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Interview: The Sword’s Bryan Ritchie works hard to sustain the Austin music scene If you’ve spent any real time in the Austin music trenches, you know the difference between hype and longevity. Bryan Richie has been on the longevity side for over 20 years. Between his work with …

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Team USA vs. Canada gold medal game live updates: U.S. women's hockey ties it on Hilary Knight's record-setting goal with the extra attacker, sending it to overtime Visit NBCOlympics.com for Winter Olympics live streams, highlights, schedules, results, news, athlete bios and more from Milan Cortina 2026.

U.S. Women's Hockey gold medal match just went to overtime. www.nbcolympics.com/news/live/20... #winterolympics

NEW MUSIC from Nug is now streaming at TCC. Check the band in Austin during SXSW at our Webberville Block Party on March 14 💀🤘

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Essay: I would rather swim through raw sewage than go to the theater Theater is my hell. Musical theater? I would rather swim through raw sewage, hitting sawed-off corpse dicks to the face. Honorable mentions include karaoke and improv. Back to the theater… it…

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#theater #essay #humor #opinion

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Bad Bunny brings Puerto Rico to the Super Bowl halftime show — Los Angeles Times The Puerto Rican superstar headlined music's biggest stage Sunday at Levi's Stadium in Santa Clara.

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Heh… #superbowl

Opinion: Why Megadeth’s Dave Mustaine cannot stop talking about Metallica Every time Dave Mustaine has something to say about Metallica, it’s like Al Bundy talking about his big game for Polk High. Not because he brings it up once in a while, but because he never stops. …

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Opinion: Why Megadeth’s Dave Mustaine cannot stop talking about Metallica Every time Dave Mustaine has something to say about Metallica, it’s like Al Bundy talking about his big game for Polk High. Not because he brings it up once in a while, but because he never stops. …

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Apologies I had to miss the show as I’m out of town at the moment. Hope the show went well y’all

This is important…

Live music preview: Megafauna and Slomo Drags premiere singles, play Mohawk January 6 This Friday, January 6 Andrew Cashen and Disciples of Creation are set to headline Mohawk. We love Cashen’s solo act as well as his other projects, A Giant Dog and Tear Dungeon but we’r…

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#Megafauna #SlomoDrags #newmusic #songpremiere #livemusic #preview

Now getting notifications on your posts to learn what you're doing to abolish ICE Ms. Warren. Americans need you to DO SOMETHING to stop this WH 🙏

Tracker Newsletter: ICE in Focus As federal agents carry out Trump’s program of mass deportation, this limited-series newsletter will track what’s happening and what’s coming next.

We’re launching a pop-up newsletter to keep tabs on everything going on with ICE - including @wired.com reporting and essential coverage from other outlets, plus analysis to help you make sense of the chaos.

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ICE OUT! NATIONWIDE SHUTDOWN! NO WORK. NO SCHOOL. NO SHOPPING. JAN 30, 2026 SIGN ON TO JOIN US: NationalShutdown.us

National Shutdown today. No work, no school, no shopping (least of all at complicit businesses).

See you in the streets today and tomorrow for the ICE Out of Everywhere protests 📣📣📣

The People Are Winning the Battle Against ICE The brave protesters in Minneapolis are doing everything that Democrats and even the law have failed to do.

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#powertothepeople #abolishICE

Live music review: Screamo legends Orchid led stacked bill at Mohawk Amherst, Massachusetts screamo legends Orchid came through Austin and led a stacked bill on January 20, a show that felt like it almost didn’t happen due to its original booking at the in-crisis Em…

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#Orchid #livemusic #review

Hardly but nice sentiment nonetheless:
Q3 2025 Revenue: AWS revenue rose to $33 billion, a 20% increase year-over-year.
Profit Driver: Despite representing only a portion of Amazon's total revenue, AWS consistently contributes over 50% of the company's total operating profit (60% in Q3 2025).

The People Are Winning the Battle Against ICE The brave protesters in Minneapolis are doing everything that Democrats and even the law have failed to do.

The Battle of Minneapolis is far from over. But Trump... flinched. The People are doing what the law and the Democrats cannot: defending thier rights and the rights of others.

My latest in @thenation.com

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I'm looking to talk with Texans who lost a job or otherwise suffered a material loss after being arrested at a protest, esp. if your charges got dropped.

Please DM me if this happened to you!

FUCK… ICE

The killing of Alex Pretti and the grotesque lying was an overreach by the administration. They've paid a price and had to pull back a bit. But it's when there's some disarray that the democratic opposition needs to intensify the offensive, and turn a marginal tactical success into a major victory.

Opinion: Bob Weir is irreplaceable so why not ask Sturgill Simpson to step in? Just for clarification, as I write this, my girlfriend, who is a massive Deadhead, is appalled. With the announcement of the passing of Bob Weir on January 10, the future of The Grateful Dead Empir…

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YouTube video by John Locksley Tutorial Videos - Magic the Gathering 1997 (Shandalar)

Years before Better Call Saul and Pluribus, one of Rhea Seehorn's first acting gigs was back in 1997, where she voiced the tutorial sorceress in the PC version of Magic: The Gathering. Here is the full video of tutorials below: www.youtube.com/watch?v=1jp4...

#magicthegathering #rheaseehorn #pcgame

Live music preview: Matt Pryor of The Get Up Kids is coming to 13th Floor I have a deep love for The Get Up Kids. Their 1999 classic Something to Write Home About is an all-timer for me—one of those records that somehow still hits the same decades later. (I’ve been caugh…

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#MattPryor #livemusic #preview

Opinion: Eight predictions for Austin music and culture in 2026 Because it’s the beginning of the year, I wanted to try something new. I’m going to make some predictions about things I think will happen over the next twelve months. I’m not a swami. This is just…

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.@PabloReports: What do you make of the White House blaming the police for what happened on January 6th?

Lieu: The White House’s statement is batshit crazy.