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Every Veterans Day I think about how much my old man hated being in the Army. He didn't like being told what to do. ;)
EBC, Jr.
2LT, Medical Corps
U.S. Army — Korea
Vanguards "In Omnia Paratus"
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Trump’s guru was Norman Vincent Peale. Faced with a potential Chinese spy scandal involving Nvidia and a rattled stock market, Trump sounds like he’s channeling some Peale-style magical thinking: “I just hope there isn’t a problem.”
How about some actual thinking, Donald?
LOOSE HIPS SINK CHIPS theringer.com/2026/11/10/tec…
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Regardless of recent signs of hope 🌊,
Texans must keep up the fight for academic freedom.
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What the hell, let's make it free: get on in here for my interviewer with the greatest living practitioner of the English language, poet-novelist-urban hieroglyph archaeologist-filmmaker-dowser for the unjustly forgotten IAIN SINCLAIR
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So pleased by M. John Harrison's win. Really an amazing person. theguardian.com/books/2026/n…
Since posting this, I've been thinking back and realize I'd left out a few: XTC (opening for The Police), Led Zeppelin, and Pink Floyd in '77, Bowie on the '78 Isolar II Tour, ELO's *Out of the Blue* tour, complete with the spaceship onstage, Queen in 1980. All in Houston, Texas
Introduce yourself by listing 10 bands you have seen live.
1. AC/DC (w/ Bon Scott)
2. Black Sabbath (w/ Ozzy, Van Halen opening)
3. Big Boys
4. Butthole Surfers
5. Minor Threat / Fugazi
6. Bad Brains
7. Kraftwerk
8. Flipper
9. New Order
10. Sex Pistols (*Filthy Lucre*, 1996)
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DEATH/CORNER #303
"Botched Sphinx Experiments" (feat. Iain Sinclair)
The greatest living writer of English meets me inside Videodrome to talk about Jeremy Prynne, William Blake, Epsteinium, and whether John Dillinger's cock is really in the Smithsonian.
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PUNK ROCK, TEXAS POLITICS, AND FORTY-FIVE YEARS OF COLORING OUTSIDE THE LINES — WITH A LITTLE HELP FROM THE BIG BOYS
In 1981, I’d just begun hanging around the Austin punk scene, and the Big Boys were a big part of what made that time so formative. It wasn’t just music. They were showing us that you didn’t need permission... thisisnowshow.substack.com/p…
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Listening to this for the first time in ages and it still pops ;)
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"I understand the federalist argument for protecting the interests of individual states. But I think the presidency should reflect the will of the people, not the geographic distribution of their votes."
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Sad fucking news. Salon was born in a time when the internet felt like a frontier, full of possibility that didn't fit neatly anywhere else. That spirit is pretty much extinct, strangled by crypto whiz kids and private equity asset-catchers determined to strip-mine everything.
Today, after 31 years, we are saddened to announce that Salon is ceasing publication. It has been an extraordinary privilege. salon.com/2026/11/05/goodbye…
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"I understand the federalist argument for protecting the interests of individual states. But I think the presidency should reflect the will of the people, not the geographic distribution of their votes."
agentmule.substack.com/p/con…
Trace Crutchfield retweeted
French trade unions are joining forces on Thursday for nationwide strikes and demonstrations for higher wages and in support of the high school protest movement, piling new pressure on President Macron's government.
Scored this fantastic Johnny Ryan poster at the @wethefifth election livestream last night. Fueled by tequila and a Texas electorate waking up to slay the MAGA zombies who've infested the state.
What a night. 🤘
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