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Caryn Rose @carynrose.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

this is cool! it's a web ring! it's a blogroll! it's random internet!!

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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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Mike Baehr (he/him) @mikebaehr.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

From Philadelphia, Mesh!

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K @krecs.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

This Saturday: Slippers, Alan Sparhawk, Lois, Good Flying Birds, Mount Eerie, Morgan & the Organ Donors, The Moving Pictures, Moore Bros., and then some - - - Northern Sky Festival! www.northernskyfestival.org

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Jen Matson (DJ nstop) @nstop.com · 24/08/2026

Dona Casque, from Paris. Very cool set of rhythmic post-punk with synth bubbles and syncopation, performed with panache.

The two members of Dona Casque, playing drums, bass and synth onstage at Le Voyeur in Olympia on August 23, 2026

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Jen Matson (DJ nstop) @nstop.com · 22/08/2026

Been digitizing things from my cassette stack of c. 1988-91 local radio shows. This was a cool find.

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Jen Matson (DJ nstop) @nstop.com · 20/08/2026

Live Cycles Per Second show is on RIGHT NOW thru (Seattle) radio or the interwebs, w/new indie music from London to Los Angeles, Beijing to Berlin + a batch of new/archival releases from Australia and New Zealand. Tune in to the livestream at: khuh.fm or dial it to 104.9 FM on yr stereo in the 98109

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Jen Matson (DJ nstop) @nstop.com · 17/08/2026

Gotta love an airport whiskey tasting right before the gate. No, I will not be buying the €159/bottle Irish whiskey, but I sure did enjoy it!

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Jen Matson (DJ nstop) @nstop.com · 14/08/2026

Extremely robust 33 1/3 section at this Waterstones in Glasgow

Colorful spines of books from the 33 1/3 series, taking up three full shelves at Waterstones in Glasgow

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Jen Matson (DJ nstop) @nstop.com · 14/08/2026

Night 2 of The Bats, with a slightly different set of songs. (Sub “Tragedy” for Boogey Man” in the set list, + “North By North” to close.) Bonus: Lindy Morrison of The Go-Betweens sitting on the steps by me for their whole set. We chatted after, and she’ll be back in the UK next July… to perform!

The Bats performing live at The Lexington in London on August 13, 2026

Set list lying in stage, listing songs planned for The Bats’ performance live at The Lexington in London on August 13, 2026

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Jen Matson (DJ nstop) @nstop.com · 13/08/2026

Not recommended: riding the bus in a heat wave

Close-up of a thermometer/hygrometer, showing humidity of 43% and temperature of 93.8F

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Jen Matson (DJ nstop) @nstop.com · 13/08/2026

First of three times I get to see The Bats this week. Can you tell I’m trying to make up for it having been over 13 years since the last? 😂

Robert Scott of the Bats, singing and playing guitar live onstage at The Lexington in London on August 12, 2026

Drummer Malcolm Grant of the Bats, playing onstage at The Lexington in London on August 12, 2026

Guitarist Kay Woodward and bassist Paul Kean of The Bats, performing onstage at The Lexington in London on August 12, 2026

All four members of The Bats, performing live onstage at The Lexington in London on August 12, 2026

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Jen Matson (DJ nstop) @nstop.com · 12/08/2026

Taking a picture of people taking (or preparing to take) pictures of the eclipse here in London.

Crowd of people standing on a city sidewalk, some looking up and some holding up their phones as if taking a picture

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Jen Matson (DJ nstop) @nstop.com · 09/08/2026

Good shit in the New Arrivals bin at my neighborhood record store

Three-row wooden bin filled with vinyl albums, with a sign above that reads: “New Arrivals”. Visible in front are two LPs: The Clean - “Compilation” and Sneaky Feelings - “Hard Love Stories”

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Jen Matson (DJ nstop) @nstop.com · 08/08/2026

Coffee before a haircut. My hair rn:

A potted fern with multiple long and tangled fronds overflowing onto the wooden counter on which it sits; in the foreground, a small cup of coffee

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Helen McCookerybook (aka Helen McCallum, aka Helen Reddington) @mccookerybook.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

Can't get to Rebellion? Watch our documentary instead! Wit and wisdom from Gina Birch, Lucy O'brien, Liz Naylor, Viv Albertine, June Miles-Kingston, Jane Woodgate, Jane Dowsett Lesley Woods, Liz Naylor, Trash, Karen Gymslip, The Dollymixture and more! www.youtube.com/watch?v=zki9...

