Carl Macki
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Greta Thunberg will be in history books. never stop Greta. you are a beacon of hope. More guts than every leader in this world.
October 7, 2025 at 7:30 AM
Greta Thunberg will be in history books. never stop Greta. you are a beacon of hope. More guts than every leader in this world.
Reading "Lolita" doesn’t make you a pedophile — but if the shoe already fits, you may want to stop shopping.
November 29, 2025 at 7:39 PM
Reading "Lolita" doesn’t make you a pedophile — but if the shoe already fits, you may want to stop shopping.
Now that food prices are down, there's more to share this Thanksfiving, right?
(Not!)
(Not!)
November 26, 2025 at 6:43 PM
Now that food prices are down, there's more to share this Thanksfiving, right?
(Not!)
(Not!)
🎧 Heads-up to all college & underground radio fans — this one’s for you.
Fascinating piece in The New York Times that dives into the world of college radio stations and their stubborn resistance to the commercial noise. 🚀
📖 Read it here: [NYT: College Radio] (www.nytimes.com/2025/11/20/s...
)
Fascinating piece in The New York Times that dives into the world of college radio stations and their stubborn resistance to the commercial noise. 🚀
📖 Read it here: [NYT: College Radio] (www.nytimes.com/2025/11/20/s...
)
College Radio Keeps Its Cool
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November 24, 2025 at 5:18 AM
🎧 Heads-up to all college & underground radio fans — this one’s for you.
Fascinating piece in The New York Times that dives into the world of college radio stations and their stubborn resistance to the commercial noise. 🚀
📖 Read it here: [NYT: College Radio] (www.nytimes.com/2025/11/20/s...
)
Fascinating piece in The New York Times that dives into the world of college radio stations and their stubborn resistance to the commercial noise. 🚀
📖 Read it here: [NYT: College Radio] (www.nytimes.com/2025/11/20/s...
)
Been talking with Beat historian & Kerouac biographer Gerald Nicosia about whether Jan Kerouac’s books are still in print.
Then this drops into my lap: a fresh NYT piece digging into her legacy.
Perfect timing.
🔗
Then this drops into my lap: a fresh NYT piece digging into her legacy.
Perfect timing.
🔗
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November 23, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Been talking with Beat historian & Kerouac biographer Gerald Nicosia about whether Jan Kerouac’s books are still in print.
Then this drops into my lap: a fresh NYT piece digging into her legacy.
Perfect timing.
🔗
Then this drops into my lap: a fresh NYT piece digging into her legacy.
Perfect timing.
🔗
On Monday, I spoke with Beat historian and Kerouac biogreapher Gerald Nicosia about whether Jack's daughter Jan Kerouac's books ere still in print, and I happend to come upon this article:
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/17/b...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/17/b...
Her Father Wrote ‘On the Road.’ She Lived Her Own Version.
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November 21, 2025 at 9:41 PM
On Monday, I spoke with Beat historian and Kerouac biogreapher Gerald Nicosia about whether Jack's daughter Jan Kerouac's books ere still in print, and I happend to come upon this article:
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/17/b...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/17/b...
“Dopamine” has that signature Robyn emotional depth wrapped in a dance-pop production.
Check out this video -- "Dopamine"
Check out this video -- "Dopamine"
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November 15, 2025 at 7:05 AM
“Dopamine” has that signature Robyn emotional depth wrapped in a dance-pop production.
Check out this video -- "Dopamine"
Check out this video -- "Dopamine"
New from Ken Burns. A doc whose time is now. static01.nytimes.com/ads/adsoluti...
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November 11, 2025 at 5:54 PM
New from Ken Burns. A doc whose time is now. static01.nytimes.com/ads/adsoluti...
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The Democratic establishment:
November 10, 2025 at 12:46 AM
The Democratic establishment:
Footage of Zohran Mamdani and the recent Mayoral election with "Punkrocker," by the Swedish group Teddybears. youtu.be/3bBoXwgSGKE?...
Zohran Mamdani - Punkrocker
YouTube video by Branbo
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November 11, 2025 at 1:49 AM
Footage of Zohran Mamdani and the recent Mayoral election with "Punkrocker," by the Swedish group Teddybears. youtu.be/3bBoXwgSGKE?...
It might be safer for her in 2028 to go after Schumer's seat than to comete with Newsome and others for the Presidential nomination. Neverntheless, AOC has to do what seems to need doing. In other words, Newsome is too much of a centrist, corporate Democrat.
November 10, 2025 at 9:02 PM
It might be safer for her in 2028 to go after Schumer's seat than to comete with Newsome and others for the Presidential nomination. Neverntheless, AOC has to do what seems to need doing. In other words, Newsome is too much of a centrist, corporate Democrat.
Here's something that should perk everyone's ears--https://weather.com/news/climate/video/antarctica-glacier-retreat-record-pace
November 10, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Here's something that should perk everyone's ears--https://weather.com/news/climate/video/antarctica-glacier-retreat-record-pace
Patti Smith wrote ithis song after September 11, 2001. It can apply equally to the present.
The title comes from a Biblical prophecy in Isaiah — a world remade in peace after violence.
youtu.be/SUlNixgSQIA?...
The title comes from a Biblical prophecy in Isaiah — a world remade in peace after violence.
youtu.be/SUlNixgSQIA?...
