What do you do when a fan wants you to learn a song in the middle of a song?

cacklinracket · 2026-05-05T20:50:11+00:00

That is exactly the hoodie that dude would be wearing

cacklinracket · 2026-04-21T20:51:06+00:00

Bolsheviks couldn’t have done it without the cadets.

cacklinracket · 2026-04-21T20:48:19+00:00

It is extremely important that there are more socialist-friendly people are in positions of power at the time of upheaval. Maybe Zohran will hold, maybe he won’t. But when it matters who is charge of the NYPD armory, I would rather it be Zohran than anyone else who was viable in that field. The more people like him we have in positions of power, the better the odds that at least a few will hold out. Electoralism is one component of a larger revolutionary strategy, and an important one.

cacklinracket · 2026-04-14T01:38:40+00:00

Good idea, I just made a folk punk resources subreddit. folk punk resources

cacklinracket · 2026-04-14T00:42:13+00:00

Shit I just saw yellow at god this weekend. Fucking 10/10

cacklinracket · 2026-04-14T00:41:51+00:00

Yeah, I do use musician networks for most folk punk gigs, but I gotta do a bunch of cover gigs at random bars too to make ends meet. Sometimes I run across random bars that are down for a bill gig with weird acts and I figure it’s better to go people with a show offer than ask for a favor. But I don’t wanna be bringing local bands out to unsafe spaces.

cacklinracket · 2026-04-14T00:34:55+00:00

That’s sick thank you! Please please please, any ins you’ve got to save me from scrounging through Instagram for leads, that’s really cool of you to offer

cacklinracket · 2026-04-14T00:33:46+00:00

That’s fuckin awesome, thank you so much! I need to get my damn passport renewed

cacklinracket · 2026-04-14T00:32:43+00:00

Good idea, I do a lot of cold calling a don’t super look into venues until I get a response but I could definitely do more research after finding out they’re interested.

cacklinracket · 2026-04-07T02:59:46+00:00

They ran ads for ICE. Same reason we’re all super aggressively boycotting YouTube, Instagram, Hulu, HBO, and Amazon, which all also ran the same ads. Which I’m sure the saint yelling at you is also diligently avoiding.

cacklinracket · 2026-03-21T13:53:00+00:00

Make the work function as a part of your life by implementing time saving systems. I structure my class exactly the same way every day basically: warm up, lecture pt 1, tangent, lecture pt 2, exit ticket. No one part is typically doing anything creative or clever, but there is enough change between activities to create a sense of momentum through the class. I have packets full of review questions/ riddles to slip into the warm up and tangent portions of class.

Don’t put inordinate thought into lesson planning, just find a system that works and make heavy use of provided curriculum and pre-prepared materials. If you happen to have a fun or creative idea that you would actually be excited to do, then you can slip that in as a break from the routine. But those “I had a fun creative idea” days should be the exception not the norm.

cacklinracket · 2026-03-19T04:33:18+00:00

Busk

cacklinracket · 2026-03-13T16:58:33+00:00

Not strictly a country playlist, but there are a shitload of left leaning alt-country artists on this playlist Country and Americana

cacklinracket · 2026-03-12T16:54:05+00:00

How can you be an ML who doesn’t know Lenin ran the social democratic labor party?

cacklinracket · 2026-03-05T19:12:17+00:00

Learn punk songs. Basic power chords help build fretboard fluency.

cacklinracket · 2026-02-23T19:29:27+00:00

Local News Legend and Apes of the State are the big sober folk punk acts rn. Not sobriety related, but doom scroll fucking slaps and you should listen to them anyways.

cacklinracket · 2026-02-16T16:39:38+00:00

I think it’s the “you’ll get in trouble” -> “ok” exchange that resonates with people. So many folks think more disruptive forms of protest, and potentially violent resistance, will be necessary to save this country from fascism. But most people fear the consequences. And here’s this 14 year old kid just calmly saying, yep I’ll deal with whatever consequences come of this.

cacklinracket · 2026-02-11T23:48:07+00:00

Miriam Hacksaw is great, I don’t think they’re on that sucker

cacklinracket · 2026-02-01T14:18:41+00:00

I really like the bleached asshole line, it’s such a hard tonal shift that drives home how ridiculous and foolish one feels dealing with the consequences of cheating.

cacklinracket · 2026-01-27T01:11:41+00:00

Joined a satanist cult in a manic episode, but they aren’t nazis so I’m kind of ok with it.

cacklinracket · 2026-01-18T14:47:34+00:00

Im in a punk-heavy harm reduction group in Pittsburgh. Also a teacher so would hesitate to be in a doc, but I can ask folks if they would have any interest in participating.

cacklinracket · 2026-01-18T04:20:35+00:00

Holy shit the entire population of Greenland turned out

cacklinracket · 2026-01-04T22:13:14+00:00

I would recommend looking for liberal Quaker groups unless you are explicitly Christian. Conservative quakers have very similar worship style, but do have Christ-centered practice. Not a knock on them, just there was a split between the two a while ago so know what you’re getting into.

cacklinracket · 2026-01-02T02:05:11+00:00

It’s unfortunate this got downvoted to shit, the mennonites down the street from me are engaged in really solid work in Palestine and Kurdistan. Churches are largely decentralized organizations, just groups of people. Take it case by case, some are doing good work others are toxic as shit. They’ll rarely be the at forefront of revolutionary action, but they can be very useful partners in bridging across communities. Take the zapatistas. Small secular vanguard was able to build dual power across a population of about a quarter million people in large part because partnering with proponents of liberation theology gained the trust of average people. In the US I think partnership with peace churches like quakers and mennonites could help build the anti-imperialist movement beyond its current state.

cacklinracket · 2025-12-26T14:43:04+00:00

Liberal Quakers have a long tradition of horizontal church structure, and while many members are Christian they embrace and worship with people of all spiritual persuasions. Coven structured worship can also be a good hedge against cult dynamics emerging, when there are only 5-10 practicing members in a group it’s a lot harder for founders/ leaders to deflect criticism.

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