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Jen Matson (DJ nstop) @nstop.com · 04/08/2026

I can find enough new music to fill an hour or radio every week, but coming up with a mix tape full of fresh musical discoveries for a fellow lady DJ similarly clued-in to the latest and sharing many of the same favorite bands/labels? WAY HARDER

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Jen Matson (DJ nstop) @nstop.com · 03/08/2026

This was a very fun gig. And I won’t mind if you check out this video premiere instead of listening to my live radio show this Wednesday evening. 😉

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Jen Matson (DJ nstop) @nstop.com · 03/08/2026

Got my copy in the mail today of Where the Wild Gigs Were: Vol 2 @hozacrecordsbooks.bsky.social book.. with a piece in it by yours truly! Big thanks to @timdaggerboy.bsky.social and Eric Eggleson. I wrote about early 90s times at long-gone NYC rock club The Spiral. hozacrecords.com/product/wtwg...

Cover of the book “Where the Wild Gigs Were: Volume 2” by Tim Hinely, Eric Eggleson & Friends, published by Hozac Books

Close-up of a page from “Where the Wild Gigs Were: Volume 2” featuring a piece on The Spiral Lounge by Jen Matson

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Jen Matson (DJ nstop) @nstop.com · 02/08/2026

Found out more about The Vera Project’s plans for a new Georgetown venue at their neighborhood Garden Party this afternoon. Can’t wait!

Architect’s rendering of the exterior of the new Vera Project Georgetown venue

Architect’s rendering of the floor plan of the new Vera Project Georgetown venue

A table on which sits tiered platters of cookies and pastries, along with a white poster sheet plastered with colorful sticky notes of different band names. Heading: “Who do you want to perform in Georgetown?”

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Jen Matson (DJ nstop) @nstop.com · 01/08/2026

RIP Jeff Conolly of Lyres, who could tear it up onstage til the end. (Here w/Mission of Burma at the tail end of a raucous cover of “No Fun” at his cancer benefit in March.)

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Jen Matson (DJ nstop) @nstop.com · 22/07/2026

Probably the most, uh, off-brand thing I’ve ever done, but I was 12 and they had this activity at my summer camp and I was pretty good at it: Receiving the NRA’s Junior Marksman Certification (for .22 caliber target shooting)

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Neutrals @neutrals.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

Only a few days until our first UK tour. We booked this entirely DIY through the goodwill of the punk/indiepop community. Please try to buy tickets in advance - it will help reassure the kind folk that are putting on the gigs that they haven't made a terrible mistake. Tickets: linktr.ee/neutrals82

a poster for a UK tour by San Francisco jangle punk band neutrals, with dates starting in southampton on july 24th and ending on august 1st in glasgow

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Jen Matson (DJ nstop) @nstop.com · 17/07/2026

Smash Your Nose on the Trunk Lock Lost Sebadoh album title or thing I just did while bringing the groceries in from the car?

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Jen Matson (DJ nstop) @nstop.com · 16/07/2026

As much as I enjoy learning about new bands from Bandcamp’s editorial staff, the gaps in many of these younger writers’ musical education really shows when trying to frame current trends in relation to what’s come before, esp some of the 90s micro-scenes.

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Jen Matson (DJ nstop) @nstop.com · 11/07/2026

Just a normal Friday afternoon here in Georgetown

Screenshot of an alert from the Citizen app, headlined: “Man in Hospital Gown Driving White Audi A4 Hitting Parked Vehicles”

Text below with additional description: “Police have received a report of a man in a hospital gown and IV tubes driving a white Audi A4 and hitting parked vehicles.”

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Jen Matson (DJ nstop) @nstop.com · 09/07/2026

Gently cradling yr records as I prepare to play them on my show, with Danish, British, German and American indie pop, early 90s shoegaze from Perth, and other new discoveries. Onir NOW: 104.9 FM in Seattle or hollowearthradio.org online

Vintage illustration of a woman in a red dress, sitting in a side chair gently holding a vinyl record.

