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Nick Allison @nickallison80.bsky.social · 8m

Adam House is one of my closest friends, a fellow combat vet, and one of the sharpest voices I know on political violence and extremism. His latest essay is now live at The Chaos Section, and it deserves a wide audience. #extremism #abolitionists #Charlottesville

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Nick Allison @nickallison80.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

"Charlottesville was a coming out party for the Far Right on the coattails of Trump’s first election to POTUS, and it has now infiltrated into the mainstream of American politics to the point that Trump supporters cheer the destruction of American cities by our wartime enemies." - Adam House WATCH:

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Americans Must Embrace DeTrumpification in a Renewed Spirit of the Abolitionists

De-Trumpify or be damned to despotism - our choice now.

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Nick Allison @nickallison80.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

A muddy Sunday at this year’s #ACLFest and a look back. Neil Young in 2012, Willie Nelson in New York at 92, more Wilco shows than anyone should admit to, how my kids’ music has influenced mine, and the dawning realization that some things aren’t made for my demographic… and that I’m okay with it.

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Mud, Music, and Memories

A Meandering Look Back at 25 Years of ACL Fest

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Nick Allison @nickallison80.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

"Eleven thousand years ago, a few miles from where I’m sitting, a young woman was buried with a grinding stone and a fossilized shark tooth she likely wore around her neck. Her people lived here for generations and probably watched the morning sky the same way I do now, waiting for the first light."

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Far From the First

I’m up before the sun this morning, as I am most mornings, fresh cup of coffee in hand, heading out to the back porch and the pre-dawn solitude.

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Nick Allison @nickallison80.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

@raford3.bsky.social Thanks for another great season of calling games. Looking forward to hearing you and Sparky on the radio next season... whenever it starts. Thought you might appreciate this essay.

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Nick Allison @nickallison80.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Walked a mile home after the Astros lost, thinking about dead raccoons, aging dynasties, cosmic entropy, a lucky Dusty Baker T-shirt, and whether it's silly for a 46-year-old to still have a favorite ballplayer. Wrote some of it down. #HoustonAstros #Astros #Baseball @raford3.bsky.social

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Good Years to Be Sentimental About

On Empty Seats, Closing Windows, and Another Astros Postseason Exit

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Nick Allison @nickallison80.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Keep a clean nose/Watch the plain clothes/You don’t need a weatherman/To know which way the wind blows youtu.be/MGxjIBEZvx0?...

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Bob Dylan - Subterranean Homesick Blues (Official Video)

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Nick Allison @nickallison80.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Thanks, Rachel. You’re the best!

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Nick Allison @nickallison80.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

"You become what you give your attention to. If you yourself don't choose what thoughts and images you expose yourself to, someone else will, and their motives may not be the highest." - Epictetus

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Nick Allison @nickallison80.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

@mother-poet.bsky.social Definitely a stop sign! In Silver City, NM. With a “Record of Dissent” sticker on it. Of course, placing sticker on a public sign is classified as defacing public property a misdemeanor, so as to how said sticker ended up there, is going to have to remain a mystery!

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Nick Allison @nickallison80.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

New piece up at TCS today by my good friend, Mike Cone.

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Rachel Armes-McLaughlin @mother-poet.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

#DavidsMonthOfMusic day 8: a song for a rainy day My ex-husband and I recorded this spontaneously in our small, downtown Little Rock apartment around 15 years ago on mediocre recording equipment in one take. We were mostly a mess, but we made a great kid and great music.

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Here Comes the Rain | Symbiont

Here Comes the Rain by Symbiont, Rock music from Little Rock, AR on ReverbNation

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Nick Allison @nickallison80.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

Thank you, Rachel! I’m sure we aren’t.

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Nick Allison @nickallison80.bsky.social · 28/06/2026

“It ends this year, in this election. We have the chance to take back our state from the billionaire mega-donors and puppet politicians who stole it from us.”

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The Cause of Texas | James Talarico Accepts US Senate Nomination

YouTube video by James Talarico

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The Chaos Section Poetry Project @chaossectionpoetry.bsky.social · 21/06/2026

Rachel here! I am reviewing submissions *tonight*. In true ADHD fashion, I missed our self-imposed deadline. Nick stayed up until 3am like a good editor a few weeks ago to review, and now I look bad ;-) Looking forward to reading y'alls wonderful work. We will be in touch soon!

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Plastic Surgery Beauty: Five Stars!

ALT: Plastic Surgery Beauty: Five Stars!

