David Leheny
@davidleheny.bsky.social
Political scientist at GSAPS, Waseda University. Formerly UW-Madison, Princeton, U.S. Department of State, Stop & Shop. Author of Empire of Hope; The Rules of Play; Think Global, Fear Local (all Cornell UP). Coeditor of Stanford Studies in Asian Security.
Pinned
By taking $100 million worth of jewels out of the Louvre before getting official permission, I forced the issue, in a strategy called “stake-driving.”
The really awful thing about this is that it completely ruins the origin story of my forthcoming comic book Dipole Man, in which a brilliant scientist trying to figure out what magnets are suffers a laboratory accident and becomes immune to COVID-19 as a result.
Moment Trump insists ‘nobody knows what magnets are’ in Oval Office
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November 11, 2025 at 9:29 PM
The really awful thing about this is that it completely ruins the origin story of my forthcoming comic book Dipole Man, in which a brilliant scientist trying to figure out what magnets are suffers a laboratory accident and becomes immune to COVID-19 as a result.
Great Professional News! I just got $20 million from the NSF for my proposed research project “How Magnets Work: Finally We’ll Figure It Out.”
November 11, 2025 at 8:22 PM
Great Professional News! I just got $20 million from the NSF for my proposed research project “How Magnets Work: Finally We’ll Figure It Out.”
James Bond’s death in No Time to Die is causing a nightmare for the next film. Writers are stuck because Bond “somehow couldn’t beat a villain so innocuous and unthreatening that they let Rami Malek play him without getting blown up.”
James Bond’s death in No Time to Die is causing a nightmare for the next film. Writers are stuck because Bond “was blown to pieces.”
Anthony Horowitz, author of three 007 novels, says:
“You can't have him wake up in shower and saying it was all a dream."
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Anthony Horowitz, author of three 007 novels, says:
“You can't have him wake up in shower and saying it was all a dream."
radaronline.com/p/james-bond...
November 11, 2025 at 4:20 PM
James Bond’s death in No Time to Die is causing a nightmare for the next film. Writers are stuck because Bond “somehow couldn’t beat a villain so innocuous and unthreatening that they let Rami Malek play him without getting blown up.”
Jazz OTD: Until yesterday, I had completely missed "Banned in London" by the Aruán Ortiz (p) and Michael Janisch (b) Quintet, with Raynald Colom (tp), and two of my favorite musicians: Rudy Royston (b) and Greg Osby (as). From November 11, 2011, and uniformly exciting. #jazzsky
The Maestro (Live)
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November 11, 2025 at 12:12 PM
Jazz OTD: Until yesterday, I had completely missed "Banned in London" by the Aruán Ortiz (p) and Michael Janisch (b) Quintet, with Raynald Colom (tp), and two of my favorite musicians: Rudy Royston (b) and Greg Osby (as). From November 11, 2011, and uniformly exciting. #jazzsky
Jazz OTD: Mary Stallings recorded the gorgeous, varied "Feelin' Good" at age 75 on November 11-12, 2014, displaying her impeccable feel for a song. On this tune, with Bruce Barth (p), Steve Nelson (vb), Peter Washington (b), and Kenny Washington (d). #jazzsky
Mary Stallings - I Want to Talk About You
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November 11, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Jazz OTD: Mary Stallings recorded the gorgeous, varied "Feelin' Good" at age 75 on November 11-12, 2014, displaying her impeccable feel for a song. On this tune, with Bruce Barth (p), Steve Nelson (vb), Peter Washington (b), and Kenny Washington (d). #jazzsky
Jazz OTD: The recording quality is spotty, but Roscoe Mitchell's set with Sound Ensemble at The Knitting Factory on November 11, 1987 clearly featured some pretty spectacular playing. #jazzsky
Nonaah
YouTube video by Roscoe Mitchell Quartet - Topic
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November 11, 2025 at 11:54 AM
Jazz OTD: The recording quality is spotty, but Roscoe Mitchell's set with Sound Ensemble at The Knitting Factory on November 11, 1987 clearly featured some pretty spectacular playing. #jazzsky
Jazz OTD: Don Cherry played cornet on the November 11, 1966 recording for "Where Is Brooklyn?" With Pharoah Sanders (ts), Henry Grimes (b), and his frequent collaborator Ed Blackwell (d). One of the greats in Cherry's wonderful discography. #jazzsky
There Is The Bomb (1995 Remastered)
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November 11, 2025 at 11:50 AM
