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chadzia dax 🔞😷 @m00psy.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

also considering the residents of jonestown were majority Black and Brown people looking for refuge from a racist society.

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Charles Hughes @charleshughes2.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

I have been saying this for years. "Drinking the Kool-Aid" sounds a lot less funny/pithy when you realize over 300 people who died there were under eighteen and 150 of them were ten years old and younger.

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Charles Hughes @charleshughes2.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

A wonderful writer, and - by all accounts - a wonderful person.

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Julia Métraux @juliametraux.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

"I'm supposed to be a tough guy," Curtis confided. "I can hold your hand," the mayor offered "What happens if I faint?" Sliwa asked. "I've got you," Mamdani assured him, grabbing his hand as Sliwa received his flu shot. abc7ny.com/post/nyc-may...

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Mayor Mamdani holds hands with one-time rival Curtis Sliwa to get flu shot

An apparent bromance has continued to blossom for the one-time political rivals.

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maura johnston @maura.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

this was really great.

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AAUP @aaup.org · 02/10/2026

Let's get this party started. #DefendHigherEd Starter Pack:

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Charles Hughes @charleshughes2.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

This guy is a Danny McBride character waiting to happen. Right down to the name.

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Tressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

some descriptive statistics here on the civility industrial complex on college campuses that I haven’t seen analyzed before www.uncivilcollective.org/resources

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Charles Hughes @charleshughes2.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

New at No Fences Review: it was so great to talk with Emily Lordi about her fantastic new biography of Whitney Houston. As always, Lordi gets to the heart of the matter through deep listening and careful consideration. Please share and subscribe!

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Remembering Whitney Houston: A conversation with Emily Lordi

The author of a new biography reflects on the singer and her legacy

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Matthew Dowd @matthewjdowd.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Latest WSJ poll: "63% want to pause AI development 61% want a billionaire wealth tax 59% want Medicare for All 57% want a $20 minimum wage 58% want to end U.S. military aid to Israel" This is the center of the country politically. it is time all adjust to this political spectrum, esp. media.

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an appliance is making a weird noise that isn't on youtube @jesseltaylor.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

To treat "political hostility" as something distinct from policy, as if there's a civilized way to accomplish ethnic cleansing or a proper debate to be had over transphobia, is absurd

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Charles Hughes @charleshughes2.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

There are times when pro wrestling feels like the greatest thing in the world. Tonight was one of them. What a sad, beautiful, and compelling show this was. I desperately hope that it's a long time before another such tribute is necessary.

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Silvia Secchi @profsecchi.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Here is an excellent example of framing issues using the appropriate and socially relevant terms, directly addressing the power dynamics embedded in institutions. I wish people would do that more often, especially in the MSM and academia itself.

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Country Universe @countryuniverse.net · 29/09/2026

The *depth* of this interview! An essential read that truly does right by one of the all-time greats.

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Remembering Whitney Houston: A conversation with Emily Lordi

The author of a new biography reflects on the singer and her legacy

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Mike Duquette, the “gotta have it guy” @mikeduquette.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

After this year’s deep Prince estate disappointment/near-betrayal, getting four unheard recordings by America’s Mozart and all they did in 2026 was just finish mixing them (using the same team from the LP, even) is a gift I don’t think can be taken for granted

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David BASTARDspan @davidbix.com · 28/09/2026

This is really well done.

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Charles Hughes @charleshughes2.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Things like "best album ever made" are subjective enough to be meaningless. But it's hard to think of a stable definition of the term in which Songs in the Key of Life doesn't qualify for serious consideration. What a treasure. What a wonder.

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Charles Hughes @charleshughes2.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

A fantastic performer, who wrestled yet another great match just last night. Stunning.

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Bowiesongs (C. O'Leary) @bowiesongs.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

RIP Mighty Sparrow. A great calypso of his on 1979, "the rule of the tyrants decline..so they corrupt, so they vile". "Gairy! is a wanted man! Idi Amin! is a wanted man! Shah of Iran found it hard to survive!" one day, there will be other names to sing: www.youtube.com/watch?v=AHIJ...

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Mighty Sparrow - Dead Or Alive

YouTube video by Edward Spencer

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Charles Hughes @charleshughes2.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Another beautiful release from my brilliant friend Joy Dragland. I've been a fan of her music for a quarter-century, and I plan to continue.

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Shores of Tjeldøya, by Joy Dragland

track by Joy Dragland

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Ingrid Burrington @lifewinning.com · 27/09/2026

I think choosing Texas should be left up to the states

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Charles Hughes @charleshughes2.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Nobody is making better music right now than Cain Culto.

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Charles Hughes @charleshughes2.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Every week's a good one for new music, but there's nothing better than a batch of releases that's particularly keyed to your tastes. Last week's bounty - Jake Blount, Rhiannon Giddens, Jake Xerxes Fussell, Orville Peck - was such a treasure. And I haven't even gotten to the Rakim/Wu-Tang collab yet.

