John Ruch
@johnruchatlanta.bsky.social
civil rights paralegal, underground music preservationist (Loud Fast Lives oral history project https://rss.com/podcasts/loud-fast-lives/), fantasy novelist (https://www.amazon.com/stores/John-Ruch/author/B01MXLO740), ex-journalist
Check out Loud Fast Lives, my oral history project about how Georgia's underground music changed lives. Episode 1: Randy DuTeau from the iconic ATL punk band Neon Christ. 🤘 Into the permanent archives, but also streaming at rss.com/podcasts/lou... and on your fave evil corporate platforms.
When cops use Flock to arrest someone in Wapello County, Iowa, they don’t want them to know. A usage policy for Flock cameras in the county tells police, in no uncertain terms, to keep them a secret. @jasonkoebler.bsky.social reports. Story: www.404media.co/do-not-menti...
i think that everyone should know about the ways this government is trying to criminalize dissent and protest -- not because it should scare us into inaction, but because understanding how it works is how we stop it from working. wrote about it for @thenation: www.thenation.com/article/poli...
The Chilling Trump Order Threatening All Americans
Why National Security Presidential Memorandum-7 is so important.
thenation.com
Prominent Spanish lawyer Baltasar Garzón is defending James Cox "Fergie" Chambers in his arrest and U.S. extradition request. Among other international cases, Garzón defended WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baltasa... iberianlawyer.com/baltasar-gar...
Baltasar Garzón takes on Fergie Chambers extradition case - Iberian Lawyer
Baltasar Garzón to lead defence of philanthropist Fergie Chambers in US extradition proceedings
iberianlawyer.com
The bigger Qs are why it took a right-wing alternative outlet to dare to do this kind of story... and what's the Atlanta Way-approved World Cup corruption honeymoon end-date after which ATL media are allowed to do the same? www.thetexasvoice.com/politically-...
Politically Connected Stakeholders Received Free World Cup Tickets from Harris County - The Texas Voice.
An assortment of politically connected stakeholders – including politicians, a television news anchor, and a labor union that is active in Democratic Party politics – were among those who received fre...
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Hilarious outrage that FIFA is just admitting what it always has been. Such honorable purist arguments: 'Soccer should not be sold to private equity! It should just be used to sell cities and governments to private equity!'
"'Cabbagetown ’76’ documents Atlanta’s past in never-before-seen photographs by Barbara McKenzie" www.artsatl.org/cabbagetown-...
‘Cabbagetown ’76’ documents Atlanta’s past in never-before-seen photographs by Barbara McKenzie - ARTS ATL
Opening weekend includes concerts featuring Kelly Hogan, Bill Taft, Chris Lopez, Amy Pike, Jon Langford and more. :: Nestled between the Atlanta Beltline Eastside Trail and the Fulton Cotton Mill Loft...
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a Casa Grande, Arizona resident's statements to his city council opposing Flock went viral this week; I talked to him about why he presented his "plan" to surveil all government officials, and how he feels about seeing the moment all over the internet www.404media.co/casa-grande-...
'I Would Never Do This To You:' Protesting Flock, Arizona Man Presents Plan to Surveil Government Officials
“They didn't understand it was satire in the beginning until the end,” Casa Grande, Arizona resident Jacob Petrosky told 404 Media. “They were not happy, they were very upset.”
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Police arrested a teacher for clapping during a city council meeting last week. They went to the meeting of Emporia, Kansas City Commission to speak out against a proposed hyperscale data center that would sit on 1,000 acres of rural land. @mjgault.bsky.social reports www.404media.co/person-oppos...
Looking forward to an overdue (re)appreciation of Poison Ivy, one of the great electric guitarists. And grateful Rollins and MacKaye are all-in on the subculture-saving struggle.
Mother Jones@motherjones.com · 4w agoHow two punk icons are giving the Cramps a second life
Stoked to share the podcast debut of Loud Fast Lives, my oral history project about how Georgia's underground music changed lives. Episode 1: Randy DuTeau from the iconic ATL punk band Neon Christ talks '80s DIY culture, legendary venues, skating, bike racing, and more. 🤘 rss.com/podcasts/lou...
Stoked to share the podcast debut of Loud Fast Lives, my oral history project about how Georgia's underground music changed lives. Episode 1: Randy DuTeau from the iconic ATL punk band Neon Christ talks '80s DIY culture, legendary venues, skating, bike racing, and more. 🤘 rss.com/podcasts/lou...
Keith David on his incredible career: ‘I want you to understand Black men as full-scope human beings’
Keith David on his incredible career: ‘I want you to understand Black men as full-scope human beings’
The hard-working character actor has over 400 screen credits, from The Thing to Platoon to Rick and Morty, and he isn’t slowing down any time soon
theguardian.com
Big news from Atlanta Roller Derby today -- they've bought Golden Glide skating rink in DeKalb as a permanent home. Historic community venue. 🤘 goldenglide.com
But I can’t figure out how to stream it without ads. Used to be I had a device that would do it called a radio but the state of Georgia shut it down
How is it legal to take 88.5 and wrap it in ads and put it in a streaming service ? That’s like if I took public notices and wrapped ads around them and sent them to you. It’s bullshit
Since I could find no statement from Cox Enterprises itself about Fergie Chambers' arrest and how its newsrooms are and aren’t allowed to cover it, I sought comment from both Cox Enterprises and the AJC. Neither responded before publication. brianpbannon.medium.com/when-cox-is-...
