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Bryan Waterman

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Lit, hist, art, music. Toggling btwn the 1790s and the 1970s, I write abt seduction, friendship, arts scenes/circles, NYC. 33 1/3 on Marquee Moon. Professing English at NYU since 2001. Missing me here search the WFMU comments board.

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"They don't know what they're up against."

What they're up against:

06.03.2026 02:38 πŸ‘ 247 πŸ” 63 πŸ’¬ 6 πŸ“Œ 4
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a man in a yellow suit is carrying a black box ALT: a man in a yellow suit is carrying a black box

When Noem is finally fired and they gotta clean those planes

05.03.2026 14:46 πŸ‘ 334 πŸ” 26 πŸ’¬ 12 πŸ“Œ 4
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What does this imply for those of us who are not Christian, and who labor under the assumption that we're protected by the First Amendment?

05.03.2026 20:33 πŸ‘ 5574 πŸ” 1288 πŸ’¬ 444 πŸ“Œ 325

🎢

05.03.2026 01:01 πŸ‘ 71 πŸ” 12 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

I love this. Rapid social media turnaround, costs nothing, easily spreads online for attention.

05.03.2026 19:37 πŸ‘ 313 πŸ” 55 πŸ’¬ 11 πŸ“Œ 1
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Kristi Noem is out at DHS. Here's a TV commercial of her on a horse, filmed five months ago at Mount Rushmore, for an ad campaign that cost more than $200 million

05.03.2026 19:22 πŸ‘ 207 πŸ” 66 πŸ’¬ 25 πŸ“Œ 9
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a cartoon of a man holding a cowboy hat in front of a building that says ' scantily clad ' Alt: Yosemite Sam exits stage right and falls down a mine shaft.

Wishing him the best

05.03.2026 19:33 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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two cartoon characters from the looney tunes show Alt: Yosemite Sam dances while Bugs keeps time

Markwayne Mullin showing up for his first day like

05.03.2026 19:32 πŸ‘ 12 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

If you're at the airport and Kristi Noem is doing the ominous little message from the TSA screens, you no longer have to do anything she says. Leave your laptop in the case, whatever.

05.03.2026 19:22 πŸ‘ 28823 πŸ” 3951 πŸ’¬ 360 πŸ“Œ 160

"Special Envoy for The Shield of the Americas" is the closest we'll ever get to that scene in The Naked Gun reboot where Liam Neeson looks around the room and comes up with the fake name "Cherry Roosevelt Fat Bozo Chowing Spaghetti"

05.03.2026 19:12 πŸ‘ 482 πŸ” 66 πŸ’¬ 6 πŸ“Œ 1

Congratulations DHS Secretary Stephen miller on continuing to be DHS Secretary

05.03.2026 19:03 πŸ‘ 3538 πŸ” 474 πŸ’¬ 27 πŸ“Œ 13

She already shot the dog though.

05.03.2026 19:10 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

in what world am i supposed to be able to process this

18.11.2023 00:27 πŸ‘ 430 πŸ” 86 πŸ’¬ 20 πŸ“Œ 2

Yes, but for a special season now and then it's awesome to see new gen players face off against people they watched on their own seasons. It gets pretty meta. I like it.

05.03.2026 19:04 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

BWAH HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA.

Firing Cruella De Vil and hiring Mr. Misspoke "Smell of War" McGoo.

And I'm dying here: "Special Envoy for The Shield of the Americas." These guys are a clown car version of Legion of Super-Villains.

05.03.2026 19:02 πŸ‘ 9 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 0

Why we pledge: What other radio station would have a comments board where someone could chat me up about Charles Brockden Brown? @wfmu.bsky.social

05.03.2026 12:10 πŸ‘ 10 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

They killed 180 children and their teachers in a double-tap strike on a school. The girls were 7 to 12 years old.

05.03.2026 04:33 πŸ‘ 4360 πŸ” 1798 πŸ’¬ 100 πŸ“Œ 30

Wow Survivor 50 is like watching Jeopardy! Masters.

05.03.2026 02:27 πŸ‘ 13 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 0
Brooklyn, NY: Director, Recording & Archive,Β StoryCorps

Brooklyn, NY: Director, Recording & Archive,Β StoryCorps

04.03.2026 23:47 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1

Too bad every night before bed I ask God to un-forgive all the men He forgave that day.

05.03.2026 02:11 πŸ‘ 8 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Still of Trump saying (as the closed caption indicates): β€œwhen crazy people have nuclear weapons, bad things happen.”

Still of Trump saying (as the closed caption indicates): β€œwhen crazy people have nuclear weapons, bad things happen.”

Mad King says what?

04.03.2026 21:30 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

When I got my B&S tix the second night was going to twice the price so I decided to stick with Tigermilk. I was happy with the decision when those Feelies tix went on sale today.

04.03.2026 21:18 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

A great benefit line-up last night: PGE, Toro y Moi, Kate Pierson, Elvis Costello (subbing for Debbie Harry, out sick), Maya Hawke and her new husband, Laurie Anderson in her percussive suit coat duetting with James Austin Johnson on Allen Ginsberg's "Ballad of the Skeletons." What's not to like?

04.03.2026 21:17 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

When he got to the grand finale and uttered the phrase "the last trump," people around us gasped out loud.

04.03.2026 21:11 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

plz contribute to my gofundme to get me out to these shows

04.03.2026 18:49 πŸ‘ 34 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 1
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"The Feelies give off energy. They practically shed it." Grab a front row seat to a ferocious Crazy Rhythms-era gig ... doomandgloomfromthetomb.tumblr.com/post/8090822...

20.02.2026 15:41 πŸ‘ 34 πŸ” 6 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Splitting the difference: Tigermilk on Friday and Crazy Rhythms on Saturday!

04.03.2026 21:03 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
Mayor Mamdani sits with Los Deliveristas Unidos for iftar.

Mayor Mamdani sits with Los Deliveristas Unidos for iftar.

Men pray side by side.

Men pray side by side.

Mayor Mamdani bows his head with Los Deliveristas Unidos. In the background are posters that read β€œProtect Deliveristas stop unfair deactivations” and β€œwe are worth a living wage. Fair pay now.”

Mayor Mamdani bows his head with Los Deliveristas Unidos. In the background are posters that read β€œProtect Deliveristas stop unfair deactivations” and β€œwe are worth a living wage. Fair pay now.”

During Ramadan, delivery workers spend their days traversing the city β€” often fasting, often alone β€” pulling over to catch the sunset with a date and water.

Work that is so often solitary deserves moments of solidarity.

Thank you, Los Deliveristas Unidos, for hosting a beautiful iftar tonight.

03.03.2026 04:30 πŸ‘ 1229 πŸ” 89 πŸ’¬ 7 πŸ“Œ 3

To be clear, I don't expect to be rescued by the government.

This ain't that, bruh.

But it's absolute garbage to tell US citizens to evacuate AFTER they've initiated a war of choice in the region and there are no outbound flights.

03.03.2026 17:27 πŸ‘ 46 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 1