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Kudos to @q101chicago.bsky.social for highlighting important black musicians for Black History Month in the current anti-DEI environment. And I particularly appreciate them saying "research and learn more."

submitted 8 days ago • 1 comment

What's the #firstbook in your #library by the Dewey Decimal System? Here's the one from the #Evanston Public Library.

submitted 21 days ago • 0 comments

Today's (and every day's) word of the day: autogolpe

submitted 21 days ago • 0 comments

Seen in the recycling today...is that a promise or a threat?

submitted 29 days ago • 0 comments

In the recycling today...is that a promise or a threat?

submitted 29 days ago • 0 comments

It's been 20+ years since we lost everything in the Cedar Fire, but I still get PTSDish when SoCal burns. Stay safe everyone, and EVACUATE.

submitted 51 days ago • 1 comment

TW: Suicide I have in my favorite #music three songs about suicide by someone who later died by suicide. So it's a #TopThree: Loud Family-Slit My Wrists Justin Townes Earle-Harlem River Blues Frightened Rabbit-Swim Until You Can't See Land Others?Saying "any Elliot Smith song" doesn't count.

submitted 51 days ago • 3 comments

Sitting down to compose a hopeful message for 2025 is a tough ask given the year we’ve just had. Even glib sentiments are hard to come by. The defeat of pro-democracy forces in the US presidential election still weighs like a heavy anchor on my attempts to move on. 1/11

submitted 58 days ago • 46 comments

@musicbrainz.org asking you because Spotify doesn't have a Bluesky account... I found an album on Spotify that is credited to an incorrect artist, how can that be fixed? I searched for the release on MusicBrainz but couldn't find it ...

submitted 58 days ago • 1 comment

The stock market <> the economy

submitted 59 days ago • 0 comments

POV: My kids know me pretty well. ✅ #StarWars ✅ Booze ✅ #Vinyl ✅ #ChicagoCubs Merry Xmas to all who celebrate!

submitted 65 days ago • 0 comments

Wait, Neal Stephenson released a new book and none of you told me? What is the point of being instantly connected to the entire world if it takes two months for me to find this out? #booksky

submitted 70 days ago • 0 comments

So do y'all block all of the "followers" you get that are (I assume) bots and/or pig butchering scams or whatever? Or is that pointless? #bluesky #pigbutchering

submitted 72 days ago • 1 comment

So the Kyle Tucker "maybe the Cubs front office isn't full of incompetent" vibe lasted...four days. I take back anything nice I ever said or thought about Jed Hoyer.

submitted 73 days ago • 0 comments

New song by Drop Nineteens in advance of an album in February #musicsky #shoegaze #newmusic

submitted 74 days ago • 0 comments

The secret of power is organization - Wobbly slogan

submitted 74 days ago • 0 comments

I think everything you need to know about the evolution of the tech industry is that Microsoft Windows still includes Minesweeper, but now you have to watch ads before you play it.

submitted 75 days ago • 15 comments

Annual reminder: Die Hard is about using impossibly limited resources to defend a tower from foreign invaders. Die Hard is a Hanukkah movie.

submitted 76 days ago • 415 comments

If the #Astros are seriously considering trading Kyle Tucker to the #Cubs for Isaac Paredes and Cam Smith, they may need to take a look at how they evaluate players. After the trade happens, of course...

submitted 77 days ago • 1 comment

#LetterboxdFriday #LastFourWatched #FilmSky

submitted 77 days ago • 0 comments

Alas, it was not to be this year. Working retail got me - the Rosemary Clooney version #LittleDrummerBoyChallenge

submitted 78 days ago • 0 comments

I really dislike all ten finalists. They're either too busy (4129, 2246) or they have too many not-straight lines (4220). 3679 looks too much like Indiana's flag, 896 just adds a few lines to the current (terrible) flag. #vexillology #stateflags #illinois #newflag (Watch ad before reading)

submitted 79 days ago • 3 comments

Somehow have managed to survive the #LittleDrummerBoyChallenge so far, despite working retail on Black Friday!

submitted 83 days ago • 0 comments

#NowPlaying #MusicSky 🎧 I like to imagine this song came about when someone said "OK Ray, you say you can write a catchy song about anything? Write one about this photo album" and he DID.

submitted 84 days ago • 0 comments

Working retail on #BlackFriday be like

submitted 91 days ago • 0 comments

Brockton mayor vetos City Council’s ban on tents, loitering in public places. www.boston.com/news/local-n...

submitted 94 days ago • 1 comment

Result of an eight-hour shift. I feel like I have a decent chance of hitting 30k on Black Friday when I'm working ten hours. Wanna get in shape? Get a job moving stuff around at a retail establishment.

submitted 93 days ago • 0 comments

🎧 Awesome

submitted 94 days ago • 1 comment