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Nick Allison @nickallison80.bsky.social · 16/05/2026

Shehla, thanks for reaching out. Please feel free to email me at NickAllisonPoetry @ gmail.

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Nick Allison @nickallison80.bsky.social · 01/05/2026

In the wealthiest country in the world, people are dying because they can’t afford insulin, families are bankrupted by medical bills, & kids go to school hungry while their parents stretch minimum wage paychecks. And the guys at the top of the ladder who depend on that labor are getting even higher.

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View from the Sixth Floor: On Privilege, Disparity, and Knowing When You Have Enough

I’m currently working from the roof of the Austin Public Library, or at least I was working until I got distracted and started writing this instead. And

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Nick Allison @nickallison80.bsky.social · 30/04/2026

What happens when you put Bernie Sanders in the second reddest state in the country? youtu.be/RP8Oxe6OxJc?...

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I Took Bernie Into Deep Trump Country. Can He Win Them Over?

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Nick Allison @nickallison80.bsky.social · 28/04/2026

Day 30 The last track on an album Where Do You Go To (My Lovely) Peter Sarstedt The Lost Album youtu.be/L8XQZYIiNgo?...

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Peter Sarstedt - Where Do You Go To My Lovely (1969)

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Nick Allison @nickallison80.bsky.social · 26/04/2026

#DavidsMonthOfMusic Day 26 From the 1970s Into the Mystic Van Morrison Moondance, 1970 “Hark now, hear the sailors cry Smell the sea and feel the sky Let your soul and spirit fly Into the mystic Yeah, when that fog horn blows I will be coming home I wanna hear it I don't have to fear it”

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Into the Mystic

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Nick Allison @nickallison80.bsky.social · 23/04/2026

#DavidsMonthOfMusic Day 23In a language other than your own “Cler Achel,” written by Tinariwen’s founding member Ibrahim Ag Alhabib, reflects on the longing and homesickness felt by the Tuareg people following the severe droughts and political unrest of the 1970s and 80s

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Tinariwen - Cler Achel (Live on KEXP)

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Nick Allison @nickallison80.bsky.social · 22/04/2026

#DavidsMonthOfMusic Day 21 Another cover version God Jeff Tweedy (John Lennon) “God is a Concept by which we measure our pain.” youtu.be/bf0TK_E1l0U?...

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Jeff Tweedy performs "God" by John Lennon

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Nick Allison @nickallison80.bsky.social · 22/04/2026

#DavidsMonthOfMusic Day 21 cover song Simple Twist of Fate Jeff Tweedy (Bob Dylan) The Beatles hold the record for most covers (12,000+). “Yesterday” alone has been recorded 2200 times. But Dylan has the record for individual songs covered (369). Of all those covers, this is probably my favorite.

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Simple Twist of Fate

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Nick Allison @nickallison80.bsky.social · 21/04/2026

Thank you @barbaraleonhard.bsky.social for publishing this poem at MasticadoresUSA: masticadoresusa.wordpress.com/2026/04/20/h...

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Rachel Armes-McLaughlin @mother-poet.bsky.social · 21/04/2026

I felt... numb ... this morning. Around 845am, I finally was able to write a poem I was proud of longer than BlueSky limits and the rest of the day followed. #thankful #poetry #poem #unknown #questions #grief #pain #MovingOn #joy

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Nick Allison @nickallison80.bsky.social · 21/04/2026

#DavidsMonthOfMusic Day 21 Cover Song Tropiezo is a legendary PR punk band whose lyrics take aim at colonialism, working-class struggle, & the scam of consumerism. They flip Sharp Dressed Man (Asicalao) into a sarcastic gut-punch about the pressure to look wealthy while being exploited by the system

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Asicalao

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Nick Allison @nickallison80.bsky.social · 20/04/2026

#DavidsMonthOfMusic Day 20 A number in the title 31 In the magic hour golden gas burning towers sneak up over the tops of tall pine trees. And the sun is falling hard, still tanning my left arm, if you were sitting here right next to me, I know you’d roll down your window and take a photograph

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Nick Allison @nickallison80.bsky.social · 20/04/2026

#DavidsMonthOfMusic Day 19 favorite album Now the preacher looked so baffled when I asked him why he dressed with twenty pounds of headlines stapled to his chest. But he cursed me when I proved it to him Then I whispered, not even you can hide. You see, you’re just like me, I hope you’re satisfied

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Bob Dylan - Stuck Inside of Mobile with the Memphis Blues Again (Official Audio)

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