Whitsitt
@whitsitt.bsky.social
Acupunk, parent, disciple of the infinite groove. Dedicated to making the world more fit for the living in any way possible. Based in Portland, OR.
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Many Americans, who like to walk around with large guns, have spent countless decades posturing about standing up to tyranny. Yet when it comes, they’re actually the agents terrorizing neighborhoods. While the courageous ones are scared regular people who are finding power through each other.
January 23, 2026 at 3:48 PM
Many Americans, who like to walk around with large guns, have spent countless decades posturing about standing up to tyranny. Yet when it comes, they’re actually the agents terrorizing neighborhoods. While the courageous ones are scared regular people who are finding power through each other.
Listening to 1999 and sending love to the people of MPLS out there in the cold fighting the good fight.
January 23, 2026 at 4:16 PM
Listening to 1999 and sending love to the people of MPLS out there in the cold fighting the good fight.
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Herbie Hancock Septet: Live at the Boardinghouse January 16, 1973
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A previously unheard 'Sextant' tour FM broadcast has emerged. It’s well worth your time. This group is especially good when they stretch way way way out. And they certainly do that here...
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A previously unheard 'Sextant' tour FM broadcast has emerged. It’s well worth your time. This group is especially good when they stretch way way way out. And they certainly do that here...
January 21, 2026 at 7:35 PM
Herbie Hancock Septet: Live at the Boardinghouse January 16, 1973
aquariumdrunkard.com/2026/01/21/h...
A previously unheard 'Sextant' tour FM broadcast has emerged. It’s well worth your time. This group is especially good when they stretch way way way out. And they certainly do that here...
aquariumdrunkard.com/2026/01/21/h...
A previously unheard 'Sextant' tour FM broadcast has emerged. It’s well worth your time. This group is especially good when they stretch way way way out. And they certainly do that here...
I heard this guy for the first time earlier today on the radio and need to dig deeper.
1965 version of the Thelonious Monk song “Light Blue” by jazz pianist Dollar Brand (later Abdullah Ibrahim). Closing cut from the Anatomy of a South African Village album. #Jazz #JazzMusic m.youtube.com/watch?v=Ub4P...
Light Blue
YouTube video by Dollar Brand - Topic
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January 23, 2026 at 5:13 AM
I heard this guy for the first time earlier today on the radio and need to dig deeper.
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My take on the Jan 23 action in Minneapolis is that I don’t really care whether it’s a “true” general strike (we could argue about that all day).
What DOES matter is that it’s a bold and necessary escalation, and local labor leaders are publicly encouraging workers to join in anti-ICE resistance
What DOES matter is that it’s a bold and necessary escalation, and local labor leaders are publicly encouraging workers to join in anti-ICE resistance
January 21, 2026 at 11:51 PM
My take on the Jan 23 action in Minneapolis is that I don’t really care whether it’s a “true” general strike (we could argue about that all day).
What DOES matter is that it’s a bold and necessary escalation, and local labor leaders are publicly encouraging workers to join in anti-ICE resistance
What DOES matter is that it’s a bold and necessary escalation, and local labor leaders are publicly encouraging workers to join in anti-ICE resistance
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Four-Song Peel Session of The Charlatans (UK) from March 20, 1990. Length: 20:35 m.youtube.com/watch?v=X0aV...
The Charlatans - Peel Session 1990
YouTube video by Vibracobra23 Ennui
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January 23, 2026 at 3:58 AM
Four-Song Peel Session of The Charlatans (UK) from March 20, 1990. Length: 20:35 m.youtube.com/watch?v=X0aV...
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Black Flag - 1984-07-28 - Marco Polo, Columbus, OH AUD] [https://archive.org/details/blackflag1984-07-28.cm300
Black Flag - 1984-07-28 - Marco Polo, Columbus, OH [AUD] : Black Flag : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive
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January 23, 2026 at 1:24 AM
Black Flag - 1984-07-28 - Marco Polo, Columbus, OH AUD] [https://archive.org/details/blackflag1984-07-28.cm300
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I came to Minneapolis to report on what's going on, and one of the main questions I showed up with is "just what is the scale of the resistance?" After all, we're all used to the news calling Portland a "war zone" or whatever when it's just some protests in one part of town.
January 22, 2026 at 3:58 AM
I came to Minneapolis to report on what's going on, and one of the main questions I showed up with is "just what is the scale of the resistance?" After all, we're all used to the news calling Portland a "war zone" or whatever when it's just some protests in one part of town.
My all time favorite property of matter and cool science fact.
YouTuber Cody don Reeder produced this demonstration of a 50 kg (110 lb) anvil floating in liquid mercury, demonstrating that relative density, not weight, determines if something floats.
But let's talk about the one PARADOXICAL SOLID that makes life on Earth possible.
Why does water ice FLOAT?
But let's talk about the one PARADOXICAL SOLID that makes life on Earth possible.
Why does water ice FLOAT?
January 21, 2026 at 3:03 PM
My all time favorite property of matter and cool science fact.
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Revolutionary optimism is the disciplined confidence that because trans lives are forced to invent ways of surviving capitalism, we also possess the skills needed to abolish it.
Despair only serves existing power structures.
