Bernie Lohr

Wow. That just encapsulates the entire problem in one image, doesn't it?

National Symphony Orchestra to Open Concerts with the National Anthem World's Leading Classical Music Platform

I get that they're stuck between a rock and a hard place.

Here's what I'd do - commission "modern" versions of the anthem - a different one for each concert, increasingly dissonant/distinct. Obey the letter of the law, but mock the spirit of it. Flagrantly. Y'know, Shostakovich the hell out of it.

Platner is like a runner who's been hiding a ball and chain under his pant leg. Even if we accept that he did nothing illegal, or that he did and just didn't know the consequences of his act when he did it (a hard sell), the race is about to start, and he'd have to run the race that way.

Drop out.

I understand the sentiment. But it's going to have to be torn down. The sooner, the better.

NYC?

Oh, man, are they not reading the room.

Here are the companies destroying the east wing of the White House

In #ScienceUnderSiege, we discuss how belief in weather modification & chemtrails are actually gateway beliefs to climate denial and antiscience conspiratorial ideation. There's a reason that fossil fuel shill Lee Zeldin is encouraging these conspiracy theories.

If you don't like being labeled fascists and Nazis,

but your own supporters admit "I like Hitler"...

Guess what?

Listen to Every Pitch Change in a Pacific Wren Call A blur of sound becomes a remarkably complex song when slowed down.

It's always interesting to see when a popular science post talks about some of your own work (even when it's not cited directly...)

www.audubon.org/news/listen-...

Photo of Carolina mantis (Stagmomantis carolina).

We've been waiting > 5yrs to see one of these in the yard. The native Carolina mantis. We've dispatched dozens of invasive Chinese mantis egg cases with the hope that we'd eventually get these natives back.

And we finally did. On the car (we gently placed it in the mistflowers).

"Hegseth" and "nuanced" in the same sentence is a tell.

Make her the editor in chief with the shortest tenure ever, CBS.

Or lose my views/clicks/business.

Maybe this will finally prompt us to institute an accuracy doctrine on all platforms (including mainstream media). First amendment says you can say whatever you'd like. But it has to be *clearly* labeled as non-news/false if not actually true. If that label is removed, you're in violation.

I give it one or two Kimmels at most. Then again, it's Texas...

Texas Tech Moves to Limit Academic Discussion to 2 Genders

Lawsuit commencing in...

A remarkable self-own and considerable academic stain on Texas Tech. Could someone start a head of lettuce timer to see how long this lasts? My guess is that once again the lettuce will win.

GOP lawmaker calls for Dem congresswoman to be executed for urging Trump protests Arizona GOP Rep. John Gillette calls for hanging Democratic congresswoman over nonviolent protest remarks

Yet more hyper-violent rhetoric from the right.

This is 2025’s “I can’t breathe.”

Do not turn away. Get really loud.

Protest. Call your electeds.

Do not give up. Do not despair. You never know what will tip the scale.

This is immoral & unjust & inhumane.

@democrats.senate.gov @housedemocrats.bsky.social Do something now.

By the way, Disney, either option is a loss for you. Have you learned yet that having Republicans in office is not a good business strategy in the long run? Perhaps you need to think a bit more carefully about where your political donations are going come election season.

Aside from the blatantly unconstitutional nature of this statement, it also points to just how bad a businessman he is.

I can see Disney execs now weighing their options. 16-20 million for Trump vs. > 3 billion loss in stock value as a result of the cancellation.

By the way, Disney, either option is a loss for you. Have you learned yet that having Republicans in office is not a good business strategy in the long run? Perhaps you need to think a bit more carefully about where your political donations are going come election season.

Protect our lands and keep our roadless areas ROADLESS!

Rolling back the Roadless Rule would be devastating for New Mexicans and wildlife alike.

That’s why the entire NM delegation is urging Secretary Rollins to exclude NM from any attempt to rescind this rule. We won't back down.

A little helpful pronunciation guide for Trump.

Do you see the minnow fin?

(What an incompetent ass, on so many levels).

Well, there it is. Sinclair is digging in for a fight, so please help push back -- find stations in your area, watch their local news to see what ads they run, then write those advertisers to tell them you're boycotting as long as they're on a Sinclair station.

List here: sbgi.net/tv-stations/

When are we going to start holding vigils for the first amendment?

I stand with PBS.

I stand with NPR.

I stand with Stephen Colbert.

I stand with Jimmy Kimmel.

I stand with the First Amendment.

PERIOD.*

*Also #ReleaseTheEPSTEIN_Files

Y'know that study that the DOJ deleted from their website? The one concluding that "the number of far-right attacks continues to outpace all other types of terrorism and domestic violent extremism"?

Here it is. Just read the first paragraph:

web.archive.org/web/20250912...

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Kimmel criticizes MAGA and Trump. Kilmeade calls for killing the homeless. Who gets taken off the air?

We are entering the stage of state run media kowtowing to a wannabe fascist dictator.

Here's ABC's commentary page. I would let them have it (I certainly have).

Maybe I'll regret it later, but I'm developing kind of soft spot for the eye squid in Alien: Earth.

YouTube video by Detroit Symphony Orchestra - Topic Saint-Saëns: Danse macabre, Op. 40

As a small respite from the ongoing political insanity I found *the* recording of Danse Macabre I spent countless hours listening to as a child and young adult. This is the Paray recording (definitely one of the cleanest and crispest; and I do love good recordings... 🙂 ). So great.