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FALAFⒺL SⒶNDWHICH @nathanobrien.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

"It sounds like a dying seagull" Poor ol' dad had to admit, this is actually very accurate

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FALAFⒺL SⒶNDWHICH @nathanobrien.bsky.social · 25/05/2026

Looking for someone handy with graphic design to turn this flag upside down and send it back to me

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FALAFⒺL SⒶNDWHICH @nathanobrien.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

Thanks so much! Very much appreciate it. Yeah, I'm not going fancy whatsoever. I'll just be using these...

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FALAFⒺL SⒶNDWHICH @nathanobrien.bsky.social · 02/05/2026

Good morning. Let's all take a moment to appreciate this outstanding album artwork by Mervin Palmer for Mutabaruka's 1984 LP Outcry...

A cellular phone photograph of dub poet/roots reggae musician Mutabaruka's 1984 LP Outcry. The album art is a painting by Mervin Palmer. "Outcry" is written in icy graffiti-ish font, above a stencil of Africa that overlays a photograph of Mutabaruka's face. The foreground depicts broken flagpoles with Amerikkan, USSR, and unidentified Union Jack flags engulfed in flames. The top half is red, eventually giving way to drips, presumably blood, about midway down. I cannot confirm that 1980s Minneapolis hardcore band Outcry named themselves after this record, but I'd really like to believe so. Let's just go ahead and say it is. We live in a post-truth society; it doesn't matter anyway. Boom, and that's how facts are created!

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FALAFⒺL SⒶNDWHICH @nathanobrien.bsky.social · 06/04/2026

Sad news for those of you using my Kanopy login (and also for me), that shits ending...

A cellular phone screenshot of a block of text taken from the Hennepin County Public Library website, notifying users that effective May 11, 2026, they will discontinue their subscription to Kanopy streaming services due to the cost of said subscription being no longer sustainable. The text is black, overlaid against a grayish blue background.

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FALAFⒺL SⒶNDWHICH @nathanobrien.bsky.social · 24/03/2026

Somebody must reeeeally want to be president

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FALAFⒺL SⒶNDWHICH @nathanobrien.bsky.social · 14/03/2026

This just in: I'm officially an anarchist...

A cellular phone photograph of a used copy of the 1978 sci-fi novel favored by anarchists, False Dawn, by Chelsea Quinn Yarbro; the 1979 mass market paperback poser version with rendering of feminine presenting person wielding a mysterious weapon and/or tool rather than well known hardcover version that features a leather clad wolf person on a motorcycle. A price sticker placed in the upper half indicates it was at one time only 95 cents. I purchased it for roughly 10 dollars, shipping included, from an eBay seller. They were asking double that, but accepted my lowball offer because capitalism baby!

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FALAFⒺL SⒶNDWHICH @nathanobrien.bsky.social · 27/11/2025

If you see this, QTP with a character that permanently altered your brain chemistry

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FALAFⒺL SⒶNDWHICH @nathanobrien.bsky.social · 22/11/2025

My garbage container (alley, backside of the property) has faded Hüsker Dü graffiti, which is the most Minneapolis thing ever...

A photograph of the lid of a Minneapolis garbage container showing faded blue graffiti that says "Hüsker Dü", which was a punk band from neighboring St.Paul comprised of drummer Grant Hart, bassist Greg Norton, and guitarist Bob Mould, a Macalester College student.

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FALAFⒺL SⒶNDWHICH @nathanobrien.bsky.social · 24/09/2025

If you see this quote post a concert picture you took blah blah blah

Retirement live at Black Lodge, Seattle, WA, 04/19/2025. The singer stands left of center, legs wide, screaming into mic, intense look on face. The bass player stands right of center, wearing a Throbbing Gristle - Beyond Jazz Funk bootleg T-shirt. Everything is awash in red lighting

Retirement live at Black Lodge, Seattle, WA, 04/19/2025. The singer screams from stage, awash in red light. A audience member stands below, fist pumping, back to the camera, awash in green lightning. Like punk rock Christmas in April

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FALAFⒺL SⒶNDWHICH @nathanobrien.bsky.social · 10/07/2025

Kinda trying not to be a 'recommends music to people unsolicited guy' (omg cringe amirite) anymore (beyond doing zine stuff), but this album and the back story is pretty radical...

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FALAFⒺL SⒶNDWHICH @nathanobrien.bsky.social · 05/06/2025

Good afternoon. Let's take a moment to appreciate the great new look of Minneapolis Labor Review...

The 118-year anniversary issue (May 2025) of Minneapolis Labor Review, featuring a new title flag. The front page image is a photograph of a pile of Minneapolis Labor Reviews from throughout their publication history, which show a wide range of title flags

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FALAFⒺL SⒶNDWHICH @nathanobrien.bsky.social · 05/06/2025

Good morning. Let's all take a moment to appreciate this incredible album artwork by Neville Garrick for Steel Pulse's Earth Crisis...

Album art by Neville Garrick for Steel Pulse's 1984 LP, Earth Crisis, from which the heavy metal comedy act took their name. Mixed media collage consisting of photographs, painting, illustration, ephemeral clippings, etc., depict riot police, famine, the pope, Soviet Union, Ronald Reagan, KKK, war, etc.

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FALAFⒺL SⒶNDWHICH @nathanobrien.bsky.social · 02/05/2025

The average American has three friends ...

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FALAFⒺL SⒶNDWHICH @nathanobrien.bsky.social · 18/03/2025

Oh, before I forget, I do have a new newsletter available, which you can get for $2 PPD. Venmo, CashApp, whatevs. Or, if you'd like one but rather not pay, that's OK too; just say so...