Dave Awl
@daveawl.bsky.social
Writer/Performer in Chicago. Early Neo-Futurist. Once & future Pansy King. Host of the Partly Dave Show. Russell Hobanologist. Old New Waver, erstwhile DJ. GNC/Queer. He/Him. I fly through the dark and I sing with the bees. https://linktr.ee/daveawl
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Dave Awl
@daveawl.bsky.social
· Apr 13
Happy to see my book What the Sea Means on the shelves at the brand-new Lilliput Books in Chicago. And in such excellent company, too. 💙📚
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Sri Lanka is hit hard by Cyclone Ditwah with severe flooding across the island. Over a hundred and fifty are dead, and tens of thousands are displaced. Some ways you can help:
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Cyclone Ditwah Flood Relief Sri Lanka
How to donate to Sri Lankan flood relief initiatives in the wake of Cyclone Ditwah.
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November 30, 2025 at 12:28 AM
Updated the post with a verified Venmo link! It's in the blog post, or you can go directly to it here: linktr.ee/sinijay8#230...
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Tennessee people, vote for this lady this week. She's cool and she puts the country perilously close to having a single check and/or balance.
November 30, 2025 at 2:11 AM
Tennessee people, vote for this lady this week. She's cool and she puts the country perilously close to having a single check and/or balance.
William Shakespeare, who inspired a beloved episode of "Gilligan's Island"
November 30, 2025 at 3:33 AM
William Shakespeare, who inspired a beloved episode of "Gilligan's Island"
Introduce yourself with 5 animals you’ve seen in the wild:
Great blue heron
Jellyfish
Diamondback rattlesnake
Skunk
Eastern tiger swallowtail butterfly
Great blue heron
Jellyfish
Diamondback rattlesnake
Skunk
Eastern tiger swallowtail butterfly
Coyote
Moose
Bear
Hammerhead shark
Sea lion
Moose
Bear
Hammerhead shark
Sea lion
Introduce yourself with 5 animals you’ve seen in the wild:
Moose
Stoplight parrotfish
Box turtle
Elephant
Wild horse
Moose
Stoplight parrotfish
Box turtle
Elephant
Wild horse
November 29, 2025 at 7:15 AM
Introduce yourself with 5 animals you’ve seen in the wild:
Great blue heron
Jellyfish
Diamondback rattlesnake
Skunk
Eastern tiger swallowtail butterfly
Great blue heron
Jellyfish
Diamondback rattlesnake
Skunk
Eastern tiger swallowtail butterfly
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Getting solar panels and battery backup for our house was one of the best decisions we've made. We got our system from Enphase (not Tesla).
Clean power growth is now covering all new global demand. Solar and wind generated 635 TWh in the first nine months of this year, exceeding the 603 TWh rise in global electricity demand, and holding fossil generation flat for the year. buff.ly/zRmwAmg
#ShareGoodNewsToo
#ShareGoodNewsToo
Q3 Global Power Report: No fossil fuel growth expected in 2025 | Ember
Solar and wind power grew fast enough to keep up with rising electricity demand in the first three quarters of 2025, as fossil fuel growth should be stagnated. Ember forecasts no growth for fossil…
buff.ly
November 28, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Getting solar panels and battery backup for our house was one of the best decisions we've made. We got our system from Enphase (not Tesla).
