David Dunning

An aristocracy in a republic is like a chicken whose head has been cut off: it may run about in a lively way, but in fact it is dead.

--Nancy Mitford

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Journalists: I can't recommend the Knight-Wallace fellowship enough. Personally and professionally, it changed my life.

Here's a chance to learn more if you're considering giving it a go!

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Duck and Rabbit looking at offspring "really? I think he looks more like my side of the family".

#AcademicSky #PsychSciSky

We've hit peak Psychology Humour

Number of SNAP recipients Amazon 2,456 Walmart 2,318 Uber 1,799 DoorDash 1,462 Tempus Unlimited 1,425 Stop & Shop 989 Mass General Brigham 956 Dollar Tree 952 Albertsons Companies, Inc. 896 Bayada Home Health 887

The Boston Globe identified the companies in Massachusetts that employ the most SNAP recipients. A key stat: "In Massachusetts, 74% of working-age recipients of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program are employed, half of them full-time."

Full article: www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/28/m...

NB: Elsevier has a 38% profit margin.

YouTube video by Tim Minchin White Wine In The Sun (2021) by Tim Minchin: BACK

It's that time of the year innit. It's sentimental...

As always, proceeds from sales of White Wine In The Sun over the Christmas period go to Aspect (Autism Spectrum Australia). ❤️

Thank you for listening, sharing and supporting this important organisation over the years.

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Honorable Mentions...
Preservation Hall Jazz Band (Barton Hall, Cornell U)
Ambrose Akinmusire (Jazz Standard, NYC)
Dizzy Gillespie (Mem Aud, Stanford)

Introduce yourself with five concerts you've seen- the jazz greats edition!

Maria Schneider Orchestra (Hill Aud, Ann Arbor)
Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra (Jitterbug Dance Party, GameAbove Center, Ypsilanti)
Chick Corea (State Theater, Ithaca, NY)
Jaco Pastorius (E Lansing, MI)

Life is a gamble, at terrible odds. If it were a bet you wouldn’t take it.

RIP

Adding one more because he deserves it...

Michael Hedges
First time was during dinner in the open-air restaurant they had in the New Varsity theater in Palo Alto

Introduce yourself with five concerts you've seen multiple times

John Mellencamp
Pat Metheny
Bob Dylan
Los Lobos
Miles Davis

"What has happened before will happen again. What has been done before will be done again"
--Ecclesiastes

Los Lobos
Bruce Springsteen
Emmylou Harris
Bruce Cockburn
Miles Davis

Meant, of course, in a very good way.

Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to Detroit, Michigan.

Shoulda brought some earplugs.

Impt advice, especially for #6.

#5: Clearly the M-20 line. If you've driven I-75, you know.

YouTube video by Arlo Guthrie - Topic Alice's Restaurant Massacree

20th Century Classic: Alice's Restaurant, Arlo Guthrie

A happy Thanksgiving, to those who celebrate
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“You will be visited by three spirits.”

The three spirits

Schade.

20th Mid-Century Classic: The Stahl House, Los Angeles

Now for sale for $25M (built originally for $37.5K)
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He's been through it. Knows what's what.

I'm getting my betting money out.

Released by Arsenal age 13; returned this year. In 2015...

I can vouch.

Go Green Go White

Honors College was a deal.

The behavioral sciences, including social psych, were built up post-WWII expressly to repair the world after the catastrophe brought by fascism & to prevent the next round. And here we are. How do we react? 2 pts: This is a global issue, not an American one. One can keep "politics" out of it.

Big Fun.

An Oxy Moron: One who contradicts one's self within a single speech act, likely with lack of awareness. Or humility.

Here in Ann Arbor we are well-prepared for suspected operations this coming Saturday. We will force-feed cherries to any invaders but will hide the Founders. Can explain the pizza in the interest of peace.

AA: Safe and secure since 2021.

Always helpful, never in doubt. The rest...

Back in black, I hit the sack
I've been too long, I'm glad to be back
Yes, I'm let loose from the noose
That's kept me hangin about
I'm just a-lookin at the sky cause it's gettin me high
Forget the hearse, cause I'll never die
I got nine lives, cat's eyes
Abusin every one of them and runnin wild