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Charles Hughes @charleshughes2.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Reminds me of this classic moment from my alma mater, when UW-Madison photo-shopped a Black student onto the cover of the admissions booklet in the fall of 2000.

The cover of an admissions magazine, with one Black student photoshopped into the corner of a photo of cheering (and all white) football fans.

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Emily✨ @emilyoram.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Always a treat to be reminded of an old friend

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Charles Hughes @charleshughes2.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

New at No Fences Review: a fresh set of Turn It Up recommendations from @cantkill.bsky.social and me. New classics from Jake Xerxes Fussell, Rhiannon Giddens, Chaka Khan, and others, plus an old classic from Louis Jordan, and more! Plus reading recs. Please share and subscribe.

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Turn It Up - 9/21/2026

Earworms, obsessions, recommendations

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Charles Hughes @charleshughes2.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

I have loved Jake's remarkable records since the very first one - there's a beauty and grace to them that is hard to describe but strikes my core every time. This new one might be his best yet. Completely entrancing.

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The Old Beloved Path, by Jake Xerxes Fussell

9 track album

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David Samblas @dsamblas.eurosky.social · 19/09/2026

If was me POV:

Same pintures as the mention, but last two blur

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Charles Hughes @charleshughes2.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

What scene makes you emotional no matter how many times you see it?

A screenshot from the "Baby Mine" scene in Dumbo, where Dumbo's mother's trunk is cradling Dumbo.

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Tressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Anyway, to my colleagues in politically maligned but in-demand disciplines, I know it is hard to be this hot. All the weird dudes hate us and the other girlies want to be us. Stay hot, anyway. Stay hot, my friends.

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Tressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

They open these boondoggle centers and then they come to us, the hot people, to help make them hot. Come teach a class! Be edgy! Be heterodox! For half a faculty line, no prestige, and no extra money. Sir, I’m already hot. Students want to take my classes. Why would I go to the weird guy cabal??

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Tressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Boring texts full of dead, debunked ideas, taught by bad teachers using poor pedagogical tools for credentials with no market value or social cache just aren’t popping.

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Tressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

There is no market for your weird dude things. Hot people don’t need pink-haired commies to stop them from coming to your weird dude thing. Hot people have so many options - film studies! food studies! theory! Hell, even spreadsheets and organic chem have their charms.

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Tressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

These centers are the guy who thinks hot young women aren’t showing up to the bar he stocked with weird dude things because pink-haired woke commie broads won’t let them.

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Charles Hughes @charleshughes2.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

It's hard to explain how surreal Memphis has felt for the last couple weeks. It's been intensely hot & humid with no changes or let-ups. It's easy to feel like the climate apocalypse has arrived, or begun a new chapter. But at least we're making it easier to create those crappy-looking A.I. flyers.

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Ireland against Fascism @irlagainstfascism.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Starting to look like the artist-boycott of South Africa back in the 80s. Maybe it can grow equally big? Boycotting ALL artists who support IsraHell/ refuse to use their voice against genocide? It only takes one to start the ball rolling. www.thenational.scot/news/2655742...

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Radio station drops Ed Sheeran music after listener feedback on Macklemore row

A radio station has dropped Ed Sheeran’s music after “the reaction from our listeners” to the decision to remove Macklemore from his tour over…

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Charles Hughes @charleshughes2.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

New at No Fences Review: a fresh set of Turn It Up recommendations from @cantkill.bsky.social and me. New stuff from Alabama Shakes, The Jayhawks, Busta Rhymes, Dolly Parton(!), and more. Plus a whole bunch of reading recs. Please share and subscribe.

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Turn It Up - 9/15/2026

Earworms, obsessions, recommendations

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Niko Stratis @nikostratis.com · 15/09/2026

I wrote about Deep Blue Something's "Breakfast at Tiffany's", which is actually about Roman Holiday, and about memories of grocery stores and the past and all that we kind of liked and loved for Alt-Rock Dept, my column at @pastemagazine.bsky.social www.pastemagazine.com/music/alt-ro...

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Deep Blue Something’s “Breakfast at Tiffany’s” finds forever in “kind of”

Paste Magazine is your source for the best music, movies, TV, comedy, videogames, books, comics, craft beer, politics and more. Discover your favorite albums and films.

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Charles Hughes @charleshughes2.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

There is no more renewable resource in the United States than wrongheaded takes by writers who confidently use country music as a simple symbol of rurality without having a clue about the music or seemingly anything else. If only we could harness such empty pontificating as a fuel source...

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Charles Hughes @charleshughes2.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

I saw the Oasis film yesterday in a theatre, and I was absolutely knocked sideways. I'm a band fan, but I was not ready for how powerful it is. An astonishing film about rock 'n' roll and how it matters to people. I'm not surprised that @carynrose.bsky.social absolutely nails what makes it great.

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Oasis & Their "Look Back In Anger"

It explains absolutely nothing yet tells you everything.

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