The Seeker
@the-seeker.bsky.social
They call me The Seeker
I've been searching low and high
I've been searching low and high
A conundrum for TV watchers in the El Paso/Las Cruces area who don’t want to be restricted to watching Trump-approved content: Sinclair owns the CBS and Fox affiliates, and Nexstar owns the NBC affiliate. The only non-Sinclair/Nexstar option is … ABC.
September 18, 2025 at 1:01 PM
A conundrum for TV watchers in the El Paso/Las Cruces area who don’t want to be restricted to watching Trump-approved content: Sinclair owns the CBS and Fox affiliates, and Nexstar owns the NBC affiliate. The only non-Sinclair/Nexstar option is … ABC.
Since the suspect hasn’t yet been caught, the Kirk killing is the perfect fuel for right-wing hate: blame can be assigned without any chance of facts getting in the way.
September 11, 2025 at 12:06 PM
Since the suspect hasn’t yet been caught, the Kirk killing is the perfect fuel for right-wing hate: blame can be assigned without any chance of facts getting in the way.
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If you have a moment today, check out Colin and Sophie Hortman’s tribute to their parents on @thecurrent. It’s moving, powerful, and full of great music!
A musical tribute to Melissa and Mark Hortman
At 8 a.m. on the morning of Wednesday, Aug. 6, the Hortmans’ children, Colin and Sophie, joined The Current’s Morning Show to share songs and stories that embody their parents’ spirit and memory.
www.thecurrent.org
August 7, 2025 at 3:50 PM
If you have a moment today, check out Colin and Sophie Hortman’s tribute to their parents on @thecurrent. It’s moving, powerful, and full of great music!
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Earth will warm 1.5 degrees Celsius above preindustrial levels in just two years, new data shows. Irreversible tipping points — like the melting of Arctic ice sheets or the collapse of coral reefs — are closer at hand than previously believed.
Earth is likely to cross a key climate threshold in two years
A new World Meteorological Organization report spells the end of the world’s most famous climate goal.
www.washingtonpost.com
June 4, 2025 at 10:04 PM
Earth will warm 1.5 degrees Celsius above preindustrial levels in just two years, new data shows. Irreversible tipping points — like the melting of Arctic ice sheets or the collapse of coral reefs — are closer at hand than previously believed.
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The main reason it's difficult to defeat Republicans in this country is that the far left hates the center left more than it hates Republicans, and the center left hates the far left more than it hates Republicans.
May 19, 2025 at 7:12 PM
The main reason it's difficult to defeat Republicans in this country is that the far left hates the center left more than it hates Republicans, and the center left hates the far left more than it hates Republicans.
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Cato has published my comprehensive review of the ~240 Venezuelans the US government renditioned 2 months ago to Salvador’s notorious prison. We identified FIFTY who came legally, never violated any immigration law, but are imprisoned at the US government’s request and at US taxpayer expense.
May 19, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Cato has published my comprehensive review of the ~240 Venezuelans the US government renditioned 2 months ago to Salvador’s notorious prison. We identified FIFTY who came legally, never violated any immigration law, but are imprisoned at the US government’s request and at US taxpayer expense.
Gee, I don’t know why the Trump admin pushed back so hard on this! I thought tariffs were going to be no big deal—a cost that we American consumers wouldn’t be paying. Why wouldn’t they want that information included so we knew how small it was? It’s almost like they weren’t being straight with us!
Jeff Bezos is a decidedly unfit owner for the Washington Post if this is all it takes to get him to fold. Profile in non courage. www.cnbc.com/2025/04/29/w...
Trump complained to Bezos before Amazon said it scrapped idea to display tariff cost
Amazon founder Jeff Bezos has cozied up to President Donald Trump since the Republican won a second White House term.
www.cnbc.com
April 30, 2025 at 1:06 PM
Gee, I don’t know why the Trump admin pushed back so hard on this! I thought tariffs were going to be no big deal—a cost that we American consumers wouldn’t be paying. Why wouldn’t they want that information included so we knew how small it was? It’s almost like they weren’t being straight with us!
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Trump’s tariff equation is nonsense, says @johnauthers.bsky.social. Here’s why 🎥
April 3, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Trump’s tariff equation is nonsense, says @johnauthers.bsky.social. Here’s why 🎥
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If you accept that non-citizens have no right to due process, you are accepting that citizens have no right to due process. All the government has to do is claim that you are not a citizen; without due process you have no chance to prove the contrary.
March 24, 2025 at 10:18 PM
If you accept that non-citizens have no right to due process, you are accepting that citizens have no right to due process. All the government has to do is claim that you are not a citizen; without due process you have no chance to prove the contrary.
