scruffycities.bsky.social
True crime writer. Transplanted Tennessean. Small city enthusiast.
👤 Joined on 06 November 2024
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@scruffycities.bsky.socialHave been losing my mind all morning at this absolutely bowel-crushing Franco-Ethiopian jazz-funk cover of War Pigs. Holy shit. www.youtube.com/watch?v=8kVY...
Show PostThe *entire point* of Freedom Summer was to dramatize and publicize the conditions in the Jim Crow South. It's why civil rights activists called their protests "demonstrations" -- they literally wanted to *demonstrate* the problems and force everyone confront the reality of racism.
Show PostLiz we’ve been open about this for a while
Show Postwhen debt markets take a second look at your capital spending plans
Show PostOne of the most salient aspects of today's politics is how everyone imagines a conspiratorial "them" controlling things behind the scenes. Elon Musk is literally powerful enough to affect the course of the Ukraine war, but he's still imagining faceless puppet masters who need to be unmasked.
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