I think progressives have had a problem with "purity tests" (the need for all leaders to have tightly aligned perspectives or else stay quiet about it)
And I think the Democratic Party has had a problem with being...undemocratic - with too much power in the institution and not in the people.
A special education leader under George W. Bush says the dismantling of the Department of Education will impact students with disabilities.
(via @wbur.org)
Gov. JB Pritzker on Friday signed a law restoring Shabbona State Park, which covers about 1,500 acres in DeKalb County, to the Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation.
Dick Durbin is probably retiring, if Obama is looking for a new gig
Don’t change your subject headings. There is no library jail. Keep using the real names not these fake ones.
Obeying in advance is worse than those doing the change because when you obey with soenthing that is clearly wrong you are putting false information into official “fact” places.
Democrats "may find themselves quickly back in business if they can simply swallow their pride and follow Bernie’s lead."
this ‘jurassic park’ story 😭
Love this record! Produced by Tobacco
Massive news that KILLER OF SHEEP is entering the
@criterion.bsky.social. I still have my @milestonefilms.bsky.social edition, who deserve the ultimate credit for supporting this film's resurgence and Charles Burnett's legacy, and I can't wait to add this alongside it.
looking back, AOL had it right. 30 hours of internet per month was the right amount.
What is this shit?
Sharing is caring.
So SHARE this post. Not doing so will confirm what most of us already knew, that you’re a total sociopath.
I always feel like I’m the only person who not only notices but can’t get over the sheer craziness of how we only use the word “elitism” on behalf of a elites to attack non-elite, but it turns out @lytagold.bsky.social is right there open.substack.com/pub/lytagold...
This made me happy.
“Either democracy was on the ballot in November or it wasn’t.”
A while back I asked folks why they’re joining Bluesky and the most common response I saw was, “I just want a good place to get my news” and, yall, no. Bad.
GET YOUR NEWS FROM THE NEWS
PBS Newshour is FREE FOR EVERYONE.
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Super impressive mashup
On the podcast we kick off our year of 5-star movies with Billy Wilder’s New Year classic The Apartment. Be a mensch and give it a listen! #greatmovies www.canwestillbefriends.net/ep-124-the-a...
“But, of course, the second step of ideology is to make itself disappear.”
-MF
“The very purpose of ideology is to close off the possibility that anything could be different.”
- Mark Fisher
Foals’ Everything Not Saved Will Be Lost Part 1 spinning on vinyl. With the cover next to it.
Thursday evening spin
#foals #vinylcommunity
I repeat myself in saying @philipchristman.bsky.social’s newsletter is so good, you should subscribe: philipchristman.substack.com/p/chin-up
Two things, both true:
1) 200 is not a wholly-unprecedented number of agents and this is likely to be the kind of operation that doesn’t round up people so much as scare them.
2) it still scares them and part of the point is to scare them.
Fight the hype with facts; know the hype causes harm.
Amidst oceans of content what does releasing something loud even look like nowadays?
Brigass picture of a rolled joint
Gotta love that inner sleeve.
Cover of George Harrison’s All Things Must Pass next to the record spinning on a turntable. Small fern plant in between
The cover of Minute by Minute with a fiddle leaf fig in the background
Thursday afternoon spin. Minute by Minute - The Doobie Brothers (1978)
#vinyl #michaelmcdonald #yachtrock
THE STING (1973) is now the oldest American narrative film on Netflix — one of only 5 released before 1980 on the largest subscription streaming service in the U.S.
#Streaming #FilmSky
Nick Cave’s Wild God album being played on a turntable.
Tuesday morning spin.
#vinyl #nickcave #wildgod
