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Brandon ☕️🐈

@bksnav.bsky.social

Reader, listener, lifelong learner. I’d prefer to talk about music, books, the arts, and ideas rather than the daily political discourse. Views expressed are mine. In Raleigh, NC, USA

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E.E. Reed@poetryforsupper.bsky.social · 4d ago

walking from the FDR to the MLK to the Lincoln woke up something in our 12 yr old. he could not stop asking questions. i am grateful to all the designers and craftsmen who thought very carefully about how to memorialize the past in stone so that future generations should wrestle with our history.

E.E. Reed@poetryforsupper.bsky.social · 4d ago

here in DC. third day of monuments and museums. the 12 yr old is more or less having an existential crisis: why are people so stupid and mean?

Brandon ☕️🐈@bksnav.bsky.social · 4d ago

I’ve decided to listen to a bunch of Ultravox, who I’m not familiar with beyond a couple of hits. Each of their first seven albums gets 4.1-4.2ish (out of 5) on Discogs. Seems very unusual for the listening public to have no consensus as to which albums are essential. I suppose I may find out why.

Jacqueline Antonovich@jackiantonovich.bsky.social · 6d ago

My youngest, randomly, "Wait, does unleaded gas mean that there used to be...leaded gas?" Me: "Yup! When I first started driving, they still had leaded gas." Youngest, "How was that even a thing? Are you ok??" Me: "Oh boy, do I have some interesting hypotheses to tell you"

Miss Mira, Born Fool@missmira2u.bsky.social · 6d ago

Early XTC: I just wanna dance but I got napalm in my pants OH NO NO NO (skree HONK skree) Later XTC: One day the Earth with relief she will sigh When the last human being upon her has died (tasteful string deedling)

Ned Raggett@nedraggett.bsky.social · last wk.

(Very) early Depeche song: So I'm bopping now And it's lovely to watch you dance Ooo-ooo (synth beeps) Later Depeche song: Your leather is my crime The beat is so sublime The apocalypse is mine (massive stomps) (Live variant addition: "C'MON LET'S SEE THOSE HANDS!")

Steven T. Dennis@steventdennis.bsky.social · last wk.

Will Cassidy have a McCain thumb down moment? He faces a big choice this week. No Cabinet pick has been defeated on the floor since 1989 and only two in the last century.

Steven T. Dennis@steventdennis.bsky.social · 2w ago

Last thing standing in way of Blanche’s confirmation now is votes of 3 key Rs Lisa Murkowski Susan Collins Bill Cassidy All voted to convict Trump re 1/6 Cassidy is retiring Collins needs Trump voters this fall but also indies / some Ds Murkowski was elected mostly by Ds/Is + R establishment $

Kevin M. Kruse@kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 2w ago

If you show up to Bluesky without following anyone, you'll be treated to a series of posts about art, music, and dogs. If you show up to X without following anyone, you'll be bombarded with right-wing conspiracies and white supremacist slop. It's weird which one is seen as a "political bubble"

Dana Bergstrom@danambergstrom.bsky.social · 2w ago

Heatwaves reaching the upper thermal limits of mammals Poor lions, poor residents of Tokyo And yes, we should be worried and yes we know what to collectively do

Sanho Tree@sanho.bsky.social · 2w ago

“Three female lions died of suspected heatstroke at Tokyo's Tama Zoo, ​the first heat-related deaths among the facility's lion ‌population in its 62-year history. The lions, aged 3, 11 and 15 and all born in the zoo, showed signs of severe dehydration ​and multiple organ failure in post-mortem exams”

Adam Rawnsley@arawnsley.bsky.social · 2w ago

Today, August 4, 2026, is the setting of Ray Bradbury’s short story “There Will Come Soft Rains” about a fully automated house continuing on after the family who lived there and the world around it died in a nuclear blast.