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In memory of our dad we ask you to support a fund set up in his name at Jazz Foundation of America, to support musicians in need who didn’t have the safety net of a teacher’s retirement. You can also donate to the SE Florida chapter of the Alzheimer’s Association. jazzfoundation.org/jackbragin/

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A week from today, playing in NYC, duo with fellow Colombian ex-pat and old friend Alejandro Flórez. Get your free ticket with the link

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New excerpt from @lizpelly.bsky.social’s book just dropped via @theguardian.com wherein we argue that Spotify’s Discovery Mode payola scheme constitutes a violation of the FTC Act www.theguardian.com/music/2025/f...

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“Definitions belong to the definers, not the defined.” - Toni Morrison She was born on this day in 1931 in Lorain, Ohio. Happy heavenly birthday.

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Palestinian Director Basel Adra: As "No Other Land" Gets Oscar Nod, Israel Ramps Up West Bank Attacks

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The most unpatriotic members of any society are the far right. They will always align with foreign interests against the interests of their own nations. They will always undermine national institutions and national values in pursuit of their own interests. When they pose as patriots, they lie.

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On Friday February 28th, 7:00 p.m. our Gallo<>Flórez duo, with long-time collaborator, guitarist Alejandro Flórez. Third Street Music School: 235 East 11th Street New York, NY Tickets are Free, you can reserve with this link: www.eventbrite.com/e/livesounds...

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“We must especially beware of that small group of selfish men who would clip the wings of the American eagle in order to feather their own nests.” -FDR, 1941

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Tilda Swinton's acceptance speech | Berlinale 2025: "The inhumane is being perpetrated on our watch...." youtu.be/Fqol-1nTp_U?...

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Musk's wealth in 2012: $2 Billion Musk's wealth in 2024: $447 Billion Bezos's wealth in 2012: $18 Billion Bezos's wealth in 2024: $249 Billion Zuckerberg's wealth in 2012: $44 Billion Zuckerberg's wealth in 2024: $224 Billion Minimum wage in 2012: $7.25 Minimum wage in 2024: $7.25

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‘Even the sound of the water has changed’: can Bogotá bring its wetlands back from the brink? www.theguardian.com/global-devel...

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TONIGHT - Los ALiENs are back on Earth landing at Barbès Brooklyn, NY 8:00 p.m. * Tropical * Electric * Funky * Grooves * ___Los ALieNs are: Andrés Jiménez: drums Stomu Takeishi: electric bass Sebastián Cruz: electric guitar Ricardo Gallo: synthesizers SEE YOU OUT THERE EARTHLINGS!!

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How much Elon Musk makes from the government a day: $8 million. How much a senior on Social Security gets a day: $65 Guess which budget Musk and Trump want to cut?

submitted 11 days ago • 898 comments

The seamstress of the bird world. Nature is amazing. Protect it. #ActOnClimate #biodiversity #climate #deforestation #GreenNewDeal

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ode to the flute A man sings by opening his mouth a man sings by opening his lungs by turning himself into air a flute can be made of a man nothing is explained a flute lays on its side and prays a wind might enter it and make of it at least a small final song Ross Gay.

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Top comment on the recent NYT story on DOGE’s young aides www.nytimes.com/shared/comme...

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Today, from midnight to midnight Pacific Time, we’re donating 100% of our proceeds to support artists impacted by the California Wildfires. Here's a list of releases that are also donating to the cause. daily.bandcamp.com/features/a-l...

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On Feb 7, Bandcamp will be donating 100% of our proceeds to MusiCares to provide emergency aid for artists in need, partnering with A2IM, WIN, Harman, Lagunitas, Roland, Shure, Victrola, and Women in Music to amplify the effort. Mark your calendar & spread the word. bit.ly/4gt9ka4

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Powerful statement about archiving and resistance att ubuweb: ubuweb.com

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trade war btwn imperialist allies (US & Canada) is means to use economic nationalism to rally behind otherwise status-quo. struggle between 'foreign' & 'domestic' capital maintains capitalism, hurts ppl through price gouging, reinforces racist nationalism & intensifies extraction on Indigenous lands

submitted 21 days ago • 14 comments

Recordando hoy nuestra versión de el “Dos de Febrero” con Juanita Delgado. (El link se puede abrir en cualquier plataforma) tidal.com/track/584139...

