Saw My Chemical Romance at Fenway Park. First half of the show was "Long Live the Black Parade"- Playing the concept album as if the band in the video survived 20 more years of that universe getting darker and more fascist, with video art and live acting interwoven. Very, very grim. 1/N
September 8, 2025 at 6:55 AM
Saw My Chemical Romance at Fenway Park. First half of the show was "Long Live the Black Parade"- Playing the concept album as if the band in the video survived 20 more years of that universe getting darker and more fascist, with video art and live acting interwoven. Very, very grim. 1/N
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First three pages of a new book. I hope you enjoy them, and do please pass them on. More every Tuesday. www.patreon.com/posts/settle...
SETTLERS OF THE STORM WORLDS, pages 1-3 | Carla Speed McNeil
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August 19, 2025 at 6:26 PM
First three pages of a new book. I hope you enjoy them, and do please pass them on. More every Tuesday. www.patreon.com/posts/settle...
Today's NPR Marketplace has a horrible pun/innuedo. Kai (the host) closes a segment on farm pollution with:
"Kenny Torella at Vox! He covers livestock there. He writes about it too!"
www.marketplace.org/shows/market...
"Kenny Torella at Vox! He covers livestock there. He writes about it too!"
www.marketplace.org/shows/market...
Making waves - Marketplace
What if we could harness the power of ocean waves to generate renewable energy? Plus, mega factory farms and small business hiring.
www.marketplace.org
February 12, 2025 at 1:09 AM
Today's NPR Marketplace has a horrible pun/innuedo. Kai (the host) closes a segment on farm pollution with:
"Kenny Torella at Vox! He covers livestock there. He writes about it too!"
www.marketplace.org/shows/market...
"Kenny Torella at Vox! He covers livestock there. He writes about it too!"
www.marketplace.org/shows/market...
Cat treat question- anyone have a non-raw replacement for PureBites freeze dried chicken treats? (Raw meat can spread H5N1.) Joan is currently eating a churu tube a day as a replacement and still unhappy. The other cats are fine with Temptations and similar junk food cat treats.
January 7, 2025 at 3:31 AM
Cat treat question- anyone have a non-raw replacement for PureBites freeze dried chicken treats? (Raw meat can spread H5N1.) Joan is currently eating a churu tube a day as a replacement and still unhappy. The other cats are fine with Temptations and similar junk food cat treats.
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Chilli Garden in Medford closed! I need to know why!!! HOW
December 18, 2024 at 10:03 PM
Chilli Garden in Medford closed! I need to know why!!! HOW
Loved the very mellow Billie Eilish: Tiny Desk concert: www.youtube.com/watch?v=fOAI...
I know it's genes and childhood nutrition that produced the UK Dollybird generation, but how did it get to Billie looking like David Bowie and Phineas like Tom Waits? (Baby versions but look at the cheekbones!)
I know it's genes and childhood nutrition that produced the UK Dollybird generation, but how did it get to Billie looking like David Bowie and Phineas like Tom Waits? (Baby versions but look at the cheekbones!)
Billie Eilish: Tiny Desk Concert
YouTube video by NPR Music
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December 13, 2024 at 4:10 AM
Loved the very mellow Billie Eilish: Tiny Desk concert: www.youtube.com/watch?v=fOAI...
I know it's genes and childhood nutrition that produced the UK Dollybird generation, but how did it get to Billie looking like David Bowie and Phineas like Tom Waits? (Baby versions but look at the cheekbones!)
I know it's genes and childhood nutrition that produced the UK Dollybird generation, but how did it get to Billie looking like David Bowie and Phineas like Tom Waits? (Baby versions but look at the cheekbones!)
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I love it when people complain to me directly about having too many cats in their timeline, as if I'm the bluesky cat czar and I have a giant cat content mixing board where I can adjust their personal cat levels.
