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James Fallows @jfallows.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Somehow not everyone is aware of fact alluded to below. So one more time: John Roberts, Brett Kavanaugh, Amy Coney Barrett were all on GWBush 2000 'Florida Recount' team. (Which made GWB first prez in 112 yrs to 'win' after losing popular vote. Now they 'impartially' rule on our future.)

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JDG @cottonmather.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

There should be a guy on YouTube who tells you why all new music is bad. Can we get funding for this

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Brandy Schillace @bschillace.brandyschillace.com · 22/06/2026

Make stuff. Do your hobbies. Geek out with your weird friends. Practice arts and crafts. Every society that ever burned to the ground left behind only the handicrafts, and every society saved from the brink was saved only by arts. Do not give up the joy of creating.

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JDG @cottonmather.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Eric Schmitt just accused Jack Smith of interfering with foul balls at Wrigley Field.

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JDG @cottonmather.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

They’ve spent decades complaining every day about the most made-up bullshit a person can invent, and the Very Serious People in media line up every morning to treat the daily serving seriously. Peek a boo, asshole, it’s still bullshit.

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Joey Politano🏳️‍🌈 @josephpolitano.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

NEW from me: Over the last 4 years, America has lost more than 200k jobs in creative fields like publishing, film, TV, or graphic design. It's the worst stretch for arts jobs outside of recessions. How much is AI to blame? And can the arts' business model survive?🧵 www.apricitas.io/p/ai-and-the...

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AI and the Fall? of the Creative Class

America is Losing Hundreds of Thousands of Jobs in Media, Film & the Arts. How Much is AI to Blame?

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JDG @cottonmather.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

This is very clear-eyed imo

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Gary Hershorn @garyhershorn.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Crazy light across Manhattan with a rainbow as the sun set ahead of an approaching nor'easter storm in New York City, Friday evening #newyorkcity #nyc #newyork #sunset #noreaster #rainbow

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Chris Polansky @chrispolansky.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

What do you guys think is in there

A big ugly facade with a painted sign reading SPAGHETTI WAREHOUSE

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reni 🦌 @reniadeb.com · 25/09/2026

this is just to say i have eaten the moon that was in my orbit and which you were probably wanting to observe forgive me it was delicious so crunchy and so cold

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Chop @chopaganda.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Jeebus H Christ

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JDG @cottonmather.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

If the album is good, this is basically a Twin Peaks: The Return-level announcement.

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Matt Darling @besttrousers.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

This is: 1.) A very cool innovative program! 2.) A nice illustration of how means testing is often a product of administrative convenience/necessity and not ideology.

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JDG @cottonmather.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

This but also for everyone benefiting from Musk’s ad buys.

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JDG @cottonmather.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

It is the 15th anniversary of when I was thoroughly freaked out by the 20th anniversary of “Nevermind”

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darth™️ @darthbluesky.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

this looks like bilbo seeing the ring again lol

a gold plated painting? i guess proudly exhibited in the kennedy center of elon musk? i guess next to an illegible quote also gold plated probably about pedos or white supremacy
image from don moynihans great story on the kennedy center

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Live For Live Music @liveforlivemusic.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

"I don't think I understood what a Phish show actually was until I saw one. It felt less like going to see a concert and more like discovering this whole world I didn't know existed." — #TheBear actor Chris Witaske on his first Phish show in 1997

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The Best Band I Ever Saw Live

'The Bear' actor Chris Witaske recalls seeing his first Phish show back in 1997 and how that show led to over 100 more.

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Jeff @gojeffgo.com · 09/07/2023

Federer: "it looks like little guitar, yes?" Bruce: "please don't make me do this" Federer: "play it like guitar, yes?" Bruce: Federer: Bruce:

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JDG @cottonmather.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

A notorious quote in the annals of history is one that was attributed to King Louis XIV: “L'État, c'est moi” (“I am the state.”)

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Jen Rubin @jenrubin.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

New approach: If a reporter is interrupted, harassed, insulted, or abused, the press should exit the room. Period. If Trump refuses to answer a legitimate news question or claims it was a dumb question, every other reporter must ask the same question until Trump tires out or answers.

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Four Changes to Help the White House Press Recover Its Spine

🚨41 Days to the Midterms🚨

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Parker @tmwsiy @tmwsiy99.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Debut of an ongoing series, "Flight Path", for JamBase that I'm writing about the covers that Goose performs. I think it is going to be a great column and lots of cool content coming. www.jambase.com/article/goos...

