Michael_Modal
@michaelmodal.bsky.social
I am an American who cares about democracy, opportunity, and fighting autocracy in all its forms.
By day, I work to make IT usable and empowering.
I love jazz, America's art of collaboration, improvisation, and self-expression.
By day, I work to make IT usable and empowering.
I love jazz, America's art of collaboration, improvisation, and self-expression.
The future looks bleak for jazz at the Kennedy Center
#jazzsky
washingtoncitypaper.com/article/7716...
#jazzsky
washingtoncitypaper.com/article/7716...
Swing Beat: The Future Looks Bleak for Jazz at the Kennedy Center
The performing arts institution has let its music programmers go, and currently its jazz season is composed of one WWII-era big band.
washingtoncitypaper.com
September 26, 2025 at 4:46 PM
The future looks bleak for jazz at the Kennedy Center
#jazzsky
washingtoncitypaper.com/article/7716...
#jazzsky
washingtoncitypaper.com/article/7716...
Kennedy Center (under Trump) fires head of jazz programming
#jazzsky
www.washingtonpost.com/entertainmen...
#jazzsky
www.washingtonpost.com/entertainmen...
Kennedy Center fires head of jazz programming, adding to a string of staff exits
Kevin Struthers had worked at the arts institution for 30 years, overseeing a program that had been a draw for prominent musicians.
www.washingtonpost.com
September 11, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Kennedy Center (under Trump) fires head of jazz programming
#jazzsky
www.washingtonpost.com/entertainmen...
#jazzsky
www.washingtonpost.com/entertainmen...
When I wanted to avoid ultra processed food, I used to buy products made in Canada.
But the option is being denied to Americans due to Trump tariffs.
MAHA imagines ConAgra will magically change its ways.
(Edited 8:21 PM via @skeetsapp.com)
But the option is being denied to Americans due to Trump tariffs.
MAHA imagines ConAgra will magically change its ways.
(Edited 8:21 PM via @skeetsapp.com)
September 7, 2025 at 12:22 AM
When I wanted to avoid ultra processed food, I used to buy products made in Canada.
But the option is being denied to Americans due to Trump tariffs.
MAHA imagines ConAgra will magically change its ways.
(Edited 8:21 PM via @skeetsapp.com)
But the option is being denied to Americans due to Trump tariffs.
MAHA imagines ConAgra will magically change its ways.
(Edited 8:21 PM via @skeetsapp.com)
Why I’ve cancelled my WaPo subscription, after a lifetime of loyalty dating back to the Watergate era.
Total irony that ‘America First’ security is now the Department Forever Wars.
Total irony that ‘America First’ security is now the Department Forever Wars.
September 5, 2025 at 11:45 PM
Why I’ve cancelled my WaPo subscription, after a lifetime of loyalty dating back to the Watergate era.
Total irony that ‘America First’ security is now the Department Forever Wars.
Total irony that ‘America First’ security is now the Department Forever Wars.
War is coming!
Next up: A “war time” draft for young men (women aren’t eligible)
Need more troops for the streets of DC and other cities.
https://www.axios.com/2025/09/04/trump-defense-war-department-rename
Next up: A “war time” draft for young men (women aren’t eligible)
Need more troops for the streets of DC and other cities.
https://www.axios.com/2025/09/04/trump-defense-war-department-rename
September 5, 2025 at 12:06 AM
War is coming!
Next up: A “war time” draft for young men (women aren’t eligible)
Need more troops for the streets of DC and other cities.
https://www.axios.com/2025/09/04/trump-defense-war-department-rename
Next up: A “war time” draft for young men (women aren’t eligible)
Need more troops for the streets of DC and other cities.
https://www.axios.com/2025/09/04/trump-defense-war-department-rename
Reposted by Michael_Modal
Gavin Newsom is exactly right, Trump is doing everything we told you he would do and more. It's time to wake the hell up, America. Authoritarianism is here.
August 30, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Gavin Newsom is exactly right, Trump is doing everything we told you he would do and more. It's time to wake the hell up, America. Authoritarianism is here.
