@playingheather.bsky.social
pianist and music lover
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The justices, without comment, turned away an appeal from Kim Davis, the former Kentucky court clerk who refused to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples after the high courtโs 2015 ruling in Obergefell v. Hodges.
From "oh dear, we can't find the money if the government is shut down, we didn't do it on purpose" to "you are required to starve people, we are doing it on purpose and stop getting in our way"
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Restoring the Quality of Our Environment
60 yrs ago today (Nov 5, 1965), the 1st US government report to warn about climate change was published.
"Restoring the Quality of Our Environment" included warning of C02 build-up and sea-level rise/melting ice-caps.
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Good idea for auditory learners!
30.10.2025 22:24 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Dang Nneka
I dearly hope your second act involves running for office
On this page is the Donate link for our local food pantry which is housed at our church here in South Hadley, MA
nhnfoodpantry.org
"Healey claimed that Trumpโs decision to stop SNAP benefits is unprecedented.
The governor said that during every other government shutdown, SNAP benefits had been protected as they are an essential service for Americans."
โPresident Trump is making a choice, because right now sitting in Washington is a contingency fund of billions of dollars the president can use to make thse funds available next week, to relieve the anxiety so many around the country are feeling, including in Massachusetts,โ Governor Healey said.
24.10.2025 18:32 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0Interesting instructions for the rolled chord at the end lol
In m. 131, how about 1243 for beat 3?
On November 2 at 2:00 PM, at First Churches, Northampton, come hear Duruflรฉ's magnificent Requiem performed as a benefit for NEPM.
Beautiful organ and choral music on Nov. 2 in Northampton MA, a benefit for @nepublicmedia.bsky.social
Duruflรฉ - Requiem
Dove - Seek him that made the seven stars
Parry - I was glad when they said unto me
Thanks to the American Guild of Organists for their support
agowesternmass.org/events
Genius
21.10.2025 15:22 โ ๐ 2 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0I was wondering about the numbers from the No Kings protests. Here are some from @indivisible.org :
7 million people around the world marched
There was one arrest, due to a non-G-rated costume
There was zero violence. Zero!!
(Also zero property damage?)
Literally
18.10.2025 23:51 โ ๐ 1065 ๐ 304 ๐ฌ 8 ๐ 8D.C.
#NoKings ๐
Note he had to find a picture where most people were hidden behind signs so you can't see how young they are
18.10.2025 22:36 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0โค๏ธ๐ค๐
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In basketball they call this a "flop"
17.10.2025 19:43 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0A thank you message reading "Thank you for your one-time contribution to Indivisible"
As once again I don't wish to create problems in my beautiful nonprofit workplace by being gone from it tomorrow to protest, I have made another donation to Indivisible. It was not a huge donation but it felt meaningful to me. I hope others who can't attend will consider doing the same. No Kings!
17.10.2025 14:19 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Collins: Speaker Johnson that Republicans are actually the party that wants to fix health care by addressing issues with it, as he says they did in the one big beautiful bill.
Sanders: Did he really say that? They're trying to fix health care by throwing 15 million people off of it?
#Portland!
16.10.2025 02:45 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0MVP
11.10.2025 01:08 โ ๐ 39 ๐ 2 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 2Arts Night Out at 33 Hawley / Friday, October 10 5-8pm / Barn Door Gallery - Curiosities / Split Level Gallery - Taking Care / Live Music by Ki'mari Lavender
Come hear Ki'mari and me at Arts Night Out in Northampton tonight!
10.10.2025 18:21 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Immigration raids interfere with the policing of actual crimes
10.10.2025 17:59 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0We will see everyone on October 18: www.nokings.org?SQF_SOURCE=i... #NoKings
10.10.2025 15:48 โ ๐ 516 ๐ 173 ๐ฌ 20 ๐ 13Massachusetts Health Connector is how we hard working self employed people buy health insurance. Republicans are against hard working self employed people now I guess
07.10.2025 00:53 โ ๐ 3 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0A judge blocked Trump from sending Oregon's National Guard into Portland.
That same judge then blocked Trump from deploying California's National Guard to Portland instead.
This isn't a "left wing" judge โ Trump appointed her.
Says a lot about Trump's authoritarian power grab.