hiya, i'll be playing a solo show in Astoria, OR at the Liberty Theater on Saturday, August 30th -- tix go on sale Friday May 9 10 am pacific via decemberists.com. Come on out!
I made this quilt last year, and as things get more and more difficult for my communities, it's a nice reminder. ⚧️ ♾️ Text is from Joan in the Garden, written by @colinmeloy.bsky.social
RFK Jr. says there are no autistic poets, so we interviewed one. Hear from Elizabeth McClellan, @popelizbet.bsky.social, an award-winning poet, attorney, and legal educator based in Memphis, Tennessee.
RFK Jr. says there aren't autistic poets. We asked an autistic poet.
"I will challenge RFK Jr. to write a poem as good as me any day of the week."
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hey folks: i'll be playing live at the Machine Shop (my Substack) on Friday, April 11 at 1 pm pt/4 et -- come on by! colinmeloy.substack.com
I was going to impose Mariner’s Revenge Song on you all, but that certainly would’ve run very afoul of the curfew (which i didn’t know was a thing!) LDN, I owe you one
This is so appalling & terrifying. I can’t believe that this is what we’ve become apnews.com/article/tuft...
Turkish student at Tufts University detained, video shows masked people handcuffing her
A Turkish national and doctoral student at Tufts University has been detained by U.S. Department of Homeland Security agents without explanation, her lawyer said Wednesday.
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They are just disappearing people off the street. Having a hard time thinking about literally anything else.
Gravel Influencer@gravelinfluencer.bsky.social · 2y agoNot sure if this has been shared here yet, but this is video of Rumeysa Ozturk's arrest posted by WCVB. It's terrifying.
Thank ‘ee! Already shopped at @hodgesfiggis.bsky.social, took in the Yeats exhibit at the library, bought some lemon verbena soap at Sweny’s, glimpsed a page of the Book of Kells, and had boxty at the Winding Stair… I’m hibernasized af and ready for the show tomorrow at vicar street
fplrubberducky.bsky.social@fplrubberducky.bsky.social · 2y ago@colinmeloy.bsky.social Welcome To Dublin!
'Picaresque' was released 20 years ago today. Take a look back at the Decemberists’ tremendous third LP…
The Decemberists' 'Picaresque' Turns 20
When I saw the Decemberists play NYC venue Webster Hall in the fall of 2005 — a little over six months after the band released their third album Picaresque — there was a sense that Colin Meloy and his...
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This interview is required listening: DHS Deputy Secretary Troy Edgar defends Mahmoud Khalil arrest www.npr.org/2025/03/13/n... How can these motherfuckers sleep at night
DHS official defends Mahmoud Khalil arrest, but offers few details on why it happened
Homeland Security deputy secretary Troy Edgar offered few details on the Trump administration's legal reasoning to deport Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil.
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"A New York Times review of the flight data showed that none of the planes in question landed in El Salvador before the judge’s order, and that one of them did not even leave American soil until after the judge’s written order was posted online." THEY. ARE. LYING. www.nytimes.com/live/2025/03...
Trump Lawyer Stonewalls Judge on Deportation Flights: Live Updates
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Hey Bluesky: is there any theater in London I should *absolutely* see? Preferably one that a twelve year old will dig... Going to be there in early April
When I wrote my camps book, people sometimes had difficulty understanding how concentration-camp regimes were proud of what they were doing and wanted attention for it, even as they also hoped to keep many aspects secret and terrorize vulnerable classes. Anyway, this is what that looks like.
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 2y agoLeavitt: "We are encouraging illegal immigrants to actively self-deport to maybe save themselves from being in one of these fun videos."
super interesting read/watch from @ezrakleinbot.bsky.social -- let's ride that Merced > Bakersfield line! www.nytimes.com/2025/03/09/o...
Opinion | There Is a Liberal Answer to Elon Musk
Right-wing populism thrives on scarcity. The answer is abundance. But a politics of abundance will work only if Democrats confront where their approach has failed.
nytimes.com
Tonight’s cooking music brought to you by @colinmeloy.bsky.social and The Decemberists. The first album I ever heard from them and quite possibly my favorite. #thehazardsoflove
There appears to be a correlation between deleting balatro from your phone and better battery life 🤔
I'm talking to my friend Vera about her book at the B&N in Hillsboro on 5/9 -- come on out!
Vera Brosgol@verabrosgol.bsky.social · 2y agoI’m going on tour for my very first novel! Come see me! 🌟
super cool when shell takes over your grocery store's free EV station, makes it pay-to-use, and it's suddenly super glitchy and doesn't work. almost like they planned that way...
always appreciate it when a band leads with a 10+ minute song from a new album: music.apple.com/us/album/get...
Gethsemane by Car Seat Headrest on Apple Music
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Talkin One Engine over at the Machine Shoppe colinmeloy.substack.com/p/demonstrat...
Demonstration Tapes: One Engine
The one that (barely) got away
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by the by, we're doing a couple shows with the oregon symphony in November www.orsymphony.org/productions/...
The Decemberists
For their first time performing with an orchestra in nearly two decades, The Decemberists take the stage with the Oregon Symphony for a landmark hometown collaboration.
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Gene Hackman! Lex Luthor was probably my first introduction, but god, wasn't he everywhere when I was a kid. Safe travels, Gene.