Dear Canada,
It's come to my attention that you've opened a phone exchange in the U.S. for suicide prevention, as our current fascist regime has been dismantling civil society & civic infrastructures in service to pernicious fascist-aligned (Nazi) billionaires
1st: Thanks
2nd: Can I help to fund it?

Senator Chris Van Hollen, Democrat of Maryland, tried and failed on Wednesday to secure a meeting in El Salvador with Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia, an immigrant and Maryland resident who was mistakenly deported by the Trump administration and remains imprisoned. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/16/u...

This sounds like if Joni Mitchell grew up listening to Tool, I love it soooooo much

#booksky

Joseph Bodin de Boismortier - Concerto Op. 15, no. III: I. Allegro YouTube video by Seldom Sene

That feeling when the coffee kicks in AND the roof is still on the house!
Joseph Bodin de Boismortier Op.15 no. iii: I. Allegro
music.youtube.com/watch?v=d4D5...
#ClassicalMusic #stlwx

Trump Doubles Planned Tariffs On Canadian Steel And Aluminum To 50% As Trade War Intensifies “The only thing that makes sense is for Canada to become our cherished Fifty First State," Trump posted on Tuesday.

He's killing America...
www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-...

Photo by Ioannis Pavlos Evangelidis

Emil Nolde
Yellow Sea with Small Steamships | 1946

Sly & The Family Stone Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin) HQ Audio YouTube video by them0rus

Coolest band ever! All about joy, togetherness, diversity
and inclusion. All the things Republicans are against RS
youtu.be/wj5VODa-eTY?...

La Bicicleta (1946)
Sculpture by Marcelo Hepp

Marc Ribot: 'Blues/For Natalia' YouTube video by The Greene Space at WNYC & WQXR

Marc Ribot | Blues/For Natalia
www.youtube.com/watch?v=mXR6...

NEW * Walk Right In - The Rooftop Singers {Stereo} 1963 YouTube video by Smurfstools Oldies Music Time Machine

Today's Rooftop Singers
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z-qi...

Leonardo da Vinci | A stand of trees | c.1500
Red chalk

ordinary smoke (Waterloo Exiles) (feat. The Waterloo Exiles) YouTube video by Glenn Buhr - Topic

www.youtube.com/watch?v=FIZo...

Joni Mitchell - Goodbye Blue Sky YouTube video by crislesxxx

GOOD BYE BLUE SKY | Roger Waters (feat. Joni Mitchell)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=weg5...

FRACAS: A new one-act play by Margaret Sweatman.
dreamplay.ca/node/457

Just a reminder that what he's talking about is the private information about every American and business, and there are laws against this access. "Transform the way the government works" by doing what? Targeting opponents? Microtargeting political ads so Republicans never lose?

Finnfinnotus YouTube video by Barry Guy - Topic

One of the most unlikely pieces on the Gudira album, but also my fav is for the Thai mouth organ, khaen, and flute. I love taking the khaen into new styles of music. youtu.be/JxmURdL45ZU?...

A beautiful essay on Joy by novelist Margaret Sweatman:

Untitled, by Joan Mitchell, 1992, 📸 via @dimfilipovic.bsky.social

February 22, 2025 Last night’s Friday Night News Dump was a doozy: Trump has purged the country’s military leadership.

February 22, 2025

Train Train Train (feat. The Buhr Quartet) YouTube video by Glenn Buhr - Topic

TRAIN TRAIN TRAIN
Lyrics: Duncan Mercredi | Music: Glenn Buhr

Performance by The Buhr Quartet
www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Xps...

Let’s run the government like a business, drive the car like a bicycle, and play the guitar like a piano

Many of us are echoing @timothysnyder.bsky.social's lesson in On Tyranny, "Do not obey in advance.”

A no less vital admonition that deserves attn:

STAND OUT

“...without that unease, there is no freedom. The moment you set an example, the spell of the status quo is broken, and others will follow."