so many bad things happening that are kind of inevitable feeling or more an example of tactical neglect - then there's ai, the tool for people who want to go out of their way to destroy a world that was already melting and its culture bsky.app/profile/404m...

404 Media@404media.co · 4h ago

It's possible to scan books without "cutting" them, which literally means ripping off the spine. But why are AI companies doing this? For one, it's cheaper and faster. Also, in a case against Anthropic, a judge ruled it was NOT a copyright violation because the original had been destroyed.

"Deep-hearted man, express / Grief for thy dead in silence like to death.” www.rogerebert.com/features/mem...

Memories of Helen: The Heroic Despair of "John Wick"

An ode to the violent grief of cinema's most dogged assassin.

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so glad to see "Lodge 49" make the cut---as true in spirit to Pynchon as either of PT Anderson's adaptations, if not more so

Judy Berman@judyberman.bsky.social · 6d ago

Excited to share this project I've been working on for months: a long list of the most underappreciated TV shows of a dizzyingly overabundant 21st century. The research for this was so fun—revisiting great shows I barely remembered, finally getting to watch others that had been on my list for years

Andy Ogles banned the @nashvillescene.com (as well as the @tennesseelookout.com, the @nashvillebanner.bsky.social, NewsChannel 5 and the @thetnholler.bsky.social) from his election night party.

Phil Williams@philinvestigates.com · 2w ago

The list speaks volumes…

They could always sign up to give comment at a public meeting.

The Wall Street Journal@wsj.com · 2w ago

New York City’s business elites are long accustomed to direct access to City Hall, where even Democratic mayors felt the need to court the city’s wealthiest and most influential corporate leaders. That access is getting shredded by Mayor Zohran Mamdani.

One year since the final Dead show in Golden Gate Park. www.powmag.net/p/you-cant-k...

You Can't Kill What's Already Dead: Live From GD60

Sixty Years After the Grateful Dead's Inception, The Long Strange Trip Returned to Golden Gate Park.

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here's a fun lil exercise for cis people: how many articles would a publication have to print calling for your extermination before you would expect people who care about you to stop giving them money? and how would you feel if their excuse for still supporting them is some fuckass crossword puzzle?

"I was a bad addict, a coping alcoholic. And I had this spiral moment, where I went back to my hotel and tried to take my life." Orville Peck talks to RS about the rock bottom that became the starting point for his upcoming album, 'Mule'

Orville Peck Overdosed and Nearly Died. He Turned It into His Best Album Yet

Orville Peck's new album 'Mule' tells the story of his overdose, near-death experience, rehab, and sobriety.

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This happened to me with Vulture last year. I was hired to cover a day-long TV event (on a Sunday, no less) here in Nashville. I spent 8 hours at the event, then went home and wrote a 1500-word piece overnight because they wanted to post it the next day. Then the editor kept putting me off. (cont.)

Jason Bailey@jasondashbailey.com · 2w ago

Well, it’s invoicing day, and since they’re really apparently not going to pay me for something I wrote for them two months ago, I guess today is the day to post about how @vulture.com fucks over its film freelancers. Long (sorry) thread, with receipts:

Last month I started working on a series based on those great library 'READ' posters, using promotional stills as a starting point. Here's the first in the series

I wrote about my childhood friend Alexi Pretti. Please read it and share it and remember him as a human being. @theverge.com

I grew up with Alex Pretti

The kind-hearted ICU nurse shot by ICE agents was my childhood best friend.

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"You raise your voice, I erase your voice." ICE in Minneapolis are erasing your rights. Please share our new video of what's happening in our city. youtu.be/W1dyNcRGRXY

A Nurse Who Served Veterans Was Killed. Where You At, Country Music???

A Nurse Who Served Veterans Was Killed. Where You At, Country Music?

I'm not going to lie to you, newsletter readers: it's hard to newsletter "normally" today, though, to be fair, I could almost say that about any day for the last near decade. Outside my window, the to...

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At No Fences Review, @charleshughes2.bsky.social pays tribute to the late Bob Weir

Turn It Up - Bob Weir edition

Charles pays tribute to the late co-founder of the Grateful Dead

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BREAKING: Israeli settlers have carried out a ‘lynching’ of the co-Director of Oscar winning documentary No Other Land. Hamdan Billal has injuries in his head and stomach and is reportedly bleeding.

"Look at our government. Anybody more famous than me that didn’t make any effort to stop this movement and culture, I hope you’re embarrassed." A little teaser of my talk with @joyoladokun.bsky.social, which you can read in this week's @nashvillescene.com. www.nashvillescene.com/music/covers...

Finding Joy: Joy Oladokun Isn’t Afraid to Speak Out

After parting ways with her label, the Americana artist powers on — and will headline the Ryman March 27

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Records obtained by the Banner from the Davidson County Sheriff’s Office show a variety of alleged offenses lead to immigration detentions, making clear the stakes of a police encounter are high for undocumented Nashvillians. Story: @iamstevenhale.bsky.social

Immigration detentions surge in Nashville under Trump - Nashville Banner

A South Nashville man was arrested and later taken into ICE custody after being charged with public intoxication. His wife and daughter face uncertainty.

