James Neal
@james3neal.bsky.social
Civil Servant: Urban explorer | Access/Equity - Libraries - Technology (Views are my own) - jazz, art, literature, film, food ...
Kris Davis Trio: Tiny Desk Concert --- The Kris Davis Trio: Tiny Desk Concert is a recent performance by pianist Kris Davis and her trio, which features bassist Robert Hurst and drummer Johnathan Blake. www.npr.org/2025/11/11/g...
Kris Davis Trio: Tiny Desk Concert
Breathless and expansive, Kris Davis' layered music is a mosaic of emotional expression.
www.npr.org
November 11, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Kris Davis Trio: Tiny Desk Concert --- The Kris Davis Trio: Tiny Desk Concert is a recent performance by pianist Kris Davis and her trio, which features bassist Robert Hurst and drummer Johnathan Blake. www.npr.org/2025/11/11/g...
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#tdih Veterans Day
Read about African American veterans who fought overseas and, on return to U.S., were murdered in fight for democracy and human rights.
Also, resources about vets organizing against war and Lincoln Brigades. ⬇️ 🧵#TeachOutsideTextbook
www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/ve...
Read about African American veterans who fought overseas and, on return to U.S., were murdered in fight for democracy and human rights.
Also, resources about vets organizing against war and Lincoln Brigades. ⬇️ 🧵#TeachOutsideTextbook
www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/ve...
Nov. 11: Veterans Day
On Veterans Day, we share a collection of stories about African American veterans who fought in various wars abroad and, upon their return to the United States, were murdered in the fight for democrac...
www.zinnedproject.org
November 11, 2025 at 12:41 PM
#tdih Veterans Day
Read about African American veterans who fought overseas and, on return to U.S., were murdered in fight for democracy and human rights.
Also, resources about vets organizing against war and Lincoln Brigades. ⬇️ 🧵#TeachOutsideTextbook
www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/ve...
Read about African American veterans who fought overseas and, on return to U.S., were murdered in fight for democracy and human rights.
Also, resources about vets organizing against war and Lincoln Brigades. ⬇️ 🧵#TeachOutsideTextbook
www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/ve...
"What federal employees should know about retroactive pay after a government shutdown" ourpublicservice.org/blog/federal...
What federal employees should know about retroactive pay after a government shutdown
A nonprofit, nonpartisan organization working towards effective government for the American people.
ourpublicservice.org
November 11, 2025 at 11:23 AM
"What federal employees should know about retroactive pay after a government shutdown" ourpublicservice.org/blog/federal...
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“A library is in a lot of ways a kind of civic symbol, a demonstration of a community’s commitment to itself. So what does it mean if that goes away?” said one librarian in Tieton, Washington, one of the rural small towns in the U.S. where keeping its library is untenable.
Federal Cuts, Immigration Raids and a Slowing Economy Hit Rural Libraries
Like many rural small towns, Tieton, Wash., is facing a confluence of circumstances that has made keeping its one-room library, a “civic symbol” for the town, untenable.
nyti.ms
November 10, 2025 at 9:40 PM
“A library is in a lot of ways a kind of civic symbol, a demonstration of a community’s commitment to itself. So what does it mean if that goes away?” said one librarian in Tieton, Washington, one of the rural small towns in the U.S. where keeping its library is untenable.
"The Native Bound Unbound project includes interactive maps, digitized documents and recent interviews with descendants whose ancestors endured enslavement" www.nativeamericacalling.com/wednesday-no...
Wednesday, November 5, 2025 – A new archive tells the story of Indigenous slavery » Native America Calling
A team of researchers are actively sifting through archival documents, artifacts, even artwork to expand the story of Indigenous slavery. The Native Bound Unbound project includes interactive maps, di...
www.nativeamericacalling.com
November 10, 2025 at 2:52 AM
"The Native Bound Unbound project includes interactive maps, digitized documents and recent interviews with descendants whose ancestors endured enslavement" www.nativeamericacalling.com/wednesday-no...
"The annual Penn Center Heritage Day Parade in South Carolina draws hundreds to celebrate the Gullah Geechee people. But a new route has Black residents feeling as if their legacy is vanishing" www.nytimes.com/2025/11/08/u...
For a Distinctive Black Culture, a Rerouted Parade Feels Like Erasure
www.nytimes.com
November 9, 2025 at 8:57 PM
"The annual Penn Center Heritage Day Parade in South Carolina draws hundreds to celebrate the Gullah Geechee people. But a new route has Black residents feeling as if their legacy is vanishing" www.nytimes.com/2025/11/08/u...
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Linda May Han Oh (Vijay Iyer Trio), Rochester, NY, 11.9.23
📸 Jeff Caltabiano
📸 Jeff Caltabiano
November 9, 2025 at 5:15 AM
Linda May Han Oh (Vijay Iyer Trio), Rochester, NY, 11.9.23
📸 Jeff Caltabiano
📸 Jeff Caltabiano
"Zohran’s accepting resumes---The mayor-elect has opened a portal" www.cityandstateny.com/politics/202...
