Society really lost it's shit when we moved away from containing the internet to one room in the house.

Talk to your family, friends and neighbors about this attack on democracy.

What a putz.

ACC Music Faculty Recital: Dr. Matthew Swihart, trumpet Join ACC Music trumpet faculty Dr. Matthew Swihart for a program of new and innovative works for trumpet and piano.

Come hear some new music for trumpet, flugelhorn and piano, performed in the beautiful Highland Campus recital hall with faculty from the Austin Community College. Free admission, free and ample parking, family friend.
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Entire staff at federal agency that funds libraries and museums put on leave The staff of the Institute of Museum and Library Services was placed on administrative leave this morning, following a meeting between IMLS leadership and DOGE staff.

JUST IN: The staff of the Institute of Museum and Library Services was placed on administrative leave this morning, following a meeting between IMLS leadership and DOGE staff.

ACC Music Faculty Recital: Dr. Matthew Swihart, trumpet Join ACC Music trumpet faculty Dr. Matthew Swihart for a program of new and innovative works for trumpet and piano.

Come hear some new music for trumpet, flugelhorn and piano, performed in the beautiful Highland Campus recital hall with faculty from the Austin Community College. Free admission, free and ample parking, family friend.
www.eventbrite.com/e/acc-music-...

What we know about the case of detained Georgetown professor Badar Khan Suri The Indian national and postdoctoral fellow is the latest scholar detained or deported by the Trump administration for speaking in support of Palestinian rights or criticizing Israel's actions in Gaza...

Another attack on someone who dared to call out the war crimes in Gaza. Is this what AIPAC wants? www.npr.org/2025/03/21/n...

so far I'm seeing a lot of universities respond to grant terminations with

"oh I guess now we don't have that grant anymore"

instead of

"your assertion of a grant termination is executive overreach, see you in court"

So, universities: respectfully, what the fuck?

YouTube video by Matthew Swihart Der Hirt auf Dem Felsen D965 by Franz Schubert D

From a recital last semester:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KJNF...

Creating conditions in which Canadians are reticent to come to the U.S.. It seems symptomatic of bigger problems.

“Every day in Los Angeles, one actor is told he looks like a rapist, and 99 others drive home for an hour and a half on the 10 Freeway, upset with themselves that they don’t look enough like a rapist.” — Bucky Sinister, GRUNT Issue 2 (e-zine)

The administration is removing phone support for Soc Security recipients. Making it more difficult for seniors to get their checks. It’s a back door way to cut SS benefits. Horrific.

If you know anyone who is impacted, please help them get online to get their benefits approved

The crucial role of the Navajos in breaking the codes of the Axis powers in WWII is being erased from the archives and military websites by Trump & Co.

Too “DEI” to acknowledge, it seems.

All in a day’s work for a newbie dictator.

It’s worth the effort to believe truth will triumph in the end

Do you know why Americans are angry?

Over the last 50 years, real weekly wages have been stagnant. 

At the same time, there was a $79 trillion transfer of wealth from the bottom 90% to the to the top 1%.

We need an economy that works for all, not just billionaires.

People need to be crystal clear about something: The requirement that the government ANSWER to a court on the legal basis for detaining someone is literally the core liberty right (habeas corpus). If the government says they don’t have to do that bc “national security,” YOU can be disappeared.

israel is committing genocide against palestine and the foundation of the united states is being torn apart to punish the people who think this is bad.

What musicians did after an executive order on DEI led to the cancellation of U.S. Marine Band collaboration After an executive order ending DEI initiatives, the U.S. Marine Band canceled a concert featuring young musicians of color. Veterans stepped in to mentor the aspiring musicians.

Well done, 60 Minutes.

F MAGA to the ends of the Earth.

www.cbsnews.com/news/concert...

It. Is. Bezos. Shitting. On. The. Front. page. Of. His. Once. Great. Paper.

This is Beau. He figured out how to rock back and forth all by himself. No human required. 14/10 a self-sufficient king

Trump’s FBI Moves to Criminally Charge Major Climate Groups The Trump administration is targeting climate organizations that received a Biden-era grant.

The FBI is now moving to criminalize groups like Habitat for Humanity for “conspiracy to defraud the United States.”

This comes after EPA Director Lee Zeldin eliminated the EPA headquarters in D.C. and 10 other regional offices.

She saw family in Lebanon. Now this Brown Medicine doctor is being held at Logan for deportation. Dr. Rasha Alawieh flew into Logan Airport Thursday after visiting family in Lebanon. She's being detained now at Logan without legal counsel.

They're trying to deport my colleague from the med school and holding her without counsel. She was coming back from a visit to her family. If there are ways to help I'll let you know. www.providencejournal.com/story/news/l...

USDA cancels $11 million in federal funding for North Carolina food banks The USDA has notified the North Carolina Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services that it would terminate the agreement for the Local Food Purchase Assistance Program, which is one of the progr...

If you live in NC, call every Republican politician you know. Call every farmer you know and ask them to do the same

When money walks , voters talk. Make sure they know this effects everyone in their town and state

www.wunc.org/news/2025-03...

Johns Hopkins lost to Syracuse in lacrosse this weekend too.

i think shutting the government down is preferably to nullifying article i of the constitution

This is performative politics, but it sets unacceptable precedents and ruins lives.

This one is disturbing even by the standards of the times.

DOGE recommends cuts to the FAA.

Hundreds of workers get fired, including those tasked with producing air traffic navigation maps.

Now Starlink is reportedly in line to take over a $2 billion contract to upgrade the nation's air traffic control systems.

See how this works?

I’ve lost track of how many times they’ve broken something and then gamely tried to at least pretend to glue it back together.