Jennifer Goltz-Taylor
@jgoltzmusic.bsky.social
Soprano, writer, educator, and music thinker-abouter. University of Michigan Residential College. Klezmephonic.
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godspeed and demonstrength to all those doing final grades this week
December 15, 2025 at 4:34 PM
godspeed and demonstrength to all those doing final grades this week
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Twitter accounts are based in Russia. BlueSky accounts are based in homes with, frankly, too many books, plants, obsolete cables, and pieces of rustic pottery, that could do with a bit of a tidying up, to be honest.
November 23, 2025 at 8:29 PM
Twitter accounts are based in Russia. BlueSky accounts are based in homes with, frankly, too many books, plants, obsolete cables, and pieces of rustic pottery, that could do with a bit of a tidying up, to be honest.
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Pregnancy became far more dangerous in Texas after the state banned abortion, according to our analysis, which found the sepsis rate for women hospitalized as they miscarried in the 2nd trimester shot up by more than 50%.
(Published February)
(Published February)
Texas Banned Abortion. Then Sepsis Rates Soared.
ProPublica’s first-of-its-kind analysis is the most detailed look yet into a rise in life-threatening complications for women experiencing pregnancy loss under Texas’ abortion ban.
www.propublica.org
November 6, 2025 at 2:25 AM
Pregnancy became far more dangerous in Texas after the state banned abortion, according to our analysis, which found the sepsis rate for women hospitalized as they miscarried in the 2nd trimester shot up by more than 50%.
(Published February)
(Published February)
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Normal People Don’t Want This Shit is running away with the vote tonight
November 5, 2025 at 2:09 AM
Normal People Don’t Want This Shit is running away with the vote tonight
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Good night peeps, sweet dreams.
November 4, 2025 at 6:48 AM
Good night peeps, sweet dreams.
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Detroit gets its first female mayor. Virginia gets its first female governor. NJ gets its first female Dem in the governor's office. NYC gets its first Muslim mayor.
Seems like a pretty resounding statement of support for diversity and inclusion.
Seems like a pretty resounding statement of support for diversity and inclusion.
November 5, 2025 at 2:26 AM
Detroit gets its first female mayor. Virginia gets its first female governor. NJ gets its first female Dem in the governor's office. NYC gets its first Muslim mayor.
Seems like a pretty resounding statement of support for diversity and inclusion.
Seems like a pretty resounding statement of support for diversity and inclusion.
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Darlings, a reminder for when everything feels bad:
--Reach out.
--Move toward joy.
--Drink water.
--Take your meds.
--Allow yourself to feel your feelings.
--A 3 minute dance party in the kitchen helps.
--If you have a pet, hug them. (Unless it's, like, a fish.)
--When in doubt, make art.
--Reach out.
--Move toward joy.
--Drink water.
--Take your meds.
--Allow yourself to feel your feelings.
--A 3 minute dance party in the kitchen helps.
--If you have a pet, hug them. (Unless it's, like, a fish.)
--When in doubt, make art.
November 3, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Darlings, a reminder for when everything feels bad:
--Reach out.
--Move toward joy.
--Drink water.
--Take your meds.
--Allow yourself to feel your feelings.
--A 3 minute dance party in the kitchen helps.
--If you have a pet, hug them. (Unless it's, like, a fish.)
--When in doubt, make art.
--Reach out.
--Move toward joy.
--Drink water.
--Take your meds.
--Allow yourself to feel your feelings.
--A 3 minute dance party in the kitchen helps.
--If you have a pet, hug them. (Unless it's, like, a fish.)
--When in doubt, make art.
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Please remember, as SNAP benefits are withheld and children and seniors start to go hungry, that the Trump administration could have preserved food aid but is using the pain and suffering of Americans as a strategy to force Dems to help them throw people off of health care.
One food bank in Virginia saw a 65% increase in visitors since last year, more than at the height of the pandemic.
“We thought it would come back down and it hasn’t,” the food bank’s chief philanthropy officer said. “It keeps growing.”