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Basel Adra, director palestino nominado al Oscar por ‘No other land’: “No hubiera querido filmar algo así nunca”. El documental muestra las violaciones constantes del derecho internacional humanitario de los colonos y del ejército israelí en #Cisjordania. 👇 www.eldiario.es/unrwa/basel-...

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This film is a must watch. For the whole world. filmforum.org/film/no-othe...

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oh you AI generated an art piece ? why dont you AI generate someone who cares

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The Commander in Chief is politicizing the deaths of not only 67 lives, but three Servicemembers. His hatred for those who serve knows no bounds. His disdain for women knows no limits. His empathy for those left behind is nonexistent. Absolutely DISGRACEFUL.

submitted 24 days ago • 195 comments

To me, America First means ensuring every American has housing and healthcare, not freezing grants going to Americans or renaming the Gulf of Mexico.

submitted 25 days ago • 8 comments

Happy year of the snake! I would argue that the snakes of the United States are just as varied and pretty as our birds. A few years ago I made a poster to try and prove it. Drawing this took many months and a lot of research. You can get it here: topatoco.com/collections/...

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🚨BOYCOTT ALERT 🚨 STARTING FEBRUARY 1st, MY ORGANIZATION WE ARE SOMEBODY IS CALLING ON A MASS BOYCOTT OF ALL TARGET STORES. Yesterday, Target announced that they are rolling back diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives.

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Trump II has begun. Many people are asking: “What can I do now?” Here are 10 recommendations. Please let me know your thoughts, and if you have anything else you'd like to add to the list.

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“Spotify was happy to align themselves with piracy when it made them seem cool, and then they were happy to align themselves with the anti-piracy sentiment when it was good for business.”

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Documental altamente recomendado sobre los bateristas en Colombia que desarrollaron sus estilos propios en la música tropical. Realizado por el gran baterista y eterno curioso Pedro Ojeda

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Watch “Los Propios Bateros” by Pedro Ojeda (Romperayo, Los Pirañas, Ondatropicahttps) while you can! Too good! vimeo.com/271160053

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What's happening now is designed to overwhelm, discourage and disorient us. There are evidence-based practices that can help center us in the eye of the storm so we can be more effective in responding. If you could use one now, here's a series of brief, daily meditations I can't recommend enough:

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Es curioso como en Argentina normalizaron eso, creo que es un poco similar a Trump, "es que él habla así, así son sus formas, es su estilo". ah, pero fueran esos otros tres, no durarían en llamarlos, "dictador, tirano, etc..."

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Spotify donated 1.7 million kroner to Trump’s inauguration and hosted a party featuring Ben Shapiro & Tim Pool. These companies and mega-rich CEOs don’t care about the workers who make their companies run, they care about cozying up to Trump’s oligarchical power.

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Brave, beautiful…truly speaking truth to the most powerful ghouls on earth

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Bobby Bradford, musician in LA lost his home. He's 91, here's his GoFundMe gofund.me/f0beb348

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We are not going to do the fascists’ work for them.

submitted 34 days ago • 6 comments

That will be 3 pm EST

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“We must accept finite disappointment, but never lose infinite hope.” - Dr. Martin Luther King

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Pianist Herbie Hancock dedicated his 1969 album "The Prisoner" to the memory of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. with stirring pieces like the sublime "I Have A Dream," “Firewater” & “He Who Lives In Fear.” Listen & get the Tone Poet Vinyl Edition: bluenote.lnk.to/HerbieHancoc...

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This is George Monbiot's "X" leaving speech, and wow ❤️ @georgemonbiot.bsky.social

submitted 34 days ago • 35 comments

@aoc.bsky.social e-mail going after TikTok & social platforms collaborating with Trump - with a shout out to @bsky.app

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"Los Angeles did not burn, despite Elon Musk’s assurances, because of DEI policies in the city’s fire department or because the governor of California was a “subtard.” (...) It burned because we weren’t—to use the vernacular—woke to the challenge of climate change."

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Yo

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The family of David Lynch invites us all around the world to come together at noon Monday for a worldwide group meditation for 10 minutes- I will definitely be there to help raise the vibration on an otherwise dark day. #davidlynch

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