Christopher Stucky

rarely have I more acutely felt the dynamic by which Dems are held responsible for the rhetoric of every random left-leaning person on the internet and Republicans are not even asked to answer for their own personal words

Jake

Peoria folks on Reddit confirm it’s not only a dump but a MAGA bar. Well, here’s hoping they come back around before too long and play the Castle. I’m not fucking with this shithole.

What is The Hidden Fortress?

No one's failed America like today's press. Had the modern press covered Watergate, Nixon would have gotten away with everything. Shame on you. You are an absolute disgrace, and you have failed in your sacred duties. Grow a pair.

I agree that it can go down that way. In this case we’re going from good seats to general admission/standing which due to our advanced age is a dealbreaker for some in our party. And it appears to be less “character-filled dive” and more “frontage road craphole.”

I know it’s not the band’s fault the venue they were booked at in Peoria has closed, but Christ the alternate place looks like a dump. I might have to skip the Mountain Goats show I was so excited for, and that sucks.

You Have Just 3 Weeks to Object to the Roadless Rule Rollback, Which Will Affect 45 Million Wild Acres Across the U.S. The Trump administration just opened a three-week comment period for revoking the Roadless Rule, which keeps wilderness intact.

You have just 3 weeks to object to the Roadless rule rollback.

Link to USDA public comments here:

Boy we really just go about life as if the Little River Band never existed don’t we

This is a good wake up call for me that I need to be ready to put a big party together much more quickly than I’m currently capable of.

No. 4 with a pot of coffee for me, gotta stay on my toes if we’re playing cards.

Open Your Heart probably. I kind of like the whole True Blue record.

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Humblebundle to support World Central Kitchen, and get a bunch of my books from @tordotcom.bsky.social including Murderbot and Witch King! #booksky

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Having too much money makes you stupid.

a green square that says "fast food meals. new phenomenon burger taste. $19.90. order via seamless" and in the corner is a non-euclidean cluster of chicken finger.

a very normal 5-star review that says "I would be lost without restaurant. I would like to personally thank you for your outstanding product." - Nina Margaret, CEO apple.

another normal review that says "without food, we would have gone bankrupt by now. thanks food! the service was excellent." John Doe, manager.

an AI image of a pastrami sandwich. not to overuse the word non-euclidean but what else can I say to describe these layers of meat? this one also has some kind of yellow sauce leaking out of the bottom, and another yellow sauce being sensuously drizzled on top. in the lower right corner are baffling tubes that sort of look like if roasted carrots fucked a soft pretzel.

my roommate was trying to find the menu for a nearby bagel shop and instead found some of the most iconic slop I've ever seen. thanks food! :)

When I was a DJ I remember the music director would let a computer generate the playlist for each day, then go through himself to check that there weren’t any “train wrecks” like idk Ironic into Prison Sex or something.

BOB FM is a format dedicated to train wrecks.

Gonna retire, get a Ventra card, and spend the day haranguing people for not respecting Crowded House enough during their prime.

I don’t know if there’s a GOOD song to be stuck in your head when you’re dealing with heavy life-type situations, but I do know there’s a BAD one, and its name is “Naughty, Naughty” by John Parr.

Robert Osborne and Dave Karger TCM Hosts Then and Now

"Osborne loved the classic Hollywood stars even though he knew everything about them, the good and the bad, and he was wised-up, in the best 1930s way, rather than jaded." Dan Callahan's wise and very moving essay on TCM hosts Robert Osborne and Dave Karger: open.substack.com/pub/stolenho...

Shall we be dragged by him to the bottom of the sea? Shall we be towed by him to the infernal world?

We Must Increase Bands: 10,000,000 Maniacs

The best part was where they just say well jobs were going to be eliminated anyway and then fail to back the claim up in any way.

The use of is it Copperplate? on LRP packaging and promo material was weirdly compelling to me as a high school dork.

The trouble is, rich people like you are SO rich you can distort and exploit the system so that no law or statute can stand against you and what you want. There’s always someone you can influence or buy so that you can circumvent whatever common good we try to bend your wealth toward.

Don’t let this die. Keep elevating this.

@ericsorensen.bsky.social Our power bills in Bloomington shot up in June, with a rate around 20% higher. To what extent are we footing the bill for corporate interests and the very tech they’d like to use to put us out of our jobs?

Imagine the barn-burner of a column we have in store if this writer ever gets lucky.

Saw an ad promising that you can “learn to play blues in 15 days” and I’m amusing myself imagining that they send someone to just mercilessly torpedo your life over the course of two weeks.