Well said, Mark. What else should we expect from a spineless, bootlicking opportunist, though?

This newborn of ours is keeping me up all night, every night, so decided to buy Ellroy’s LA QUARTET to reflect these dark, dark nights haha

Somehow the two best albums of 2026 for me are metalcore (Poison the Well and Pipe Bomb).

Hello?

We are no different than Putin. Whatever exceptionalism remained in this country has been obliterated.

How absolutely cool is it that #AmyMadigan won her first Oscar for a no-holds-barred, out-and-out horror film?

No plan. Just started a massive regional war, murdering school children, all on gut. Disgrace.

Sam Altman is a dumpster fire located inside a mountain of bullshit.

Can you imagine if a different country’s government bombed a school and killed 150+ students and teachers? And then the country was like, “Our bad; outdated intelligence.”

We, as a nation, continue to undervalue The White Stripes. Popular? Absolutely. But those two did every single thing their way. Perfectly imperfect. Never more important a time to acknowledge that in this era of fuckery known as AI.

The beauty of vinyl is that it requires full attention.

No track list staring at you digitally.
No progress bar.
No ads.

When I was younger I used to think it was a cool way to collect my favorite albums. Now it’s a clear path to mental freedom and a beautifully immersive experience.

So far the war on Iran has cost $9.4 billion.

That's $1 billion per day.

$41,666,667 per hour.

$11,574 per second.

Thousands of lives lost.

People don't want this. They want a living wage. They want healthcare. They want to be able to afford a home. They want their basic needs met.

“A country that can instantly fund endless wars but debates every dime for healthcare and education doesn't have a budget issue--it has a values issue."

A billion dollars a day going towards the war in Iran so far.

Great news that ~feels~ really good, but this doesn’t shift the trajectory of this country’s tailspin. No time to pause for celebration. As Henry Rollins said, “This is punk rock time. This is what Joe Strummer trained us for.”

From FT comments

Reminder that the US military budget is larger than the military spending of the next nine largest countries combined.

Over half goes to private defense contractors.

This is the military-industrial complex Eisenhower warned of — on steroids.

Good for Spain.

Fuck this war, fuck this regime. Spain not only followed us down a rabbit hole in Iraq, but they know what fascism looks like and they want no part in it.

Play to Trump’s ego and you can get him to do anything.

“Pillsbury Proud Boy” is the best nickname that ever could be ascribed to VD Vance @thedailyshow.com @desilydic.bsky.social

The “most transparent“ administration trying desperately to cover their corrupted asses.

Holy shit, this administration gets dumber, more dangerous, and more allergic to history every fucking day.

Missing Every Time I Die today. No other catalog has as many “holy fuck, that’s gnarly” moments. Full stop.

Grateful that Mark Fisher is still in print, but work is still incredibly undervalued. Four pages of Fisher can hold more truth, academic intensity, and creativity than a 500-page tome.

This Angel Du$t album is like a cup of coffee.

Steve Bannon courted Epstein in his efforts to ‘take down’ Pope Francis | CNN Steve Bannon, a longtime adviser to US President Donald Trump, discussed opposition strategies with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein against Pope Francis, with Bannon saying he hoped to “take do...

Yes, Bannon on A crusade to take down a “progressive“ Pope (quotations because I do not see there as being such a thing in the Church atm) is wild. But to tap Epstein—a predator at the highest levels—to help as late as 2019 proves Trump Allies are swimming in these files.
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This new Converge record did not come to fuck around. 10 songs, 30 minutes. The perfect antidote to American fascism.

Give Pam Bondi a break: you'd be in a bad mood too if you spent the last month redacting images of old-man genitals

About 1/3 into Rachel Kushner’s CREATION LAKE, and I gotta say, she’s outdoing herself. Weaving espionage, cryptozoology, and capital-P Philosophy into a seamless narrative is wild.

The FULL release of the Epstein files isn’t about exposing Trump. It’s about exposing everyone in those files. EVERYONE. If the system buckles because of it, so fucking be it. Even if it has artists that I admire, release it all. My naivety died back when the truth about Jesse Lacey came to light.