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Awesome | Bearded | Coffee Drinker. Joined Bluesky July 2023 | MDiv, Interfaith minister, & theater techie. Comics, pop-culture, 80s tunes. More at https://linktr.ee/brainwise. (he/him) | See also @yourmythiclife.bsky.social
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Free download of ADVENTURES IN THE UNIVERSE by Paul Winter on Bandcamp: paulwinter.bandcamp.com/album/advent... Recorded at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine on June 22nd, 2024.

"This is the story of a little ship, that took a little trip ... right to my tummy." –Worf #StarTrek #StarWars #Worf

"On No Kings Day, why now is a good time to relearn the lessons of Superman" By Tony Thornley on ComicsXF: comicsxf.com/2025/06/14/s...

On this Friday the 13th, the Friday #80s Flashback celebrates two records that turned 40 this week: BLACK CODES (FROM THE UNDERGROUND) by Wynton Marsalis and FABLES OF THE RECONSTRUCTION by R.E.M.! #music #jazz #collegeRock bookendedbycats.blogspot.com/2025/06/frid...

"A report on the largest survey ever of trans Americans’ health ... reaffirmed what many academics, health care providers and trans people already know: gender-affirming care saves and improves lives, but transphobia often dissuades people from pursuing or continuing it when they need it most."

Recent posts from Dan Rather. Both of which are worth your time.

WIRED magazine has some notes regarding "How to Protest Safely in the Age of Surveillance." wired.com/story/how-to...

Endling by Qasim Naqvi – "In a prequel to his orchestral work about a post-human Earth, the Dawn of Midi drummer and synthesist imagines the last survivor’s final journey—and offers a flicker of hope." (Grayson Haver Currin for Pitchfork)

Fill an administration with reality TV and faux noise personalities, and this is what you get: "The Trump Administration Is Turning ICE Raids and Protests Into Reality TV" www.wired.com/story/realit...

Women’s March partners at Nonviolent Peaceforce have created a comprehensive PROTEST SAFETY GUIDE to help you show up smart, safe, and grounded in community care. You can find it at LinkTree: linktr.ee/protestsafet... Image: Screenshot of the guide posted at LinkTree.

I'm digging this Tiny Desk Concert featuring the jazz supergroup, ARTEMIS. www.wrti.org/latest-jazz-...

Steve Hofstetter on Insta www.instagram.com/p/DKpVZhKNOiC/

THE PLANET by Alexander Verbeek: "When Your Silence Becomes Complicity in Trump's America: What 1943 Berlin teaches us about fighting back today" theplanet.substack.com/p/when-your-... Image: Photo of The Peace Museum at the Bridge of Remagen (taken by the author in April 2025).

Don't forget our latest #80s Flashback post...

Every extra hour that ICE spends facing off with activists is an hour they can't spend kidnapping other people. Every extra minute ICE has to spend contingency planning around activists and neighbors, every extra officer ICE has to put on a kidnap squad, is a drain on their efficiency.

The CNN broadcast of George Clooney's "Good Night, and Good Luck" on Broadway was incredible. A glimpse into history that is all too relevant today.

CAN I GET 70 MILLION REPOSTS ON THIS? Send this message across America! Let's go for it!

Looks like Q loves Star Trek comics and action figures! (From Star Trek #500; Chris Fenoglio renders judge Q and his collection in Lower Decks style!) #StarTrek #comics

Hey, @dcoffical.bsky.social! Metamaniacs like me want #Metamorpho to continue beyond issue #6! Give us more of Rex Mason and crew, especially if the creative team is still Al Ewing, @stevelieberart.bsky.social, and Lee Loughridge!

This week on the Friday #80s Flashback, The Style Council's second full length LP, OUR FAVORITE SHOP (released in the states as INTERNATIONALISTS), is 40-years-old! Check out this superb example of sophisti-pop. #music bookendedbycats.blogspot.com/2025/06/frid...

Yes, yes. Very entertaining. It's just the richest man in the world and the sitting US President publicly squabbling (mainly via social media) because they don't agree on how badly the US government should screw over average Americans.

More tech for Montgomery Theater's production of THE HOW AND THE WHY. #TheaterLackey #theater #theatre #SoundDesign #tech #rehearsal #ControlBoothView

AMERICA IS A SCAM: In the Pluralistic for 28 May 2025, Cory Doctorow expounds on how the current president is a scammer serving a constituency of scammers. pluralistic.net/2025/05/28/c...

"Trump threatens to eviscerate NASA: The Presidential budget proposal is a death sentence for the space agency" Philip Plait's Bad Astronomy Newsletter (BAN) for June 02, 2025 badastronomy.beehiiv.com/p/trump-thre... Image: Upside-down NASA logo for SOS: Save Our Science (Credit: NASA/Phil Plait)

You can Pride if you want to. You can leave those 'phobes behind. Because friends will do Pride. But if they don't Pride. Then they're no friends of mine.

What was 47's Kakistocracy up to that he had to deflect attention by pulling the robot clone claim?!? Asking for myself.

Teching it up at Montgomery Theater. THE HOW AND THE WHY opens later this week! #TheaterLackey #theater #theatre #SoundDesign #tech #rehearsal #ControlBoothView