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Last Notes npub1tc350ey5vpntnz6nwruc7f4nh5qarwft7navtpy4ug8q4nddgevqnlpyxz Dave Nathanson #MusicWomenWednesday I am actually pretty angry that I did not know about the band Fanny as a kid. This guitarist shreds. Early 70s rock at its best. (NB: Fanny does not have an obscene connotation in the USA, where they are from.) Fanny - Young and Dumb https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N4l6FU74pUY npub1tc350ey5vpntnz6nwruc7f4nh5qarwft7navtpy4ug8q4nddgevqnlpyxz Dave Nathanson On this date in 1782, Pennsylvania militiamen perpetrated the Gnaddenthutten massacre against indigenous Lenape and Munsee people in what was then called Ohio Country. It did not matter that these people had converted to Christianity. It did not matter that they were pacifists. They killed 96 defenseless people in cold blood as they prayed and sang hymns. CW: the linked article contains horrible details of what happened. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gnadenhutten_massacre #OTD npub1tc350ey5vpntnz6nwruc7f4nh5qarwft7navtpy4ug8q4nddgevqnlpyxz Dave Nathanson The NBA Players Association has issued a statement following the shooting deaths of Alex Pretti and Renee Good by federal agents in Minneapolis. #NBA https://www.si.com/nba/nba-players-association-releases-statement-after-fatal-shootings-in-minneapolis https://cdn.hosted.spacebear.ee/sb-0c534200fd1ed1e9736751b247241226/media_attachments/files/115/958/660/514/469/251/original/8ee2b6ce357565c1.jpeg npub1tc350ey5vpntnz6nwruc7f4nh5qarwft7navtpy4ug8q4nddgevqnlpyxz Dave Nathanson Law enforcement cannot enter a private home without a judicial warrant based on probable cause. There are exceptions such as hot pursuit of a person for committing a felony and whose crime poses an actual danger to public safety. This ain't it. The whistleblower memo attached to the ICE memo analyzes ICE’s assertions well. ICE is engaging in a fail-the-bar-exam level of ignorance. Law and reality are always distinct. First keep yourself safe. Worry about suing people later. /2 npub1tc350ey5vpntnz6nwruc7f4nh5qarwft7navtpy4ug8q4nddgevqnlpyxz Dave Nathanson It’s #STFUfriday! When cops ask you questions, ask for a lawyer and then STFU: - I am not discussing how I’m doing or where I’m going. - Am I free to leave? - I am not answering any questions. - If they ask to search anything: "I do not consent to a search." - I want to talk to a lawyer. Below is a link to the leaked ICE memo claiming to give agents authority to enter homes without a warrant signed by a REAL judge. I read it. It's garbage. But here we are. 🧵 https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/26499371-dhs-ice-memo-1-21-26/ https://cdn.hosted.spacebear.ee/sb-0c534200fd1ed1e9736751b247241226/media_attachments/files/115/946/986/881/626/359/original/7baa86674e998130.mp4 npub1tc350ey5vpntnz6nwruc7f4nh5qarwft7navtpy4ug8q4nddgevqnlpyxz Dave Nathanson #TuneTuesday #ImplodeOrExplode Ted Leo & The Pharmacists - Bomb. Repeat. Bomb. (mod punk, never more relevant than now) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pl4myGZAXY4 Naked Raygun – Bombshelter (punk) https://nakedraygun.bandcamp.com/track/bombshelter-2 The Clash - Spanish Bombs (you know) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=17hbj5l4rIA Attitude Adjustment – Bombs (thrash punk) https://foadrecords.bandcamp.com/track/bombs Converge – Letterbomb (extreme/hardcore) https://convergecult.bandcamp.com/track/letterbomb npub1tc350ey5vpntnz6nwruc7f4nh5qarwft7navtpy4ug8q4nddgevqnlpyxz Dave Nathanson #TuneTuesday #ImplodeOrExplode Great theme because there's so much to choose from. 1/3 Big Freedia – Explode (bounce) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pa5IV_3fVfk RATM - Calm Like A Bomb (you know) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HKm6GkXOHCc Afu Ra – Dynamite (hip hop) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vHUZU80tv_A Void – Explode (punk) https://voidofficial.bandcamp.com/track/explode-2 The Roots – Boom (you know) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SYwJLaFB8xM npub1tc350ey5vpntnz6nwruc7f4nh5qarwft7navtpy4ug8q4nddgevqnlpyxz Dave Nathanson @nprofile…dyu0 Tolkien head yet 14/24. npub1tc350ey5vpntnz6nwruc7f4nh5qarwft7navtpy4ug8q4nddgevqnlpyxz Dave Nathanson I have to say #Zorin has been really solid. Would recommend. #Linux npub1tc350ey5vpntnz6nwruc7f4nh5qarwft7navtpy4ug8q4nddgevqnlpyxz Dave Nathanson I am undergoing massive dog withdrawal. This is a big thank you to the folks who post #DogsOfMastodon content. You all are keeping me afloat. npub1tc350ey5vpntnz6nwruc7f4nh5qarwft7navtpy4ug8q4nddgevqnlpyxz Dave Nathanson It's stupid (but not) but seeing that big, doofy, sweet old dog in the back of Renee Good's car just put me over the edge. I was already teetering. I have to step away for a while now. npub1tc350ey5vpntnz6nwruc7f4nh5qarwft7navtpy4ug8q4nddgevqnlpyxz Dave Nathanson It’s #STFUfriday! When cops ask you questions, ask for a lawyer and then STFU: - I am not discussing how I’m doing or where I’m going. - Am I free to leave? - I am not answering any questions. - If they ask to search anything: "I do not consent to a search." - I want to talk to a lawyer. Cops only have to provide these warnings if you are in custody, i.e., not free to leave. Asking puts them on the spot. Not free to leave? Then I want a lawyer. At that point the questioning has to stop.