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Bryan Waterman

@waterman.bsky.social

Lit, hist, art, music. Toggling btwn the 1790s and the 1970s, I write abt seduction, friendship, arts scenes/circles, NYC. 33 1/3 on Marquee Moon. Professing English at NYU since 2001. Missing me here search the WFMU comments board.

5,206 Followers  |  3,607 Following  |  3,793 Posts  |  Joined: 04.05.2023
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Why we pledge: What other radio station would have a comments board where someone could chat me up about Charles Brockden Brown? @wfmu.bsky.social

05.03.2026 12:10 β€” πŸ‘ 10    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

They killed 180 children and their teachers in a double-tap strike on a school. The girls were 7 to 12 years old.

05.03.2026 04:33 β€” πŸ‘ 4133    πŸ” 1706    πŸ’¬ 94    πŸ“Œ 28

Wow Survivor 50 is like watching Jeopardy! Masters.

05.03.2026 02:27 β€” πŸ‘ 9    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 0
Brooklyn, NY: Director, Recording & Archive,Β StoryCorps

Brooklyn, NY: Director, Recording & Archive,Β StoryCorps

04.03.2026 23:47 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1

Too bad every night before bed I ask God to un-forgive all the men He forgave that day.

05.03.2026 02:11 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Still of Trump saying (as the closed caption indicates): β€œwhen crazy people have nuclear weapons, bad things happen.”

Still of Trump saying (as the closed caption indicates): β€œwhen crazy people have nuclear weapons, bad things happen.”

Mad King says what?

04.03.2026 21:30 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

When I got my B&S tix the second night was going to twice the price so I decided to stick with Tigermilk. I was happy with the decision when those Feelies tix went on sale today.

04.03.2026 21:18 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

A great benefit line-up last night: PGE, Toro y Moi, Kate Pierson, Elvis Costello (subbing for Debbie Harry, out sick), Maya Hawke and her new husband, Laurie Anderson in her percussive suit coat duetting with James Austin Johnson on Allen Ginsberg's "Ballad of the Skeletons." What's not to like?

04.03.2026 21:17 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

When he got to the grand finale and uttered the phrase "the last trump," people around us gasped out loud.

04.03.2026 21:11 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

plz contribute to my gofundme to get me out to these shows

04.03.2026 18:49 β€” πŸ‘ 34    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1
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"The Feelies give off energy. They practically shed it." Grab a front row seat to a ferocious Crazy Rhythms-era gig ... doomandgloomfromthetomb.tumblr.com/post/8090822...

20.02.2026 15:41 β€” πŸ‘ 34    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Splitting the difference: Tigermilk on Friday and Crazy Rhythms on Saturday!

04.03.2026 21:03 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
Mayor Mamdani sits with Los Deliveristas Unidos for iftar.

Mayor Mamdani sits with Los Deliveristas Unidos for iftar.

Men pray side by side.

Men pray side by side.

Mayor Mamdani bows his head with Los Deliveristas Unidos. In the background are posters that read β€œProtect Deliveristas stop unfair deactivations” and β€œwe are worth a living wage. Fair pay now.”

Mayor Mamdani bows his head with Los Deliveristas Unidos. In the background are posters that read β€œProtect Deliveristas stop unfair deactivations” and β€œwe are worth a living wage. Fair pay now.”

During Ramadan, delivery workers spend their days traversing the city β€” often fasting, often alone β€” pulling over to catch the sunset with a date and water.

Work that is so often solitary deserves moments of solidarity.

Thank you, Los Deliveristas Unidos, for hosting a beautiful iftar tonight.

03.03.2026 04:30 β€” πŸ‘ 1226    πŸ” 89    πŸ’¬ 7    πŸ“Œ 3

To be clear, I don't expect to be rescued by the government.

This ain't that, bruh.

But it's absolute garbage to tell US citizens to evacuate AFTER they've initiated a war of choice in the region and there are no outbound flights.

03.03.2026 17:27 β€” πŸ‘ 46    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 1
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Kash Patel’s latest firings ousted agents with expertise in Iran The FBI director gutted a specialized, global espionage unit of counterintelligence agents, just days before Operation Epic Fury.

"When FBI Director Kash Patel fired a dozen FBI agents and staff last week for their role in the classified documents investigation of Donald Trump, he targeted an elite counter espionage unit that investigates threats from foreign adversaries and specializes in Iran..."
www.ms.now/news/kash-pa...

03.03.2026 02:32 β€” πŸ‘ 1557    πŸ” 818    πŸ’¬ 108    πŸ“Œ 111

As the laid off Middle East News Editor, I concur. Management eliminated the positions of every single staff correspondent and bureau chief in the Middle East.

02.03.2026 20:39 β€” πŸ‘ 8039    πŸ” 2214    πŸ’¬ 122    πŸ“Œ 71

What better conflict avoidance than murdering all the people with whom you are in conflict?

03.03.2026 00:01 β€” πŸ‘ 47    πŸ” 13    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 0
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Netanyahu to the U.S. Congress, 2002: "If you take out Saddam, Saddam's regime, I guarantee you that it will have enormous positive reverberations on the region."

03.03.2026 02:25 β€” πŸ‘ 2428    πŸ” 950    πŸ’¬ 123    πŸ“Œ 128
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You cannot talk like this about any other minority in America.

And if it was any other president’s adviser who said something like this about any other minority, it’d be the instant end of their presidency.

02.03.2026 07:54 β€” πŸ‘ 23859    πŸ” 5948    πŸ’¬ 1728    πŸ“Œ 634

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27.02.2026 17:36 β€” πŸ‘ 18    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1

Upped my monthly pledge because I can't stand to think of a world without @wfmu.bsky.social . I've been listening for ~25 yrs and pledging for 20+ and I'm 100% certain I've had my money's worth back and more.

02.03.2026 02:30 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Yes please!

02.03.2026 00:09 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

When he says shit like this, it just makes me want to speak out more about what living with PTSD & the memory of my dead friends is like.

I turn 40 this year, I was a combat veteran by 18 years old. The first mission I ever saw was dead American soldiers being sent home in boxes. #PTSD #Veteran

01.03.2026 22:57 β€” πŸ‘ 14    πŸ” 7    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

One of the core messages of the work at Stand Up for Science is we are fighting against science being used as a weapon against civilians.

The US bombed a school that was IN SESSION. What makes you think they won’t turn that tech on us, too.

01.03.2026 14:24 β€” πŸ‘ 113    πŸ” 29    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 2

over and over they say it out loud: big ideas for the elite class, and only widget grunts for the working people.

ideas are for everybody. art is for everybody. education is for everybody.

01.03.2026 16:46 β€” πŸ‘ 169    πŸ” 70    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 2

The Department of Education has hung a massive banner honoring a racist college dropout who built a lucrative career out of targeting professors for harassment

01.03.2026 15:25 β€” πŸ‘ 5649    πŸ” 1701    πŸ’¬ 200    πŸ“Œ 73
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They went to war with Iran (which nobody in America was asking for) so they could conjure an excuse to allow ICE to keep murdering Americans and teargassing schools here at home with impunity (which nobody in America was asking for).

01.03.2026 15:06 β€” πŸ‘ 19412    πŸ” 6074    πŸ’¬ 1668    πŸ“Œ 477

Anthropic? The woke AI company?

01.03.2026 12:34 β€” πŸ‘ 64    πŸ” 12    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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It’s insane this is legal. People around Trump are profiting off war and death. I’m introducing legislation ASAP to ban this.

01.03.2026 02:09 β€” πŸ‘ 13981    πŸ” 4440    πŸ’¬ 473    πŸ“Œ 358