Farnad Darnell, PhD

Mexican-born jazz singer gives new life to "La Llorona" The song by Lucía is the latest one to tackle themes facing Latinos in the U.S.

A jazz vocalist from Mexico is giving a new romantic and modern spin to the Mexican folklore of La Llorona, a crying female spirit who is said to take children, amid mass deportations in the U.S. www.axios.com/2025/10/05/m...

Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me, Kill Me - U2

Don't You Forget About Me - Simple Minds

It Ain't Me, Babe - Johnny Cash/Roseanne Cash

Fall On Me - REM

Fractal balloon carrying a tiedyed tapestry with a large peace sign symbol

Fractal balloon carrying a tiedyed tapestry with a large peace sign symbol, surrounded by other balloons at the Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta

Fractal balloon inflating and getting ready to launch at Balloon Fiesta

Tailgate party after the flight, celebrating with champagne and breakfast, using the PeaceFlower tapestry for shade

The world could use a little more peace, so I decided to fly something a little special today at #BalloonFiesta. I call this tapestry the PeaceFlower.

Behold, the Crusades 4.0 (or whatever version we're on now)

Portland has fallen 🙄

I think this is right:
"We've slid into some form of authoritarianism," says Steven Levitsky, a professor of government at Harvard. "It is relatively mild compared to some others. It is certainly reversible, but we are no longer living in a liberal democracy."
www.npr.org/2025/04/22/n...

Yes please. I'm very okay with that

Mass shooting:
2 children are dead and 2 children are injured in shooting in shooting at Shell in Angleton, Texas.

It's increasingly clear that the president lives in a constructed bubble of unreality designed by aides who are manipulating him in order to take control of US policy. Seems like an important story - wish media would cover it.

I'll say it again...Chef José Andrés needs to win, not only because he deserves it, but also to piss off Commander in Cheat

Gunmen kill 2, injure 12 in shootout in crowd in downtown Montgomery, Alabama Rival gunmen started shooting at each other in a crowded downtown nightlife district in Alabama's capital city Saturday night, killing two people and injuring 12 others, police said.

Rival gunmen started shooting at each other in a crowded downtown nightlife district in Alabama’s capital city Saturday night, killing two people and injuring 12 others, police said.
https://to.pbs.org/432wM9W

Of course! It's such an important article. Thank you for writing it and spreading awareness!

Wind-Water-Solar pushing out gas in California

Fossil gas down 17.4% year to date in 2025 v '24 and down 37.4% v '23

Wind up 2.1% v '24 and 5.1% v '23
Solar up 15.1% v '24 and 44.8% v '23
Batteries up 58.4% v '24 and 206.4% v '23

Demand down 1.4% v '24 and 1% v '23

On this day in 1987, Sinéad O’Connor released her fearless debut ‘The Lion and the Cobra.’ Raw, poetic, and powerful, it introduced the world to a voice that roared with truth and vulnerability.

Meanwhile, construction of the $200M ballroom at the White House continues apace.

Fantastic piece on open adoption and its challenges for birth parents. 🥚👇🏽
#adopteesky

🥚Fantastic research by one of our finest adoptee rights authors.

Open adoption is the bait used to convince vulnerable mothers to relinquish babies for adoption, but it’s not a legal contract and it serves at the pleasure of the adopters, who can subsequently close an adoption at will —and they do.

Term limit on SCOTUS! 12 years, 18 years max!

Taking stock of the Roberts court at 20—and the shadowy forces that built it "Roberts will go down in history as the most destructive chief justice."

Chief Justice John Roberts has led the Supreme Court for 20 years now.

In that time, his Republican-appointed majority has completely transformed America and its politics, with many of its most destructive opinions written by Roberts himself.

You bet!

#TheOnlyDIYImGoodAt is plugging in a USB on the second try

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Released 45 years ago today

The selftiteld debut studio album by Killing Joke, featuring the single 'Wardance'

#punk #punks #punkrock #postpunk #killingjoke #history #postpunkhistory #otd

August 2017 - flew to Brighton, England to meet up with a dear friend and colleague. Sang "Every Day is Like Sunday" immediately upon seeing her. She died the following April.

Chef José Andrés needs to win the Nobel Peace Prize because he deserves it, and to piss off Commander in Cheat