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Ian Epps

@ianepps.bsky.social

Friend to the cause. Milisuthando - out soon on Criterion Coll. 2025 Recent releases https://ianepps.bandcamp.com/album/the-reservoir-the-beauty-of-sorrow + ianepps.bandcamp.com/album/cave-of-the-eye + https://frostilabel.bandcamp.com/album/the-guise-of

created September 26, 2023

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Profile picture Electronic Frontier Foundation (@eff.org) reposted

Cell-site simulators (CSS, also known as Stingrays or IMSI catchers) are devices that masquerade as legitimate cell-phone towers, tricking phones within a certain radius into connecting to the device rather than a tower. Our tool, Rayhunter, can help you find them. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...

12/8/2025, 11:57:01 PM | 269 109 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Ian Epps (@ianepps.bsky.social) reply parent

It was fun to hear how Mike pieced these together.

13/8/2025, 7:13:12 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Ian Epps (@ianepps.bsky.social) reply parent

They are still one of the best shows i've ever seen.

10/8/2025, 10:32:35 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture News Eye (@newseye.bsky.social) reposted

BREAKING: One of the most important and prominent reporters on the ground in Gaza has been Anas Al Sharif. He - and several other Al Jazeera journalists - have just been assassinated by Israelis forces whilst in their press tent in central Gaza. Speechless.

A photo of Anas Al-Sharif and his Al Jazeera colleague Mohammad Qrere in their press bullet proof vests looking at their phones. Both are reported killed. Photo credit to Motassem A Dalloul.
10/8/2025, 8:50:32 PM | 2450 1807 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Jesse Duquette (@jesseduquette.bsky.social) reposted

Pride Month is here guys, buckle up for some a-grade pandering from the same folks bankrolling obliteration

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1/6/2025, 10:26:24 PM | 2227 365 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Ian Epps (@ianepps.bsky.social)

What a horrible guy! Not only this, but he's cozying up to Uber/Lyft and Grubhub- They want to overturn the NYC minimum wage for drivers and delivery couriers.

2/6/2025, 12:19:18 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Ian Epps (@ianepps.bsky.social) reply parent

I'm not a parent, but - Yes! When my sister was three or four, she threw a plastic block at my Mom's face and it put a hole through her cheek, straight to her cheek. She had to get stitches

1/6/2025, 7:52:33 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Africa Is a Country (@africasacountry.bsky.social) reposted

Join us for a Sunday matinee screening of the South African documentary 'Milisuthando' in New York tomorrow at the New York African Film Festival. Read a review of the film on AIAC: africasacountry.com/2023/06/memo...

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17/5/2025, 9:59:10 PM | 5 4 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Ian Epps (@ianepps.bsky.social)

I have music in this beautiful documentary. It's screening as a part of the NY African Film Festival. If you have a chance, please go see it. It is a deeply poetic examination of apartheid South Africa and it's broader global implications- It's an active viewing experience- a conversation

26/5/2025, 9:58:38 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Ian Epps (@ianepps.bsky.social) reply parent

Nguva - from East African folklore

26/5/2025, 9:28:36 PM | 7 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Ian Epps (@ianepps.bsky.social) reply parent

lol. To be fair, the Australians had a few strong unions at that point and were able to nationalize it. To make a comparison - While Australians won an 8 hr work day, France still had a 16 hr work day. I like to think the French remember this epigenetically & that's why their protests are bonkers

5/5/2025, 10:20:57 PM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Ian Epps (@ianepps.bsky.social) reply parent

Actually - it started in New Zealand in 1840 by English carpenter Samuel Parnell. He demanded it when he arrived to NZ & afterwards he went down to the docks daily to tell newly arriving workers to demand it. The idea travelled to Australia where it was adopted by strong national union federations.

5/5/2025, 9:01:04 PM | 8 1 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Ian Epps (@ianepps.bsky.social) reply parent

First time I rolled into Chapel Hill to visit a friend (20 yrs ago) - Funny intro scene but Eric Bachmann was driving in his pickup next to me on the highway.

5/5/2025, 8:55:47 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Ian Epps (@ianepps.bsky.social) reply parent

Costco may have continued with equitable hiring practices, which is extremely important-but let's not praise them too much-they're also union busters. That story about raising wages-it was just for the stores that aren't trying to unionize-those stores don't get the raise.

