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I heard some old friends at Pod Save America were in town, so I decided to stop by. As we saw this week, we can change this country for the better. But it’s going to take all of us getting organized and having honest conversations about the best way forward.

YouTube video by Paolo Cran Dolores O'Riordan - Go your own way (Live on Europe2)

Dolores O'Riordan - "Go Your Own Way" (Lindsey Buckingham) (Live on Europe2, posted Sep 22, 2007)
#Music
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qlw4...

YouTube video by Alt Vault The Cranberries - Dreams | Live at Woodstock (1994)

"Oh, my life / Is changin' every day / In every possible way / And oh, my dreams / It's never quite as it seems / Never quite as it seems"

The Cranberries - "Dreams" (Dolores O'Riordan, Noel Hogan) (1994, Live at Woodstock)
#Music
www.youtube.com/watch?v=k5WI...

Sharleen Spiteri, Scottish recording artist and songwriter, lead singer of the rock band Texas, was born on Nov. 7, 1967. #SharleenSpiteri

Sharleen Spiteri - "The Sound of Silence" (Paul Simon) (2010, from her album "The Movie Songbook")
#Music
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vb1s...

YouTube video by Van's Old Skool Music I don't want a lover - Texas - live 1990

Sharleen Spiteri, Scottish recording artist and songwriter, lead singer of the rock band Texas, was born on Nov. 7, 1967. #SharleenSpiteri

Texas (band) - "I Don't Want a Lover" (Johnny McElhone, Sharleen Spiteri) (1990, Live)
#Music
www.youtube.com/watch?v=G5yh...

YouTube video by Shirley Eikhard - Topic Say You Love Me

Shirley Eikhard, Canadian singer-songwriter, was born on Nov. 7, 1955 (d. 2022). #ShirleyEikhard

Eikhard's version of Christine McVie's "Say You Love Me" (1975):
#Music
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kf0x...

YouTube video by Canadian Cult Classics Shirley Eikhard - It Takes Time (1972)

Shirley Eikhard, Canadian singer-songwriter, was born on Nov. 7, 1955 (d. 2022). #ShirleyEikhard

"In 1971, when she was 15, her song "It Takes Time" was recorded by Anne Murray and became a hit in Canada." (from this YouTube page)

"It Takes Time" (1972)
#Music
www.youtube.com/watch?v=-aHz...

YouTube video by Bob Reid Shirley Eikhard Something To Talk About

Shirley Eikhard, Canadian singer-songwriter, was born on Nov. 7, 1955 (d. 2022). #ShirleyEikhard

This song of hers became a hit for Bonnie Raitt in 1991.

Shirley Eikhard - "Something to Talk About" (Shirley Eikhard) (2009)
#Music
www.youtube.com/watch?v=FCcB...

YouTube video by Michael Jackson Joni Mitchell - 30 years of Joni's Music on CBS This Morning Show (1-3-96)

Joni Mitchell, Canadian singer-songwriter, musician and painter, was born on Nov. 7, 1943. #JoniMitchell

28 minutes long, but interesting conversation and a couple of performances:

Joni Mitchell - 30 years of Joni's Music on CBS This Morning Show (1996)
#Music
www.youtube.com/watch?v=18Kp...

YouTube video by Joni Mitchell Joni Mitchell - Big Yellow Taxi (2021 Remaster) [Official Audio]

Joni Mitchell, Canadian singer-songwriter, musician and painter, was born on Nov. 7, 1943. #JoniMitchell

Joni Mitchell - "Big Yellow Taxi" (Joni Mitchell) (1970, 2021 Remaster)
#Music
www.youtube.com/watch?v=SY07...

YouTube video by Swingin’ Pig Joni Mitchell - Coyote (Live at Gordon Lightfoot's Home with Bob Dylan & Roger McGuinn, 1975)

Joni Mitchell, Canadian singer-songwriter, musician and painter, was born on Nov. 7, 1943. #JoniMitchell

Joni Mitchell - "Coyote" (Joni Mitchell) (1975, Gordon Lightfoot's Home with Bob Dylan & Roger McGuinn)
#Music
www.youtube.com/watch?v=zeaO...

YouTube video by Joni Mitchell Joni Mitchell - All I Want (Official Audio)

Joni Mitchell, Canadian singer-songwriter, musician and painter, was born on Nov. 7, 1943. #JoniMitchell

Joni Mitchell - "All I Want" (Joni Mitchell) (1971)
#Music
www.youtube.com/watch?v=r6NZ...

YouTube video by Joni Mitchell Joni Mitchell - The Circle Game (Official Audio)

Joni Mitchell, Canadian singer-songwriter, musician and painter, was born on Nov. 7, 1943. #JoniMitchell

Joni Mitchell - "The Circle Game" (Joni Mitchell) (1970)
#Music
www.youtube.com/watch?v=5NEk...

"And the seasons, they go 'round and 'round / And the painted ponies go up and down / We're captive on the carousel of time / We can't return, we can only look / Behind from where we came / And go 'round and 'round and 'round / In the circle game"

~ Joni Mitchell #Birthday

YouTube video by CHAN seeseeyin Joni Mitchell - Both Sides Now 2000 lives

Joni Mitchell, Canadian singer-songwriter, musician and painter, was born on Nov. 7, 1943. #JoniMitchell

Deceptively simple lyrics but with emotional depth, especially in this rendition.