And for the variant of the question that says to introduce yourself with five concerts you’ve seen *multiple times*:
The B-52’s
Joan Baez
Billy Bragg
The Waterboys
Crowded House
The B-52’s
Joan Baez
Billy Bragg
The Waterboys
Crowded House
Introduce yourself with five concerts you’ve seen:
Yma Sumac
Lene Lovich
Yoko Ono
Laurie Anderson
Boy George
Yma Sumac
Lene Lovich
Yoko Ono
Laurie Anderson
Boy George
Introduce yourself with five concerts you’ve seen:
Elvin Jones
Emmylou Harris (with Daniel Lanois)
Devo
Wilco
Lou Reed
Elvin Jones
Emmylou Harris (with Daniel Lanois)
Devo
Wilco
Lou Reed
November 28, 2025 at 2:46 AM
And for the variant of the question that says to introduce yourself with five concerts you’ve seen *multiple times*:
The B-52’s
Joan Baez
Billy Bragg
The Waterboys
Crowded House
The B-52’s
Joan Baez
Billy Bragg
The Waterboys
Crowded House
Introduce yourself with five concerts you’ve seen:
Yma Sumac
Lene Lovich
Yoko Ono
Laurie Anderson
Boy George
Yma Sumac
Lene Lovich
Yoko Ono
Laurie Anderson
Boy George
Introduce yourself with five concerts you’ve seen:
Elvin Jones
Emmylou Harris (with Daniel Lanois)
Devo
Wilco
Lou Reed
Elvin Jones
Emmylou Harris (with Daniel Lanois)
Devo
Wilco
Lou Reed
Introduce yourself with five concerts you've seen:
Black Flag
Dizzy Gillespie
NoMeansNo
Dave Brubeck
B.B. King
Black Flag
Dizzy Gillespie
NoMeansNo
Dave Brubeck
B.B. King
November 28, 2025 at 12:23 AM
Introduce yourself with five concerts you’ve seen:
Yma Sumac
Lene Lovich
Yoko Ono
Laurie Anderson
Boy George
Yma Sumac
Lene Lovich
Yoko Ono
Laurie Anderson
Boy George
Baby rhino is so patient and polite.
The formula we use to feed orphaned rhinos is tailored specifically to their nutritional needs – and different from what we give orphan elephants. We've successfully hand-raised 20 rhinos to date – this critically endangered youngster is Chamboi (filmed in 2024). Meet him: swt.bio/chamboi
November 28, 2025 at 12:11 AM
Baby rhino is so patient and polite.
I remember having fun writing the copy for this one. Vintage Nightspots magazine ad for Thanksgiving new wave dance night with DJ Dave Roberts, at Planet Earth Chicago back in 2002. #NewWavers
November 27, 2025 at 10:27 PM
I remember having fun writing the copy for this one. Vintage Nightspots magazine ad for Thanksgiving new wave dance night with DJ Dave Roberts, at Planet Earth Chicago back in 2002. #NewWavers
Aftyn Behn is now within 2 points of flipping a US House seat from red to blue in next week's special election in Tennessee, according to the latest poll from Emerson College. She's running as a progressive, focused on affordability and justice. This is a smart and funny ad—watch to the end. 1/2
“Rough Ride” — Aftyn Behn for Congress (30s TV Ad)
YouTube video by Rep. Aftyn Behn
www.youtube.com
November 27, 2025 at 3:20 AM
Aftyn Behn is now within 2 points of flipping a US House seat from red to blue in next week's special election in Tennessee, according to the latest poll from Emerson College. She's running as a progressive, focused on affordability and justice. This is a smart and funny ad—watch to the end. 1/2
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According to the latest polling from Emerson, @aftynbehn.bsky.social is statistically tied in the special election for Tennessee 7th District. If you know someone in this district, encourage them to vote on Dec. 2. She is a fearless fighter for the working class. www.aftynforcongress.com
November 26, 2025 at 10:16 PM
According to the latest polling from Emerson, @aftynbehn.bsky.social is statistically tied in the special election for Tennessee 7th District. If you know someone in this district, encourage them to vote on Dec. 2. She is a fearless fighter for the working class. www.aftynforcongress.com
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Landmark move: New York City's comptroller @bradlander.bsky.social, with hundreds of billions under his control, recommends dropping investment giant Blackrock because they won't reckon with climate change.
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
NYC’s Lander Recommends Dropping $42 Billion BlackRock Mandate
New York City Comptroller Brad Lander is urging three of the city’s pension funds to drop BlackRock Inc. because of “inadequate” climate plans, the latest move to penalize investment firms for failing...
www.bloomberg.com
November 26, 2025 at 1:08 PM
Landmark move: New York City's comptroller @bradlander.bsky.social, with hundreds of billions under his control, recommends dropping investment giant Blackrock because they won't reckon with climate change.
