J. Westerby
@jwesterbyhsb.bsky.social
Everything the Circus thinks is gold is shit.
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looking great, sir
December 12, 2025 at 10:36 PM
looking great, sir
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R U ok?
R U ok with paying 8 to 12 pct more in taxes and possibly losing your standard deduction ?
R U ok with losing access to different curative medications and care because the government can't afford to pay for them, even after taxing all the billionaires 90 pct?
R U ok with losing access to different curative medications and care because the government can't afford to pay for them, even after taxing all the billionaires 90 pct?
December 11, 2025 at 10:45 PM
R U ok?
Respect to nightlymoth
Cool people are everywhere. This dude redid the audio for Bob Dylan’s Idiot Wind & posted it on the web. The performance is from a TV concert called Hard Rain. His substack post covers his process & links to the full film.
Idiot Wind - 5/23/1976
Fort Collins, CO
youtu.be/8dxzGAuFITo
#musicsky
Idiot Wind - 5/23/1976
Fort Collins, CO
youtu.be/8dxzGAuFITo
#musicsky
Bob Dylan — Idiot Wind (Hard Rain TV Film, 1976). Audio upgrade to the new copy of the film
From the Hard Rain (1976) CD.
open.substack.com
December 11, 2025 at 10:36 PM
Respect to nightlymoth
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For all Universal HC/Single Payer/M4A advocates.
What do the biggest, expensive hospital chains do. Do they opt out and only serve the rich ?
Who in the USA gov runs the program?
R U ok with having to see a primary care doc before you can see a specialist ?
What do the biggest, expensive hospital chains do. Do they opt out and only serve the rich ?
Who in the USA gov runs the program?
R U ok with having to see a primary care doc before you can see a specialist ?
December 11, 2025 at 10:22 PM
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It’s often said that too many political writers cover politics as if it’s sports. Actually they cover politics as if they are bad at covering sports
lol wut. dropping from 42 percent approval to 36 percent approval seems pretty significant. apnews.com/article/trum...
December 11, 2025 at 7:45 PM
It’s often said that too many political writers cover politics as if it’s sports. Actually they cover politics as if they are bad at covering sports
Twenty years of school and they put you on the dayshift
December 11, 2025 at 8:20 PM
Twenty years of school and they put you on the dayshift
Come on Bob get back to the Beacon
Telling myself I don’t want to see the Rough and Rowdy set again but I know I’ll be logging in for the presale.
The Never Ending Rough and Rowdy Ways Tour continues!
December 11, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Come on Bob get back to the Beacon
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now people just get uglier and i have no sense of time
September 27, 2025 at 1:10 PM
now people just get uglier and i have no sense of time
And I would send a message to find out if she’s talked but the post office has been stolen and the mailbox is locked
December 11, 2025 at 7:52 PM
And I would send a message to find out if she’s talked but the post office has been stolen and the mailbox is locked
God.
Significant statement from Jeffries and House Democratic leaders saying they will vote “present” on the motion to table Al Green’s resolution to impeach President Trump. They say they’re “laser-focused on fighting to lower the high cost of living” plus on health care and corruption.
December 11, 2025 at 7:03 PM
God.
The “I’ll be your baby tonight” tier.
December 11, 2025 at 4:24 PM
The “I’ll be your baby tonight” tier.
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It didn't end with a big title card that said "The End" did it? Am I still in the movie?? oh no
December 11, 2025 at 6:14 AM
It didn't end with a big title card that said "The End" did it? Am I still in the movie?? oh no
ZERO. A total zero.
Govs. Shapiro and Cox warn of growing political violence, saying that the shooting of Charlie Kirk exposed a need for dialogue in the U.S. on how to discuss political differences.
December 10, 2025 at 8:01 PM
ZERO. A total zero.
Oh no music discussion on the timeline from non music people
December 10, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Oh no music discussion on the timeline from non music people
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as I've remarked before, cyberpunk isn't 'I glitch into the webframe and draw my katana', it's 'the life of a man working for a criminal syndicate in Myanmar who spends his days pretending to be different women online to steal from the elderly'
People are dying over who gets to steal from a dude in Iowa who thinks the model who "accidentally" texted him has fallen in love with him.
the Thai-Cambodian conflict is at least partially about control of the scam/gambling/prostitution compounds along the border.
foreignpolicy.com/2025/09/12/t...
foreignpolicy.com/2025/09/12/t...
