it's important that the state that hasn't gone blue since jimmy carter and elects jim clyburn and no other democrat has the first say. how else are the get out dads of bluesky going to say progressives are out of step with black voters

NBC News@nbcnews.com · 4w ago

BREAKING: South Carolina is poised to hold the first Democratic presidential nominating contest in 2028, after the DNC's powerful rules committee moved to keep the state at the front of the line.

Sounding pretty much perfect in this sunny weather. @willstratton.bsky.social’s Rosewood Almanac from 2017. Beautiful pressing on @bellaunion.bsky.social too… #NowListening

Thank you so much to all my collaborators in this project for helping bring it to life Recorded at Anacortes Unknown by Nich Wilbur 
Produced with Eli Moore Mixed by @willstratton.bsky.social 
Mastered by Amy Dragon Music video and photo by @emmageiger.bsky.social youtu.be/OM4tb5ERncM

J.W. Ricci — Through a Frame

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wish I was in NYC for this! coming up soonish a great show to catch with a wonderful purpose if you’re in the area @jenpkelly.bsky.social ❤️ @leeranaldo.bsky.social

Going to Montreal for a few days on Friday. Anyone have recommendations, food or otherwise?

Alysa Liu vibe shift. Prince Andrew: in jail. Tariffs: canceled. War with Iran: canceled. JD Vance: excommunicated. We will ice dance to Donna Summer on the graves of our enemies

Playing some shows before I experience ego death/become a dad; they should be my last live appearances for six months to a year. New songs!

it’s breathtaking to see how this country is in decline by every possible metric

Adam Golub@adamgolub.bsky.social · 6mo ago

Devastated to learn that Univ of Texas at Austin is closing the American Studies dept. The years I spent there earning my PhD were formative, making me the teacher, thinker, and writer I am today. I've passed on what I learned at UT to thousands of students over the past 20 years. Just awful.

hello and welcome to the political genius exam. here is question one. which is a more compelling message: - the president is sending armies to occupy cities and kidnap and kill people and your town could be next - a meal at the cheesecake factory that previously cost $100 now costs $104.9

Amy Klobuchar@amyklobuchar.com · 6mo ago

Romance alert: Trump's reckless tariffs have Valentine’s Day costs up across the board: Roses 🌹16.6% Chocolates🍫 18.7% Ribeye 🥩 25.4% Restaurant meals 🍽️ 4.9%

Just as with every other AI-fueled grift related to anything other than coding assistance or interpreting large sets of data, take this person’s claims about a six figure income with a massive grain of salt—the real con is the classes on AI-assisted writing she’s selling to gullible/lazy dopes

Sarah Weinman@sarahweinman.com · 7mo ago

“If I can generate a book in a day, and you need six months to write a book, who’s going to win the race?” God this is bleak

if the whole genocide thing wasn't enough for you, another good reason to get AIPAC money out of democratic politics is that the organization now exists to move republican donor money into democratic races to sow chaos and get the most republican-friendly democrat elected

This cannot be something a civilian law enforcement agent is allowed to wear in the US — and an agency that has a culture that tolerates this cannot be saved.

West Seattle Bike Blob@westseattlebikeblg.bsky.social · 7mo ago

Fucking surreal that people dressed like this and carrying assault rifles are permitted to kidnap people off our streets

Why is this the first time that there has been a concerted effort to introduce fake Epstein files at the same time as everyone is trawling through the real thing? That’s what I want to know

[whispering to Miller] He'll throw you to the wolves. You'll never get a pardon. It's now or never! [slithering over to Trump] He plots against you sire! Throwing him in the dungeon will send a message to the others!

very grateful to The Quietus for publishing this essay- on everyday fascism and the promise and problem of “beauty” as an inadequate but therapeutic response to the ugliness of the present - plus there are some thoughts on disco and Patricia Highsmith- this felt like a risk but I’m glad it’s out

John Doran@jahduran.bsky.social · 7mo ago

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As ICE agents ravage Minneapolis, residents offer a blueprint for resistance and a glimpse of hope in the age of fascist terrorism. @ryanlcooper.com reports: trib.al/TUidtOg

Minneapolis Discovered Its Own Strength Fighting ICE Tyranny - The American Prospect

Trump’s goons thought they could push around a blue city. They came in for a nasty shock.

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The argument against ICE isn't an especially difficult one to make politically in this moment. The issue is that people who substantively disagree with abolishing ICE prefer having a proxy fight about strategy to discussing that stance. Many such cases.

I tried the Mussolini show. It’s very well made, but making Mussolini a fourth wall-breaking narrator gives it a House of Cards-meets-social studies fascism unit quality that I had a viscerally negative reaction to, not because it was unpleasant (it was) but because it was dull!

TRUMP: honk honk honk, I'm a big goose. everyone tells me whenever I enter a room, that's the biggest goose I've ever seen and I say yes. I'm a big goose. in a good way. a lot of Somalians are small stupid gooses but I'm a big goose BBC NEWS: a disciplined Trump sticks to the script on the economy

I’m the one in the brown hat. What you might not see is the victim in the car. His feet are pointing out the open car door. An agent is sitting on one of his legs. He’s only wearing crocs. Bystanders found his legal work visa in his abandoned car. #AbolishICE

Elliott Payne@elliottpayne.org · 7mo ago

This is what happened in our neighborhood yesterday. ICE snatched a human being off of our streets, roughed them up badly, and then pepper sprayed legal observers as they documented it all. This is a daily occurrence happening all throughout Minnesota right now.

I appreciate foreign commentators really leaning in to say that dem leadership is dogshit because it is going to make the campists become even more neurotic

James Ball@jamesrball.com · 7mo ago

The incredibly lukewarm Democratic response on Greenland is being noticed in Europe, incidentally. Chuck Schumer not finding a stronger word than “quixotic” for Trump’s plan to seize Greenland has been name checked to me more than once.

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On the ground here in Minnesota, it’s hard to reconcile the immense bonds of community that have been built in a week with the fact that we live in a country whose government appropriated billions of dollars to an unaccountable paramilitary force whose sole purpose is ethnic cleansing.

You and your wife drop your 6-year-old off at school. You just moved here. You see ICE terrorizing your new neighbors. You film them, as is your legal right. Your wife complies with orders. She is then shot in the head. You still have to pick up your child later today. This could be you.

Waiting for the 2025 wrap-up from @last.fm, so I had a look via their Labs feature. First time The Beatles take the top spot; my progression to full 6Music Dad continues apace. (Good to see some fresh talents such as Say She She, Cindy Lee and @willstratton.bsky.social getting a look in though!)

The album I first came to love in 2025 was @willstratton.bsky.social's POINTS OF ORIGIN, which as a native Californian I'd put in the pantheon of great albums about my home state.

Honestly at this point I think Bandcamp would be better served by developing a more substantial social review aspect of the site a la Letterboxd. Where else (that isn't evil) has a better vantage point for that?

Split pea soup is grinch food

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God Is In The TV Zine@godisinthetvzine.bsky.social · 8mo ago

#albumsof2025 37. @sparksofficial.bsky.social 36. #Keys 35. #gellihaha 34. @bobmouldmusic.bsky.social 33. #TTChilders 32 #jehnnybeth 31. #MFTomlinson 30 #Marujab 29 #rosalia 28 @themoonlandingz.bsky.social 27 @willstratton.bsky.social 26 @bccamplight.bsky.social