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Melvyn Bragg steps down from BBC Radio 4's In Our Time after 26 years The veteran presenter has hosted more than 1,000 epsiodes of the programme over the past 26 years.

What will my podcast feed do without Melvin Bragg? I guess I'll just have to re-listen to all 1,000+ shows.

Also, he is a Lord?

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cc @madar.bsky.social

Canceled #disneyplus and #hulu. We can’t have the government bullying us out of the first amendment by pressuring media companies. #1A

Canceled #disneyplus and #hulu. We can’t have the government bullying us out of the first amendment by pressuring media companies. #1A

Dammit. When this goes bad, let no one who promoted this war slink away.

I have a lot of issues with Gavin Newsom but he is calling out Trump in a way other major leaders aren’t and if he causes Trump to have a stroke I will buy him a latte

Also: I assume Harvard will try to sue fast and fix things, but the cruelty this letter unleashes *today* will induce lasting fear and panic not just on the 6800 international students at Harvard, but also on all international students in this country, even if there is a swift TRO. Why stay here?

I  know your goal is to try to make life as hard as possible for immigrants.

Jan Hammer? It’s a bold choice, but a man who can compose the Miami Vice theme can do anything, I suppose.

Are we sure we wouldn’t have been better off with the nice lady?

Ok, I don’t actually mind the penny thing.

What? Even a broken clock that broken can be right once a month…

"The new regime must seize all points of power, without respect for paper protections."

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...Somebody says you have no art, so you dredge that up. Somebody says you have no kingdoms, so you dredge that up. None of this is necessary. There will always be one more thing."

...Somebody says you have no language and you spend twenty years proving that you do. Somebody says your head isn’t shaped properly so you have scientists working on the fact that it is...

"The function, the very serious function of racism is distraction..."

-Toni Morrison 50 years ago.

All this anti-DEI BS is just meant to distract and impede.

She went on:

"...It keeps you from doing your work. It keeps you explaining, over and over again, your reason for being...

i think it is important to say that the open and explicit racism of the president and the vice president isn’t just uncouth or “controversial” but a direct attack on tens of millions of americans and a dereliction of their duty to represent the entire country

The Trump Chaos Cuts are threatening the safety and well being of Americans everywhere—from our children and elderly, to police and veterans. The administration needs to provide answers now.

I just explained both Michesleson-Morley and Modigliani-Miller to the kids in one evening.

Got the names confused, though.

Turns out that debt/equity ratios do not alter the value of luminiferous ether.

#econsky #physicssky

Oh man, it is almost the darkest day, and I’ve had a rollercoaster of a week, but here’s something amazing to share! I’m over the solstice moon to announce today that my next book of poems, COME, BITE will be published by Milkweed Press in Spring of 2027! @milkweed.bsky.social

A quick way for DOGE to cut over $1.3 Trillion in spending:

Gun safety laws save $557 billion.

Universal healthcare with Medicare for All saves $650 billion.

Ending fossil fuel subsidies save $20 billion.

Cutting contractor profit from the military budget saves over $80 billion.

Start there.

Match the Taylor Swift Song to the Poem Inspired By Her Music (Gift Article) Famous poets (tortured or not) have taken inspiration from Swift's music. Can you match the poem to the song?

Poets wrote about Taylor Swift (no relation) and the @nytimes.com turned it into a very cool quiz including work by @tessathon.bsky.social (yes, relation).

www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

It’s out, y’all! Tess Taylor’s podcast “Intimate Addresses.” Take a listen. It’s a great dose of art and history. If you ever wanted to “get” 20th century art, this is a great place to start!

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