Amanda Scott

“When you talk about someone speaking through their instrument, that’s Ornette. He changed everything...” — Lou Reed

Ornette Coleman #botd

‘The Most Dangerous Man in the World’ Mojtaba Khamenei, a candidate to succeed his father as Iran’s supreme leader, is no reformer.

"One acquaintance of Mojtaba Khamenei, the 56-year-old son of Ali Khamenei, told me that he was the most dangerous man in the world and considerably more violent and ideological than his father. One thing Mojtaba is not is a religious scholar."
#EpsteinWar

Mojtaba Khamenei, a son of Iran's late supreme leader, is chosen to replace his father A secretive figure within the Islamic Republic, Mojtaba Khamenei was not seen publicly in the days after an Israeli airstrike targeting the supreme leader’s offices killed his 86-year-old father at th...

It is reported that Iran selected Mojtaba Khamenei in part because Trump said in an interview that he was "unacceptable" to Trump.

So Trump has ensured the person running Iran is *more* theocratic and hates the US for killing his wife and father. Well done, Donald!
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Mr. Dreyer is not wrong.

Scoop: U.S. dismayed by Israel's Iran fuel strikes, sources say The U.S. message to Israel was "WTF."

The Trump admin launched a war alongside, and at the urging of, Netanyahu. Not one U.S. official is allowed to claim surprise or dismay that Netanyahu escalated the conflict; that is what he does. Escalation wasn't just foreseeable, it was guaranteed.

If this is the future of journalism then journalism is dead.

How Trump’s War in Iran Has Echoes of Putin and Ukraine

The Trump administration keeps using Putin's language. from Anton Troianovski @nytimes.com

www.nytimes.com/2026/03/08/u...

Bob Dylan recording his album Highway 61 Revisited in Columbia Studios, New York, in 1965

"Most important in my career was my time with Ingmar Bergman, with whom I worked in many films and stage productions — it was a continuous working relationship, and a friendship, that lasted for so many years..."

Max von Sydow
April 10, 1929 – March 8, 2020

Our bases are being bombed.
Our embassies are under attack.
Thousands of Americans are stranded.
Innocent Iranians are being murdered.
We’re spending $1B a day to wage an illegal war which has resulted in the deaths of 6 US soldiers & injuries to countless others.

And where is Trump?

Golfing.

🥂

🙏

Piet Mondrian Composition with Red, Blue, and Yellow, 1930, oil on canvas, 46 x 46 cm

Piet Mondrian 🙏
7 March 1872 - 1 February 1944

'The emotion of beauty is always obscured by the appearance of the object. Therefore, the object must be eliminated from the picture.'

Piet Mondrian

Composition with Red, Blue, and Yellow, 1930, oil on canvas, 46 x 46 cm

Pauline Boty (6 March 1938 – 1 July 1966) British painter - a founder of the British Pop art movement, the only female painter.

It’s believed, the model for the free-spirited character of Liz (played by Julie Christie) in 1963 film Billy Liar.

Died aged 29. Not forgotten.

Putin? One wish at a time, please.

This is an astounding and irresponsible and obvious lie by the Commander in Chief. This feels like another unthinkable red line crossed.

👊 waiting

Actual pic, not AI.

Blackened rain falls on Tehran, reports CNN's Fred Pleitgen Trump signaled that attacks on Iran will intensify this weekend as Israel’s onslaught against Iran enters a new phase, targeting the country’s energy resources. Follow for live updates.

In certain African traditional spiritual contexts, black rain is interpreted as a harbinger of the death of a high-status person, particularly one connected to the rainmaker.

Impatiently waiting.

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That must have been scary, Debbie. Glad you're back! 💙💙💙

YouTube video by Бедлам Love with Arthur Lee Live at Glastonbury 2003

While only moderately successful on release, Love's 1967 Forever Changes now enjoys cult status.

It is, quite simply, a masterpiece.

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Arthur Lee #BOTD

Happy birthday, Po!

Today, Forever Changes on my turntable. On repeat.

"I think I’m capable of doing just about everything I’ve heard. I want to blend all of those things I’ve heard. Seasons change. Everything changes."

Arthur Lee

Trump is wearing a baseball cap from his own merch store, but the fawning media notices not and simply describes the process as "dignified."

Compare how the media treated Biden for checking his watch. And didn't Obama get in trouble for saluting his detail while carrying a cup of coffee?

'We're in it': Democrats won't rule out giving Trump more money for Middle East war Democrats will have to balance a desire to criticize Trump's offensive in Iran with pressure to support funding to defend the nation now at

Profiles in Cowardice

tl;dr A war-of-choice unauthorized by Congress, a bright-line violation of international law, $1B a day, AIs accountable to no one target grade schools, region destabilized, foreign policy by Jared, MBS, and Bibi— But now that we’re here, how can we do anything but support it?

They blew up an elementary school Tom
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...

🥂 Happy birthday Po!

He is there, for sure. No question.

Thank you, Annette! Hope you are having a lovely weekend.
💙🌹

#strongertogether

Obama has the crowd at Jesse Jackson's eulogy hanging on his every word

He seems pretty sensitive whenever someone confronts him with evidence that Putin might not be our friend. Even when Fox brings it up.

All of our living presidents who still have a sense of decency gathered to honor Rev. Jesse Jackson.

Respect recognizes respect.