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John Linnell

@linnell.bsky.social
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Your honor, I submit that we’re not dealing with a credible witness. He has already testified that he is the eggman. Now he’s reversed himself and claims to be the walrus.

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John Linnell @linnell.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Kansas City tonight!
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John Linnell @linnell.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Rehoisal
They Might Be Giants rehearsing for the next leg of the tour. Linnell is reflected in the rear view mirror he keeps on his keyboard rig.
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John Linnell @linnell.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
Thomas J Price sculptures, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, Australia
Unselfconscious woman stands looking at her phone, mirroring the pose of the gigantic Thomas J Price sculpture standing next to her.
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John Linnell @linnell.bsky.social · 29/03/2026
No Kings, NYC
No Kings protesters in New York. One sign reads "keep on rockin in the free world...science is better than making shit up."
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John Linnell @linnell.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
Back in the day we taped a polaroid camera to a stick. Hilarity ensued.
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maura quint @mauraquint.bsky.social · 04/01/2026
My whole life, advocating war has been fed to me as “the adult position,” akin to drinking your coffee black or reading the business section of the newspaper. Let’s be very clear — war is the childish nonsense of impulsive destructive idiots playing baby-brained video games with real human lives.
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John Linnell @linnell.bsky.social · 18/01/2026
No Ice Rally, NYC
Protesters flipping the bird at Trump Tower & holding signs: "Ice = Death" "Trump must go now!"
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John Linnell @linnell.bsky.social · 27/12/2025
“the Copyright Office has maintained – correctly – that AI-generated works cannot be copyrighted, because copyright is exclusively for humans…[this] means that the only way [Getty or Disney or Universal or Hearst] can get a copyright is to pay humans to do creative work.”
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John Linnell @linnell.bsky.social · 20/10/2025
Horn guys
A formal tableau featuring Stan Harrison (saxophone) Mark Pender (trumpet) and Dan Levine (trombone).
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John Linnell @linnell.bsky.social · 18/10/2025
No Kings, St. Louis.
Protesters with American flags, "Resist" banner in front of old city hall and St. Louis arch.TMBG guitarist Dan Miller cavorts with umbrella and two inflatable costumed protesters in front of old city hall and St. Louis arch. Penguin holds sign that says "I like my ICE crushed".
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The Daily Show @thedailyshow.com · 09/10/2025
The following is REAL footage from Portland, 2025. Viewer discretion is advised.
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John Linnell @linnell.bsky.social · 07/10/2025
Brian Dewan built this desk for me more than thirty years ago. Since then I’ve taken it apart and moved it five times. It’s now in it’s sixth studio and being readied for it’s fourth decade of service.
Very capacious work table with keyboard and speakers. Affixed to it is a metal plaque that says "Manufactured by Dewan Luxury Products, Brooklyn NY"
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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @aoc.bsky.social · 01/10/2025
Most of the power authoritarians have is freely given. We should not comply with them in advance. Trump is far weaker than he looks. So is the GOP. We should draw them out, drain them at every opportunity, and fight for people’s wellbeing at every turn. We have been sent here to fight for people.
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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 21/09/2025
We are fast becoming a banana republic, with two standards of justice. If you oppose the leader, you go to jail just for speech. If you're a loyalist, you get immunity for your crimes. That's what happens in Iran - not the United States. This is a decision moment for America.
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John Linnell @linnell.bsky.social · 10/09/2025
My favorite misheard lyric courtesy Kristin Asbury
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John Linnell @linnell.bsky.social · 15/06/2025
No Kings rally, U of Wash, Seattle
A man in a large crowd waves an American Flag at a No Kings rally in Seattle
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John Linnell @linnell.bsky.social · 31/05/2025
Lean Back / Lean Forward
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John Linnell @linnell.bsky.social · 14/05/2025
Strolling around San Diego today I visited this monument depicting a sailor sexually assaulting a dental hygienist on V-J day. The name of the 25 foot high computer generated kitsch, if you weren’t already creeped out by what it depicts, is “Unconditional Surrender.”
Gigantic sculpture of a sailor grabbing and kissing a dental hygienist based on a photo taken on V-J day. The woman depicted in the photo has said that the sailor was a stranger to her and that the kiss was not consensual.
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shauna @goldengateblond.bsky.social · 05/05/2025
oh yes the same people who acted like they were being murdered when they had to put a piece of cloth over their faces definitely understand the concept of shared sacrifice
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John Linnell @linnell.bsky.social · 24/04/2025
Time to deliver a pizzaball!
Eric Andre holding a pizzaball.
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Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 22/04/2025
HHS Plans to Cut the National Suicide Hotline’s Program for LGBTQ Youth www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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HHS plans to cut the national suicide hotline’s program for LGBTQ youth
In February, the program received an average of 2,100 contacts per day.
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John Linnell @linnell.bsky.social · 19/04/2025
Minuteman Statue, Lexington MA Given the ongoing debate about how we commemorate our history I just want to add a shoutout to D. Boon and the Minutemen, punk rock soldiers who deserve their own monument. camera: Argus Matchmatic
Statue of a soldier with rifle, Lexington, MA
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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 18/04/2025
Two-thirds of NYers support city-owned grocery stores. Three-fourths support free buses. Nearly 80% support a rent-freeze. I'm running for mayor to deliver these exact policies. Our campaign is surging because unlike Andrew Cuomo, we know what working people need and deserve.
