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WE DID IT. I CANT FUCKING BELIEVED WE DEFEATED USA WE DEFEATED A COUP WE DEFEATED META WE DEFEATED EVERYONE WHO TRIED TO SILENCE BRAZILIA PEOPLE LULA WON GUYS. THE PEOPLE WON.

I haven’t slept a full night in three weeks ahead of the polls opening in Brazil today. I might be shouting into a void here, but if you can spare a few seconds to send good energy towards our elections today and for the largest country in South America to beat fascism, please do so. 🇧🇷

Gary Tyler, a quilt artist who spent decades on death row for a crime he didn’t commit, now has his first solo exhibit at the Grand Rapids Art Museum

This is Tommy. Tommy had a question about my allegiances. Listen to the end to hear about his.

Elon Musk spoke with Donald Trump about the plan to cut off Ukraine’s Starlink access, according to a new report. trib.al/3ZwfXE5

Maybe I'm not so smart, but I find the argument "We can't stop AI from destroying the world, otherwise we'll lose to China" somehow flawed.

The American white collar workforce started working from home three days a week for like six months a year into COVID and executives so thoroughly lost their minds over this that they installed Trump II. If anything, AI will create the 7-day workweek.

So, punching in the throat is not a flagrant 2? #GSV

Today in me being insufferable: A number of the zines and band posters inside that record shop, uh, belonged to me. The HF production design team borrowed* them from myself and other Chicago music scene/record store folks. The More You Know etc [*no I didn't get paid lol, I did it For the Culture]

Friend shared this video of a man unveiling the library he hid when he fled Damascus in 2011. It’s incredible

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If you want to understand how the rich got SO rich in America and what we can do to rebalance the scales, watch this! www.youtube.com/watch?v=QqRy... with @hcrichardson.bsky.social and Dr. Ray Madoff.

"It is estimated that nearly 1,000 representatives from all 12 Anishinaabe Tribal Nations in Michigan came together Monday to stand for the water and against the continued operation of the Line 5 pipeline." This was the group leading the walk. It appears MLive is the only outlet to report on it.

Have seen this Nature piece about the effects of X's algorithm mentioned again and it bears repeating; exposure to a right wing algorithm makes you - measurably and predictably - more right wing, even after you stop using it. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

This really is the fundamental toxicity of this technology that just can't ever be escaped; even if it wasn't the object of economically destructive hype, even if it wasn't being overdeployed in environmentally harmful ways, etc, it's like asbestos for the brain

Perspective.

Indeed. Well said.

He was seizing. Ambulance was already called. ICE “released” him anyway, mid-emergency, so his death wouldn’t count as theirs. No report. No notice to Congress. Menendez found out by accident. 3rd death at Delaney Hall. This isn’t a loophole. It’s a system built to erase people. Make some noise!

Absolutely heartbreaking letter from the mother of Alex Pretti, six months after his murder by ICE agents. How is it possible that we still haven’t seen even a hint of justice for such a heinous crime?

@gilduran.com cool. Is this a new tag #KkkAi?

NEW: A lawsuit filed Tuesday alleges that ICE held monthly in-person meetings with Iranian officials in which it divulged details on Iranian asylum seekers and gave Tehran some say in which individuals the Trump administration would deport. Claims both State and ICE coordinated handing over files.

Only the best!

Tens of thousands celebrated Budapest Pride, the first since Viktor Orbán’s ousting.

History. Hope. Grace. The Obamas reminded us that leadership can be intelligent, compassionate, and inspiring. Their legacy continues…

The Fleshtones -Shiney Heinie Huge riff! Great yowl! The best garage revival album of 2008 is from a band so old they had a song in Animal House. NYC's own Fleshtones never stoped writing great new songs. They are one of the best live bands I have ever seen. #TheN0ughtie5 D 18 NK❌JC❌SG❌

Ooh, this reminds me of this song by The Cucumbers on maybe the second or third album I ever reviewed? To this day I can't tell if this is a joke or if the guys from The Fleshtones actually did make clocks at one point. www.youtube.com/watch?v=nG0R...

i fucking love kenny loggins

The Girls - My Baby [LA, CA, USA; Garage Beat, Surf](1965) 4 sisters Sandoval. Previously known as The Teen Bugs / The Four Queens . https://redd.it/1get9jl https://youtu.be/Bm8gZcNrmAY

Rep. AOC posts new photo on Instagram celebrating the Knicks alongside Mayor Zohran Mamdani

Only way to express it !

"It’s hard to imagine that right-wing PACs and dark money groups are going to come in on the side of Chan to keep you out of Congress," Tim Redmond counsels Wiener. "They would much rather have you."

❗️FBI is reaching out to people who were previously arrested by NJSP during protests outside Delaney Hall. Some have received phone calls or door knocks. National Lawyers Guild is spreading an advisory for people to contact their hotline if feds come knocking:

In my opinion, the greatest saxophonist who ever blew breathe died today. To me, Sonny Rollins provided more joy and wonder than Bird, Coltrane, Pres, you name it. He was superlative improviser, who left me giddy + awestruck at least 3 of the five times I saw him, and merely uplifted the other two.

RIP Sonny Rollins, the Colossus who reinvented the saxophone at least twice, who tapped the subconscious realm to realize the most brazen, beautiful riffs ever conceived, who embodied a spirit of total integrity & discipline, playing for hours under the bridge, consecrated to pure mastery of the art

"was strummer singing like that then?" Yes!!! (See below.) "Would he have had access to a recording of it?" Possibly yes, but I wouldn't bet on it. Still I'm gaping at this, how close it is to "Should I Stay..." and how good it is. www.youtube.com/watch?v=yZnZ...

Oh this is delightful. Let's start with SpaceX's violation of 17 CFR § 229.504 (Item 504). Their "use of proceeds" neglects to mention they are contractually obligated to use the first $20 billion from it to pay off a bridge loan. This is also while their quarterly cash burn exceeds $8 billion. /1

The following candidates should loudly and immediately drop out of the California governor’s race. They have no path to the governor’s office and can only serve as Democratic spoilers at this point. @katieporterca.bsky.social @mattmahansj.bsky.social @tonythurmond.bsky.social Antonio Villaragosa

Saying this now, just in case - - New Yorkers hated Giuliani on 9/10, couldn't wait to get rid of him - Giuliani was in the street on 9/11 bc the Command Center at 7WTC was destroyed (he put it there to be near Judi Nathan) - Giuliani killed 343 firemen by forcing cheap radios on them