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Joe Wall

@joewall.bsky.social
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Writer. Shipwrecked traveler. OZ/NZ/FJ. Cat bloke.

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Joe Wall @joewall.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Equal parts joyful & drained. Rush at Radio City Music Hall in 1983 was my first NYC concert. Neil Peart is the reason I became a drummer. His books sit on a shelf of honor. Neil's death at 67 in 2020 was a staggering loss. Geddy, Alex & Co. have crafted a perfect memorial. youtu.be/-LXbnS0RmM4?...
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Neil Peart: No One’s Disciple
YouTube video by Tom H
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Joe Wall @joewall.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
The start of this week’s #AT40 coincided with a military flyover of nearby Neyland Stadium, an occasional facet of UT football games. Tennessee scores at the bottom of national rankings for healthcare, schools and quality of life, but here’s what our tax dollars sound like in Knoxville today:
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Joe Wall @joewall.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
"The benefit of the doubt is more than an expression. It is a life philosophy that asks us to be curious before we are certain, to leave room for an explanation, and to remember that the person on our screen has a life beyond the moment we are watching." Read the entirety of Erika's response.
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Joe Wall @joewall.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Just a random photo of MAGA matriarch Roseanne Barr.
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Mark Lemley @marklemley.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Facebook really doesn't want you to see the new documentary exposing Elon Musk Neither do TikTok or Google or the eX social media site. Since they won't accept paid advertising, let's do some free advertising. Go see Musk in theaters October 9 www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/dig...
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The Major Social Media Platforms Are All Rejecting Paid Ads for Alex Gibney’s ‘Musk’ (Exclusive)
YouTube, TikTok and Meta have all turned down the trailer for the Oct. 9 doc, citing “political” content. X won't even take Bleecker Street's calls. The distributor is appealing.
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Joe Wall @joewall.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
With the world’s most despised attention whore bringing his orange-makeup’ed puss to Knoxville, this is one morning I miss driving for Uber, which I did in Melbourne in 2016. Would be nice to surcharge the fuck out of orange-clad UT (both) MAGA fuckwits.
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Oliver Willis @owillis.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
This is the most high profile funder of the Republican Party. Tesla Argues in Court That the N-Word Is Acceptable Under Certain Circumstances futurism.com/advanced-tra...
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Tesla Argues in Court That the N-Word Is Acceptable Under Certain Circumstances
An important trial in California kicked off with Tesla's lawyers arguing that the n-word is a term of "respect and endearment."
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Joe Wall @joewall.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Wal-Mart 'FREEDOM' t-shirts are the uniform of choice for Trumpland dullards. They'll be in full bloom tomorrow as the world's most despised attention whore comes to Knoxville. Press freedom? Health care freedom? Civil rights freedom? Immigrant freedom? They ain't hanging on a rack at Wal-Mart.
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Joe Wall @joewall.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
I could listen to Maurice White sing the phone book (if they still made phone books). #AT40
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Joe Wall @joewall.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
That Joe Simon song peaked at number 8 - his only top 10 #AT40 tune.
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Joe Wall @joewall.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Shakey Ground has the bass line of an old muscle car idling in the driveway. #AT40
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Joe Wall @joewall.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
My first exposure to the oddly named Boomer Castleman. Undoubtedly my last. #AT40
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Joe Wall @joewall.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
I'm as nostalgic as anyone but have to admit I'd rather Google how many hits the Beatles had than write the host of an LA-based Top 40 Countdown show. #AT40
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Joe Wall @joewall.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Rick Beato says the introduction of 4G was the death knell for music as we used to know it. Interesting. #AT40 youtu.be/8bnPd3ZwV80?...
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The World Ended In 2012... We Just Didn't Realize It
YouTube video by Rick Beato
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Joe Wall @joewall.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
I live less than a mile from Neyland Stadium -- the Berlin Sportpalast of Knoxville for a couple Saturdays every autumn -- and have already heard/seen two large military helicopters pass low overhead. I now know how medieval peasants felt waiting for the bubonic plague to hit their village.
