some new good stuff on the channel... @pblest.bsky.social's band Long Relief, @serendipityjones.bsky.social's band Trash Panda Go Kart...there's some Polish-language L.A. darkwave??
Paul Blest
@pblest.bsky.social
play music in Long Relief, work at More Perfect Union. The real truth about it is, we’re all supposed to try
In March 2024 my band started recording a full-length and two-plus long and weird years later it's finally out. You can listen and buy a CD on Bandcamp below (and listen on Spotify and the other ones tomorrow)! selfawarerecords.bandcamp.com/album/win-so...
Win Some, Lose Some, by Long Relief
8 track album
selfawarerecords.bandcamp.com
EXCLUSIVE My big behind-the-scenes look into how Gov. Josh Shapiro has courted Amazon amid the mounting backlash to data centers Complete with internal emails, memos, an “exclusive” offer for help with faster permitting and a NDA no one would explain to me. My latest for @heatmap.news 😌
Inside Josh Shapiro’s Attempt to Navigate the Data Center Backlash
Emails between the Pennsylvania governor’s office and Amazon illustrate the difficulty of courting big business as anti-AI fervor explodes.
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My band has a couple new songs out and a full-length coming around this time next month. You can listen and preorder here selfawarerecords.bandcamp.com/album/win-so...
Win Some, Lose Some, by Long Relief
8 track album
selfawarerecords.bandcamp.com
Great new song from my friend @pblest.bsky.social & his band Long Relief. selfawarerecords.bandcamp.com/album/win-so...
Win Some, Lose Some, by Long Relief
8 track album
selfawarerecords.bandcamp.com
I've never been more confused by this site than the response to this. 800 QTs!
Governor Josh Shapiro@governor.pa.gov · 4mo agoLetting our kids be kids also means getting back to the basics. That’s why, earlier this year, I signed into law a bipartisan bill that requires cursive handwriting to be taught in Pennsylvania schools.
a fun part about this chart is you can see the 1973 oil crisis in it.
Jesse Jackson carried the fire. a true American hero prospect.org/2026/02/17/t...
Tribune for Race and Class - The American Prospect
Jesse Jackson, who died today at age 84, advanced perspectives and interests that were effectively democratic socialist.
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This is the aftermath of an ICE kidnapping a few blocks from my home in St. Paul—an hour ago. A quiet street full of broken glass and at least three wrecked cars. The target of the kidnapping was taken away by ambulance. He was on a stretcher and covered by a sheet, though a cop said he was alive.
I wrote for @discourseblog.com about abolishing ICE and the Democrats standing athwart history yelling "reform and retrain" www.discourseblog.com/p/the-anti-a...
The Anti-'Abolish ICE' Crowd is Living In the Past
It's not 2018 anymore.
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"Dollar General and Family Dollar stores often fail to honor their shelf prices." Nice investigation by @barryyeoman.com & @jocelynzuck.bsky.social! www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
How the dollar-store industry overcharges cash-strapped customers while promising low prices
A Guardian investigation reveals Dollar General and Family Dollar stores often fail to honor their shelf prices – charging more at checkout for everything from frying pans to Frosted Flakes
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MY LATEST: Dollar General will pay at least $15 million to settle claims that it overcharged shoppers at many of its 20,000 stores. Earlier, @jocelynzuck.bsky.social and I reported that the chain failed 4,300+ price-accuracy inspections over four years. @theguardian.com @michaelwhudson.bsky.social
Dollar General agrees to pay $15m to settle price-gouging claims
Company settles allegations it failed to honor shelf prices in multiple states, and customers anywhere in US may be eligible for repayments
theguardian.com
Wrote this fun piece about women who quit their corporate city gigs for Hallmark jobs! It was a real blast to report out (and lowkey inspiring) www.bustle.com/life/hallmar...
Burned Out At Work? Maybe You Need A "Hallmark Job"
What it's really like to quit the corporate grind, find charming work in a tiny town, and marry a local fisherman.
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Last week, we published an investigation into Poland Spring, the corporate-owned bottled water brand famous in the Northeast. During a drought this summer, the company said it was cutting back on withdrawals from Maine aquifers, but we found data showing they were pumping even more. Link below:
I spoke with @hellgatenyc.com about our negligent landlord and the dangerous conditions they’ve created in their rent-stabilized buildings (including in my own apartment).
Hell Gate *subscribe today!*@hellgatenyc.com · 8mo agoA ceiling collapse in a Crown Heights apartment over Thanksgiving weekend is the latest sign of neglect inside buildings owned by billionaire Joel Wiener’s Pinnacle Group. Now, tenants are intensifying their calls to halt the current bankruptcy auction of 93 rent-stabilized Pinnacle buildings.
If any news outlets would like to chat about Pinnacle, I’m happy to connect you to our tenants union @thecity.nyc @hellgatenyc.com @wnyc.org
Our negligent management company (Pinnacle) has allowed our apartment building to degrade so considerably that a pipe burst in our bathroom and destroyed our kitchen.
looking for someone in the greater charlotte area who has spectrum internet to test something for me. if you do pls DM or signal me: @jason.404
If you're reporting ICE sightings outside of the Ojo Obrero app, PLEASE make sure you at least try to follow the SALUTE reporting format so that your info can be as helpful as possible.
Talked with the @discourseblog.com buds on Friday about elections tomorrow and beyond www.discourseblog.com/p/discourse-...
Discourse Pod #02: Elections Preview!
Paul Blest joins us for an early look at some key 2025 and 2026 races
discourseblog.com
I was laid off from Teen Vogue today along with multiple other staffers, and today is my last day. certainly more to come from me when the dust has settled more, but to my knowledge, after today, there will be no politics staffers at Teen Vogue.
Surprise Crutchfield sisters record means we’re getting six more weeks of fall
The Trump administration has denied it canceled what would’ve been one of the largest solar projects in the U.S. I stand by my reporting, as I was first to break the cancelation. A quick thread about why…
Esmeralda 7 Solar Project Has Been Canceled, BLM Says
It would have delivered a gargantuan 6.2 gigawatts of power.
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