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Historian, curator, walker, player of antique French horns. Photography, music, South Africa. UVA Professor Emeritus.

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That's right. Worse than Pointless
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/23/o...

01.03.2026 15:32 β€” πŸ‘ 1316    πŸ” 382    πŸ’¬ 36    πŸ“Œ 19
Portrait of Harry Belafonte, in an oval form, with his head tipped back in song and hands gesturing

Portrait of Harry Belafonte, in an oval form, with his head tipped back in song and hands gesturing

Close-up of portrait of Harry Belafonte

Close-up of portrait of Harry Belafonte

Charles White's stunning portrait of Harry Belafonte, iconic singer, actor & civil rights activist born on this day in 1927

01.03.2026 14:08 β€” πŸ‘ 108    πŸ” 26    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 2

Wise.

01.03.2026 18:03 β€” πŸ‘ 12    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Miles and Trane on Record: A Critic’s Favorites University Musical Society

This Miles and Coltrane top ten list is an excellent entry point into jazz generally ums.org/2026/01/29/m...

01.03.2026 17:49 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Fact is he is indeed my president. It does no good to pretend he isn't.

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The former African minister in ICE detention Federal agency says Ghana’s Kenneth Ofori-Atta overstayed his visa but lawyers accuse US of aiding β€˜political’ extradition request

www.ft.com/content/84ea... The former African minister in ICE detention

01.03.2026 14:31 β€” πŸ‘ 33    πŸ” 27    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I guess when you've recently shitcanned your entire Middle East reporting team, the only alternative is to sit on your duff and wait to see what the utterly trustworthy military found out.

01.03.2026 01:49 β€” πŸ‘ 74    πŸ” 30    πŸ’¬ 5    πŸ“Œ 1

She is actually the best. Imagine if Musk, Bezos, or Zuck had even 10% of this woman’s creative generosity

01.03.2026 03:29 β€” πŸ‘ 459    πŸ” 73    πŸ’¬ 12    πŸ“Œ 2

Kinda like killing a cartel leader. There is always another more violent one to replace him.

01.03.2026 04:09 β€” πŸ‘ 52    πŸ” 7    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

I need to add that the casual misogyny is truly something else.

01.03.2026 04:04 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

As Sharon Su @doodlyroses.com said yesterday, engaging with the classics can be personally challenging, even for people like me whose profession is to see the past in context. bsky.app/profile/dood...

01.03.2026 03:48 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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The Front Page (1931 film) - Wikipedia

Watching the 1931 film The Front Page as a way of avoiding reality. It fully deserves its place among the best films ever made. Surprisingly a major character is an unjustly condemned anti-capitalist radical. Unsurprisingly casual racism pops up throughout the film.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Fro...

01.03.2026 03:41 β€” πŸ‘ 17    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

They are also literally in a hotel ballroom in Florida. Not the situation room or anything even vaguely secure

01.03.2026 00:35 β€” πŸ‘ 14    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 2

Truly.

01.03.2026 01:13 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

They've explained to me how the sound of a missile being intercepted is different from the sound of a missile strike. No one should ever have to learn this.

01.03.2026 00:41 β€” πŸ‘ 25    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

When your day has been interrupted multiple times by WhatsApp messages from a friend who's been in & out of bomb shelters all day long. All because of the evil men do.

01.03.2026 00:38 β€” πŸ‘ 35    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

My president is a lying, conniving, war-mongering, white supremacist who claims to have grabbed women by the p*ssy. Just the facts.

28.02.2026 23:58 β€” πŸ‘ 16    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
tweet says: GOP 
@GOP
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Vote the pro-peace ticket. Vote Trump-
Vance

tweet says: GOP @GOP X.com Vote the pro-peace ticket. Vote Trump- Vance

A year and a half ago.

28.02.2026 22:33 β€” πŸ‘ 128    πŸ” 35    πŸ’¬ 8    πŸ“Œ 5

Smart kid.

28.02.2026 23:32 β€” πŸ‘ 11    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Our baby has been alive for two deadly, illegal campaigns by the U.S. to remove a foreign leader. She’s 7 weeks old.

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Americans joined POTUS at the White House to celebrate Black History Month.

These people have no shame. No president has worked so hard to censor the stories of African Americans. #BlackHistoryMonth www.whitehouse.gov/videos/ameri...

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Related. bsky.app/profile/andy...

28.02.2026 20:24 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Good for you. I'm always disappointed by how few bikes & e-bikes I see on the streets or, like this morning, at the Ix market. Then I remember that I'm one of many people who choose not to bike because this city is so bike-unfriendly. Not great for walking, either, but I do it.

28.02.2026 20:20 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Especially downtown!

28.02.2026 20:15 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Imagine if whether you lived or died depended on whether an old senile and malevolent man got annoyed by a segment on CNN or if there’s another news story about a minor development in the Epstein Files?

28.02.2026 17:04 β€” πŸ‘ 370    πŸ” 70    πŸ’¬ 6    πŸ“Œ 2

The statement itself is appalling. As you'd expect. He's not actually opposed to the war. He's begging for a fig leaf of legitimacy.

28.02.2026 19:45 β€” πŸ‘ 14    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

He & his staff can't even do alt-text right. Couldn't be bothered to copy & paste. smdh. Dude's gotta go.

28.02.2026 19:42 β€” πŸ‘ 15    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

This country is being run by unserious people.

28.02.2026 18:46 β€” πŸ‘ 12    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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NYC Mayor Zohran Kwame #Mamdani held a reception for Black History Month, honoring the month's 100th year anniversary, at the American Natural History Museum in Manhattan on Thursday, Feb. 25, 2026. #BHM #BlackHistoryMonth

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Macron: "France has nothing to do with this hot mess. Go talk to the Americans."

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