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John Linnell @linnell.bsky.social · 18/03/2025
Our birthday tribute to Mickey Dolenz, who just turned 80.
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John Linnell @linnell.bsky.social · 21/02/2025
The great Kate Beaton
panel shows aide entering oval office
text box: "and so in America"
aide to President: Mr. President! We took it too far
the Canadians heard us making fun of them, and got all fucked up on hockey
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John Linnell @linnell.bsky.social · 15/02/2025
Les Chauds Lapins last night at Barbès, Brooklyn.
Kurt Hoffman (vocals, tenor saxophone) and Meg Reichart (vocals, guitar) onstage at Barbès.
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John Linnell @linnell.bsky.social · 05/02/2025
Not to dump on Ohio, which has some fine qualities, but this gallery of Ohio born presidents doesn’t exactly make the case for great leadership.
A gallery of eight U.S. presidents from Ohio.
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John Linnell @linnell.bsky.social · 04/02/2025
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John Linnell @linnell.bsky.social · 29/01/2025
Cincinnati
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Alma Katsu (pre-order INCARNATE now! Coming Sept 22 in US) @almakatsu.bsky.social · 28/01/2025
Rare good news in the book world www.nytimes.com/2025/01/28/b...
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Indie Bookstores Will Soon Be Able to Sell E-Books (Gift Article)
Bookshop, a site that lets independent, bricks-and-mortar bookshops sell their books online, is launching an app that will allow the sales of e-books, too.
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John Linnell @linnell.bsky.social · 25/01/2025
I’m going to continue saying the Gulf of Mexico and Denali, in the same spirit as sticking with the Triboro and Queensboro bridges.
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 22/01/2025
latest column is on the dipshit curtis yarvin
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Opinion | The Dubious History of America’s Most Famous Monarchist (Gift Article)
It’s not hard to understand how Curtis Yarvin won the admiration of powerful patrons.
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John Linnell @linnell.bsky.social · 21/01/2025
For everyone who despairs that this is somehow where the story ends, take heart and remember that the struggle for the rights of marginalized and oppressed people, and the work towards a healthy and sustainable planet earth never ends. We’re still here! But maybe it’s time to ditch the Tesla.
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John Linnell @linnell.bsky.social · 02/01/2025
math fun for this year: 2025 = 45² (the only square year this century) also 2025 = (1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 5 + 6 + 7 + 8 + 9)² also 2025 = 1³ + 2³ + 3³ + 4³ + 5³ + 6³ + 7³ + 8³ + 9³
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Viktor Winetrout @viktorwinetrout.bsky.social · 30/12/2024
Your call is important to us. Here’s some fuckin’ Yanni
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John Linnell @linnell.bsky.social · 26/12/2024
1. Place Nixon Pez dispenser on turntable 2. Set phone camera to “panoramic” 3. Press shutter
Wraparound 360° image of Nixon Pez dispenser unspooled, I don't freakin' know, someone else try and describe this chaos
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John Linnell @linnell.bsky.social · 24/12/2024
This photo is only a fraction of the stag trophies on the wall at Brodick Castle on the island of Arran, Scotland UK. Someone with a stronger stomach than me performed an impressive amount of taxidermy.
Dozens of stag trophies mounted on a wall in a Scottish castle.
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John Linnell @linnell.bsky.social · 15/12/2024
TMBG at the Orpheum Theater in Boston last night. We saw some of our first rock shows here in the early '70s.
Panoramic view from the stage of the Orpheum Theater. Danny Weinkauf on bass, John Flansburgh at the mic.
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John Linnell @linnell.bsky.social · 14/12/2024
Dan Miller prepares for his big moment at the stupendous Kings Theater in Brooklyn last night.
Guitarist Dan Miller is spotlit as he practices his solo from the balcony of the insanely ornate Kings Theater in Brooklyn New York before the show.
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John Linnell @linnell.bsky.social · 13/12/2024
Mark "Loveman" Pender shatters ears with his trumpet at the 9:30 club in D.C. this past Monday. John Flansburgh and I are sheltering behind the drums.
Mark Pender plays the trumpet at the 9:30 club in D.C. as the rest of They Might Be Giants looks on.
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John Linnell @linnell.bsky.social · 07/12/2024
Nottingham, UK
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John Linnell @linnell.bsky.social · 06/12/2024
Backstage at Union Transfer in Philadelphia
Panoramic view of They Might Be Giants backstage
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John Linnell @linnell.bsky.social · 01/12/2024
Enjoyed some high quality pie and mash in Leeds last month. Afterwards I was magnetically drawn to the Victorian frenzy of domes and turrets that adorn Kirkgate Market. If I were a bat I’d be up there with a tiny top hat and a monocle.
Panoramic view of the insanely ornate fin-de-siecle Kirkgate Market in Leeds UK
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John Linnell @linnell.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
Tonight I visited the Fred Tomaselli mosaics in the 14th street subway. I'm still tripping.
Very large subway mosaic by Fred Tomaselli with giant owl's eyes surrounded by concentric circles of smaller hypnotic mosaic eyes
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