A man on a ladder decorating a tree

I’ve been maintaining this Christmas mix for decades now. It’s supposed to be the only mix you’ll need for the holidays. Download/subscribe and enjoy open.spotify.com/playlist/5q2...

if i was still a race reporter, i'd maybe write about how the image looks almost exactly like the image on the first edition on the cover of the deeply racist novel "the camp of the saints" which is in vogue with the racists running this country (and beyond).

(*i'm still a reporter, really)

ChipChat November 13, 2025 YouTube video by Beltway Radio & Beyond

You have got to check out this fantastic conversation with @sonari.bsky.social about #baseball #npr #vanilla #blackeconomics #art #congress and a million other things

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My former NPR colleague @sonari.bsky.social is raising funds for a reporting project. Take a look and give if you can.

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Can LA host a 'car-free' Olympics? : The Indicator from Planet Money Los Angeles is synonymous with car culture. But now that it's hosting the 2028 Olympics, could that be changing? On today's show, LA's public transit building bonanza, and why some worry the new infra...

“Los Angeles has the potential to be this amazing city… The question is, can we access all this in a day? And the answer right now is no. Unless you wanna be in traffic for two hours.”

🎧 My Indicator story: www.npr.org/2025/09/22/n...

#LosAngeles #Transit #PlanetMoney #Equity #UrbanPlanning

watched ferris bueller with my son and @sonari.bsky.social (son of chicago) last night. really holds up esp cameron's pathos and the scene at the art institute with the smiths playing. beautiful scene. 📽️🎥

A DOJ lawyer accused Harvard of ‘indifference to antisemitism.’ As a Harvard undergrad he wrote a paper from Hitler’s perspective. - The Boston Globe Michael Velchik once also told a peer that "Mein Kampf" was among his favorite recent reads.

the DOJ atty (& 2x Harvard grad) who suggested Harvard showed "wanton indifference to antisemitism" once wrote a paper from the perspective of Hitler & expressed admiration for Mein Kampf

stunning reporting from
@hilaryburns.bsky.social @talkopan.bsky.social

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Black-Led Broadway Shows Are Driving A Billion-Dollar Comeback Black women built Broadway’s biggest season. Audra McDonald leads the charge—and she doesn’t need to clap back to prove it.

Broadway is booming—but who’s getting paid?
Black-led shows are driving a billion-dollar comeback. I wrote about Audra McDonald, Alicia Keys, and the real economics behind this moment.
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#BlackBroadway #ForbesBLK

Faith, Power, And The Black Middle Class: Johnnie Colemon’s Legacy During her life, her Christ Universal Temple was the largest church congregation in Chicago and the largest church in the world headed by a Black woman.

She built a 4,000-seat sanctuary, a theological school, and a Black-led spiritual empire—before “megachurch” was a word.

Johnnie Colemon didn’t just preach abundance. She operationalized it.

I wrote about her legacy for Forbes BLK:
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Someone told me to go back to Africa, so I did some research.

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There’s a lot of you can say about Mitchum, banging he is not.

Robert Mitchum dropped a Calypso Album? His estate should pay me reparations for this. What the ever f—-. The biggest surprise it’s not as terrible as you would imagine. Regardless it should not exist. 🤢

Boycotts Don’t Work? History and Economics Say Otherwise How Economic Activism Has Driven Real Change

Do boycotts work : open.substack.com/pub/vanillai...

The Business of Black Joy Relearning the art of independent journalism

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The CDC took down information about prep.

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This Palisades fires is 8x the size of the great Chicago fire (October 8, 1871). For my Chicago friends it’s like if Chicago was on fire from Roger Park to Hegewisch

Random pet peeve of mine is people who talk shit about Chihuahuas. They are such a smart and loyal dogs. It’s not their fault that their owners treat them like toys. I miss my Norton.

Local TV news has stood out during this fire coverage here in LA. It’s been accessible to most people (you can watch for free if you have a tv and an antenna) and unlike digital content, it doesn’t require paying to bypass a paywall to access coverage. #lafires

Turns out the air quality in Chicago 86 is worse than mid city LA (60) or West Hollywood 68.

I am not an auto enthusiast. I did cover the industry.

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Just doing some math. The US has 195 F- 22 planes at $135 million a piece. 1 F-22 would pay for 2600 fire fighters. One expensive aircraft carrier (13 B), would fund the LA fire department for 12-15 years.

Who was still an Anita Bryant fan? She’s most famous for being a homophobe?

I’m always amazed by how my educated thoughtful East Coast friends knew more about Paris than they did about Los Angeles.

mark zuckerberg’s entire adult life has been a revenge tour against women

My name is Sonari Glinton. I’m a journalist, fan of big band jazz, podcaster, Angeleno via Chicago raconteur and Uncle at Large. I evacuated here from the platforms owned by billionaires.

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What we are not gonna do is come for Patti LaBelle over her support of a gay man. Miss Patti was an ally long before that ish was cool. The people who are giving her grief are the reason Luther staid in the closet.

‎Watch Duty: Wildfire Maps ‎Watch Duty is the only wildfire mapping and alert app powered by real people giving you real-time information vetted by trained professionals, not robots. While many other apps rely solely on governm...

A good resource for my fellow Angelenos is this app that provides info and updates on the fires apps.apple.com/us/app/watch...

Detroit suburbs have some of the best Italian and German restaurants. Thanks Fiat and Daimler!

Anyone remember Polaroids? Took these pics on Cape Cod in the 90s, my previous blue sky days.