Jazz OTD: Don Cherry played cornet on the November 11, 1966 recording for "Where Is Brooklyn?" With Pharoah Sanders (ts), Henry Grimes (b), and his frequent collaborator Ed Blackwell (d). One of the greats in Cherry's wonderful discography. #jazzsky
Jazz OTD: Trumpeter Donald Byrd captured his November 11, 1960 shows at the Half Note Cafe for two albums, later consolidated as a set with extra tracks (like this gem) from the night. With the brilliant Pepper Adams (bari. sax), Duke Pearson (b), Laymon Jackson (b) and Lex Humphries (p). #jazzsky
Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea - Donald Byrd • Pepper Adams
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November 11, 2025 at 11:47 AM
Jazz OTD: Trumpeter Donald Byrd captured his November 11, 1960 shows at the Half Note Cafe for two albums, later consolidated as a set with extra tracks (like this gem) from the night. With the brilliant Pepper Adams (bari. sax), Duke Pearson (b), Laymon Jackson (b) and Lex Humphries (p). #jazzsky
![Corrected headline from the Times: Guest Essay - Chuck Schumer is a Convenient Punching Bag. [There Was No Happy Outcome for the Shutdown] crossed out, replaced with "Time for Me, Josh Barro, to Tap In and Earn Lots of Punches in his Place"](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:glo45gy3je4xjpklqnxiahxc/bafkreihoqztnfw3jeuvhk5rpst4zvhrkvqfbkkqou7qtiwzrmwjbyufhta@jpeg)
From the New York Times
Feel free to correct me, but wouldn't the bugle itself count as the outcome of technology? And couldn't the Times have found a photo of an actual bugle rather than a trumpet?
Feel free to correct me, but wouldn't the bugle itself count as the outcome of technology? And couldn't the Times have found a photo of an actual bugle rather than a trumpet?
November 11, 2025 at 11:24 AM
From the New York Times
Feel free to correct me, but wouldn't the bugle itself count as the outcome of technology? And couldn't the Times have found a photo of an actual bugle rather than a trumpet?
Feel free to correct me, but wouldn't the bugle itself count as the outcome of technology? And couldn't the Times have found a photo of an actual bugle rather than a trumpet?
From ESPN: The "career night" from 18-year-old Cooper Flagg who has now played in 11 NBA games
November 11, 2025 at 10:47 AM
From ESPN: The "career night" from 18-year-old Cooper Flagg who has now played in 11 NBA games
I remember thinking at the time that it wasn't all that good, but I now think it was more prescient than I realized
November 10, 2025 at 11:27 AM
I remember thinking at the time that it wasn't all that good, but I now think it was more prescient than I realized
Since everyone's preoccupied with the 8 Senate Democrats who sold out the nation's healthcare, this would probably be the best time to make my public admission that I don't really care for the Inside Out films.
November 10, 2025 at 10:57 AM
Since everyone's preoccupied with the 8 Senate Democrats who sold out the nation's healthcare, this would probably be the best time to make my public admission that I don't really care for the Inside Out films.
Jazz OTD: On November 10, 1965, organist Larry Young recorded one of the all-time post-bop classics, "Unity." Just brilliant, stretching the role of the organ and building on great work by an idiosyncratic band (Joe Henderson, Woody Shaw, and Elvin Jones). And the Reid Miles cover art! #jazzsky
Beyond All Limits (Rudy Van Gelder 24Bit Mastering/Digital Remaster/1998)
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November 10, 2025 at 10:51 AM
Jazz OTD: On November 10, 1965, organist Larry Young recorded one of the all-time post-bop classics, "Unity." Just brilliant, stretching the role of the organ and building on great work by an idiosyncratic band (Joe Henderson, Woody Shaw, and Elvin Jones). And the Reid Miles cover art! #jazzsky
Rodgers blaming everyone else first in the postgame interview.
November 10, 2025 at 5:11 AM
Rodgers blaming everyone else first in the postgame interview.
Schumer: “I couldn’t endorse Mamdani because he seemed too principled for the party I’m trying to lead.”
November 10, 2025 at 3:50 AM
Schumer: “I couldn’t endorse Mamdani because he seemed too principled for the party I’m trying to lead.”
Just remember: Elections have consequences. Like the requirement that you capitulate entirely after winning big in order to show bipartisanship to Jake Tapper and the good people at Politico
November 9, 2025 at 11:12 PM
Just remember: Elections have consequences. Like the requirement that you capitulate entirely after winning big in order to show bipartisanship to Jake Tapper and the good people at Politico
A pan-European effort that votes NO to Brexit by confidently showing that "By working together, we can collectively be just as racist as Reform UK"! Five Stars!
