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Joe Lance (he/him/his)

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Composer ๐ŸŽผ and home producer๐ŸŽš(but didnโ€™t quit my day jobโ€ฆyet) Former Tennessee Insider & Chattarati โœ๏ธ GenX๐Ÿค˜ Anti-fascist๐Ÿ‘Š Agnostic๐Ÿคจ Deadhead๐ŸŒน๐Ÿ’€ https://joelance.us/

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The world could be such a nice place if we allowed it. It's all so goddamn unnecessary. There's no need for any of it. It's so beautiful here. It should be so cool to be alive

28.02.2026 12:42 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 16203    ๐Ÿ” 5017    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 126    ๐Ÿ“Œ 102

So just to be clear - Hegsethโ€™s Pentagon is shooting down our own drones with lasers in Texas โ€” but they want Anthropic to put fully autonomous killer robots in their hands? What could go wrong?

28.02.2026 02:27 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2164    ๐Ÿ” 699    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 66    ๐Ÿ“Œ 28

I've been there. Best of luck to you.

27.02.2026 12:55 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

It's opening night! Chattanooga State presents _Evil Dead The Musical_, a crazy little show based on Sam Raimi's cult classic films. More here: www.chattanoogastate.edu/events/theat...

This will be the 68th musical theatre production I've been part of (usually as a pit player). It's a fun one! ๐Ÿค˜๐ŸŽธ๐ŸŽญ

27.02.2026 12:46 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Trans Continental Pipeline Queer Relocation Nonprofit in Denver, Colorado

Colorado borders Kansas. Here is a Colorado non-profit that helps trans people relocate, Trans Continental Pipeline.

Please share.

tcpipeline.org

26.02.2026 01:53 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1008    ๐Ÿ” 810    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 6    ๐Ÿ“Œ 28

Eye-popping margins in the Pennsylvania special elections today:

โ€”Democrats won HD94 by 63 points.
(Harris won it by 30 in 2024.)

โ€”Democrats won HD42 by 35 points.
(Harris won it by 17 in 2024.)

[The 2024 numbers are via the essential @the-downballot.com].

25.02.2026 02:53 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5471    ๐Ÿ” 1360    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 43    ๐Ÿ“Œ 87
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a penguin is standing in the snow with its arms outstretched Alt: a baby penguin dancing in the snow.

View from Heard and McDonald Islands

20.02.2026 15:56 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Those penguins must be celebrating the SCOTUS decision on tariffs!

20.02.2026 15:54 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Iโ€™m not a podcast guy. Iโ€™d usually rather listen to music, or at least snippets of audio being recorded or mixed interspersed with voiceover, than to two or three people just talking.

But Iโ€™m about halfway through Billy Corganโ€™s The Magnificent Others ep with Nancy Wilson, and, yeah. I kinda like.

17.02.2026 22:01 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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I donโ€™t know who needs to hear Jesse Jackson leading the kids on Sesame Street in this beautiful call-and-response reminding them that every child is somebody, but here it is

17.02.2026 11:41 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 21760    ๐Ÿ” 7745    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 299    ๐Ÿ“Œ 638

RIP Tom Hagen. I mean Lt. Col. Bill Kilgore. I mean Boo Radley. (And I should add, after reading the obit, Augustus McRae.)

16.02.2026 18:40 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I just hope both teams win, everyone has fun, and nobody gets hurt.

08.02.2026 22:49 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Happy #SuperbOwl ๐Ÿฆ‰ Sunday to all who celebrate.

08.02.2026 11:39 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2041    ๐Ÿ” 378    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 37    ๐Ÿ“Œ 21

Apropos of nothing, I should remind you that my likeness is on a #MagicTheGathering card. It's kind of a fun story how that came to be, some thirty-odd years ago.

08.02.2026 22:16 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Joe Lance - Mercy Street (Instrumental Improv) Listen to Mercy Street (Instrumental Improv) on TIDAL

Itโ€™s not much, but I do have new music out today. I used to wear out my Peter Gabriel _So_ cassette, and this is one of the tracks that really stayed with me for about forty years.

tidal.com/track/491758...

31.01.2026 17:18 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I wrote to my U.S. Senators and Representative this morning, pleading with them to take action to curb the unconstitutional and deadly actions by ICE.

I reminded them of their oaths, their responsibilities, and that they know how things *will* eventually go.

I don't expect much, but I have to try.

25.01.2026 14:45 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Searched for my U.S. Representative on here to see if there was an account I could interact with. Instead, found this. ๐Ÿ˜ž

21.01.2026 11:22 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Read this.

19.01.2026 06:50 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 12    ๐Ÿ” 12    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Ready to Run ยท Contest Every Race Last year, thousands of MAGA Republicans won local office because *no one* ran against them. How do we fix that? Get Ready to Run! Join Governor JB Pritzker, Contest Every Race, and our national pa...

I am going to this for general learning. I donโ€™t consider myself an ideal candidate. Join if you can.

I'm attending Contest Every Race's event, โ€œReady to Runโ€ - sign up now to join me! www.mobilize.us/contest-ever...

12.01.2026 19:32 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

๐ŸŽตListening to the wind howl๐ŸŽต

๐Ÿ–ค

11.01.2026 17:13 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Ashes, ashes, all fall down.

11.01.2026 15:57 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

RIP Bobby.

11.01.2026 00:52 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Hang in there

09.01.2026 00:27 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

About to see Richard Thomas in _Mark Twain Tonight!_ by Hal Holbrook. My wife invited me to tag along with her school group.

I got to see Mr. Holbrook holding court as Samuel Clemens in college, nearly forty (gulp) years ago.

We need Mark Twain (& art & wit & satire) right now.

09.01.2026 00:14 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
An annual tradition
YouTube video by Joe Lance An annual tradition

An annual tradition

youtube.com/shorts/pfkNY...

08.01.2026 17:21 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

How and when do we get our country back?

08.01.2026 11:38 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

It sucks being the citizen of a pariah state

08.01.2026 09:15 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 364    ๐Ÿ” 41    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 18    ๐Ÿ“Œ 5

I will let it beep at me, but it will not touch my steering system

06.01.2026 23:01 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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White House Posts False Jan. 6 Narrative on Riotโ€™s 5th Anniversary

Sorry for a paywall link to a โ€œchallengingโ€ source for some, but this is infuriating.

I WATCHED THE WHOLE THING ON C-SPAN!!!

Plus the J6 Committee hearings.

Iโ€™m so upset rn

www.nytimes.com/2026/01/06/u...

06.01.2026 21:36 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Still havenโ€™t figured out the appropriate greeting or attire to commemorate Treason Day, but here we are, five years on.

Hope all of my fellow supporters of democracy and the Constitution are holding up OK in these challenging times.

06.01.2026 14:08 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0