aburtch

Brand builder, #bluegrass aficionado, BBQ enthusiast & award-winning baker. #AbolishICE. Never miss a Sunday show. (He / Him)

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Location: Durham, NC
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2026-06-28 23:22:12 UTC

RE: https://mstdn.social/@dalfen/116829490828727772
Read this thread.
If every single one of these corrupt grifters isn’t prosecuted, convicted, and sent to prison for lengthy sentences, than we have no hope of getting our government back.
#NoWarButClassWar
#note1m3x…g62c

2026-06-27 17:04:13 UTC

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We are stardust
We are golden
And we got to get ourselves
Back to the garden

2026-06-27 15:31:30 UTC

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I love voting in polls, but I don’t like when it notifies me of the results. Wish there was a way to opt out of the results.

2026-06-27 14:44:39 UTC

😡🤬 This does NOT represent #NorthCarolina! Administration officials purposefully put a confederate flag in the North Carolina section of the ‘America’s State Fair’ exhibit.
Governor Josh Stein immediately put out a statement denouncing it.
https://www.instagram.com/reel/DaEZlRkOkDt/
https://www.tmz.com/2026/06/26/north-carolina-gov-josh-stein-denounces-confederate-flag-at-great-american-state-fair/
#NC

2026-06-27 03:01:36 UTC

https://files.shakedown.social/media_attachments/files/116/819/839/520/655/733/original/1e4a99ba85918bc3.png

2026-06-27 00:35:25 UTC

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Centrist Democrats are always trying to preserve the status quo. The problem is at this point the status quo is literally #fascism. So you’re either fighting like hell or you’re on the wrong side. And I don’t see Democratic leadership fighting at all.

2026-06-26 20:03:23 UTC

If anyone wants to hit #Goose tonight at the Red Hat Amphitheater in Raleigh a FLOOD of cheap tickets just hit cash or trade. You should offer less on the face value ones as well, it's a buyer's market since the show is in a few hours.

2026-06-26 04:15:14 UTC

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just after our conversation I came across this!
https://www.instagram.com/reel/DaAuuCKNkjB/

2026-06-26 03:59:41 UTC

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Oh yeah. They were fans of the show and invited him to play trombone on the album.

2026-06-26 03:56:35 UTC

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That’s for sure. Oh, you were at NYU at the same time the Beastie Boys were and produced that first album and it made your career forever…

2026-06-26 03:45:37 UTC

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Haven't read it. Wanted to, but just haven't gotten to it.
Was it anything in particular or just his general attitude?

2026-06-26 03:15:55 UTC

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Probably better than those poor people who unwittingly become memes and are know for only that for the rest of their lives.

2026-06-26 03:09:23 UTC

Just lost a shitload of respect for Rick Rubin appearing in Polymarket ads.

2026-06-25 18:05:14 UTC

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https://files.shakedown.social/media_attachments/files/116/812/068/347/917/638/original/893431d40979273e.png

2026-06-25 18:00:52 UTC

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this is the kind of discourse I can get behind!

2026-06-25 17:59:35 UTC

The “scare word” is socialism.
https://hartmannreport.com/p/the-truth-about-socialism-that-republicans
https://files.shakedown.social/media_attachments/files/116/812/046/104/039/041/original/68f3305aa64beee2.png

2026-06-25 15:48:40 UTC

I don’t get the pineapple on pizza controversy. It’s a topping, on a #pizza. You either like it or don’t. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

2026-06-25 15:14:29 UTC

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#fascism

2026-06-25 14:13:11 UTC

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Bill Monroe & The Bluegrass Boys at the White House 1980. With special guest Doc Watson
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SZ2f4K8SayA
#bluegrass

2026-06-25 13:57:08 UTC

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I predict in the near future it will become impossible for Americans to retire at all.

2026-06-25 13:51:10 UTC

Bill Monroe & The Bluegrass Boys - Austin City Limits 1986
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RQVc8fMEi60

2026-06-25 13:27:31 UTC

RE: https://mastodon.art/@clipart/116810936328385764
Now this is a band I can get behind.