🧵 https://cdn.hosted.spacebear.ee/sb-0c534200fd1ed1e9736751b247241226/media_attachments/files/115/827/773/225/150/999/original/ab06b99a27d4c851.mp4 npub1tc350ey5vpntnz6nwruc7f4nh5qarwft7navtpy4ug8q4nddgevqnlpyxz Dave Nathanson I don't normally post IG, but I want people to know about this. My former client Antwan Carter is releasing "Diary of a Prisoner." It's his 4th book and his best. He sent me portions of the book from prison and I typed them up, so I saw initial drafts. It is raw and powerful. We got Antwan free in 2023 and he has flourished. Finishing community college and recently accepted to a prestigious 4 year! Consider ordering to support a young Black man on the way up! Instagram https://www.instagram.com/reel/DR5oF7BkfSb/?l=1 npub1tc350ey5vpntnz6nwruc7f4nh5qarwft7navtpy4ug8q4nddgevqnlpyxz Dave Nathanson #SilentSunday https://cdn.hosted.spacebear.ee/sb-0c534200fd1ed1e9736751b247241226/media_attachments/files/115/760/593/974/523/112/original/2c9f882fc9cbf960.jpeg npub1tc350ey5vpntnz6nwruc7f4nh5qarwft7navtpy4ug8q4nddgevqnlpyxz Dave Nathanson I miss this guy so much. #MonDog https://cdn.hosted.spacebear.ee/sb-0c534200fd1ed1e9736751b247241226/media_attachments/files/115/723/928/019/566/111/original/854fc1e72803c911.jpeg npub1tc350ey5vpntnz6nwruc7f4nh5qarwft7navtpy4ug8q4nddgevqnlpyxz Dave Nathanson I don't want new features. I want the old features to work reliably. npub1tc350ey5vpntnz6nwruc7f4nh5qarwft7navtpy4ug8q4nddgevqnlpyxz Dave Nathanson NO WAR FOR OIL. https://cdn.hosted.spacebear.ee/sb-0c534200fd1ed1e9736751b247241226/media_attachments/files/115/697/339/850/258/569/original/6ff766db765949ab.png npub1tc350ey5vpntnz6nwruc7f4nh5qarwft7navtpy4ug8q4nddgevqnlpyxz Dave Nathanson “Cradle of liberty.” Immigrants kept from Faneuil Hall citizenship ceremony as feds crackdown nationwide | GBH https://www.wgbh.org/news/local/2025-12-05/immigrants-kept-from-faneuil-hall-citizenship-ceremony-as-feds-crackdown-nationwide npub1tc350ey5vpntnz6nwruc7f4nh5qarwft7navtpy4ug8q4nddgevqnlpyxz Dave Nathanson Made a tasty tofu-spinach quiche last night. #vegan https://cdn.hosted.spacebear.ee/sb-0c534200fd1ed1e9736751b247241226/media_attachments/files/115/679/984/697/334/392/original/6548fc0d29fbb6da.jpeg npub1tc350ey5vpntnz6nwruc7f4nh5qarwft7navtpy4ug8q4nddgevqnlpyxz Dave Nathanson It’s #STFUfriday! When cops ask you questions, ask for a lawyer and then STFU: - I am not discussing how I’m doing or where I’m going. - Am I free to leave? - I am not answering any questions. - If they ask to search anything: "I do not consent to a search." - I want to speak to a lawyer. You are eating at McDonald's when cops block your exit & demand to know whether you were at the scene of the crime. It's important which state's laws apply! Down-ballot races affect your rights!🧵 https://cdn.hosted.spacebear.ee/sb-0c534200fd1ed1e9736751b247241226/media_attachments/files/115/669/055/699/821/034/original/bdfb10494350cfe8.mp4 npub1tc350ey5vpntnz6nwruc7f4nh5qarwft7navtpy4ug8q4nddgevqnlpyxz Dave Nathanson Whenever someone comes to the door, my spouse acts like it’s the Sackville Bagginses. npub1tc350ey5vpntnz6nwruc7f4nh5qarwft7navtpy4ug8q4nddgevqnlpyxz Dave Nathanson The history recounted here - kidnapping of Indigenous people from the northeast American colonies and selling them into slavery in the Caribbean - happened to the Sachem of the Naumkeag people whose home is now called #SalemMA His name was Wenepoykin. Link in reply. The hidden history of Indigenous slavery in New England and beyond | WBUR News https://www.wbur.org/news/2025/11/28/indigenous-slavery-new-england-bermuda npub1tc350ey5vpntnz6nwruc7f4nh5qarwft7navtpy4ug8q4nddgevqnlpyxz Dave Nathanson Strangely, one semester of #geology thirty years ago is apparently insufficient for me to identify what kind of rock this is. It's intriguing because it has a pale blue suggestion to it in person. Anyone got a suggestion? Maybe @nprofile…6ue0 ? It's on Winter Island, in Salem, MA. https://cdn.hosted.spacebear.ee/sb-0c534200fd1ed1e9736751b247241226/media_attachments/files/115/628/168/663/245/931/original/0c2f2a63061f76d1.jpeg npub1tc350ey5vpntnz6nwruc7f4nh5qarwft7navtpy4ug8q4nddgevqnlpyxz Dave Nathanson This is what being a metalhead is like. From: @nprofile…czah https://dice.camp/@valthonis/115624896417690062 npub1tc350ey5vpntnz6nwruc7f4nh5qarwft7navtpy4ug8q4nddgevqnlpyxz Dave Nathanson As with every #STFUfriday post, I'm a lawyer in the USA. These comments are based on law in the USA. (And they apply to