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You may have heard that nonfiction's having a rough time. I investigated for @thewalrus.ca. And it's very true, but not for the reasons you might think. thewalrus.ca/nonfiction-i...

An image of a big red book that says "FICTION" on the cover. Behind it, a smaller book that says "NON-FICTION" tries to peek out.

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jesse jarnow @bourgwick.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

oh, and it's @wfmu.bsky.social's mostly-off-air hellraiser october fundraiser! please support the greatest radio station in the known universe & get awesome new shirts & other fresg swag for doing so! pledge.wfmu.org/donate/JJ

new WFMU sticker with purple creature beaming WFMU out of their eyeballs (or perhaps receiving)

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Amanda Nazario @amnazz.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

The WFMU Literary Guild returns to KGB Bar (85 E. 4th Street, NYC) on Oct 27! We will again be in the elegant Red Room, with illustrious guests and fascinating words. Please join us! @wfmu.bsky.social @wfmulitguild.bsky.social

Tues Oct 27- The Red Room @ KGB BAR NYC doors at 7pm readings at 7:30 / 2 drink minimum/ Essays, Fiction, Poetry from WFMU DJs & friends SYDNEY - BONCE - BUCCI - MONICA - + music by ABBIE FROM MARS

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elena razlogova @erazlogo.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

If you are into impersonation—including vocal impersonation—as a cultural phenomenon, in the US and elsewhere, this book is a must. A weird, fascinating story: www.raincoastgroup.com/item/9781627...

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Your Time is Now: The Sammy Petrillo Story

"I think Sammy Petrillo is fucking Amazing! If he was starring in The Jerry Lewis Story, he would deserve an Academy Award. This is not hyperbole!" - Quentin Tarantino

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Michael Rancic @therewasnosound.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

i'm going on a lil fall book tour! if you're in any of these cities over the next two weeks, i'd love to see you there. don't see your city on this list? let me know if you'd like me to do an event near you!

Poster for the fall book tour of A Nation of Tinker-ers: A History of Electronic Music in Canada from 1945 to 1985. The poster features large 3D block lettering, an illustrated technical diagram of an electronic keyboard, and a schedule of tour events. Events are: September 27 in Toronto, Ontario, “Word on the Street”; October 16 in Montréal, Québec, “Invisible Books Fall 2026 Launch”; October 17 in Saint John, New Brunswick, “Fog Lit Festival”; October 22 in Ottawa, Ontario, “The Spaniel’s Tale”; October 24 in Windsor, Ontario, “WindsorEats Food Hall”; and October 26 in Hamilton, Ontario, “The City & The City Books.”

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Alyx Vesey @alyxvesey.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Dig this: On Sunday at 3p CST, @scratched-vinyl.bsky.social and I are gonna go on our neighbor @jbutler.bsky.social's show Platter Chatter to play some of our favorite records. Join us, won't you? platterchatter.org/index.php

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Home · Platter Chatter

Platter Chatter — a vinyl listening party. Deep cuts, obscure pressings, and unscripted commentary from the JerCom Radio Treehouse Studios.

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(Screams From The) Burning Ambulance @burningambulance.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

This is interesting: @thewiremagazine.bsky.social is running a contest for new writers. The winner gets published in the March 2027 issue, AND there's a cash prize! www.thewire.co.uk/in-writing/e...

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Introducing The Wire New Voices - The Wire

New Voices is a new competition for aspiring music critics being launched by The Wire

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Nick Seaver @nickseaver.website · 05/10/2026

folks coming to #4S2026, I'm organizing not one, not two, not three, but *four* panels on the social study of contraptions. come by my new home, the Wentworth room on the second floor of the venue this Thursday, to say hi

160. Contraptions 1

Panel
8:00 to 10:00 AM
2nd Floor
Wentworth

Participants:
The Operation of Failure: Amazon Go and its Lessons for Automated Life Zoe Horn, Western Sydney University

