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 · 2h 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”

@davidjroth.bsky.social cooks on a regular basis and you already know that, but this is just incredible work. if you read one thing this week this is it

We're Just Going To Keep Doing 2020 Again Until All The Wrong Stuff Is True | Defector

In a bunch of ways, there is no real percentage in remembering what things were actually like during the worst years of the COVID-19 pandemic. Beyond all the uncertainty and suffering and death, there...

defector.com

@abdulelsayed.bsky.social triumphing over something like $60 million, $32-ish million of it AIPAC money, is not a "narrow" victory, it's a people's earthquake. This kind of spending is oligarchy in action, to smother democracy through its formal channels, and is getting normalized. Still he won.

2026

kepano@stephango.com · 2y ago

there doesn't have to be an end goal you can just make useful things for people who want to use them, and live a happy life

mixing up a nice drink tonight to celebrate ! take your w’s where you can y’all

Kylie Cheung@kylietcheung.bsky.social · 15h ago

everything is terrible but if a candidate who received 50 mill from aipac and is an islamophobic piece of shit gets destroyed, i’ll go to bed with a smile on my face honestly

cool just great

kate bush’s husband@airbagged.bsky.social · yesterday

Cat Power is antivax

took a chance on the giant jar of jongga brand kimchi at costco and it has worked out quite well tbh

the power of this image my god labbayk ya hossein, god bless america, free palestine

Travis@someforeignfield.bsky.social · last wk.

America is an integration engine. Even our mullahs be recording sunglasses selfie videos in they truck

listen to @bloodwork.show

Thomas O’Mahony@gotitatguineys.bsky.social · 24h ago

The theme for this week’s “listen to @bloodwork.show” is: EURO VIBES. Post your most powerful EURO VIBES “listen to @bloodwork.show”, and the best one will get a special prize.

uwu thank u fidelity 🥹🤗😭

on Sophie Cunningham and a trans controversy that doesn't involve any actual trans people: defector.com/the-right-ha...

rip julee 🖤

The World Spins (Demo)

YouTube video by Julee Cruise - Topic

m.youtube.com

A Whole Damn Town!@im.a.whole.damn.town · yesterday

Twin Peaks: Julee Cruise performing on stage at the Roadhouse.

My taxes paid for our military and Claude to bomb a school in Iran, to arm Israel for their genocide in Gaza, and also paid Trump and Friends to build a bunch of concentration camps and paid the Gestapo to shoot innocent people in the street. I'm fine with folks getting cheaper food on my dime

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.

man what a recording.

Today Years Old, by Mocky

from the album Music Will Explain (Choir Music Vol. 1)

mocky.bandcamp.com

Okay, last one

Miles Klee 🦉@milesklee.bsky.social · 2d ago

is there some future competitive advantage with college admissions if you deafened your child to Ludwig Göransson

Just a reminder that your local city council is absolutely allowed to take a position on any initiative that is on the ballot.

Gillian Branstetter@gbbranstetter.bsky.social · 2d ago

An initiative on the ballot in Washington state in November would require all athletes seeking to play girl's sports from kindergarten to high school to undergo "genetic screening, a testosterone-levels test, or an examination of their reproductive anatomy" before they can play

that’s the stuff

Aftermath@aftermath.site · 6d ago

Welcome to the resistance: meet the workers dodging (and sabotaging) their employer's AI mandates: aftermath.site/ai-resistance-...

this is like thom yorke complaining about how his feelings are so hurt when he gets confronted about the palestinian genocide

Denny Carter@dennycarter.bsky.social · 2d ago

It’s August 2026 and Aaron Rodgers is having a full blown meltdown about Anthony Fauci.

a nice piece on @subvert.fm !

Subvert co-operative: A future ‘Mondragón of music’?

A co-operatively owned music platform has launched this year – with over 20,000 members and a vision to become a ‘Mondragon of music’

thenews.coop

Not a big fan of the "sick, elderly and/or disabled people don't count" discourse that appears to follow public health disasters these days.

The New York Times@nytimes.com · 2d ago

Breaking News: Two deaths in Michigan have been linked to cyclospora. Both people who had the parasite also had underlying health issues.

a big thanks to @fusewashington.org and @theurbanist.org for all the work they do on collating election information. saves me so much time! support them!

Everyone who makes AI Flyers needs to be sent to the school of "Pen & Pixel Graphics" and have Ronald and Tyrone Smith teach these folks some MS Paint and Photoshop CS6 skills!

kia speaks@kiaspeaks.us · 2w ago

Yall, please, I beg, STOP MAKING AI FLYERS!!!! 😭😭😭

it is honestly ridiculous how good amp sims feel and sound. it has been this way for a while, but in the year of our LORD 2026, the sheer abundance of options and things you can just pop open in a session on a whim like some little amp prince is crazy.

the elites who run our society took notice of this and its scared the shit out of them

Shiv Ramdas Mens Rice Activist@nameshiv.bsky.social · 3d ago

I think it also revealed just how quickly a bunch of otherwise very hard problems can be to solve with global collective action. The fuckin Ganga was running clear water for the only time in my lifetime because for 2 weeks nobody threw garbage in it. The canals in Venice had fish.

median liberal voter vs median liberal politician

For the Seattle Times to invent a conspiracy wherein Katie Wilson, who as mayor has every right to fire department heads and hire new ones, canned Barnes as a distraction to hide her own incompetence, is not just a laughable reach, it's inventing facts out of whole cloth.

i think this is the washed old dad in me talking, but uh belvita breakfast biscuits are slammin (?)

hey,, what the fuck

Asawin Suebsaeng@swin24.bsky.social · 3d ago

Am told at the blue ash Ohio ICE office today that a bunch of springfield Haitians were told to just “check in” at are now having ankle monitors put on them, which, uh….. they’re not supposed to be fucking doing that

Nothing scares politicians who rely on our division to remain in power more than something we may find worth unifying for.