My latest album is out today on @newfocuslabel.bsky.social. It's called "Hemlocks, Peacocks" and features Anna Webber, Daniel Fisher-Lochhead, deVon Russell Gray, and me. I made a score follower video for the first track for those who are curious.
youtu.be/RSKcnoVlcwU?...
Health officials downplayed COVID risk by overemphasizing "underlying health conditions," leading many to drop their guard.
Most people have "underlying health conditions." Anyone can be vulnerable. Everyone should take precautions.
It's malpractice that they are minimizing bird flu the same way.
Daniel Penny was acquitted today.
“Neely was yelling about being hungry and thirsty, saying he was prepared to be jailed – sometimes considered a better alternative to sleeping on the streets – or die, which others, or at least the one who choked him to death, seem to have interpreted as a threat.”
This is an amazing book, starting with the "impossibility" of being both Black and Swiss. Composer Jessie Cox asks what if Black Swiss were not defined by the state and whiteness as difference, but more like jazz improvisation, a conversation from those who, like himself, are Black and Swiss.
SlateのポッドキャストDecoder Ringのピンクレディ回おもしろかった。1980年に放映されアメリカTV史上最悪の番組と呼ばれ日本軍による真珠湾攻撃と比べられるほど貶されたピンクレディの番組についてだけど、当時のアメリカのエンターテインメント業界とか日本での状況とか、現時点での当人たちのインタビューとかも含めてまとめてる。てかピンクレディすごい。 slate.com/podcasts/dec...
My final issue of Journal of Popular Music Studies as co-editor w/ @ehphd.bsky.social (@ericdharvey.bsky.social managing editor, @alyxvesey.bsky.social & @baldwinvidal.bsky.social on book reviews) is live. It features a special field notes edited by @thesaramarcus.bsky.social online.ucpress.edu/jpms
Around this time every year, I share a list of ways to support Native people. From supporting Indigenous people seeking abortion care to defending Native voting rights and keeping Native families together, here are some causes worth supporting. 🧵
UMass/Amherst (left) and Wesleyan University are both warning their international students to be on American soil before noon on Jan 20 -- Inauguration Day.
I'm so proud to be part of the new Japanese anthology, Fifty Chapters to Learn about Asian America, by contributing a chapter "Filipinx: The History and Legacy of American Colonialism”!
伝統ある明石書店のエリアスタディーズシリーズ、李里花編『アジア系アメリカを知るための53章』に「フィリピン系：アメリカ植民地主義の歴史と人々の今」を上梓しました。
www.akashi.co.jp/book/b654310...
The Sick Times--a digital long-COVID newspaper--is 1 yr old today. I couldn't be prouder of what Betsy, Miles, and their team have accomplished. thesicktimes.org/2024/11/14/p...
If you have the means, pls join me in supporting their end-of-year fundraiser. the-sick-times.fundjournalism.org/donate/
Truly excellent work from The Harvard Crimson here:
“Of all schools that have sent students to Harvard, one in 11 students has come from just 21 high schools across the United States.”
interactives.thecrimson.com/2024/news/fe...
Bluestockings Cooperative is an indispensible feminist bookstore in NYC. It's been a fantastic community space for as long as I can remember.
Now it's facing eviction because the store is providing Narcan — and they've actually saved lives!. Please do what you can to help. Details below...
Wow: over the next three years Wayne State University will be hiring 50 (!) faculty, open rank, for its new Detroit Center for Black Studies. This year they're hiring in humanities and social sciences, open field. Applications due Jan 30 2024.
waynetalent.csod.com/ux/ats/caree...
I just typed “Onion War” instead of “Ōnin War,” so that’s where we are in the semester
50% OFF BOOKS AT @DukePress UNTIL DECEMBER 8!!!! This applies to all in-stock and pre-order books including my own, #TogetherSomehow .
Use Code CYBER23 for the discount. US, CANADIAN & INT'L links & instructions in the thread below…
Hi everyone,
Project Spectrum has written an open letter to the AMS, SEM, and SMT leadership about the lack of hybrid options to attend and/or present at the upcoming annual meetings.
You can read our letter here: www.projectspectrummusic.com/open-letter-...
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“japanese prime minister eats sashimi from fukushima to show that the nuclear waste water is safe” bestie do it every day for a year. do it every day for the rest of your life then.
Our students deserve better. The US leaves public educators and their students on the front lines of gun violence. They don’t want us to teach or learn, they want us to stay afraid. Our students said fuck this, we demand better.
The Daily Tar Heel is the independent student newspaper for the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
their front page for 8/30 is texts sent and received by students during the active shooter lockdown. absolutely stunning.