Contraptions of Glucose Testing and the Gimmickry of Non-Diabetic Attachments Carrie Rentschler, McGill University

Riding into the Millennium: The Fixed-Gear Bicycle as Contraption Bernhard Isopp, Technical University of Munich

5G as compromised form: From technical standard to visceral abstraction Rory Sharp, York University

Panel Organizer:
Nick Seaver, Tufts University

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Panel
10:20 to 12:20 PM
2nd Floor
Wentworth

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THURSDAY, OCTOBER, 8

Participants:
Contraptions of Cognition: Shannon’s Theseus, Minsky’s SNARC, and the Liminal Machines of Early AI Asaf Hazan, Bar-Ilan University
On (non)Interconnection or, the Story of the Beeper-Phone Sadie Couture, Smithsonian Insitution's National Museum of American History/Northwestern University
Contraptions: Toward an Ingenious Theory of Technology Ted Striphas, University of Colorado Boulder
Lost and Found in Translation: AI Translators as Contraptions Heewon Kim, Jeonbuk National University
Noisy Contraptions: Towards Materialist Identification of Algorithmic Harms Nasanbayar Ulzii-Orshikh, University of Michigan
Panel Organizer:
Nick Seaver, Tufts University

259. Contraptions 3

Panel
1:30 to 3:20 PM
2nd Floor
Wentworth

Participants:
“Dude just work”: Mouse Jigglers and the Perception of Technical Complexity Nick Seaver, Tufts University

Approximation and its Discontents: toward a history of machine intelligence as language contraption Xiaochang Li, Stanford University

Making Up Chatbots: Hacking Together jeffrey lockhart, University of California, Berkeley

'It's all smoke and mirrors till it's not': Thinking with the contraption Sarah Yems, Concordia University

A Good Enough Mousetrap: LLMs as Professional Contraptions Gabriel Alcaras, Sciences Po; Donato Ricci, Sciences Po

Panel Organizer:
Nick Seaver, Tufts University

293. Contraptions 4

Panel
3:40 to 5:30 PM
2nd Floor
Wentworth

Participants:
Modded Minecraft as Contraption in the University Classroom Darren Wershler, Concordia University; Bart Simon, Concordia University

From Control to Floods of Useless Data: The Life of PLATO Ekaterina Babintseva, Carnegie Mellon University

Cat Got Your Timbre: Contraptions, Interface Aesthetics, and Memetic Vocal Play Kate Galloway, Wilfrid Laurier University

The metro and the share-auto, or captivity and contraptivity as two modes of socializing technology Deepak Prince, IIIT-Delhi

Panel Organizer:
Nick Seaver, Tufts University

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WFMU @wfmu.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Today on WFMU: On A Brief History of WFMU, Wildgirl. Wildgirl's wildly popular show ran from the 1980s until the mid-1990s, with a focus on her twin obsessions: hot Rod racing and wild rock n' roll. Tonight we present two episodes, from 11/24/90 and 8/22/93 (Thurs. 3 a.m. ET). www.wfmu.org/upcoming

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Upcoming Special Programs on WFMU

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Shannon Mattern @shannonmattern.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

"In the first decade of the 20th century, radio clubs started to form on college campuses. In 1906, students at Harvard University offered to send wireless messages across “the yard” as part of the activities of the Weld Phonepterograph Company,... 'the first college radio club'"

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100+ Years of Student Radio History in the DLARC College Radio Collections - Internet Archive Blogs

Happy College Radio Day! In honor of the annual celebration of student radio (this year on October 2), we invite you to explore the college radio collections in the Internet Archive’s Digital Library ...

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elena razlogova @erazlogo.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Yes, the same prof also wrote Stevie Nicks biography

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elena razlogova @erazlogo.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Simon Morrison, the co-author of this insane glorification of Western classical music canon as the only proper subject for musicology, published a book on Stevie Nicks in 2022. Also, his affiliation is stated nowhere in the report PDF, nor does he appear on any other Vanderbilt report pages.