all people in the USA, whether or not they are citizens, except as noted above.) Some US states provide more protections than this. /end npub1tc350ey5vpntnz6nwruc7f4nh5qarwft7navtpy4ug8q4nddgevqnlpyxz Dave Nathanson It’s #STFUfriday! When cops ask you questions, ask for a lawyer and then STFU: - I am not discussing how I’m doing or where I’m going. - Am I free to leave? - I am not answering any questions. - If they ask to search anything: "I do not consent to a search." - I want to speak to a lawyer. Keep it simple. Listen to Mabel. /1 https://cdn.hosted.spacebear.ee/sb-0c534200fd1ed1e9736751b247241226/media_attachments/files/115/590/790/240/299/900/original/7ca44e303ade7cd3.jpeg https://cdn.hosted.spacebear.ee/sb-0c534200fd1ed1e9736751b247241226/media_attachments/files/115/590/790/272/276/575/original/2df86e3137207b81.jpeg npub1tc350ey5vpntnz6nwruc7f4nh5qarwft7navtpy4ug8q4nddgevqnlpyxz Dave Nathanson @nprofile…n944 Oh wow. This is awesome. https://archive.org/details/Proletariat_live--W.E.R.S.Boston-Massachusetts-USA--19-May-1983 npub1tc350ey5vpntnz6nwruc7f4nh5qarwft7navtpy4ug8q4nddgevqnlpyxz Dave Nathanson I previously asked about good #Linux utilities to search through the contents of files within a folder. After trying multiple programs, I like clapgrep. The full text search within files is extremely useful. Yes, here I am posting github links. I am about to be swallowed whole by linux/fedi nerdness. https://github.com/luleyleo/clapgrep npub1tc350ey5vpntnz6nwruc7f4nh5qarwft7navtpy4ug8q4nddgevqnlpyxz Dave Nathanson As with every #STFUfriday post, I'm a lawyer in the USA. These comments are based on law in the USA. (And they apply to all people in the USA, whether or not they are citizens, except as noted above.) Some US states provide more protections than this. /end npub1tc350ey5vpntnz6nwruc7f4nh5qarwft7navtpy4ug8q4nddgevqnlpyxz Dave Nathanson But I would urge people who sit as jurors to be willing to talk to lawyers. My firm litigated the leading case on this in Massachusetts and I think it has done a lot of good. It helps make sure convictions were only decided on the evidence and not on racism. /7 https://bostonbar.org/journal/commonwealth-v-moore-sjc-weighs-in-on-postverdict-juror-contact-under-mass-r-prof-cond-3-5/ npub1tc350ey5vpntnz6nwruc7f4nh5qarwft7navtpy4ug8q4nddgevqnlpyxz Dave Nathanson In Massachusetts and most US states, you are *allowed* to say anything you want about deliberations after the trial is over. And anyone (reporters, friends) can ask you about deliberations, you just don’t have to answer. But judges and lawyers may not ask you about deliberations except for extraneous influences and racism. In Massachusetts, you aren’t *required* to answer even those questions unless you’re called back into court. /6 npub1tc350ey5vpntnz6nwruc7f4nh5qarwft7navtpy4ug8q4nddgevqnlpyxz Dave Nathanson But when jurors acquit, the case is over and jurors answer to no one. That’s the good old U.S. Constitution’s Double Jeopardy Clause. Jury nullification has been used for evil (racist jurors acquitting racists) and for good (e.g., acquitting peace activists). But it will remain part of the US system because of the unique role of jurors. Let’s say you sat on a jury that convicted someone, though. /5 npub1tc350ey5vpntnz6nwruc7f4nh5qarwft7navtpy4ug8q4nddgevqnlpyxz Dave Nathanson And testimony about how jurors decided a case is normally inadmissible as evidence. There are really only two exceptions to this rule. Jurors can be asked if, in convicting, they considered (1) things that were not evidence at trial - “extraneous” influences - like google searches or talking to friends about the case, or (2) racism. /4 https://www.oyez.org/cases/2016/15-606 npub1tc350ey5vpntnz6nwruc7f4nh5qarwft7navtpy4ug8q4nddgevqnlpyxz Dave Nathanson If you’re being picked for a jury, you will be told you have to follow the law. That’s true. You have to follow the judge’s instructions. And you can’t lie about it. Don’t do that. But no one can tell if you did follow the law or if you acquitted because the law was unjust. Why? Because jurors don’t have to tell anyone how they decided the case. More importantly, judges and lawyers are *forbidden* from asking jurors how they decided a case. /3 npub1tc350ey5vpntnz6nwruc7f4nh5qarwft7navtpy4ug8q4nddgevqnlpyxz Dave Nathanson Jurors acquitted Sean Dunn of assaulting ICE agents with a sandwich. It sure looked like, under the letter of the law, he was guilty. He threw a sandwich. It hit the guy. But applying that law here was stupid and unjust. So jurors probably did what’s called “jury nullification.” Jurors are the absolute judges of the facts under US law. So if they think the facts don’t justify a conviction, they can vote not guilty and no one can do anything about it. /2 npub1tc350ey5vpntnz6nwruc7f4nh5qarwft7navtpy4ug8q4nddgevqnlpyxz Dave Nathanson It’s #STFUfriday! When cops ask you questions, ask for a lawyer and then STFU: - I am not discussing how I’m