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Imposing his taste on friends & strangers since 19xx. Agitador Cultural. Globalizer. Arts Monger from Long Island & Brooklyn now in Abu Dhabi UAE 

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Following it up wit Afro Brazilian jazz funk from São Paulo’s Bixiga 70 open.spotify.com/track/6xsI1B... @listi

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Some days, you just need some Azerbaijani psychedelic guitar jams youtu.be/GKCq_6u4v2U?...

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WYOMING: “Thank you, Madam chairman.” “I prefer ‘Mister’ chairman.” “Well you all voted preferred pronouns cannot be compelled speech.”

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Long box

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“If you're not careful, the newspapers will have you hating the people who are being oppressed, and loving the people who are doing the oppressing.” A classic quote from Malcolm X, who was assassinated 60 years ago today.

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The USPS is not a business. It's a well-liked--even loved--public service. Medicare and Social Security don't earn money either. They are public services. Everything does not need to be about making money. Some things are about making things work for us.

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This is your state on Republican meth.

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Sometime I go to places that don’t allow cameras.

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Is there a full list of major colleges/universities that have scrubbed diversity mentions from their websites in the last few weeks?

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Sure looks like Google News caught the Latin Times using a large language model to write an article picking up on my latest report

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Today for @bloomberg.com, I have a review of the Palantir CEO's new book "The Technological Republic," which is both tedious and creepy. Karp wrote his dissertation on Adorno's critique of jargon, seemingly to reverse engineer it? www.unpopularfront.news/p/palantirs-...

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A colleague just introduced me to Leila Adu. She seems to be positioned in a contemporary classical / new music world but it’s more art pop - more than anyone it’s conjuring My Brightest Diamond / Shara Nova. Gorgeous moving song. open.spotify.com/track/1axJfg...

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Yikes. That was fast. A lot of fairly short tenures recently. I DO wish they had recognized the length of Amy Cassello’s overall tenure there. After years behind the scenes, glad she’s getting her due.

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Thrilled for @Cimafunk to be featured!!! Saw his first US perfomance in 2019 and after in Chicago and had chance to meet. He will be in Miami early March and NOLA in May!

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My wife and I went on a fateful early date to see Todd Haines’ Safe. This discussion reminds me it may be time to rewatch it. youtu.be/MP3kLKLaiTw?...

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I Jump at Dawn, When Skies Blush BLue-2, 2024 Artist: Shama Al Hamed Coming home soon.

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"A Prince, whose Character is thus marked by every act which may define a Tyrant, is unfit to be the Ruler of a free People." People are bemoaning pressure by the #NEA to create works celebrating the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence. Re-read it. There's a lot to work with.

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On this day in 1975, David Bowie released Young Americans as a single. Its misleading warmth and coked-up verbosity gave Bowie his first US hit, audiences possibly mistaking the song’s harsh critique for a compliment. See where it came in MOJO’s rundown of David Bowie’s 100 greatest songs:

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Why is this so hard for news orgs? www.status.news/p/cbs-evenin...

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Come get up, my baby. open.spotify.com/track/4JRem7... @listigeplaylists.bsky.social

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