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Music matters. Fight fascism. Support the marginalized. Go see live music.

I have been (occasionally) running Stupid Internet Music Argument Friday on multiple platforms for over a decade.

Let there be songs to fill the air!
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December 9, 2025 at 2:59 AM
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It was an honor to spend the evening with Jackie Merlos to celebrate her release from detention and reunion with her four young children. 🧵
December 9, 2025 at 2:07 AM
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Trump was selected as the character to be symbolically burned with the devil as part of an annual tradition in Guatemala to put all bad things behind them before Christmas.

This year, Trump was chosen for his immigration policies against Latin-American citizens.
December 9, 2025 at 2:13 AM
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The church made this alleged child sexual predator their senior pastor AFTER he had been kicked out of law enforcement and lost his license after getting caught abusing his authority in multiple ways and sexually harassing city employees.
December 8, 2025 at 9:22 PM
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Literally all of the good things
In addition to all of the other benefits already reported about NYC congestion pricing, "In the first six months of the program, air pollution – in the form of particulate matter 2.5 micrometers and smaller – dropped by 22% in the Congestion Relief Zone (CRZ)"

news.cornell.edu/stories/2025...
Congestion pricing improved air quality in NYC and suburbs | Cornell Chronicle
Cornell researchers tallied the environmental benefits of New York City’s congestion pricing program and found air pollution dropped by 22% in Manhattan, with additional declines across the city’s fiv...
news.cornell.edu
December 9, 2025 at 2:21 AM
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Tonight’s extra bonus napkin cartoon…
December 9, 2025 at 2:27 AM
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Spotify was always dogshit but it's almost impressive how much shittier it's gotten over just the past few months alone
December 9, 2025 at 12:49 AM
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Pretty infuriating: King Gizzard quit Spotify over ethical concerns -- and now Spotify is letting AI knockoffs of its music (with all the lyrics copied verbatim) proliferate on its platform

futurism.com/future-socie...
King Gizzard Pulled Their Music From Spotify in Protest, and Now Spotify Is Hosting AI Knockoffs of Their Songs
An impersonator appears to be using generative AI to poorly clone rock band King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard's iconic sound on Spotify.
futurism.com
December 8, 2025 at 5:56 PM
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After I had my daughter, one of the qualities I looked for in infant formula was existence, which was an aspect my breast milk lacked
RFK Jr: "All of the ingenuity of corporate America has not produced an infant formula that is superior in nutrition and all the qualities that we want to the infant formula that God made, which is the infant formula in a mother's breast."
December 8, 2025 at 11:34 PM
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They claimed they got the girlfriend of the leader of Antifa like two months ago and now they’re relying on a snitch hotline
🚨Pam Bondi just ordered the FBI to compile a list of American "extremists" and to establish a bounty fund to reward tipsters, per DOJ memo leaked to me: www.kenklippenstein.com/p/leak-fbi-l...
FBI Making List of American “Extremists,” Leaked Memo Reveals
Are you on Trump's naughty list?
www.kenklippenstein.com
December 8, 2025 at 3:18 PM
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We know this isn’t true because if the EU was Nazi-like, Musk wouldn’t be fighting it. He’d be saluting it.
The EU was created in by people who lived through WWII and saw political and economic integration as a means to bringing peace and stability to the continent.

It is being opposed by Putin, Musk and the others who support Neo Nazis in Europe.
December 8, 2025 at 2:50 PM
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Trump is and will always be a mass muderer.
The death rate among children under 5 is expected to grow this year for the first time in the 21st century, researchers say. A key factor, they say, is cuts to U.S. and other foreign aid

www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/1...
Child deaths under 5 believed to be rising for first time in decades
Cuts to development aid from several countries is a key factor, researchers said.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 8, 2025 at 3:13 AM
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"A Change Is Gonna Come" is a seminal song by Sam Cooke, released in 1964. It is recognized as one of the 20th century's most important and influential songs, particularly as an anthem for the Civil Rights Movement
December 8, 2025 at 3:24 AM
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Ahem
December 8, 2025 at 3:11 AM
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Why does this photo look like a still from the Genesis “Land of Confusion” video
December 8, 2025 at 12:31 AM
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Leaving San Diego there are checkpoints on all the major freeways and several surface roads, for reference. Nobody is to blame for not knowing this, border coverage in this country has been shite for a long time:
December 8, 2025 at 12:21 AM
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Hours after being called out by community members, Long Beach Transit apologized for running an Immigration and Customs Enforcement recruitment ad inside its buses.

Read more from @brandonrichardson.bsky.social on the Watchdog. lbwatchdog.com/long-beach-t...
December 7, 2025 at 11:54 PM
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December 7, 2025 at 3:34 PM
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Note how the Kennedy Center ribbons are blue, instead of the traditional rainbow colors. Because the Trump administration never gets too preoccupied with its racism to overlook its homophobia.
December 7, 2025 at 1:41 AM
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This man did a photo opp of himself destroying homeless people's last possessions.
California Governor Gavin Newsom said on Thursday that the Democratic Party needed to be “more culturally normal” and “less judgmental.”
December 7, 2025 at 1:36 AM
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i don't want to win a unifying 70-30.

i want to win 51-49 based on promises of vengeance.
I don’t want to vote for a Democrat who promises to get Trump’s voters to vote for them. I want a Democrat who wants to put Trump in prison
December 6, 2025 at 11:06 PM
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The key ingredient of "civil disobedience" is disobedience.
December 6, 2025 at 10:42 PM
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Washington Sen. Patty Murray Urges Release of Vancouver Father Viscously Mauled by ICE Dog Despite Not Resisting
December 7, 2025 at 12:44 AM