December 11, 2024 at 4:14 PM
I love it when people complain to me directly about having too many cats in their timeline, as if I'm the bluesky cat czar and I have a giant cat content mixing board where I can adjust their personal cat levels.
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Me, 2015: Carnegie was a complete shit who, with Rockefeller, invested in reforming public education into a means of conditioning children for factory labor.
Me, 2024: Eh, at least they believed in public education.
Me, 2024: Eh, at least they believed in public education.
Like, I'm well aware of the various ways in which Andrew Carnegie was Not Great, but honestly today's plutocrats could stand to learn a lesson or two from him in rehabbing their image.
December 1, 2024 at 1:59 AM
Me, 2015: Carnegie was a complete shit who, with Rockefeller, invested in reforming public education into a means of conditioning children for factory labor.
Me, 2024: Eh, at least they believed in public education.
Me, 2024: Eh, at least they believed in public education.
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58. I get that this is, like, everybody's favorite song, but the first time I heard it, on vinyl, waking up on the couch after crashing overnight at the l0pht, it was redolent of the possibility of technology and the future and adult life.
Kraftwerk - Autobahn (Single version 1974)
YouTube video by EddieAlda
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November 28, 2024 at 4:37 AM
58. I get that this is, like, everybody's favorite song, but the first time I heard it, on vinyl, waking up on the couch after crashing overnight at the l0pht, it was redolent of the possibility of technology and the future and adult life.
Cat drama: high-value cat treat is Freeze-Dried Chicken Breast in small chunks.
Joan's on top of a suitcase on a stack of crates w/ 1 in front of her, staring w/ tail lashing. Stevie's lying belly-up on the guest bed with 3 under her paw and slow-blinking at me.
I have no idea what is going on.
Joan's on top of a suitcase on a stack of crates w/ 1 in front of her, staring w/ tail lashing. Stevie's lying belly-up on the guest bed with 3 under her paw and slow-blinking at me.
I have no idea what is going on.
November 25, 2024 at 4:07 AM
Cat drama: high-value cat treat is Freeze-Dried Chicken Breast in small chunks.
Joan's on top of a suitcase on a stack of crates w/ 1 in front of her, staring w/ tail lashing. Stevie's lying belly-up on the guest bed with 3 under her paw and slow-blinking at me.
I have no idea what is going on.
Joan's on top of a suitcase on a stack of crates w/ 1 in front of her, staring w/ tail lashing. Stevie's lying belly-up on the guest bed with 3 under her paw and slow-blinking at me.
I have no idea what is going on.
I've been dithering about which power tool battery system brand to commit to for a while and putting off projects. I just picked Ryobi ONE+ 18V, because Home Depot has a >50% off sale on Ryobi batteries and cordless tools right now. At that price, it can be one-project junk. 1/2
November 15, 2024 at 1:17 AM
I've been dithering about which power tool battery system brand to commit to for a while and putting off projects. I just picked Ryobi ONE+ 18V, because Home Depot has a >50% off sale on Ryobi batteries and cordless tools right now. At that price, it can be one-project junk. 1/2
The new season of Mike Duncan's Revolutions podcast just launched. It's sci-fi about the Martian Revolution of 2247, in his non-fiction history podcast style and voice.
It's fantastic. This is gonna win a Hugo award.
pca.st/revolutions
It's fantastic. This is gonna win a Hugo award.
pca.st/revolutions
Revolutions
Season 12 premieres Sunday, October 20 – a nonfictional account of The Martian Revolution of 2247.
Mike Duncan is taking everything he's learned from 12 seasons of historical revolutions - the repeat...
pca.st
October 25, 2024 at 2:21 AM
The new season of Mike Duncan's Revolutions podcast just launched. It's sci-fi about the Martian Revolution of 2247, in his non-fiction history podcast style and voice.
