Graphic design teacher/freelancer. Unionist (@pftlocal3). Music writer (@treblezine). I play poker and records. Philly vs. all of youse. Straight but not narrow. Do not obey in advance.https://bsky.app/profile/desperatehours.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/desperatehours.bsky.social/post/3mviwuevk5k2b“…so far.” A brand new take on the best-of list, with @treblezine.bsky.social breaking down the century’s greatest albums by themes and ideas. [contains quote post or other embedded content]14 Sep 2026 20:23 +0000at://did:plc:igborgme6cxihtncjolvpad6/app.bsky.feed.post/3mviwuevk5k2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/desperatehours.bsky.social/post/3mviwpkf6gc2bThere is no bottom for these people. None. Bottomless. Like misogynist Porky Pigs forever drinking coffee at Hell’s fucking diner. https://jessica.substack.com/p/breaking-epa-will-test-drinking-water14 Sep 2026 20:20 +0000at://did:plc:igborgme6cxihtncjolvpad6/app.bsky.feed.post/3mviwpkf6gc2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/desperatehours.bsky.social/post/3mvg7nhwyz22jI wrote this for @treblezine.bsky.social so of course I concur. 🤣 [contains quote post or other embedded content]13 Sep 2026 18:22 +0000at://did:plc:igborgme6cxihtncjolvpad6/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvg7nhwyz22jhttps://bsky.app/profile/desperatehours.bsky.social/post/3mv63jetu4s23Good morning. In another forum a non-Jew was shocked by the regular practice of armed guards at American synagogues. My curiosity is now genuinely piqued. I wonder how frequent this is at American churches, mosques, and other houses of worship. Please share if you have insight or experiences.10 Sep 2026 12:47 +0000at://did:plc:igborgme6cxihtncjolvpad6/app.bsky.feed.post/3mv63jetu4s23https://bsky.app/profile/desperatehours.bsky.social/post/3muzidr4ch227We just want more affordable housing in Philly and public schools that don’t close. 🤷08 Sep 2026 16:53 +0000at://did:plc:igborgme6cxihtncjolvpad6/app.bsky.feed.post/3muzidr4ch227https://bsky.app/profile/desperatehours.bsky.social/post/3mugafzeibk2pWho cashed in what karmic coupons for us to get great LPs from Nine Inch Nails, Boards of Canada, and now Interpol IN THE SAME YEAR?01 Sep 2026 01:11 +0000at://did:plc:igborgme6cxihtncjolvpad6/app.bsky.feed.post/3mugafzeibk2phttps://bsky.app/profile/desperatehours.bsky.social/post/3mtzqs23xns2mEver watch a streaming movie based solely on the still image or lead actor and not read the synopsis? How’d that go for you? We picked ‘War Machine’ on Netflix because we saw Alan Ritchson in it. About 1/3 of the way through we went, “Well, THAT took a hard left turn.”27 Aug 2026 01:59 +0000at://did:plc:igborgme6cxihtncjolvpad6/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtzqs23xns2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/desperatehours.bsky.social/post/3mtwgf6q2us2ghttps://youtu.be/9govup-IG3c?is=jTzSIYtuMLzvgEOo https://static.klipy.com/ii/c3a19a0b747a76e98651f2b9a3cca5ff/b9/21/DC0EI0KF.gif?hh=273&ww=498&mp4=i4sx2WrWfd2Vg9oLUD1&webm=MuxeDBduYizc25 Aug 2026 18:15 +0000at://did:plc:igborgme6cxihtncjolvpad6/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtwgf6q2us2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/desperatehours.bsky.social/post/3mtwcn6gabc2gA modest proposal (in the style of Jonathan Swift): Without "prominent recognition" of Trump's efforts, "the donors will not contribute, and the Center will continue to be in a financial and structural death spiral," the filing said. https://www.rawstory.com/trump-threatens-kennedy-center/ https://www.rawstory.com/trump-threatens-kennedy-center/?link_source=ta_thread_link&taid=6a8da86008b62e00018fd93f&utm_campaign=trueanthem&utm_medium=social&utm_source=threads.net25 Aug 2026 17:08 +0000at://did:plc:igborgme6cxihtncjolvpad6/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtwcn6gabc2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/desperatehours.bsky.social/post/3mtk2yfv4322dMy Treble editor @1000timesjeff.bsky.social is 100 fucking percent correct [contains quote post or other embedded content]20 Aug 2026 20:19 +0000at://did:plc:igborgme6cxihtncjolvpad6/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtk2yfv4322dhttps://bsky.app/profile/desperatehours.bsky.social/post/3mtfluu64nc2eWould you like to hear (and watch) a disco song by the same guy who sang, “War, huh, what is it good for/Absolutely nothing”? youtu.be/PVaHvxqXp4c https://youtu.be/PVaHvxqXp4c?is=kN8OsY6HSvvpz0yP19 Aug 2026 01:38 +0000at://did:plc:igborgme6cxihtncjolvpad6/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtfluu64nc2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/desperatehours.bsky.social/post/3mteljrkf322sTrue story, just happened: I told one of my colleagues that I’ve been running hot lately, above and beyond the summer weather. Feeling constantly warm and sweaty, needing drinks, fans, AC, 2 showers/day. She said I might have peri-MAN-opause.18 Aug 2026 15:59 +0000at://did:plc:igborgme6cxihtncjolvpad6/app.bsky.feed.post/3mteljrkf322shttps://bsky.app/profile/desperatehours.bsky.social/post/3mt35yjqnak24"The