14/4/2025, 5:04:55 PM | 5 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Ian Epps (@ianepps.bsky.social) reply parent

Seeing Kevin play live is always worth it! I met Jim and Kevin in 99, when I moved there and at that point there was probably more than 15 ✌🏼👀

12/4/2025, 8:17:04 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Ian Epps (@ianepps.bsky.social) reply parent

Thanks! I'll dig into this

31/3/2025, 2:27:24 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Ian Epps (@ianepps.bsky.social) reply parent

Can you point in me in the direction of an article on this? I've only seen large accounts on social media speak of it -and just did a google search and came up only with articles from 2020 -The previous election. I know it's not your job, but I'm only seeing articles about the complaint and not data

30/3/2025, 2:05:43 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Ian Epps (@ianepps.bsky.social) reply parent

I don't think it was stolen- sadly. The vote differential was around 3 million. The vote was definitely suppressed though. Rollbacks of mail-in ballot options in many states and bomb threats in swing states. Protests are not at critical mass, but they are definitely getting larger.

25/3/2025, 2:16:32 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Ian Epps (@ianepps.bsky.social) reply parent

Says the politician who can't even acknowledge a genocide. I'll take Ta-Nehisi Coates. “...why can’t the Democratic Party defend this assault on democracy . . . and I would submit to you that if you can’t draw the line at genocide, you probably can’t draw the line at democracy.”

22/3/2025, 9:38:50 PM | 4 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Ian Epps (@ianepps.bsky.social) reply parent

"Look, I get protests in front of my house all the time, but they have to have a permit and they have to obey certain rules." Schumer is old enough to know that you didn't always need a permit- requiring a permit was/is an attempt to restrict freedom of protest.

17/3/2025, 1:57:03 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture kambole campbell (@kambole.bsky.social) reposted

have spent the last month writing a ton of stuff and not really talking about it so gonna share a bit. For Sight & Sound I reviewed the documentary MILISUTHANDO, a personal journal that doubles as an examination of how South African apartheid lingers: www.bfi.org.uk/sight-and-so...

20/10/2024, 10:46:26 AM | 3 1 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture RicksListeningPage (@rickslisteningpage.bsky.social) reposted

#NowPlaying🎧🔥 The Guise Of Wide - Ossa + Ian Epps Released on Frosti frostilabel.bandcamp.com/album/the-gu...

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8/8/2024, 3:18:21 PM | 2 1 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Sulk Rooms (@sulkrooms.bsky.social) reposted

Very happy to have the next release on Frosti land tomorrow, which is a split between Ossa & Ian Epps taking one long track each. Cassettes looking lovely for this one with plenty of Bay leaves ready to be picked and packed. Frostilabel.Bandcamp.com for everything…

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14/11/2023, 12:16:56 PM | 4 2 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Sylvia Solanas (@sylviasolanas.com) reposted

Listen to Bipolar Explorer’s The Other Room show 26 tomorrow on @campradio.bsky.social 9am NYC 15h France by @bipolarexplorer.bsky.social and me, with music by Stars of the Lid, Liz Hanks, Ian Epps, Portishead, Innesti and more. 🎧🎛️ #MusicSky #MusicianSky #Ambient listen.camp

Playlist for show 26, on a picture of Carmel Beach, CA, taken on a cloudy day. 1. Rob Winstone - hospital corridor 2. Innesti - Faded Mauve Butterflies 3. rabittsquirrel - Come, we'll watch the buildings fall together 4. Toby Cottrell - Stairs Featuring David Tremlett / Tate Britain 5. Liz Hanks - Ride (path made by humans or animals through woodland) 6. CAN - Vitamin C 7. Ian Epps - In Kelvin's Distance 8. Stars Of The Lid - Piano Aquieu 9. Portishead - Threads
6/11/2023, 12:54:28 PM | 5 2 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Ian Epps (@ianepps.bsky.social) reply parent

was in a crazy ice storm in 1991. Our whole city was an emergency zone. Trees down and blocking every street - snapped power lines dangling in the street. A tree came down and busted into our upstairs bathroom. Was a frigid two weeks.

5/1/2025, 4:09:02 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Ian Epps (@ianepps.bsky.social) reply parent

And used on a flyer I made for one of my performances at MoMA PS1 with Faten Kanaan, Lori Scacco and Sergej Vutuc

13/8/2024, 8:15:24 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Sulk Rooms (@sulkrooms.bsky.social) reposted

Very happy to have released ‘The Guise Of Wide’ yesterday on Frosti from the wonderful Ossa & @ianepps.bsky.social Deep ambient textures and intimate field recordings spread over a single long form track per artist… frostilabel.bandcamp.com/album/the-gu...

16/11/2023, 12:49:29 PM | 4 2 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Ian Epps (@ianepps.bsky.social)

just joined. Probably gonna take me a minute to fill out the questionnaires on here. In the meantime -Here's a picture of a wonderful door I photographed in Oaxaca.

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26/9/2023, 3:19:56 AM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view