Aside from the knock to the ever-dwindling music journalism ecosystem, I just think about what this all means for smaller and mid-tier bands. If you're not already huge, who is going to cover your album? Who is going to post about your tour? Who is going to…

Leor Galil@imleor.bsky.social · 3h ago

“Music publications BrooklynVegan, Alternative Press, Revolver, and Goldmine have been gutted by parent company Veeps... Nearly all the staff at each publication appear to have been laid off yesterday. Veeps, which is now owned by Live Nation, acquired the publications in 2024 or 2025”

Standing athwart history, yelling CAN EVERYONE PLEASE BE NORMAL ABOUT THIS

Trump energy chief lied to Congress about canceled clean energy funds, lawmakers allege

Trump energy chief lied to Congress about canceled clean energy funds, lawmakers allege

Reps. Zoe Lofgren and Gabe Amo are asking the Justice Department to consider criminal charges against Energy Secretary Chris Wright, accusing him of lying to Congress about $7.6 billion in clean energy grants canceled in blue states.

latimes.com

One way to be safe is to never write an electability take

Meanwhile please go ahead and put this right into my veins:

Grouper’s Liz Harris Reunites Her Shoegaze Band Helen

The trio of Harris, Scott Simmons, and Jed Bindeman will share their first album in a decade this fall

pitchfork.com

SCOOP: The CDC has linked six additional states to a large outbreak of cyclosporiasis associated with iceberg lettuce — Arkansas, Iowa, Missouri, Nebraska, New Hampshire and North Carolina — bringing the total tally to 15. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/04/w...

C.D.C. Expands Cyclospora Outbreak to More States (Gift Article)

Arkansas, Iowa, Missouri, Nebraska, New Hampshire and North Carolina are now among the states linked to the outbreak associated with iceberg lettuce.

nytimes.com

Just tried to delete someone else’s IG post

This is actually quite smart of AOC.A lot of the MAHA adherents have been let down by a medical establishment that dismisses women’s concerns at every stage-birthing to menopause(which they only recently started studying).They should have somewhere to turn for non crazy solutions to real problems.

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez@ocasio-cortez.house.gov · 2d ago

There is pervasive corruption across our healthcare and agricultural systems that defy party lines. I meet with MAHA activists because a lot of their concerns are bipartisan issues that major corporations paint as partisan. The fight isn't left and right, it's top and bottom.

Legit cried at the end of Olivia Laing’s THE LONELY CITY and more than one Barry Lopez essay. Also Marilynne Robinson's HOUSEKEEPING gave me an intense combo of vertigo and psychic jet lag that lasted for like a week (complimentary.)

Corey Atad@coreyatad.com · yesterday

do you ever have strong, palpable, emotional responses to books while reading? i'll chuckle occasionally, and sometimes a suspenseful passage will have my heart racing a bit, but for example i can't say i've ever teared up or cried while reading a book

I HAVE BEEN SUBSIDIZING WALMART AND AMAZON STARVING THEIR EMPLOYEES FOR MY ENTIRE LIFE.

USA TODAY Opinion@usatodayopinion.usatoday.com · 2d ago

Opinion: Mamdani's idea may sound appealing, but it's NYC taxpayers who will take the hit, subsidizing discounts they may never even use.

I’ve been writing a counter narrative of shutdowns that has me revisiting media from that time. And let me tell you, the only other option was everybody die. So yeah.

Peter@notalawyer.bsky.social · 3d ago

it’s pretty obvious that a lot of people remember that COVID lockdowns were unpleasant and from there just extrapolate that they were therefore bad policy

"I know, readers, that many of you have given up on the [Washington] Post. Understandably so. But I haven’t." I agree with her. margaretsullivan.substack.com/p/fare-thee-... "There is a bone-deep culture at the Post that goes back more than 50 years." "Bone-deep" means hard to kill. We need that.

Fare thee well, Adam O'Neal

At the command of Jeff Bezos, he wrecked the Washington Post opinion section but at least he's out

margaretsullivan.substack.com

Is anyone still left on the Mets at this point because, oh hang on I'm getting a text, uhhhh, it appears that I am now on the Mets by default, gotta go down to Dick's and buy some cleats in time for tomorrow's game

Extreme weather is complicated (there are over 150 definitions of drought in the literature!), the Earth system is complex, models are imperfect, and we still have much to learn. But it's remarkable how spot-on most of our predictions have been: drawdown.org/insights/is-...

