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Jen Sorensen @jensorensen.bsky.social · 18h

This week's comic on the pleasures of grocery shopping in 2026

Mr. Mrs. Perkins go grocery shopping 2026

Wasn’t that lettuce recalled for gut-exploding bacteria?

They said it might be OK in this state…

And look, it’s on sale!

Bags of lettuce from Grody farms 25% off

My, things have gotten expensive. Mr. P looks at Tariff Cheese priced $79 per pound

Looks like we can only afford the industrial poultry. Mrs. P looks at the Sad chicken section where

Thighs of Despair are offered at $3.99 per pound

This breakfast cereal used to be $4.50 for a large box. Now it’s $9 for this. Mr. P is holding a tiny box of Honey Chomps

This one is now priced by the flake. Mrs. P is holding a bag of cereal that costs 10¢ per wheat unit

Both look at hot dogs of dubious origin

Cheap

You’d never know the stock markets at an all-time high.

Yeah, it seems the supermarket has hit an all-time low.

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Rockette Morton @rockettemorton.bsky.social · 2h

Over the past month I’ve been listening to this one of a kind tape from @returntoroot.bsky.social A true field recording from July 2026. Side A starts slow, has some underlying rumble, doves, and then it consumes me. Side B is the Greenhouse Drip 😎 #Cassunday J. Sincock - Garden Sounds

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Return to... whatever @returntoroot.bsky.social · 13h

A 4x5 tintype from maybe 10 years ago. I was having chemistry issues so this became still life in a snow storm. Not as planned but maybe cooler. 😉

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Return to... whatever @returntoroot.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

A nice surprise in the mailbox made up for a shitty day. Thanks! @kanshiketsu.bsky.social

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Return to... whatever @returntoroot.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Crazy that I've been listening to this for 41 years and shit just keeps getting worse 🤯 youtu.be/i5EFCgF01hg?...

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Dead Kennedys - Hellnation

YouTube video by nikolapolish

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Return to... whatever @returntoroot.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

I made this track in 1998 while experimenting with ideas based around WSB's tape cut-ups and Steve Reich's phase loops. jsincock.bandcamp.com/track/burrou...

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Burroughs Experiment, by Conflagration of Souls

track by Conflagration of Souls

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Return to... whatever @returntoroot.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Yet another cassette from another lifetime. This is from 1994 and probably the first time I started using Conflagration of Souls as my band name, I was in Milwaukee at that time. I think this was recorded on 4-track and mixed down to this tape. Nothing amazing, but fun to hear where I began.

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Return to... whatever @returntoroot.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Collapsing old architecture. Leica M9 + 50mm Summicron (III)

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Return to... whatever @returntoroot.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Good gawd stop with f*ing political texts! 🤬

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Return to... whatever @returntoroot.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Maybe the best find in that box of tapes was my solo music from 1998/99. Probably recorded on my Roland VS-880 digital recorder then dubbed to tape. I jokingly called it "Conflagration of Agony Xerst" (a mix of my band names around that time) but my solo stuff was Conflagration of Souls.

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Return to... whatever @returntoroot.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Oh geez, another box of cassettes. 🤣

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The Quietus @thequietus.com · 29/09/2026

Feared and monitored by the British establishment, tailed across East Germany by the Stasi, sponsored by the condemned Greater London Council and regularly hosted by British Rail... The Strange World Of… Test Dept #ThePortal: Your Weekly Quietus Archive Dive buff.ly/Sc0W5am

Black and white photograph of Test Department performing.

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Return to... whatever @returntoroot.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Trying a dot study on one of my prints. Not sure...

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Return to... whatever @returntoroot.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Nice review and interview from Tad Kriofske Mainella for Milwaukee Magazine on my music, as well as the other artists, at the recent Brain in the Cupboard music festival www.milwaukeemag.com/milwaukee-mu...

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Return to... whatever @returntoroot.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

A photo encaustic of one of my still life photos. These used to sell pretty well when I was doing art fairs, yet I still have a box of them leftover. Lots of framed and matted prints too. Probably the hardest part of doing fairs was figuring out how much inventory to have.

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Return to... whatever @returntoroot.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

When I had a large studio in this old building that held everything from artists to machine shops, this window across the hall was where I tested lenses, cameras, and film. Lots of photos out that window.

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Return to... whatever @returntoroot.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Ran across this mix tape I made in 1993

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Return to... whatever @returntoroot.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Saw a camera store ad on Instagram that was AI generated, selling used film cameras. Wow, funny they can't see the irony in this. I guess no one needs cameras now so they should close their doors.

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Return to... whatever @returntoroot.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

And this is why the cats can't come in my studio

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Return to... whatever @returntoroot.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Let's start the day with a cat on a mushroom. 🍄

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Return to... whatever @returntoroot.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Did you ever have one of those days when you are out and about and you look at the people on the streets and start to think you're in a Dan Clowes comic? Yeah, the Milwaukee area was weird today!

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KANSHIKETSU! @kanshiketsu.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

it's a good thing i don't depend on these things for income. but then, i don't care.... kanshiketsu.substack.com/p/making-the...

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MAKING THE WORLD SAFE FOR APATHY

part 2: whereas it’s just my opinion and doesn’t count for much....

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Return to... whatever @returntoroot.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

A piece from ten years ago that I never framed or showed.

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Return to... whatever @returntoroot.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Remember the "old days" when you'd search for something and the search results contained websites you had heard of and were made by actual humans?

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Return to... whatever @returntoroot.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

I just added my dark ambient piece from last night's show to my Bandcamp page. Currently free or pay what you want. Link in bio. Thanks again to those who showed up, and to the other performers and the great staff at the Jazz Gallery! 🙏

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Return to... whatever @returntoroot.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Short clip of me playing at the Brain in the Cupboard Festival last night.

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Return to... whatever @returntoroot.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

I couldn't pass this up for a side table, and Alice seems to approve.

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Return to... whatever @returntoroot.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Picked up some wacky 99 cent records at the antique store today. Some aren't bad! 🤣

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The Quietus @thequietus.com · 16/09/2026

Sacred Bones is continuing its series of Alan Vega archival releases with the unveiling of a new live album, Live At Max’s Kansas City You can listen to lead track ‘JUKEBOX BABY' here: @sacredbones.bsky.social buff.ly/RrWWft7

Alan Vega - Live At Max's Kansas City album cover. Vega with his eyes shut, close to a microphone stand.

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Return to... whatever @returntoroot.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Crop from a 35mm film shot. Probably my old Leica IIIf, I forget which lens.

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Return to... whatever @returntoroot.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Repeatedly following, unfollowing, and following me doesn't get me to follow back. 🙄

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Return to... whatever @returntoroot.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Just a reminder that I will be playing live at The Brain in the Cupboard Festival on September 19, 2026 at the Jazz Gallery Center for the Arts in Riverwest Milwaukee, 926 E. Center Street, Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Doors open at 6pm, show starts at 6:30pm. Admission is $15.

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Return to... whatever @returntoroot.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

A new mixed media piece with a photo I took a while ago.

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Punk Rock History @punkrockhistory.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Very sad news 💔 🖤 Cheetah Chrome, founding guitarist with legendary Cleveland punks the Dead Boys, has died at the age of 71. The news was confirmed by the band in a social media post. #RipCheetahChrome #cheetahchrome #DeadBoys

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Return to... whatever @returntoroot.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

It was nice to get out in the woods and away from it all for a couple days. Now back to the horror of the modern world! (Yes I know there is beauty mixed in as well.)

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Return to... whatever @returntoroot.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Another mixed media piece with a print from a tintype I made in Colorado years ago.

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