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Lynn Blakey performing with The Salt Collective at City Winery, Boston, MA. 01/22/2024

Lynn Blakey performing with The Salt Collective at City Winery, Boston, MA. 01/22/2024

Was actually 2 yrs ago. πŸ’”

07.02.2026 03:44 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Really sad to hear this. Was an intern at PRA in the mid-90s and have such fond memories of Chip & Jean. He retired to the town next to mine and I always intended to seek him out to catch up. Please let us know if there will be a public memorial service in the future.

06.02.2026 19:09 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

artists/musicians/venues I am BEGGING you to have a simple monthly newsletter and a page on a website that isn't fucking Facebook where I can find your upcoming events, so that I can attend them. thank you for your attention to this matter.

02.02.2026 09:10 β€” πŸ‘ 148    πŸ” 39    πŸ’¬ 7    πŸ“Œ 9
REM  1981-02-20  688 Atlanta GA
YouTube video by oydave REM 1981-02-20 688 Atlanta GA

The earliest live video of R.E.M. with sound was resurfaced on YouTube a few days ago. Really great stuff. Love the superfans singing "Windout" as the song starts because they know what's coming. www.youtube.com/watch?v=wMTG...

28.01.2026 04:27 β€” πŸ‘ 160    πŸ” 33    πŸ’¬ 6    πŸ“Œ 4
Photo of Pretti's handgun and the ejected magazine, on the passenger seat of a federal vehicle.

Photo of Pretti's handgun and the ejected magazine, on the passenger seat of a federal vehicle.

I'm going to say a couple of things about Alex Pretti's handgun, that I don't think people who do not shoot will initially understand.

This photo was almost immediately distributed by the feds. I think that doing so was, for them and their attempt to whitewash the murder, a *huge* error.

26.01.2026 18:48 β€” πŸ‘ 876    πŸ” 289    πŸ’¬ 26    πŸ“Œ 70
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Reviving R.E.M.: Why Jason Narducy and Michael Shannon Are Touring the Band’s Iconic Albums With the help of a crew of veteran players, film star Shannon and guitarist Narducy are taking the music of the iconic Georgia band out on the road.

β€œA lot of these songs are canonical as far as I’m concerned. It’s not like you wouldn’t play Mozart because you didn’t write it.” β€”Michael Shannon

Read Premier Guitar's interview with Michael Shannon and Jason Narducy.

www.premierguitar.com/reviving-r-e...

17.01.2026 22:26 β€” πŸ‘ 239    πŸ” 29    πŸ’¬ 9    πŸ“Œ 8

Enshittification of an already overhyped app is on its way.

I wish universities understood how corrupted these tools are from the jump.

31.12.2025 01:20 β€” πŸ‘ 172    πŸ” 57    πŸ’¬ 8    πŸ“Œ 2
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The wait is almost over! He arrives tonight. Christmas Eve with Oedipus is 6-midnight on @wgbh.org, over the airwaves and streaming too. A treasured holiday tradition. No algorithm. Just Oedirithm! (Thanks to @henrysantoro.bsky.social for his stewardship!)

24.12.2025 11:40 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1

@oedipus1.bsky.social Will there be a Christmas Eve with Oedipus this year?

13.12.2025 16:36 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

@wgbh.org Will there be a Christmas Eve with Oedipus this year?

12.12.2025 21:29 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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I’ve crunched the numbers and the best band is still …

08.12.2025 02:36 β€” πŸ‘ 70    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

one of the coolest things about ChatGPT is how you can actually just never use it. you can fill your whole entire life with simply not once using it. it's incredible.

25.11.2025 16:15 β€” πŸ‘ 23065    πŸ” 6614    πŸ’¬ 249    πŸ“Œ 285

Relying on ChatGPT to teach you about a topic leaves you with shallower knowledge than Googling and reading about it, according to new research that compared what more than 10,000 people knew after using one method or the other.

Shared by @gizmodo.com: buff.ly/yAAHtHq

21.11.2025 11:48 β€” πŸ‘ 3287    πŸ” 1254    πŸ’¬ 79    πŸ“Œ 383
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The Great AI Bubble Yes, it's a bubble. And yes, it's going to burst.

NEW: Welcome to the Great AI Bubble. Yes, it’s here. And yes, it’s going to burst.

It’s also got way more in common with the Epstein scandal than you really want to know.

open.substack.com/pub/broligar...

16.11.2025 11:35 β€” πŸ‘ 1699    πŸ” 776    πŸ’¬ 78    πŸ“Œ 109
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How to end your extremely online era A somewhat practical guide

A very sobering and worthwhile read and, yes, somewhat ironic to post here.

I've definitely reduced my social media time drastically in the last years, but maybe I need to do more reducing :\

www.tommydixon.ca/p/how-to-end...

27.10.2025 23:38 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

It's a Ponzi scheme. And these people at our universities have got us involved.

