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@musicaldrmeg.bsky.social

Ethnomusicologist, musician, educator, and lover of movie musicals around the world.

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RFK Jr. pulls funding for vaccines being developed to fight respiratory viruses The projects — 22 of them — are being led by some of the nation’s leading pharmaceutical companies like Pfizer and Moderna to prevent flu, COVID-19 and H5N1 infections.

If you are feeling a bit helpless in the face of the nonstop onslaught of negative news, I suggest you reach out to RFK Jr. to let him know what you think of this cut of $500,000,000 to vaccine research. ☮️❤️🇺🇸

06.08.2025 16:09 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

When will it be updated though? After the threat of Trump's wrath has passed? Will it ever pass or will we devolve into an Orwellian dictatorship?

01.08.2025 18:51 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Smithsonian Removes Reference to Trump’s Impeachments, but Says It Will Return

Well, looks like the Smithsonian is turning into a branch of what Orwell would call "The Ministry of Truth." I urge you to call the National Museum of American History at 202-633-1000 and email them at info@si.edu to remind them that we want the WHOLE truth. ☮️🩷🤓🇺🇸 www.nytimes.com/2025/07/31/u...

01.08.2025 14:50 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Where is your proof? Your administration seems to have trouble citing real, reliable literature.

19.06.2025 20:36 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

And Windy has stormy eyes …

16.06.2025 13:01 — 👍 4    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

What made it even worse was ending it with Christofascist rhetoric. ☮️🩷✝️🇺🇸

01.06.2025 12:51 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Now he thinks he is living in a Burt Lancaster movie. It would be funny if it wasn’t so scary.

05.05.2025 02:56 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Band Biography | GreenDay.fm Green Day members Billie Joe Armstrong, Mike Dirnt and Tre Cool went from playing basements and small clubs to the Rock And Roll Hall of Fame.

Green Day is an American Band and an electorate educated to develop their own opinions based on actual evidence is always going to make better choices for all. ☮️🩷🇺🇸 greenday.fm/band/band-bi...

22.04.2025 01:13 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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New York rapper who joined Trump in campaign rally pleads guilty to attempted murder A New York City rapper who joined President Donald Trump during a campaign rally last year has pleaded guilty to attempted murder and conspiracy charges.

apnews.com/article/trum...

28.03.2025 18:10 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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2025 Wisconsin Supreme Court Voter Guide - Crawford v. Schimel - Guides.vote | Voters Guides To download a PDF of this guide, click here. To view this guide in Spanish, click here.

Elon Musk is trying to buy the Wisconsin Supreme Court election. Now he is promising "I will also personally hand over two checks for a million dollars each in appreciation for you taking the time to vote." Here is a good guide to the choices. guides.vote/guide/2025-w...

28.03.2025 18:01 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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2025 Wisconsin Supreme Court Voter Guide - Crawford v. Schimel - Guides.vote | Voters Guides To download a PDF of this guide, click here. To view this guide in Spanish, click here.

Wisconsin voters, here is a good guide for what to expect from the candidates, if they are elected. guides.vote/guide/2025-w...

28.03.2025 17:59 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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I was sadly surprised to realize that Netflix will not enable casting with their cheaper ad option. It also turns out, despite what they promised me, that not all their content would be available either as they have created paywalls for premium content. And no, I don't have a smart TV.

23.03.2025 19:45 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Hoping I find this somewhere else so I can share it with my students. I have canceled my subscription after I realized that, unlike all the other streaming services, you won't let me cast with ads version, and that the choices available actually are limited.

23.03.2025 18:48 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Would have been nice to share this musical moment with my college music students but when this adjunct professor had to downgrade to the ads version, I found out that I cannot cast to my old TV and that choices actually ARE limited.

23.03.2025 18:47 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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I had a rude awakening that after many years of supporting this company, I am now unable to to cast to my TV unless I fork over $18 or more. I was told some nonsense about licensing that doesn't seem to be the case with all the other streaming services.

23.03.2025 18:45 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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I had a rude awakening that after many years of supporting this company, I am now unable to to cast to my TV unless I fork over $18 or more. I was told some nonsense about licensing that doesn't seem to be the case with all the other streaming services.

23.03.2025 18:45 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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I had a rude awakening that after many years of supporting this company, I am now unable to to cast to my TV unless I fork over $18 or more. I was told some nonsense about licensing that doesn't seem to be the case with all the other streaming services.

23.03.2025 18:44 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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I switched to the ads version just to find out I can't cast to my TV. Others have noted limitations on what you can watch but I was told that wasn't the case.

23.03.2025 18:42 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
Idaho teacher fights back after order to remove ‘Everyone is Welcome Here’ poster
YouTube video by MSNBC Idaho teacher fights back after order to remove ‘Everyone is Welcome Here’ poster

The good news is that there *are* people meeting the moment.

youtu.be/EJxRtjma7lc

20.03.2025 01:42 — 👍 42759    🔁 8756    💬 1170    📌 710

Oh no. Jeanette Vizguerra spent most of the first Trump administration in sanctuary in a church. She was even put on the Time 100 list for her advocacy. Now she's been rounded up during Trump 2.0. time.com/collection/2...

18.03.2025 15:22 — 👍 363    🔁 173    💬 5    📌 7

Follow the money. Capitalistic cruelty is now the norm.

19.03.2025 14:40 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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It has shut down before and the country didn't end. Now you have shown the kleptocrats in the WH that you won't defy them. Time to look for a new senator with a spine.

14.03.2025 23:16 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Can you explain now why trump is congratulating you? How is this helpful? I see your point about them having more control but didn't you just show elon, trump, and their minions that your are a pushover? What happens next? What else are you willing to give up? Please explain what happens next.

14.03.2025 16:43 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

The general process (because of course there are exceptions) is that DHS has to file a Notice to Appear (a bit like an indictment) in immigration court, alleging that the person is removable for having violated a specific provision of immigration law. ICE bears the burden of proving removability.

10.03.2025 00:37 — 👍 660    🔁 186    💬 15    📌 9

I have been calling and they keep referring me to this statement. When I point out that this is from 3/7 and NOT about Mahmoud Khalil, they hang up on me.

10.03.2025 18:57 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

I called again and was told another lie. They told me to look for Columbia U statements on ICE. The last one was on 3/7 warning that ICE was in the area. They knew this could happen.

10.03.2025 18:45 — 👍 12    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Again, the Secretary of State has no authority to “revoke” green cards.

09.03.2025 22:55 — 👍 10456    🔁 2804    💬 170    📌 97

Where is your promised statement on Mahmoud Khalil? I was told there was one and then that you are working on one. Or are you just a tool of an emerging authoritarian state?

10.03.2025 13:55 — 👍 18    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
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Let's flood them with calls and emails for Mahmoud Khalil. As them if they know where he is and what they are going to do about it.

10.03.2025 13:38 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0