Zohran’s accepting resumes
The mayor-elect has opened a portal.
www.cityandstateny.com
November 8, 2025 at 9:31 PM
"Zohran’s accepting resumes---The mayor-elect has opened a portal" www.cityandstateny.com/politics/202...
"Black Stars, Songwriters and Strivers, Building Broadway for 200 Years" HT @dougreside.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Black Musical Theater, 200 Years and Running (Gift Article)
The nearly forgotten Black stars, songwriters and strivers who made Broadway what it is today.
www.nytimes.com
November 8, 2025 at 8:40 PM
"Black Stars, Songwriters and Strivers, Building Broadway for 200 Years" HT @dougreside.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
"Hennepin County Library is honoring one of Minnesota’s most iconic artists with a limited-edition Prince library card, available while supplies last at all 41 Hennepin County Library locations" www.hclib.org/prince?fbcli...
November 7, 2025 at 9:50 PM
"Hennepin County Library is honoring one of Minnesota’s most iconic artists with a limited-edition Prince library card, available while supplies last at all 41 Hennepin County Library locations" www.hclib.org/prince?fbcli...
"When I’m Sick of Doomscrolling, I Turn to This Poem---“Monet’s ‘Waterlilies,’” by Robert Hayden, reflects on what art can (and can’t) do in tumultuous times. A.O. Scott shows you why he loves it" www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
This Poem About Monet’s “Water Lilies” Reflects on the Powers and Limits of Art (Gift Article)
“Monet’s ‘Waterlilies,’” by Robert Hayden, reflects on what art can (and can’t) do in tumultuous times. Our critic A.O. Scott shows you why he loves it.
www.nytimes.com
November 7, 2025 at 7:22 PM
"When I’m Sick of Doomscrolling, I Turn to This Poem---“Monet’s ‘Waterlilies,’” by Robert Hayden, reflects on what art can (and can’t) do in tumultuous times. A.O. Scott shows you why he loves it" www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
"Epically, ecstatically, and sublimely Black: A reflection on Amy Sherald’s mid-career retrospective at the Baltimore Museum of Art" baltimorebeat.com/epically-ecs... @baltimorebeat.bsky.social
Epically, ecstatically, and sublimely Black: A reflection on Amy Sherald’s mid-career retrospective at the Baltimore Museum of Art
Standing before Amy Sherald’s work, you must learn to stretch; many of her canvases require the reorientation of your perspective, inspire you to become more flexible about your vantage, crane your ne...
baltimorebeat.com
November 7, 2025 at 2:35 PM
"Epically, ecstatically, and sublimely Black: A reflection on Amy Sherald’s mid-career retrospective at the Baltimore Museum of Art" baltimorebeat.com/epically-ecs... @baltimorebeat.bsky.social
Every now and then I'll check in on Twitter (X) and almost every single time I find these types of new "followers" ... It's a true pathetic shame how that platform has devolved...
November 7, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Every now and then I'll check in on Twitter (X) and almost every single time I find these types of new "followers" ... It's a true pathetic shame how that platform has devolved...
LFG ...
Thank you to Governor Youngkin and the First Lady for welcoming Adam and me to the Executive Mansion today. Our teams are working together closely to ensure a smooth transition and success for Virginia’s future.
November 7, 2025 at 1:08 AM
LFG ...
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How new AI library "tools" serve "the political project to devalue" or erase the work of librarians, teachers, and scientists: www.404media.co/ai-is-superc...
AI Is Supercharging the War on Libraries, Education, and Human Knowledge
"Fascism and AI, whether or not they have the same goals, they sure are working to accelerate one another."
www.404media.co
November 7, 2025 at 12:14 AM
How new AI library "tools" serve "the political project to devalue" or erase the work of librarians, teachers, and scientists: www.404media.co/ai-is-superc...
Reposted by James Neal
I Hear Freedom: The Great Migration, Free Jazz, and Black Power 📕 Cisco Bradley
March 2026 • Columbia University Press
cup.columbia.edu/book/i-hear-...
March 2026 • Columbia University Press
cup.columbia.edu/book/i-hear-...
November 7, 2025 at 12:03 AM
I Hear Freedom: The Great Migration, Free Jazz, and Black Power 📕 Cisco Bradley
March 2026 • Columbia University Press
cup.columbia.edu/book/i-hear-...
March 2026 • Columbia University Press
cup.columbia.edu/book/i-hear-...
Watching my first Knicks game this year ... "After school, I take a dip in the pool, which is really on the wall. I got a color TV, so I can see the Knicks playing basketball."
November 6, 2025 at 12:40 AM
Watching my first Knicks game this year ... "After school, I take a dip in the pool, which is really on the wall. I got a color TV, so I can see the Knicks playing basketball."