Hegseth’s role model
August 27, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Hegseth’s role model
The US Department of Justice is not above the law.
August 26, 2025 at 3:21 PM
The US Department of Justice is not above the law.
Democrats need to stop saying crime is not a problem in DC.
They have managed crime badly in DC and given Trump and opening.
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/carjacked-capital-crime-pandemic-still-roiling-dc-rcna224655
They have managed crime badly in DC and given Trump and opening.
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/carjacked-capital-crime-pandemic-still-roiling-dc-rcna224655
August 24, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Democrats need to stop saying crime is not a problem in DC.
They have managed crime badly in DC and given Trump and opening.
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/carjacked-capital-crime-pandemic-still-roiling-dc-rcna224655
They have managed crime badly in DC and given Trump and opening.
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/carjacked-capital-crime-pandemic-still-roiling-dc-rcna224655
Criticize Trump's Ukraine policy, have the FBI raid your house
The early morning raid on John Bolton's house was meant to send a message. Not to Bolton, but to the rest of us: If you are not nice to President Trump, he will bring the full force of the state down upon your life.
Today's Triad from @jvl.bsky.social:
Today's Triad from @jvl.bsky.social:
About Courage
Respect it.
www.thebulwark.com
August 22, 2025 at 11:46 PM
Criticize Trump's Ukraine policy, have the FBI raid your house
Officials said the driver of the SUV had to be extricated by firefighters and was sent to a nearby hospital
August 21, 2025 at 9:54 AM
Officials said the driver of the SUV had to be extricated by firefighters and was sent to a nearby hospital
DC home rule should mean DC runs its government.
Nice history from the Smithsonian (read it before someone orders it taken down)
www.smithsonianmag.com/history/how-...
Nice history from the Smithsonian (read it before someone orders it taken down)
www.smithsonianmag.com/history/how-...
August 20, 2025 at 12:11 PM
DC home rule should mean DC runs its government.
Nice history from the Smithsonian (read it before someone orders it taken down)
www.smithsonianmag.com/history/how-...
Nice history from the Smithsonian (read it before someone orders it taken down)
www.smithsonianmag.com/history/how-...
Hegseth and Trump are purging generals faster than Xi Jinping
Two countries, one system
#Chimeria
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/top-air-force-general-david-allvin-to-retire-early/
Two countries, one system
#Chimeria
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/top-air-force-general-david-allvin-to-retire-early/
August 19, 2025 at 10:22 PM
Hegseth and Trump are purging generals faster than Xi Jinping
Two countries, one system
#Chimeria
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/top-air-force-general-david-allvin-to-retire-early/
Two countries, one system
#Chimeria
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/top-air-force-general-david-allvin-to-retire-early/
Trump is following Putin’s election advice.
August 19, 2025 at 11:53 AM
Trump is following Putin’s election advice.
Don’t listen to RFK jr.
Get your shots.
(I won’t reveal what federal museum this picture was taken in for fears Trump’s museum police will take in down)
Get your shots.
(I won’t reveal what federal museum this picture was taken in for fears Trump’s museum police will take in down)
August 17, 2025 at 12:24 AM
Don’t listen to RFK jr.
Get your shots.
(I won’t reveal what federal museum this picture was taken in for fears Trump’s museum police will take in down)
Get your shots.
(I won’t reveal what federal museum this picture was taken in for fears Trump’s museum police will take in down)
Crime is a problem in DC. Murders are 7x the rate of NYC.
“Washington’s murder rate was generally rising even before the pandemic. The murder rate at the end of 2024 was, per Asher’s data, lower than 2023, but still about 70 percent higher than that of a decade prior.”
“Washington’s murder rate was generally rising even before the pandemic. The murder rate at the end of 2024 was, per Asher’s data, lower than 2023, but still about 70 percent higher than that of a decade prior.”
August 13, 2025 at 12:38 PM
Crime is a problem in DC. Murders are 7x the rate of NYC.