doing or where I’m going. - Am I free to leave? - I am not answering any questions. - If they ask to search anything: "I do not consent to a search." - I want to speak to a lawyer. Let’s talk about sandwiches and jurors. Do jurors have to talk about what they did? /🧵 https://cdn.hosted.spacebear.ee/sb-0c534200fd1ed1e9736751b247241226/media_attachments/files/115/510/962/185/315/640/original/1bea0316d228f62a.mp4 npub1tc350ey5vpntnz6nwruc7f4nh5qarwft7navtpy4ug8q4nddgevqnlpyxz Dave Nathanson @nprofile…9ake It's mostly that I don't feel like getting amped up by the replies. I have things to do. You know what I mean. npub1tc350ey5vpntnz6nwruc7f4nh5qarwft7navtpy4ug8q4nddgevqnlpyxz Dave Nathanson So many drafted then deleted posts. Soooooo many. npub1tc350ey5vpntnz6nwruc7f4nh5qarwft7navtpy4ug8q4nddgevqnlpyxz Dave Nathanson No Kings post volume outpacing the shitposting. Impressive. npub1tc350ey5vpntnz6nwruc7f4nh5qarwft7navtpy4ug8q4nddgevqnlpyxz Dave Nathanson As with every #STFUfriday post, I'm a lawyer in the USA. These comments are based on law in the USA. (And they apply to all people in the USA, whether or not they are citizens, except as noted above.) Some US states provide more protections than this. /end npub1tc350ey5vpntnz6nwruc7f4nh5qarwft7navtpy4ug8q4nddgevqnlpyxz Dave Nathanson It’s #STFUfriday! When cops ask you questions, ask for a lawyer and then STFU: - I am not discussing how I’m doing or where I’m going. - Am I free to leave? - I am not answering any questions. - If they ask to search anything: "I do not consent to a search." - I want to speak to a lawyer. Props to everyone getting out on the streets tomorrow for #NoKings Rather than spout a long thread on that, I'm going to suggest people take a look here: https://www.aclu.org/know-your-rights?language=en https://cdn.hosted.spacebear.ee/sb-0c534200fd1ed1e9736751b247241226/media_attachments/files/115/391/527/549/981/808/original/dec03fbeff31b73f.mp4 npub1tc350ey5vpntnz6nwruc7f4nh5qarwft7navtpy4ug8q4nddgevqnlpyxz Dave Nathanson Recommendations for #Linux PDF creation software? Does not need to have super high end functions. Basically: create, insert pages, delete pages, add text, add an sig, highlight portions, maybe comments. npub1tc350ey5vpntnz6nwruc7f4nh5qarwft7navtpy4ug8q4nddgevqnlpyxz Dave Nathanson I just finished Adrian Tchaikovsky’s new book Shroud. It’s really good. Strong recommend. Sci fi in all the best ways. Thoughtful first contact story, inclusive, anti-corporate, anti-colonial. #SciFi npub1tc350ey5vpntnz6nwruc7f4nh5qarwft7navtpy4ug8q4nddgevqnlpyxz Dave Nathanson #ThursdayFiveList #Falling Third post: Husker Du - Everything Falls Apart (you know) https://huskerdu.bandcamp.com/track/everything-falls-apart Leatherface - Can't Help Falling... (melodic punk cover of, yes, Elvis) https://leatherfacemusic.bandcamp.com/track/cant-help-falling-in-love-limited-7 Trap Them - Let Fall Each and Every Sedition Symptom https://trapthem.bandcamp.com/track/let-fall-each-and-every-sedition-symptom Godflesh – Decline and Fall (industrial metal) https://godflesh.bandcamp.com/track/decline-and-fall Integrity - Falling Away (metallic hardcore) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Mvcq3WHmy4 npub1tc350ey5vpntnz6nwruc7f4nh5qarwft7navtpy4ug8q4nddgevqnlpyxz Dave Nathanson Digital Underground's Humpty Dance is a triumph of the human spirit. npub1tc350ey5vpntnz6nwruc7f4nh5qarwft7navtpy4ug8q4nddgevqnlpyxz Dave Nathanson #ThursdayFiveList #MusicOfTheMountains High Tension - Mountain of Dead (death & roll/black metal) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PQeKwcmwrDI Duke Ellington – In the Hall of the Mountain King (Grieg) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_021-dJ-NJ4 Godflesh - Avalanche Master Song (industrial metal) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8oW-d71G78M Mi Amore - Montana Sacra (snotty hardcore) https://fuckmiamore.bandcamp.com/track/montana-sacra Billy Bragg & Wilco – Ingrid Bergman (Woody Guthrie cover) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FYD4ppu9eV0 npub1tc350ey5vpntnz6nwruc7f4nh5qarwft7navtpy4ug8q4nddgevqnlpyxz Dave Nathanson KISS is dead to me. Have been for a long time. Although it remains fun to do Paul Stanley crowd banter impressions. npub1tc350ey5vpntnz6nwruc7f4nh5qarwft7navtpy4ug8q4nddgevqnlpyxz Dave Nathanson Hey apologies to the folks who follow me for STFU Friday. I've been overrun with work and so haven't had time to work up any informative posts on the topic. I'll get back to it hopefully this week. npub1tc350ey5vpntnz6nwruc7f4nh5qarwft7navtpy4ug8q4nddgevqnlpyxz Dave Nathanson This is serious. It's not just informants. It's personal information of parties. All kinds of non-public information. Federal court filing system hit in sweeping hack The identities of confidential court informants are feared compromised in a series of breaches across multiple U.S. states. #LawFedi https://www.politico.com/news/2025/08/06/federal-court-filing-system-pacer-hack-00496916 