Mira Nair: "I feel like Zohran brings us to a new dawn and a new day. I’m amazed by his bravery and articulation, but what I really respond to is that he embodies the multiplicity of the worlds in him without apology, and actually with great celebration" www.vogue.in/content/mira...
Indian directors Mira Nair and Bijoy Shetty on changing how the world sees India
Can Indian filmmakers resist stereotypes, refuse to pander to a Western gaze and still make work that travels across the globe? Mira Nair has, and Bijoy Shetty is determined to continue on the same pa...
www.vogue.in
November 5, 2025 at 7:57 PM
Mira Nair: "I feel like Zohran brings us to a new dawn and a new day. I’m amazed by his bravery and articulation, but what I really respond to is that he embodies the multiplicity of the worlds in him without apology, and actually with great celebration" www.vogue.in/content/mira...
"The University of California, Irvine is hosting “Translating Ngũgĩ | Celebration of the Life and Work of Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o,” a conference honoring the legacy of one of Africa’s most influential writers and intellectuals" @brittlepaper.bsky.social brittlepaper.com/2025/11/tran...
UCI Hosts "Translating Ngũgĩ" Conference: A Celebration of Literary Giant Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o
The University of California, Irvine is hosting "Translating Ngũgĩ | Celebration of the Life and Work of Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o," a conference honoring the legacy of one of Africa's most influential writer...
brittlepaper.com
November 5, 2025 at 6:04 PM
"The University of California, Irvine is hosting “Translating Ngũgĩ | Celebration of the Life and Work of Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o,” a conference honoring the legacy of one of Africa’s most influential writers and intellectuals" @brittlepaper.bsky.social brittlepaper.com/2025/11/tran...
@zohrankmamdani.bsky.social Congratulations. Please go above and beyond for all NYC libraries. Thanks and best wishes.
November 5, 2025 at 11:32 AM
@zohrankmamdani.bsky.social Congratulations. Please go above and beyond for all NYC libraries. Thanks and best wishes.
"Zoë Wicomb, Acclaimed South African Author, Dies at 76---In novels and short stories, she delivered sharp observations of the constraints and contradictions of apartheid and its aftermath" www.nytimes.com/2025/10/31/b...
Zoë Wicomb, Acclaimed South African Author, Dies at 76
www.nytimes.com
November 4, 2025 at 8:56 AM
"Zoë Wicomb, Acclaimed South African Author, Dies at 76---In novels and short stories, she delivered sharp observations of the constraints and contradictions of apartheid and its aftermath" www.nytimes.com/2025/10/31/b...
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it's Election Day!
this is my roadmap for the day and night, below!
(be sure to follow me and @boltsmag.org if you want updates and results during election day & election night, and/or bookmark the form below as we'll update it with results.)
this is my roadmap for the day and night, below!
(be sure to follow me and @boltsmag.org if you want updates and results during election day & election night, and/or bookmark the form below as we'll update it with results.)
Are you ready for Election Day?
Here are more than 190 key elections that will be decided tomorrow—from mayors and prosecutors to school boards and judges—and why they matter.
Here are more than 190 key elections that will be decided tomorrow—from mayors and prosecutors to school boards and judges—and why they matter.
Your Cheat Sheet to the 2025 General Elections - Bolts
Four contests have come to largely define the 2025 elections this fall: the elections to lead New Jersey, Virginia, and New York City, plus California’s redistricting measure. But there’s so... Read More
boltsmag.org
November 4, 2025 at 6:26 AM
it's Election Day!
this is my roadmap for the day and night, below!
(be sure to follow me and @boltsmag.org if you want updates and results during election day & election night, and/or bookmark the form below as we'll update it with results.)
this is my roadmap for the day and night, below!
(be sure to follow me and @boltsmag.org if you want updates and results during election day & election night, and/or bookmark the form below as we'll update it with results.)
"The new line will follow Metro-North’s existing Hudson Line route from Grand Central through Poughkeepsie, then continue north through Rhinecliff and Hudson before arriving in Albany" www.timeout.com/newyork/news...
You’ll soon be able to take the train from midtown Manhattan to Albany for $40
Metro-North will extend service to Albany-Rensselaer, offering $40 fares and a new daily route from Grand Central.
www.timeout.com
November 4, 2025 at 8:29 AM
"The new line will follow Metro-North’s existing Hudson Line route from Grand Central through Poughkeepsie, then continue north through Rhinecliff and Hudson before arriving in Albany" www.timeout.com/newyork/news...
"The Rhythms of 'Rock Creek Park'---The Blackbyrds’ ode to DC inspired a new generation of artists" @orionmagazine.bsky.social orionmagazine.org/article/the-...
The Rhythms of "Rock Creek Park" - Orion Magazine
The Blackbyrds’ ode to DC inspired a new generation of artists
orionmagazine.org
November 4, 2025 at 12:40 AM
"The Rhythms of 'Rock Creek Park'---The Blackbyrds’ ode to DC inspired a new generation of artists" @orionmagazine.bsky.social orionmagazine.org/article/the-...