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The Story Of Goose Covering Father John Misty's 'I'm Writing A Novel'

Goose’s “I’m Writing a Novel” cover traces back to Josh Tillman’s transformation into Father John Misty and a memorable Radio City collaboration.

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JDG @cottonmather.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

What a great idea for a column!

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the Mountain Goats @themountaingoats.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

btw Charlie Miller just posted that he got a bunch of JGB and GD shows back from a friend who'd copied a bunch of tapes he dropped off for safe keeping back in the 90s. NARAS shoudl honor Charlie Miller for his service to music, it's of historical importance, that is my take today

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dan mentos @danmentos.com · 16/05/2024

step it up, phish

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JDG @cottonmather.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Maybe @bostonglobe.com can ask him to write his next Ideas piece for them about this.

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ᴡᴇ ʙᴜɪʟᴛ ᴛʜɪꜱ ᴄɪᴛʏ @webuiltthiscity.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

This genuinely made me laugh out loud today

HOW AM I DRIVING?
HOW DOES AN ENGINE EVEN WORK?
HOW CAN A LOVING GOD CAUSE SUCH AGONY

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JDG @cottonmather.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

This complete bullshit is just a groupchat or two away from being taken seriously as an actual thing on Sunday news shows.

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JDG @cottonmather.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

So the guy who attempted an unsuccessful overthrow of the government rather than leave office peacefully keeps talking about the need for snipers and other troops at the White House and nearby.

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Tom Cox @dj-acid-reflux.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Ageing: the condition of becoming less serious about all you were once far too serious about and more serious about all that you once undervalued.

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JDG @cottonmather.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Savvy Politics Knower: Trans people must vote for candidates who are campaigning on taking away their rights, for the greater good. Anyone: Which rights are you personally willing to give up? Savvy Politics Knower: **brain short circuits**

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JDG @cottonmather.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

I hate to be so partisan on here but I think the most basic Constitutional requirements for the functioning of government, like Congress allocating money and the Executive Branch spending it as required by Federal law, should still be in place rather than simply ignored.

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NPR @npr.org · 19/09/2026

Friedman was in her early 20s when she landed her first position as an editorial assistant at NPR. She became an editor and reporter, and a co-creator of the annual Books We Love reading guide. n.pr/4yavrvC

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Editor Rose Friedman, who helped shape NPR's cultural coverage, dies at 38

Friedman was in her early 20s when she landed her first position as an editorial assistant at NPR. She became an editor and reporter, and a co-creator of the annual Books We Love reading guide.

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JDG @cottonmather.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

A new journalistic standard has emerged in recent years: In order to maintain the fiction of “balance,” it is necessary for savvy journalists to pretend not to understand what they’re seeing with their own eyes.

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Daniel Knowles @dlknowles.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

I really hate the framing of these stories as "an AI agent broke out and hacked something." No, an inadequate sandbox meant that a powerful and unpredictable computer program was set loose on the open internet by the company that designed it. The agency isn't with the "AI agent", it's with the firm

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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 19/09/2026

For the first time in a while, the Kennedy Center was brimming with life. Thousands of supporters gathered Friday, surrounding as much of the building as they could, in protest of President Trump’s takeover and closure of the venue.

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Thousands rally outside shuttered Kennedy Center, chanting ‘Hands off!’

The vigil took place at the end of a week that saw the doors to the marble building locked shut.

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JDG @cottonmather.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Legend x 5 Meet me at midnight at Mr. Chow

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Helen Kennedy @helenkennedy.com · 18/09/2026

Maybe the WHCA can throw him an extra dinner.

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Shana @shanamd.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

I am SORRY for sharing something that was posted on the other place, but this is too good.

The future pope at a party with a caption “they don’t know I’m the future pope”

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QueenCityJamz @queencityjamz.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Recession indicator

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Elizabeth Zelle @kohizeri.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

"the assessment did not consider the crocodiles" is my new metaphor for people choosing to just ignore the data point that doesn't agree with them

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JDG @cottonmather.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Look at this very good boy

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JDG @cottonmather.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

I think he’d be dismayed that my novel hasn’t been published and would view my career as a B+ (derogatory) whereas I’d now call my career a B+ (laudatory)

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