Elect a Republican, start a war. Every Republican president since i was a child has started a new war.
Elect a Republican, start a war. Every Republican president since i was a child has started a new war.
Regardless of how one feels about the Catholic Church or about Pope Francis, now is a time to come together to claim that JD Vance killed him
TransTrad registration is open today!
Countercurrent spring tour, let's go!
hey, that's cruel and mean. That boa did nothing to deserve such treatment.
governments should spend money, literally all their fucking money. on taking care of the people from whom they got the money. on building cool shit for the people from whom they got the money to use, like highways and public works. this is real easy
how can these people be so bad at this
once again I have to invoke the specter of Ronald Wilson Reagan, who is in Hell now. under Reagan, the term "government spending" was effectively demonized. fuck you, Reaganite ghouls! spending money, on its people and their needs, is the function of government! public works are good! say so!
New Countercurrent Album out today! Get it on bandcamp, or streaming if that's your thing!
Today's the day β economic boycott. If you can manage it, try to only buy essentials for a while, & avoid buying from big companies...
"other than that, mrs. lincoln, how are you enjoying the play?"
New song out today!
Hey NYTimes β *now* youβre lighting the beacons? NOW?!? After months of βSauron: Avatar Of Evilβ¦ Or Extreme Uniter?β thumbsucker reporting youβre screaming what weβve known since 2015? Fuck all the way off.
flattered and also feeling old :P
@haydenstern.bsky.social is one of the best artists in the biz!
My band, Countercurrent, has a brand new record up for pre-order! You can find it at www.countercurrentmusic.bandcamp.com/album/flow
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what's the demo?
This tweet cracked me the fuck up until 5 minutes later when I found out it was factual
There appear to be at least three separately operating heel factions breaking things within the government in wholly different ways right now. There's the Miller-headed immigration one, the DOGE/Elon one, and a Project 2025 OMB one. This dynamic hasn't showed up in mainstream reporting at all.
oh no! I was counting on those 52 cents
I keep getting texts and messages asking me why most Democrats have rolled over and played dead.
Iβm as baffled as everyone else.
Theyβre not going to gain anything by being quiet or becoming MAGA Lite.
All theyβre doing is making sure they share the blame when this all goes south.
you are living through the collapse of the system of government that has governed the united states for the entirety of its existence. that collapse appears to be happening literally tonight. react accordingly
flyer for TransTrad, a music festival from June 6th through 8th in Olympia, Washington.
@alexsturbaum.com and I have been dreaming up a folk music festival, welcoming to all, thatβs designed to uplift trans and gender non-conforming talent in traditional music. We have a venue, we have a lineup (TBA soon!), and now we want to spread the word! Our website is transtradfest.org
I would love to chat about the festival! Let's make it happen.
"Tight as a boiled owl" is powerful
hot take: the mariner's revenge song is wagon wheel for accordion players
I came onto Bluesky an hour ago, and the first two things I saw were posts providing useful context for understanding the imposition of martial law in South Koreaβthe exact kind of thing that Twitter used to be so useful for in a developing crisis.