(Published Oct. 3)
“We thought it would come back down and it hasn’t,” the food bank’s chief philanthropy officer said. “It keeps growing.”
(Published Oct. 3)
Trump Canceled 94 Million Pounds of Food Aid. Here’s What Never Arrived.
ProPublica obtained records from the Department of Agriculture that detail the millions of pounds of food, down to the number of eggs, that never reached food banks because of the administration’s cut...
projects.propublica.org
October 27, 2025 at 11:09 AM
Please remember, as SNAP benefits are withheld and children and seniors start to go hungry, that the Trump administration could have preserved food aid but is using the pain and suffering of Americans as a strategy to force Dems to help them throw people off of health care.
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If I were running the DNC, there would be Democratic Party sponsored food relief banks across the country right now that specifically welcomed anyone regardless of party affiliation.
Along with the food, there could be voter registration and links to runforsomething.net
Along with the food, there could be voter registration and links to runforsomething.net
October 26, 2025 at 9:03 PM
If I were running the DNC, there would be Democratic Party sponsored food relief banks across the country right now that specifically welcomed anyone regardless of party affiliation.
Along with the food, there could be voter registration and links to runforsomething.net
Along with the food, there could be voter registration and links to runforsomething.net
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“oh so you think the east wing being demolished is worse than-“ it’s a synecdoche, man. a visual metaphor. there’s a reason the aliens in Independence Day don’t aim a huge laser at SNAP benefits
October 23, 2025 at 6:04 PM
“oh so you think the east wing being demolished is worse than-“ it’s a synecdoche, man. a visual metaphor. there’s a reason the aliens in Independence Day don’t aim a huge laser at SNAP benefits
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People in Chi & other places having Whistlemania events (or u can do this solo if ur an introvert!) Buy whistles to alert folks to ICE activity & you can print out KYR fliers & legal info & make it into a packet (lots of places to distribute these incl bars stores Little FreeLibrary etc). Links next
October 23, 2025 at 4:57 AM
People in Chi & other places having Whistlemania events (or u can do this solo if ur an introvert!) Buy whistles to alert folks to ICE activity & you can print out KYR fliers & legal info & make it into a packet (lots of places to distribute these incl bars stores Little FreeLibrary etc). Links next
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10 effective things citizens can do to make change in addition to attending a protest
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10 effective things citizens can do to make change in addition to attending a protest
Once a democracy starts to erode, it can be difficult to reverse the trend. What does it take for democracies to bounce back from periods of autocratic rule?
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October 23, 2025 at 6:48 PM
10 effective things citizens can do to make change in addition to attending a protest
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Just 'cause it has to be said every now and then.
GOP Senators and Representatives are obviously okay with...everything...that's happening.
GOP Senators and Representatives are obviously okay with...everything...that's happening.
October 9, 2025 at 8:39 PM
Just 'cause it has to be said every now and then.
GOP Senators and Representatives are obviously okay with...everything...that's happening.
GOP Senators and Representatives are obviously okay with...everything...that's happening.
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Well don't I feel stupid
September 26, 2025 at 11:02 PM
Well don't I feel stupid
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A mass walkout of the UN General Assembly as Netanyahu prepares to speak.
September 26, 2025 at 1:22 PM
A mass walkout of the UN General Assembly as Netanyahu prepares to speak.
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This is EXCELLENT.
1) this is spot-on analysis of the problem & a great immediate 1st thing a city can do to improve outcome.
2) as a 2 min clip? He's giving history, hope & change. Speaking to women, to Jewish & Black NYers, saying "abortion." & also naming eugenics in feminism. 100/10 no notes.
1) this is spot-on analysis of the problem & a great immediate 1st thing a city can do to improve outcome.
2) as a 2 min clip? He's giving history, hope & change. Speaking to women, to Jewish & Black NYers, saying "abortion." & also naming eugenics in feminism. 100/10 no notes.
September 26, 2025 at 2:34 PM
This is EXCELLENT.
1) this is spot-on analysis of the problem & a great immediate 1st thing a city can do to improve outcome.