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Dave Mandl @dmandl.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

We're in the midst of a fundraiser at @wfmu.bsky.social. None of us DJs get paid, and we work our styli to the bone to bring you the world's greatest music every week. If you enjoy my show (which airs tonight at 7 as usual), this is a good time to show your appreciation. 😇 pledge.wfmu.org/donate/GX

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Pledge your Support to WFMU!

Keep WFMU Weird! Donate to our Year-End Hellraiser Fundraiser. Visit wfmu.org/pledge.

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jesse jarnow @bourgwick.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

thinking about tuli kupferberg on what would've been his 103rd. youtu.be/UskDupcLM0M

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Nothing - The Fugs

YouTube video by M's Music

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elena razlogova @erazlogo.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

I know how long the song has been around—I read Amanda Petrusich’s piece on it in the New Yorker’s Songs of Summer series in August. She did analyze both the song & its impact. “Money-making=mind-opening” or “despised genre=song must be great” are not convincing arguments to me w/o specifics.

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elena razlogova @erazlogo.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

The RS article doesn't even attempt to explain why "Choosin' Texas" may be good--nothing about music or lyrics. It declares that it will "open your ... mind" simply because it's a commercial hit and a country song. And the shaming, peremptory tone! It's no longer poptimism, it's pop Scientology.

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Dave “the Spazz” Abramson @davethespazz.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

I'll be taking my book on the road along with the debut of a newly struck 4K restoration of Bela Lugosi Meets a Brooklyn Gorilla! The Brooklyn screening will be followed by a book signing/party. LA will feature a post-movie star-studded panel of Sammy aficionados. More events and details to come.

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Michaelangelo Matos @matoswk.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Now up, my newest for @rollingstone.com: Private equity firms bought up all the big rock publishing. Now they're going after the indie labels. www.rollingstone.com/music/music-...

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Private Equity's Next Target Is Indie Music

For years, private equity firms have snatched up the catalogues of music's biggest names. Now they're after independent labels.

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Future of Music Coalition @futureofmusic.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Shocking even to us: new research finds that nearly half of Live Nation's amphitheaters are actually municipally owned; LNE is operating, often with sweetheart deals. That means state and local government is subsidizing the illegal monopoly.

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Evict Live Nation

In April, a jury found Live Nation liable for monopolizing the concert industry. The basic story you’ve probably heard is that Live Nation built its monopoly by buying competitors and linking its venu...

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jess reia • 何杰茜 @jhereia.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

We are hiring! ✨ Come work with me at @uvadatascience.bsky.social! We are recruiting an Open Rank Tenured/Tenure Track Prof of Data Science with a background in social science, legal, policy, STEM or humanities disciplines to join our Data and Society area. Apply here: apply.interfolio.com/191214

This is a screenshot of the UVA School of Data Science website portraying the school building in the background against a blue sky and trees. The texts reads: Jobs at the School of Data Science. Join Our Team.

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WFMU @wfmu.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Today on WFMU: A Brief History of WFMU presents William Berger's The Hip Bone, with Purple Ivy Shadows and the Sun City Girls. In the ’80s and ’90s, the late great William Berger hosted a program called The Hip Bone. We present excerpts from two of his shows (Thurs. 3 a.m. ET). www.wfmu.org/upcoming

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Upcoming Special Programs on WFMU

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Shannon Mattern @shannonmattern.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

"In 2022, Wiley removed over 1,300 ebooks from academic library collections; [they said] perpetual access is not an option for subscribed content. In 2025, Clarivate,... announced they would stop offering libraries perpetual access licenses for ebooks and primary-source digital collections."

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Consumers Are Worried About the Loss of Physical Media Ownership. Libraries Are Leading the Conversation. — Association of Research Libraries

Sally Sax is head, Collection Strategy and Partnerships, MacOdrum Library, Carleton University. In a recent Atlantic Monthly article about Sony’s plan to end physical sales of PlayStation console game...

