Really interesting podcast about the repeated use of Hell's Angels as "security" by counterculture bands in the 60's ... Who constantly misinterpreted them as sort of "gentle rogues" rather than violent criminals.

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Cautionary Tales – The Angels, the Stones, and the Dead

In the final days of the Sixties, The Rolling Stones join forces with other rock legends to plan a free concert at Altamont that will rival Woodsto...

I for one thought it was pretty dope... I remember back in the day there being a toy, the type of thing stoned college kids would play with, that was the same design as the spherical telescoping cage surrounding the torch... anyone remember what that was called? View quoted note →

Ohh so I guess Joel sold the rights of #mst3k to Shout studies, hence the new Rifftrax thing... https://www.reddit.com/r/MST3K/comments/1qw70of/a_little_more_clarification_from_the_rifftrax_ig/

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And Yea Verily, it was indeed a sick half-pipe run by the King of Kings 🙏✝ 🛹View quoted note →

#nostria is great, but... A lot of NIP-05 info loads reeeaaal slow... Not really sure what's going on.

Hey here's an idea for a web-of-trust-adjacent kinda thing... "I certify, as a human, that X npub is also a human being because I've met them in person and have validated their npub"... How would this be done? With NIP-58 badges perhaps?

What do YOU, the viewers at home, think?

Melania's Rotten Tomatoes Audience Score Not Bots, Says Website

'Melania' has a 99% audience score despite horrendous reviews from critics. Rotten Tomatoes says bots are not to blame.

On the Trump monkey video (not gonna link it because NSFL): I guess it's just a basic statement to make, but YES, that's racism. And yes, lots of people are still very racist. Not just (and not all) Americans, not just (and not all) white people... But this seems to be a very deeply ingrained thing of human society to view "that group" of people as sub-human. One ideal I might say I share with the "progressive project" is that we have to proactively address this, again and again, because otherwise it'll keep bubbling up.

Recommendation to watch "Brazil" -- one of my favorite movies but it's been years... Gotta throw it on the DVD platter this weekend View quoted note →