A Newly Discovered Recording Lets You Hear Delta Blues Legend Robert Johnson in Stunning Clarity Great swathes of rock music since the nineteen-sixties would never have existed, we're sometimes told, were it not for the recordings of Robert Johnson. Certainly the likes of Keith Richards, Eric Cla...

Holy SHIT someone found the test pressing of Robert Johnson's Cross Road Blues and it is clear as a PIN www.openculture.com/2026/04/reco...

In English, adjectives seem to follow a specific order:

opinion - size - age - shape - color - origin - material - purpose - noun

We’re steeped in the pattern from birth, and apply it effortlessly.

You are misinformed if you think Southern Baptists are sympathetic to the teachings of Catholicism.

That feeling you got when you saw Artemis II splash down safely? The exhilaration of wonder & awe & accomplishment? The goodness for goodness sake joy you felt? You can get that feeling here on earth . Go help your neighbors. Nurture something good.
Become joyful
Become beautiful
Become unstoppable

Humanity did that. Science did that. Publicly-funded research did that. Excellent universities did that. Diversity did that. International cooperation did that.

Artemis II is a perfect example of what we can do at our best.

Welcome home, Integrity crew!

This is:

1. Deeply moving.

2. The first time I've ever seen a real-life astronaut be anything other than serious or happy in space. Obviously they have been (they're human), but folks on earth have only ever seen this in movies or on TV.

Imagine watching your tears of grief float around you.

Remember when Dan Quayle misspelled a word and it was the end of his political career?

This is a very good piece. Penwell gets at something that I think gnaws at many of us.

“Shame is … the shabby, threadbare insistence that the lie hasn’t yet become our native language. Not much, but something.”

Thanks for sharing this. It is needed reading.

5.) Recurring protests provide access points for normies to increase their threshold for *public risk* while also focusing the country's attention to the SIZE and SCOPE of the resistance to the administration's policies.

4.) Successful movements are sustained (across time) and relatively consistent about messaging, while also building community connections.

3.) providing *political cover* for a.) GOP electeds to take increasingly oppositional stances within their party and b.) corporations to oppose the administration.

2.) This provides *political pressure* for the county to change directions on ICE, the war with Iran, tariffs, the SAVE Act, public health, public education, and public corruption as well as

Social movement scholar here to comment on No King again. a 🧵:

These protests are important b/c:

1.) as sustained image events, protests offer evidence of continued disapproval of the direction the country is going and disavowal of the country's leadership.

Today we honor those who served as President of our great country and have kept their oath to protect and defend the Constitution of the United States. Elected by the people and for the people, this role should be carried out with pride, dignity and respect for every American.

Ugh.

The Christian Influencers Protecting Their Peace When can an influencer opt out of the news cycle?

Some Christian influencers are reminding followers to “protect your peace,” @elainegodfrey.bsky.social reports—but when can an influencer opt out of the news cycle?

You can have your existence be directed by a fermented mixture of flour and water.

Jeff Bezos’s wealth has increased an average of $70 million every day of 2026, meaning that he could have offset The Post’s losses with what he’s made since Monday.

How does listening to him alway seem like it's SNL?

How did they redact abusers but not the victims? And they expect us to believe 40 nude photos went unnoticed?

That’s exactly why people think the DOJ did this on purpose, to shame these women for coming forward.

I called her office today and asked that she advocate for ICE to cease enhanced activity in Minnesota.

The amount of money being spent to put legal immigrants in shackles and deliver them to Texas and then release them is shameful.

The word "amazing" in the first example, and "huge" in the second example become auditory bridges to the next chunk of language.

Yes, it's fascinating.

I find this fascinating

Because the the words when read aloud flow.

A graph showing the incredible increase in taxpayer dollars - $45 billion used for detention centers and $30 billion for personnel and support.

The human pain and suffering was preventable, and yet it was chosen by leadership in this administration.

This graph shows the marked increase of taxpayer dollars used for unconstitutional overreach - detaining citizens without due process - and detaining legal immigrants.

Senator Collins has said that "ICE ceases enhanced operations in Maine." I don't know what "enhanced" means. And why not Minnesota?

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