Brent S. Sirota
@brentsirota.bsky.social
Time-lag accumulator. Professor of History at NC State University. I write about church & state in the long eighteenth century Atlantic world.
He's running.
Mark Kelly: “Jobs are down. Wages are flat. Costs are up & this President is asleep — Like literally, he’s falling asleep on the job. It’s hurting the American people — He’s doing nothing to try to help people with the cost of groceries, rent, & healthcare”
December 6, 2025 at 8:22 PM
He's running.
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Truly the stupidest cult. Obsessed with a drug that doesn't work against an infectious disease that they don't even think is real.
In lieu of affordable universal health insurance, Texans will now be given better access to de-worming medication.
December 5, 2025 at 12:41 AM
Truly the stupidest cult. Obsessed with a drug that doesn't work against an infectious disease that they don't even think is real.
When the riff comes back . . . but slower.
This picture used by the Inquirer to accompany their story about Josh Shapiro today cracks me up
December 4, 2025 at 10:38 PM
When the riff comes back . . . but slower.
Erik Hall's solitary reconstructions of the classics of minimalism have been one of the more thrilling things going on in music these past few years. Very psyched he's got another coming -- taking on Branca, Palestine, Reich and Spiegel.
Solo Three, by Erik Hall
4 track album
erikhall.bandcamp.com
December 4, 2025 at 10:13 PM
Erik Hall's solitary reconstructions of the classics of minimalism have been one of the more thrilling things going on in music these past few years. Very psyched he's got another coming -- taking on Branca, Palestine, Reich and Spiegel.
Sixty years ago today at the first public Acid Test in San Jose, a San Francisco band known as The Warlocks made their first appearance under their new name The Grateful Dead.
December 4, 2025 at 8:21 PM
Sixty years ago today at the first public Acid Test in San Jose, a San Francisco band known as The Warlocks made their first appearance under their new name The Grateful Dead.
RIP Steve Cropper. Let's listen to Booker T. & the MGs's final Stax single, "Melting Pot," a track which smokes so hard it should be illegal.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=wPAw...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=wPAw...
Booker T. and the M.G.'s - Melting Pot
YouTube video by Stax Records
www.youtube.com
December 3, 2025 at 11:05 PM
RIP Steve Cropper. Let's listen to Booker T. & the MGs's final Stax single, "Melting Pot," a track which smokes so hard it should be illegal.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=wPAw...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=wPAw...
They keep saying Aftyn Behn but I keep hearing
December 3, 2025 at 12:49 AM
They keep saying Aftyn Behn but I keep hearing
Like a black hole, the Jeff Parker ETA crew is slowly consuming the entire musical universe.
the ensemble “includes double bassist Anna Butterss & guitarist Jeff Parker, as well as drummer Deantoni Parks, percussionist Mauro Refosco, alto flutist Rickey Washington & trombonist Vikram Devasthali. Chris Warren joins on vocals [&] the song’s producer, Josh Johnson, who also plays alto 🎷”
Flea Makes a Plea with Song from Jazz Dream Team Project
After a nearly five-decade career as one of his generation’s defining rock bassists, Flea has returned to his first instrument — the trumpet — and assembled a dream band of jazz visionaries to record ...
downbeat.com
December 2, 2025 at 10:33 PM
Like a black hole, the Jeff Parker ETA crew is slowly consuming the entire musical universe.
"Pay $350 for groceries to own the libs" is probably the best card he has to play now.
December 2, 2025 at 6:03 PM
"Pay $350 for groceries to own the libs" is probably the best card he has to play now.
Beyond low energy. Rallies used to be the one part of the job he loved.
December 2, 2025 at 11:58 AM
Beyond low energy. Rallies used to be the one part of the job he loved.
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Every sentence here is even crazier than the last.
December 2, 2025 at 1:48 AM
Every sentence here is even crazier than the last.
Sounds like he'll be fired in the news dead zone between Christmas and New Year's.
