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Alicenchaynes

@chaynesthatbind.bsky.social
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Independent hiphop, reader of books, orchardist. Look for me on the river.

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Garrett M. Graff @vermontgmg.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
One way you know Dolly Parton lived life the right way: I don’t think anyone’s going to get fired for accurately quoting Dolly Parton today.
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Joel @itsjoels.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
This is the letter kids got at the end of Dolly’s Imagination Library. I defy you to read this and not cry.
Sorry, I can’t type that.
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Zach Everson @zacheverson.com · 13/06/2026
It seems to me that if you or I must choose between two courses of thought or action, we should try so to live that our name getting scraped off a building brings no pleasure to the world. - John Steinbeck, "East of Eden" [adapted]
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Paul F. Tompkins @pftompkins.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
Look for the helpers
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Simon and Gargamel @kellylink.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
This Is Just To Say I have turned off the AI features that were in the update and which you were probably hoping to monetize Fuck you they were stupid so unnecessary and so annoying
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
The Washington Post's description of the bodycam video of his arrest last year, and the translation of Mr. Shah Alam's comments, is gutting. Remember, he was entirely blind in one eye and could only see three feet in the other, and he spoke virtually no English. He spent a year in jail for this.
Body-cam footage from the incident, reviewed by The Post, shows Shah Alam standing near the door of the shed holding two black poles. Officers shout at him and order him to drop the poles, reportedly curtain rods he’d fashioned into walking sticks. Shah Alam repeatedly says, “Sorry” while adjusting his grip on the poles and walking toward the officers. The officers continue to shout and warn that they will fire their Tasers. At one point, Shah Alam responds, “No,” then points the rods at the officers.

The officers both fire their Tasers and tackle him. Two officers report being bitten in the scuffle. After Shah Alam is restrained, the officers remark that they smell alcohol.

In the footage, Shah Alam can be heard speaking in Rohingya and Malay. He asks for God’s help and tries to explain to the uncomprehending officers that he lives nearby and was going to the store. He pleads with the officers not to throw away his phone.
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Disco Gorilla❌👑‬ @discogorilla.bsky.social · 24/02/2026
@hcrichardson.bsky.social Any insight onto why this isn't being treated as the biggest scandal in the history of the presidency? Shouldn't this be the ONLY story right now? www.npr.org/2026/02/24/n...
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Justice Department withheld and removed some Epstein files related to Trump
An NPR investigation finds the public database of Epstein files is missing dozens of pages related to sexual abuse accusations against President Trump.
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McSweeney's @mcsweeneys.net · 14/02/2026
Happy Valentine's Day?
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Cormac McCarthy’s Valentine’s Day Candy Hearts
Taken from works of the late great Cormac McCarthy. - - -
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Clint Smith @clintsmithiii.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
Was driving my kids to school and the first thing on the radio was reporting about Trump's video depicting the Obamas as apes and I think many people still don't fully appreciate what it means to have to raise Black children in a country where the president is so brazenly and consistently racist
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Aram Shabanian @aramshabanian.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
via Minneapolis photographer Chris Juhn on Facebook
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Alex de Campi @alexdecampi.bsky.social · 07/01/2026
The Spanish version is “the left liberates, the right oppresses” and once I learned that, both screws and politics made more sense
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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 10/10/2025
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Can you put into words what that purpose is? You and the frog have really become icons of this protest.

There’s been a nice overall whimsy that has shown up. The frog is amazing. We had a bunch of other inflatable people here last night, too. I saw people playing Twister the other day.

What they rely on is fear. So by coming out in an absurdist manner, it speaks to them, to some extent, that we’re actually not that afraid.

