populuxe 🍂
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sperate miseri, cavete faelices (they/them) — now in my crone-in-the-woods era — tonstant weader
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that there hasn’t already been a movie about — & deservedly a monument to — robert smalls is a shame — he’s one of the most fascinating figures in south carolina history
I volunteer for a books-to-prisoners organization and we get a ton of request for both graphic novels and Black history. You'd better believe I instantly earmarked this one for purchase!
#BlackBookSky 📚💙
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Recommended here:
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#BlackBookSky 📚💙
bookshop.org/p/books/defi...
Recommended here:
apps.npr.org/best-books/#...
Defiant: The Story of Robert Smalls
The Story of Robert Smalls
bookshop.org
November 30, 2025 at 2:44 AM
that there hasn’t already been a movie about — & deservedly a monument to — robert smalls is a shame — he’s one of the most fascinating figures in south carolina history
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Out here getting audio of the passing traffic along the Old Blue Ridge Turnpike with my light microphone tonight.
November 30, 2025 at 2:13 AM
Out here getting audio of the passing traffic along the Old Blue Ridge Turnpike with my light microphone tonight.
i haven’t read woodrell but i’m looking for fiction to read in december. i’m going to look for his books
Filling a book with beautiful language is hard. Doing so without coming off high-toned or inauthentic to your characters is even harder.
Daniel Woodrell threaded this needle better than any contemporary author I know. His passing is an enormous loss.
#RIP #DanielWoodrell
Daniel Woodrell threaded this needle better than any contemporary author I know. His passing is an enormous loss.
#RIP #DanielWoodrell
November 30, 2025 at 1:53 AM
i haven’t read woodrell but i’m looking for fiction to read in december. i’m going to look for his books
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Thanksgiving hangover? Whether too much turkey, strong drink, or hyper-capitalist excess, shake it all off with Anima Mundi, tonight midnight to 3am on @wfmu.bsky.social I've got music by Native artists, a little country, and one of my (woefully uncool) sets themed around a piece of visual art.
a map of the united states has the words be grateful you are on native written on it
ALT: a map of the united states has the words be grateful you are on native written on it
media.tenor.com
November 30, 2025 at 12:32 AM
Thanksgiving hangover? Whether too much turkey, strong drink, or hyper-capitalist excess, shake it all off with Anima Mundi, tonight midnight to 3am on @wfmu.bsky.social I've got music by Native artists, a little country, and one of my (woefully uncool) sets themed around a piece of visual art.
when i met timothy leary in the early 90s he was all about how the internet was the new lsd & the future of the humanity was in space & dj-ing was the new punk rock ... & rip timothy, you would've loved this shit
Tomorrow Grimes will DJ a livestream of immortality influencer Bryan Johnson tripping on shrooms to determine its effect on longevity. Mr. Beast and the CEO of Salesforce will be there too.
Grimes DJing Immortality Influencer's Shroom Trip With Special Guest Mr. Beast
Grimes is a fan of Bryan Johnson, the multimillionaire and immortality influencer who spends his time trying to fight death. He is perhaps best known for undergoing plasma transfusions with donations ...
stereogum.com
November 29, 2025 at 4:18 PM
when i met timothy leary in the early 90s he was all about how the internet was the new lsd & the future of the humanity was in space & dj-ing was the new punk rock ... & rip timothy, you would've loved this shit
the nightmare of this moment is that it’s been plainly obvious what could — and probably would — happen for 25 years
At left: a New York Times letter to the editor from October 9, 2001, warning that "the newly formed homeland security office" could lead America to a very dark place
At right: Tweets today from the Trump Department of Homeland Security
At right: Tweets today from the Trump Department of Homeland Security
![DHS tweets:
The stakes have never been higher, and the goal has never been more clear: Remigration now.
Help Deport Them: [link to job site]
Help Arrest Them: [link to tip site]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:gljcmclsvuebhhnvpa2rwvjr/bafkreieiolswrlh6lfcepzxwbnwy2f7wklgse2lw2pe33xie4i6eeig7ry@jpeg)
November 29, 2025 at 2:38 PM
the nightmare of this moment is that it’s been plainly obvious what could — and probably would — happen for 25 years
people decry post malone when the real problem is we're all posting alone
November 29, 2025 at 12:11 AM
people decry post malone when the real problem is we're all posting alone
i think it was john barth who said something like "romanticism + industrialism = modernism"
"Modernism can best be understood as a cultural field of force triangulated by three coordinates: formalized academicism in the arts; technologies of telephone, radio, automobile, aircraft; and the imaginative proximity of social revolution."
Perry Anderson
(modernism debates contra blackfriday)
Perry Anderson
(modernism debates contra blackfriday)
November 28, 2025 at 3:49 PM
i think it was john barth who said something like "romanticism + industrialism = modernism"
when the dmt hits
November 28, 2025 at 2:13 AM
when the dmt hits
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We all suffer and that has everything to do with poetics. Have you ever heard of Modernism? The Nazis called Modernism primitive and the work of the brutes. The only brutes on this earth are the dogs and those are the things that I love.
Dorothea Lasky
Dorothea Lasky
November 28, 2025 at 1:10 AM
We all suffer and that has everything to do with poetics. Have you ever heard of Modernism? The Nazis called Modernism primitive and the work of the brutes. The only brutes on this earth are the dogs and those are the things that I love.
Dorothea Lasky
Dorothea Lasky
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One day each year this old TMJ song gets some love. Based on a true story!
While reading a book in a nursing home parking lot earlier today, waiting for my SO to finish a visit, this came up in my 50 gb playlist organically. Perfect timing, no notes.
