Scott Blitstein

I never had much interest in using TikTok but I certainly wouldn't do so since ownership has moved from China to the US.

I just don't trust the tyrannical regime that now controls it with any access to my information.

A collage of album covers in a 10 x 10 grid generated by a last.fm profile.

I made a 10 x 10 collage of my most listened to albums in 2025 via my last.fm stats. How many do you recognize? I can't think of a better representation of me than this image.

Trump doesn't even want Democracy here, I doubt he gives a shit about Venezuela beyond their oil production.

This is such an amazingly great song, has long been a favorite of mine. Thanks for sharing this version.

An image of part of a press clipping - it reads: President Trump's capture of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro early Saturday is an act of hemispheric hygiene against a dictator who spread mayhem far and wide. Whether he admits it or not, Mr. Trump is now in the business of regime change that he'll have to make a success.

This paragraph from The Wall Street Journal's story about Trump's actions in Venezuela would be just as accurate if you swap out the word "against" for the word "by"

How I'm Fixing my 20 Years of Last.fm Scrobble Data Scott Blitstein documents his creation of Scrobble Analyzer, a tool that helps users of last.fm surface and correct messy and inconsistent data.

I've been on last.fm since 2006. I built a tool to help surface all the variations and missing albums and other common data issues in my library so I could fix them. I released it so if you are in to such things, it's free to use, open source and runs local in your browser using an export file.

This was so beautifully written Wil, and the quote you pulled was spot on perfect. I am so sorry for your loss, for our loss. I like to talk about the light that people bring to the world when they create and share and give - and how that light stays with us even if the source is taken away.

Todd Snider - The Ballad of the Devil's Backbone Tavern The world turned it to a lot shittier place than it has been when Todd Snider passed away yesterday. If you have been reading me for a while, or know me at all, you’ll know just how deeply I …

I wrote a little something about Todd Snider, feeling loss, and why artists like him are so important. Listening to his music brought me so much joy, this is a tough one.

YouTube video by Farm Aid Todd Snider - Conservative Christian, Right Wing, Republican, Straight, White, American Male

Rest easy Todd my friend, you will be greatly missed.

Aww Fuck - Todd was one of the most gifted songwriter / storytellers I ever heard, what a tremendous loss.

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The album cover of Pink Floyd's Dark Side of the Moon which shows a prism with a single beam of light entering from the left and emerging as the rainbow spectrum on the right.

You opened a floodgate but this was the first one that came to mind.

a doctored photo of the back of a $20 bill featuring the White House being demolished by an excavator

ok who did this? ☹️

A photo of The White House on 10-22-2025 with the entire front facade missing while being dismantled for the construction of a ballroom.

The White House symbolizes American democracy, the presidency, and the nation's history and unity.

So of course under his orangeness it looks like this as he dismantles it right in front of our eyes.

YouTube video by Official Sweet Channel Sweet - The Ballroom Blitz - Promo Clip (OFFICIAL)

Was thinking that the next occupant of the White House should just tear the gaudy Mar-a-Lago looking ballroom down and restore the Rose Garden while they're at it. Charge people $10 to spend 10 minutes in there with a sledgehammer, that should cover the costs.

It also inspired a musical interlude:

That is so great - you should be proud! It's no small undertaking and I really enjoy the site. I still have my list of ideas to pitch and now that I have rid myself of the family shit that blew up over the last few weeks I can hopefully get back to the stuff like this I had to set aside.

This is so great! I remember hearing "Divine Intervention" on KBCO, it made me late for class as I sat in the car and waited to find out who it was. Bought it the same day. It is also special to me and my wife as we were also new in our relationship. I put "Your Sweet Voice" on a mix tape for her.

My abuser's wife is apparently livid with me because... checks notes, I refuse to speak with him when he reaches out, I have shared my abuse story online (with no identifying information), and my requests for reasonable boundaries regarding contact are apparently attacks that make him feel bad...

Family Systems and Abuse Dynamics I’ve been thinking a lot about how abuse dynamics continue long after the original abuse ends. One pattern I’ve noticed is how perpetrators and their allies reframe a victim’s sel…

My dysfunctional family's responses to my boundary setting and truth telling are textbook perfect examples of family and abuse dynamics and roles. As I learn more about this, it's nice to know I have not been imagining all of it. They are playing their parts by the book - but I am now free from it!

YouTube video by The Barr Brothers The Barr Brothers - Another Tangerine (Lyric Video)

New Barr Brothers - Hell yeah! Now that's a good way to start a Sunday.

Yeah this was great - thanks for sharing this. I am not as familiar with Camel as I should be, need to change that!

I don't know, I thought asking that my abuser not be the executor of my mom's estate seemed like a perfectly reasonable request to me.... Apparently I was wrong, again.

Best, and most relatable, sign at No Kings today: “Agoraphobes For Democracy.”

i imagine there’s about to be an influx of MAGA chuds spewing their bullshit but i really can’t stress enough that if we don’t give them oxygen, they’ll get bored and leave. block early and often.

I have been trying to resolve an insanely harmful family issue for about a year now and I just had to confront my mom about it - again. It's fucking exhausting and just totally sidetracks my days.

I would suggest never being born in to a family if you can avoid it.

Yes - KISS was the first band I ever loved as a kid of 7 or 8. I grew out of it (although I still really like that first album) but they were my real intro in to music, and being a fan of music. Somewhere I have stacks of KISS trading cards I haven't ever been able to get rid of.

Our summer TV watching included some mind-benders like Continuum (time travel) and Man In The High Castle (alternate history and worlds) so I am looking forward to some easy to follow wrap everything up in one episode shows for a while.

So with all that going on, of course the thing I decide to actually do is try to find people I used to follow on Twitter so I can follow them here. Glad to have you back old friends....

So much happening in my life right now I can hardly keep up with any of it. Lots of family shit, restarting my freelance work, launching a newsletter and youtube channel about software workflow and automation, helping Gina w/ her podcast, regular blogging, and oh yeah the world being on fire!

I wrote a little about some of the little details you might have missed in this video and why it hit me so hard as a trans person this morning:

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