Joni Mitchell - "Both Sides Now" (Joni Mitchell) (2000)
#Music
www.youtube.com/watch?v=tKQS...

YouTube video by Boston 4 Evaa Joni Mitchell ~ Big Yellow Taxi + Both Sides Now (BBC - 1969)

Joni Mitchell, Canadian singer-songwriter, musician and painter, was born on Nov. 7, 1943. #JoniMitchell

Joni Mitchell - "Big Yellow Taxi", "Both Sides Now" (both by Joni Mitchell) (1969, BBC)
#Music
www.youtube.com/watch?v=GFB-...

Pollution from Ineos’s Antwerp plastic plant ‘will cause more deaths than jobs created’ Lawyers challenge €4bn Project One development, saying emissions and health impacts vastly underestimated The deaths from pollution caused by Europe’s biggest plastic plant, which is being built in Antwerp, will outstrip the number of permanent jobs it will create, lawyers will argue in a court challenge issued on Thursday. In documents submitted to the court, research suggests the air pollution from Ineos’s €4bn petrochemical plant would cause 410 deaths once operational, compared with the 300 permanent jobs the company says will be created. Continue reading...

Pollution from Ineos’s Antwerp plastic plant ‘will cause more deaths than jobs created’

The Hill article headline: 5 takeaways from Trump’s tariffs at Supreme Court

Can sense actually prevail?

thehill.com/regulation/c...

YouTube video by New York Daily News Glenn Frey's and his classic hits

Glenn Frey, American singer, songwriter, actor and founding member of Eagles, was born on Nov. 6, 1948 (d. 2016). #GlennFrey

"The Eagles assembled this collection of clips feat. singer Glenn Frey, who died at the age of 67." (2016, New York Daily News)
#Music
www.youtube.com/watch?v=oJx5...

YouTube video by Jackson Browne Jackson Browne “Take It Easy” (Live with The Eagles and Linda Ronstadt)

Glenn Frey, American singer, songwriter, actor and founding member of Eagles, was born on Nov. 6, 1948 (d. 2016). #GlennFrey

Eagles w/ Jackson Browne and Linda Ronstadt - "Take It Easy" (Glenn Frey, Jackson Browne) (released in 1972)
#Music
www.youtube.com/watch?v=-y2N...

Dialectica Sax Quartet:

Shannon graham - tenor sax
Chelsea McBride - Baritone sax
Olivia Shortt - Alto sax
Samantha Etchegary - Soprano sax

YouTube video by Spectrum Music Canada Dialectica in rehearsal

Antoine-Joseph "Adolphe" Sax, Belgian inventor and musician who invented the saxophone in the early 1840s, was born on November 6, 1814 (d. 1894). #AdolpheSax

Dialectica in rehearsal (Apr 8, 2018, Spectrum Music Canada)
#Music #Jazz
www.youtube.com/watch?v=OKcS...

YouTube video by Dialectica Sax Quartet Dialectica Sax Quartet - The Puppet Master (live)

Antoine-Joseph "Adolphe" Sax, Belgian inventor and musician who invented the saxophone in the early 1840s, was born on November 6, 1814 (d. 1894). #AdolpheSax

Dialectica Sax Quartet - "The Puppet Master" (Shannon Graham) (2016, Music Gallery, Toronto)
#Music #Jazz
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eakn...

YouTube video by Dialectica Sax Quartet Dialectica Sax Quartet - Mambo (live)

Antoine-Joseph "Adolphe" Sax, Belgian inventor and musician who invented the saxophone in the early 1840s, was born on November 6, 1814 (d. 1894). #AdolpheSax

Dialectica Sax Quartet - "Mambo" (Jay Vazquez) (2016, Music Gallery, Toronto)
#Music #Jazz
www.youtube.com/watch?v=QXJQ...

I don’t know how many times I’ve watched this video.

I don’t know how we’ve gotten to the point where men in full balaclavas can abduct daycare teachers while they’re watching children.

But I do know that this isn’t sustainable. Abolish ICE. There is no way to reform this.

YouTube video by Beat-Club The Who/Tommy - We're not gonna take it (1969)

"We're not gonna take it, never did and never will / We're not gonna take it, gonna break it, gonna shake it / Let's forget it better still"

The Who - "We're Not Gonna Take It" (Pete Townshend) (1969)
#Music
www.youtube.com/watch?v=hXp0...

The Authoritarian Stack How Tech Billionaires Are Building a Post-Democratic America — And Why Europe Is Next

The Authoritarian Stack

How Tech Billionaires Are Building a Post-Democratic America — And Why Europe Is Next

h/t @gilduran.com
www.authoritarian-stack.info

‘Authoritarianism, resistance’ mark this pivotal American moment | CBC Radio Political analyst Rachel Maddow and writer/activist Rebecca Solnit are sharp observers of Trump 2.0. They discuss the global impact (including his beef with Canada), and where they see effective domes...

‘Authoritarianism, resistance’ mark this pivotal American moment

U.S. authors Rachel Maddow and Rebecca Solnit reflect on Trump 2.0 (CBC Radio · Posted: Nov 05, 2025 6:33 PM EST)

www.cbc.ca/radio/ideas/...

Good things are possible and we don’t have to settle.

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