Nikolai

Much respect to this team for making last night’s show one of the best performances I’ve been privileged to share.

YouTube video by Bruce Springsteen Bruce Springsteen - Streets Of Minneapolis (Official Audio)

I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good.

Stay free

One of the best things I’ve read in a while:

'It's why Chaplin was in a class by himself': The story behind City Lights and cinema's greatest ever final shot Charlie Chaplin's silent comedy, City Lights, is often cited as one of the greatest films ever made – and its final moments are key to its reputation.

Because we need some beauty right now (I got goosebumps remembering how much joy this scene brought me): www.bbc.com/culture/arti...

'The most famous black person in America': How the 1950s 'Red Scare' erased a US icon Paul Robeson was a superstar of the stage and screen, a talented football player and a music hitmaker. Then came a dramatic fall from grace.

Legend.

www.bbc.com/culture/arti...

YouTube video by R.E.M. Video Archive R.E.M. 1991-09-08 - Adventures of Pete & Pete, USA (Stipe as Captain Scrummy in this episode)

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YouTube video by Heather Cox Richardson Making Sense of This Moment | Explainer

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Waking up to see agents of a maniacal US administration turn the Venezuelan president into a hostage and begin regime change in South America under the cover of night was not on my 2026 Week 1 bingo card.

#noWar
#noFuckingWar
#seriouslyNoFuckingWar
#grossBreachOfSocialContract
#venezuela

MedHums 101: What is Crip Time? ‘Crip time’ is a conception of living with illness that many patients bring to their healthcare interactions, says Élaina Gauthier-Mamaril.

thepolyphony.org/2024/01/26/m...

What a sweet boy! 🥹

Gilly, my beloved little guy!

‘Legendary’ bass player Danny Thompson dies aged 86 The musician worked with the likes of Kate Bush, John Martyn and Roy Orbison over the course of his career

RIP: www.the-independent.com/arts-enterta...

YouTube video by Beneath the Bassline Why So Many Bass Players Are QUITTING (feat. Richard Bona)

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The Voltaire quote.

THE GODDAMNED VOLTAIRE QUOTE.

Folks, you can't report the United States to its manager. There's no superhero coming to save us.

We don't need one giant act of heroism. We need millions of small acts of solidarity. Help one person in your community for nothing in return. Then, do it again. And again.

That's the revolution.

Have we bought the argument that profit is not the means to an end, but an end itself?

What about…
Joy?
Creativity?
Community?
Exploration?
Imagination?

These are the real ends. Subverting them to profit as an end itself is a grotesque caricature of humanity.

Kill the belief in profit.
Be free.

Girth Control is awesome.

Perhaps I can finally abandon the stresses of the past forty years and live again. If not for me - for those who couldn’t.

#cysticfibrosis

I am the only one still alive of the few other afflicted I knew in my youth. That is no easy burden to carry. I have given my time and my energy and my literal flesh to take that death sentence away from my community. We are now on that path. The survivor’s guilt is nonetheless real.

As of yesterday, I have survived ten years past my expiration date. Though I may age like milk more than wine, I did not succumb to the disability that rightfully should have been my end.

YouTube video by Utah Phillips - Topic There Is Power in a Union

Solidarity Forever

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A musing

Happy Independence Day to all my Ukrainian comrades.

Слава Україні!

Famous deer poet: Alfred, Lord Venison

YouTube video by GUITARGUITAR Yvette Young's Riff Writing Secret

Too cool!

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Gardening is anarchism.

To follow a law simply because it’s “the law” is rarely the righteous way and is often a moral cop out. Always question authority, and let compassion guide you. The greatest of us followed the guidance of particulars. Every situation deserves unique reflection on the compassionate path to take.

Yes. So yes.

fenimoreartmuseum.org/future-exhib... Exploring Calvin and Hobbes - Fenimore Art Museum

I LOVE THIS POPE