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When teachers realize that there are more than 30 days left in the school year.

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“Disobedience, in the eyes of anyone who has read history, is man's original virtue. It is through obedience that progress has been made, through disobedience and through rebellion." -Oscar Wilde, 1891.

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“Just a little lovin’, early in the morning, beats a cup of coffee for starting off the day…” m.youtube.com/watch?v=pdgW...

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The only correct answer is James Fenimore Cooper’s “The Last of the Mohicans,” one of the single-worst books ever written, in any language, during any period of time, in any known universe. I will be taking no further questions on this matter.

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It is wonderful news that Mohsen Mahdawi has been released, but the stain of his incarceration will forever remain on this country, which continues to backslide into authoritarianism. Gift link below. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/30/n...

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In what feels like an altogether different stage of grief, I’m finally combing through my dad’s record collection, combining it with my own. These songs, some of which I haven’t heard in decades, ring anew, and he is home again, and we are reconnected, and he is free of the pain that killed him.

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I’m neither a historian nor a constitutional scholar, but it seems that we’re in a major crisis that seems to be getting worse by the day.

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One of my favorite discoveries of new music is Corridor, a Francophone band from Canada, whose songs lean towards jingle-jangle pop, but also have some interesting psych elements. If interested, be the first to use the download code below for their fantastic third album, “Junior.” Enjoy!

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Bootlickers are going to lick those boots, but the level of self-delusion here is astounding. Gift link below: www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

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The whole “it’s possible to separate art from the artist” discourse is tired, but it’s worth repeating that it’s not okay to listen to music made by rapists and abusers—thereby normalizing their behavior—and paying them (!) every time you stream a song.

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Yeah, pretty much. (Cartoon by Paul Noth, via The New Yorker.)

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How are readers of the New York Times—and legacy media in general—supposed to make sense of the world when even the pundit class can’t make up its own mind?

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Many thanks to @leepottspoet.bsky.social for publishing my new poem, “Liberation Song,” in Stone Circle Review. Stoked to join so many fine writers in this journal. 🙏

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How to read a poem properly

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The release of new music by Stereolab—the first in fifteen years!—is always cause for celebration. The lead single, “Aerial Troubles,” smokes. m.youtube.com/watch?v=Cg69...

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This used to be a proper country, one that didn’t ask such stupid questions. (The answer is an unequivocal “yes.”)

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These are but some of the songs that are helping me get through the End Times: The Damned - “Stranger On the Town” Scowl - “Not Heaven, Not Hell” Iggy Pop - “Don’t Look Down” Fleetwood Mac - “That’s Alright”

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0-1: Infancy 1-4: Toddlerhood 5-12: Childhood 13-19: Teenage years 20-30: Young adulthood 30-65: Fleetwood Mac Era

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I’ve always said that Wall Street is not the economy, but anyone can see that none of ✨ this ✨ can amount to anything good.

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“Choosing moral clarity over strategic calculation, over short-term tactics, requires more than individual courage—it demands revivifying our atrophied senses of community.” Peter Michael Gratton, writing with moral clarity indeed, in Liberal Currents: www.liberalcurrents.com/against-stra...

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“What listening to Warren Zevon songs tells you is that good and bad coexist and remain present in us at all times, amid idealistic gestures that crash into daily disappointments. Then you wake up the next day hoping for another chance.” www.theringer.com/2018/09/07/m...

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Student: wears The Strokes t-shirt Teacher: “The Strokes, eh? Name three types of stroke…” Student: 🙄 Teacher: “Ischemic, hemorrhagic…your turn…” Student: 🙄

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Melody Tuttle, “Wildfire.”

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“In the—God help us—weeks, months, and years ahead, no one is coming to save us. But that's the point: democracy's true strength has never come from singular saviors or sovereign protectors.” @petergratton.bsky.social www.liberalcurrents.com/why-liberals...

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Nuclear arms in the Middle East / Israel is attacking the Iraqis / the Syrians are mad at the Lebanese / and Baghdad does whatever she pleases… Warren Zevon, “The Envoy” (1982) m.youtube.com/watch?v=B544...

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Did you know that, well before achieving success as a writer, Maya Angelou released a calypso record in 1957? I sure didn’t!

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My aunt—who recently turned 93–received a hug earlier today from New York’s governor, Kathy Hochul, while at her senior center. This picture captures the exuberant spirit of my aunt. I wish that you could all meet her!

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Not sure what the current scientific research says, but I’m pretty sure that the heavy, heavy guitar riff in “Barracuda” can split an atom.

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On International Women’s Day—and every day, for that matter—let’s remember that Karen Carpenter was a much better drummer than Ringo Starr will ever be. ✨ m.youtube.com/watch?v=GVBt...

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There was so much anti-Reagan and anti-government sentiment in punk and hardcore circles during the 1980s. But now, that pushback seems to have disappeared at a time when we need resistance activities the most. cvltnation.com/future-trump...

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just learning that the iconic canadian prog rock band "Rush" has introduced a devastating 5/8 tariff on all tempo exports to the United States

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People will look back on these troubling events and ask: What were common, everyday Americans doing? How were they meeting the moment? So, what’s our answer?

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Gee, what could go wrong?

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There are few joys in life that compare to being introduced to a song that practically grabs you by the throat and refuses to let go. youtu.be/k88i7ABHyJw?...

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