No kings.
04.07.2025 21:17 โ ๐ 114 ๐ 17 ๐ฌ 2 ๐ 1@asie212.bsky.social
Composer, Professor, London-based New Yorker https://linktr.ee/asie212
No kings.
04.07.2025 21:17 โ ๐ 114 ๐ 17 ๐ฌ 2 ๐ 1Wow! France gifted her to us, and now theyโve captured what so many Americans are feeling on Independence Day. The values the Statue of Liberty stood for are no more.
๐ A stunning mural of the Statue of Liberty covering her face was unveiled in Roubaix, France, on July 3, 2025.
Walz: If you say you love freedom but you don't believe freedom is for everybody, then the thing you love is not freedom, it is privilege.
24.04.2025 00:22 โ ๐ 79482 ๐ 20345 ๐ฌ 840 ๐ 1265So, #Ravel was asked in 1930 (for L'Intransigeant) whether he'd be happy for a woman to conduct his music: 'Without hesitation. I donโt see in what sense a woman is inferior to a man. This idea of inferiority is an ancient idea.โ
18.04.2025 15:33 โ ๐ 15 ๐ 4 ๐ฌ 2 ๐ 0I suggest everyone become very, very familiar with this piece by law Professor @david.noll.org. I suspect you will be referring to it often. www.democracydocket.com/opinion/if-t...
15.04.2025 19:29 โ ๐ 12242 ๐ 5366 ๐ฌ 437 ๐ 338โAmerican government, American foreign policy, and American trade policy are slowly being transformed, not to benefit Americans but to benefit the president, his family, and his friends.โ
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
What happened today reeks of insider trading. Trumpโs tweet wasnโt randomโit was a signal. Someone cashed in, and the public deserves to know who and how much. Follow. The. Money.
โThis entire White House is one giant grift.โ
โSen. @chrismurphyct.bsky.social shining a spotlight on it! ๐ฅ
I called my senators today and told them I want Cory Booker to be the senate minority leader.
We canโt hold hearings. We donโt have subpoena power. We canโt pass budgets. But we CAN filibuster, and we CAN change party leadership.
yโall are wild
27.03.2025 02:40 โ ๐ 18104 ๐ 3660 ๐ฌ 315 ๐ 241NB: Stravinskyโs Petrushka was on the program, music from a ballet about Russian puppets ๐ฏ
14.03.2025 19:40 โ ๐ 16 ๐ 2 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 2We just watched Trump & Vance do Putinโs bidding in the Oval Office & it was horrific. Not even two months into this administration & itโs a disaster for the free world.
28.02.2025 18:47 โ ๐ 20470 ๐ 4506 ๐ฌ 830 ๐ 146NBC purges people of color. Was there a direct order from the co-presidents? Threat of a lawsuit?
We are looking at re-segregation of American public life.
Elon Musk is easy for most Americans to hate because everyone has had a dickhead boss who is bad at his job and way in over his head.
23.02.2025 20:03 โ ๐ 838 ๐ 109 ๐ฌ 33 ๐ 7I'm holding a citizen meeting in West Hartford to talk about what I'm doing and what people can do to fight back against Trump's seizure of government for the billionaire class.
1/ Unfortunately, we've maxed out the space, so here's a ๐งต on what you can do.
โExtinction Burstโ as applied to MAGA.
This is worth the two minutes of your time. Trust me on this oneโฆ
(Part I)
The part of George Orwellโs 1984 that everyone forgets is how the music and publishing industries have been replaced by a machine that spits out songs and bad novels โwithout any human intervention.โ The goal is to keep you from ever having to think.
08.02.2025 20:06 โ ๐ 9541 ๐ 2532 ๐ฌ 148 ๐ 122Fantastic session with the BBC National Orchestra of Wales and Jac Van Steen recording my 'Kiskadee' for broadcast on BBC Radio 3! So exciting to have this ACO / LOA Toulmin Foundation commissioned work cross the pond after touring performances around the US over the past year
08.02.2025 09:06 โ ๐ 6 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Ah damn it turns out this whole political system relies on false assumptions about how big of an asshole someone could be
01.02.2025 06:06 โ ๐ 17232 ๐ 2010 ๐ฌ 194 ๐ 66Was hoping I wouldnโt have to dust off this gem again.
27.01.2025 02:38 โ ๐ 14570 ๐ 2971 ๐ฌ 222 ๐ 85There weren't headlines like this before the election because they wanted Trump to be elected so they could make money writing headlines like this after the election.
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26.01.2025 17:59 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0It's the big vote on the Climate & Nature Bill for science-led action this morning. #CANBill
Is your MP planning to vote for it?
Full list here: action.zerohour.uk
If not, they may be wavering. It's not too late to tag them and urge them to vote for our future.
I'm trying to keep up with this; the party of pro-life has
1) ended cancer research
2) pulled us out of the WHO
3) Frozen communications and updates for the NIH and the CDC
4) raised prescription prices previously capped
5) out of Paris Climate Accords again
6) FDA and HHS gone Dark
#MAGADeathCult
A tweet from John Basham asking for help from Donald Trump and Ted Cruz regarding his wife, a nurse whose job offer from the VA was rescinded due to a hiring freeze. The text describes their familyโs hardships, including relocation expenses and emotional distress, and emphasizes their support for Trump while requesting intervention. Below the tweet, an image features a bold red stamp that reads, "WE NEED YOUR HELP."
Itโsย find out time for so many of his supporters.
23.01.2025 22:31 โ ๐ 4970 ๐ 495 ๐ฌ 997 ๐ 142David Lynch holding a megaphone. He says: "Okay, let's try that again, but this time good."
Mood, 2 weeks into 2025
16.01.2025 19:47 โ ๐ 2171 ๐ 551 ๐ฌ 2 ๐ 10Hereโs a version that I found printed in Germany around a decade ago, ahead of its time. . .
13.01.2025 18:57 โ ๐ 6836 ๐ 1697 ๐ฌ 152 ๐ 77It is not only that Trump got 4 votes, but the stated reason for allowing the sentencing to go forward is that it wouldn't take much time, won't lead to jail, and isn't too inconvenient. SCOTUS did everything but offer to validate his parking and buy hm lunch.
10.01.2025 00:34 โ ๐ 6509 ๐ 1158 ๐ฌ 151 ๐ 46A wonderful performance of my duo 'Le Chai au Quai' from a recent visit to the Conservatorio Superior de Mรบsica "Joaquรญn Rodrigo" de Valencia, featuring Javier Bernabeu Pina, bass clarinet and Juan Marรญn Llorens,cello.
09.01.2025 19:08 โ ๐ 4 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 02 very different presidents are highlighted this week
A good kind moral man Jimmy Carter lies in state
History has shown us all the good he has done
An immoral self-serving man Donald Trump will soon take office
The differences could not be more stark