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Jen Matson (DJ nstop) @nstop.com · 04/07/2026

From the Bicentennial-Fever-Was-Real Dept: the Bicentennial TV! Spotted at my local Goodwill 20 years ago, as captured by my crappy flip phone camera. Do I still regret not buying this? YES

Side view of a small, vintage television set with a faux wood grain top and, on the side, an illustration of a minuteman and “Declaration of Independence” in script with signers’ signatures below

Front view of a small, vintage television set with faux wood grain top

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Jen Matson (DJ nstop) @nstop.com · 01/07/2026

Last two weeks' worth of radio shows now up online. As international as the World Cup? Perhaps not, but I'm trying! New indie tracks from 🇫🇷🇩🇪🇦🇺🇳🇱🇪🇸🇧🇪🇨🇦🇨🇷🇮🇪🇬🇧🇧🇷 and multiple cities across 🇺🇸—37 bands, 2 hours of music & talk. www.mixcloud.com/nstop/

Cover image for the June 24, 2026 edition of Cycles Per Second: a collage featuring two vintage electric guitars at opposing angles, one tinted red-orange and the other tinted golden yellow, set against a pale blue background with textured blue and peach-colored triangular shapes

Playlist for the June 24, 2026 edition of Cycles Per Second:

Guiding Light - Shackled By Lust
piso franco - Va!
Tactics - Watch My Hands
Article 58 - Reflections
The Klittens - Have A Heart
wearemarvin - Take Me To Hollywood
The Tubs - Who's Gonna Love You Now?
Deadbeat Beat - Dying On That Hill
Fabienne Delsol - She Is Gone
Fleur - Jour D'été
Kiwi jr - Pure Michigan
Perennial - What's New On The Beat Scene
ROBERTA LIPS - Coup de Bluff
Cœur À L'Index - Mes Héros
canaries - horsepower
Seko - Auto Saucer
Dylan Thomas. - Desapariciones
Mad Iris - Daisy Don't Take My Baby
Billy Gardner & Friends - The World

Cover image for the June 17, 2026 edition of Cycles Per Second: a bright orange-tinted, slightly blurred outline of a woman in a dress, from shoulders to mid-skirt, pulling a vinyl LP out of its cover, set against a pale yellow background

Playlist for the June 17, 2026 edition of Cycles Per Second:

Mesh - Violent Peasant
Back Pocket - Panic Vacuum
Bronwyn Bradshaw - Le coeur qui tremble
The Fizzbombs - It's Not As Simple As That (BBC session)
Slippers - Til You Know
Honeybunch - Newton Told Me (live)
Crying Loser - Eat the Evidence
Go Public - G.O.L.F.
Rare Spam - To've Been Green
SÖT - Espurna
Liquid Cross - So Shut Down
Radical Friendship Theory - Considering
Doug Gillard - New Vista
Brian Bilston and The Catenary Wires - Under A Cat
Fall Breaks - Trainwrecks & Tambourines
Answering Machines - New Song
Pretty In Pink - Flowers
Kratzen - Tanz das Kraut

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Jen Matson (DJ nstop) @nstop.com · 28/06/2026

The indie pop tour of the summer rolled thru Seattle last night, on the big stage of the Crocodile, starting with the good-natured snark and catchy pop of Swansea Sound and the eminently charming and tuneful Umbrellas, the latter of whom shared a number of (super!) new songs.

Photo of the five members of Swansea Sound, performing live at the Crocodile in Seattle on June 27, 2026

Photo of the four members of the Umbrellas, performing live at the Crocodile in Seattle on June 27, 2026

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Mike Baehr (he/him) @mikebaehr.bsky.social · 27/06/2026

Longtime local faves Versing!

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Jen Matson (DJ nstop) @nstop.com · 25/06/2026

Keepin' cool on the airwaves of @khuh.bsky.social with hot new (and newly-released) tunes from California and Costa Rica, Scotland and Sydney, the Netherlands and New England.. the latest punk, jangle and weirdo indie rock-n-roll. Tune in! www.hollowearthradio.org or 104.9 FM in Seattle

hollowearthradio.org

Hollow Earth Radio

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Jen Matson (DJ nstop) @nstop.com · 20/06/2026

Many years ago, I was fortunate enough to stay at Mona’s guest house in southern Lebanon, learning about her work with the turtles and visiting their beach. So horrific and senseless…

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Jen Matson (DJ nstop) @nstop.com · 14/06/2026

A skronk-tastic evening of Irish no-wave in Dublin with Cork’s Crying Loser and locals Onion Boys.

