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Your pal Ferris

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D.X. Ferris, the cat who brought you nine books, a podcast, a comic strip, original Xmas songs, and love unlimited. Two books about Slayer. One about GoodFellas. 32° PM. DDP Yoga. 3rd dan. My weekly show is Talkin’ Slayer. Detail-age at linktr.ee/dxferris

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Häri Ren @r3nio.bsky.social · 1d

Lenore Blackwell & Cats... Somewhere Along The Mirebrook, South Of Alma Bridge, Harrowden

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Defector @defector.com · 1d

Sometimes, you end up losing all of your friends because you can't stop writing pro-genocide propaganda for Bari Weiss's stupid website. defector.com/free-press-r...

Free Press Reporter Discovers That Being An Amoral Dickhead Can Cost You Friends | Defector

It can be hard to maintain friendships as an adult. People move to new cities, start families, and experience all sorts of other life events that make it difficult to keep in touch. Sometimes, you…

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Your pal Ferris @dxferris.bsky.social · 2d

I say this every time: contemporary pumpkin slice is all spice, no pumpkin. And that ain’t right.

Your pal Ferris @dxferris.bsky.social · 2d

SLAYER… Pages from my hugely expanded, updated band biography. Slayer crowd violence — “Slayer hooliganism,” as superfan Jay Levitz calls it — peaked on the South of Heaven tour. LA was a small riot. New York, lots of property damage. Learn more & buy at SlayerBooks.com #Slayer #thrash #thrashmetal

Your pal Ferris @dxferris.bsky.social · 2d

“… / Ah ooooh / Muppets of Istanbul”

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 3d

A law was passed a long time ago to place a plaque on the wall to honor the officers who defended the Capitol on J6. The plaque is done and has been ready to hang up for a long time. MAGA Mike refuses to comply with that law, which is a slap in the face to every officer. bsky.app/profile/atru...

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 3d

Mike Johnson: "We've always stood with Capitol police and law enforcement. We've shown that in word and deed."

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 3d

These people are either delusional, knowingly lying, or just psychotic. There has already been two of these. They were attended by millions and entirely peaceful. Touch grass, Bessent. bsky.app/profile/atru...

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 3d

Bessent: "This crazy No Kings rally this weekend, which is gonna be the farthest left, the hardest core, the most unhinged in the Democratic Party, which is a big title. No Kings equals no paychecks."

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Naima Cochrane @stillnaima.bsky.social · 3d

I settled on a clip from the (incredible) doc Sly Lives! (watch it now on Hulu if you haven't.) I think it's the most transparent commentary I ever heard from D'Angelo; it's about Sly, but it's really about him.

My plan was to grab a whole different clip, but this one felt right.

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Your pal Ferris @dxferris.bsky.social · 4d

D’Angelo?!?! Time is undefeated. RIP.

Your pal Ferris @dxferris.bsky.social · 4d

not in new york

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Your pal Ferris @dxferris.bsky.social · 4d

Also Girls Against Boys, “She’s Lost Control”

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Your pal Ferris @dxferris.bsky.social · 4d

Bauhaus, “Ziggy Stardust”

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Bauhaus 'Ziggy Stardust' TOTP (1982) HD

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Neil Mackay @neilmackay.bsky.social · 6d

God Bless America is just a song by Irving Berlin. It’s not the national anthem. America is so far down the moron hole it will never get out

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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 7d

This week, MAGA figures claimed Kristi Noem "stared down" violent antifa protesters in Portland. Turns out they were talking mostly about a guy in a chicken suit.

This episode opens a window into how MAGA propaganda works and MSM failure to handle it. 1/

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MAGA Implodes over Kristi Noem’s “Stare Down” with Man in Chicken Suit

A good New York Times piece on Portland nevertheless demonstrates how the conventions of objective reporting fail to accurately capture the bad faith driving pro-Trump propaganda.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 7d

SEN. @gallego.senate.gov on the terrible Milei rock concert: “Millions of Americans are about to lose their health care and have their insurance premiums double, but Trump & Republicans are giving this idiot $20 BILLION. Good job. Way to make America First, guys.”

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jeff com-BOO-ters @helldude.bsky.social · 7d

the joy of tik tok

Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 7d

Huh: TikTok took down my 8-second video featuring this image of Debbie Brockman — the news producer just detained by Trump’s CBP agents — saying it violates the “joy of TikTok”

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Your pal Ferris @dxferris.bsky.social · 8d

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Your pal Ferris @dxferris.bsky.social · 10d

Like I can make such a difficult choice this early in the morning, when I’m putting on this sixty-five-hundred dollar suit.

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Melanie D’Arrigo @darrigomelanie.bsky.social · 10d

I feel like this photo of masked, armed men pepper spraying a pastor protecting his community is going to be a defining picture of this moment in America for a long, long time.

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Your pal Ferris @dxferris.bsky.social · 10d

I missed that!

During Slayer, I was down front, stage left. I thought the pit was nonexistent… I didn’t realize the pits were at the back of the GA section. Six bands was the perfect number.

Your pal Ferris @dxferris.bsky.social · 11d

@russbengtson.bsky.social thanx fkr the the RS, mate!

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Your pal Ferris @dxferris.bsky.social · 11d

@95sports.bsky.social thanx for the reskeet!

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Eli Valley @elivalley.bsky.social · 11d

Bari Weiss, CBS News, 1965

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Your pal Ferris @dxferris.bsky.social · 11d

Reign in Blood turns 39 today. This episode of my podcast covers the album. It’s the most popular non-Jeff episode. Or you can read the new expanded now; get it at SlayerBooks.com . I also wrote a whole book a out the record. #Slayer #thrash #thrashmetal

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Your pal Ferris @dxferris.bsky.social · 11d

Fatality, reality, you await the final curtain call… more pics from the Slayer Hershey show. Also plugs for my newly updated band bio, “Slayer 66 2/3… or, How F*kin’ Slayer Kicked F*ckin’ @ss.” Learn more & buy at SlayerBooks.com #Slayer #thrash #thrashmetal

Kerry King on stage, in front of a big effin’ demon

Kerry and Tom onstage, briefly close to each other

Book cover of the book Slayer 66 2/3: A Metal Band Biography