Josh Torres Wedding

Never been the type to have the same album in multiple formats
but here I am…

How I wish that I could come back as a flower

We don’t give this one enough credit. Especially side two.

Unfortunately Jonathan Harris’ ‘Critical Race Theory’ painting from a few years ago was very prescient

“See that nice drape?”

Wife is out of town and I’m too lazy to cook for myself and too lazy to keep going out for every meal

So I bought like four days worth of Ethiopian food

U.S. military spending is set to hit a record $1.5 trillion.

Roughly half of defense spending goes to private contractors that routinely price-gouge the government.

Meanwhile, the Pentagon has failed EIGHT straight audits.

The military industrial complex is cheering today.

It sucks being the citizen of a pariah state

Iran is an bad actor on the world stage—and it would be better if it were a democracy. The same can be said of Russia, China, North Korea, Saudi Arabia, and many other countries no Trump fan wants us to invade and send our troops to die in.

Never apologize for opposing this war.

Close-up On The Outside, by Booker Stardrum 8 track album

Excellent

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Israel, immediately after vaporizing a bunch of little girls:

🔥

remember in school when we learned about monopolies lol so quaint

Thanks I love Bill and just saw him play, but I don’t know this one. I’ll check it out

Hell yeah. I thought about putting some Cecil on there but couldn’t decide which album. Definitely should have put some Derek

Yeah! I meant to add that one when I put duo exchange on there, but it slipped my mind

Good call!

Friend asked me for a list of jazz recs for someone into hardcore…

Just made this quickly off the top of my head
What did I miss?

Sunday

I always feel like spring is almost here with the new native plant catalog drops

This should simply encourage more people to criticize ICE on social media.

Jesse Jackson’s - Wattstax Music Festival Opening Speech (1972) YouTube video by Nightloop

I. AM. SOMEBODY. ✊🏽

Rest in Power, Reverend Jesse Jackson.

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I don’t know who needs to hear Jesse Jackson leading the kids on Sesame Street in this beautiful call-and-response reminding them that every child is somebody, but here it is

I say to myself more than just about any other statement these days

This elitist view that only rich/Ivy/private school kids should study/have access the liberal arts is so deeply ingrained in so many highly educated Democrats’ views (including tons who majored in the lib arts themselves) that they don’t even realize they hold it, let alone how ugly & elitist it is

Elon Musk posted about race almost every day in January Many social media posts by Tesla CEO on his platform are indiscernible from those of white supremacists, say experts

www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

I think it's time to rethink how we categorize "middle class."

ICE Is Expanding Across the US at Breakneck Speed. Here’s Where It’s Going Next ICE plans to lease offices throughout the US as part of a secret, months-long expansion campaign. WIRED is publishing dozens of these locations.

NEW: ICE has a plan to lease offices across the US as part of a secret, months-long expansion campaign.

Today, @wired.com is publishing dozens of those locations. Many are near schools, medical offices, and places of worship.

Vital work from @leahfeiger.bsky.social that I'm proud to publish.