Hanna Rosin‘s longer form pieces in the Atlantic always shine,  as essays or their podcast version, this one on
Hungary 🇭🇺 (uh, and America)
www.theatlantic.com/podcasts/202...
"The leader of a democracy overpowers many of the country’s institutions that could oppose him: the media, the universi…"
Teresa Hanafin on Substack is always on point. This one is just beautiful beyond words:
tinyurl.com/s45z935u
"The thrill, the joy, the love, the humanity. The bravery of those four astronauts to travel a quarter of a million miles from home. The tenderness with which they have treated each other."
Beautiful afternoon— getting chills thinking back on a special day 25 years ago R.E.M. playing in front of one of Europe’s largest cathedrals with an estimated 100,000 people ….. and the reason the band got to play in that particular spot was that We Didn’t Bomb that church
youtu.be/J20o40Z9M_E?...
New Hampshire is hard to figure in so many ways, but this essay from Jennifer Berkshire helps explain a shocking Democratic victory in a very affluent lakeside community.
Hint: local schools are the key 🗳️
educationwars.substack.com/p/what-it-ta...
World leader pretend, for now anyway…. No Kings 3 in your town today.
If zoning limits can be stretched for one project, what does that mean for the rest of Athens?
The proposed hotel goes far beyond what neighborhood zoning allows — and the precedent could affect every community.
Here’s why it matters:
keepathenslocal.org/zoning-law-h...
Just saw the video for the last song on the EP: Yours Eternally
So powerful and beautiful, I had chills all the way through 🇺🇦
youtu.be/zfridIxuzd0?...
Wow, not just a few songs out of nowhere, straight out of Dublin with @jacknifelee 🇮🇪 but some really great songs— and the final one I can’t just stop listening to.
Yours eternally, indeed 🎸💯
Can’t get this one out of my head:
tinyurl.com/U2AshESsong
The whole EP— tinyurl.com/U2Ash
Senator (not candidate officially) Jon Ossoff (D-GA) on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert TONIGHT and on YouTube tomorrow morning of course: Wednesday Feb 18 📺💻🎥.
You know, if anybody can follow James Talarico, it’s this guy— and it’s all cool with CBS and the regime!
tinyurl.com/mr22v9e4
Fun times with The Simpsons— it’s 25+ years since R.E.M.’S Thanksgiving dinner episode and last night, Michael made his return in a riveting scene at the end!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=C2XZ...
These guys’ #Pageant40 tour starts Wednesday night in Denver— an excellent interview in PASTE Magazine 🎸
tinyurl.com/JasonMichael...
Athens friends: Open Letter from the Keep Athens Local neighborhood group opposing the proposed corporate hotel intended for the UGA Presidents House site on Prince Avenue— much too large and problematic for that site in that historic neighborhood:
keepathenslocal.org/wp-content/u...
Hey Athens, with the holiday rush, it’s easy to miss some important local developments. Like…. I’m amazed at how many people don’t know anything at all about the proposed corporate hotel behind the UGA President’s house on Prince Avenue. With rezoning looming, learn more here
KeepAthensLocal.org
Athens friends:
Preservation is more than a facade. More than saving a front porch.
It's history, neighborhood integrity and protecting our community.
Read our letter and let's honor the history of the UGA President's House.
Athens deserves better.
keepathenslocal.org/wp-content/u...
See also for more context:
keepathenslocal.org/setting-the-...
The developers claim it’s “scaled back,” but the numbers tell a different story.
➡️ The revised President’s House plan includes 120% MORE hardscaped surface than the original. More pavement means more flooding, more heat, and more runoff and less history preserved.
keepathenslocal.org/documents/
Georgia Recorder:
A massive data center project backed by Lt. Gov. Burt Jones and his family could be coming to Butts County, but many of the project’s details are still unknown. Jones, a Republican, is running to be Georgia’s next governor.
tinyurl.com/bpapcnf6
Emma Green in the New Yorker on the landscape of higher education.
The example of the University of Maine system, and its practical effects on the state’s people and economy, is telling and enlightening.
Highly recommended— worth reading or listening all the way to the end:
tinyurl.com/3k9tceet
I’ve always been kind of a crypto skeptic, but figured it was probably just my liberal arts brain with limited technical capacity.
But when Judge Jed Rakoff weighs in, I pay attention:
"It’s a Racket!" (NYRB)
tinyurl.com/ohtherackets...
Gratitude this Thanksgiving dawn— for family, friends, music, work, hoops, morning skies, evening walks, decent health (so far), people all over who are resisting authoritarians keeping people down in favor of their own wealth… inspiration from so many people speaking up and speaking out 🙏
Had me at “gobble gobble” 🦃
youtu.be/jRvNg4zQ_14?...
✈️🚂🚙
Steve Martin forever 🎥
Flagged on Diane Ravitch’s blog, the latest on the state of the war in Europe (and yes sickening is the right word):
olgalautman.substack.com/p/ukraine-wi...
Some good November happenings on the REMHQ page and band socials. See also this very cool podcast with original producers Mitch Easter and Don Dixon talking all things technical and musical in those early days NC sessions that became Chronic Town and Murmur 
tinyurl.com/mitchanddont...
Athens friends, Chapel Hill friends, and so many other people who knew and loved Eve Carson
Today would gave been Eve’s 40th birthday. I learned recently of this special way her memory is being honored by some of her fellow UNC alumni:
tinyurl.com/EveCarsonUNC
From the venerable UNCUT way back in 2003, a selective critical listing of the band’s mid and later-period “singles” (1988-2001). Particularly fun to see the guys’ realtime reactions to some of these songs.
www.uncut.co.uk/features/lis...
damn
From The Signal newsletter:
Since January, when U.S. President Donald Trump reassumed office, his administration has removed more than 8,000 web pages and approximately 3,000 datasets from federal agencies. Climate data, public-health research, educational statistics...
tinyurl.com/pagingmrstalin
Just had to share, Neil Young‘s latest, the music and the film clips say it all, no need for lyrics
youtube.com/watch?v=bK0e...