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David Simon @audacityofdespair.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
"Who is this soulless asshole and how the hell did he get elected President of the United States twice?" -- the ghost of George C. Marshall rotating at 800 rpms below Arlington, Va.
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Joe Wall @joewall.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
At least the NYT refutes the lies. Most media orgs simply report on his ACT of giving a speech, rather than the easily corrected FACTS spewed by the world's most virulent liar. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/22/u...
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Fact-Checking Trump’s Speech at the United Nations (Gift Article)
President Trump’s remarks about oil reserves, the drug trade and his peace efforts contained falsehoods and exaggerations.
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 22/09/2026
Jaw-dropping documents from our lawsuit against Microsoft and OpenAI reveal how tech leaders talk when they think no one is listening: We may have pulled off “the largest theft of labor in human history.”
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AI exec: We may have pulled off “the largest theft of labor in human history.”
Documents from our lawsuit reveal how tech leaders talk when they think no one is listening.
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Joe Wall @joewall.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
A reporter pool story from @philinvestigates.com that concludes with this chilling truth: "... the message is unmistakable: Access is no longer a tool for transparent and accountable government. Instead, it has become a reward for far-right ideological alignment." open.substack.com/pub/confront...
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As CNN, MSNOW, Politico Booted, White Nationalist Outlet Snags White House Press Slot
The White House moves to silence critical reporting—while handing access to a fringe outlet with explicit white nationalist ties.
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Joe Wall @joewall.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
"That’s human malware Pat McAfee, Corso’s ostensible replacement on the GameDay set, giving the HOO BABY to our troops while his colleagues mindlessly chuckle in assent." Magary's been essential reading since Deadspin.
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Joe Wall @joewall.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Johnny Blue Skies (Sturgill Simpson) tears fascists a new *sshole in 'Excited Delirium': "Why you dressed up like a soldier? What the hell are you wearing a face mask for? How the hell are you gonna protect the peace Running 'round looking like you're going to war?" youtu.be/Uy9fEJGcwDI?...
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Johnny Blue Skies & The Dark Clouds - Excited Delirium (Official Audio)
YouTube video by Johnny Blue Skies
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Joe Wall @joewall.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
The great Howie Rose deserves a far better going away profile in the NY Times Magazine than one that makes no mention of Rose's all-time-classic "Matteau! Matteau! Matteau!" overtime call to end game 7 of Rangers/Devils in 1994. What are we even doing here? www.nytimes.com/2026/09/18/m...
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After 21 Years of Calling the Mets, Howie Rose Somehow Still Believes in Miracles (Gift Article)
An original fan who became the voice of the team, he had to know he wouldn’t go out on a high note.
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Joe Wall @joewall.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
As predictable as it is disgraceful. The mongrels siccing these gambling apps on young men (yes, they should know better, but that doesn't mean they deserve to be preyed upon) should be imprisoned with drug cartels. They're one and the same: parasites. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/19/b...
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At DraftKings, AI Targets the Gamblers Likeliest to Lose (Gift Article)
Data science helps determine who receives betting incentives, but the company has resisted using similar technology to protect gamblers at risk of addiction.
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Jolly @jolly1766.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Steve Miller >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Stephen Miller #at40
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Joe Wall @joewall.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
'Let 'em In' was like a drum and fife lullaby to 10-year-old me. #AT40
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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 19/09/2026
Every now and then I see myself referred to as an "AI Denier" and I want to be clear I acknowledge "AI" exists, it's just I think it's a massive energy drain, created from theft, implemented poorly for inappropriate tasks by loathsome tech executives who get hard at the idea of the rest of us dying
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Joe Wall @joewall.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
For future reference, @nprscottsimon.bsky.social: The game was at the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG), by far the most celebrated sports venue in Australia.