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Shannon Mattern @shannonmattern.bsky.social · 09/08/2024

I hadn't paid enough attention to Perlman's satirical 1969 Initiation Rites for Professors and Administrators -- and for Students (via People's Graphic Design Archive: peoplesgdarchive.org/item/2332/bl...)

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elena razlogova @erazlogo.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

I am assigning this article to my students for the first day of class.

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elena razlogova @erazlogo.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Sign if you can--scholars' response to the American Historical Association. The AHA hired a DC lobbying firm to help discredit its own members and suppress evidence of genocide in Gaza www.usscholarsspeak.org

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US Scholars Speak

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Alyssa S. @drsepinwall.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

GFY! (from the @chronicle.com)

I get it. You hate AI. You think it destroys human capacities and the environment while also undermining critical aspects of humanities research and teaching. But if you care about your students and the future of the humanities, those objections are not sufficient. You need to engage with AI, understand both its appeal and its limitations, and integrate that awareness into your teaching.

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elena razlogova @erazlogo.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

The individual History, Literary Studies, and Sociology reports for the Vanderbilt project are out, but not Music. The History report is pathetic. www.vanderbilt.edu/principles/s...

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Ann Powers @annkpowers.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

This is great. The most clear-headed and informed essay on the state of criticism I’ve read in a long while. www.hearingthings.co/what-does-it...

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What Does It Even Mean to Be a Music Critic Now?

A veteran culture writer surveys the radically transforming journalistic ecosystem.

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jesse jarnow @bourgwick.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

this is a totally beautiful article about the heavens to betsy reunion... but the photo of them playing live that's captioned "in kentucky" is unquestionably wetlands preserve in nyc. wetlands forever!

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Brian Fauteux @brianfauteux.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

Our public infrastructure in music project is ramping up (@cult_cap on twitter) and we've thus far completed a survey with musicians in Canada. There are lots of findings to share, but one initial result is that 87% of respondents view AI in music negatively: ca.billboard.com/business/tec...

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University of Alberta Study Finds 87% of Canadian Musicians View Generative AI ‘Negatively’

The Western Canadian university surveyed 263 Canadian musicians about their thoughts on AI’s rampant rise and the use of streaming services as an artistic tool.

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Creamo Coyl @creamocoyl.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

BLANK ACCOUNT plays at Mama Tried in Brooklyn tomorrow afternoon w/ OOF and Tough Darling. Starts at 4. The show is free but it's a benefit for immigrants, so bring some cash to help out yr fellow man. BA plays first.

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elena razlogova @erazlogo.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

"The count of loss of control incidents relies on X users posting about incidents that happened so it is only partial" - this article is based on self-reporting on a right-wing platform=0 evidentiary value. I am baffled why a major historian would want to reproduce AI hype.

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Stacy Fahrenthold @sfahrenthold.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

The American Historical Association hired a lobbying firm to help silence member advocacy on Palestine. In this essay, Adam Rzepka covers @historians.org's relationship w/ Thorn Run Partners, its deep ethical conflicts, & the advocacy crisis AHA has thrust upon us. www.chronicle.com/article/a-sc...

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Opinion | A Scholarly Association’s Secret Washington Playbook

Did the American Historical Association ask a corporate lobbying firm for advice on how to silence its members?

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Scott Sandage @scottsandage.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

As a 36-year, contributing member of the American Historical Association @historians.org … this stinks to high heaven.

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elena razlogova @erazlogo.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

American Historical Association Council @historians.org hired a major pro-Israel lobbying firm with member dues, to help the AHA perfect its denial of genocide in Palestine, silence opposing views & convince members to align their research better with US military interests 🤮 archive.ph/85Hec

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Mindy Weisberger @laminda.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Dolly Parton wrote so many wonderful songs, if you want an earful of her music you may want to check out the @wfmu.bsky.social show Honky Tonk Radio Girl with Becky, yesterday's Dolly tribute is archived at wfmu.org/playlists/sh...

