Jonathan Urbach 🇺🇸🏳️🌈🐻🤘✡️🍺
@jonathanurbach.bsky.social
LGBTQ, lefty, metal-, alternative- and beer-loving, bear-adjacent, HIV Researcher. #TransRightsAreHumanRights BLM. he/him
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AOTY 2024
Here is my long-delayed AOTY list for 2024. It’s mostly, but not all heavy music. There were some great metal albums this year, but also some of the best new college rock that I’ve heard in a while. If you’re interested in my previous lists on Twitter, they’re here. x.com/jonathanurba...
Here is my long-delayed AOTY list for 2024. It’s mostly, but not all heavy music. There were some great metal albums this year, but also some of the best new college rock that I’ve heard in a while. If you’re interested in my previous lists on Twitter, they’re here. x.com/jonathanurba...
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This deal to reopen the government is fucking disgraceful.
Tens of millions will lose their healthcare. Trump will be emboldened.
This is exactly what’s wrong with Democratic Party leadership and why we need more people in Congress who will actually hold the line.
Tens of millions will lose their healthcare. Trump will be emboldened.
This is exactly what’s wrong with Democratic Party leadership and why we need more people in Congress who will actually hold the line.
November 10, 2025 at 12:43 PM
This deal to reopen the government is fucking disgraceful.
Tens of millions will lose their healthcare. Trump will be emboldened.
This is exactly what’s wrong with Democratic Party leadership and why we need more people in Congress who will actually hold the line.
Tens of millions will lose their healthcare. Trump will be emboldened.
This is exactly what’s wrong with Democratic Party leadership and why we need more people in Congress who will actually hold the line.
🤣😂
first day in Mamdani's new york. I have already been forced to change my gender
November 5, 2025 at 2:46 PM
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Part of what’s happening is he’s been cited as someone who’s read and consulted by people actually making decisions. So if his advice isn’t working for them, he has to locate another source of the failure.
Yggy keeps talking like the Democrats aren’t constantly fielding his ideal candidate in a wide variety of races and underperforming as often as not
November 4, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Part of what’s happening is he’s been cited as someone who’s read and consulted by people actually making decisions. So if his advice isn’t working for them, he has to locate another source of the failure.
Absolute banger song
November 3, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Absolute banger song
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64% of the country might say “we're too divided to solve our problems,” but a plurality of the voters chose a President who called his political opponents “vermin” and said the greatest threat we face as a country is “the enemy within.” I think there may be a stated vs. revealed preference problem.
I will never understand the pundit obsession with getting Democrats to solve "political division."
Not only is this what they're already doing, but Klein admits that Republicans will never do the same. So elections will remain constant GOP smears and simping Democratic promises of bipartisanship.
Not only is this what they're already doing, but Klein admits that Republicans will never do the same. So elections will remain constant GOP smears and simping Democratic promises of bipartisanship.
November 2, 2025 at 9:22 PM
64% of the country might say “we're too divided to solve our problems,” but a plurality of the voters chose a President who called his political opponents “vermin” and said the greatest threat we face as a country is “the enemy within.” I think there may be a stated vs. revealed preference problem.
If English had Chinese Grammar 🇨🇳😆
YouTube video by Linglong Mandarin Chinese
www.youtube.com
November 2, 2025 at 1:22 PM
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Our health care system is so broken it’s insane.
Stop letting them make you believe a better one is impossible.
#MedicareForAllNOW
Stop letting them make you believe a better one is impossible.
#MedicareForAllNOW
November 1, 2025 at 12:03 PM
Our health care system is so broken it’s insane.
Stop letting them make you believe a better one is impossible.
#MedicareForAllNOW
Stop letting them make you believe a better one is impossible.
#MedicareForAllNOW
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This is a must read and a 5 alarm fire. The Supreme Court is on the verge of allowing vote dilution and eliminating majority Black districts in the South.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/15/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/15/o...
Opinion | The Shadow of Jim Crow Looms Over the Supreme Court
www.nytimes.com
October 16, 2025 at 2:34 PM
This is a must read and a 5 alarm fire. The Supreme Court is on the verge of allowing vote dilution and eliminating majority Black districts in the South.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/15/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/15/o...
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He arrived in the US at 9 months old, got wrongfully convicted of murder, spent 40+ years in prison for a crime he didn't do, and now he gets arrested by ICE and faces deportation. This is pure evil. Any admin acting like this wouldn't hesitate to destroy your life or mine.
October 16, 2025 at 3:06 AM
He arrived in the US at 9 months old, got wrongfully convicted of murder, spent 40+ years in prison for a crime he didn't do, and now he gets arrested by ICE and faces deportation. This is pure evil. Any admin acting like this wouldn't hesitate to destroy your life or mine.
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So glad we’re burning down rainforests and drying up lakes to help total losers masturbate in an entirely new way
Sam Altman says ChatGPT will soon sext with verified adults
Sam Altman says ChatGPT will soon sext with verified adults
ChatGPT is about to get flirty.
buff.ly
October 14, 2025 at 9:33 PM
So glad we’re burning down rainforests and drying up lakes to help total losers masturbate in an entirely new way
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MIT rejects "compact" proposed by the Trump administration.
MIT prez wrote: it "would restrict freedom of expression and our independence as an institution" and "is inconsistent with our core belief that scientific funding should be based on scientific merit alone."
orgchart.mit.edu/letters/rega...
MIT prez wrote: it "would restrict freedom of expression and our independence as an institution" and "is inconsistent with our core belief that scientific funding should be based on scientific merit alone."
orgchart.mit.edu/letters/rega...
Regarding the Compact | MIT Organization Chart
orgchart.mit.edu
October 10, 2025 at 1:20 PM
MIT rejects "compact" proposed by the Trump administration.
