Mark Leccese

Rendezvous on the Beach, by Edvard Munch, 1896

Headline in the print edition of The Onion: “Archaeologists: D.C. Capitol May Have Once Been Used For Legislating”

This is brilliant satire — moral outrage as humor.

Jack DeJohnette, dynamic and instantly recognizable jazz drummer, dies at 83 Jack DeJohnette, of the most daring and singular jazz drummers of the last 60 years, died on Sunday.

Jack DeJohnette, just one of the deepest musicians ever, and a personal hero. Here is my obituary for NPR Music.

YouTube video by Ediblspaceships BOOTSY'S BASIC FUNK FORMULA

Happy birthday to Bootsy
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Highly recommend the new book by @billjanovitz.bsky.social, “The Cars: Let the Story Be Told.“ It’s about a band and its time and its place, and it’s about The Cars as musicians, pop stars, and — my favorite part — as people. I have a suggestion for Mr. Janovitz‘s next book: a memoir of Buffalo Tom.

Che peccato

Reagan was like Joe Free Trade. He and Thatcher are the avatars of the neoclassical economics resurgence, trade liberalization, etc. good or bad this is pure reality. The idea that this conversation is even happening shows how much we’re in the mad king 2+2=7 world.

YouTube video by Paste Magazine Taj Mahal & Keb' Mo' - Diving Duck Blues - 8/14/2017 - Paste Studios, New York, NY

Taj Mahal and Keb’ Mo

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Lu grew up in Bedford.

You said it.

If brains were dynamite, this guy couldn’t blow his nose.

Any dictionary can be a pocket dictionary with big enough pants.

Even the credits are funny.

The White House Antifa Roundtable is one of the best displays I’ve seen of this-is-how-bad-it’s-gotten — just a sewer of open fascism, dementia, morons and freaks, and incoherent rage.

the mind does not exist unless leagued with the soul

BREAKING: Immergut has *granted* Oregon and California's motion to block the new call-up of Guard troops to Portland. She says this effort to bring CA and TX troops to Oregon is in "direct contravention" of her oroginal order.

Immergut: I'm handling this on expedited basis, but defendants haven't provided new info.

SHE RULES FROM THE BENCH: I grant the plaintiffs motion for a second TRO based on reasons stated in previous order...

Massive escalation at the ICE facility. Federal agents made multiple arrests (at least 4), threw out gas, and shot tons of pepper balls.

Heard one of the people arrested screaming minutes later. Not possible to get a visual.

The "military is woke" stuff actually started because they didn't help Trump do a coup in 2020. That's what their actual issue is and why they gave that speech. They want to purge the military of anyone who might not follow an order to kill other americans

Exhibit A at The Hague just dropped

Going to Porchfest this weekend? Here are 10 groups to watch for - Brookline.News Brookline Porchfest happens Saturday from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m., so get ready to roam the streets and soak up all kinds of music. The lineup features more than 100 bands whose self-described genres range ...

Heading to Porchfest this weekend? Here are 10 bands to check out ranging from “indie alt emo” and “original traditional folk” to “psychedelic dance party” and “everybody’s favorite tunes.”

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*mournfully shooting off a tshirt cannon into the sadly cheering funeral crowd*

Cardinal Timothy Dolan failed to report direct admissions of rape by multiple priests, lobbied against extending the statute of limitations for sex abuse, and moved money off the church books to hide it from victims of sex abuse. In case you were wondering.

This is an agent of the US federal government, armed for live-fire combat against a modern army, slamming a passive and nonviolent female candidate for the US Congress into asphalt.

Then walking away without checking if she has injuries, with his identity concealed behind a black facemask.

ABC suspends Jimmy Kimmel’s late-night show after comments about Charlie Kirk’s killing - The Boston Globe ABC has suspended Jimmy Kimmel’s late-night show indefinitely following comments he made about Charlie Kirk’s killing.

Donald Trump and the Republican Party are hellbent on silencing any speech that hurts their feelings. This isn’t just cancel culture, it’s state censorship. And it has no place in our democracy.

Becoming increasingly clear we’re gonna have to build a parallel infrastructure for all the media we really love. The reason all of this is happening under the color of law is hyperconsolidation, dissent being traded straight up for merger approval, or fear of harassment.

I spoke with the NYT Magazine a while ago but have now heard that an editor said they can't quote me because I'm "too liberal" to be a trusted source.

You know what's always the first example conservatives use to claim I'm "too liberal"?

My work in the 1619 Project, organized by the NYT Magazine.

Something Is Very Wrong Online Our political conversations take place in very same spaces that incubate and perpetuate unthinkable violence.

Wrote about the week. How the shooter's ID didn't appear to matter to ppl. How the discourse takes place in very same spaces that incubate/perpetuate hate & violence. How shooters now know that their acts will be flattened, analyzed, argued over & amplified. How all of this feels so dark & poisonous

Every Apple event

Marked ICE Vehicle Spotted in Front of St. Ignatius Church Amid Heightened Immigration Operations Students spotted a marked Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) vehicle on Boston College’s Lower Campus in the afternoon hours of Saturday, though no operations occurred on campus.

That car is directly in front of St. Ignatius, a parish known for welcoming and serving Catholics from around the world.

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