Great. Cc: @taylorcarik.bsky.social
Leor Galil@imleor.bsky.social · 9h 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”
Also even if you manage to avoid the Abuseathon on the news, every movie and tv show centers around violence against women, it’s fucking exhausting
Rebecca Solnit@rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 21h agoIt's demoralizing living in a nonstop Abuse-a-thon: we've had to learn the sordid details of so many men's abhorrent behavior; I mean this summer has been Graham Platner, Andrew Tate, Jared Leto, Max Miller, plus the horrific L.A. rape-murder of the child by the rapper, to name a few lowlights.
IM GONNA SEE MY BEST FRIEND IN A MONTH AND WE ARE GOING TO SUGAR ON HER BIRTHDAY AND I AM SO EXCITED I COULD DIE
They can take away a lot of things, but I still have driving with the windows down at twilight at the perfect summer temperature with the extended coda of Purple Rain blasting and my hair whipping in the wind.
People are always like, "If I had a billion dollars, I'd log off and never post again!" But that's not true. You'd get bored of your money in six months and log back on like, "Here's my ranking of every Frank Zappa song that mentions poodles."
“Pearson’s is closing/Data center to go in old major daily newspaper’s printing facility after being closed by billionaire” is a wild and oddly accurate summation of all headlines
“Jesus died for someone’s sins, hut not mine.” Discuss.
Rich Raho@richraho.bsky.social · 6d agoPope Leo received singer and songwriter Patti Smith in private audience this morning. The Pope and Smith are both Chicago natives. She was accompanied by @antoniospadaro.bsky.social, undersecretary for the Vatican's Dicastery for Culture and Education.
I’ve now read two (2) stories about how the police released notes in the Guthrie case in hopes someone recognizes the language patterns to ID the suspect and neither story has the full letter.
Oh, Glen Hansard. It’s just too sad. That Irish twinkle-eyed soul.
I know shrinkflation is real, but come ON. (Now I just have a chore.)
An opinion no one asked for: There’s always at least one element too many on graphic t-shirts.
Like for McConnell?
Rachel Maddow@maddow.bsky.social · last wk.tell me more about conservatives and small government. trump administration now demanding that hospitals hand over "personally identifiable medical records of all patients who seek help at their emergency rooms..." www.cnn.com/2026/07/27/h...
If McConnell is looking ten to 20 years younger and doing well wearing button -ups and jeans, he can make one statement to a living journalist with an iPhone. Get your shit together, media.
minnesota state senator john hoffman revealed tonight at the peggy flanagan rally in st. paul that angie craig asked him for his endorsement for US senate while he was still in the ICU after vance boelter shot him really appalling anecdote!
taylr@taylordahlin.com · 5mo agojohn hoffman, MN state senator who survived an assassination attempt by vance boelter, who killed mark and melissa hortman, is here supporting omar fateh. he said fateh was his first visitor when he was in hospital. gave him a note saying “we’ll get that fucker” that is still on his fridge
The FDA said on Monday that strong evidence still tied Taylor Farms to the continuing cyclospora outbreak, despite the agency’s retraction on Sunday of what it had said was a positive test of a lettuce sample for the parasite.
Despite ‘False Positive’ Test, Taylor Farms Is Still Focus of Cyclospora Investigation
The F.D.A. said it was continuing to look into the supplier as a big player in the outbreak as states reported stark increases in cases.
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A new study revealed that Republican lawmakers were responsible for 86 percent of antivaccine bills introduced across state legislatures after the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, raising concerns about public health www.eurekalert.org/news-release...
Antivaccine legislation is rising rapidly in US states, driven primarily by GOP push
A new study in the American Journal of Public Health shows that proposed bills aiming to reduce vaccine access, weaken vaccination requirements, and increase vaccine exemptions increased dramatic...
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This family is still extremely on the edge. They need $61.00 to shelter tonight& $90.00 to access their methadone in the morning. $122.00 more to maintain shelter, continue treatments & recover from an acute health issue. I just sent $61 for shelter tonight. Anyone want to pitch in for the rest?
Jessica Shortall@jessicashortall.bsky.social · 3w agoSomeone I trust (a person who works tirelessly to help others access medications for opioid addiction) is really going through it & now she doesn't have the funds to get her own methadone dose. That's a scary position to be in. If you have a few bucks: 💙 Cash App: $MATSA2011 💙 Venmo: MATSA-2011
Job alert: project manager with my pal KC!
KC @kcmpls.bsky.social · 3w agoI am hiring a Project Manager. The position supports the MN Dept of Revenue and would work on a range of IT projects including custom development, SAAS, COTS, infrastructure and telcom projects. It is a hybrid with 50% in office in St Paul. Search for job 95234 here: careers.mn.gov
A face mask for Covid A face mask for ICE pepper spray A face mask for air that you can chew it’s so thick with wildfire smoke
Today’s most *burning* issue taken up by our courageous congress while people’s lungs and the skies around them are choked beyond recognition
PBS News@pbsnews.org · 3w agoCongress took its biggest step yet toward ending the twice-yearly changing of the clocks. https://to.pbs.org/4btNPWJ
As air quality reaches record danger levels, resharing this easy DIY kit to make an air purifier out of inexpensive box fans that can clean up to 800 cubic feet per minute— which outperforms many consumer air purifiers at ⅓-⅕ of the cost. engineering.ucdavis.edu/news/science...
Science in Action: How to Build a Corsi-Rosenthal Box
Learn how to build a Corsi-Rosenthal box. The device was created to provide significant reduction in the amount of virus-laden, aerosol particles that are in the air. Follow along as Dean Richard L. C...
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Local mall closed; other further-away malls have age limits and curfews. Local park got redone; baseball fields locked except for fancy tourneys. Kids get cops called on them or ranted at for playing at the park w/o parents. Cheap bowling alleys: closed.
Zack Davisson@zackdavisson.com · 3w agoI ask as always: What were these mythical "third places that previous generations had available to them?" The whole idea of "third places" is just so much Camelot mythmaking.
Heat dome and wildfires / bad air: again, too heavy-handed a metaphor?
Legitimately the sweetest thing
Floorlibrarian @floorlibrarian.bsky.social · 4w agoAnn M. Martin (The Baby sitters club) on the Daily Show and Ronny Chieng geeking out because he read them all as a child, was not on my bingo card for 2026. Also a shout out to Graphic Novels and @goraina.bsky.social adaptations. youtu.be/QaVf2CwyZjY?