Reporter: If there were a second strike that killed wounded people, would that be legal?
Trump: I don’t know that happened and Pete said he did not even know what people were talking about. I wouldn’t have wanted a second strike. The first strike was very lethal. It was fine.
Trump: I don’t know that happened and Pete said he did not even know what people were talking about. I wouldn’t have wanted a second strike. The first strike was very lethal. It was fine.
December 1, 2025 at 1:01 AM
Sounds like he'll be fired in the news dead zone between Christmas and New Year's.
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What do people think the 90s were
November 30, 2025 at 11:29 PM
What do people think the 90s were
go wolfpack beat carolina
November 30, 2025 at 1:32 AM
go wolfpack beat carolina
Turkey chili. The cycle of life.
November 29, 2025 at 11:05 PM
Turkey chili. The cycle of life.
"Can anyone get into free jazz?"
‘I almost always play it in hiding, alone’: can anyone get into free jazz, history’s most maligned music?
Even though he’s partial to hideous noise, free jazz is mostly unknown to the Guardian’s pop critic. A new guidebook from Sonic Youth’s Thurston Moore may change his mind
www.theguardian.com
November 29, 2025 at 12:00 AM
"Can anyone get into free jazz?"
Bird is in the oven. It's in God's hands now.
November 27, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Bird is in the oven. It's in God's hands now.
In further confirmation of the historical cul-de-sac we find ourselves in, they've written this exact article about the last four Republican Speakers of the House.
‘In Triage Every Day’: A Beleaguered Speaker Says He’s Overwhelmed
www.nytimes.com
November 27, 2025 at 1:41 PM
In further confirmation of the historical cul-de-sac we find ourselves in, they've written this exact article about the last four Republican Speakers of the House.
Butlerian Jihad when?
Pope Leo XIV told students not to use artificial intelligence for homework, saying that AI ‘won’t stand in authentic wonder before the beauty of God’s creation.’
Even God Is Worried About ChatGPT
Pope Leo XIV told students not to use artificial intelligence for homework, saying that AI ‘won’t stand in authentic wonder before the beauty of God’s creation.’
www.vulture.com
November 26, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Butlerian Jihad when?
Trump's prominence in the Epstein files is a contradiction that Qanon does not want to resolve. Great piece by @willsommer.bsky.social
Opinion | QAnon Isn’t So Thrilled About the Epstein Revelations
www.nytimes.com
November 25, 2025 at 1:00 AM
Trump's prominence in the Epstein files is a contradiction that Qanon does not want to resolve. Great piece by @willsommer.bsky.social
Counterpoint: a guy who thinks things are going well doesn't have to tweet things like this. Knows full well its hitting the skids.
Trump is so far detached from reality it’s absurd. It’s past time to talk seriously about the 25th Amendment.
November 24, 2025 at 12:14 PM
Counterpoint: a guy who thinks things are going well doesn't have to tweet things like this. Knows full well its hitting the skids.
Proclaiming it the start of latke season.
November 23, 2025 at 10:58 PM
Proclaiming it the start of latke season.
This is definitely a real guy. I used to trade music with an older Gen X dude in Chicago (who turned me onto a lot of proto-metal heavy psych rock like Leaf Hound and Dust) who used to say 'The Cramps are better than the Beatles' all the time. It was a ridiculous position, but I think he believed it
As someone who is this guy's age I can tell you 100% that if you were into Pixies, Nirvana, 120 Minutes stuff, etc. but didn't like the Beatles you had to have worked hard to contort yourself into that special little box. Your enemy, if you absolutely needed one, was hair metal. GTFO here with this.
November 23, 2025 at 6:58 PM
This is definitely a real guy. I used to trade music with an older Gen X dude in Chicago (who turned me onto a lot of proto-metal heavy psych rock like Leaf Hound and Dust) who used to say 'The Cramps are better than the Beatles' all the time. It was a ridiculous position, but I think he believed it