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Brian “Enemy Within” Alexander @brianralexander.bsky.social · 49m

I think it’s possible Peter Thiel isn’t very smart.

Brian “Enemy Within” Alexander @brianralexander.bsky.social · 54m

The Ohio GOP holds voters in contempt.

Ohio Capital Journal @ohiocapitaljournal.com · 1h

Ohio Republican lawmakers look to regulate abortion, push against constitutional amendment ohiocapitaljournal.com/2025/10/08/o...

Ohio Republican lawmakers look to regulate abortion, push against constitutional amendment • Ohio Capital Journal

Ohio Republican lawmakers have introduced several bills to regulate abortion and reproductive health care despite the constitutional amendment approved by 57% of Ohio voters in 2023.

ohiocapitaljournal.com

Brian “Enemy Within” Alexander @brianralexander.bsky.social · 3h

So, frogs are good now, right?

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John Lingan @johnlingan.bsky.social · 4h

Can I say I’m proud of this back cover full of praise from writers I really respect? I am. @billjanovitz.bsky.social fer gods sake!

Praise for BACKBEATS

"[Exhibits] passion and deep knowledge... The only moments I put this book down were to pause and listen to the perfect examples that Lingan, a drummer himself, cites as crucial.... Here we see and hear the music of our lives."
-BILL JANOVITZ, author of Leon Russell: The Master of Space
and Time's Journey Through Rock & Roll History

"A thrilling ride... In exquisite detail and deft prose, John Lingan relates the creative insights and technical mastery of fifteen of rock's most influential groove merchants-many still unsung. In doing so, he reclaims the rock narrative from all those frontmen and guitarists, showing how the wizards at the back of the stage were moving the music all along."
-IAN S. PORT, author of The Birth of Loud: Leo Fender, Les Paul, and the Guitar-Pioneering Rivalry That Shaped Rock 'n' Roll

"An intelligent, heartfelt, and long-overdue tribute to the unsung heroes of modern music. Because, let's face it—if it ain't got that swing, it don't mean a thing."
-BRAD TOLINSKI, coauthor of Play It Loud: An Epic History of the Style, Sound, and Revolution of the Electric Guitar

"Backbeats glows with enthusiasm and delivers an insightful glimpse into the sultans of swing who create fire by rubbing two sticks together."
—BOB SPITZ, author of The Beatles:
The Biography and Led Zeppelin: The Biography

"Sitting ten feet from stardom, drummers have had a central but slightly removed view of rock 'n' roll. A drummer himself, John Lingan captures that unique perspective.... Backbeats delivers to the reader something fresh and different. It's a hit."
-PRESTON LAUTERBACH, author of The Chitlin' Circuit and the Road to Rock

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Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 14h

An HHS source says admin also RIFed entire Office of Population Affairs last night.
“Not a single staff person to run our nation's family planning program or the evidence-based teen pregnancy prevention program. The Office of Adolescent Health which nested within OPA functionally ceases to exist”

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John Schwartz @jswatz.bsky.social · 15h

"The employees 'were sent incorrect notifications, which was fixed last night and this morning with a technical correction,' a senior administration official said. 'Any correction has already been remedied.'" The nation is being run by idiots. Idiots with power. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/11/h...

Trump Administration Is Bringing Back Scores of C.D.C. Experts Fired in Error

www.nytimes.com

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Brian “Enemy Within” Alexander @brianralexander.bsky.social · 15h

Move to Vegas. Set up your own bookie.

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Brian “Enemy Within” Alexander @brianralexander.bsky.social · 21h

Opened Bluesky for a quick look.
Immediately closed Bluesky.

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Brian “Enemy Within” Alexander @brianralexander.bsky.social · 1d

A thoughtful proposal from the president of my little alma mater.

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/11/o...

Opinion | Boot Big Football From the N.C.A.A.

www.nytimes.com

Brian “Enemy Within” Alexander @brianralexander.bsky.social · 1d

Billionaire Brain Rot is a tragic disease. Sufferers deserve treatment, ideally via isolation and therapeutic labor.

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Bloomberg News @bloomberg.com · 1d

"They built their businesses on disposability": Author Saabira Chaudhuri says brands made single-use plastic inescapable.

How Plastic Goods Took Over the World, Creating a Throwaway Culture

Author Saabira Chaudhuri writes about brands’ drive for disposability in her new book, Consumed.

bloom.bg

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Brian “Enemy Within” Alexander @brianralexander.bsky.social · 1d

Whattya say we force Marc Rowan to sign a compact governing how private equity can operate?

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Maggie Fox @maggiefox.bsky.social · 1d

I cannot overstate what a huge loss this is to everyone in the country. State health officials are going to have to scramble to replace this on their own, and fast.