When Cox is the Story, Atlanta Media is Mostly Silent
Ten Days after Fergie Chambers’ arrest on a Trump DOJ Extradition request, the news in Atlanta is spreading more like samizdat than through…
brianpbannon.medium.com
In my younger days, I was big into the New York hard-core scene. This was one of the bands who not only influenced me, but the metal and punk bands of the 80s and 90s of my time. This one hurts. RIP Lou. "When its us vs. them, you can always count on me." www.instagram.com/p/DbMUP5RDI0...
23punk on Instagram: "Sick Of It All vocalist Lou Koller has passed away at the age of 59. Rest in peace, Lou 💔 July 15, 1967 – July 24, 2026"
18K likes, 979 comments - 23punk_ on July 24, 2026: "Sick Of It All vocalist Lou Koller has passed away at the age of 59. Rest in peace, Lou 💔 July 15, 1967 – July 24, 2026".
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The government's pre-crime strategy explained here: www.kenklippenstein.com/p/insane-pre...
Insane Pre-Crime Strategy Unveiled for Leftist “Extremists"
New national counterterrorism strategy vows to “cripple them before" crimes are committed
kenklippenstein.com
Tucker gets a second indie bookstore #PrintsNotDead www.decaturish.com/news/tucker/...
Black Dog Books opens on city of Tucker’s Main Street
A new independent bookstore has opened on Tucker’s Main Street, giving residents a place to browse books, attend community events and gather outside of home and work
decaturish.com
Read Dr. Young's 'Silence of the Gods' and you will be cooler, weirder, less online, and much happier than when playing Siskel & Ebert with a neonazi chatbot www.cambridge.org/core/books/s...
Silence of the Gods
Cambridge Core - Russian and East European History - Silence of the Gods
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Dr Francis Young@drfrancisyoung.bsky.social · 2w agoAll this bruhaha about The Odyssey and all I can think about is whether I can somehow spin this renewed interest in Greek mythology to get people interested in BALTIC MYTHOLOGY
'Tucker’s Infinite Realities plans Comicopia convention' www.decaturish.com/news/tucker/...
Tucker’s Infinite Realities plans Comicopia convention
TUCKER, Ga. – Comic book fans will have a chance to meet the creators behind their favorite stories when Infinite Realities, the comic book store on Main Street, hosts Comicopia,
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Stoked to announce the launch of Loud Fast Lives, my oral history program about how Georgia's underground music changed people's lives, with support from Chunklet Music Preservation Project. First up: Randy DuTeau from the legendary hardcore band Neon Christ. Much more to come. Got a story? DM me. 🤘
New State Department report on foreign "subversion" is a virtual government blacklist that names 43 Americans + domestic orgs, including: - Mamdani - DSA - Hasan Piker - Amy Goodman Full list: www.kenklippenstein.com/p/after-poli...
After "Political Terrorism" Event, U.S. Names 43 Americans + Groups
Rubio report on Cuban "subversion" names Zohran Mamdani, Hasan Piker, Ben Cohen + orgs like DSA and Amazon Labor Union
kenklippenstein.com
🎞 #Filmmaking #Interview ‘Everything I know about evil I learned in that small town’: #JohnCarpenter on terrifying the world with Halloween, The Thing and The Fog. At 78, the king of #horror and #scifi is as much of a rebel as ever. #Film www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
‘Everything I know about evil I learned in that small town’: John Carpenter on terrifying the world with Halloween, The Thing and The Fog
At 78, the king of horror and sci-fi movies is as much of a rebel as ever. He talks about creativity, compromise (he’s not a fan) and how he became addicted to moviemaking
theguardian.com
Belatedly catching up on the loss of another OG Ohio cult-art figure gone too soon, from the days of genuine DIY weirdos, before Received TikTok speakers and AI poseurs... (not that avoided new tech for psychotronic deployment...) RIP Damon Zex. 🤘 matternews.org/culture/scre...
The age of Damon Zex – Matter News
Remembrances flow for the video provocateur and free speech champion, who passed away June 21, and for the Columbus DIY scene from which he emerged.
matternews.org
Chatted this weekend with a guy from conservative rural/small-town Georgia who made the unsolicited comment that among the reasons he wouldn't want to live in Atlanta is "they got all those Flock cameras."
This is me on Beale Street tonight in Memphis. The Memphis Safe Task Force isn't disclosing what they know about the Tyrin Johnson killing. Perhaps one of the National Guard will speak privately to me about what happened.
Stoked to announce the launch of Loud Fast Lives, my oral history program about how Georgia's underground music changed people's lives, with support from Chunklet Music Preservation Project. First up: Randy DuTeau from the legendary hardcore band Neon Christ. Much more to come. Got a story? DM me. 🤘