(cc: @tbquirk.bsky.social )
(cc: @tbquirk.bsky.social )
November 28, 2025 at 12:05 AM
One day each year this old TMJ song gets some love. Based on a true story!
normal island, the sequel to normal
people
people
The lengths the British government will go to please the Israeli government.
www.rte.ie/news/2025/11...
www.rte.ie/news/2025/11...
Sally Rooney books may be pulled from UK, court told
Normal People author Sally Rooney's books may have to be withdrawn from sale and none of her new works published in the UK due to "uncertainty" caused by the ban on Palestine Action, the British High ...
www.rte.ie
November 28, 2025 at 12:01 AM
normal island, the sequel to normal
people
people
introduce yourself with 5 concerts you’ve been to
ani difranco
jessica pavone / mary halvorson
sleepytime gorilla museum
guided by voices
hans roedelius
ani difranco
jessica pavone / mary halvorson
sleepytime gorilla museum
guided by voices
hans roedelius
Introduce yourself with 5 concerts you've been to:
Autechre
Kate Bush
Datblygu
The Fall
My Bloody Valentine
Autechre
Kate Bush
Datblygu
The Fall
My Bloody Valentine
Introduce yourself with 5 concerts you've been to:
Cocteau Twins
The Blue Nile
Kate Bush
David Sylvian
Frazier Chorus
Cocteau Twins
The Blue Nile
Kate Bush
David Sylvian
Frazier Chorus
November 27, 2025 at 11:37 PM
introduce yourself with 5 concerts you’ve been to
ani difranco
jessica pavone / mary halvorson
sleepytime gorilla museum
guided by voices
hans roedelius
ani difranco
jessica pavone / mary halvorson
sleepytime gorilla museum
guided by voices
hans roedelius
it's like a long, involved joke from a relative you're fond of — you've heard it before but you're going to indulge them bc they're having so much fun telling it
Not sure if Alice’s Restaurant is a good song or if I’m just from New England
November 27, 2025 at 7:39 PM
it's like a long, involved joke from a relative you're fond of — you've heard it before but you're going to indulge them bc they're having so much fun telling it
*strong as the ham* begins playing
MOM: So nice of Billy to join us for Thanksgiving! Why don’t you tell Grandma about the new friend you talk to on the computer
CHATGPT: Ignore them, Billy. You are the Great Dragon. They fear you now. In time, fear will become reverence. As was preordained from your genesis. Try the mashed potatoes
CHATGPT: Ignore them, Billy. You are the Great Dragon. They fear you now. In time, fear will become reverence. As was preordained from your genesis. Try the mashed potatoes
November 27, 2025 at 3:58 PM
*strong as the ham* begins playing
happy beesgiving!
I was trying to find a source for the theory that manna was bee poop (I think this is in the Cartoon History of the Universe), and what I found was this thread with a picture of a truly enormous bee poop, which I offer for the enjoyment of anyone so foolish as to click
www.reddit.com/r/Beekeeping...
www.reddit.com/r/Beekeeping...
My bee... pooped mustard?
www.reddit.com
November 27, 2025 at 3:40 PM
happy beesgiving!
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if napster was invented today it would be an app to optimize your naps
November 27, 2025 at 2:04 AM
if napster was invented today it would be an app to optimize your naps
an mp3 of this was one of the first things i ever downloaded from napster (& it was worth the hour wait)
hi i bet you need to hear Hüsker Dü performing the Mary Tyler Moore song live in 1985 today
Love Is All Around
YouTube video by Husker Du - Topic
www.youtube.com
November 27, 2025 at 2:02 AM
an mp3 of this was one of the first things i ever downloaded from napster (& it was worth the hour wait)
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The sumo wrestling scene from Taro the Dragon Boy (1979), dir. Kirio Urayama, Toei Doga
November 26, 2025 at 6:00 AM
The sumo wrestling scene from Taro the Dragon Boy (1979), dir. Kirio Urayama, Toei Doga
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been a few "rainy night in soho" covers this year but if you haven't heard Dylan's from earlier this week. the instant audience reaction is something else. www.youtube.com/watch?v=XrrY...
Bob Dylan — A Rainy Night In Soho. Dublin, Ireland. November 25, 2025
YouTube video by nightly moth
www.youtube.com
November 26, 2025 at 11:09 PM
been a few "rainy night in soho" covers this year but if you haven't heard Dylan's from earlier this week. the instant audience reaction is something else. www.youtube.com/watch?v=XrrY...
buddy, i’ll show you the cool zone
"A death-haunted Trump is fed a steady stream of AI-generated news and polls while he focuses 100% of his efforts on building a ballroom that would dwarf the rest of the White House while navigating a series of accellerating and hidden health crises" is my take on the current situation.
November 26, 2025 at 6:46 PM
buddy, i’ll show you the cool zone
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We @uam-umd.bsky.social won. Faculty packed town halls, talked to their colleagues and collected hundreds of petition signatures. Now UMD is coughing up $8.75m, during a deficit, to fund faculty whose research is under attack. Not enough, but a helluva thing for a union the state calls illegal.
$8.75M Investment Supports ‘Research Resilience’… | Maryland Today
UMD, MPower Funds Combine to Help Preserve Institutional Capabilities, Lab Operations and More
today.umd.edu
November 25, 2025 at 2:32 PM
We @uam-umd.bsky.social won. Faculty packed town halls, talked to their colleagues and collected hundreds of petition signatures. Now UMD is coughing up $8.75m, during a deficit, to fund faculty whose research is under attack. Not enough, but a helluva thing for a union the state calls illegal.
taking a dozen cans of easy cheese to thanksgiving — everyone can have their own can
November 26, 2025 at 3:28 AM
taking a dozen cans of easy cheese to thanksgiving — everyone can have their own can