So when all was said and done, the only country that opened it's prisons and sent crazy murderous criminals to prey upon innocent American citizens, was us.
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They are such mrons
GOP members complaining about reduction of military standards while using a chart that misspells the word military!
January 14, 2025 at 6:59 PM
They are such mrons
Real music-lover’s dilemma: #FontainesD.C. and #PearlJam concerts on the same night - April 29 in ATL. If you have tickets to both, how do you choose?
December 18, 2024 at 12:33 PM
Real music-lover’s dilemma: #FontainesD.C. and #PearlJam concerts on the same night - April 29 in ATL. If you have tickets to both, how do you choose?
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Terrible
LOL the Washington Post replaced its archive search tool with an AI that tries to summarize the archive ahead of delivering any actual stories, and which only ranks its findings by "relevance," with no option to rank them by date
December 9, 2024 at 3:46 AM
Terrible
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Rudolph the Red Nose Reindeer is on tonight.
The classic tale of when people treat you like shit until they find out you can do something for them.
🦌🦌🦌
The classic tale of when people treat you like shit until they find out you can do something for them.
🦌🦌🦌
December 6, 2024 at 5:53 PM
Rudolph the Red Nose Reindeer is on tonight.
The classic tale of when people treat you like shit until they find out you can do something for them.
🦌🦌🦌
The classic tale of when people treat you like shit until they find out you can do something for them.
🦌🦌🦌
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It really is true, though, like we are always told, that you should never write an email that you wouldn’t want to see on the front page of The New York Times
November 30, 2024 at 2:50 AM
It really is true, though, like we are always told, that you should never write an email that you wouldn’t want to see on the front page of The New York Times
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🔊 #NowPlaying on #KEXP's #MiddayShow
Chinese American Bear:
🎵 Magic Number (魔法数字)
#ChineseAmericanBear
▶️ 🪄 Automagic 🔊 show 📻 playlist on Spotify
▶️ Song on #Bandcamp:
Magic Number (魔法数字), by Chinese American Bear
from the album Wah!!!
chineseamericanbear.bandcamp.com
November 18, 2024 at 8:40 PM
🔊 #NowPlaying on #KEXP's #MiddayShow
Chinese American Bear:
🎵 Magic Number (魔法数字)
#ChineseAmericanBear
▶️ 🪄 Automagic 🔊 show 📻 playlist on Spotify
▶️ Song on #Bandcamp:
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"The conventional wisdom seems to have settled on the view that, Sure, this is all very bad. But also: It’s ultimately fine. I view this as a dangerous failure of imagination."
Let your imagination run wild with @jvl.bsky.social in today's Triad:
Let your imagination run wild with @jvl.bsky.social in today's Triad:
It’s Time to Consider the Worst-Case Scenario
Let’s go to the Bad Place together.
www.thebulwark.com
November 18, 2024 at 6:11 PM
"The conventional wisdom seems to have settled on the view that, Sure, this is all very bad. But also: It’s ultimately fine. I view this as a dangerous failure of imagination."
Let your imagination run wild with @jvl.bsky.social in today's Triad:
Let your imagination run wild with @jvl.bsky.social in today's Triad:
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🔊 #NowPlaying on #KEXP's #MiddayShow
Mumrunner:
🎵 Shawshank
#Mumrunner
▶️ 🪄 Automagic 🔊 show 📻 playlist on Spotify
▶️ Song on #Bandcamp:
Shawshank, by Mumrunner
from the album Gentle Slopes
mumrunner.bandcamp.com
November 18, 2024 at 8:13 PM
🔊 #NowPlaying on #KEXP's #MiddayShow
Mumrunner:
🎵 Shawshank
#Mumrunner
▶️ 🪄 Automagic 🔊 show 📻 playlist on Spotify
▶️ Song on #Bandcamp:
Well. I feel cheated. Again.
a bald man wearing a plaid shirt and a black vest
ALT: a bald man wearing a plaid shirt and a black vest
media.tenor.com
November 16, 2024 at 5:47 AM
Well. I feel cheated. Again.
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We know this because we lived this with Trump for the last eight years. Keeping focus is difficult. We're going to need to get better at this.
November 15, 2024 at 1:34 PM
We know this because we lived this with Trump for the last eight years. Keeping focus is difficult. We're going to need to get better at this.
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Yet again, I see that People Magazine is too cowardly to admit who the real Sexiest Man Alive is:
November 13, 2024 at 7:29 PM
Yet again, I see that People Magazine is too cowardly to admit who the real Sexiest Man Alive is:
We’re all there, Petals.
November 13, 2024 at 11:29 PM
We’re all there, Petals.
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A clean sweep for Putin.
November 13, 2024 at 8:39 PM
A clean sweep for Putin.