brian w
@bwwhalen.bsky.social
Brooklyn. new music, live music, queer literature, sci-fi, video games, climate, socialism
Cashier at the big clothing retailer pitched me a tight two minutes on how american manufacturers have been poisoning the general populace since WW2. I told him I agree completely and wished him a lovely afternoon.
I must inform you that Rebecca Black’s “Friday” just went platinum, according to the RIAA. www.riaa.com/gold-platinu...
so Elvira has way more pop songwriting credits than one might imagine
Gave directions to a sweet old lady, she thanked me, and then instead of “You’re welcome” or “No problem” I awkwardly chirped “Your problem!” and walked off.
shout out to my across-the-street neighbor who’s had their patio door propped wide open all afternoon
accumulated 1000 points at the weed store without knowing I was part of their customer loyalty program. it’s a pride miracle.
I had to verbally threaten the ticketmaster queue a couple times but I did it
New job offer accepted which means I can fuck off for the next two weeks yay
I am not interested in paying for a career coach or whatever but on the other hand I am interested in telling a working professional whom I trust “Ok here is my situation, what should I do?” So….
my mother is in Brussels and accidentally overlapped with Brussels Pride today. her text update opened with “No offense to a cause you care about but…” ☠️
found a cute record store in Bed Stuy on my walk today and had to bring this home
CMAT is a fucking star and I love living walking distance from Brooklyn Paramount
“If this tooth was a cat, it would be on life 7 of 9. Don’t push it.” - my dental hygenist this morning
apparently my fav SFF authors have all conspired to release new books at the same time. not complaining. just need a couple weeks in the woods to get thru new installments in Children of Time, Captive’s War, Murderbot, Imperial Radch, Dungeon Crawler Carl…
I think my festival days are mostly behind me, but this All Things Go DC lineup is so stacked with artists I love that I will immediately go listen to all the ones I haven’t heard yet
Every time I see someone talk about Claude I think about how they switched from female to male names as soon as they wanted the robots to seem like experts vs personal assistants.
fuck’s sake this Noah Kahan album is incredible. Willing and Able wrecked me.
Zara Larsson defends Chappell Roan to The Guardian: “When a woman has boundaries, I think people freak out. Men can do violent criminal things and people applaud them, but when a woman says, ‘Stop following me,’ it’s controversial? It’s like: you guys just hate women, actually.”
Slayyyter stuns. Robyn delivers. Raye… I will never listen to that again I’m so sorry
Earliest favs from new Harry: Pop, Dance No More, Carla’s Song, The Waiting Game
Gate agent says “We have a completely full flight today” but the app shows 75 open seats on that plane. what is the truth.
LinkedIn has sent me a push notification letting me know I’m a perfect applicant for the role I left three months ago which my old agency is still trying to fill.
The dream of every Muslim is simply to be treated the same as any other New Yorker. And yet, for too long, we have been told to ask for less than that, and endure hatred and bigotry in the shadows. No more.
My Message to Muslim New Yorkers — and Everyone Who Calls This City Home.
YouTube video by Zohran Mamdani for NYC
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