“Washington’s murder rate was generally rising even before the pandemic. The murder rate at the end of 2024 was, per Asher’s data, lower than 2023, but still about 70 percent higher than that of a decade prior.”
“Washington’s murder rate was generally rising even before the pandemic. The murder rate at the end of 2024 was, per Asher’s data, lower than 2023, but still about 70 percent higher than that of a decade prior.”
I read commentators says the Atlantic is the new Washington Post.
They hired away many WaPo writers, true.
But the direction of the magazine feels backwards looking, little different than the Smithsonian magazine.
It’s not going to break important news.
Darkness is killing democracy
They hired away many WaPo writers, true.
But the direction of the magazine feels backwards looking, little different than the Smithsonian magazine.
It’s not going to break important news.
Darkness is killing democracy
August 12, 2025 at 10:31 PM
I read commentators says the Atlantic is the new Washington Post.
They hired away many WaPo writers, true.
But the direction of the magazine feels backwards looking, little different than the Smithsonian magazine.
It’s not going to break important news.
Darkness is killing democracy
They hired away many WaPo writers, true.
But the direction of the magazine feels backwards looking, little different than the Smithsonian magazine.
It’s not going to break important news.
Darkness is killing democracy
Hegseth is not just dumb, he’s batshit crazy.
https://apnews.com/article/pete-hegseth-crec-church-christian-nationalism-wilson-e71c3ea072fa959b5bee09a4d2093f1a
https://apnews.com/article/pete-hegseth-crec-church-christian-nationalism-wilson-e71c3ea072fa959b5bee09a4d2093f1a
August 12, 2025 at 9:23 PM
Hegseth is not just dumb, he’s batshit crazy.
https://apnews.com/article/pete-hegseth-crec-church-christian-nationalism-wilson-e71c3ea072fa959b5bee09a4d2093f1a
https://apnews.com/article/pete-hegseth-crec-church-christian-nationalism-wilson-e71c3ea072fa959b5bee09a4d2093f1a
No on seems to be asking: What does Melania know about Epstein and Trump’s relationship with him?
Should Congressional hearings require her testimony?
Should Congressional hearings require her testimony?
August 6, 2025 at 10:35 PM
No on seems to be asking: What does Melania know about Epstein and Trump’s relationship with him?
Should Congressional hearings require her testimony?
Should Congressional hearings require her testimony?
Half of Bluesky posts: Let's humiliate our pets! It will be so cute!
Reality: your pet inmates don't want to be on social media. They want their owner-overloads to get a life and stop bothering them.
Reality: your pet inmates don't want to be on social media. They want their owner-overloads to get a life and stop bothering them.
August 5, 2025 at 11:59 PM
Half of Bluesky posts: Let's humiliate our pets! It will be so cute!
Reality: your pet inmates don't want to be on social media. They want their owner-overloads to get a life and stop bothering them.
Reality: your pet inmates don't want to be on social media. They want their owner-overloads to get a life and stop bothering them.
Lamenting when things were right, in jazz and other ways...
The late Mulgrew Miller...
Performing at the Kennedy Center (when jazz mattered there)
#jazzsky
The late Mulgrew Miller...
Performing at the Kennedy Center (when jazz mattered there)
#jazzsky
August 4, 2025 at 11:06 PM
Lamenting when things were right, in jazz and other ways...
The late Mulgrew Miller...
Performing at the Kennedy Center (when jazz mattered there)
#jazzsky
The late Mulgrew Miller...
Performing at the Kennedy Center (when jazz mattered there)
#jazzsky
History does repeat itself when there's a criminal conspiracy to hide the truth.
Today's firing of government statisticians is part of a broader pattern of behavior of the Trump administration.
Today's firing of government statisticians is part of a broader pattern of behavior of the Trump administration.
August 1, 2025 at 11:51 PM
History does repeat itself when there's a criminal conspiracy to hide the truth.
Today's firing of government statisticians is part of a broader pattern of behavior of the Trump administration.
Today's firing of government statisticians is part of a broader pattern of behavior of the Trump administration.