A ★★★★★ review of Grand Prix of Europe (2025)
A pan-European effort that votes NO to Brexit by confidently showing that "By working together, we can collectively be just as racist as Reform UK"! "Grand Prix of Europe" is like "Ratatouille" meets ...
letterboxd.com
November 9, 2025 at 10:14 PM
A pan-European effort that votes NO to Brexit by confidently showing that "By working together, we can collectively be just as racist as Reform UK"! Five Stars!
Reposted by David Leheny
Never forget that a Democratic US Attorney’s decision to prosecute Aaron Swartz for downloading JSTOR PDFs contributed to his suicide but AI firms’ decision to download everything ever will be a justification for hundreds of billions of dollars of taxpayer bailouts and legal exemptions.
“authors & publishers who filed a lawsuit against the Sam Altman-led firm have secured access to internal Slack messages… discussing the mass deletion of a pirated books dataset… A NY district court ordered OpenAI to hand over the communications regarding data deletion”
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OpenAI in Danger After Authors Suing It Gain Access to Its Internal Slack Messages
Authors and publishers, who are suing OpenAI, secured access to internal Slack messages and emails discussing the deletion of pirated books.
futurism.com
November 9, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Never forget that a Democratic US Attorney’s decision to prosecute Aaron Swartz for downloading JSTOR PDFs contributed to his suicide but AI firms’ decision to download everything ever will be a justification for hundreds of billions of dollars of taxpayer bailouts and legal exemptions.
New York Times:
How their electoral success last week doomed the Democratic Party
How their electoral success last week doomed the Democratic Party
November 9, 2025 at 3:35 PM
New York Times:
How their electoral success last week doomed the Democratic Party
How their electoral success last week doomed the Democratic Party
Jazz OTD: The always intrepid Jemeel Moondoc recorded "Judy's Bounce" at the NYU Student Center on November 9, 1981, leading a brilliant trio with Fred Hopkins (b) and Ed Blackwell (d). It's great on its own and also as an introduction to Moondoc's fascinating, moving music. #jazzsky
Echo In Blue
YouTube video by Release - Topic
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November 9, 2025 at 12:31 PM
Jazz OTD: The always intrepid Jemeel Moondoc recorded "Judy's Bounce" at the NYU Student Center on November 9, 1981, leading a brilliant trio with Fred Hopkins (b) and Ed Blackwell (d). It's great on its own and also as an introduction to Moondoc's fascinating, moving music. #jazzsky
Jazz OTD: Teddy Wilson led his orchestra for a wonderful session with the immortal Billie Holiday on November 9, 1938, producing this gem among others. #jazzsky
I'll Never Fail You
YouTube video by Billie Holiday - Topic
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November 9, 2025 at 12:14 PM
Jazz OTD: Teddy Wilson led his orchestra for a wonderful session with the immortal Billie Holiday on November 9, 1938, producing this gem among others. #jazzsky
Jazz OTD: This November 9, 1929 session was actually billed to "John Williams and His Memphis Stompers," a name for Andy Kirk's group when saxophonist John Williams took the helm. At the piano, of course, the one and only Mary Lou Williams. #jazzsky
Somepin' Slow and Low
YouTube video by Andy Kirk - Topic
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November 9, 2025 at 11:51 AM
Jazz OTD: This November 9, 1929 session was actually billed to "John Williams and His Memphis Stompers," a name for Andy Kirk's group when saxophonist John Williams took the helm. At the piano, of course, the one and only Mary Lou Williams. #jazzsky
Well, I have to admit that I didn’t have Kusanagi Tsuyoshi starring in a stage version of Herman Hesse’s Siddhartha on my 2025 bingo card
November 9, 2025 at 9:29 AM
Well, I have to admit that I didn’t have Kusanagi Tsuyoshi starring in a stage version of Herman Hesse’s Siddhartha on my 2025 bingo card
Reposted by David Leheny
I havent read such a banger of an essay in a very long time. This is so well-written!
Maybe Don’t Talk to the New York Times About Zohran Mamdani
It’s remarkable, the people you’ll hear from. Teach for even a little while at an expensive institution—the term they tend to prefer is “elite”—and odds are that eventually someone who was a studen…
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November 8, 2025 at 5:37 PM
I havent read such a banger of an essay in a very long time. This is so well-written!