2026-06-25 02:13:12 UTC

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It seems we are all in agreement: MAGA is bad. Trump is an idiot destroying this country. Israel is bad. Corporate Democrats are a do-nothing party preserving the status quo.
So why do you —> @npub1p3j…r68l keep coming at me so hard any time I mention Bernie, Mamdani, or AOC, the only Democrats who are actually doing anything and making progress?
Go beat up MAGA and stop hassling me.

2026-06-25 01:12:54 UTC

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That's not enough. Everyone with eyes can see the Israeli government is committing genocide. Any support of the Israeli government is a political third rail.

2026-06-25 00:58:41 UTC

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Because the progressive wing gets kneecapped by the establishment at every step. Plus corporations feed status quo Democrats mountains of money to swing opinions.
As for the specific races you mention I don't know enough about those or those candidates to comment on them.
Harris' problem is that she was 'anointed' and chosen by party leadership and not chosen by the people through an actual primary.

2026-06-25 00:38:48 UTC

Great! Let these status quo idiots who keep losing very winnable elections with their centrist candidates and Wall Street money go. Good riddance!
https://www.mediaite.com/media/news/im-done-im-not-in-that-fcking-political-party-james-carville-freaks-out-after-progressives-win-big-in-democratic-primaries/
#Democrats

2026-06-25 00:35:32 UTC

RE: https://universeodon.com/@jaykuo/116807919735007946
OMG. This is so spot on. Relatives of mine would go on and on about the “crimes” Hunter Biden committed, or the “lawless riots” in Minneapolis, and the “mass caravans” of illegal immigrants walking through our southern border.
#note18wa…vfvh

2026-06-24 17:38:19 UTC

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You're right. I was espousing it as a principle, so I guess the only thing you could do would be to say it to her directly. But you may not want to alienate your neighbor like that.
My mom is the same way. She asks why I'm not using presents she gave me four years ago that I've forgotten I own.

2026-06-24 17:33:22 UTC

The latest installment of the “Worse of Purpose" Series covers Whole Foods. It's a microcosm of our entire economy.
https://www.worseonpurpose.com/p/whole-foods-got-worse-on-purpose

2026-06-24 17:31:35 UTC

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Once people give something away they lose all physical and emotional claims over said item.

2026-06-24 15:20:59 UTC

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booooo! 👎
I used to work in production and this move to AI photography will cost thousands and thousands of people their jobs!

2026-06-24 15:08:25 UTC

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If you're interested in this kind of thing, check out https://petapixel.com. They are covering this issue extensively. Vogue, J.Crew, H&M are all starting to use AI models to cut costs with big implications for models, photographers, stylists, crew, etc.

2026-06-24 14:38:57 UTC

RE: https://mastodon.social/@DamnInteresting/116805572641078731
If we had any #privacy laws in this country at all, they could cover this kind of thing. But since our government is essentially run by corporations, we don't.
#note10eu…y66r

2026-06-24 14:26:47 UTC

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I feel like everyone could see this coming a million miles away. And now it’s here.

2026-06-24 14:07:51 UTC

Gift link, no paywall:
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/24/opinion/israel-iran-palestinians-us.html?unlocked_article_code=1.slA.Muf0.wnMrdBQsDCOq&smid=url-share

2026-06-24 14:07:24 UTC

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Gift link: https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/24/opinion/israel-iran-palestinians-us.html?unlocked_article_code=1.slA.Muf0.wnMrdBQsDCOq&smid=url-share

2026-06-23 22:57:10 UTC

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That must be it, but that’s a stretch for anyone to think of…

2026-06-23 19:47:42 UTC

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Who the hell sees "Emperor" and thinks “Mantle” !?!?
And I agree, a lot of the time they are really a stretch.

2026-06-23 19:20:22 UTC

This is some bullshit…
https://files.shakedown.social/media_attachments/files/116/801/039/119/806/527/original/491870928678b576.png

2026-06-23 14:11:16 UTC

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In other news, water is wet and the sun rises in the east.

2026-06-23 13:45:10 UTC

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Why are brands so lazy they don't even edit anything any more!?

2026-06-23 13:43:08 UTC

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This is #1 on my all-time best TV series. Every season was original and mind-blowing.

2026-06-23 13:21:11 UTC

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I agree. It would be nice to know more how they are received. OTOH I'm not sure how you would even do that on Mastodon.