It's fantastic. This is gonna win a Hugo award.
pca.st/revolutions
It's fantastic. This is gonna win a Hugo award.
pca.st/revolutions
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Reskeet if you are in the United States and are, in fact, like "oh my gosh, I will die if I don't have health care" politicalwire.com/2024/10/17/b...
Bonus Quote of the Day
“No one in the United States is like ‘Oh my gosh, I will die if I don’t have health care.'"-- Virginia U.S. Senate candidate Hung Cao (R), in an interview.
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October 18, 2024 at 10:44 PM
Reskeet if you are in the United States and are, in fact, like "oh my gosh, I will die if I don't have health care" politicalwire.com/2024/10/17/b...
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It's too bad automatic speed control for trains isn't a mature technology that has existed for decades
Green Line train that derailed was traveling 36 mph in a 10 mph zone, NTSB says
The Green Line train that came off the tracks and injured 7 people earlier this month was traveling more than three times the speed limit before the derailment, the NTSB said.
www.boston25news.com
October 17, 2024 at 12:52 PM
It's too bad automatic speed control for trains isn't a mature technology that has existed for decades
Just watched the 2020 film version of "The Boys in the Band." It’s always weird when what was a contemporary stage and film piece (1968) is restaged as a period piece. (1/N)
October 11, 2024 at 3:32 AM
Just watched the 2020 film version of "The Boys in the Band." It’s always weird when what was a contemporary stage and film piece (1968) is restaged as a period piece. (1/N)
You can order free COVID tests from the post office again.
special.usps.com/testkits
special.usps.com/testkits
COVID Home Tests | USPS
COVID Home Tests | USPS
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September 26, 2024 at 6:49 PM
You can order free COVID tests from the post office again.
special.usps.com/testkits
special.usps.com/testkits
This is the theft ring that stole all the holiday cards I sent last year out of a mailbox in front of the post office.
Feds say Mission Hill gang found a lucrative way to supplement its traditional drug sales - check theft and fraud
www.universalhub.com/2024/feds-sa...
#Boston #crime #CardCracking #gangs
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#Boston #crime #CardCracking #gangs
Feds say Mission Hill gang found a lucrative way to supplement its
Last month, the US Attorney's office announced roundups of alleged members of the H Block and Mission Hill gangs. The alleged associates of the H Block gang, based on the streets north of Franklin Par...
www.universalhub.com
September 23, 2024 at 2:16 PM
This is the theft ring that stole all the holiday cards I sent last year out of a mailbox in front of the post office.
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Cranky local woman volunteers to be on the board of the local transit agency, if they’ll have her.
Transit Riders Recommends Four Advocates, All Women, for RIPTA Board - ecoRI News
The nominees understand transit, are committed to transparency, and want to focus on improving transit throughout the state.
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September 17, 2024 at 4:15 PM
Cranky local woman volunteers to be on the board of the local transit agency, if they’ll have her.
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“So it’s 1990 and I’m in Boston, we have a few beers, and I wonder how many paintings I can fit down my pants. Turns out it’s thirteen and an eagle. I don’t think the eagle was alive but it’s been a while.”
August 8, 2024 at 3:57 AM
“So it’s 1990 and I’m in Boston, we have a few beers, and I wonder how many paintings I can fit down my pants. Turns out it’s thirteen and an eagle. I don’t think the eagle was alive but it’s been a while.”
New rescue cat history discovery- Clover likes Annie's Deluxe Mac and Cheese enough to stomp on me on her way to my bowl so she can shove her entire face in it.
I've had her 3 years and never ate it in front of her before. She's not usually a cheese-loving cat.
I've had her 3 years and never ate it in front of her before. She's not usually a cheese-loving cat.
July 22, 2024 at 1:15 AM
New rescue cat history discovery- Clover likes Annie's Deluxe Mac and Cheese enough to stomp on me on her way to my bowl so she can shove her entire face in it.
I've had her 3 years and never ate it in front of her before. She's not usually a cheese-loving cat.
