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Guess nobody told Ollie North that.

Low tix sales relegated Between the Buried and Me to venue's small stage tonight. Sucks for the band, but a treat for the audience as we got the equivalent of a sold out club show. BTBAM's jazzy, beautifully chromatic progcore truly soars in that kind of environment. Those guys can play! #MetalSky

Even w Tati Shmaylyuk in a grumpy mood, you can't deny Jinjer bring a special package. Their progcore can feel disjointed, each person playing w time signatures etc. But ofc Shmaylyuk's vocal brilliance brings it together. Think she's actually grown as live vocalist since I last saw them. #MetalSky

if you believe in any form of free enterprise at all, the idea that the Pentagon can not only cut off your contract but designate you a supply chain risk and prevent other companies from buying from you just because you won't build killbots for the government should be terrifying

Gotta hand it to Sanguisugabogg they know how to throw a party, even if tonight wasn't the utter madness of their Copenhell show two years ago. Shoutout to openers Celestial Sanctuary and Gates to Hell as well, good stuff. #MetalSky

It's Official: the Cybertruck is More Explosive than the Ford Pinto - FuelArc News We now have a full year of data for the Cybertruck, and a strange preponderance of headlines about Cybertrucks exploding into flames, including several fatalities. That’s more than enough data to comp...

The Ford Pinto had a death rate of 85 people for 10 million cars sold. The Cybertruck hasn't sold 10 million, but the fatality rate so far maths out to 1,452 people killed per 10 million sold.

The Cybertruck may be the deadliest road car, for the occupants, ever sold.

fuelarc.com/evs/its-offi...

Smashing show from Igorrr tonight. 1st time live experience for me, which is like Fleshgod Apocalypse and Zeal & Ardor had a love child and let it be raised by Prodigy. Gautier Serre's genius is not so much the madcap mix of genres but combining superhard blasts with amazing dual vocals. #MetalSky

The more than 3 million people applying each year for immigration status changes — such as seeking work or travel authorization, a green card, or citizenship — will now be required to give the government their social media handles. In some cases, they must also provide the handles of their young children, spouses, and parents, many of whom are U.S. citizens, green card holders, or are otherwise in the United States legally. The new rules will require them to submit any social media handles they have used over the past five years, whether used in a personal or professional capacity or even on behalf of an organization. This covers platforms including Facebook, X, Instagram, TikTok, and YouTube as well as messaging services such as WhatsApp, Telegram, and GroupMe.

Well, shit. This is batshit. This is bullshit. Even *posting* that I think this is bullshit is... I can't even.

(I have a green card)

www.brennancenter.org/our-work/ana...

The Supreme Court Ruled Against Trump's Tariffs. Now What? Charting the Impact of the Supreme Court Ruling and What Comes Next

NEW from me:

Yesterday’s Supreme Court ruling was the largest pushback on Trump’s trade war

Even though Trump imposed a new 10% tariff, it resulted in a 3% reduction in overall tariff rates, a large restriction in his tariff powers, and possibly >$150B in refunds🧵
www.apricitas.io/p/the-suprem...

They're having trouble getting jurors in one of the cases against Elon Musk because "so many people hate him so much"

www.law360.com/articles/244...

Prison-industrial complex.

Not a complete fluke as Købmagergade was pedestrianised a decade later than Strøget, i.e., informed choice after the initial success with Strøget.

Then again, Nørreport has only grown in importance as traffic hub since then with the advent of the metro, which couldn't have been known in the 70s.

Vaguely recall how Biden admin emails to Twitter were the biggest attack on free speech ever. There was a whole twitter files thing about that.

Curious where are Elon, Taibbi, Bari and crew on this?

Most certainly. They deserved a packed, roaring house.

Surprisingly low turnout for the Omnium Gatherum, Fallujah, In Mourning tour start tonight. Still all three bands brought the energy, obviously wanting to kick off on the right foot. Fallujah are just very good, aren't they? #MetalSky

The Washington Post—for which I wrote editorials for nearly a decade—has closed its Kyiv bureau.

@lawfaremedia.org has not—and we will not.

We now employ more people in Kyiv than the Washington Post.

Let me tell you about what we have done in Ukraine over the past year and why we are not leaving

There's plenty of sleazy and disgusting stuff with regard to the trafficking of young Russian and Eastern European women, without an ultimately unlikely Putin connection. New from @cathyyoung63.bsky.social: lnk.thebulwark.com/3Ovej1j

Trump’s Oil Grab in Venezuela Shatters an American Taboo

“Trump’s fixation with Venezuelan crude is somewhat puzzling, given that global oil prices are relatively low, and that the United States is now a net energy exporter no longer dependent on foreign oil supplies.”

www.nytimes.com/2026/02/08/u...

Pour one out for every professional political pundit, writer, consultant whatever that has spent the last decade trying to pretend that the Trump phenomenon was about trade or opiates and not a big chunk of white america losing its mind over having a black president bsky.app/profile/kyle...

FDA Targets Gender-Affirming Garments, Warning Companies that Serve Trans Customers At least 12 companies received letters from the agency stating that the gender-affirming compression garments are medical devices and require compliance with strict federal regulations.

What utter assholes. "At least 12 companies received letters from the agency stating that the gender-affirming compression garments are medical devices and require compliance with strict federal regulations." rewirenewsgroup.com/2026/02/02/c...

DHS Hunts Down 67-Year-Old U.S. Citizen Who Criticized Them in Email The Department of Homeland Security is using a little-known tool to go after its critics.

Floored by this story. A man wrote a pollite email to a federal prosecutor objecting to the deportation of an Afghan seeking asylum. DHS responded with an administrative warrant to get the man's info from Google, then visited his home to intimidate him.

Also first time I've seen a lone shoe come out of the pit ...and no one seemed to want it back. 🤷

Cryptopsy tour in Copenhagen. Knew it was one of those nights when the pit opened on the very first chords from Corpse Pile. Inferi impressed w/ serious skills and 200 Stab Wounds marvellously tight. Then ofc Cryptopsy blasting the place. Great death tour going round Europe, recommended! #MetalSky

rare to get such a clear glimpse into the mind of someone whose response to problems in his personal life was to blame black people

It's terrible what a lightsaber can do

Federal law enforcement agents shot and killed a man in Minneapolis on Jan. 24 according to local police officials. DHS told Fox News that the man was “armed with a gun”. A video of the shooting appears to show that a gun was taken from the man before the first shot was fired. x.com/BillMelugin_...

ICE ended up returning the man, Saly, after realizing he’s a fucking US citizen with no criminal record, per his sister-in-law. These fucking animals.

Unhinged

First concert night of the year done. Nice to kick off 2026 with three young local bands. One of them actually played their last ever show but the two others, Blodmåne and Heksproces, are among the brightest rising stars of the Danish scene and did nothing to disprove that tonight. #MetalSky

DOJ investigating whether Denmark lied on its Greenland mortgage.