npub1tc350ey5vpntnz6nwruc7f4nh5qarwft7navtpy4ug8q4nddgevqnlpyxz Dave Nathanson #ThursdayFiveList #SupportYourLocals Boston = too easy. North Shore, kid. What up? Boston – Don’t Look Back (Danvers not Boston) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2HuiH-0R6a0 Converge – Aimless Arrow (guitarist founded God City Studios in Salem) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CrcY9I-BbjM Mary Lou Lord – Some Jingle Jangle Morning (Salem) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jIQgdGxPexI Barrence Whitfield & The Savages – Walk Out (ran the Salem Record Exchange for years) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DcGc1jNmnK8 Latch – Eulogy for America (punk) https://latch-ma.bandcamp.com/track/eulogy-for-america npub1tc350ey5vpntnz6nwruc7f4nh5qarwft7navtpy4ug8q4nddgevqnlpyxz Dave Nathanson The Hard Times challenging The Onion for laugh/cry supremacy. ICE Agent Gets Wounded Veteran License Plates After His Feelings Are Hurt https://thehardtimes.net/culture/ice-agent-gets-wounded-veteran-license-plates-after-his-feelings-are-hurt/ npub1tc350ey5vpntnz6nwruc7f4nh5qarwft7navtpy4ug8q4nddgevqnlpyxz Dave Nathanson “I find it incredibly important for people to know who was here, who were the victims, and that those victims’ descendants or their tribal relations are still here,” [historian David Brule] said. “There are living Nipmuc numbering in the thousands in Massachusetts.” Study on 1676 massacre in Turners Falls completed, including Native perspectives https://www.nepm.org/regional-news/2025-08-05/study-on-1676-massacre-in-turners-falls-completed-including-native-perspectives npub1tc350ey5vpntnz6nwruc7f4nh5qarwft7navtpy4ug8q4nddgevqnlpyxz Dave Nathanson #TuneTuesday #AtTheBeach One Day As A Lion - Ocean View (hip hop/rock) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uJ5jcY2jX9Y Great Cynics – Beach Access (melodic punk) https://specialistsubject.bandcamp.com/track/beach-access Jawbreaker - Sea Foam Green (melodic punk) https://jawbreakerband.bandcamp.com/track/sea-foam-green Wormrot – Sea of Disease (extreme) https://wormrot.bandcamp.com/track/sea-of-disease Yuck - Middle Sea (indie rock) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LXeKdCm8e-Y npub1tc350ey5vpntnz6nwruc7f4nh5qarwft7navtpy4ug8q4nddgevqnlpyxz Dave Nathanson Final #BandcampFriday buy: King Yosef - Mist of Pain #Industrial #Metal to scratch your eyes out to. My kid actually hipped me to this. https://kingyosef.bandcamp.com/track/mist-of-pain npub1tc350ey5vpntnz6nwruc7f4nh5qarwft7navtpy4ug8q4nddgevqnlpyxz Dave Nathanson Another #BandcampFriday buy: Power Alone - Nothingness Antifascist mosh your face off. I think maybe @nprofile…vxef hipped me to them? Terrible name, terrible artwork, awesome breakdowns for the people. #Hardcore https://powerxalone.bandcamp.com/album/nothingness npub1tc350ey5vpntnz6nwruc7f4nh5qarwft7navtpy4ug8q4nddgevqnlpyxz Dave Nathanson What you getting for #BandcampFriday ? If you have high energy #funk #hiphop or #hardcore recommendations, drop it in the replies! (super nervous about using that last hashtag, but people seem to be using it for the type of music not the ... videography) npub1tc350ey5vpntnz6nwruc7f4nh5qarwft7navtpy4ug8q4nddgevqnlpyxz Dave Nathanson #TuneTuesday #NomNomNomNom Songs about food. Prince & Maceo Parker - Pass the Peas (funk) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W3D6Zh2Lm48 Marsalis Family - Struttin’ With Some Barbecue (jazz) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vKFcU2xLq9I Danilo Perez - Hot Bean Strut (jazz) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9b4Mkb9ILHY The J.B.’s – Givin’ Up Food for Funk (funk) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HlCEmd3wU3Y Louis Jordan - Saturday Night Fish Fry (jump blues) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b1QfXQakX2w npub1tc350ey5vpntnz6nwruc7f4nh5qarwft7navtpy4ug8q4nddgevqnlpyxz Dave Nathanson #SilentSunday https://cdn.hosted.spacebear.ee/sb-0c534200fd1ed1e9736751b247241226/media_attachments/files/114/926/113/202/966/494/original/9fa899439c4e05a4.png npub1tc350ey5vpntnz6nwruc7f4nh5qarwft7navtpy4ug8q4nddgevqnlpyxz Dave Nathanson I have extremely negative feelings toward people who post AI created music on YouTube and try to disguise it. npub1tc350ey5vpntnz6nwruc7f4nh5qarwft7navtpy4ug8q4nddgevqnlpyxz Dave Nathanson #ThursdayFiveList #MoonMusic Symarip - Skinhead Moonstomp (skinhead reggae or ska if you like) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Nbhic5B7fg Blackbraid - Moss Covered Bones on the Altar of the Moon (black metal that’s actually good) https://blackbraid.bandcamp.com/track/moss-covered-bones-on-the-altar-of-the-moon-2 Wormrot - Pale Moonlight (just drums and screaming) https://wormrot.bandcamp.com/track/pale-moonlight Leatherface - I Want The Moon (melodic hardcore) https://leatherfacemusic.bandcamp.com/track/i-want-the-moon-4 Kingface - Kingface - Lick the Moon (DC emo went rock?) https://kingface.bandcamp.com/album/demos npub1tc350ey5vpntnz6nwruc7f4nh5qarwft7navtpy4ug8q4nddgevqnlpyxz Dave Nathanson @nprofile…39ss I have no idea what this means but [i'm sorry that happened to you or i'm happy for you.jpg] npub1tc350ey5vpntnz6nwruc7f4nh5qarwft7navtpy4ug8q4nddgevqnlpyxz Dave Nathanson I learned to touch type using Typo Attack on the Atari home computers. It's basically Space Invaders converted into a typing game. Graphics are 1984 graphics. But the game play totally holds up and you can play it on the Internet Archive. (Game load takes a little while. Just be patient.) https://archive.org/details/a8b_Typo_Attack_1984_Atari_US_k_file npub1tc350ey5vpntnz6nwruc7f4nh5qarwft7navtpy4ug8q4nddgevqnlpyxz Dave Nathanson @nprofile…2uaj Because Malta and Sicily are islands quite distant from each other! To drive from Sicily to Malta, you better be prepared to drive underwater. npub1tc350ey5vpntnz6nwruc7f4nh5qarwft7navtpy4ug8q4nddgevqnlpyxz Dave Nathanson @nprofile…2uaj One familect is: "Roll up the windows, we're going to Malta!" I lived in Sicily as a kid. If we got lost while driving around, this is what someone in the car would yell. Now, we just say this anytime anyone is lost, metaphorically or geographically. npub1tc350ey5vpntnz6nwruc7f4nh5qarwft7navtpy4ug8q4nddgevqnlpyxz Dave Nathanson DON'T SHOOT PEOPLE WHO ARE WAITING FOR FOOD. npub1tc350ey5vpntnz6nwruc7f4nh5qarwft7navtpy4ug8q4nddgevqnlpyxz Dave Nathanson My sign from #GoodTrouble rally in Boston tonight. https://cdn.hosted.spacebear.ee/sb-0c534200fd1ed1e9736751b247241226/media_attachments/files/114/871/861/701/727/599/original/7b4566b0acd87e15.png npub1tc350ey5vpntnz6nwruc7f4nh5qarwft7navtpy4ug8q4nddgevqnlpyxz Dave Nathanson I think I bridged my account at some point. How does one undo that? npub1tc350ey5vpntnz6nwruc7f4nh5qarwft7navtpy4ug8q4nddgevqnlpyxz Dave Nathanson #Doorsday https://cdn.hosted.spacebear.ee/sb-0c534200fd1ed1e9736751b247241226/media_attachments/files/114/868/515/966/470/861/original/1f32fce944656027.png npub1tc350ey5vpntnz6nwruc7f4nh5qarwft7navtpy4ug8q4nddgevqnlpyxz Dave Nathanson Incredibly fraught but I loved Sandokan as a kid. Apparently, they’re releasing a new one this year. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sandokan npub1tc350ey5vpntnz6nwruc7f4nh5qarwft7navtpy4ug8q4nddgevqnlpyxz Dave Nathanson What’s the hashtag people use for cool looking doors? I found one. npub1tc350ey5vpntnz6nwruc7f4nh5qarwft7navtpy4ug8q4nddgevqnlpyxz Dave Nathanson “Reached by phone, Velazquez declined to provide additional reasoning for the cancellation. However, Randy Feldman — who sits on CENTRO’s board of directors — said he believes the decision was primarily due to concerns that federal immigration authorities might interrupt the event and detain some attendees.” Worcester is the second most populous city in Massachusetts. Worcester's annual Latin American Festival canceled this year | GBH https://www.wgbh.org/news/local/2025-07-11/worcesters-annual-latin-american-festival-canceled-this-year npub1tc350ey5vpntnz6nwruc7f4nh5qarwft7navtpy4ug8q4nddgevqnlpyxz Dave Nathanson #TuneTuesday #180Degrees Zeal and Ardor - Hide in Shade (hand clapping spiritual -> black metal -> repeat) https://zealandardor.bandcamp.com/track/hide-in-shade npub1tc350ey5vpntnz6nwruc7f4nh5qarwft7navtpy4ug8q4nddgevqnlpyxz Dave Nathanson Just finished Bennett Parten's new book Somewhere Toward Freedom: Sherman's March and the Story of America's Largest Emancipation. It is a history focused on the perspective of the enslaved/newly freed people. Strongly recommend. I'm pretty well versed in Reconstruction history and this book was still fairly revelatory for me. The end of the book regarding the betrayal of Reconstruction is concrete and just gutting, even when you know what's coming. Also ... #histodons https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/bennett-parten/somewhere-toward-freedom/ npub1tc350ey5vpntnz6nwruc7f4nh5qarwft7navtpy4ug8q4nddgevqnlpyxz Dave Nathanson “‘There’s absolutely no way that I could perform, cross a picket line and pick up money when I know that people are out there fighting for a living wage,’ he said Thursday in a video posted on X.” LL Cool J and Jazmine Sullivan skip July Fourth event to support Philadelphia union https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/ll-cool-j-jazmine-sullivan-philadelphia-fourth-july-festival-rcna216983 npub1tc350ey5vpntnz6nwruc7f4nh5qarwft7navtpy4ug8q4nddgevqnlpyxz Dave Nathanson #ThursdayFiveList #SpyVsSpy RATM – Freedom (you know) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H_vQt_v8Jmw Niuta – Wanda (antifascist “stadium crust”) https://niuta.bandcamp.com/track/wanda [The subject of the song is Niuta Tajtelbaum] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Niuta_Tajtelbaum] Ted Leo – CIA (mod punk) https://tedleo.bandcamp.com/track/c-i-a Endless Blockade - Death To Spies (powerviolence) https://20buckspin.bandcamp.com/track/death-to-spies Secret Agent 23 Skidoo - Secret Handshake (rap for kids that is legitimately good) https://sa23skidoo.bandcamp.com/track/secret-handshake npub1tc350ey5vpntnz6nwruc7f4nh5qarwft7navtpy4ug8q4nddgevqnlpyxz Dave Nathanson Everything is shit. But I think this is my favorite song off the new Public Enemy: “Messy Hens.” https://publicenemy.bandcamp.com/track/messy-hens npub1tc350ey5vpntnz6nwruc7f4nh5qarwft7navtpy4ug8q4nddgevqnlpyxz Dave Nathanson oifauqhae ace83hg83ha aodf37f4faa ajkd73f7bafhef ah3f7h #gravy https://cdn.hosted.spacebear.ee/sb-0c534200fd1ed1e9736751b247241226/media_attachments/files/114/774/252/631/883/723/original/169f4d5a1549e383.jpg npub1tc350ey5vpntnz6nwruc7f4nh5qarwft7navtpy4ug8q4nddgevqnlpyxz Dave Nathanson Folks who use MS Office on Linux through Crossover: which version of Office is most functional? 2016? It has to be a standalone, not cloud-based version of Office for confidentiality purposes. Am I correct that 2016 is the newest, best option for use in Crossover? I have no problem paying, I just need the version that works best. Before you all chime in: yes, LibreOffice is great. I would use it if I didn't have to collaborate with Office users, but I do. #Linux https://www.codeweavers.com/crossover/download npub1tc350ey5vpntnz6nwruc7f4nh5qarwft7navtpy4ug8q4nddgevqnlpyxz Dave Nathanson It’s #STFUfriday! When cops ask you questions, ask for a lawyer and then STFU: - I am not discussing how I’m doing or where I’m going. - Am I free to leave? - I am not answering any questions. - If they ask to search anything: "I do not consent to a search." - I want to talk to a lawyer. If you're in a room like Amos here, things are already going extremely badly. You will not talk your way out of it. Ask to leave. STFU. Lawyer. No thread this week. But as always ... /1 https://cdn.hosted.spacebear.ee/sb-0c534200fd1ed1e9736751b247241226/media_attachments/files/114/756/432/618/389/792/original/809b416d52bc68aa.mp4 npub1tc350ey5vpntnz6nwruc7f4nh5qarwft7navtpy4ug8q4nddgevqnlpyxz Dave Nathanson It's hot. Now imagine being sick, aging, and locked in a building in close proximity to lots of other people who are also sick or aging with no air conditioning. Being confined is the sentence for a crime. Even if confining someone is totally justified, boiling someone alive is not. Many US states allow lawmakers to inspect prisons unannounced. Ask your rep to do that and see for themselves. https://www.prisonpolicy.org/graphs/heat_mortality_map.html https://theappeal.org/heat-prison-deaths-air-conditioning/ https://plsma.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Letter-to-DPH-re-Heat-in-Prisons-and-Jails-2022-09-13.pdf https://tpp.mit.edu/news/study-evaluates-impacts-of-summer-heat-in-u-s-prison-environments/ npub1tc350ey5vpntnz6nwruc7f4nh5qarwft7navtpy4ug8q4nddgevqnlpyxz Dave Nathanson I was at a remembrance for one of my clients last week. A young woman read this poem. It was extremely powerful. I Must Become a Menace to My Enemies by June Jordan - Poems | Academy of American Poets https://poets.org/poem/i-must-become-menace-my-enemies npub1tc350ey5vpntnz6nwruc7f4nh5qarwft7navtpy4ug8q4nddgevqnlpyxz Dave Nathanson This morning was nice. https://cdn.hosted.spacebear.ee/sb-0c534200fd1ed1e9736751b247241226/media_attachments/files/114/713/605/150/608/914/original/428bf858d7e60094.png npub1tc350ey5vpntnz6nwruc7f4nh5qarwft7navtpy4ug8q4nddgevqnlpyxz Dave Nathanson #ThursdayFiveList #SongsOfSolstice The first song is a good crossover with #Juneteenth Max Roach & Abbey Lincoln - Freedom Day https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EsAnAQfdyKY Clenched Fist – At the Beach (punk, free download) (everyone should get along at the beach!) https://clenchedfist1.bandcamp.com/album/clenched-fist-live-at-cbgbs Leatherface - Daylight Comes (melodic hardcore) https://leatherfacemusic.bandcamp.com/track/daylight-comes The Nils – Daylight (college/melodic punk) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BAch_Tsu9bw Integrity - Judgment Day (live) (metallic hardcore) https://youtu.be/wuNmeQE7Gmw&t=1408 npub1tc350ey5vpntnz6nwruc7f4nh5qarwft7navtpy4ug8q4nddgevqnlpyxz Dave Nathanson "ICE are kidnapping children, but progressives who get mad at Democrats throwing trans kids under the bus are the really mean ones." Joan Venocchi, probably. https://cdn.hosted.spacebear.ee/sb-0c534200fd1ed1e9736751b247241226/media_attachments/files/114/698/891/599/944/934/original/4f60736fdce582ea.png npub1tc350ey5vpntnz6nwruc7f4nh5qarwft7navtpy4ug8q4nddgevqnlpyxz Dave Nathanson It’s #STFUfriday! When cops ask you questions, ask for a lawyer and then STFU: - I am not discussing how I’m doing or where I’m going. - Am I free to leave? - I am not answering any questions. - If they ask to search anything: "I do not consent to a search." - I want to talk to a lawyer. Look, it's been a really terrible week, folks. Don't make it