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"The richest man alive, an actual Nazi and a fucking sicko, who was not elected, is firing tens of thousands of people to further enrich himself and the president he has usurped all to make Americans' lives worse" has to be among the biggest layups of all time for messaging. And yet.

One of my oldest friends lost her job at the CDC over the weekend. She is seven months pregnant with her first child and has no idea if she'll still have health insurance by the time she delivers. Not to mention that she is incredibly smart, compassionate and genuinely invested in doing great work.

Alt National Park Service@altnps.bsky.social · last yr.

Letters went out to federal workers this morning stating they were fired due to poor performance. However, all employees had been rated as “exceptional” performers by their supervisors. Please keep these records and pursue wrongful termination claims. Let the lawsuits begin.

Wrote a lil love letter to some recent work from @nikostratis.com, @marissarmoss.bsky.social and @brittneymckenna.bsky.social. 😘

Beyoncé and Chappell and Kendrick, Oh My

A few things to read from some fantastic music writers

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Two great, thoughtful perspectives on Beyoncé winning AOTY up at RS this week. Here's another: www.rollingstone.com/music/music-...

Beyoncé's First AOTY Win Confirms She Was Always Too Black for the Grammys

Beyoncé has waited 15 years to win the Album of the Year Grammy award. That is unforgivable

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Brittney McKenna@brittneymckenna.bsky.social · 2y ago

For @rollingstone.com, I wrote about what Nashville can learn from Beyonce's big Grammy win. www.rollingstone.com/music/music-...

On the newsletter today: Chappell Roan’s Speech Isn’t Just About Health. It’s about Equity. www.dontrocktheinbox.com/p/issue-85-c...

Issue #85: Chappell Roan’s Speech Isn’t Just About Health. It’s about Equity.

Same as it ever was.

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For @rollingstone.com, I wrote about what Nashville can learn from Beyonce's big Grammy win. www.rollingstone.com/music/music-...

The Grammys Understood Beyoncé Was Country. Why Didn't Nashville?

If the Recording Academy can recognize Beyonce as country music and pivot in a relatively short period of time, what gives with Nashville?

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Thanks to @literaryhub.bsky.social for sharing an excerpt of perhaps my favorite chapter of THE SUN WON’T COME OUT TOMORROW and certainly the most fun one to write—on ‘90s and ‘00s TV representstions of foster care and orphanhood lithub.com/all-in-the-f...

All in the Family: Considering Television’s Orphan Plot

The first kid I knew who didn’t live with his parents was Shawn Hunter, Cory Matthews’s best friend on Boy Meets World. Like many in the 1990s, I grew up alongside Shawn and Cory, one episode at a …

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And the year Jagged Little Pill turns 30, no less. “This is the first SHOF class to include no women since 2017…The initial list of nominees included four women – Franne Golde, Sheryl Crow, Janet Jackson and Alanis Morissette – but none made it this year.” www.billboard.com/music/awards...

George Clinton, Doobie Brothers, Beach Boys’ Mike Love & More Are 2025 Songwriters Hall of Fame Inductees: Full List

Here are the 2025 inductees into the Songwriters Hall of Fame, including George Clinton, Mike Love and three members of The Doobie Brothers.

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Haven't logged in here in a year and I'm surprised to find 1000 followers--- hello everyone! Deleted my nazi bird app account and glad to be back in the good place

Last Thursday, Fox Nation held its annual Patriot Awards at the Grand Ole Opry. Among the honorees was extremist group Moms for Liberty. I went and lived to tell the tale, and wrote about the strange and infuriating experience for Slate slate.com/business/202...

Logging Back On to say that, at the request of absolutely no one, I've started a Substack, which I promise to send sparingly. Subscribe for periodic lists of songs, books, films, articles and other things that I think are solid. brittneymckenna.substack.com/p/hi-hello-t...

Logging Back On to say that, at the request of absolutely no one, I've started a Substack, which I promise to send sparingly. Subscribe for periodic lists of songs, books, films, articles and other things that I think are solid. brittneymckenna.substack.com/p/hi-hello-t...

Need some more queer country music for your playlists? I've got you covered with Chris Housman, Nora Kelly Band, Lydia Loveless, Flamy Grant, My Sister My Brother, Alex Lahey, and @jennyowenyoungs.bsky.social https://buff.ly/43LB17o

Rainbow Ruckus 7/25: Chris Housman, Jenny Owen Youngs, Lydia Loveless, and More! - Rainbow Rodeo

You go away on your honeymoon for two weeks and the queer cowpokes keep cranking out amazing music! What the hell!!! That’s only a good thing, and our Rainbow Ruckus column will be a little bit long...

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