Department of the Treasury announced this week that it would destroy the government’s registry of shell-company ownership. This is an anti-corruption database that Treasury is by law *required* to maintain." Man, this simulation suuuuuuuucks. https://www.thebulwark.com/p/trumps-gift-to-the-money-launderers-database-treasury14 Aug 2026 22:03 +0000at://did:plc:igborgme6cxihtncjolvpad6/app.bsky.feed.post/3mt35yjqnak24https://bsky.app/profile/desperatehours.bsky.social/post/3mspb5zcxd22sI just read details about Milgram’s experiment and, considering the current moment, if anything got set up like that today I hope people would realize it was OK to walk away from the button.10 Aug 2026 04:28 +0000at://did:plc:igborgme6cxihtncjolvpad6/app.bsky.feed.post/3mspb5zcxd22shttps://bsky.app/profile/desperatehours.bsky.social/post/3mslekxwnq22bSade Adu and her band are royalty, no questions at this time, 10/10 no notes. [contains quote post or other embedded content]08 Aug 2026 15:18 +0000at://did:plc:igborgme6cxihtncjolvpad6/app.bsky.feed.post/3mslekxwnq22bhttps://bsky.app/profile/desperatehours.bsky.social/post/3msk32woibk2j*sirens in the distance* wife: they’re coming for you, hon08 Aug 2026 02:55 +0000at://did:plc:igborgme6cxihtncjolvpad6/app.bsky.feed.post/3msk32woibk2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/desperatehours.bsky.social/post/3msj3pfjha22nThis sucks. Death is coming for the club kids.07 Aug 2026 17:34 +0000at://did:plc:igborgme6cxihtncjolvpad6/app.bsky.feed.post/3msj3pfjha22nhttps://bsky.app/profile/desperatehours.bsky.social/post/3msgd24cegs2dResharing a gift article, hope it works. Not the School District of Philadelphia's annual fiscal audit (the one that just found late retirement payouts and buildings with lost equipment), but one addressing fundamental functional decisions and if they influenced SDP's current school closure plans. https://share.inquirer.com/ED71Ct06 Aug 2026 15:07 +0000at://did:plc:igborgme6cxihtncjolvpad6/app.bsky.feed.post/3msgd24cegs2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/desperatehours.bsky.social/post/3mseowatngs2gCurrent view, Phillies edition:05 Aug 2026 23:35 +0000at://did:plc:igborgme6cxihtncjolvpad6/app.bsky.feed.post/3mseowatngs2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/desperatehours.bsky.social/post/3mse2snvmnc23Babbel vs. Rosetta Stone vs. Rocket Languages, your recommendation and why, GO!05 Aug 2026 17:35 +0000at://did:plc:igborgme6cxihtncjolvpad6/app.bsky.feed.post/3mse2snvmnc23https://bsky.app/profile/desperatehours.bsky.social/post/3mse2s57a2k23I did not realize The Durutti Column were such a sonic outlier to Factory Records' reputation for post-punk and electronics, but at @treblezine.bsky.social I explain how it's a welcome diversion. [contains quote post or other embedded content]05 Aug 2026 17:34 +0000at://did:plc:igborgme6cxihtncjolvpad6/app.bsky.feed.post/3mse2s57a2k23https://bsky.app/profile/desperatehours.bsky.social/post/3ms7zpjob6s2nJust hearing about this. So now Axios is on the unreliable-source list? https://crustnews.com/axios-declines-to-comment-after-false/04 Aug 2026 03:04 +0000at://did:plc:igborgme6cxihtncjolvpad6/app.bsky.feed.post/3ms7zpjob6s2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/desperatehours.bsky.social/post/3mrzpybnxlk2sWith the Olympian/reflecting pool case dropped, a question for US lawyers: are there criminal penalties lawyers face for malicious and/or incompetent prosecution, especially with frequency or at scale? Can immoral, unethical, or unskilled jurisprudence trigger more than just disbarment?01 Aug 2026 14:54 +0000at://did:plc:igborgme6cxihtncjolvpad6/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrzpybnxlk2shttps://bsky.app/profile/desperatehours.bsky.social/post/3mrxineclts2rI know Spirit of Halloween gets memed and mocked to death in social media, BUT… TIL that when its flagship store has its “grand opening” for the shopping season leading to Halloween, it’s a party event with 1000s of RSVPs that sell out. They literally have to tell people not to camp out for it. https://shorelocalnews.com/spirit-halloween-conjures-up-spooky-season-in-eht-with-flagship-celebration/?utm_campaign=feed&utm_medium=referral&utm_source=later-linkinbio31 Jul 2026 17:38 +0000at://did:plc:igborgme6cxihtncjolvpad6/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrxineclts2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/desperatehours.bsky.social/post/3mrwu5elx2k2rI lol’d31 Jul 2026 11:31 +0000at://did:plc:igborgme6cxihtncjolvpad6/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrwu5elx2k2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/desperatehours.bsky.social/post/3mrvjvu6edk2oAre any of y’all sellers of used vinyl/CDs from your own collections? Curious about your SOPs for shipping, especially: - what your US mailing method is - your preferred mailing supplies - how much US$ for shipping you tack on above purchase price per item (or per order)30 Jul 2026 22:55 +0000at://did:plc:igborgme6cxihtncjolvpad6/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrvjvu6edk2o