Crying Loser’s bassist and saxophonist, performing onstage at BelloBar in Dublin on June 13, 2026

The members of Crying Loser, partially obscured by a large crowd of people watching them perform onstage at BelloBar in Dublin on June 13, 2026

Guitarist and saxophonist of Onion Boys, performing onstage at BelloBar in Dublin on June 13, 2026

All five members of Onion Boys, performing onstage at BelloBar in Dublin on June 13, 2026

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Jen Matson (DJ nstop) @nstop.com · 09/06/2026

DromFest ‘26 lineup is live: Barbara Manning, Scrawl (again, yay!) and… a Consonant reunion?! Sold. app.promotix.com/events/detai...

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PromoTix

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Jen Matson (DJ nstop) @nstop.com · 09/06/2026

Listening to an advance copy of what’s already tracking as an album of the year contender. Hell yeah!

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Jen Matson (DJ nstop) @nstop.com · 05/06/2026

Last nite's Cycles Per Second is up! W/new tunes by @real-numbers.bsky.social on @slumberlandrecords.com + @jetstreampony.bsky.social on @skepwax.bsky.social 's new PETS SOUNDS comp + more from cool labels incl @meritoriorec.bsky.social @elefantrecords1.bsky.social www.mixcloud.com/nstop/cycles...

Cover image for the June 3, 2026 edition of Cycles Per Second showing a tinted photo of an old-style reel-to-reel machine in pale yellow with two black-and-white microphones positioned on either side, against two dark stereo speakers, a mint green wall and bright pink table.

Playlist for the June 6, 2026 edition of Cycles Per Second:

Change Life - Smile
Sleep Tight Tiger - Skate
Bramwell - Standing On Stones
Richard Barone - I've Got A Secret
Real Numbers - Never Never Again
Auditing - Vacant
Fir Cone Children - Madhu
Creepy Future - Giant Ships
The TSG - Alright
Secret Address - Salt The Earth
Jetstream Pony - Grimalkin Tom
Starcleaner Reunion - Weather Instrument
The Fulmars - Space Terns
phaedra Love - drunk drive
DUM1 - Plastic Clovers
David West - Keen In The Dawn
LIGHTNING IN A TWILIGHT HOUR - Every Flame a Sunset (Single Version)

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Jen Matson (DJ nstop) @nstop.com · 03/06/2026

Soup Activists and Class tag-teaming and double-timing it at the bar area of the Black Lodge tonight.

The four members of Soup Activists, fronted by singer/songwriter Martin Meyer, playing at The Black Lodge in Seattle on June 2, 2026

The same four people, playing as Class (Soup Activists’ drummer on bass and Martin on drums), playing at The Black Lodge in Seattle on June 2, 2026

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Úna-Minh's ✨ Open to Work ✨ @unaminh.bsky.social · 31/05/2026

IMPORTANT: For any artists/writers/etc etc, using Linktree to point people to their work, from 5 July, they'll be feeding all imagery you use on your landing page into DALL-E by OpenAI. I deleted my account this morning.

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Jen Matson (DJ nstop) @nstop.com · 30/05/2026

Wisconsin friends: A Room of One’s Own in Madison now has a couple of copies of the latest Check the Record. That zine rack! (Thx to @mikebaehr.bsky.social for pix + placement)

Four shelves of zines and other small print publications in an overstuffed wooden bookcase at A Room of One’s Own bookstore

Front door and facade of A Room of One’s Own bookstore in Madison, WI

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Jen Matson (DJ nstop) @nstop.com · 30/05/2026

Somebody found the empty box stacked on a pile of stuff on the dining room table…

The ears and very top of an orange tabby cat’s head poke above a Chewy-branded cardboard box stacked on a light blue box top, in front of a wall of books.

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Jen Matson (DJ nstop) @nstop.com · 28/05/2026

Finally catching up on uploads for my @khuh.bsky.social radio show. Posted a month's worth over the past couple of days 😅 with last night's to follow shortly. Dig in! www.mixcloud.com/nstop/

Collage of cover images from the April 29th and May 6th, 13th and 20th 2026 episodes of Cycles Per Second, featuring four square panels, from top-left to bottom-right:

1. A photo collage w/a pink-tinted phono-stereo system on which sits a black LP, floating in front of two purple speakers against a blue background

2. A black-and-white portable radio superimposed over two large horizontal yellow and blue stripes, with a strip of red vertical lines riding across and up to the right over the radio

3. An orange-tinted photo collage showing one bright orange stereo receiver over a larger, tilted, pale orange version, set over concentric circles

