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Music and such.
“1964: Mario Savio Launches the Free Speech Movement in Berkeley” by Antonio Frasconi, 2003. Color woodcut with photo engraving, 66” x 24”.
February 26, 2025 at 10:16 PM
I’m about to part with this wonderful woodcut.
“Boy with Cock,” color woodcut by Antonio Frasconi, 1947, NYC. Paper: 28x20 inches. One of his very first color prints. #antoniofrasconi
February 14, 2025 at 2:34 AM
Meanwhile, here are some pomegranates on a table.
“Still Life,” by Antonio Frasconi, 1959. Color woodcut & collagraphy, 34”x25” #antoniofrasconi
February 11, 2025 at 4:52 AM
Happy Birthday (one day late) to the great Langston Hughes (1901-1967).
Portrait of Langston Hughes, by Antonio Frasconi, 1999. Hydrostone cast of woodblocks, 20”x16” #antoniofrasconi #langstonhughes
February 2, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Oh, I remember this. Drumpf’s sleight of hand. While we are all looking at birthright citizenship, what is it he doesn’t want us to see? The removal of Biden’s lower medicine costs? There so many awful things all at once.
January 21, 2025 at 10:27 PM
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The felon leader of the Republican administration rescinded President Biden's action to lower prescription drug costs for Americans on Medicare and Medicaid.
January 21, 2025 at 6:25 PM
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Wow. Bishop Mariann Edgar Budde fearlessly calls out Trump and Vance to their faces. This is heroic.

(posting in 3 parts due to Bluesky's 1 minute limit)
January 21, 2025 at 7:30 PM
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The single greatest attack on the Constitution in my lifetime. Utterly and completely lawless.

www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
PROTECTING THE MEANING AND VALUE OF AMERICAN CITIZENSHIP – The White House
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered: Section 1.
www.whitehouse.gov
January 21, 2025 at 2:00 AM
1,500 criminals are going home.
January 21, 2025 at 2:10 AM
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At long last, some good news.

Biden commutes sentence of Indigenous activist Leonard Peltier—one of the longest serving political prisoners in the U.S.

apnews.com/article/leon...
Biden commutes sentence for Indigenous activist Leonard Peltier, convicted in killing of FBI agents
President Joe Biden has commuted the sentence of Indigenous activist Leonard Peltier, who was convicted in the 1975 killings of two FBI agents and is serving life in prison.
apnews.com
January 20, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Apple’s “Silo” series is very cool. I just wish it was directed by David Lynch.
January 20, 2025 at 4:34 AM
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Snowforms
Beautiful music by R. Murray Schafer, based on Inuit words for snow:

apingaut, first snowfall
mauyk, soft snow
akelrorak, drifting snow
pokaktok, snow like salt

www.youtube.com/watch?v=HtTW...

The score is a thing of beauty!
January 20, 2025 at 3:42 AM
Tonight. Down the street.
January 20, 2025 at 3:18 AM
Hello, I’m over here for this week of the fb boycott. 1st note: @bsky.app please make an iPad version.
January 20, 2025 at 1:43 AM
Tripping over a tipping point.
January 8, 2025 at 12:39 AM