musicologyman
@musicologyman.bsky.social
Music (meta)historian. Born Jewish, adopted by Episcopalians. High church stan.
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Your periodic reminder that every programming decision Peter Gelb makes is an argument for why the Metropolitan Opera ought to die.
Coming to the Metropolitan Opera: Sting www.nytimes.com/2025/11/12/a...
Coming to the Metropolitan Opera: Sting www.nytimes.com/2025/11/12/a...
Coming to the Metropolitan Opera: Sting
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November 15, 2025 at 11:04 PM
Your periodic reminder that every programming decision Peter Gelb makes is an argument for why the Metropolitan Opera ought to die.
Coming to the Metropolitan Opera: Sting www.nytimes.com/2025/11/12/a...
Coming to the Metropolitan Opera: Sting www.nytimes.com/2025/11/12/a...
“She’s gone far left.”
November 15, 2025 at 3:43 AM
“She’s gone far left.”
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Cue the Bishops withholding communion from Catholic SCOTUS justices who betray Matthew 25:35-40.
November 11, 2025 at 11:11 PM
Cue the Bishops withholding communion from Catholic SCOTUS justices who betray Matthew 25:35-40.
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Thanks to Clintonism, there are a whole lot o’ centrist Democrats who will perform superhuman feats of pseudointellectual contortion to put forward policy proposals that avoid giving off even the slightest whiff of redistribution.
Hey, y’all, they’re fuckin’ neoliberals!
Hey, y’all, they’re fuckin’ neoliberals!
November 3, 2025 at 5:39 AM
Thanks to Clintonism, there are a whole lot o’ centrist Democrats who will perform superhuman feats of pseudointellectual contortion to put forward policy proposals that avoid giving off even the slightest whiff of redistribution.
Hey, y’all, they’re fuckin’ neoliberals!
Hey, y’all, they’re fuckin’ neoliberals!
I watched A House of Dynamite tonight. I recommend it highly, even though it will scare you shitless, because (as many have pointed out) it tells of what a competent executive branch does when an ICBM carrying a nuclear payload is headed to a major US city.
November 3, 2025 at 5:15 AM
I watched A House of Dynamite tonight. I recommend it highly, even though it will scare you shitless, because (as many have pointed out) it tells of what a competent executive branch does when an ICBM carrying a nuclear payload is headed to a major US city.
I grew up in a rural part of Tennessee, so when I say “y’all,” it’s not an affectation.
November 3, 2025 at 5:07 AM
I grew up in a rural part of Tennessee, so when I say “y’all,” it’s not an affectation.
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The most niche purely theological argument is in William Cavanaugh’s Torture and Eucharist, about times when the state enacts “anti-liturgies” and especially “anti-Eucharists”
So I have a question. Are there any people out there who actually have a strong RELIGIOUS objection to all the stuff ICE is doing now? Not a philosophical one or a moral one, but something akin to the "deeply held religious beliefs" cited to avoid making cakes or websites.
November 2, 2025 at 8:26 PM
The most niche purely theological argument is in William Cavanaugh’s Torture and Eucharist, about times when the state enacts “anti-liturgies” and especially “anti-Eucharists”
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$5M in Shein stock is crazy. to put it in perspective, a child would have to work three billion hours in a Shein factory to earn a 1/10000th of this
November 2, 2025 at 9:29 PM
$5M in Shein stock is crazy. to put it in perspective, a child would have to work three billion hours in a Shein factory to earn a 1/10000th of this
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Does he even care that some of the people they killed on the fishing boats were most likely Christians?
November 1, 2025 at 10:18 PM
Does he even care that some of the people they killed on the fishing boats were most likely Christians?
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@martylederman.bsky.social filed an amicus brief arguing “regular forces” are not civilian law enforcement but instead military forces under the president’s command, which means the statutory precondition for national guard deployments has not been met. www.supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/25...
November 1, 2025 at 1:52 PM
@martylederman.bsky.social filed an amicus brief arguing “regular forces” are not civilian law enforcement but instead military forces under the president’s command, which means the statutory precondition for national guard deployments has not been met. www.supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/25...
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I'm shaking almost too hard to type. I entered SLC airport and heard screams and cries for help. I could see people gathered around, watching. I sped over to discover this woman face down on the floor, four grown men pushing her down, while she cried "HELP ME" and pled for her child.
