Award-winning choral composer Saunder Choi digs from deep within His journey from the Philippines inspired “Where the Sea Meets the Sky,” which San Diego’s Sacra/Profana will perform Saturday

Awesome piece from Beth Wood in the U-T about Saunder and SACRA/PROFANA's "Where the Sea Meets the Sky" concert in Encinitas on Saturday!
www.sandiegouniontribune.com/2026/04/19/a...

I couldn't be more thrilled to be part of this program, led by the amazing Saunder Choi, featuring his brilliant compositions & arrangements, in partnership with Border Angels. I hope you'll join us 4/25 on this remarkable, deeply personal musical journey!
Tix: www.sacraprofana.org/event-detail...

Ivana Trump didn't die from "falling" down the stairs.

if we actually get a senior political figure excommunication then just a heads up that every single medievalist on here, we’re gonna lose our entire shit

I've written before about how USAID was the first government agency killed by conspiracy theory. This confirms it.
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/the-death-...

yes, we have no orbananas

in published posts:
many people do not realize that for a pun to be successful, it must work on two separate levels and not just be a thing that sounds like something else. this is very important

in drafts folder:

Absolutely remarkable statement from Pope Leo today.
One for the history books
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/a...

Southern California folks! Artemis II will splash down off the coast of San Diego a little after 5pm PT tonight. There may be a sonic boom as the spacecraft enters Earth’s atmosphere.

If you experience shaking, rattling windows, etc. you can report it here:

earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/...

"Calm down. He won't be that bad."
"He won't go after political opponents."
"He won't try to overturn an election."
"He won't start a stupid, costly war."
"He won't purge the military."
"He won't use nukes." <--- We're currently here.

I think the reason AI propagandists are so flustered by the fact that no real writer wants to use their idiotic tools is that they themselves don't enjoy writing. They see it as a boring arduous chore to be avoided, while real writers actually enjoy writing and actually care about the quality of it.

The thing about Colorado's conversion therapy ban is that it did not make it illegal for someone to tell their kid they should not be gay, or that they could not be gay, or any other number of horrific things that are still legal.

Judge blocks Trump's executive order to end federal funding for PBS and NPR A federal judge agreed to permanently block the Trump administration from implementing a presidential directive to end federal funding for NPR and PBS.

A federal judge has blocked Trump's executive order cutting funds for NPR and PBS, ruling "It is difficult to conceive of clearer evidence that a government action is targeted at viewpoints that the President does not like and seeks to squelch." READ: loom.ly/lWDBASI

Goldman Sachs reports that 300 million full-time jobs could be replaced by AI by 2030. Labor turnover is high and hiring has slowed. 71% of Americans worry that AI will cause permanent job loss. As young people about to enter the workforce for the first time, the fear of unemployment is understandable, but we cannot save ourselves with the very tool that is putting us at risk. The irony is that as Penn pours endless money and energy into AI advancement in its attempt to get ahead, the University is only quickening its own demise. AI cannot coexist with education — it can only degrade it. As technology advances and workers are replaced by machines, schools are some of the only places we have left to explore and wrestle with human thought. With our own university leading the charge, AI is now corrupting those few sacred spaces and leaving us with nowhere to engage in true scholarship. Editorials represent the majority view of members of The Daily Pennsylvanian Editorial Board who meet regularly to discuss issues relevant to the Penn community. This body is led by Editorial Board Chair Jack Lakis and is entirely separate from the newsroom. Questions or comments should be directed to letters@thedp.com.

An unaccounted for part of the economy is how much young people virulently hate AI, despite how aggressively it's being forced on them. They realize it's making their friends dumber and ruining the world and they want nothing to do with it.

From the Penn student paper:
www.thedp.com/article/2026...

One has to laugh. Just not during the actual x-ray.

I don't even know what to say about how bad this is. People have been denied due process by not being able to attend court hearings for fear of being kidnapped; other people HAVE been kidnapped for showing up to do the exact thing we say we want.

a cat is sitting in a box on a skateboard with the words they see me rollin they hatin ALT: a cat is sitting in a box on a skateboard with the words they see me rollin they hatin

The rad tech had to take one angle multiple times because my nipple kept rolling out of alignment when the squish came down, and I AM SO MAD I missed the opportunity to sing...

I can always pull out Rossini's CAT duet if additional scanning is needed!

I had my first mammogram this week and I am kicking myself for neglecting to make it a singing mammogram. Ah well. Next time!

a cat is looking into a toilet bowl with a white liquid in it ALT: a cat is looking into a toilet bowl with a white liquid in it

I might not dislike Come Ye Disconsolate so much if we didn't have to sing it so often that I started seeing toilet humor in Moore's line, "...see waters flowing forth from the throne of God."

There was a small chorister nose-rub during the anthem, but not a full-on pick, so my tea was drunk at a normal-ish rate! Also, this has made me realize that we are woefully lacking in recycling-related hymns. Perhaps we can appropriate Lord, (Re)Use Me.

High points in Lent so far:
Lotti, Crucifixus
Pärt, The Deer's Cry
Palestrina, Sicut Cervus
Wesley, Wash me throughly

Low points:
Schubert/Proulx Deutsche Messe
Webbe, Come Ye Disconsolate
This coming Sunday being Palm Sunday, where the actual heck did Lent go

So, I love and indeed attend the operas of Wagner, a virulent antisemite gleefully appropriated as a cultural icon by Nazis. But I do this only because Wagner is not still around collecting royalties & donating them to antisemitic causes. If he were it’d be a very different story.

They encountered unexpected turbulence.

The untrustworthy internet suggests Thomas Becket medals.

I'll chug my tea if you spot a chorister picking their nose.

Bari stormed the scene claiming to have grand insights into the modern virality of social media, but it turns out she's just shitty at everything, including agitprop

Photo of protestors in Twin Cities with text over blue background: "2026 Profile in Courage Award Honoree, The People of the Twin Cities, Minnesota." with a lantern image and the JFK Library Foundation logo.

The people of the Twin Cities Minnesota will be honored for risking their lives to protect their neighbors and immigrant community members from an unprecedented federal law enforcement operation, peacefully defending the human rights and values that serve as the foundation of our democracy. (2/3)

I'm mildly pleased to see that he's evolved on this, because when he was first cast, he compared actively participating in a project that will idubitably fund anti-trans efforts to playing Roald Dahl (who was long-dead at that point). Now let's see what they do beyond signing petitions.

I had a joke about editors but they told me that, while they didn't doubt the value of my joke, it was more suitable for a specialist joke book.

Right wing men desire a world ruled by hierarchy and domination, and the way they treat women and girls is an extension of that principle.

Left wing men desire a world ruled by equality and dignity, and the way they treat women and girls is an exception to that principle.