2026-06-23 13:18:55 UTC

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If I just straight up agree it's a boost because they said it best. If I have something valuable to add or a more nuanced take I'll quote post.
But I never quote post to dunk on someone. If I disagree I express that respectfully in a reply to the post.

2026-06-23 12:16:49 UTC

Ummmm… did not have “Luann” depicting a shower sex scene in the funny pages on my bingo card today. #comicstrip

2026-06-23 00:29:56 UTC

@npub1esf…j6dj Where can I find the Phish David Bowie ‘93 tour rehearsal you mentioned with SRV?

2026-06-22 22:10:51 UTC

RE: https://newsie.social/@ProgressivePower/116795074485120057
See how everyone agrees, yet no one can actually do anything to remove him? That’s how we know we aren’t living in a free society.
#note1fq8…m4dv

2026-06-22 21:08:33 UTC

Olivia Rodrigo has re-discovered Lilith Fair. Thank goodness she invited Sarah McLachlan:
https://www.spinmagazine.com/2026/06/olivia-rodrigo-festival/

2026-06-22 20:38:28 UTC

RE: https://mastodon.social/@levelbot/116795678956502241
You'd think with the #WorldCup it would be higher…
#note15sg…zfav

2026-06-22 20:37:59 UTC

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Just saw another one. Watching the World Cup it was an ad for FOX News “Democracy ‘26" #AI All those vignette shots with the people are AI.

2026-06-22 20:17:08 UTC

I'm seeing a LOT more #AI in TV commercials now. Mostly for local media outlets and local ads. Just saw one for a local Fox affiliate promoting their station and their local news. It had the team standing in locations they never could have afforded to shoot in or even close off for a shoot.
It's easy to spot because the clips are short and usually just a push in on a person smiling with a particular background that fits the spot or an impossibly expensive location to film. Also the fact that the person isn't speaking or really doing anything, and their absolutely perfect plastic-looking skin.

2026-06-22 17:26:24 UTC

This is truly mind boggling… Tulsi Gabbard was a literal plant for a cult leader and has been her entire political career:
https://statuskuo.substack.com/p/this-story-about-tulsi-gabbard-is
#politics #TulsiGabbard

2026-06-22 14:32:25 UTC

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I’m not sure, but probably not.

2026-06-22 13:19:40 UTC

My absolute favorite piece of software is Library Extension. It's the thing that brings me the most joy and is by far the most useful program I interact with on a daily basis.
It's a (free) browser extension where anytime you land on a page that is selling a book or audiobook, the extension automatically looks to see if it's available at your local library.
I cannot recommend it enough.
https://www.libraryextension.com/
#Books #Bookstodon

2026-06-17 02:43:42 UTC

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That is next level facial hair.

2026-06-13 16:40:55 UTC

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Wait, what happened? I haven’t heard about this.

2026-06-11 17:49:05 UTC

Wilco “Being There" is 30 this year. A seminal album filled what great songs. Tweedy really came into his own as a songwriter and bandleader.

2026-06-10 11:53:04 UTC

RE: https://techhub.social/@Techmeme/116724934569522830
At some point people will just stop paying. Corporations cannot just raise prices continuously.
Plus, after we all get laid off because AI replaced us, who’s going to have any money to buy anything at all?
#note1gvs…almr

2026-06-06 14:48:34 UTC

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“Hench” by Natalie Zina Walschots. Like Lower Decks in the Marvel universe. Mix in The Office and an excellent revenge story. Can’t put it down.

2026-06-06 14:44:17 UTC

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Does Citizens United count?

2026-06-06 13:45:06 UTC

Republican #election interference in #NorthCarolina
https://www.instagram.com/reel/DZPmmzptBSk/

2026-06-06 02:45:43 UTC

Hey #GenX this is the beginning of the end. We’ll never see a dime of social security. It will be completely gone by the time we can collect.
https://files.shakedown.social/media_attachments/files/116/700/868/040/062/668/original/28dca00b1e8070e8.png

2026-06-05 23:06:26 UTC

RE: https://mstdn.social/@990000/116699061381101797
This is literally #fascism.
#note1e7x…g4qn

2026-06-05 21:03:11 UTC

Dude built an awesome vertical smoker out of a filing cabinet. #BBQ
https://www.ncrabbithole.com/p/a-conversation-with-a-man-who-built-a-barbecue-smoker-out-of-a-file-cabinet-and-put-it-on-facebook-m
And if you want to hear an interview with the creator, here's the podcast: https://pca.st/2r8hmmha

2026-06-05 15:16:12 UTC

Great interview with one of my favorite musicians, Lou Hazel.
https://www.westernaf.net/westerndispatch/lou-hazel

2026-06-05 04:01:16 UTC

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Exactly! It wouldn’t even be that expensive. I’ll bet if you crowd funded it, tons of people would donate.

