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“When I tell the truth, it is not for the sake of convincing those who do not know it, but for the sake of defending those that do.”

“When a sinister person means to be your enemy, they always start by trying to become your friend.”

William Blake, born on this day

My friend produced it.
And a guitarist I managed had an anonymous (very) small part on it.
(It wasn’t ALL synth…)

YouTube video by Hermeto Pascoal Hermeto Pascoal - Música da Lagoa (Sinfonia do Alto Ribeira, 1985)

My favorite

YouTube video by adalbertomiranda Hermeto Pascoal - Quebrando Tudo

Rest in peace, Maestro. Hermeto Pascoal.
Brazil’s musical giant. There’s no instrument or object that he couldn’t turn into beautiful music.

“We are all a part of every person we have ever met.”
- Alfred Lord Tennyson, born on this day

“Tis not too late to seek a newer world.”
- Alfred Lord Tennyson

The Daily Show
@thedailyshow.com
Josh Johnson

YouTube video by Josh Johnson When you strip away humanity

Josh Johnson addresses immigration directly.

“And so we turn the page over. To think of starting. This is all there is.”

John Ashbery, poet, born on this day

(Today is the day to start. Me)

“Remember that when you say ‘I will have none of this exile and this stranger for his face is not like my face and his speech is strange,’ you have denied America with that word.”
Stephen Vincent Benét, poet, born on this day

“To have displeased evil and ignorant men is the sure sign of genius and virtue...”
Petrarch, born on this day

“There is no later. This is later.”

Cormac McCarthy, born on this day

“A nation should not be judged by how it treats its highest citizens, but its lowest ones.”
Nelson Mandela, born on this day

“You will achieve more in this world through acts of mercy than you will through acts of retribution.”
Nelson Mandela, born on this day

NEW YORK (AP) — Stephen Colbert tells studio audience CBS is canceling 'The Late Show,' to end in May 2026.

Colbert is the highest rated late night show

YouTube video by pinoyelvis Edward R Murrow's final reply to Senator Joseph McCarthy's See It Now appearance April 13, 1954

When CBS had a backbone. And to CBS currently, I echo Edward R Murrow and tell them, “Good night and good luck“. Although I can’t wish this current group good luck.
I’ve signed off CBS and Paramount

“Brave men do not gather by thousands to torture and murder a single individual, so gagged and bound he cannot make even feeble resistance or defense.”

Ida B. Wells, born on this day

YouTube video by poemarcana United States of Poetry credits

If you ever get a chance to watch this documentary series from a number of years back, “the United States of poetry“, it is well worth it. He’ll be glad you did.
“If it ain’t a pleasure it ain’t a poem“

“The best way to avoid a bad action is by doing a good one, for there is no difficulty in the world like that of trying to do nothing.”
-- John Clare, born on this day

“If the day and the night are such that you greet them with joy, and life emits a fragrance like flowers and sweet-scented herbs, is more elastic, more starry, more immortal — that is your success.”
Henry David Thoreau
Born today

It only takes a moment to read a poem, and offers so many ways to broaden and enrich your world. I always keep someone’s book at hand so that I can.

YouTube video by Rusty Morris Brian Wilson - Surfs Up Live.mpg

This one has saddened me the most. RIP Brian Wilson. Such a musical influence throughout most of my life. 
Surf’s Up

2/ “Family friend restarted GoFundMe to help raise money for medical expenses after he was rejected from Medicaid”

Comic book legend Peter David dies after series of health issues at age 68 Family friend restarted GoFundMe to help raise money for medical expenses after he was rejected from Medicaid

1/ God rest. I EP’d a show with Peter David and hosted him at home a few times. A funny, kind, creative guy. I met Peter in 1995 on our project

“Legendary comic book writer Peter David dies after series of health issues at age 68”

✅ DEI Employer of the Day

Macy's

Stephen Miller's group filed a federal complaint against Macy’s in 2023 for 'illegal racial discrimination,' citing the company's commitment to diversity and inclusion.

Macy's now: "We are embedding Diversity, Equity & Inclusion throughout our business strategy"

#WeAreOnOurOwn