2) as a 2 min clip? He's giving history, hope & change. Speaking to women, to Jewish & Black NYers, saying "abortion." & also naming eugenics in feminism. 100/10 no notes.
1) this is spot-on analysis of the problem & a great immediate 1st thing a city can do to improve outcome.
2) as a 2 min clip? He's giving history, hope & change. Speaking to women, to Jewish & Black NYers, saying "abortion." & also naming eugenics in feminism. 100/10 no notes.
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The Heritage Foundation is the true domestic terrorist.
Trans people are people. They are real. They deserve to be recognized and to live peacefully.
This is not a false alarm. Protect the trans folks in your community. It is a necessity.
Trans people are people. They are real. They deserve to be recognized and to live peacefully.
This is not a false alarm. Protect the trans folks in your community. It is a necessity.
Heritage Foundation has released an absolutely insane policy proposal to label all trans people as domestic terrorists. It uses completely made up instances of terrorism and made up statistics but facts don't matter to them.
They want us all eradicated.
They want us all eradicated.
September 19, 2025 at 7:20 PM
The Heritage Foundation is the true domestic terrorist.
Trans people are people. They are real. They deserve to be recognized and to live peacefully.
This is not a false alarm. Protect the trans folks in your community. It is a necessity.
Trans people are people. They are real. They deserve to be recognized and to live peacefully.
This is not a false alarm. Protect the trans folks in your community. It is a necessity.
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Democracy, more than anything is a practice. I always think that the Civil Rights Movement succeeded because from the Civil War black Americans built institutions: universities, fraternities and sororities, churches, that engaged them in democratic practice.
generally speaking, and with the glaring exception of november 2024, the more directly democratic an institution has been, the better it has checked Trump (eg grand and petit juries); the more elite and insular, the less effective (the Senate, the Supreme Court, big business)
September 18, 2025 at 1:25 AM
Democracy, more than anything is a practice. I always think that the Civil Rights Movement succeeded because from the Civil War black Americans built institutions: universities, fraternities and sororities, churches, that engaged them in democratic practice.
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Know your rights, Illinois.
Stay safe and stay informed.
Stay safe and stay informed.
September 6, 2025 at 7:40 PM
Know your rights, Illinois.
Stay safe and stay informed.
Stay safe and stay informed.
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Never forget this: Working people outnumber the billionaires and CEOs by a huge margin.
If workers stand together, they will win.
Solidarity.
If workers stand together, they will win.
Solidarity.
September 2, 2025 at 12:01 AM
Never forget this: Working people outnumber the billionaires and CEOs by a huge margin.
If workers stand together, they will win.
Solidarity.
If workers stand together, they will win.
Solidarity.
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the main thing that happened to music criticism in the last 25 years is it got defunded
August 25, 2025 at 1:20 PM
the main thing that happened to music criticism in the last 25 years is it got defunded
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If you're using AI to write essays, eulogies, a text to your wife, I do think less of you as a person. Ceding your mental and creative abilities to a machine is an embarrassing thing and people should be ashamed to admit doing it in public.
![[quoting a tweet by fractalcounty that reads, “today I learned that there are actual people irl who get genuinely upset if they catch you using chatgpt. like they view it as a serious moral failing in certain circles”]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:hppum4l25hcczzffastsicpq/bafkreihjvnz2ttxl7z4a2b3a4kylubobgvqxmjhwz6yuetuztzoc4g2s4y@jpeg)
August 2, 2025 at 6:19 PM
If you're using AI to write essays, eulogies, a text to your wife, I do think less of you as a person. Ceding your mental and creative abilities to a machine is an embarrassing thing and people should be ashamed to admit doing it in public.
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It's funny to think that my preference for urban living in areas with dense, mixed-used, walkable neighborhoods, multi-family housing, small businesses, and diversity probably stems from Sesame Street. Like an early education in Jane Jacob's urbanist theories.
August 2, 2025 at 6:56 AM
It's funny to think that my preference for urban living in areas with dense, mixed-used, walkable neighborhoods, multi-family housing, small businesses, and diversity probably stems from Sesame Street. Like an early education in Jane Jacob's urbanist theories.