MIT prez wrote: it "would restrict freedom of expression and our independence as an institution" and "is inconsistent with our core belief that scientific funding should be based on scientific merit alone."
orgchart.mit.edu/letters/rega...
MIT prez wrote: it "would restrict freedom of expression and our independence as an institution" and "is inconsistent with our core belief that scientific funding should be based on scientific merit alone."
orgchart.mit.edu/letters/rega...
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just gonna put this here
October 4, 2025 at 11:46 PM
just gonna put this here
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Jane Goodall, renowned primatologist, has died at the age of 91.
October 1, 2025 at 6:28 PM
Jane Goodall, renowned primatologist, has died at the age of 91.
Without downloading any new pics, where are you mentally?
September 30, 2025 at 2:39 AM
Without downloading any new pics, where are you mentally?
Blondie - Rapture (Official Music Video)
YouTube video by BlondieVEVO
youtu.be
September 23, 2025 at 7:42 PM
Years ago, around 2003-2007, I used to do outreach for Fenay community health center. We'd go out to gay clubs and hand out safer sex kits: condoms, lube, and information about getting tested and other health concerns like substance use.
September 17, 2025 at 2:33 AM
Years ago, around 2003-2007, I used to do outreach for Fenay community health center. We'd go out to gay clubs and hand out safer sex kits: condoms, lube, and information about getting tested and other health concerns like substance use.
Been a while since I listened to "Velvet Magic" by Devil's Witches, but I was craving it this morning. I don't see many people posting about this one-man band, but I love their thick, juicy riffs, the Mark Bolanesque vocals, their retro vibe. #heavypsych
www.youtube.com/watch?v=fWhS...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=fWhS...
Motorpsycho
YouTube video by Devil's Witches - Topic
www.youtube.com
September 16, 2025 at 12:28 PM
Been a while since I listened to "Velvet Magic" by Devil's Witches, but I was craving it this morning. I don't see many people posting about this one-man band, but I love their thick, juicy riffs, the Mark Bolanesque vocals, their retro vibe. #heavypsych
www.youtube.com/watch?v=fWhS...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=fWhS...
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"As of the end of August, the whereabouts of two-thirds of more than 1,800 men detained at Alligator Alcatraz during the month of July could not be determined by the Miami Herald."
So…they’re disappearing people. This is all just ticking along as expected. Now I know how the junta in Argentina lasted so long
www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...
www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...
Hundreds of Alligator Alcatraz detainees drop off the grid after leaving site
As of the end of August, the whereabouts of two-thirds of more than 1,800 men detained at Alligator Alcatraz during the month of July could not be determined by the Miami Herald.
www.miamiherald.com
September 16, 2025 at 2:29 AM
"As of the end of August, the whereabouts of two-thirds of more than 1,800 men detained at Alligator Alcatraz during the month of July could not be determined by the Miami Herald."
By the way, Alicia Cordisco's new album "The Burden of I" is a banger, some of her best work, I think. @allieinchains.bsky.social
September 14, 2025 at 4:38 PM
By the way, Alicia Cordisco's new album "The Burden of I" is a banger, some of her best work, I think. @allieinchains.bsky.social
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In a shocking on-air moment, a “Fox and Friends” co-host said homeless people suffering from mental health issues who refuse help should be killed
'Just Kill 'Em': Fox Host Makes Shocking Comment On Homeless People
"Fox and Friends" co-host Brian Kilmeade made a jaw-dropping remark while discussing homelessness and mental health.
www.huffpost.com
September 13, 2025 at 6:00 PM
In a shocking on-air moment, a “Fox and Friends” co-host said homeless people suffering from mental health issues who refuse help should be killed
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music.apple.com/gb/album/dea...
#nowplaying #metalsky
Just read that this album was released 18 years ago yesterday.💀💀💀
#nowplaying #metalsky
Just read that this album was released 18 years ago yesterday.💀💀💀
Death Is This Communion by High On Fire on Apple Music
Album · 2007 · 11 Songs
music.apple.com
September 13, 2025 at 12:13 PM
music.apple.com/gb/album/dea...
#nowplaying #metalsky
Just read that this album was released 18 years ago yesterday.💀💀💀
#nowplaying #metalsky
Just read that this album was released 18 years ago yesterday.💀💀💀
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Charlie Kirk called me a ‘lunatic’ and a ‘prostitute’ and demanded I be deported.
Nothing, *nothing*, justifies killing him, or robbing his kids of their dad.
We don’t know the identity or motive of the shooter but murder can *never* be the response to political disagreements.
Nothing, *nothing*, justifies killing him, or robbing his kids of their dad.
We don’t know the identity or motive of the shooter but murder can *never* be the response to political disagreements.
September 10, 2025 at 9:58 PM
Charlie Kirk called me a ‘lunatic’ and a ‘prostitute’ and demanded I be deported.
Nothing, *nothing*, justifies killing him, or robbing his kids of their dad.
We don’t know the identity or motive of the shooter but murder can *never* be the response to political disagreements.
Nothing, *nothing*, justifies killing him, or robbing his kids of their dad.
We don’t know the identity or motive of the shooter but murder can *never* be the response to political disagreements.
In other (*college rock*) news, the new Superchunk album is pretty damn good. Especially the first half. The second half loses momentum *slightly*, but overall is still pretty solid.
September 6, 2025 at 3:15 PM
In other (*college rock*) news, the new Superchunk album is pretty damn good. Especially the first half. The second half loses momentum *slightly*, but overall is still pretty solid.
Going through my mother's stuff, I found this Tom Lehrer songbook, and the cover art goes pretty hard! (Art by Ronald Searle.)
September 3, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Going through my mother's stuff, I found this Tom Lehrer songbook, and the cover art goes pretty hard! (Art by Ronald Searle.)