worse. STFU. Lawyer. https://cdn.hosted.spacebear.ee/sb-0c534200fd1ed1e9736751b247241226/media_attachments/files/114/638/585/941/506/155/original/edb8eeca692f936f.mp4 npub1tc350ey5vpntnz6nwruc7f4nh5qarwft7navtpy4ug8q4nddgevqnlpyxz Dave Nathanson Man Records Rant About Gas Prices While Idling in Truck for 20 Minutes https://thehardtimes.net/culture/man-records-rant-about-gas-prices-while-idling-in-truck-for-20-minutes/ npub1tc350ey5vpntnz6nwruc7f4nh5qarwft7navtpy4ug8q4nddgevqnlpyxz Dave Nathanson The song that launched an entire genre. Killing Joke - The Fall of Because https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UBEFFiBZyEk npub1tc350ey5vpntnz6nwruc7f4nh5qarwft7navtpy4ug8q4nddgevqnlpyxz Dave Nathanson #MeerMittwoch #SeaWednesday https://cdn.hosted.spacebear.ee/sb-0c534200fd1ed1e9736751b247241226/media_attachments/files/114/627/143/085/253/550/original/6ee54df3b49435a3.png npub1tc350ey5vpntnz6nwruc7f4nh5qarwft7navtpy4ug8q4nddgevqnlpyxz Dave Nathanson Started watching The Mountain Detective on PBS because I was told people like it. It is outrageously bad. And hilariously French. https://pbs.org/show/mountain-detective npub1tc350ey5vpntnz6nwruc7f4nh5qarwft7navtpy4ug8q4nddgevqnlpyxz Dave Nathanson With all that is going on, I am happy to report that I spent time this afternoon comparing the various punctuation rules for quotations. (They differ between the USA and UK.) npub1tc350ey5vpntnz6nwruc7f4nh5qarwft7navtpy4ug8q4nddgevqnlpyxz Dave Nathanson AG Campbell releases 'Know Your Rights' guide as ICE arrests surge | WBUR News https://www.wbur.org/news/2025/05/29/massachusetts-andrea-campbell-immigration-arrests-ice-know-your-rights npub1tc350ey5vpntnz6nwruc7f4nh5qarwft7navtpy4ug8q4nddgevqnlpyxz Dave Nathanson New Superchunk. Superchunk - Songs in the Key of Yikes https://superchunk.bandcamp.com/album/songs-in-the-key-of-yikes npub1tc350ey5vpntnz6nwruc7f4nh5qarwft7navtpy4ug8q4nddgevqnlpyxz Dave Nathanson If you were digging the #ThursdayFiveList #TheTowerOfBabel you might be into this cool book I just started about endangered languages in NYC. Neurons firing everywhere! Ross Perlin, Language City https://share.libbyapp.com/title/10481584 npub1tc350ey5vpntnz6nwruc7f4nh5qarwft7navtpy4ug8q4nddgevqnlpyxz Dave Nathanson Mr. Sickretary. npub1tc350ey5vpntnz6nwruc7f4nh5qarwft7navtpy4ug8q4nddgevqnlpyxz Dave Nathanson #ThursdayFiveList #TheTowerOfBabel 5 songs in 5 different languages Alien Weaponry – Raupatu (Maori, nu metal) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CrGHGwH2wlg Kilat – Sembileh (Malay, extreme) https://kilat.bandcamp.com/track/sembelih Soulfly – Mulambo (Brazilian Portugese, nu metal) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7hIshLTdKWg Kvelertak – Blodtørst (Norwegian, death & roll) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r7sIqyoRFiU Ritmo Machine - Senny Sosa (Spanish, hip hop) https://ritmomachine.bandcamp.com/track/senny-sosa-feat-sen-dog npub1tc350ey5vpntnz6nwruc7f4nh5qarwft7navtpy4ug8q4nddgevqnlpyxz Dave Nathanson Hieroglyphics - Full Performance (Live on KEXP March 15, 2025) #HipHop https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L2mGg3CK16A npub1tc350ey5vpntnz6nwruc7f4nh5qarwft7navtpy4ug8q4nddgevqnlpyxz Dave Nathanson Slice of life: We have an optional city compost service in our city. We use it. But during the warm months, not much goes into ours because we compost everything we can in the home compost tumbler. The dudes that pick up the city compost are hard-living hippie-lookin' dudes. This week, the dude comes up to our house, opens up the container and grabs our barely-filled compost bag out of it. Dude holds it up in front of his face and drawls, "Just a lil' baaaag." npub1tc350ey5vpntnz6nwruc7f4nh5qarwft7navtpy4ug8q4nddgevqnlpyxz Dave Nathanson It’s #STFUfriday! When cops ask you questions, ask for a lawyer and then STFU: - I am not discussing how I’m doing or where I’m going. - Am I free to leave? - I am not answering any questions. - If they ask to search anything: "I do not consent to a search." - I want to talk to a lawyer. Telling the cops a story with embarrassing bits left out and then telling a different story at trial? That change is going to be used to make you look like a liar. "I forgot" won't work. STFU. Lawyer. https://sb-esq-social.b-cdn.net/media_attachments/files/114/121/604/473/428/864/original/928981efb4298185.mp4 npub1tc350ey5vpntnz6nwruc7f4nh5qarwft7navtpy4ug8q4nddgevqnlpyxz Dave Nathanson OKAY IS THERE ANYONE ELSE THAT I'M SUPPOSED TO SHOVEL OUT npub1tc350ey5vpntnz6nwruc7f4nh5qarwft7navtpy4ug8q4nddgevqnlpyxz Dave Nathanson I am looking for a #linux based word processor that handles MS Word files seamlessly. I can't spend time fiddling. For me, that means it has to "save as" a true Word doc and must be able to open docx files faithfully and handle track changes and tables seamlessly. Does such a thing exist? I am not confident that Libre Office fits this bill. The input of lawyers who use such programs is particularly welcome.