Sheryl Gay Stolberg @sherylnyt.bsky.social · 1d

BREAKING: Friday night massacre underway at CDC. Doznes of "disease detectives," high-level scientists, entire Washington staff and editors of the MMWR (Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report) have all been RIFed and received the following notice:

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Sheryl Gay Stolberg @sherylnyt.bsky.social · 1d

BREAKING: Friday night massacre underway at CDC. Doznes of "disease detectives," high-level scientists, entire Washington staff and editors of the MMWR (Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report) have all been RIFed and received the following notice:

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Brian “Enemy Within” Alexander @brianralexander.bsky.social · 1d

I think @jfallows.bsky.social is right. The college papers are killing it on the stories that affect them the most.

NightMar on Hicks Street, Part 4: The Rabbit’s Revenge @histoftech.bsky.social · 1d

The Virginia Senate just told UVA it’s not getting state funding if it accepts the compact since UVA exists to serve Virginia, its residents, & their interests—not be a tool of the federal govt. Scoop from our student newspaper, who’ve been doing vital reporting www.cavalierdaily.com/article/2025...

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Scott Imberman @imbernomics.bsky.social · 1d

cc MI Senate and Gov Whitmer

NightMar on Hicks Street, Part 4: The Rabbit’s Revenge @histoftech.bsky.social · 1d

The Virginia Senate just told UVA it’s not getting state funding if it accepts the compact since UVA exists to serve Virginia, its residents, & their interests—not be a tool of the federal govt. Scoop from our student newspaper, who’ve been doing vital reporting www.cavalierdaily.com/article/2025...

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Faine Greenwood @faineg.bsky.social · 1d

it’s said all the time but I think we should continue to hammer home how insane it is that we got dead-eyed bros trying to sell us robots that will free us from the supposedly cruel burden of “creative careers” instead of the actual cruel burden of “doing menial household chores”

Assistant HR Director of Antifa @sethdmichaels.bsky.social · 1d

AI HUCKSTER: "i built you a machine that reads books for you."

ME: "can you build me a machine that unloads the dishwasher for me so *i* can read a book?"

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Brian “Enemy Within” Alexander @brianralexander.bsky.social · 1d

Whattya say we force Marc Rowan to sign a compact governing how private equity can operate?

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Brian “Enemy Within” Alexander @brianralexander.bsky.social · 2d

So Ashli Babbitt was a justifiable killing after all.

Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 2d

EXCLUSIVE — DHS Acting General Counsel sent out a memo Wednesday to all Federal Protective Service staff (the sub-agency that guards federal buildings) letting officers know they could take any action necessary "in the vicinity" federal property to protect themselves.

The Handbasket reports:

DHS top lawyer says 'no legal barrier' to actions officers can take to defend federal property

In a memo obtained exclusively by The Handbasket, Federal Protective Service (FPS) officers were given free rein.

www.thehandbasket.co

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Chris Bing @chrisbing.bsky.social · 2d

Spyware maker NSO Group confirms acquisition by US investors techcrunch.com/2025/10/10/s...

Spyware maker NSO Group confirms acquisition by US investors | TechCrunch

NSO Group confirmed to TechCrunch that an unnamed group of American investors has taken “controlling ownership” of the surveillance tech maker.

techcrunch.com

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Dean Baker @deanbaker13.bsky.social · 2d

The collapse of the AI bubble will give us the third bubble driven recession of the century deanbaker22.substack.com/p/the-magnif...

The Magnificent Collapse of the Stock and Crypto Bubbles

The third bubble recession of the century will not be fun

deanbaker22.substack.com

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Aaron Sojourner @aaronsojourner.org · 2d

I know this is an tired question but, can you IMAGINE if Obama did this?

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d

Hegseth: "I'm also proud that today we're signing a letter of acceptance to build a Qatari Emeri air force facility at the Mountain Home Airbase in Idaho."

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Brian “Enemy Within” Alexander @brianralexander.bsky.social · 2d

Oh, Celeste, I am sorry. I had the good fortune to speak to your Mom at the Ohioana awards and she seemed sweet and kind and very proud of you.
And steely!

Brian “Enemy Within” Alexander @brianralexander.bsky.social · 2d

Man, they're really doing their best to gin up attendance.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d

Sen. Roger Marshall: "October 18 is when the protest gets here. This will be a Soros paid-for protest for his professional protesters. The agitators show up. We'll have to get the National Guard out. Hopefully it will be peaceful. I doubt it."

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Mark Harris @markharris.bsky.social · 2d

"Wealthy New Yorkers who take the bus" might be the most astounding seven words any NYC mayoral candidate has ever spoken.

Colin Dickey @colindickey.com · 2d

[Me, a poor, on the subway, glowering jealously at all those fat cat, fancy pants rich people on the public bus]

Andrew Cuomo tweet:

@ZohranKMamdani's "plan" provides no relief for working families who take the subway, and unnecessary benefits to wealthy New Yorkers who take the bus and can afford the fare.

I focus on working families, while @ZohranKMamdani the mansion boy focuses on helping the rich.

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