It also dismantles their narrative a little bit. When they try to describe this situation as “war-torn,” it becomes much harder to take them seriously when they have to post a video saying [U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security] Kristi Noem is up on the balcony staring over the Antifa Army and it’s, like, eight journalists and five protesters and one of them is in a chicken suit.
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 02/10/2025
Lutnick on Epstein: Devine: So how come these other people could hang around him and not see it? Lutnick: They participated. That's what his M.O. was, "Get a massage" And what happened in that massage room, I assume is on video. This guy was the greatest blackmailer ever. That's how he had money.
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Thor Benson @thorbenson.bsky.social · 15/08/2025
[writing the constitution] Benjamin Franklin: Write down "no dumb fucks as president" Alexander Hamilton: Stop saying that Benjamin Franklin: I'm tellin' you. You're gonna regret not writing that down
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NPR @npr.org · 07/08/2025
The Brooklyn-based rapper reimagines his music with a star-studded band and teary-eyed gratitude.
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MIKE: Tiny Desk Concert
The Brooklyn-based rapper reimagines his music with a star-studded band and teary-eyed gratitude.
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doseone @doseone.bsky.social · 01/08/2025
Celebrating all things Anticon and Dax Pierson… By Mosi Reeves www.kqed.org/arts/1397934...
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Remembering Anticon and Hip-Hop’s Reckoning With Weirdness
The dizzying Bay Area collective forced listeners to hear differently, even within a burgeoning ‘indie rap’ scene.
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Coach Dan Casey @coachdancasey.bsky.social · 09/07/2025
Introducing... 📖 Trends in DEFENSIVE Football: Volume 1 (by Shakeel Rashad) Just in time to flip through before Training Camp! We're giving away 3 Free Copies... share for a chance to win!
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Alicenchaynes @chaynesthatbind.bsky.social · 19/05/2025
I nominate GOLLIWOG for Best Picture.
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Alicenchaynes @chaynesthatbind.bsky.social · 18/05/2025
This album giving me hope today.
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Jeff Weiss @passionweiss.bsky.social · 08/05/2025
I didn't think there was anything left to be said about Mobb Deep's "The Infamous," but @sonraw.bsky.social wrote a brilliant essay about its cultural impact and timelessness on its 30th anniversary. www.passionweiss.com/2025/05/08/d...
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Survival of the Fittest: The Everlasting Impact of Mobb Deep’s “The Infamous”
On its 30th anniversary, Son Raw dives into the ever-lasting impact of Mobb Deep’s The Infamous, the sound of two post-adolescent geniuses from the QBC, plunging into darkness, violence, and …
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Wet Owl @levisatyrane.bsky.social · 08/05/2025
Oh yeah nice one kid hook that hope for humanity right into my veins
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Alicenchaynes @chaynesthatbind.bsky.social · 03/05/2025
This new @buck65.bsky.social album is everything you’d expect from one of the greatest to do it. So so dope. buck65.bandcamp.com/album/keep-m...
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Keep Moving, by Buck 65
31 track album
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Buck 65 @buck65.bsky.social · 28/04/2025
My new album, Keep Moving is available on Bandcamp now. To pre-order a physical copy in your chosen format, go to shop.handmade.xyz
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Alicenchaynes @chaynesthatbind.bsky.social · 30/03/2025
Damn I miss Ka.
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Clint Smith @clintsmithiii.bsky.social · 28/03/2025
A few years ago I visited the National Museum of African American History & Culture with my grandparents. When we stepped out of the building my grandmother kept repeating the words “I lived it. I lived it. I lived it.” She’s still here. That history is still in her bones. You can never erase that.
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Nina Turner @ninaturner.bsky.social · 08/03/2025
2020: attacks on “BLM” 2022: attacks on “CRT” 2024: attacks on “woke” 2025: attacks on “DEI” BLACK. THEY MEAN BLACK.
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Sage Francis @sagefrancis.bsky.social · 08/03/2025
This week I had an hour long discussion with the CyphaDen Music podcast. I was able to share a lot about my career, #StrangeFamous and our artists, my experiences in South Africa, and several big battles from back in the day. Buckle up for this one. youtu.be/DKO1hZQ4nLQ?...
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CyphaDen Chat Ep 50 with Sage Francis
YouTube video by TaiyamoDenku
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Buck 65 @buck65.bsky.social · 08/03/2025
This one’s for Gene
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open mike eagle @mike-eagle.bsky.social · 02/03/2025
the democratic party without progressives is just a group of vanilla capitalists that have agreed to only use slurs in private conversation
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words @words.bsky.social · 10/01/2025
smoking weed counts as cooking vegetables
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