31.10.2025 19:09 β€” πŸ‘ 376    πŸ” 159    πŸ’¬ 8    πŸ“Œ 4
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Investor pressure may be driving risky AI medical device launches Study finds an association between publicly traded companies and recalls of AI-based medical tools

An analysis of β€œnearly 1,000 AI-enabled medical devices, or AIMDs, approved by the FDA found an alarming trend: Devices from publicly traded companies are far more likely to be recalled, and many hit the market without being tested on real people.”

30.10.2025 15:07 β€” πŸ‘ 133    πŸ” 67    πŸ’¬ 8    πŸ“Œ 10
Black and white photograph of a young-looking Galaxie 500.

Black and white photograph of a young-looking Galaxie 500.

Galaxie 500 remain one of indie rock’s most quietly untouchable constellations. In conversation with Dean Wareham, Naomi Yang and Damon Krukowski, Brian Coney provides ten points of entry to the dimmer recesses of their back catalogue

The Strange World Of… #Galaxie500 Rarities

buff.ly/bv74S65

21.10.2025 09:00 β€” πŸ‘ 65    πŸ” 15    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 3
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Amazon’s Ring to partner with Flock, a network of AI cameras used by ICE, feds, and police Agencies that use Flock can request that Ring doorbell users share footage to help with "evidence collection and investigative work."

GET RID OF YOUR RING CAMERAS www.yahoo.com/news/article...

17.10.2025 21:52 β€” πŸ‘ 2676    πŸ” 1941    πŸ’¬ 50    πŸ“Œ 116

Yes. Noticed lots of signs in the windows earlier today.

13.10.2025 20:30 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Looks like there’s one opening soon in North Beverly Plaza.

13.10.2025 20:27 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Those last four bullet points. Right on. Some hope despite the times. cc: @dadadrummer.bsky.social

05.10.2025 15:46 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Macron remarks are notable- some quotes: "We have been incredibly naive in entrusting our democratic space to social networks that are controlled either by large American entrepreneurs or large Chinese companies, whose interests are not at all the survival or proper functioning of our democracies."

04.10.2025 11:57 β€” πŸ‘ 6974    πŸ” 2235    πŸ’¬ 99    πŸ“Œ 158
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Can You Win a Congressional Seat Without Social Media? Carleigh Beriont is running for Congress as an β€œanti-social Democrat” and she thinks the party needs to abandon social media nationally also.

an "Anti-social Democrat" is running for congress with a bold no posting strategy www.404media.co/can-you-win-...

03.10.2025 13:37 β€” πŸ‘ 119    πŸ” 22    πŸ’¬ 10    πŸ“Œ 7
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Doom & Gloom From The Tomb Galaxie 500 - Ecstasy, Berlin, Germany, October 31, 1989 Andy over at the long-running / indispensable Full of Wishes site alerted me to the recent unearthing of a previously uncirculated Galaxie 500....

A freshly unearthed tape of Galaxie 500 live in Berlin on Halloween in 1989???? πŸŽƒπŸŽƒπŸŽƒ doomandgloomfromthetomb.tumblr.com/post/7963965...

03.10.2025 14:59 β€” πŸ‘ 22    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
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We laugh at this shit -- I mean, how can you not? -- but it's serious: these guys want to infuse reactionary thinking into AI and then infuse AI into every nook & cranny of American life. They can't win the argument so they are trying to blunt-force their views onto us with money & power.

30.09.2025 20:33 β€” πŸ‘ 4326    πŸ” 1325    πŸ’¬ 144    πŸ“Œ 129

The moment where Hegseth ends his speech and not a single officer claps is the most hopeful thing I have seen in a long time.

30.09.2025 18:15 β€” πŸ‘ 9952    πŸ” 1584    πŸ’¬ 225    πŸ“Œ 68
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Wednesday’s Plan to Keep Southern Rock Weird Karly Hartzman is determined not to become the next β€œprince of Brooklyn.” β€œJust being a little outside of the norm,” she says, β€œis such a beautiful weapon.”

TWO SOUTHERN JEWISH GALS WALK INTO A BAR....I spent AmericanaFest with Karly Hartzman (aka "goth Dolly Parton," thanks Missy Dabice) and profiled Wednesday for GQ. And yes, the album is as good as everyone says it is
www.gq.com/story/wednes...

29.09.2025 17:35 β€” πŸ‘ 62    πŸ” 21    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 5
GUNS IN AMERICA: A CIVIL CONVERSATION IN UNCIVIL TIMES (Light Over Heat #136)
YouTube video by Light Over Heat with Professor David Yamane GUNS IN AMERICA: A CIVIL CONVERSATION IN UNCIVIL TIMES (Light Over Heat #136)

This talk pulls together all of the threads of my work. If you wonder how it all fits together or how I see the way forward on guns, this video is for you. Or if you know someone looking for a liberal, pro-civility gun owner, this is a great start.

youtu.be/7a1QMLTuBYk?...

24.09.2025 16:28 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Sept 20, 1980: 45 REALLY unknown pleasures years ago.

Joy Division/New Order at Maxwell's!

Legendary photo by the great Charles Charas!

Me in front, back right Maxwell's owner Steve Fallon and DJ Guy Ewald.

20.09.2025 13:22 β€” πŸ‘ 9    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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