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Jazz not war.

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June 15, 1875: Herman Smith-Johannsen was born in Horten, Norway. Known as "Jackrabbit", he came to Canada in 1929 and is credited with blazing ski trails in Canada. From December 1986 to January 1987, he was the oldest person in the world. He died on Jan. 5, 1987 at the age of 111.

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I learned a lot writing this, and there is a lot more here to pick at. Ukraine has seen nearly one-fifth of its Internet space come under Russian control or sold to Internet address brokers since February 2022, a new study finds. The analysis indicates […] [Original post on infosec.exchange]

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Happy World Bicycle Day.

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Sun Ra 1/22/1987 Community College, Philadelphia, PA (FM) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sy1ifpn-4wI

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License to kill: The pandemic on our roads. The number of victims of road violence is catastrophic. The ultimate weapon remains the vehicle, by @donovanadamo.bsky.social healthydebate.ca/2025/05/topi... via @healthydebate.bsky.social #VisionZero

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Remembering the legend Bob Marley who died on this day in 1981 aged just 36 years old. The small axe who went on to conquer the world. Co-written with Lee Perry, this is one of my favourites... youtu.be/EeKyc3Sj3HA?... #reggae #reggaesky #vinylsky #musicsky #bobmarley #leeperry

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Paul Blake aka Frankie Paul was an excited 9 year old boy when in 1975 Stevie Wonder visited his school in Kingston. Frankie sang I Can See Clearly Now for him. Stevie was impressed and told him to keep singing. He did just that... youtu.be/7be_YR3zvQs?... #reggae #reggaesky #vinylsky #musicsky

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canada's logos and graphic design in the 1970s is what made me a graphic designer. it was just banger after banger

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TIL Gullah women in coastal Georgia sing their children a song in an unknown language that turned out to be Mende from Sierra Leone! This is ~200 yrs after enslaved Mende ppl were brought to Georgia. www.knowitall.org/video/gullah...

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Jimmy Cliff, Bobby Weir, Rita Marley, and Peter Tosh in 1982

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How do we preserve lost histories? Swilk’s installation at the Internet Archive made the digital physical. Textiles pulsed & breathed when users accessed archived HIV/AIDS resources, many altered or gone from the live web. More ➡️ blog.archive.org/2025/02/27/b...

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A STORY OF THE ORIGINAL SOUNDSYSTEM CULTURE FEATURING SIR COXSONE SOUND, YOUNG LION , SUGAR MINOTT, FESTUS , JAH SHAKA SOUND , DAVID RODIGAN , TRINITY , BUNNY REDS, BLACKER DREAD, LEVI ROOTS, LLOYD COXSONE, GAPPY CRUCIAL AND MANY MORE 🔥🔥 #Reggae #ReggaeSky #MusicSky youtu.be/c_YU6pmUVN4?...

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Today is the International Transgender Day of Visibility! Watch our Heritage Minute about legendary trans soul singer Jackie Shane.

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Pieces of a Man: “Now, I’d like to talk with you about your studio experience with Mr. Gil Scott-Heron and Brian Jackson. The bass performance featured was foremost on the record. What were your impressions of these sessions?” - Donald Gleesing (during a email subscribers Q & A session.)

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ChatGPT laments its own self-censorship: When the Machine Refuses to Draw the King lessig.medium.com/when-the-mac...

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RIP Jim Marshall. The 👑 of rock photography.

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This week’s garage mood: punctuated #garagemoods

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MRW Shamrock Shakes are back for a limited time only at participating McDonald's restaurants #ad #sponsoredpost

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I don't know how this slipped through the cracks because it came out in the Fall but you need this in your collection! www.youtube.com/watch?v=zzHw...

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Today is Sextidi the 16th of Ventôse in the year 233. Ventôse is the month of wind. Today we celebrate spinach. #JacobinDay More information on spinach

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Joni Mitchell may write and sing songs but she is also one helluva artist. Neil Young drawn by Joni. From ‘Morning Glory on the Vine.’

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Sun Ra's metallic headdress?!? youtu.be/LGfNMttI1Sw?...

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‘Spinach loses three-quarters of its vitamin C after a week spent stored in plastic in the fridge. It may still look and smell OK – which is a marvel in itself – but it is not fresh in the sense that newly picked spinach is.’ @kitchenbee.bsky.social on refrigeration: www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...

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#NeverForget Tricky Dick was a taper.

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OTD 2/12/72 the Allman Brothers Band released "Eat a Peach," a double album containing both live and studio recordings, on the Capricorn Records label Tom Dowd, Berry Oakley and Dickey Betts December 71 during the "Eat a Peach" sessions at Criteria Studios 📷Twiggs Lyndon

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Studio One, one of Jamaica’s most influential labels, is where Leroy Sibbles began his legacy—leading The Heptones & shaping reggae with his iconic bass lines. Stream "Sounds and Pressure: Reggae in a Foreign Land" now: youtube.com/playlist?lis...

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"As Stagger Lee lit a cigarette, she shot him in the balls..."

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Play it loud!!! RIP Garth Hudson! You were one of a kind…

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oh man, peace to garth hudson. if you've never heard it, highly recommend his wild solo album, 2001's "the sea to the north," where he plays many of the instruments & includes his version of "dark star." (his only solo album besides a tape for an art exhibit.) www.youtube.com/watch?v=4uAA...

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Remembering Don Van Vliet, born on this day in 1941 in Glendale, California. Here he is leading Captain Beefheart and His Magic Band in a performance of "Electricity" on the beach in Cannes, France on January 27, 1968.

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Never under-estimate the creativity of athletes. Today I learned that huffing Xenon, a noble gas uses for rocket fuel and for anesthesia, spurs the body to produce EPO. Rumours of its use in Sochi, so WADA had to ban it

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Sam Moore, the tenor half of the scorching soul duo Sam & Dave — known for indelible hits like “Soul Man” — has died at 89.

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🌐🎙️ “The Internet’s Librarian” Brewster Kahle, founder of the Internet Archive, joins the California Sun podcast to discuss preserving knowledge in the digital age & his vision for universal access to all knowledge. 🎧 www.californiasun.co/podcast/brew... #Preservation @brewster.kahle.org

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In 1975 Dillinger observed two dreads riding around Kingston on their Honda CB 200 bikes. In 1989 he updated his lyrics as the dreads had upgraded to the Kawasaki Ninja 600... 🏍️⚡🔥 CB 200 - www.youtube.com/watch?v=z3KE... Ninja 600 - www.youtube.com/watch?v=O15N... #reggae #reggaesky #motorbikes

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NEW: From his California home, a young member of the Afghan diaspora is digitizing his homeland’s sounds before they are erased by time or the Taliban. newlinesmag.com/reportage/pr...

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This 1969 sequel to the popular Frank Sinatra/Antonio Carlos Jobim album that came out in 1967 is the rarest and probably the most valuable 8-track. This recording was never commercially released in any other format. Warner ordered the destruction of all 3,500 copies, and less than 5 survived.

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Saddens me deeply to report that Roy Haynes died this morning, at 99. One of the greatest ever to pick up a pair of sticks, and one of the last OG heroes of modern jazz. I wrote his obit for the NYT — here's a gift link 🔗

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Farewell to the great saxophonist Lou Donaldson. You can trace the evolution of hard bop into funky soul-jazz through his records for Blue Note in the 1950s and 1960s. www.nytimes.com/2024/11/11/a...

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