In the latest Recliner Notes post on the songs of #BillCallahan, Smog's "Feather by Feather" demonstrates how Callahan can play with and sometimes subvert country music forms to explore deep, emotional themes.
The post also includes comparisons with Callahan's #DragCity peers #DavidBerman of the #SilverJews and #BonniePrinceBilly who also have been known to take on similar artistic modes as Callahan.
Twitter was transformed into a vital tool the Black community used to amplify its collective voice to protest injustice, organize, commiserate, and spread its unique brand of tastemaking cool, humor and wit. In 2019, I wrote about how for Black people, quitting Twitter was never an easy cut-and-dry proposition as it is for those far more privileged. Revisiting this piece now is very bittersweet. #BlackMastodon #BlackTwitter
Why Quitting Twitter Is Not So Clear Cut For African-Americans And Other Marginalized Groups. I have read many think pieces lately from writers -mainly white- who have decided Twitter is just too much of a clusterf*ck for them to….
Every news outlet should stand up a Mastondon instance for their reporters & staff.
It’ll be great to see [email protected] or whatever domain they want to use.
Built in verification. Every reporter for the Washington Post on a washpo domain. Every reporter for the New York Times on an NYTimes domain. Etc, etc.
Plus the “local” feed for each instance becomes a feed of all the posts from that institution mixed together — providing extra discovery.
Many of the journalists Elon suspended today on Twitter are here on #Mastodon. Please follow and boost:
Drew Harwell, Washington Post
@drewharwell
Donie O’Sullivan, CNN
@donieosullivan
Steve Herman, VOA
@w7voa
Micah Lee, Intercept
@micahflee
Tony Webster
@tony
Matt Binder, Mashable
@MattBinder