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Music (especially Jazz), Movies, Good Food, Wine, Malt Whisky, Travel (especially France) & Non-Fiction. YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@altonmann Recommended Movie Lists: https://www.imdb.com/user/ur0439885/lists/?sort=name%2Casc
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Ronnie Free, Mose Allison, Lester Young, Mary Lou Williams, Charlie Rouse and Oscar Pettiford #thejazzworld #jazzsky #Music #jazz

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HAPPY BIRTHDAY YOKO ONO! Make a wish at wishtreeforyokoono.com TODAY is Yoko Ono's 92nd Birthday. To celebrate, Sean Ono Lennon created a virtual ‘Wish Tree’ for people to post their wishes online and (with @onetreeplanted.bsky.social) plant real trees in Yoko’s honour. #wishtree #happybirthdayyoko

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Cost-minimizing ≠ Efficient

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Map of Plane Crashes in The US & Canada Since The Start Of 2025 credit reddit user YOGB_2

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“I can’t help but wonder what is so controversial about this picture book that caused it to be banned by the US Government.”

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Swing Street (52nd St), New York, 1948

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Why are we literally firing national park rangers?! The National Park Service is an agency and national amenity with one of the highest approval ratings!

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I cannot stress this enough, THIS;

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Map Of European Cultural Superiority More on the survey: brilliantmaps.com/european-...

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Good journalism, unlike academic writing, “often emerges from the convergence of disagreement and befuddlement,” Joshua Rothman writes. In a new Weekend Essay, he reflects on his turn to reporting.

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ICYMI Most improved teams? Least improved? Best/worst free agents? Best trades Injury comebacks/phenoms to watch Plus we play America's favorite game: Name 3 Marlins! And lots more in this year's spring preview survey of 32 execs, scouts, insiders www.nytimes.com/athletic/613...

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We fight so hard to protect the neighborhoods that we could never build today. Everything down to the color of the window trim is heavily controlled in ‘Old Town’ yet nearly every inch of this beloved neighborhood is illegal under current zoning. 📍 Marblehead, MA

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An estimated 1.5 billion people—roughly one in every five human beings—speak English, making it the most widely used language in the history of humanity. Some researchers worry about what we’re losing with its expansion.

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This could be every waterfront freeway in the USA… (Paris, EmmanuelSPV)

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Map Showing Obesity Rate By Country In 2022 Full numbers by country: brilliantmaps.com/obesity-r...

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If you are collecting Social Security, or are near the age when you'll be applying to collect Social Security, sign into your My SSA account and download all the information about your FICA earnings per year. Keep digital and hard copies. These records are in danger of being damaged or erased.

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If there is one appointment I thought R Senators would have the backbone to block, it was the appointment of security risk to be director of national intelligence.

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The Department of Energy on Friday tried to clarify why one of Elon Musk’s DOGE underlings was granted access to the department’s I.T. systems despite opposition from its general counsel and cybersecurity offices.

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Philly is not getting disaster relief aid after this celebration

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As companies shell out big bucks for Super Bowl commercials, remember that many said they were forced to raise prices due to inflation. Also remember that average profit margins in nearly every sector in the S&P 500 are running near or above 10-year highs. Hello???

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Private equity firms create local healthcare monopolies by buying up all the competitors in the region. Without competition, they can simultaneously jack up prices and cut wages and staffing. The results can be dangerous, even deadly, for patients. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

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#5albums70s2 1 Pretzel Logic - Steely Dan 2 Look Sharp - Joe Jackson 3 Veedon Fleece - Van Morrison 4 Cosmo’s Factory - Creedence 5 Rumours - Fleetwood Mac Honorable mention: Hejira - Joni Mitchell, Cars - Cars, GP - Gram Parsons

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Last night I found out that the NSF math postdoctoral fellowship I applied for is being deleted because it does not comply with Trump’s executive orders on DEI in the federal government. I’m going to answer some FAQs and share some thoughts about this ordeal in this thread 1/n

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