Dolly Parton album cover for "Jolene/Coat of Many Colors"

Album cover for Porter Wagoner and Dolly Parton's record "Always, Always"

Album cover for Dolly Parton's "Here You Come Again"

Album cover for Dolly Parton's "The Fairest of Them All"

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Jennifer Waits @spinningindie.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

It's an annual tradition for me to dissect the Princeton Review "best" college radio station list. This year's has some surprises, including 2 schools that have never made the list in its 35 year history. I had an epic visit to one of those stations this spring! www.radiosurvivor.com/2026/08/prin...

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Princeton Review's 2027 List of "Best College Radio Stations" - Radio Survivor

Princeton Review’s latest “Best College Radio Stations” list has been released, bringing attention to another interesting mix of college radio stations from across the United States. Appearing within ...

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The Quietus @thequietus.com · 21/08/2026

Made in secret in the shadow of Soviet Normalization, after decades as a cult object Maťkovia's debut album has been newly reissued and expanded. Jakub Knera tells the extraordinary story of the project's leader Martin Burlas Reissue of the Week: Maťkovia’s 1982 – 1986 (Expanded) buff.ly/h67m8fZ

Black and white image of a person's head floating just above water.

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Verso Books @versobooks.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

Adom Getachew visited the Verso offices to talk about our Southern Questions series, which features first-hand accounts – memoirs, novels, pamphlets – written by participants in the drama of decolonization and its aftermath. www.versobooks.com/blogs/news/s...

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Watch: Adom Getachew presents Verso's Southern Questions series

The Southern Questions series features first-hand accounts – memoirs, novels, pamphlets – written by participants in the drama of decolonization and its aftermath. This week we welcome Ruth First's Th...

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Anna Kornbluh @annakornbluh.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

sunday mid-august is just about the sundayest. balm for the sundays: this solidarity guide to back-to-school support for the wide refusal movement updated w new assignments, teachable readings, labor resources +more after launch 1 year ago send us your updates! bon courage! against-a-i.com

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AGAINST AI -

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Mack Hagood @mactra.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

Such a privilege to talk with Siavash. For an episode that centered on him making art in the middle of war, we had a lot laughs. It's all part of his refusal to let political powers diminish his humanity and individuality.

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Leor Galil @imleor.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

“Music publications BrooklynVegan, Alternative Press, Revolver, and Goldmine have been gutted by parent company Veeps... Nearly all the staff at each publication appear to have been laid off yesterday. Veeps, which is now owned by Live Nation, acquired the publications in 2024 or 2025”

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BrooklynVegan, Alt Press Hit With Mass Layoffs

Music publications Revolver and Goldmine have also been gutted by owners Veeps and Live Nation

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elena razlogova @erazlogo.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

Wish I could take this class on popular, alternative, and radical education! Another example to add to the list, going back to 1910s - The anarchist Ferrer School and Colony in Stelton NJ www.talkinghistory.org/stelton/stel...

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The Stelton Modern School: History

The Homepage for the Stelton Modern School

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the Mountain Goats @themountaingoats.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

a guy digitized some old 80s Italian ambient tapes and one of the guys who made the music saw it and swung into the comments to say thanks for doing this, we loved making music back then maybe we’ll do it again & man that’s a good feeling youtu.be/2XwkPbBtiAQ?...

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TERRA DELLA SERA - 1980's ITALIAN AMBIENT SYNTH TAPES collection - 6,5 hours long

YouTube video by Jeroen van de Sande

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elena razlogova @erazlogo.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

"Equator...is a venture that aims to create a more cosmopolitan home for thought and art than the one assigned to them by provincial Western periodicals." A new magazine worth supporting—zero articles from a navel-gazing US or European perspective on the front page! www.equator.org/about/what-w...

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EQUATOR

Equator is a magazine of politics, culture and art.

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Yo La Tengo @actualylt.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

cashortrade.org/yo-la-tengo-...

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