October 29, 2025 at 10:23 PM
I'm shaking almost too hard to type. I entered SLC airport and heard screams and cries for help. I could see people gathered around, watching. I sped over to discover this woman face down on the floor, four grown men pushing her down, while she cried "HELP ME" and pled for her child.
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I still don’t know why Trump is so mad about that Ontario tariff ad. It’s not as if Ontario ran an ad depicting the province dumping a load of faeces on an American crowd. Now, that would’ve been truly disgusting.
October 26, 2025 at 2:02 AM
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The amount is meaningless — less than one day of salary. But the principle is important: once the armed services are paid by the oligarchs, they become a private militia, and we no longer have a country.
www.nytimes.com/live/2025/10...
www.nytimes.com/live/2025/10...
Trump Administration Live Updates: Pentagon Accepts $130 Million Donation to Help Pay Troops During Shutdown
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October 24, 2025 at 9:18 PM
The amount is meaningless — less than one day of salary. But the principle is important: once the armed services are paid by the oligarchs, they become a private militia, and we no longer have a country.
www.nytimes.com/live/2025/10...
www.nytimes.com/live/2025/10...
When My Family Lived in the White House I Resented It. Now I Mourn It. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/24/o...
Opinion | When My Family Lived in the White House I Resented It. Now I Mourn It.
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October 24, 2025 at 5:29 PM
When My Family Lived in the White House I Resented It. Now I Mourn It. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/24/o...
Trump is exhibiting (of course!) his considerable skills as a m̶a̶s̶t̶e̶r̶ ̶d̶e̶a̶l̶m̶a̶k̶e̶r̶ petulant child.
Trump is pissed about an ad that Canada recently ran in the U.S. showing Ronald Reagan talking about tariffs in 1987.
“Based on their egregious behavior, ALL TRADE NEGOTIATIONS WITH CANADA ARE HEREBY TERMINATED.”
“Based on their egregious behavior, ALL TRADE NEGOTIATIONS WITH CANADA ARE HEREBY TERMINATED.”
October 24, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Trump is exhibiting (of course!) his considerable skills as a m̶a̶s̶t̶e̶r̶ ̶d̶e̶a̶l̶m̶a̶k̶e̶r̶ petulant child.
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Trump is pissed about an ad that Canada recently ran in the U.S. showing Ronald Reagan talking about tariffs in 1987.
“Based on their egregious behavior, ALL TRADE NEGOTIATIONS WITH CANADA ARE HEREBY TERMINATED.”
“Based on their egregious behavior, ALL TRADE NEGOTIATIONS WITH CANADA ARE HEREBY TERMINATED.”
October 24, 2025 at 2:43 AM
Trump is pissed about an ad that Canada recently ran in the U.S. showing Ronald Reagan talking about tariffs in 1987.
“Based on their egregious behavior, ALL TRADE NEGOTIATIONS WITH CANADA ARE HEREBY TERMINATED.”
“Based on their egregious behavior, ALL TRADE NEGOTIATIONS WITH CANADA ARE HEREBY TERMINATED.”
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American elites are, by and large, chickenshit frauds and Trump knew this
October 24, 2025 at 1:57 PM
American elites are, by and large, chickenshit frauds and Trump knew this
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I wish people defended smeared victims of sexual violence the way they defend problematic male candidates for office
October 24, 2025 at 2:12 AM
I wish people defended smeared victims of sexual violence the way they defend problematic male candidates for office
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next president should govern from the Octagon House
October 23, 2025 at 5:11 PM
next president should govern from the Octagon House
The rhetoric of outrage:
The figure $230 million is a more precise numerical description of what Trump is demanding the DoJ hand over to him. Nevertheless, we can better capture the outrage that this payment represents by emphasizing that this amount is “nearly a quarter of a billion dollars.”
The figure $230 million is a more precise numerical description of what Trump is demanding the DoJ hand over to him. Nevertheless, we can better capture the outrage that this payment represents by emphasizing that this amount is “nearly a quarter of a billion dollars.”
October 23, 2025 at 1:59 PM
The rhetoric of outrage:
The figure $230 million is a more precise numerical description of what Trump is demanding the DoJ hand over to him. Nevertheless, we can better capture the outrage that this payment represents by emphasizing that this amount is “nearly a quarter of a billion dollars.”
The figure $230 million is a more precise numerical description of what Trump is demanding the DoJ hand over to him. Nevertheless, we can better capture the outrage that this payment represents by emphasizing that this amount is “nearly a quarter of a billion dollars.”