Gavin Larsen
@gavinl74.bsky.social
Writer, teacher, former ballet dancer. Author of BEING A BALLERINA: THE POWER AND PERFECTION OF A DANCING LIFE.
Tea-drinking, Sunday NYT crossword puzzle devotee.
Tea-drinking, Sunday NYT crossword puzzle devotee.
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My latest Substack essay is about the mysterious ways our bodies hold onto our past.
#ballet
My latest Substack essay is about the mysterious ways our bodies hold onto our past.
#ballet
Memory
For a dancer, every memory is "muscle memory."
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May 26, 2025 at 2:22 AM
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My latest Substack essay is about the mysterious ways our bodies hold onto our past.
#ballet
My latest Substack essay is about the mysterious ways our bodies hold onto our past.
#ballet
My second book will debut 5 years after my first!
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April 10, 2025 at 2:50 AM
My second book will debut 5 years after my first!
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The physiological feat is astounding, but the substance of his speech is the most important thing that came out of this.
"The catch is that in order to get attention, you have to be terrible. You have to lie or embrace evil. In the attention economy there is enormous demand for civic blasphemy. What’s hard is getting attention for messages about truth, or virtue, or love."
Why Cory Booker’s Speech Matters
Booker didn’t “accomplish” anything. He was a voice of one crying in the wilderness. And that’s how you build a dissident movement: with simple acts of witness.
www.thebulwark.com
April 4, 2025 at 1:20 AM
The physiological feat is astounding, but the substance of his speech is the most important thing that came out of this.
Ashevillians are pretty great.
Nice turnout again in Asheville today (and some good signs)
March 9, 2025 at 2:11 AM
Ashevillians are pretty great.
Reposted by Gavin Larsen
An NPR review of new data added to DOGE's "wall of receipts" finds the group quietly changed previous errors, added new ones and still has little verified savings to show for its work.
DOGE's savings page fixed old mistakes — and added new ones
An NPR review of new data added to DOGE's "wall of receipts" finds the group quietly changed previous errors, added new ones and still has little verified savings to show for its work.
www.npr.org
March 2, 2025 at 9:10 PM
An NPR review of new data added to DOGE's "wall of receipts" finds the group quietly changed previous errors, added new ones and still has little verified savings to show for its work.
Reposted by Gavin Larsen
Medicaid is NOT just a program, it's a LIFELINE for 80 MILLION Americans! Republicans want to CUT IT TO SHREDS to fund tax cuts for billionaires? NOT ON OUR WATCH! Don't Cut My Medicaid
#DontCutMyMedicaid
#ncpol
@thegcdp.bsky.social @indivisible.org @maddow.msnbc.com
#DontCutMyMedicaid
#ncpol
@thegcdp.bsky.social @indivisible.org @maddow.msnbc.com
February 24, 2025 at 1:39 AM
Medicaid is NOT just a program, it's a LIFELINE for 80 MILLION Americans! Republicans want to CUT IT TO SHREDS to fund tax cuts for billionaires? NOT ON OUR WATCH! Don't Cut My Medicaid
#DontCutMyMedicaid
#ncpol
@thegcdp.bsky.social @indivisible.org @maddow.msnbc.com
#DontCutMyMedicaid
#ncpol
@thegcdp.bsky.social @indivisible.org @maddow.msnbc.com
Reposted by Gavin Larsen
Medicaid is not for sale.
NASA is not for sale.
The Post Office is not for sale.
America is not for sale.
We have an obligation to resist kings. We outnumber them. And they can be overwhelmed.
NASA is not for sale.
The Post Office is not for sale.
America is not for sale.
We have an obligation to resist kings. We outnumber them. And they can be overwhelmed.
February 21, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Medicaid is not for sale.
NASA is not for sale.
The Post Office is not for sale.
America is not for sale.
We have an obligation to resist kings. We outnumber them. And they can be overwhelmed.
NASA is not for sale.
The Post Office is not for sale.
America is not for sale.
We have an obligation to resist kings. We outnumber them. And they can be overwhelmed.
If you needed one more bit of evidence of his blatant hypocrisy (or reason to feel sick with anger about what your tax dollars are paying for):
www.huffpost.com/entry/donald...
www.huffpost.com/entry/donald...
Donald Trump Has Already Spent $10.7 Million Of Taxpayer Money Playing Golf
Somehow, the expense has flown under the radar of the waste, fraud and abuse experts at DOGE.
www.huffpost.com
February 20, 2025 at 3:42 AM
If you needed one more bit of evidence of his blatant hypocrisy (or reason to feel sick with anger about what your tax dollars are paying for):
www.huffpost.com/entry/donald...
www.huffpost.com/entry/donald...
Reposted by Gavin Larsen
While Trump appoints 13 billionaires to his cabinet and Musk, Bezos and Zuckerberg see their wealth increase by $217 billion since the election, 60% of Americans live paycheck to paycheck, 25% of seniors live on $15g or less and millions cannot afford rent.
SAY NO TO OLIGARCHY.
SAY NO TO OLIGARCHY.