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So look at that. DOGE has cost the US Treasury fucking half a trillion dollars. HALF A TRILLION DOLLARS. This is your cost savings.
To review what we from @washingtonpost.com are reporting out of the IRS today:
- Projected tax revenue this year is down 10% ($500 billion) as Trump's downsizing is emboldening tax cheats
- IRS is nearing an agreement with ICE to assist on mass deportations
- Projected tax revenue this year is down 10% ($500 billion) as Trump's downsizing is emboldening tax cheats
- IRS is nearing an agreement with ICE to assist on mass deportations
March 22, 2025 at 9:20 PM
So look at that. DOGE has cost the US Treasury fucking half a trillion dollars. HALF A TRILLION DOLLARS. This is your cost savings.
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I read "Heartbreaker," the new memoir from Mike Campbell, the “one and only” guitarist for Tom Petty, in three days. I didn’t want to put it down. You won't either.
Music Book Review: "Heartbreaker," by Mike Campbell
I read "Heartbreaker" in three days. I didn’t want to put it down.
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March 19, 2025 at 6:11 PM
I read "Heartbreaker," the new memoir from Mike Campbell, the “one and only” guitarist for Tom Petty, in three days. I didn’t want to put it down. You won't either.
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No. Christians feel persecuted because there is a vast media apparatus telling them that they are persecuted. There is no evidence whatsoever of large-scale discrimination against Christians in this country.
Interesting story that gets to the heart of why many Christians feel persecuted in the U.S.: The secular elite find many of their views abhorrent and uncouth
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/06/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/06/u...
March 11, 2025 at 10:43 PM
No. Christians feel persecuted because there is a vast media apparatus telling them that they are persecuted. There is no evidence whatsoever of large-scale discrimination against Christians in this country.
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“And it would last ’til the end of time,” she sang. So it has." Elizabeth Nelson on "First Take," from a few yrs back. pitchfork.com/reviews/albu...
Roberta Flack: First Take
Read Elizabeth Nelson’s review of the album.
pitchfork.com
February 24, 2025 at 3:41 PM
“And it would last ’til the end of time,” she sang. So it has." Elizabeth Nelson on "First Take," from a few yrs back. pitchfork.com/reviews/albu...
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Exactly why I've been writing, podcasting, and damn near screaming about using the right language.
The mainstream media is failing us SO badly right now.
Stop. Calling. This. Shit. DEI.
This is (re)segregation. This is racial purging. Cleansing Black people from positions of power.
The mainstream media is failing us SO badly right now.
Stop. Calling. This. Shit. DEI.
This is (re)segregation. This is racial purging. Cleansing Black people from positions of power.
By accepting Trump’s anti-Black premise and regurgitating the narrative that equates anything Black as DEI, the NY Times has become part of the propaganda machine
February 22, 2025 at 11:52 PM
Exactly why I've been writing, podcasting, and damn near screaming about using the right language.
The mainstream media is failing us SO badly right now.
Stop. Calling. This. Shit. DEI.
This is (re)segregation. This is racial purging. Cleansing Black people from positions of power.
The mainstream media is failing us SO badly right now.
Stop. Calling. This. Shit. DEI.
This is (re)segregation. This is racial purging. Cleansing Black people from positions of power.
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to Smokey Robinson, a national treasure and one of the greatest songwriters of his era, at 85. "The Love I Saw in You Was Just a Mirage," which he composed with Marvin Tarplin, from 1967: www.youtube.com/watch?v=qv-I...
The Love I Saw In You Was Just A Mirage
YouTube video by Smokey Robinson - Topic
www.youtube.com
February 19, 2025 at 3:24 PM
to Smokey Robinson, a national treasure and one of the greatest songwriters of his era, at 85. "The Love I Saw in You Was Just a Mirage," which he composed with Marvin Tarplin, from 1967: www.youtube.com/watch?v=qv-I...
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Another legend leaves the stage (gift link; unlocked) :
Sugar Pie DeSanto, Gritty Soul Singer, Is Dead at 89 www.nytimes.com/2024/12/26/a...
Sugar Pie DeSanto, Gritty Soul Singer, Is Dead at 89 www.nytimes.com/2024/12/26/a...
Sugar Pie DeSanto, Gritty Soul Singer, Is Dead at 89 (Gift Article)
A powerful performer who paved the way for later soul and hip-hop artists, she recorded with Etta James and toured with Johnny Otis and James Brown.
www.nytimes.com
December 28, 2024 at 5:49 PM
Another legend leaves the stage (gift link; unlocked) :
Sugar Pie DeSanto, Gritty Soul Singer, Is Dead at 89 www.nytimes.com/2024/12/26/a...
