The Delta 72 Live @ Rudyard's April 11th, 2001 Houston TX FullSet YouTube video by Scream Loud

Why not? Late lineup live set. youtu.be/HCOdBb63OaA?...

How the Southern Poverty Law Center Drew the Ire of Conservatives

Why not, “How Conservatives Came to Target the Southern Poverty Center”?
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As measles outbreaks grow, the economic cost of anti-vaccine misinformation could become clearer Health economists are growing concerned about the future economic consequences of falling vaccination rates in the United States. In some regions, they are well below the level necessary to stop outbr...

A recent study on childhood vaccinations over 30 years in the US found that vaccinations for measles, pertussis, and several other diseases saved society a whopping $2.7 trillion, while saving over a million lives, preventing 32 million hospitalizations, and averting 508 million illnesses.

Every university needs a @msroth.bsky.social as president. Wesleyan's head grades Yale's shameful retreat: "That’s not a mission; it’s a defense strategy. And the retreat from public purpose will not enhance trust; it will further erode it."
Gift link:
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I hope Democrats are prepared to act decisively to legislate on election procedures because there is nothing that will ease these fears because the fears of fraud are a core political strategy of the Republican Party that goes hand in hand with efforts to steal elections that they don't win.

The Delta 72 - The Early Years (1994-1996) YouTube video by Outernational Rescue

Sad to hear indie rock frontman Gregg Foreman passed this week. They haven't made the 90's canon but his band The Delta 72 meant a lot to me as a yout. One of the best live shows I ever saw at Lounge Ax in Chicago.

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I've built a socioeconomic system that depends on everyone to do useful work and act ethically except the people at the top, who get unimaginable rewards for being antisocial frauds and criminals. And I think it will stand the test of time

When your mom is enabling your sexual harassment you should walk into the ocean

Is it good when the Secretary of the Navy quits in the middle of a sea war?

The new acting Secretary of the Navy, Hung Cao, who is replacing John Pelan, is a theocratic loony who thinks California is infested with witches. The only thing the Trump administration shows *any* aptitude for is filling its job openings with unqualified kooks.

George Washington’s Woke Vaccines What the Founders would have thought about Pete Hegseth lifting the requirement that service members get the flu vaccine.

Hegseth's repeal of universal flu vaccines is nonsense on so many levels, but his claim vaccine mandates were an "era of betrayal" irked me as a historian. Here's my response, in @thebulwark.com this morning;

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Our elections are not cable news content.

That makes 9 billion of us

Musician Gregg Foreman found dead in his California home by firefighters at 53 Philadelphia-born musician Gregg Foreman died at his Los Angeles home at the age of 53, officials said.

Ah bummer gotta spin some Delta 72 on vinyl

May I add, struggling with alcoholism is not contemptible. Trump has stated that he considers alcoholism to be a sign of weakness, which for him triggers contempt instead of compassion because he's a sociopath

I don't think he can have an employee he doesn't basically hold in contempt. If you don't give a shit about accomplishing anything and care a great deal about feeling powerful and superior it makes sense to have toadies instead of lieutenants

Whatever damage she has isn't from being trans and it sure as shit isn't repaired

Netanyahu says he’s 'saddened' by images of an IDF soldier defacing a crucifix in Lebanon.

But if he truly cared about attacks against Christians, he’d end rampant settler violence against them in the West Bank & harassment in Jerusalem.

Being sad isn't enough, DO SOMETHING!

We are just not a serious country anymore. Were we ever, or did we just fall ass-backward into world domination in 1945?

Jay Bhattacharya has ordered that a paper showing the effectiveness of COVID19 vaccines in preventing severe disease and hospitalization be suppressed and hidden.

This man has been crying nonstop about political censorship for 6 years.

But he’s the one who is actually doing it.

Behold the principled defenders of WOMEN IN SPORTS

“I was tired. It didn’t appear anything good was ever going to happen,” he said. “And then Renee Good got shot. And I don’t remember being so distinctly angry at a news story in my life. I was just so fucking angry for days. Then I turned on Alex Jones to see what he was talking about, and he had Kyle Rittenhouse on and he was saying things that weren’t true and I was like nope, that’s it. He’s just going to keep selling boner pills on the back of the worst tragedies in our country in perpetuity unless someone puts a check on this.”

May I have the strength to be as furious and as totally irrational as @bencollins.bsky.social forever

Here he is, in conversation with a colleague and friend @lindseyadler.bsky.social at @flaminghydra.com, on the topic of buying INFOWARS

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Gov. Tate Reeves Proclaims April 2026 as Confederate Heritage Month in Mississippi Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves declared April 2026 as Confederate Heritage Month with no mention of slavery, continuing a 33-year tradition.

Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves has proclaimed April 2026 as Confederate Heritage Month.

The proclamation does not mention racism or slavery—just the importance of gaining "insight from our mistakes and successes."

Historian Kevin M. Levin describes it as a sign of "a cause in retreat."

If Persian Gulf warships can’t get supplied sufficient food just see what a toilet paper shortage does for morale

They Chose Careers in the Trades and Still Wound Up With Debt As community colleges and union apprenticeships fill up, more students are turning to pricier training options for blue-collar careers.

Here's an important read for today: policymakers are encouraging students to learn trades that are costly to teach, but community colleges and apprenticeships don't have the capacity to meet demand. This sends students to the more expensive for-profit sector, where they take on debt.

Did Kash Patel ghostwrite this?

Maryland’s state House speaker can eat a bag of dicks. How you gonna get shown up like this by Virginia?

This aged like fuckin bourbon 👌

This friggin guy

The Supreme Court found that a school acknowledging the existence of LGBTQ people was such a violation of freedom of religion that they had to allow opt outs but now the 5th circuit says kids being exposed to the ten commandments isn't. The law is such a joke.