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🎶Protest songs, including some you may not have thought about -- part 1 of a series. Music from @rhiannongiddens.bsky.social Marvin Gaye @carrienewcomer.bsky.social Matraca Berg Eliza Gilkysin &others kerrydexter.substack.com/p/anger-and-...

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Preach And listen to Marketplace

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Music 🎶for Love and Resilience from @cathieryan.bsky.social Matt & Shannon Heaton @gretchenpeters.bsky.social Eddi Reader &more, at @wanderingeducators.bsky.social #creativity #reflection www.wanderingeducators.com/best/stories...

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@kairyssdal.bsky.social Thoughts on this, Kai? open.substack.com/pub/critical...

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In My Tribe: through 🎶song, @cathieryan.bsky.social reflects on unexpected connections -->☘️ #Ireland #creativity #firstnations kerrydexter.substack.com/p/sunday-ses...

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#FromTheArchive: Write an essay about a river, or body of water, that is significant to you. How does its history intersect with your own? #PWNonfictionPrompt: at.pw.org/River

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🇺🇦 Slava Ukraini! Scotland stands with Ukraine.

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News: New Voice of America inquiry focuses on possible bias of senior reporter’s social media posts. It’s Steve Herman (@newsguy.bluesky.social)- also targeted for inquiry by Trump political aides back in 2020. Also WH buro chief Patsy Widakuswara reassigned / More www.npr.org/2025/03/01/g...

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I ❤️ this pic!! A standing ovation for Dónal Lunny. So much love in the room!! So emotional to get to play together again!! Thanks Lynette Fay for the pic 📸 #rtefolkawards #zodomo RTÉ Radio 1 #vicarstreet #irishmusic

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These deeply beautiful maps show the migration patterns of––respectively––Curlew, Kittiwake & Blackcap. From this interactive migration atlas recording migrations of 300 bird species: migrationatlas.org Birds both tether us to places & stitch the world together.

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Hey, artists, in case you were wondering if your work matters: I'm a scientist working on climate change and biodiversity, and I would not be who I am today without The Lorax, The Secret of NIMH, Watership Down, The Last Unicorn, and The X-Files. I know I'm not alone. Thank you for all you do.

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News: NPR chief diversity officer Keith Woods to retire, amid broad attack on DEI He told colleagues today that he has been planning his retirement since 2023 but delayed after home destroyed last year by Helene. It follows PBS's ouster of DEI execs. www.npr.org/2025/02/26/n...

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I have decided to cancel my show at The Kennedy Center on May 11, 2025 and move it to The Anthem.

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Well worth the 4:33 it''l take you to listen all the way through #KamalaHarris youtu.be/bnmKwxjMKgs?...

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#Ireland: 4 songs that will help you learn about immigation, emigration, and change kerrydexter.substack.com/p/ireland-4-...

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A 🎶song to revisit just now... from Karine Polwart "so too is the north wind..." and "I wondered what might that rock of Lewis have to say..." and more to think on youtu.be/-oBXOIbAtZw?...

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So the President not only fired the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs. He also fired the top JAGs at the Army, Navy and Air Force. Those are the lead people who determine what is a legal order and what is not. So if you're planning to do things that are illegal they're the most obvious obstacle.

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The Atlantic writer Anne Applebaum says President Trump's dismantling of the U.S. civil service system, and his attacks on judges and his opponents, are part of a playbook on undermining democracy. 🎧 tinyurl.com/3w32xujf

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Women of☘️ #Ireland: 4 ❄️musicians to discover -- at @perceptivetravel.bsky.social #creativity perceptivetravel.com/blog/2023/02...

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Crowley’s, reel / Joe Burke, accordion ; Martin Byrnes, fiddle Recorded by Tom Davis at a street session in 1973, and part of Pádraic Mac Mathúna’s latest ÌTMA playlist. Listen to the full track and playlist at: www.itma.ie/playlists/pa...

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To translate this into a more common currency: every dollar spent auditing the top 0.1% returns roughly 9 eggs.

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“For the past 25 years, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has helped develop building codes, the construction standards that help houses survive hurricanes, wildfires and earthquakes. Now, the Trump Administration has ordered that to stop, according to people involved with the work.”

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Prof David Archibald & Ronan Breslin of @tenementals.bsky.social, say their band will launch a new interactive Listening Post @uofgarc.bsky.social next month. This trailblazing installation will let the public explore Glasgow's history through music. 🎶

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#OTD in 1472, Shetland and Orkney officially became a part of Scotland 💙 The islands, depicted here in Nicolas Sanson's 1665 map, had been annexed by the Kingdom of Norway in the 10th century 🏝️ Explore the map in more detail > maps.nls.uk/view/00000989

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One thing that comes up on almost every consulting call: "What do I do about a permanent address if I'm moving away for good?" https://www.rfr.bz/b8c9571

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Dónal Lunny will be presented with the Lifetime Achievement Award at the @rteradio1 Folk Awards 🥳 Comhghairdeas leat a Dhónail!! Richly deserved!!! One of the best things I ever did in my life was get to play, sing, perform, travel & hang out with this legend 🥰 Can't wait for the big night!! 🥳

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Rose is one of thousands of federal workers who have been terminated by the Trump administration. At 26, she's left wondering what to do now.

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whether or not you’re a fan of zelensky, the usa trying to force an election in a foreign democracy during wartime–when it can’t be held safely and securely–against most ukrainians’ wishes (including much of zelensky’s opposition) and in violation of the ukrainian constitution is unacceptable.

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Could 🎶songwriters be the best #travel writers? I have ideas on that, at @perceptivetravel.bsky.social with music from @cathieryan.bsky.social @carrienewcomer.bsky.social @juliefowlis.bsky.social and Karine Polwart to go along. See what you think --> perceptivetravel.com/blog/2010/05...

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A #Glasgow museum you may not have heard about --> story at @perceptivetravel.bsky.social #history #museums #Scotland #travel perceptivetravel.com/blog/2025/02...

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Less crowded #Italy with fewer tourists: @timleffel.bsky.social found this and has the story @perceptivetravel.bsky.social #travel perceptivetravel.com/blog/2025/02...

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We are delighted to announce the launch of our first-ever Academic Consultancy Service. The service will provide academics with access to legal, financial, and administrative expertise, including help with negotiations, contracts, and payments. More: gla.ac/4b3qWb8 @uofgied.bsky.social

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#Scotland's music: Haar from Lauren MacColl --> story at Music Road #creativity #composer #fiddle musicroad.blogspot.com/2024/04/scot...

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If you need a break from the news -- and some good food ideas to fuel you in coming days, Ellie Kreiger has tasty recipes featuring #lentils --> #food #cooking open.substack.com/pub/elliekri...

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What invites you to dream? What causes you to act? Could it be a story? Could it be a song? --> #creativity @rhiannongiddens.bsky.social #CelticConnections kerrydexter.substack.com/p/sunday-ses...

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#Ireland's ☘️🎶music: The Path of Stones from John Doyle -->story ay Music Road #creativity #guitar #CpmpassRecords musicroad.blogspot.com/2021/03/irel...

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