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Joe Wall @joewall.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Another spot-on headline from the Sydney Morning Herald, this one courtesy of @peterfitz1.bsky.social
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Joe Wall @joewall.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Marsha Blackburn screeches about trans people and 'communists' but not a word about an epidemic of Tennessee women being murdered by men. Why does Marsha Blackburn hate women? www.wate.com/news/tenness...
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Tennessee saw highest rate of women killed by men in nearly 30 years | Report
A new report by the Violence Policy Center found Tennessee had the highest rate of women killed by men in 29 years.
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Joe Wall @joewall.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Some songs sound like they emanated from a sunrise. 'Lovely Day' is one of those songs. #AT40
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Joe Wall @joewall.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
The Leviathan rises ..... #BrothersGibb #AT40
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Joe Wall @joewall.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Now that's how you kick off a Dirty 30: relatively obscure but positively funky tune from War into a Raydio classic. #AT40
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Joe Wall @joewall.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Beneath a brutal heat dome at Seven Islands State Park.
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Joe Wall @joewall.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Early evening success. Wordle 1,915 2/6* 🟨🟩⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
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Joe Wall @joewall.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Grassley 'banging' the gavel with McConnell 'energy'.
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Joe Wall @joewall.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Wordle 1,912 2/6* 🟨🟩🟨⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
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Joe Wall @joewall.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Wearing this t-shirt on 9/11 in East Tennessee elicits the same reaction as a tee promoting an obscure German synth band from the late ‘70s. #FDNY
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Joe Wall @joewall.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
The attacks of 25 years ago created a wound in Lower Manhattan that took years to heal. Here's something I wrote on my Asbury Park Libbruhl blog after taking a ride on the reopened PATH train to WTC in March 2004. Horror lingered, but life shrugged forward.
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Joe Wall @joewall.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Empire State in the middle, Twin Towers to the south. Our forever beacons. Until today, 25 years ago. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/07/n...
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For a Photographer, the Towers Were an Ever-Present Focal Point (Gift Article)
Keith Meyers spent years photographing the waterfronts in and around New York City. The twin towers became a constant backdrop.
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Joe Wall @joewall.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Jeff Tweedy wrote this song months before 9/11. Nonetheless, it was a balm in the months afterward. My girlfriend and I attended Wilco’s show at NYC's Town Hall in late September. They played 'Jesus, Etc' to absolute silence. Because tears don't make a sound. youtu.be/M0bYcqGsxP0?...
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Jesus, Etc. (2022 Remaster)
YouTube video by Wilco - Topic
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Joe Wall @joewall.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Ain't coming off today. #FDNY
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Joe Wall @joewall.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
I almost wished it wasn’t this CCR song tonight. #AT40
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Joyce Millman @joycemillman.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
HEADS UP If you need to check your voter registration, do it at your state government’s voter registration/elections website.
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Joe Wall @joewall.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
I guess there's two distinct camps: One camp believes stolen valor in regards to 9/11 is an unretractable, impeachable outrage. The other camp is as morally bankrupt as the orange f*ckwit.
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Joe Wall @joewall.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Once again, the Sydney Morning Herald cuts to the chase.
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Joe Wall @joewall.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Christ knows we could all use a new song from The War on Drugs ... youtu.be/1fMvp6GCyZI?...
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The War On Drugs - Who's That (Official Video)
YouTube video by The War On Drugs
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Joe Wall @joewall.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
"World laughs at lifelong publicity whore who wants you to believe he waited 25 years to share the details of heroic visit to Ground Zero 'right after' 9/11 attack." Fixed it for you, NY Times.
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Joe Wall @joewall.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Why am I expected to give a fuck what 30-year-olds think about 9/11?
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Joe Wall @joewall.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
It’s just a new level of hatred for that orange c*nt.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Trump could have made the ceremony with 9/11 first responders today about the many heroes who died attempting to rescue people and others who risked their lives & long term health. But instead, he created a fictitious event featuring himself, who did nothing, as the hero of 9/11.
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