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David Cochran

@dcochran1004.bsky.social

Historian, teacher, author, ailurophile, husband, father, grandfather, lapsed pastafarian, premature antifascist, Black Lives Matter.

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Miles Davis, Monterey Jazz Fedtival, 1964. Photograph by Jim Marshall.

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Thelonious Monk (October 10, 1917 – February 17, 1982). Photo by Kwame Braithwaite, 1959.

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Anti-fascist Friday.

Masked ICE agent sprays Reverend David Black of First Presbyterian Church of Chicago in the face. October 7, 2025. Photo by Ashlee Rezin of the Chicago Sun-Times.

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Otis, Gillian, and Greta striking poses.

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John Lee Hooker

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[Sittin' On] The Dock of the Bay
YouTube video by Release - Topic [Sittin' On] The Dock of the Bay

www.youtube.com/watch?v=pKN_...

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Anti-fascist Friday.

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Bud Powell (September 27, 1924 – July 31, 1966)

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Anti-fascist Friday.

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Sam Rivers (September 25, 1923 – December 26, 2011)

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John Coltrane (September 23, 1926 - July 17, 1967). Hackensack, New Jersey, 1957.

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Anti-fascist Friday. Federal Arts Project poster, 1942.

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Hamiet Bluiett (September 16, 1940 – October 4, 2018)

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The Washington Post Fired Me — But My Voice Will Not Be Silenced. I spoke out against hatred and violence in America — and it cost me my job.

Some personal news:

I've been fired from the Washington Post in the aftermath of the Charlie Kirk shooting.

Thread incoming.

substack.com/@karenattiah...

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Julian "Cannonball" Adderley (September 15, 1928 – August 8, 1975). Photographed by Kwame Braithwaite, 1959.

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Opinion | Charlie Kirk Didn’t Shy Away From Who He Was. We Shouldn’t Either.

wrote on charlie kirk for the newsletter this weekend

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Watching all these centrist pundits stress the “civility” of Charlie Kirk’s style without addressing the ugliness of his substance is giving me a renewed appreciation of how the civil, polite White Citizens’ Councils conned the same crowd into thinking they were distinct from the cruder Klan.

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Philosophy in a Life Boat A philosophy webcomic about the inevitable anguish of living a brief life in an absurd world. Also Jokes

Philosophy in a Life Boat -
existentialcomics.com/comic/619

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Anti-fascist Friday with Bela Lugosi.

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Anti-fascist Friday. Poster in Thornbury. Melbourne.

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The Temptations - Papa Was A Rolling Stone
YouTube video by TSQD01 The Temptations - Papa Was A Rolling Stone

"It was the 3rd of September, that day I'll always remember"

www.youtube.com/watch?v=pJV2...

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Mickey Roker (September 3, 1932 – May 22, 2017)

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Anti-fascist Friday.

Auschwitz staff enjoying a day off.

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Alice Coltrane (August 27, 1937 - January 12, 2007)

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Wayne Shorter (August 25, 1933 — March 2, 2023)

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I made a promise to the women of Illinois — as governor, I will ensure your medical decisions will be your own.

Now, we continue fulfilling that promise.

Public colleges will now provide contraception and medication abortion at on-campus pharmacies and student health centers.

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Howard Zinn (August 24, 1922 – January 27, 2010)

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