John Fenton
@jl32.bsky.social
Jazz journalist, blogger, tea head, voracious reader, poet, writer, gardener, tree lover, breeze walker, traveller, liberal lefty, history, he/him. JazzLocal32.com blog
I switched cat biscuits brand yesterday, from an American brand to an Australian brand, which meant that I needed to sit the cats down and have a conversation about tariffs. It was not as awkward as I imagined.
February 13, 2025 at 6:38 AM
I switched cat biscuits brand yesterday, from an American brand to an Australian brand, which meant that I needed to sit the cats down and have a conversation about tariffs. It was not as awkward as I imagined.
Breaking promises before his term begins
NEW: House administrator alerts Members of Congress about change to Inauguration ceremony -- and encourages Members to consider alerting constituents that their Inauguration tickets are now simply "commemorative"
January 18, 2025 at 4:46 AM
Breaking promises before his term begins
January 17, 2025 at 7:22 PM
How fabulous. I have many Regency era letters and some are crosshatched - lost domestic crafts
🗃️ (Biting my Gen-X tongue about schools not teaching cursive anymore... 😅)
The National Archives is looking for volunteers with an increasingly rare skill: Reading cursive.
January 17, 2025 at 12:39 AM
How fabulous. I have many Regency era letters and some are crosshatched - lost domestic crafts
Just lovely
🏺 Here is another photo of this sculpture to give you another perspective. Stunning, isn't it?
#ancientbluesky #archaeology #history 🗃️
#ancientbluesky #archaeology #history 🗃️
January 16, 2025 at 5:49 AM
Just lovely
Wants some
The unexpected PhD thesis-related things I bump into on days off! This c17th Chinese vase with a high-status young man riding an auspicious Qilin with an attendant has unlocked further proof that the Ham House 'japanner' attempted to copy Chinese and Japanese designs (without full mimesis).
January 15, 2025 at 10:23 PM
Wants some
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Wednesday drama: I'm studying versions of Seller's Atlas Maritimus (1672) to see how they depict the peoples and coasts of East Asia.
Unexpected extra: Boston Public Library's copy notes that the prolific Forbes Smiley likely stole two maps (NJ and Cape Code to Orinoco) sometime before 2005. 🗃️
Unexpected extra: Boston Public Library's copy notes that the prolific Forbes Smiley likely stole two maps (NJ and Cape Code to Orinoco) sometime before 2005. 🗃️
January 15, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Wednesday drama: I'm studying versions of Seller's Atlas Maritimus (1672) to see how they depict the peoples and coasts of East Asia.
Unexpected extra: Boston Public Library's copy notes that the prolific Forbes Smiley likely stole two maps (NJ and Cape Code to Orinoco) sometime before 2005. 🗃️
Unexpected extra: Boston Public Library's copy notes that the prolific Forbes Smiley likely stole two maps (NJ and Cape Code to Orinoco) sometime before 2005. 🗃️
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On this day in 69 AD, Otho seized power in Rome, proclaiming himself Emperor of Rome. His reign lasted only 91 days, still more than twice as long as Liz Truss lasted as UK Prime Minister. #skystorians 🗃️ #AncientBluesky 🏺
January 15, 2025 at 11:14 AM
On this day in 69 AD, Otho seized power in Rome, proclaiming himself Emperor of Rome. His reign lasted only 91 days, still more than twice as long as Liz Truss lasted as UK Prime Minister. #skystorians 🗃️ #AncientBluesky 🏺
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Under the GOP's SAVE Act, Tribal IDs would NO LONGER be accepted as valid identification to register to vote.
This is a direct attack on the voting rights of Native American communities.
#StopTheSAVEAct social.demcast.com/s/EC9Y1x2d
This is a direct attack on the voting rights of Native American communities.
#StopTheSAVEAct social.demcast.com/s/EC9Y1x2d
January 10, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Under the GOP's SAVE Act, Tribal IDs would NO LONGER be accepted as valid identification to register to vote.
This is a direct attack on the voting rights of Native American communities.
#StopTheSAVEAct social.demcast.com/s/EC9Y1x2d
This is a direct attack on the voting rights of Native American communities.
#StopTheSAVEAct social.demcast.com/s/EC9Y1x2d
Irony dead; and buried in a lead coffin
January 10, 2025 at 9:47 PM
Irony dead; and buried in a lead coffin
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A right-wing think tank that helped draft Project 2025 plans to target volunteer editors on Wikipedia with malicious tracking links who it alleges are "abusing their position."
The right hates Wikipedia because they can't be bullied like Musk and Zuck.
www.rawstory.com/heritage-fou...
The right hates Wikipedia because they can't be bullied like Musk and Zuck.
www.rawstory.com/heritage-fou...
Right-wing think tank plans to target Wikipedia editors via malicious links: report
A right-wing think tank that helped draft Project 2025 plans to target volunteer editors on Wikipedia with malicious tracking links who it alleges are "abusing their position" by publishing antisemiti...
www.rawstory.com
January 8, 2025 at 5:19 AM
A right-wing think tank that helped draft Project 2025 plans to target volunteer editors on Wikipedia with malicious tracking links who it alleges are "abusing their position."
The right hates Wikipedia because they can't be bullied like Musk and Zuck.
www.rawstory.com/heritage-fou...