2026-06-05 03:43:55 UTC

RE: https://kolektiva.social/@MHowell/116695233151696804
This is not superficial, I mean this sincerely. This is the most effective kind of protest.
Project the core message onto an asset that clearly illustrates how the rich get a different kind of treatment.
Don’t let them show their faces or their assets in public without branding them as tax-evading fucks.
How cool would it be if every time Mark Zuckerberg even showed his face in public a “tax the rich” message was projected onto his face.
#note1gt8…xz29

2026-06-05 01:36:55 UTC

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I’m so glad!

2026-06-04 17:41:55 UTC

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Proof that independent investigative journalism matters.
"Consumer Reports, which has been testing products for 90 years, recently pushed Instacart to abandon algorithmic grocery pricing, after an investigation with More Perfect Union and others. The investigative non-profit ProPublica examined exploitive drug pricing in life-saving medications and Public Health Watch pushed Houston to change its permitting policies. The Guardian series The Price We Pay has investigated corporate overcharging and sparked state action.”

2026-06-04 17:12:24 UTC

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‘These experiences are not just frustrating. US households are losing $165 billion a year on the “annoyance economy” or “what we pay in time, fees and irritation to navigate our daily lives”, the Groundwork Collaborative, a think tank that focuses on concentrations of private power, estimated in February. It is having an impact on the daily quality of life, in a country already reeling from political chaos and divisions and a rising gap between the haves and have-nots.’

2026-06-04 17:05:51 UTC

Yes.
“It feels like a war on consumers,” said Sally Greenberg, the executive director of the National Consumers League, a 125-year-old consumer advocacy group. Households are being hit by “a tsunami of fees and hidden charges and tricks and traps”, she said.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-interactive/2026/jun/04/us-consumer-rage-prices-economy

2026-06-04 16:39:23 UTC

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Looks like particle collision deterioration patterns.

2026-06-04 16:37:58 UTC

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I love the new album. “Who You Gonna Run to?" and “Shaky Eyes" are my favorite.

2026-06-04 16:34:16 UTC

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That's fantastic! Glad he's getting out there touring. Go if you're able, his live band is really fun and you're almost guaranteed a killer Dead cover.

2026-06-04 16:17:12 UTC

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Raising Arizona (1987) #NameThisMovie

2026-06-04 16:14:13 UTC

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After that show, I listed to the next two from the run (4/16 & 4/17) and they are all incredible.

2026-06-04 15:46:37 UTC

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I would say “college kids" but UNC is in Orange county, so not sure. Maybe just young professionals going out on the weekends?

2026-06-04 14:37:40 UTC

Hello Wisconsin…
https://files.shakedown.social/media_attachments/files/116/692/343/634/170/358/original/2f86ffc066c1195d.png

2026-06-04 13:53:24 UTC

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https://www.instagram.com/reel/DZH69_tORam/ #Mamdani

2026-06-03 20:26:22 UTC

RE: https://mastodon.social/@QasimRashid/116688005137683517
This is why we need to reverse Citizens United and completely ban dark money in politics.
#note1q8z…nme9

2026-06-03 17:06:09 UTC

This is absolutely amazing and I wish more artists did this.
https://www.instagram.com/p/DZFd1Jmjeyl/

2026-06-03 10:03:16 UTC

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Thanks for the recommendation, just placed a library hold for it.

2026-06-03 09:45:19 UTC

At RDU for an early morning flight and there is literally a woman jogging in the airport. Full workout clothes, earbuds on and her phone in one of those armband cases. I’ve seen her jog by four times now, she’s going up and back the entire length of terminal 2. I’m struck by how odd her choice of workout location is, but what’s funnier is that running in airports is so common, no one is even noticing her.