4. Two purple and pink keyboard illustrations, one inverted, each anchored at the lower-left and upper-right corners; behind is a textured blue background with darker blue stripes running horizontally

April 29
Makthaverskan - Poppy
Cronies - MSG cocktail
Petal Panic - Copycat
Texas Two - Judas goat
Mo Dotti - sour (demo)
Línea Vienesa - Cangrejos En La Cocina
Pieuvre - Blueberry Cake
screensaver - Division
Chimers - Red Chair
Ambulanz - Joy
Station Model Violence - Immolation
LES ALISON - Disarm
pyncher - One Day
Sweet Harm - Golden Groove
Chorus Truly - Your Name
White Fence - Your Eyes
Martin Frawley - Breaking You (Let It Be)

May 6
The Hobknobs - Easier Listening
Space Bucket - Troisième Film
Media Puzzle - New Pet
Silicone Prairie - Way Out
Vemberlain - Candle Wick Without the Wax
betty brite - house in another state
Outer World - La Dimora
MEMORIALS - Dropped Down The Well
Moderate Rebels - Fool Spectrum Dominance
STOMP TALK MODSTONE - Low_Blue
Weird Nightmare - Forever Elsewhere
Mopar Stars - Feast for the Smile
Real Farmer - Sob Story
PC Dagg - Perfect Little Freak
Rudimentary Peni - The Gardener
MESH - Undertow (demo 26)
Leaf Mosaic - Bullet Train

May 13
Body Type - Mulberry
Big Fat Head - Kicking My Own Ass
Spectrum Is Green - Fields Of Grey
long odds - faorah
Artificial Go - Triple Ones
Les Feüilles Mörtes - La Herida
Providers - Impermanencia
The Broom - DIY P.I.
CHERRY CHEEKS - Cruel Bore
Radon Abatement - ET Writes a Hit
Cult Figures - Legacy Hand
Desario - Cinnamon Sunset
Lavender Blush - Cool Thing
Rob & Ellen - Cupcake Store
Inland Years - That's How It Goes
Neil Brogan - Joys of Spring
Disassociation - The Map Ain't the Territory

May 20
Sweeping Promises - Shooting Shadows
ODDFELLOWS - The Burden
SOY BOY - No Past, No Future
Smirk - Dog Years
Cable TV - Static
Kiwi jr - Blowin' Up
Das Phaedrus - Bound
Scories - Percée
Joni Île - si je le croise
Supreme Joy - Into the Mirror
THEEE RETAIL SIMPS - Quality at your feet
Big League - Why Don't Birds Suddenly Appear?
The Spatulas - Close Call
Propeller - Dig Yourself Up
Stephen Cogle w/Peter Stapleton - Walking Slow
Prophetic Justice Ministry - Psyop
Mossy Place - Both Gates
Vic Godard - Penny Drops

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Rob Hatch-Miller @robhatchmiller.bsky.social · 24/05/2026

OG Sebadoh co-founder/co-frontman Eric Gaffney a real rock and roll character announced on Facebook he has been given what sounds like a very gnarly and horrifying colon cancer diagnosis. I see Lou Barlow just donated. gofund.me/8313f502e

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Donate to Support Eric’s Battle with Colon Cancer, organized by Eric Gaffney

'Eric's Cancer Fund' If things in this dying world are already bad enough... I… Eric Gaffney needs your support for Support Eric’s Battle with Colon Cancer

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Jen Matson (DJ nstop) @nstop.com · 23/05/2026

Thrift Score Friday: a very long 1960s Danish modern (Trioh Møbler) coffee table for $10 and change. (cats for scale)

Two orange tabby cats inspecting a long, Danish modern coffee table

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Jen Matson (DJ nstop) @nstop.com · 21/05/2026

I gotta use the Ned rules, too: The Go-Betweens The Chills The Clean The Fall Alex Chilton Tom Verlaine Gang of Four (orig lineup) The Jazz Butcher The Sonics (orig lineup) Elliot Smith

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Jen Matson (DJ nstop) @nstop.com · 19/05/2026

Given Google's announcements today, I figure it's a good time to share this guide by cyberlyra.bsky.social. I'm still working on disentangling myself, but I can personally vouch for Fastmail (email, calendar) and Kagi (search). www.optoutproject.net/the-cyber-cl...

optoutproject.net

The Cyber-Cleanse: Take Back Your Digital Footprint

New Year, New Digital You! New Years are an opportunity for committing to resolutions, starting new habits, discarding what no…

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