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oliver2g.bsky.social
@oliver2g.bsky.social
Music omnivore, Anti-fascist
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Hot off the keyboard and gifted:

Hegseth has to go.

www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
Pete Hegseth Needs to Go—Now
A man with such contempt for the military should not run the Pentagon.
www.theatlantic.com
December 1, 2025 at 9:21 PM
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“Real scientist are delighted when they find out they wrong... There are too many people in this world who want to be right. And too few who just want to know.”

― Brian Cox
December 2, 2025 at 1:45 AM
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To begin with today, happy 117th anniversary to this entirely reasonable cat
November 28, 2025 at 9:13 AM
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Rolling out the welcome mat, like a pro.
cnn.com CNN @cnn.com · 6d
The new $100+ price hike will affect 11 popular parks, including the Grand Canyon and Yosemite. https://cnn.it/44vIB9m
November 26, 2025 at 3:48 PM
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Impossible how good reading is. You mean I just point my face at the paper for a bit and it does a whole update on my brain?
November 23, 2025 at 1:52 PM
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"Wicked"
"Wicked: For Good"
"Wicked 3: The Legend of Curly's Gold"
"4 Wicked 4 Good"
"Wicked V: The Wickedending"
"Wicked 6: Something Wicked This Way Wickeds"
"Wicked: Generations"
"Predator vs Wicked"
"Look Who's Wicked"
"WicXed"
"Wicked XI: The Search for Spock"
November 22, 2025 at 2:46 PM
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the great dadaist poet of congress voted against releasing the epstein files
November 20, 2025 at 2:18 PM
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🧵BREAKING NEWS: Beyond thrilled to report that the documentary I wrote & co-produced, "The Best of the Best: Jazz from Detroit," premieres December 9 on Prime Video. The most frequently asked question I get about the film is when and where can I see it? Now I have an answer.
November 18, 2025 at 7:50 PM
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Three great records. Vijay Iyer has been on a tear this last year.
recent albums, a thread

Fieldwork (Steve Lehman / V.I. / Tyshawn Sorey): THEREUPON (2025)

pirecordings.lnk.to/thereupon
Fieldwork - Thereupon
Listen to Thereupon by Fieldwork.
pirecordings.lnk.to
November 17, 2025 at 3:12 PM
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Save 30% on #NewBook "After Transformation" by Maia Kotrosits @maiakotro.bsky.social, which offers a lyrical history of Christian late antiquity as it lives on in and with the present. #ReligiousStudies buff.ly/KJTRp60
November 14, 2025 at 6:21 PM
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November 14, 2025 at 6:31 PM
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80 Candles 🎂 today for NEIL YOUNG
November 12, 2025 at 12:35 PM
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Bonus issue klaxon! Purposeful Listening 2a dropping this Wednesday, 12:30GMT. purlis.substack.com
November 10, 2025 at 6:05 PM
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Don't miss Ophelia Gordon's new article published in Classical Music UK: “Just Play: Relearning the art of improvisation”!

“Did I need to play something tonal? What if I embarrassed myself?……”

📖 ➡️ https://bit.ly/4oAOQB2
November 11, 2025 at 5:01 PM
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Until the sun burns out
November 10, 2025 at 2:38 AM
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The world’s first trillionaire initiated a move that has left more than half a million people dead, most of whom are children.
November 7, 2025 at 7:39 AM
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I Hear Freedom: The Great Migration, Free Jazz, and Black Power 📕 Cisco Bradley

March 2026 • Columbia University Press

cup.columbia.edu/book/i-hear-...
November 7, 2025 at 12:03 AM
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Federal immigration cops are using "wellness checks" on minors as a ruse to get into homes and arrest people for alleged immigration violations. In this case, an alleged check on a 17-year-old let them arrest his 22-year-old brother, who was brought here at 11 and has protected status.
Unannounced Child "Wellness Checks" by Armed Federal Agents Raise Concerns - Institute for Public Service Reporting - Memphis %
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www.psrmemphis.org
November 5, 2025 at 6:09 PM
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Making the rounds.
November 5, 2025 at 3:04 PM
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#Music Jim Self, tuba virtuoso handpicked by John Williams—heard on Close Encounters, Home Alone 1–2, Hook, and Jurassic Park—has died, 82. He was principal tuba with LA Opera, Pacific & Pasadena symphonies, and Hollywood Bowl Orch., and taught at the University of Tennessee. #FilmMusic #RIP
November 4, 2025 at 4:10 PM
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I just recorded a short video--essentially an updated version of my social media threads--on the Bill Gates climate memo. Despite agreeing with some points therein, I still think its framing is fundamentally flawed and thus also its key conclusions.
Thoughts from a climate scientist on the Bill Gates climate memo
I wanted to offer my thoughts, as a climate scientist, on the widely discussed memo published by Bill Gates in late October 2025. While I actually do agree with some of the specific points made therein regarding the urgent global need to accelerate efforts to reduce global poverty and improve human
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November 3, 2025 at 9:18 PM
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Jack DeJohnette, of the most daring and singular jazz drummers of the last 60 years, died on Sunday. n.pr/47bWFH8
Jack DeJohnette, dynamic and instantly recognizable jazz drummer, dies at 83
Jack DeJohnette, of the most daring and singular jazz drummers of the last 60 years, died on Sunday.
n.pr
October 28, 2025 at 6:08 AM
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By proceeding with the loading of my groceries in the car before seeking approval from alleged "cashiers," I forced the issue. It's a strategy known as "stake-driving."
By proceeding with the demolition of the White House East Wing before seeking approval from federal agencies for a new ballroom, President Donald Trump forced the issue. It's a strategy known as "stake-driving."
How Trump Demolished the White House East Wing
By putting the demolition of the East Wing before the necessary approvals for his ballroom, President Donald Trump borrowed a tactic known as “stake-driving” to force an outcome.
bloom.bg
October 26, 2025 at 2:09 PM
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it would mean the world if you watched & shared the video for “horseglue,” which is a treatise on the media’s complicity in genocide, authoritarianism and most importantly… climate change.

video directed by me and john lee, edited by @jdrllc.bsky.social.
Ekko Astral - "horseglue" [Official Music Video]
YouTube video by Ekko Astral
youtu.be
October 22, 2025 at 10:53 PM