Is climate change unfolding faster and fiercer than scientists expected?

Climate change is undeniably here, and it’s bad. But is it, as some are claiming, worse than even the scientists expected?

drawdown.org

Not incidentally, sex ed and social media, two of the big things the Think of the Children crowd want to restrict children's access to, are the first place a lot of kids encounter the concept that a person with nominal authority over you doesn't get to touch you without permission

Ben Collins@bencollins.bsky.social · 2d ago

Can't think of a thing that will radicalize a generation faster than "you've gotta let that old man in the corner over there see what's inside those pants before you play Kindergarten volleyball."

and every single one of them is emailing me

Josh Sternberg@joshsternberg.com · 2d ago

There are 7 PR people for every journalist in the US. www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...

"Artificial intelligence is not just a market product or a scientific achievement. It is a political theory. And it is gobbling up our democracy."

Opinion | Want to Fight Back Against Big Tech? Start Here. (Gift Article)

A.I. is a political theory. And it is gobbling up our democracy.

nytimes.com

Agreed and it is also crazy to me that we’re not constantly talking about how Covid death rates were significantly higher in red states than in blue states

For red and blue America, a glaring divide in COVID-19 death rates persists 2 years later

Cumulative death rates in red states were 38% higher than in blue states, post-vaccination availability, data shows.

abcnews.com

mtsw@mtsw.bsky.social · 3d ago

It's absolutely insane we've somehow let the Covid recriminations debate become like "why didn't we reopen in person schools before there was a vaccine" and not "why did none of the trump guys go to jail for stealing PPE from New York hospitals in March 2020"

Lotta great answers in this thread but EVOL / SISTER / DAYDREAM NATION was a god-tier run

Mia Murphy 🏳️‍⚧️@miamurphy.com · 4d ago

What's the best three album run from a band? (the correct answer is Moving Pictures, Signals, and Grace Under Pressure by Rush, but I'm excited to learn second place)

"Republicans in Washington are taking steps to roll back federal workplace heat protections as summer temperatures surge." This will literally kill people.

Trump Administration Is Undoing Plans to Boost Workplace Heat Protections (Gift Article)

The Biden administration took steps to shield workers from extreme temperatures. The Trump administration is taking a gentler approach with employers.

nytimes.com

Logged on to see everyone talking about James Carville so either he got traded to the Rockies in a multi-team blockbuster deal or he once again said something incredibly dumb

Late to the discourse, but if you get mad at an article in the London Review Of Books, you are now an Academic, the curse is laid upon you.

Freddy Peralta has been traded from the Mets to the Rays.

In my classes when gentrification comes up I typically try to push students towards 'urban displacement' as the term they maybe want to use instead since 'gentrification' has now become the empty signifier meaning "any change I dont like" for most ppl

Max Dubler 🏳️‍🌈@maxdubler.com · 4d ago

I avoid the term “gentrification” when talking about housing affordability because it mostly describes *how people feel* about neighborhood change, not the change itself. For example, this author talks about how containerized trash pickup will “gentrify” NYC’s streets by replacing parked cars:

RFK told Dana Bash that Lyme disease “almost certainly” came from gain of function research. Which is utterly false. www.medpagetoday.com/infectiousdi...

Lyme Disease Did Not Come From a Secret Military Lab, Contrary to FDA Chief's Claim

Bacterium that causes it circulated long before the lab opened, decades of evidence show

medpagetoday.com

To be fair “grows anxious when he has an unexpressed thought” also refers to pretty much everyone on this website and also here’s why pizza is actually a sandwich

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 3d ago

Sen. John Kennedy on Trump's blatant reflecting pool lies: "The president says it was caused by vandals. I don't know if he really believes that or it's part of his political messaging or he's just thinking out loud ... he grows anxious when he has an unexpressed thought."

Remember soccer? That was weird.

UPDATE! Dr. Ameaka was released by ICE last night, per her lawyer www.thebanner.com/community/lo...

Johns Hopkins researcher Fatima Ameaka released from ICE custody

A public health researcher at the Johns Hopkins University who was arrested by immigration officials while boarding a domestic flight has been released after spending days in federal custody across th...

thebanner.com

Stop Calling Me Frank@stopcallingmefrank.bsky.social · 5d ago

You have a month to write a 33 1/3 book about the album of your choice. Which record are you going to write about? (No previously covered albums allowed; new shit must come to light: see below.) (For all books in the series: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/33_1/3) (H/t @monostich.bsky.social