February 18, 2025 at 12:03 AM
While Trump appoints 13 billionaires to his cabinet and Musk, Bezos and Zuckerberg see their wealth increase by $217 billion since the election, 60% of Americans live paycheck to paycheck, 25% of seniors live on $15g or less and millions cannot afford rent.
SAY NO TO OLIGARCHY.
SAY NO TO OLIGARCHY.
The wise Allen
I drew this 8 years ago, it is just way too prescient, except for the fact that Elon MuskRat is not included. Authoritarian rule is here folks, only 3+ weeks in, so much more is going to unfold and engulf us. Please feel free to share.
February 18, 2025 at 3:17 AM
The wise Allen
Flood the zone, people!!! 💪💪💪💪💪
February 14, 2025 at 3:07 AM
Flood the zone, people!!! 💪💪💪💪💪
www.borowitzreport.com/p/trump-name...
As a former ballerina myself, and one who has performed at the Kennedy Center, this “news” made me both laugh and cry.
As a former ballerina myself, and one who has performed at the Kennedy Center, this “news” made me both laugh and cry.
Trump Names Himself Principal Ballerina of Kennedy Center Ballet
Trump took to Truth Social to announce a purge of the company's ballerinas.
www.borowitzreport.com
February 13, 2025 at 4:22 AM
www.borowitzreport.com/p/trump-name...
As a former ballerina myself, and one who has performed at the Kennedy Center, this “news” made me both laugh and cry.
As a former ballerina myself, and one who has performed at the Kennedy Center, this “news” made me both laugh and cry.
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/07/u...
NOOOOOOOOO
NOOOOOOOOO
Trump Says He Will Install Himself as Kennedy Center Chairman
The move by the president, whose authority to make the changes was not clear, is the latest attempt to bring a Washington institution under his control.
www.nytimes.com
February 8, 2025 at 3:44 AM
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/07/u...
NOOOOOOOOO
NOOOOOOOOO
bsky.app
February 5, 2025 at 4:25 AM
Allen Schmertzler, prescient as ever:
Despite the fact that my 2017 editorial depictions/predictions of Trump are more relevant after all these years, the reality of the situation is drastically more dire. The abstract is now fact.
February 5, 2025 at 4:22 AM
Allen Schmertzler, prescient as ever:
This:
I strongly suggest reading the entirety of Ezra Klein’s essay at NYTIMES.com
I strongly suggest reading the entirety of Ezra Klein’s essay at NYTIMES.com
February 4, 2025 at 2:53 AM
This:
I strongly suggest reading the entirety of Ezra Klein’s essay at NYTIMES.com
I strongly suggest reading the entirety of Ezra Klein’s essay at NYTIMES.com
It’s here! My feature in Dance Magazine’s December issue, on so-called “homegrown” dance companies who buck the traditional notion that the performing arts needs big-city imports. Locally sourced dancers are making world class art-here in Asheville and are making us a dance hub!
December 17, 2024 at 3:01 AM
It’s here! My feature in Dance Magazine’s December issue, on so-called “homegrown” dance companies who buck the traditional notion that the performing arts needs big-city imports. Locally sourced dancers are making world class art-here in Asheville and are making us a dance hub!
It’s that time of year again… Flashbacks to my dancing days. Sugarplum Fairy with my Cavalier, Artur Sultanov, at Oregon Ballet Theatre.
#dancesky
#balletsky
#dancesky
#balletsky
November 28, 2024 at 3:22 AM
It’s that time of year again… Flashbacks to my dancing days. Sugarplum Fairy with my Cavalier, Artur Sultanov, at Oregon Ballet Theatre.
#dancesky
#balletsky
#dancesky
#balletsky
Some more of what I saw along the Swannanoa River and in Biltmore Village today. The amount of wreckage that remains, six weeks after the waters receded, is so hard to believe, but there it is.
There’s a little mitigation and clearing going on, but honestly, not much.
There’s a little mitigation and clearing going on, but honestly, not much.
November 22, 2024 at 2:51 AM
Some more of what I saw along the Swannanoa River and in Biltmore Village today. The amount of wreckage that remains, six weeks after the waters receded, is so hard to believe, but there it is.
There’s a little mitigation and clearing going on, but honestly, not much.
There’s a little mitigation and clearing going on, but honestly, not much.
More scenes from the still-desolate Biltmore Village neighborhood of Asheville. Some restoration has begun, but lots of buildings look untouched since the day of the hurricane.
Looks and feels like a bombed out war zone.
#asheville #hurricanehelene #avlnc
Looks and feels like a bombed out war zone.
#asheville #hurricanehelene #avlnc
November 19, 2024 at 3:15 AM
More scenes from the still-desolate Biltmore Village neighborhood of Asheville. Some restoration has begun, but lots of buildings look untouched since the day of the hurricane.
Looks and feels like a bombed out war zone.
#asheville #hurricanehelene #avlnc
Looks and feels like a bombed out war zone.
#asheville #hurricanehelene #avlnc
November 18, 2024 at 2:53 AM