2026-06-03 08:37:56 UTC

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And more writers need headshots like this one.
#Science #Astronomy
https://files.shakedown.social/media_attachments/files/116/685/266/769/259/760/original/4cc7922176ce64b3.png

2026-06-03 00:14:33 UTC

This is a fascinating article.
https://bigthink.com/starts-with-a-bang/gravitational-wave-astronomy-fully-mature-science/
tl;dr - the gravitational wave detectors that came online in 2016 have been incredibly successful and herald a new field of science.
#Science #Astronomy

2026-06-02 22:34:06 UTC

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Water valves for cooling the old school overheated chips.

2026-06-02 17:36:47 UTC

New "How to Rob a Bank" trailer looks great.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ORxw68y3lyw

2026-06-02 15:08:24 UTC

This is #fascism
https://www.instagram.com/reel/DZFbqMYNd_3/

2026-06-02 14:11:54 UTC

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They used to, but the political winds are blowing in the opposite direction. And since corporations aren't people, aren't capable of empathy, and only answer to profit, they've abandoned the performative measure and now stay silent in order to escape unwanted attention that may harm those profits.

2026-06-02 13:35:02 UTC

BuT wHeRe iS thE ProTeSt mUsiC oF toDaY!?
Johnny Blue Skies (Sturgill Simpson) says “Hold my beer…”
"Excited Delirium”
You got the wrong guy, got the wrong house
You knocking down the wrong door
You got a warrant to show me?
Never mind, my hands are up and I'm down on the floor
Why you dressed up like a soldier?
What the hell are you wearing a face mask for?
How the hell are you gonna protect the peace
Running 'round looking like you're going to war?
Call it excited delirium
Call it whatever you need
Somebody help, somebody do something
Somebody call my mama 'cause I can't breathe

2026-06-02 13:16:19 UTC

For years the question was 'does YouTube success translate to movie theaters?' and the answer was no. But it seems the tide may be turning. #movies
https://www.wired.com/story/amazing-digital-circus-shake-up-the-box-office/

2026-06-02 02:34:04 UTC

#Cuba isn’t a threat to the US, so why is the current administrations suddenly blustering on about regime change? Because the #oligarchs smell profit, that’s why.
https://youtube.com/shorts/ll1v8yfcwLc

2026-05-30 13:16:00 UTC

If all the #Mamdani news seems too good to be true, it’s because politicians haven’t worked for the average person for decades and we’ve gotten so use to it a politician doing their job correctly seems completely foreign.
https://files.shakedown.social/media_attachments/files/116/663/710/972/302/708/original/31b2d60cb3d0776e.png

2026-05-27 19:24:42 UTC

I've been hearing for years about the Phil & Friends Warfield run with Trey & Page back in ‘99. Finally got around to listening to 4/15 and holy smokes, Viola Lee Blues, Uncle John's Band, and Rider are all incredible!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mY0WJQsZcxk

2026-05-21 14:57:25 UTC

#Trans
https://files.shakedown.social/media_attachments/files/116/613/148/962/602/531/original/4200013473165c38.png

2026-05-21 00:05:32 UTC

“We have deluded ourselves into believing the myth that Capitalism grew out of the Protestant work ethic of hard work and sacrifice. The fact is Capitalism was built on the exploitation and suffering of black slaves and continues to thrive on exploitation of the poor - both black and white, both here and abroad.”
-Martin Luther King Jr.

2026-05-20 14:57:58 UTC

“If a man has an apartment stacked to the ceiling with newspapers, we call him crazy. If a woman has a trailer house full of cats, we call her nuts. But when people pathologically hoard so much cash that they impoverish the entire nation, we put them on the cover of Fortune magazine and pretend that they are role models.”
- Lester B. Pearson

2026-05-14 14:14:54 UTC

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Wish I could boost this a billion times…

2026-05-06 17:34:28 UTC

More rock stars should be photographed like this.
https://files.shakedown.social/media_attachments/files/116/528/831/888/744/103/original/8ae8735869eacce4.png

2026-05-05 19:12:54 UTC

https://jacobin.com/2026/05/michael-jackson-biopic-film-review
Biopics are…
https://files.shakedown.social/media_attachments/files/116/523/556/608/508/350/original/7bcfc52d4a57772c.jpeg