Austin R. Pick

Writer, traveler, psychonaut. Reader of tea leaves and chocolate shavings. Music lover and aisle dancer. Devotee of dissent. Dharma bum and National Parks nerd.

[Austin R. Pick @fudomouth]

🦋Migrating to #BlueskySocial, see you there!

https://t.co/2P1Eims4eA

[Austin R. Pick @fudomouth]

"How to find the crowd of followers and followees you spent years cultivating on the Other Site, so you don't feel like you're posting into the void. Well, there's an extension for that."

https://t.co/OnBGCMvlBS

#BlueskySocial via @lifehacker

[bandcamp @Bandcamp]

Nothing says "weekend" like "doomgaze." We've got your party picks right here. https://t.co/CJPu9Sqvbl

[rad @argnarb]

Here are some Godzilla warning signs if anyone wants to print them for their home/office. #Godzilla #MonarchLegacyofMonsters

[Austin R. Pick @fudomouth]

"The ambition ... was to work toward an open social media ecosystem, where users could control how content appeared in their feeds and take their data and followers with them when they moved platforms."

#BlueskySocial via @voxdotcom
https://t.co/QGmDdN9yWv

[Austin R. Pick @fudomouth]

Never turn your back on fear. It should always be in front of you, like a thing that might have to be killed.
―Hunter S. Thompson, Kingdom of Fear

[Austin R. Pick @fudomouth]

"the band’s real power lies in their emotional dynamism, and the way the tone of their work can so easily turn from tragic to triumphant."

on Godspeed You! Black Emperor's latest via @pitchfork @cstrecords

https://t.co/PjtuPQxjsN

[The Atlantic @TheAtlantic]

Readers angered over The Washington Post decision not to endorse a candidate for president shouldn’t cancel their subscriptions—they should cancel Amazon Prime instead, @elcush writes: https://t.co/qWxHsVJhCr

[Austin R. Pick @fudomouth]

"Maybe the anesthetic revelation is an idea whose time has come."

The strange wavering history of ketamine and other dissociative anesthetics, from the medical to the mystical, via Dan Piepenbring and @thebafflermag. #psychedelics

https://t.co/yS1sZxSFg0

[Austin R. Pick @fudomouth]

The documentary presents an in-depth look @MMWBand's “unique and wholly improvisational creative process” in recording a long-awaited album.

Cannot wait (for film, album, tour) 😎🤟⚡️ Thx @JamBase

https://t.co/oMZumSWlss

[Medeski Martin & Wood @MMWBand]

August 9

[Los Angeles Times @latimes]

"My first two records came out, and people considered it mainstream pop music. But you can listen to it now and you’re like, This is some weird s—," @beck told The Times' @mikaelwood. https://t.co/lATT1QZS3k

[CONSEQUENCE @consequence]

Soul Coughing are reuniting and are going on tour for the first time in 25 years → https://t.co/88mFXallqj

[Austin R. Pick @fudomouth]

"I am here today to say to Citi that if you won’t listen to the data of scientists, you will need to listen to the bodies of scientists blocking your doors. Today my body is a data point."

@ssteingraber1 via @commondreams

https://t.co/Swsw4yUQb0

[Austin R. Pick @fudomouth]

"This long-overdue update equips the bureau with commonsense tools to strategically steer future oil and gas development away from national parks."

#NationalParks via @NPCA

https://t.co/VhOjKqN9vI

[Austin R. Pick @fudomouth]

"Conspiracy theories, they're just a Bandaid over a broken bone … If you can solve the internal issue, then the conspiracy theories could theoretically just fall away," she says.

https://t.co/SMU0hN7ps0

[Austin R. Pick @fudomouth]

“The possibility that American audiences won’t be able to see ‘The Apprentice’ isn’t just frustrating. It’s frightening, because it suggests that Trump and his supporters have already intimidated some media companies…”

@WRAL @michelleinbklyn @nytimes

https://t.co/yIXojpt66Q

[Austin R. Pick @fudomouth]

"What happened in Australia provides a concrete example of how a healthy democracy can confront powerful interests to introduce rational policies that clearly benefit the country."

#StopGunViolence via @NewYorker

https://t.co/qrGmU7JEyd

[Shannon Watts @shannonrwatts]

BREAKING: In the 6-3 vote, SCOTUS strikes down the ATF's ban on bump stocks, claiming that the ATF exceeded its authority. The regulation was created by the Trump administration after the Las Vegas mass shooting; the Court is now to the right of the Trump administration.

[Austin R. Pick @fudomouth]

"Then we’re into a sub-tropical groove ... chopping out a hard funk riff against a strange cacophony of noises and disembodied voices..."

Yep, as @theQuietus reviews, this one rips. Another great CAN live release @MuteUK @SpoonRecords

https://t.co/FvyoQU9DO5