I'm jazzed to perform Kevin Poelking's "Unbroken" Aug 9th at the NFA convention this year! Many thanks to those who reviewed proposals, but extra special thanks to Jooyeon Chang for being willing to travel and make music together and to Kevin for writing this wonderful piece. #flute #nfaflute
The FBI’s core values, including integrity, compassion, fairness, and allegiance to the Constitution - and oh, yeah, diversity, are being painted over at the FBI Academy. Source: NYT.
She’s iconic. “What is a ‘week end?’”
If you see this, post a gif from one of your comfort shows.
Do not, I repeat, DO NOT CRASH OUT.
Folks are relying on you to be overstimulated, overwhelmed, & overcome so you won't resist.
Take breaks,
Take a breath,
Be intentional with how you spend your time.
Be effective with how you spend your energy.
Support each other
Rest, live, & fight another day.
This is what we all should remember.
❤️❤️❤️
Campus now has food delivery robots. Too bad these things are priority instead of PDP funding and scholarships… #highered
Most of our problems could be solved by properly funding public education.
Like the badass you are. 😘😘
A while back I asked folks why they’re joining Bluesky and the most common response I saw was, “I just want a good place to get my news” and, yall, no. Bad.
GET YOUR NEWS FROM THE NEWS
PBS Newshour is FREE FOR EVERYONE.
youtu.be/PMOYN8JWdUk?...
Political pressures to stay “in favor” are so real.
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If you’re in an institution doing any kind of DEI work, the most important thing to do right now is simply call it something else. Change it to “Community Outreach” & then keep on doing the same important work. When they outlaw Community Outreach rebrand it as “Strategic Partnerships,” rinse/repeat.
My crankiest belief is that we are now being sold on solutions to problems which only exist because we've let others convince us they exist. That is what "innovation" seems to be in 2025.
There's a level of introspection that's just not happening these days re: what actually needs to bother us.
This! This is why I had no desire to play over Covid quarantine.
Ever wonder what snow in the swamp would look like? This is 5 miles into the Louisiana swamps in the Atchafalaya basin... it's unreal... having lived down there for the first 28 years of my life, we never saw anything like this.
Smashed records.
Curtesy of Garrett Roberts.
“Heroics”
And now for an onslaught of selfies?
do any americans go overseas, ride a bullet train, and think: nah, we don't need this?
Of COURSE it was Texas. 🙃
Well, well, well! This platform is starting to become quite active with friends. ☺️ Hi, y’all!
An international research team has successfully drilled and retrieved a 9,186-foot-long (2,800-meter-long) ice core from Antarctica that dates back 1.2 million years. The sample extended so deep that it reached the bedrock beneath the Antarctic Ice Sheet.
Read more: cnn.it/3Wekfgo