The right hates Wikipedia because they can't be bullied like Musk and Zuck.
www.rawstory.com/heritage-fou...
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new publication release!The Depths of Bhutanese Buddhism: Guru Rinpoche's Holy Land and Saints Now on sale on amazon kindle to rave reviews!We earn revenue as an Amazon associate. #ad #Buddhism #Bhutan #SacredSites #GuruRinpoche #SpiritualJourney
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November 26, 2024 at 12:28 PM
new publication release!The Depths of Bhutanese Buddhism: Guru Rinpoche's Holy Land and Saints Now on sale on amazon kindle to rave reviews!We earn revenue as an Amazon associate. #ad #Buddhism #Bhutan #SacredSites #GuruRinpoche #SpiritualJourney
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I aspire to be this eloquent. #toitūtetiriti
November 23, 2024 at 1:10 AM
I aspire to be this eloquent. #toitūtetiriti
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Beautiful ocean effect snow on the Cape today but THIS was last night… Chatham Bay
December 22, 2024 at 9:14 PM
Beautiful ocean effect snow on the Cape today but THIS was last night… Chatham Bay
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News Analysis: President-elect Donald Trump has returned to our daily national cognizance, even though one could argue he never really left. Tuesday’s news conference was a reminder of what that was like, and what the next four years may have in store.
Dripping Faucets and Seizing Greenland: Trump Is Back and Chaos Ensues
President-elect Donald J. Trump’s news conference at Mar-a-Lago was a reminder of what the next four years may have in store.
www.nytimes.com
January 8, 2025 at 6:32 AM
News Analysis: President-elect Donald Trump has returned to our daily national cognizance, even though one could argue he never really left. Tuesday’s news conference was a reminder of what that was like, and what the next four years may have in store.
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x
X has ~18m daily USA users. @bsky.app, ~1.5m.
Is it worth 20 MINS a day to proactively recruit and bring your friends, neighbors,relatives, businesses, anyone who is or could be a user, to @bsky.app?
If Bluesky ends up with more users than the others, you destabilize musk, zuck, trump.
X has ~18m daily USA users. @bsky.app, ~1.5m.
Is it worth 20 MINS a day to proactively recruit and bring your friends, neighbors,relatives, businesses, anyone who is or could be a user, to @bsky.app?
If Bluesky ends up with more users than the others, you destabilize musk, zuck, trump.
January 6, 2025 at 10:31 PM
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Dig this band from Seattle. Jazz Overhaul, they perform grunge classics in the jazz idiom. jazzoverhaul.bandcamp.com/album/filthy...
Filthy, by Jazz Overhaul
10 track album
jazzoverhaul.bandcamp.com
January 7, 2025 at 9:03 PM
Dig this band from Seattle. Jazz Overhaul, they perform grunge classics in the jazz idiom. jazzoverhaul.bandcamp.com/album/filthy...
A great day for heading out on a ramble through country lanes. I like the term ramble as it has a certain vibe about it. ‘I walked’, doesn't begin to describe being in the countryside on a day like this. Rambles were invented for mornings like this. #naturalist #ramble. #trees #Aotearoa
December 27, 2024 at 10:00 PM
A great day for heading out on a ramble through country lanes. I like the term ramble as it has a certain vibe about it. ‘I walked’, doesn't begin to describe being in the countryside on a day like this. Rambles were invented for mornings like this. #naturalist #ramble. #trees #Aotearoa
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Episode 312-3: Mama Terra; Marco Ullstein; Emily Remler [pictured]; Filippo Vignato, Federico Pierantoni, Lorenzo Manfredini; Simon Moullier; and Asher Gamedze
www.mixcloud.com/MondoJazz/em...
@fullyaltered.bsky.social @acidjazzrecords.bsky.social
www.mixcloud.com/MondoJazz/em...
@fullyaltered.bsky.social @acidjazzrecords.bsky.social
December 14, 2024 at 1:24 PM
Episode 312-3: Mama Terra; Marco Ullstein; Emily Remler [pictured]; Filippo Vignato, Federico Pierantoni, Lorenzo Manfredini; Simon Moullier; and Asher Gamedze
www.mixcloud.com/MondoJazz/em...
@fullyaltered.bsky.social @acidjazzrecords.bsky.social
www.mixcloud.com/MondoJazz/em...
@fullyaltered.bsky.social @acidjazzrecords.bsky.social
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Hear The Music of Ancient Rome on Apple music.
The Music of Ancient Rome by Mary Ann Tedstone Glover
Album · 2021 · 9 Songs
music.apple.com
November 22, 2023 at 1:40 PM
Hear The Music of Ancient Rome on Apple music.
Warring librarians & catrocide: This book digs into the unusual details surrounding the Great Library of Alexandria and its rival, the Library of Pergamum. One instance is of a visiting Roman who killed a cat was murdered by an angry mob. As Umberto Eco said, ‘a library is the memory of humankind’.
December 2, 2024 at 1:09 AM
Warring librarians & catrocide: This book digs into the unusual details surrounding the Great Library of Alexandria and its rival, the Library of Pergamum. One instance is of a visiting Roman who killed a cat was murdered by an angry mob. As Umberto Eco said, ‘a library is the memory of humankind’.