December 8, 2025 at 7:00 PM
as I've remarked before, cyberpunk isn't 'I glitch into the webframe and draw my katana', it's 'the life of a man working for a criminal syndicate in Myanmar who spends his days pretending to be different women online to steal from the elderly'
This “warrior” bullshit has to stop man i cant take it
Pete Hegseth: "The future of American warfare is here, and it's spelled AI."
He says the military has launched a new platform that "puts the world's most powerful frontier AI models, starting with Google Gemini, directly into the hands of every American warrior."
He says the military has launched a new platform that "puts the world's most powerful frontier AI models, starting with Google Gemini, directly into the hands of every American warrior."
December 9, 2025 at 8:14 PM
This “warrior” bullshit has to stop man i cant take it
The thing about Quentin Tarantino is that he’s a fucking moron with awful taste. He’s also made a few good movies.
December 9, 2025 at 7:15 PM
The thing about Quentin Tarantino is that he’s a fucking moron with awful taste. He’s also made a few good movies.
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Masculinity is crying when things don't go your way now
December 9, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Masculinity is crying when things don't go your way now
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If your concern is AI is going to take all of our jobs: you want to point out how expensive it still is.
If your concern is AI generate unsafe content: you want to point out that you still need to invest the time and effort to make sure the content is right.
If your concern is AI generate unsafe content: you want to point out that you still need to invest the time and effort to make sure the content is right.
December 9, 2025 at 1:18 PM
If your concern is AI is going to take all of our jobs: you want to point out how expensive it still is.
If your concern is AI generate unsafe content: you want to point out that you still need to invest the time and effort to make sure the content is right.
If your concern is AI generate unsafe content: you want to point out that you still need to invest the time and effort to make sure the content is right.
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I wouldn't whine about it, but actually yeah, convincing the AI to generate the video you actually want is a bunch of work that will take a long time *and this is what we want the takeaway to be*
extremely funny to stress how many sleepless nights you worked to do “the best prompts”
drink a cuppa concrete and grow da fuck up
drink a cuppa concrete and grow da fuck up
McDonald's has released an AI-generated Christmas ad
The studio behind it says they 'hardly slept' for several weeks while writing AI prompts and refining the shots — 'AI didn't make this film. We did'
Comments have been turned off on YouTube
The studio behind it says they 'hardly slept' for several weeks while writing AI prompts and refining the shots — 'AI didn't make this film. We did'
Comments have been turned off on YouTube
December 9, 2025 at 1:16 PM
I wouldn't whine about it, but actually yeah, convincing the AI to generate the video you actually want is a bunch of work that will take a long time *and this is what we want the takeaway to be*
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Bruce "Mr Tambourine Man" Langhorne, Carolyn Hester, B. Dylan, Bill Lee (Spike's dad), cutting Hester's s/t album in NYC, Sept 1961
December 7, 2025 at 11:25 PM
Bruce "Mr Tambourine Man" Langhorne, Carolyn Hester, B. Dylan, Bill Lee (Spike's dad), cutting Hester's s/t album in NYC, Sept 1961
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grateful to grayson for loading the chamber on a topic i have not had the patience to write about myself currincy.substack.com/p/i-protest-...
I Protest His Protest Song, or Why Jesse Welles Is Bad—And Bad for Us
Plus an Interview with Willie Nelson
currincy.substack.com
December 5, 2025 at 3:09 PM
grateful to grayson for loading the chamber on a topic i have not had the patience to write about myself currincy.substack.com/p/i-protest-...
Bruce definitely mixing in some It’s Alright, Ma and Ballad of Hollis of Brown into this version.
youtu.be/zvwryJrqvvE?...
youtu.be/zvwryJrqvvE?...
Bruce Springsteen - Adam raised a Cain - Live 1993 (Lyrics on Screen) (Traduzione Italiana)
YouTube video by Fabio Nicolosi
youtu.be
December 6, 2025 at 12:35 AM
Bruce definitely mixing in some It’s Alright, Ma and Ballad of Hollis of Brown into this version.
youtu.be/zvwryJrqvvE?...
youtu.be/zvwryJrqvvE?...