This was a fun way to find out that my local friend David Rogers is playing with another group! He's not on Bluesky for a mention, but his release as Tremolo Fields is really nice—very cool blended analog/digital grooves and moods—time for another re-listen: www.tremolofields.com
A magazine cover illustration showing a massive black and white cruise ship with a green parking meter in the foreground against a yellow sunburst.
“‘Chump Change,” a deeply researched debunking of the official bullshit touting cruise-ship tourism’s local benefits.
18 cruise seasons later, the grassroots battle against these noxious behemoths rages on more fiercely than ever."
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Plus poetry, a chance to harangue Janet Mills about poetry, and exposing the real sources of poverty in South Asia
Verso book's theory sale ends today. Last chance (for now) to get The Double Shift for 40% off.
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April South Portland scoop🎉
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for the morning crowd… the band i’ve been singing and playing guitar in for the last year or two has a song out! we are playing at apohadion next sunday 3/12 with Field Studies and @gumparker.bsky.social ! come out!
Our hard-hitting April issue is now online for our Substack supporters. Join us today & read all about it!
Comedy, Americana, acrobatics, an AI doom movie and this week's guide to museums and galleries await your click:
"A recent survey of Americans appears to confirm this, with nine of ten respondents reporting that existence, as they perceive it, 'sucks.'"
The average driving-age Mainer will pay an extra $30 a month from an increase in gas prices of $1/gallon thanks to Trump's War. That's $36 million a month statewide #mepolitics
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This also tracks with Mills’ opposition to reinstating parole: self-improvement is either impossible or a lie. This dark and destructive view of human nature pervades her politics.
Golden and Collins both openly speak of asking a sky god for help with the war. bollardhead.substack.com/p/the-bollar...
Susan Collins press release: Senator Collins Announces Senior Staff Updates Steve Abbott to Manage Reelection Campaign; Katie Brown Named Chief of Staff; Annie Clark to Return as Deputy Chief of Staff. WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Senator Susan Collins today announced updates to her senior leadership team for the remainder of the 119th Congress. Senator Collins’ longtime Chief of Staff Steve Abbott will manage her reelection campaign. Katie Brown, currently the Senator’s Legislative Director and Chief Counsel, will serve as Chief of Staff. Annie Clark, the Senator’s former Communications Director, will return to serve as Deputy Chief of Staff.
Susan Collins's taxpayer-paid chief of staff leaves his govt job to join her campaign and her former comms director who left last year for K Street rejoins her staff.
The line between govt service, campaign work and DC influence peddling ceases to exist once you enter Collins's orbit. #MEpolitics
Bollards save lives AND bring immense joy and happiness to the world.
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Bollards save lives. End of story.
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A truly magnificent sight (slightly ruined by Windsor Castle).
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If you were cool, you'd be getting our Bollard Bulletin arts & entertainment guide each morning. It's never too late to be cool.
March South Portland scoop🎉
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Our resident Elvis expert (!) Kelli Schmidt writes about Baz Luhrmann’s second feature about the King. 👑 open.substack.com/pub/themaine...
Lockheed Martin, RTX Land F-35 Contracts, US to Triple Some Defense Prodution
This is a publicly funded industry, proof that the U.S. can create jobs programs and design industrial policy when it wants to, but only substantially does so for the purpose of war and violence.