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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Frank Burns energy
When you draw a platoon leader like Hegseth, it’s your worst nightmare. You just ride it out until he’s gone and gets replaced by someone who isn’t a complete jackass. Only a fool like Trump would put one of them in charge of the entire defense department.
November 25, 2025 at 11:15 PM
Frank Burns energy
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The independent newsroom @19thnews.org reports that according to public health experts, decades of progress in HIV treatment and prevention in the United States is being derailed by funding cuts and threats to key federal programs—and without reversing course, the damage will be devastating. #HIVsky
America’s most basic HIV protections are in danger as a decade of progress unravels
Health experts are alarmed as Republicans degrade the country’s pivotal HIV programs — and break promises made during Trump’s first term.
19thnews.org
November 24, 2025 at 8:12 PM
The independent newsroom @19thnews.org reports that according to public health experts, decades of progress in HIV treatment and prevention in the United States is being derailed by funding cuts and threats to key federal programs—and without reversing course, the damage will be devastating. #HIVsky
"Community opposition to data centers, a new report finds, is on the rise across the country. And red states, including Georgia and Indiana, are leading this wave of bipartisan opposition."
The Data Center Resistance Has Arrived
A new report finds that local opposition to data centers skyrocketed in the second quarter of this year.
www.wired.com
November 24, 2025 at 4:37 PM
"Community opposition to data centers, a new report finds, is on the rise across the country. And red states, including Georgia and Indiana, are leading this wave of bipartisan opposition."
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Here's the Guardian's obituary for the late Udo Kier, who I first remember seeing with his scene-stealing performance in My Own Private Idaho. I love this quote:
"Of his prolific career, he once said, '100 movies are bad, 50 movies you can see with a glass of wine and 50 movies are good.'"
"Of his prolific career, he once said, '100 movies are bad, 50 movies you can see with a glass of wine and 50 movies are good.'"
Udo Kier, German actor who starred in 200 films spanning Lars von Trier to Ace Ventura, dies aged 81
Actor who appeared in My Own Private Idaho, Blade, Armageddon and Dogville, as well as Madonna music videos and video games, died on Sunday
www.theguardian.com
November 24, 2025 at 10:27 AM
Here's the Guardian's obituary for the late Udo Kier, who I first remember seeing with his scene-stealing performance in My Own Private Idaho. I love this quote:
"Of his prolific career, he once said, '100 movies are bad, 50 movies you can see with a glass of wine and 50 movies are good.'"
"Of his prolific career, he once said, '100 movies are bad, 50 movies you can see with a glass of wine and 50 movies are good.'"
So sad to learn that Udo Kier has passed away, and yes, he was magnificent in Swan Song. If you haven't seen it yet, you should really put it on your list.
I don’t know much about Udo Kier, who has died aged 81, but he was superb in this, another #reallynicefilm
www.theguardian.com/film/2022/ju...
www.theguardian.com/film/2022/ju...
Swan Song review – Udo Kier gets on the pantsuit as haughty hairdresser
There are plenty of laughs in this bittersweet drama as a retired stylist makes his way across town to do the hair and makeup of a deceased and disagreeable client
www.theguardian.com
November 24, 2025 at 10:21 AM
So sad to learn that Udo Kier has passed away, and yes, he was magnificent in Swan Song. If you haven't seen it yet, you should really put it on your list.
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Finally!
My neighborhood Ocelot is a sneaky one and I haven't been able to get a photo of it until tonight. At @casabentbill.bsky.social
#cats #ocelot #nature #costarica
My neighborhood Ocelot is a sneaky one and I haven't been able to get a photo of it until tonight. At @casabentbill.bsky.social
#cats #ocelot #nature #costarica
November 24, 2025 at 2:40 AM
Finally!
My neighborhood Ocelot is a sneaky one and I haven't been able to get a photo of it until tonight. At @casabentbill.bsky.social
#cats #ocelot #nature #costarica
My neighborhood Ocelot is a sneaky one and I haven't been able to get a photo of it until tonight. At @casabentbill.bsky.social
#cats #ocelot #nature #costarica
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This is so good. Cameron Kasky is exactly the type of candidate NY-12 needs and the people need across America from Alaska to Florida!
