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AI Enters the Elder Care Arena | The robots are here. The transformation is still somewhere in the future. | Mark Swartz | This article was written with the support of a journalism fellowship from the Journalists Network on Gene…

GSA journalist fellow @swartzmark.bsky.social authored this piece for aginginamerica.news with support from @nihcm.bsky.social. aginginamerica.news/2026/04/14/a...

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EmmyBlue

How to listen to her all day long open.spotify.com/playlist/3xe...

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The Gospel Queen of the Brazos Bottom Star Route

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Aging in America News Care | Workforce | Solutions

Celebrating intergenerational connection this week with
@bellabromberg.bsky.social and other talented young writers. aginginamerica.news

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"Billy"  Performed by Gilli@n Welch & D@vid R@wlings, written by Bob Dylan
"Billy" Performed by Gilli@n Welch & D@vid R@wlings, written by Bob Dylan YouTube video by John Hannaway

YouTube commenter: I want this played as they lower my body into the grave. youtu.be/n_SiVabBvC4?...

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Which only proves it's impossible to take a bad photograph of this man

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Trump’s refusal to invite all governors to a White House meeting prompts group to back out The National Governors Association is pulling out of an annual meeting at the White House after President Donald Trump declined to invite two Democratic governors, undercutting one of Washington’s few

How fun, my first @apnews.com photography credit. www.miamitimesonline.com/news/world_n...

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My Favorite Music for Meditation Ten hours of trance-inducing music

"This is one of the most powerful immersive works of music I’ve ever heard, and feels almost as inexhaustible as the natural forces it aims to channel."
@tedgioia.bsky.social on #JohnLutherAdams's Become Ocean open.substack.com/pub/tedgioia... cc @blueridgegurl.bsky.social

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Everyone should listen to #NeilYoung's 35-minute aural collage "Arc" (1991) once, but not more than that.

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Congratulations on episode 200!

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Elina Duni & Rob Luft Band - First Song
Elina Duni & Rob Luft Band - First Song YouTube video by Elina Duni

"First Song," composed by #CharlieHaden, lyrics by #AbbeyLincoln
Elina Duni - vocals
Rob Luft - guitar
Matthieu Michel - flugelhorn
Patrice Moret - double-bass
Viktor Filipovski - drums
@joshhaden.bsky.social
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We'll take our stand for this land / and the stranger in our midst

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Throwing Muses - Bywater (Visual Album)
Throwing Muses - Bywater (Visual Album) YouTube video by firerecords

Whose goldfish in the toilet?
Don't flush it, it's #FreddieMercury
Shining orange
Unhinged
A moustached amputee
Heading out to sea

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disambiguation: #ThrowingMuses have a different song titled "Mercury"

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Neal K. Shah | Substack America's Chief Elder Officer | CEO of CareYaya Health Technologies | Chairman of Counterforce Health | TEDx Speaker | Featured in WSJ, CNBC, US News, WaPo, Barron's, NPR, TheHill | Optimist. Click to...

Are you following Neal K. Shah? nealkshah.substack.com?r=10etct&utm...

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Tune-Yards - How Big Is The Rainbow (Official Video)
Tune-Yards - How Big Is The Rainbow (Official Video) YouTube video by Tune-Yards

Just know that it's hate that lets you know /
Just how much further your heart has to go
@tuneyards.bsky.social
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There are several different audiobook versions of #MobyDick on @hoopladigital.bsky.social, including one read by #BurtReynolds.

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In times like these, DC could use some Dessa

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Big Legs, Tight Skirt - feat. Ike Turner & Ry Cooder

#JohnLeeHooker #RyCooder #IkeTurner open.spotify.com/track/1aAMoE...

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Minimizing Harm for “Dual Eligibles” | Mark Swartz | This article was written with the support of a journalism fellowship from the Journalists Network on Generations, the Gerontological Society of America and the NIHCM Foundation.  | …

Why are we doing less for low-income, older, and disabled Americans?
@amberchrist.bsky.social @justiceinaging.org
aginginamerica.news/2026/01/13/m...

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Nepalese dishes consider the whole rhythm of a meal.
Thanks for the tip, @rkobell.bsky.social

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Rev AI transcription:

"...So Irving said, I'll give you my heart attack."

What Irving actually said:

"I'll give you my architect."

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Blair Unida We are a group of Montgomery Blair (Silver Spring MD) parents, teachers, and staff

Join us in supporting #MontgomeryBlair students affected by immigration enforcement.
@montgomerycountymd.bsky.social @mbhsmagnet.bsky.social @silverspringmd.bsky.social @silverspringmd.bsky.social @takomatorch.bsky.social @takomaparkmd.gov @library.takomaparkmd.gov
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This kleptocracy is buried inside an infotainment complex. It is normalized through bureaucracy. But it is, at its heart, a mafia state.

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Call for Submissions | Intergenerational Portraits: A Collab with The Legacy Project | Every older person in your community has a story worth telling—stories of resilience, transformation, adventure, and wisdom earned …

Call for Submissions: Intergenerational Portraits, due 12/19
aginginamerica.news/2025/11/07/c...

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Inside the Race to Hire and Retain America’s Early Educators As child care programs face staff shortages, leaders are testing new ways to recruit and retain the teachers families depend on.

As #ChildCare programs face staff shortages, leaders are testing new ways to recruit and retain the teachers families depend on.
www.the74million.org/zero2eight/i...

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Author Toni Morrison with a red bandanna in her hair and a big smile on her face

Author Toni Morrison with a red bandanna in her hair and a big smile on her face

"Inviting compassion into the bloodstream of an institution's agenda or a scholar's purpose is more than productive, more than civilizing, more than ethical, more than humane; it's humanizing." -- #ToniMorrison, "The Price of Wealth, The Cost of Care," 2013

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" #MauriceSendak brought the scary, thrilling, perverse world of fairy tales and folktales to modern picture books"

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"The attrition of the VA workforce in the last nine months has put a strain on understaffed hospitals and clinics, hurt morale and sped up the transition to private care."

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Closing the Longevity Gap | If we’re not growing older together, we’re doing it wrong.  | Mark Swartz | Advances in medical research, preventive care, and age-related treatments promise to extend not just our li…

Longevity should unite us in a shared project of human flourishing. aginginamerica.news/2025/11/02/l...

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