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A.P. Brown

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Front Range Colorado resident/ West Coast native, formerly ATL & PNW. Essayist, music critic, home baker, whiskey and barbecue enthusiast.

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Albini Sessions (Benefit for Letters Charity), by Fugazi 12 track album

Never thought I'd see the day these would get released to the public. Been wanting to hear these for decades. And it's for Letters Charity too.

fugazi.bandcamp.com/album/albini...

06.03.2026 15:50 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

The gulf states all rely on water desalination. It’s the end of the end when they get taken out.

06.03.2026 15:50 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
2007 photo of Barry Bonds signing autographs for fans at spring training. i'm sitting next to the group in a yellow shirt, looking unimpressed

2007 photo of Barry Bonds signing autographs for fans at spring training. i'm sitting next to the group in a yellow shirt, looking unimpressed

19 years ago today, my lack of enthusiasm ruined this AP photo of Barry Bonds

06.03.2026 13:54 β€” πŸ‘ 133    πŸ” 12    πŸ’¬ 9    πŸ“Œ 0

Another reason to support court reform is that the Supreme Court, as constituted, is incapable of functionally administering the law. A court that wasn't captured by far right billionaires would've prevented the government from enforcing these at all.

06.03.2026 15:49 β€” πŸ‘ 98    πŸ” 23    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 0

Just because we’re law enforcement doesn’t mean we have to be into the whole following the laws thing

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β€œI want yuri heated rivalry… hire me. I can fall in love with my costar please.”

Amber Glenn gets asked about Heated Rivalry!

πŸ”—: youtu.be/THOglbJl-Dk?...

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On @pablo.show I talked about the limits of generative AI, and why the brainstorming processβ€”which LLMs mostly eliminate, imoβ€”is fundamental to doing *good* work.

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the cast of Star Trek Voyager in street clothes awkwardly posing with late-90s computer hardware and consumer electronics

the cast of Star Trek Voyager in street clothes awkwardly posing with late-90s computer hardware and consumer electronics

this is what it feels like to post on bluesky

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Markwayne Mullin can’t even secure the border between his two first names.

Markwayne Mullin can’t even secure the border between his two first names.

…

06.03.2026 14:10 β€” πŸ‘ 639    πŸ” 127    πŸ’¬ 36    πŸ“Œ 8

HUGE payrolls miss, wow

Feb Payrolls -92k vs +55k est/+130k prev
2m net revision -69k
Unemplomyent 4.4% vs 4.3% est/4.3% prev
Avg hourly earn YoY +3.8% vs +3.7% est+/3.7% prev
Jan Retail sales MoM -0.2% vs -0.3% est/0.0% prev
Control group est MoM +0.3% vs+0.3% est/-0.1% prev

06.03.2026 13:30 β€” πŸ‘ 731    πŸ” 222    πŸ’¬ 16    πŸ“Œ 73

Unfortunately, β€œYo brother, legal team confirmed we can’t work with minors rn” is an instant classic

06.03.2026 13:38 β€” πŸ‘ 5224    πŸ” 1197    πŸ’¬ 60    πŸ“Œ 25

i've said before and will say again artist alley is where you roll up drunk with some shitty takeout and a pile of sketchbooks and it should be treated as blasphemy that it's gotten as stupid as it has.

06.03.2026 15:08 β€” πŸ‘ 48    πŸ” 14    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Retail sales fall modestly in January as American consumers pull back on spending American consumers pulled back their spending to start 2026, extending the slump in retail sales that began late last year.

American consumers pulled back their spending to start 2026, extending the malaise in retail sales that began late last year.

06.03.2026 15:15 β€” πŸ‘ 71    πŸ” 19    πŸ’¬ 10    πŸ“Œ 5
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a man is wearing a headset and says stay frosty and alert ALT: a man is wearing a headset and says stay frosty and alert

Gents, rooftop weather is approaching.

Beware the woman suddenly β€œchecking on you” or β€œthinkin bout you.”

Her winter man/woman fuckin up and she’s goin down her hoedex and landed on β€œMr. Dependable.”

Pay particular attention if she’s from TN, IL, FL, GA, or NC.

06.03.2026 15:23 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 4
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going to the casino to play the new machines

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Don’t have to imagine, Republicans ran the Willie Horton ad to death to turn the tide against Dukakis in β€˜88.

They didn’t even have evidence Biden was responsible for anything to run the anti-immigration ads in β€˜24 and pass the Riley Act after.

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β€œ.. Johnson, 45, tried to keep the children quiet by telling them he would share millions of dollars in restitution money he expected to receive from the Trump administration in connection with his Jan. 6 case.”

@npr.org
www.npr.org/2026/03/05/n...

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Imagine for one second if Biden had pardoned an AntiFa guy who went on to rape so many kids that he’s being sentence to life in prison.

Fox News and the GOP would be wall to wall to wall.

Instead, this happens with a Jan 6er and it will not be reported on cable news or mentioned by Democrats.

05.03.2026 20:58 β€” πŸ‘ 425    πŸ” 123    πŸ’¬ 6    πŸ“Œ 4

JAPAN CONSIDERS RELEASING NATIONAL OIL STOCKPILE, EVEN WITHOUT COORDINATED INTERNATIONAL ACTION - KYODO

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β€œ.. National average gasoline price is now up by 10.8% over the past 4 days ... the only other time we've seen a larger increase was in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina.”

- Schwab ⛽️

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Asian countries bearing the brunt of this energy scare, as expected.

(via B of A)

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> @samsteindc.bsky.social

06.03.2026 12:57 β€” πŸ‘ 1451    πŸ” 558    πŸ’¬ 49    πŸ“Œ 27
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BOOCKVAR: β€œ.. it’s now time to be watching fertilizer and row crop prices,” as 15-30% of fertilizers flow thru the Strait of Hormuz. β€œ.. understand too that we are just weeks away from the beginning of the important planting season.”

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SWISS GOVERNMENT: DROPPING PLANS TO ACQUIRE THE FULL NUMBER OF 36 F-35A FIGHTER JETS FOR FINANCIAL REASONS

06.03.2026 13:26 β€” πŸ‘ 191    πŸ” 37    πŸ’¬ 6    πŸ“Œ 1
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RENMAC: β€œ.. the labor market sucks.”

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Exclusive | Kuwait Cuts Oil Production as Storage Fills Up The cuts signal a broader storage crisis that poses new risks to the global market.

".. Shutting in an oil well risks long-term damage to reservoir pressure and incurs high restart costs, usually making it a measure of last resort. Restarting production can take days or even weeks .."

Brent near $91.

@wsj.com #OOTT
www.wsj.com/business/ene...

06.03.2026 15:01 β€” πŸ‘ 173    πŸ” 72    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 1

Revisiting this... where would David Hogg get $200 million from to help unseat Dems? πŸ€”

06.03.2026 15:16 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1
a quote tweet from last year of Film Updates confirming that ted lasso is returning for s4. my quote tweet: ted lasso season 1 premiered in the first year of covid. we are not prepared for whatever this news is heralding

a quote tweet from last year of Film Updates confirming that ted lasso is returning for s4. my quote tweet: ted lasso season 1 premiered in the first year of covid. we are not prepared for whatever this news is heralding

ohhh it was WW3

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Cooked us

06.03.2026 14:37 β€” πŸ‘ 182    πŸ” 23    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

The people reacting with "they don't understand Walter White was the bad guy" are missing a lot. To their target audience, Skyler was the bad guy. It's about power and violence, and whiny women who don't want power exercised for the sake of personal gain and ego are among their villains.

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