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β˜…πŸŽ›οΈπŸ₯ΦŽ drummer/percussionist β€’ noisemaker β€’ producer β€’ designer β€’ father/husbandπŸ—Ώβ†™οΈβ†™οΈβ†™οΈβœŠπŸΌmusic minor dropout πŸˆβ€β¬›πŸͺ˜πŸͺ‡πŸ¦Ύ @nyu.edu Tisch / @nyuspsce.bsky.social alum πŸ‡¦πŸ‡²πŸ‡§πŸ‡·πŸ‡±πŸ‡§ https://linktr.ee/vpsounds
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Masked ICE agents spotted swapping out license plates this morning in Bell Gardens, CA

Really insulting that they didn't even have the common courtesy to lie us into this war. They just worked off the old lies

On this date in 2000, Deftones - 'White Pony' was released. πŸ“ˆ #6 for 2000, #180 overall rateyourmusic.com/release/albu...

25 years ago today, Sunny Day Real Estate released final album β€œThe Rising Tide.” Disappear. Read our classic Q&A with Jeremy Enigk: magnetmagazine.com/2006/11/17/q...

Iran expert, Professor Marandi, confronts Sky News presenter as she tries to PR spin things in favour of Trump and Israel. We can guess they won't be inviting him back?

The IDF has repeatedly been documented entering the hospitals it attacks to destroy individual pieces of medical equipment. Israel, unlike Iran, is deliberately targeting healthcare facilities to make Gaza unlivable.

It's Juneteenth, America's second Independence day, catching up to those excluded from the first. In the words of Langston Hughes: "O, let America be America againβ€” The land that never has been yetβ€” And yet must beβ€”the land where every man is free." www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/147907...

I tried hard to have a brother but instead I had a fad

Bible Scholar Dan McClellan corrects the mistaken ideological narrative, used by so many Christians, for unconditional support of the modern state of Israel.

This War Will Destabilize The Entire Mideast Region And Set Off A Global Shockwave Of Anti-Americanism vs. No It Won’t

Can afford to defend Israel from wars they started Can't afford to pay Disabled People a pittance.

NYT Editorial board effectively endorses Andrew Cuomo today in the most weaselly possible way. β€œDon’t rank Mamdani, and it will probably be either him or Cuomo, sooo…”

Vance Boelter was an anti-transgender Christian Nationalist who delivered anti-queer sermons in the DRC, in case anyone was confused as to his political slant.

β€œThe very dumbest people at my high school became cops” - 100% of all people who went to high school in Los Angeles

We want healthy local food in public schools. Here’s why we have killed all the farm-to-cafeteria programs and bankrupted local farmers. by RFK Jr and Linda McMahon

this reality keeps driving me mad. there ARE christians facing a persecution like the times of Diocletian but they are Latin Americans and Gazans and therefore do not matter to the spirit of antichrist that drives white american christ fans.

With absolutely braindead takes…

From @markames.bsky.social at the other place…

Iconic Pride Lights at Cathedral of St. John the Divine, NYC πŸŒˆπŸ’’πŸ’«

30 years ago today, Fugazi released β€œRed Medicine” (@dischord.com). It’s good for you. Read our Fugazi Over/Under: magnetmagazine.com/2009/09/15/t...

30 years ago today, BjΓΆrk released β€œPost.” Army of her. Read our review of BjΓΆrk’s essential 2017 album: magnetmagazine.com/2018/03/04/e...

Robert E. Lee and his men killed over 110,000 US Army soldiers. Here's why that same Army must rename its military bases after him. by Donald Trump and Pete Hegseth

We will be spending $134 million to deploy Marines following a five-block street protest in downtown LA. We'll offset the cost by forbidding military libraries from buying books by Black authors. by Pete Hegseth

Last night at Cathedral of St. John the Divine, NYC for Dr. Dan McClellan’s book (π˜›π˜©π˜¦ π˜‰π˜ͺ𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘚𝘒𝘺𝘴 𝘚𝘰: 𝘞𝘩𝘒𝘡 𝘞𝘦 𝘎𝘦𝘡 π˜™π˜ͺ𝘨𝘩𝘡 (𝘒𝘯π˜₯ 𝘞𝘳𝘰𝘯𝘨) 𝘈𝘣𝘰𝘢𝘡 𝘚𝘀𝘳π˜ͺπ˜±π˜΅π˜Άπ˜³π˜¦β€™π˜΄ π˜”π˜°π˜΄π˜΅ 𝘊𝘰𝘯𝘡𝘳𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘴π˜ͺ𝘒𝘭 𝘐𝘴𝘴𝘢𝘦𝘴) launch. @maklelan.bsky.social

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Now you understand the pain in Dan bonginos eyes

Somewhere out there a flat earther is looking at the news, stirring horse paste into his raw milk, and crying

The Florida Bar has filed misconduct charges against Attorney General Pam Bondi. She has been in violation of multiple ethics rules since being sworn in.

Elon threatening to just leave people on the ISS is making a pretty good case for why you nationalize your space program!

Stealing valor from the cat turd army (putting my truck in reverse but not hitting a beloved pet)

lmfao

I haven’t been to a beachside bar in ages and I somehow forgot that every single one either has some millennial bro playing acoustic Sublime, RHCP, Jason Mraz, and Howie Day covers or a boomer dude playing terrible versions of classic rock songs.

Cape May

40 years ago today, Rites Of Spring released its self-titled debut (and only) album (@dischord.com). All there is.

Let whoever posted this run the party.

Thom Yorke is just straight up stupid.

[opens bsky] [takes a quick look at what people are talking about] [closes bsky]

Boo-Fuckity-Hoo πŸ€£πŸ˜‚πŸ€£ www.rawstory.com/dan-bongino-...

Bernie Kerik just died. Everyone:

I never thought of his drumming as that overly stiff. I mean it works with the angularity and straightforwardness of Interpol’s music. I always thought of it as bringing old school rock sensibilities (obviously not as swingy as classic rock) to an indie rock/post-punk outfit.

Al Foster RIP. A drummer who knew the tradition before going on to curate innovative idiosyncrasies in every detail of that tradition. He sounded magnificent at all times; the Joe Henderson/Foster trios in the '80s offered the greatest "straight-ahead" jazz since the music's heyday in the '60s.

RIP Al Foster. Groove for days. πŸ₯

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