Collective struggle for total intersectional liberation now. ⚧️
Despair only serves existing power structures.
Collective struggle for total intersectional liberation now. ⚧️
fascism seeks to convince its victims they have been defeated in advance. stay aware of the state’s behavior, but remember it’s motivations.
December 17, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Revolutionary optimism is the disciplined confidence that because trans lives are forced to invent ways of surviving capitalism, we also possess the skills needed to abolish it.
Despair only serves existing power structures.
Collective struggle for total intersectional liberation now. ⚧️
Despair only serves existing power structures.
Collective struggle for total intersectional liberation now. ⚧️
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Because Monday is garbage day at our house, every year I am struck with the irony that Waste Management workers don’t get a holiday on MLK day.
January 19, 2026 at 5:26 PM
Because Monday is garbage day at our house, every year I am struck with the irony that Waste Management workers don’t get a holiday on MLK day.
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i think this MLK day the thing to focus on is the strategic focus and tactical brilliance of the civil rights movement and the way it was laser focused on a set of achievable goals
January 19, 2026 at 3:05 PM
i think this MLK day the thing to focus on is the strategic focus and tactical brilliance of the civil rights movement and the way it was laser focused on a set of achievable goals
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American space rock band Bardo Pond performing "Tantric Porno" live in studio in 2009. From 1996's Amanita album. #SpaceRock #Shoegaze m.youtube.com/watch?v=xFMh...
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January 15, 2026 at 2:41 AM
American space rock band Bardo Pond performing "Tantric Porno" live in studio in 2009. From 1996's Amanita album. #SpaceRock #Shoegaze m.youtube.com/watch?v=xFMh...
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I don't know how to convey to people that POLICING in the US is experienced by countless Black and brown people in the way that ICE is currently acting towards people.
January 14, 2026 at 9:01 PM
I don't know how to convey to people that POLICING in the US is experienced by countless Black and brown people in the way that ICE is currently acting towards people.
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When I tell you that the people who are organizing political opposition against the left wing of council are the worst people in the city, here's some evidence!
And now there's a blueprint of how they are all connected from a guy boomer texting his whole entire conspiracy & network in full view. 🤯
And now there's a blueprint of how they are all connected from a guy boomer texting his whole entire conspiracy & network in full view. 🤯
The Mercury has obtained a series of images of group messages that show racist, sexist, and homophobic tropes used by a local developer and other local conservative political activists during a council president election. Readers may find this content offensive.
"Racist, Dehumanizing": Chat Images Show Portland Power Players Disparaging Councilors of Color
Messages obtained by the Mercury contain a slew of offensive tropes sent during a council president election
www.portlandmercury.com
January 13, 2026 at 7:36 PM
When I tell you that the people who are organizing political opposition against the left wing of council are the worst people in the city, here's some evidence!
And now there's a blueprint of how they are all connected from a guy boomer texting his whole entire conspiracy & network in full view. 🤯
And now there's a blueprint of how they are all connected from a guy boomer texting his whole entire conspiracy & network in full view. 🤯
My deadhead friends generally considered him cheesy, but Bobby was my favorite at the handful of shows I caught. Especially the last time at Shoreline, when he was dancing in and out of the mic and making his voice evaporate into the sunset.
January 14, 2026 at 5:15 AM
My deadhead friends generally considered him cheesy, but Bobby was my favorite at the handful of shows I caught. Especially the last time at Shoreline, when he was dancing in and out of the mic and making his voice evaporate into the sunset.
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"Perhaps no other 21st-century act has reveled more fully in the mythology of the electric six-string … the duo distills the power chord into a kind of primordial om, removing drums and favoring a symphonic scale over any conventional rock form."
Sunn O))) Is Back, and Going Big (gift link):
Sunn O))) Is Back, and Going Big (gift link):
130 Tracks of Guitar Per Song? Sunn O))) Is Back, and Going Big.
The hard-to-categorize duo recorded its new, self-titled album surrounded by nature. It’ll be the band’s first on the storied Seattle label Sub Pop.
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January 14, 2026 at 4:00 AM
"Perhaps no other 21st-century act has reveled more fully in the mythology of the electric six-string … the duo distills the power chord into a kind of primordial om, removing drums and favoring a symphonic scale over any conventional rock form."
Sunn O))) Is Back, and Going Big (gift link):
Sunn O))) Is Back, and Going Big (gift link):
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My favorite read today:
What does ‘time immemorial’ really mean? @highcountrynews.org www.hcn.org/issues/58-1/...
What does ‘time immemorial’ really mean? @highcountrynews.org www.hcn.org/issues/58-1/...
What does ‘time immemorial’ really mean? - High Country News
If you’ve seen the phrase time immemorial used repeatedly in Indigenous affairs reporting, there are some compelling reasons why.
www.hcn.org
January 13, 2026 at 9:55 PM
My favorite read today:
What does ‘time immemorial’ really mean? @highcountrynews.org www.hcn.org/issues/58-1/...
What does ‘time immemorial’ really mean? @highcountrynews.org www.hcn.org/issues/58-1/...
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Y’all don’t need Jesus, yall need Assata Shakur.
January 7, 2026 at 7:45 PM
Y’all don’t need Jesus, yall need Assata Shakur.