Parkland shooting survivor Cameron Kasky is running for Congress in NY-12, to replace the retiring Jerry Nadler. He came out as queer in 2021 and identifies as a democratic socialist. And he pulls no punches in this campaign launch video.
Cameron Kasky Congressional Launch Video
YouTube video by Cameron Kasky For Congress
www.youtube.com
November 24, 2025 at 12:32 AM
This is so good. Cameron Kasky is exactly the type of candidate NY-12 needs and the people need across America from Alaska to Florida!
Parkland shooting survivor Cameron Kasky is running for Congress in NY-12, to replace the retiring Jerry Nadler. He came out as queer in 2021 and identifies as a democratic socialist. And he pulls no punches in this campaign launch video.
Cameron Kasky Congressional Launch Video
YouTube video by Cameron Kasky For Congress
www.youtube.com
November 23, 2025 at 11:09 AM
Parkland shooting survivor Cameron Kasky is running for Congress in NY-12, to replace the retiring Jerry Nadler. He came out as queer in 2021 and identifies as a democratic socialist. And he pulls no punches in this campaign launch video.
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The world's worst humanitarian crisis is in Sudan, so huge thanks to @chefjoseandres.bsky.social and the Longer Tables Fund for donating $1 million to match reader donations to ease this crisis. Donations are matched again by @BloombergDotOrg, so $1 donated yields $4
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/22/o...
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Opinion | Gifts That Save Lives
www.nytimes.com
November 22, 2025 at 7:55 PM
The world's worst humanitarian crisis is in Sudan, so huge thanks to @chefjoseandres.bsky.social and the Longer Tables Fund for donating $1 million to match reader donations to ease this crisis. Donations are matched again by @BloombergDotOrg, so $1 donated yields $4
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/22/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/22/o...
This reminds me of Chauncey's dream of becoming a bellhop in The House in the Cerulean Sea, which I happen to be reading right now.
A Chicago artist started his own postal service — and will deliver and read mail to anyone for free. blockclubchi.co/49CTREB
November 22, 2025 at 9:19 PM
This reminds me of Chauncey's dream of becoming a bellhop in The House in the Cerulean Sea, which I happen to be reading right now.
I read this a couple of months ago and it holds up really well in 2025, despite (and in some cases because of) everything that's happened since it was published. As always with Kim Stanley Robinson books, it's incredibly thought-provoking and edifying. #booksky
"Just like in our world, the climate heroes of 'Ministry' are not the politicians and celebrities who act with pomp and hubris."
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Persevering Despite the Profound Depth of the Climate Crisis
The climate heroes of ‘Ministry’ are not the politicians and celebrities who act with pomp and hubris.
sojo.net
November 22, 2025 at 9:12 PM
I read this a couple of months ago and it holds up really well in 2025, despite (and in some cases because of) everything that's happened since it was published. As always with Kim Stanley Robinson books, it's incredibly thought-provoking and edifying. #booksky
"Citing that climate, Suttell said the Judiciary understands recent calls to expand the use of virtual court hearings in Providence."
Expanding the use of virtual court hearings seems like a really important/valuable solution to the problem of people being kidnapped when they show up to court.
Expanding the use of virtual court hearings seems like a really important/valuable solution to the problem of people being kidnapped when they show up to court.
In Rhode Island, ICE arrested an intern who worked for a court, and then a judge intervened to say they had the wrong person.
All leading to a scene where ICE agents surrounded the judge's car and "threatening to smash in the windows if they did not comply." www.wfla.com/news/judge-i...
All leading to a scene where ICE agents surrounded the judge's car and "threatening to smash in the windows if they did not comply." www.wfla.com/news/judge-i...
November 22, 2025 at 8:57 PM
"Citing that climate, Suttell said the Judiciary understands recent calls to expand the use of virtual court hearings in Providence."
Expanding the use of virtual court hearings seems like a really important/valuable solution to the problem of people being kidnapped when they show up to court.
Expanding the use of virtual court hearings seems like a really important/valuable solution to the problem of people being kidnapped when they show up to court.