Brian Collins

Brian Collins

@bhcphd.bsky.social

He/Him. 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🇵🇸🇺🇦Writing a new book on the metamodern music and mythology of #KGLW. All opinions are mine. Pro-democracy, anti-fascist. Do not comply in advance. Am I supposed to have a fake name or something?

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick
@reichlinmelnick.bsky.social

🚨HOLY CRAP. An ICE whistleblower just revealed a secret memo authorizing ICE officers to break into homes without a judicial warrant, which DHS's own legal training materials say is unconstitutional! ICE then hid the memo from the public, passing it along by word of mouth and private conversation.

The Associated Press@apnews.com

BREAKING: Immigration officers are asserting sweeping power to enter homes without a judge’s warrant, a memo obtained by AP says.

bit.lyImmigration officers assert sweeping power to enter homes without a judge's warrant, memo saysAn Immigration and Customs Enforcement memo obtained by The Associated Press reveals that the agency allows immigration officers to forcibly enter homes to make arrests without a judicial warrant.

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Adam Schwarz
@adamjschwarz.bsky.social

Danish Parliament Deputy Speaker Lars-Christian Brask: "If I could come with some advice, it would be for the Senate & House to start to take control of political power in America because with this erratic & mad behaviour, you have to ask the question, is the President capable of running the US?"

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Robert Reich
@rbreich.bsky.social

Fortune 500 companies that have contracts with ICE: -Amazon -AT&T -Booz Allen Hamilton -Caci -Charter Communications -Comcast -Dell -Ecolab -FedEx -General Dynamics -L3Harris -Motorola -Thermo Fisher -UPS Know who profits from Trump's cruelty.

Brian Collins
@bhcphd.bsky.social

#vinyl #nowspinning Godflesh- Streetcleaner. This is not as compelling as I remember finding it when I bought the cassette back in 1990 or so. The Melvins and Neurosis both did it better. But heavy times call for heavy music. And side two, track two, is pretty great.

Brian Collins
@bhcphd.bsky.social

#vinyl #nowspinning “Brain Telephone” by Frankie and the Witch Fingers. This early effort was a fun record. But it pretty much sticks to the script of 60s garage rock and pop psych. Data Doom is a much more enjoyable and accomplished album.

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick
@reichlinmelnick.bsky.social

🚨WHOA. The El Paso Medical Examiner says it will rule the death of a 55-year-old Cuban man at ICE's "Camp East Montana" tent camp as a homicide. He was allegedly choked to death by a guard during a "struggle" after he refused to enter a housing unit without his medications.

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Brian Collins
@bhcphd.bsky.social

I haven't had time to look it up, but do Danes and Swedes have any kind of centuries-old reputation for being fearsome in battle or anything like that?

Anonymous@youranoncentral.bsky.social

Denmark has begun deploying special elements and heavy military equipment to Greenland to establish defensive positions and logistical infrastructure ahead of a larger Danish Army deployment, with additional European forces expected to follow, including Sweden that is deploying forces today.

Brian Collins
@bhcphd.bsky.social

#nowspinning #vinyl “All The Young Droids: Junkshop Synth Pop 1978-1985.” I am happy to see Bandcamp banning AI slop from its service. Meanwhile, Spotify will be further reducing the ability of artists to make money by opening the floodgates. Listen to some real robot music made by humans instead.

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The Tennessee Holler
@thetnholler.bsky.social

TW ⚠️ —- SANTA ANA: Trump’s goons shoot an unarmed 21 year-old protestor in the eye at point blank range with a non-lethal round, blinding him in it forever… then drag him on the ground like an animal. We are over the cliff, folks. 🇺🇸

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MeidasTouch
@meidastouch.com

The worker who called Trump a “pedophile protector” has been suspended. He says he has “definitely no regrets whatsoever,” adding: “I don’t feel as though fate looks upon you often, and when it does, you better be ready to seize the opportunity. And today I think I did that.” wapo.st/4sG38CD

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Nikki Wallschlaeger
@nikkimwalls.bsky.social
Mediagazer@mediagazer.com

Sources: Bari Weiss has privately been deeply frustrated by the negative reaction to her CBS tenure and has blamed subordinates for not stanching the criticism (New York Times) Main Link | Mediagazer Permalink

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Laura Jedeed
@laurajedeed.bsky.social

A few months ago, ICE hired me I didn't sign and submit any paperwork. I almost certainly failed the drug test. I'm real outspoken about my opposition to the Trump administration, and I am extremely googlable And yet, there it was, in plain English. "Welcome to ICE!" My latest for Slate

slate.comYou’ve Heard About Who ICE Is Recruiting. The Truth Is Far Worse. I’m the Proof.What happens when you do minimal screening before hiring agents, arming them, and sending them into the streets? We're all finding out.

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Harry Shearer
@harryshearer.bsky.social

This morning, the Felon-in-Chief cancelled all meetings with Iranian officials criticizing their “senseless killing: of innocent protestors', telling the protestors to “keep taking to the streets”. Except of course in Minneapolis.

Brian Collins
@bhcphd.bsky.social

#nowplaying #vinyl Sweet Sensation- Take It While It’s Hot. Found this one in the $5 bin at the record store. The fact that the $5 bin has replaced the $1 bin as the bargain bin is outrageous, but whatever. From the cover, I thought it would be Latin freestyle. It is and it’s great! Abolish ICE.

Brian Collins
@bhcphd.bsky.social

#nowplaying #vinyl #kglw the record looks great and sounds great, but I’m not sure about excerpting a single song from a long multi-song jam. Big fig wasp sounds kind of wonky in the way it has to fade in and out.