“Peaceable Kingdom” - Patti Smith (LIVE on The Late Show)
YouTube video by The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
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November 9, 2025 at 12:17 AM
Patti Smith wrote ithis song after September 11, 2001. It can apply equally to the present.
The title comes from a Biblical prophecy in Isaiah — a world remade in peace after violence.
youtu.be/SUlNixgSQIA?...
The title comes from a Biblical prophecy in Isaiah — a world remade in peace after violence.
youtu.be/SUlNixgSQIA?...
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NYT: The tax cuts come amid “steep cuts to health care for the elderly and food stamps for the poorest Americans.”
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November 8, 2025 at 5:36 PM
NYT: The tax cuts come amid “steep cuts to health care for the elderly and food stamps for the poorest Americans.”
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". . .stop sending hundreds of billions to insurance companies to . . .and send the money directly to the people . . . and still have money left over."--DJT
No. That rebates would cover most premiums and leave extra money is not financially realistic under current costs and funding levels.
No. That rebates would cover most premiums and leave extra money is not financially realistic under current costs and funding levels.
November 8, 2025 at 10:36 PM
". . .stop sending hundreds of billions to insurance companies to . . .and send the money directly to the people . . . and still have money left over."--DJT
No. That rebates would cover most premiums and leave extra money is not financially realistic under current costs and funding levels.
No. That rebates would cover most premiums and leave extra money is not financially realistic under current costs and funding levels.
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No one could accuse Donald of being woke.
November 8, 2025 at 10:18 PM
No one could accuse Donald of being woke.
Best Art Direction, 2026 Grammys. You be the judge. www.grammy.com/news/2026-gr...
2026 GRAMMYS Nominations: Song Of The Year Nominees | GRAMMY.com
Ahead of Music's Biggest Night on Feb. 1, celebrate nominated artists in the Song Of The Year Category: Lady Gaga, Doechii, ROSÉ & Bruno Mars, Bad Bunny, HUNTR/X of 'KPop Demon Hunters,' Kendrick Lama...
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November 7, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Best Art Direction, 2026 Grammys. You be the judge. www.grammy.com/news/2026-gr...
Reading of two poets--one is a close friend of mine--the other I never met or read any of their poetry.
That doesn't matter: for the reading is the thing in itself.
That doesn't matter: for the reading is the thing in itself.
November 7, 2025 at 3:27 AM
Reading of two poets--one is a close friend of mine--the other I never met or read any of their poetry.
That doesn't matter: for the reading is the thing in itself.
That doesn't matter: for the reading is the thing in itself.
This is cool. This reminds me of young Ansel Adams heading to Yosemite during the 1918 flu. His doctor warned against it, but he believed the mountains would heal him — and they did. The trip cured his illness and shaped his lifelong devotion to nature.
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Column | Why Harvard doctors are seeking out this natural remedy for themselves
I was skeptical of forest bathing. But then I tried it alongside eight Harvard doctors who looked to this practice with ancient roots to address modern ills.
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November 1, 2025 at 4:32 AM
This is cool. This reminds me of young Ansel Adams heading to Yosemite during the 1918 flu. His doctor warned against it, but he believed the mountains would heal him — and they did. The trip cured his illness and shaped his lifelong devotion to nature.
www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...
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In order to leverage his chance for a Presidential pardon, Sean Combs could proposed endowing a "Jeffrey Epstein/Puff Daddy Freak-Off Room in the Donald J. Truump Presidential Ballroom currently being under construction.
October 27, 2025 at 9:51 PM
In order to leverage his chance for a Presidential pardon, Sean Combs could proposed endowing a "Jeffrey Epstein/Puff Daddy Freak-Off Room in the Donald J. Truump Presidential Ballroom currently being under construction.
Now a song about a ballroom so wild it actually existed… unlike a certain someone’s plan to demolish the East Wing and build his own ballroom. Let’s be glad this blitz stayed in the 70s. Here’s glamrockers Sweet with "Ballroom Blitz"--
youtu.be/mPQPdYttl7U.
youtu.be/mPQPdYttl7U.
October 27, 2025 at 3:43 AM
Now a song about a ballroom so wild it actually existed… unlike a certain someone’s plan to demolish the East Wing and build his own ballroom. Let’s be glad this blitz stayed in the 70s. Here’s glamrockers Sweet with "Ballroom Blitz"--
youtu.be/mPQPdYttl7U.
youtu.be/mPQPdYttl7U.
World’s first motorway that charges EVs while driving begins trials in France No more pit stops. France unveils road that wirelessly charges EVs in motion. interestingengineering.com/transportati...
World’s first motorway that charges EVs while driving begins trials
France unveils first real motorway where electric trucks, cars, and buses recharge on the move. No plugs, no stops, just power beneath the asphalt.
interestingengineering.com
October 25, 2025 at 4:56 AM
World’s first motorway that charges EVs while driving begins trials in France No more pit stops. France unveils road that wirelessly charges EVs in motion. interestingengineering.com/transportati...
Richard Linklater’s Nouvelle Vague revisits the birth of Godard’s Breathless and the youthful energy that made the French New Wave a global revolution in film, along with his other New Wave clicks in the accompanting chart— via Richard Brody, The New Yorker
October 24, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Richard Linklater’s Nouvelle Vague revisits the birth of Godard’s Breathless and the youthful energy that made the French New Wave a global revolution in film, along with his other New Wave clicks in the accompanting chart— via Richard Brody, The New Yorker