Sugar Pie DeSanto, Gritty Soul Singer, Is Dead at 89 www.nytimes.com/2024/12/26/a...
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Only thing I'll say is: the reason these people think what they think is that they are wrapped in a seamless bubble of RW media, from cable TV to radio to social media.
When things to not go as they envision, that same bubble will ensure that they do not blame Trump.
When things to not go as they envision, that same bubble will ensure that they do not blame Trump.
December 26, 2024 at 8:24 PM
Only thing I'll say is: the reason these people think what they think is that they are wrapped in a seamless bubble of RW media, from cable TV to radio to social media.
When things to not go as they envision, that same bubble will ensure that they do not blame Trump.
When things to not go as they envision, that same bubble will ensure that they do not blame Trump.
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Elijah Wald, whose book Bob Dylan praised on Twitter earlier this month, shares a 31-track playlist of songs from the Smithsonian Folkways archives to prepare for 'A Complete Unknown'
Elijah Wald Shares a 'Complete Unknown' Listening Playlist
31 tracks from the Smithsonian Folkways collection
www.flaggingdown.com
December 17, 2024 at 2:14 PM
Elijah Wald, whose book Bob Dylan praised on Twitter earlier this month, shares a 31-track playlist of songs from the Smithsonian Folkways archives to prepare for 'A Complete Unknown'
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a note that the kindle version of Elijah Wald's DYLAN GOES ELECTRIC, the book that "A Complete Unknown" is based on (and recommended by Bob Himself!) is $1.99 on Kindle right now: amzn.to/3BNY2Ph
Amazon.com : dylan goes electric by elijah wald
amzn.to
December 26, 2024 at 5:49 PM
a note that the kindle version of Elijah Wald's DYLAN GOES ELECTRIC, the book that "A Complete Unknown" is based on (and recommended by Bob Himself!) is $1.99 on Kindle right now: amzn.to/3BNY2Ph
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Robert Bruce “Slim” Dunlap: 1951-2024. Not enough room to pay proper tribute here, but here's a few thoughts on one of finest men and musicians I'ver known: www.facebook.com/1059560020/p...
December 19, 2024 at 7:02 PM
Robert Bruce “Slim” Dunlap: 1951-2024. Not enough room to pay proper tribute here, but here's a few thoughts on one of finest men and musicians I'ver known: www.facebook.com/1059560020/p...
If you want to hear a thought-provoking conversation about where we go next, totally different than anything else you’ve heard in the last two weeks, I highly recommend you give @volts.wtf and @dansavage.bsky.social an hour of your time.
Dan Savage on blue America in the age of Trump
Dan Savage joins me on Volts to discuss how NIMBY-captured city leadership is failing Democrats — and why making cities better is the key to building the party’s future.
www.volts.wtf
November 20, 2024 at 9:17 PM
If you want to hear a thought-provoking conversation about where we go next, totally different than anything else you’ve heard in the last two weeks, I highly recommend you give @volts.wtf and @dansavage.bsky.social an hour of your time.
New #favoritesong: Mouth of a Flower by Haley Heynderickx. Delicate indie folk from the Portland singer-songwriter’s new album. Luminescent. (h/t @djcalc.bsky.social)
Mouth of a Flower
YouTube video by Haley Heynderickx - Topic
www.youtube.com
November 17, 2024 at 2:12 AM
New #favoritesong: Mouth of a Flower by Haley Heynderickx. Delicate indie folk from the Portland singer-songwriter’s new album. Luminescent. (h/t @djcalc.bsky.social)
It's so hard to write about music. Few writers are able to make the words dance or sing like the subject they're writing about. But look how @ginanarchy.bsky.social closes her most recent essay about Jerry Harrison/Adrian Belew's Remain In Light show. Perfection!
gina19e.substack.com/p/into-the-b...
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August 19, 2024 at 6:56 PM
It's so hard to write about music. Few writers are able to make the words dance or sing like the subject they're writing about. But look how @ginanarchy.bsky.social closes her most recent essay about Jerry Harrison/Adrian Belew's Remain In Light show. Perfection!
gina19e.substack.com/p/into-the-b...
gina19e.substack.com/p/into-the-b...
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This site is becoming more like the Bad Place every day and it makes me sad.
Perhaps the fault is not in our platform, but in ourselves.
Perhaps the fault is not in our platform, but in ourselves.
May 6, 2024 at 12:32 PM
This site is becoming more like the Bad Place every day and it makes me sad.
Perhaps the fault is not in our platform, but in ourselves.
Perhaps the fault is not in our platform, but in ourselves.