I've had her 3 years and never ate it in front of her before. She's not usually a cheese-loving cat.
Content note on "Scavenger's Reign" (HBO Max and Netflix), which is getting rec'd all over my feed- The body horror is more intense than I expected and I stopped watching after 1.5 episodes because of it.
I was expecting "Aeon Flux"-level body/medical horror, but it's a lot more intense than that.
I was expecting "Aeon Flux"-level body/medical horror, but it's a lot more intense than that.
June 11, 2024 at 3:57 AM
Content note on "Scavenger's Reign" (HBO Max and Netflix), which is getting rec'd all over my feed- The body horror is more intense than I expected and I stopped watching after 1.5 episodes because of it.
I was expecting "Aeon Flux"-level body/medical horror, but it's a lot more intense than that.
I was expecting "Aeon Flux"-level body/medical horror, but it's a lot more intense than that.
I really like the 70s homages of the new, trendy music I hear at the gym now :) Mainly:
Chappell Roan's Bette Middler vibe www.youtube.com/watch?v=xaPN...
Cat Burns' early, churchy, Whitney Houston range www.youtube.com/watch?v=C-mQ...
The Last Dinner Party and Queen www.youtube.com/watch?v=mV76...
Chappell Roan's Bette Middler vibe www.youtube.com/watch?v=xaPN...
Cat Burns' early, churchy, Whitney Houston range www.youtube.com/watch?v=C-mQ...
The Last Dinner Party and Queen www.youtube.com/watch?v=mV76...
Chappell Roan - HOT TO GO! (Official Music Video)
Stream "HOT TO GO!": https://ChappellRoan.lnk.to/HotToGoSingle Pre-save "The Rise and Fall of a Midwest Princess" coming 9/22: https://chappellroan.lnk.to/R...
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June 8, 2024 at 5:29 AM
I really like the 70s homages of the new, trendy music I hear at the gym now :) Mainly:
Chappell Roan's Bette Middler vibe www.youtube.com/watch?v=xaPN...
Cat Burns' early, churchy, Whitney Houston range www.youtube.com/watch?v=C-mQ...
The Last Dinner Party and Queen www.youtube.com/watch?v=mV76...
Chappell Roan's Bette Middler vibe www.youtube.com/watch?v=xaPN...
Cat Burns' early, churchy, Whitney Houston range www.youtube.com/watch?v=C-mQ...
The Last Dinner Party and Queen www.youtube.com/watch?v=mV76...
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Okay. The people have spoken.
For every reskeet this gets, I will post a random picture from my camera roll with no explanation (other than alt text).
Let the games begin.
For every reskeet this gets, I will post a random picture from my camera roll with no explanation (other than alt text).
Let the games begin.
May 8, 2024 at 3:34 AM
Okay. The people have spoken.
For every reskeet this gets, I will post a random picture from my camera roll with no explanation (other than alt text).
Let the games begin.
For every reskeet this gets, I will post a random picture from my camera roll with no explanation (other than alt text).
Let the games begin.
I went to a yoga class yesterday in a gym that took over half of the fancy dead mall in Chestnut Hill. It’s been completely renovated, but it’s weird in time and space. In 1995, that room was the nicest Cheesecake Factory restaurant in the Boston area.
March 19, 2024 at 2:31 AM
I went to a yoga class yesterday in a gym that took over half of the fancy dead mall in Chestnut Hill. It’s been completely renovated, but it’s weird in time and space. In 1995, that room was the nicest Cheesecake Factory restaurant in the Boston area.
I saw KMFDM at the Royale Boston last night with @farwing.bsky.social. First large-ish show I've been to since before the pandemic. ~500 people in a 1200+ person venue. 1/
March 13, 2024 at 9:56 PM
I saw KMFDM at the Royale Boston last night with @farwing.bsky.social. First large-ish show I've been to since before the pandemic. ~500 people in a 1200+ person venue. 1/