Vincenz
@kenvk.bsky.social
Musician, composer, coach…justice, peace and tolerance…follow and share life-affirming and awe-inspiring thoughts, music, creativity, the drama of sports, and dogs..
One of many great inspiring scenes, very timely
LASZLO: Play “La Marseillaise.” Play it!
I feel like I know my Bluesky audience pretty well, but just in case some of you have (gasp!) never seen Casablanca and therefore never had the heartsplitting experience of watching a bunch of real life European refugees stand up and drown out fake Nazis by singing the Marseillaise go fix that soon.
February 24, 2025 at 12:15 AM
One of many great inspiring scenes, very timely
What a great, and timely, alternative-
February 5, 2025 at 3:20 AM
What a great, and timely, alternative-
Reposted by Vincenz
February 2, 2025 at 9:32 PM
Reposted by Vincenz
I honestly believe our most powerful position in a toxic time that feeds on cynicism, apathy,& despair is to genuinely care and act for a better world.
Cynicism is our enemy. We should check it, incl. on the left. It’s not intellectually superior. It’s the virus they’re trying to infect us with. NO
Cynicism is our enemy. We should check it, incl. on the left. It’s not intellectually superior. It’s the virus they’re trying to infect us with. NO
January 31, 2025 at 7:04 PM
I honestly believe our most powerful position in a toxic time that feeds on cynicism, apathy,& despair is to genuinely care and act for a better world.
Cynicism is our enemy. We should check it, incl. on the left. It’s not intellectually superior. It’s the virus they’re trying to infect us with. NO
Cynicism is our enemy. We should check it, incl. on the left. It’s not intellectually superior. It’s the virus they’re trying to infect us with. NO
I do think the nyt headline did not match the story, and I am starting to be concerned about that. Sounds like a rapid negotiation and both sides gave a bit.
Let me get this straight. Petro calls for dignified transit. Trump threatens tariffs. Petro smacks Trump in a post threatening his own higher tariffs. And Trump agrees to what Petro asked for. And yet NYT is calling this *Petro* backing down?
January 27, 2025 at 5:53 PM
I do think the nyt headline did not match the story, and I am starting to be concerned about that. Sounds like a rapid negotiation and both sides gave a bit.
Reposted by Vincenz
MAGA's Cancel Culture Comes for a Meteorologist
The Hypocrisy. It Burns.
WARNING: OFFENSIVE CONTENT
open.substack.com/pub/charlies...
The Hypocrisy. It Burns.
WARNING: OFFENSIVE CONTENT
open.substack.com/pub/charlies...
MAGA's Cancel Culture Comes for a Meteorologist
The Hypocrisy. It Burns.
open.substack.com
January 25, 2025 at 4:13 PM
MAGA's Cancel Culture Comes for a Meteorologist
The Hypocrisy. It Burns.
WARNING: OFFENSIVE CONTENT
open.substack.com/pub/charlies...
The Hypocrisy. It Burns.
WARNING: OFFENSIVE CONTENT
open.substack.com/pub/charlies...
Reposted by Vincenz
This is the current list of companies who have bowed to pressure from the radical right to end DEI (in chronological order from announcement):
John Deere
Harley Davidson
Brown-Forman
Ford Motors
Lowe’s
Molson-Coors
Boeing
Walmart
McDonald’s
Meta
Amazon
Target
John Deere
Harley Davidson
Brown-Forman
Ford Motors
Lowe’s
Molson-Coors
Boeing
Walmart
McDonald’s
Meta
Amazon
Target
January 25, 2025 at 1:30 AM
This is the current list of companies who have bowed to pressure from the radical right to end DEI (in chronological order from announcement):
John Deere
Harley Davidson
Brown-Forman
Ford Motors
Lowe’s
Molson-Coors
Boeing
Walmart
McDonald’s
Meta
Amazon
Target
John Deere
Harley Davidson
Brown-Forman
Ford Motors
Lowe’s
Molson-Coors
Boeing
Walmart
McDonald’s
Meta
Amazon
Target
Reposted by Vincenz
A federal court has declared that warrantless searches of US person’s communications collected for national security purposes is unconstitutional. Now it’s our job to make sure Congress knows that when they renew this law in a little over a year.
VICTORY! Federal Court (Finally) Rules Backdoor Searches of 702 Data Unconstitutional
In a landmark ruling, a federal district court held that backdoor searches of databases full of Americans’ private communications collected under Section 702 ordinarily require a warrant. Congress sho...
www.eff.org
January 23, 2025 at 10:08 PM
A federal court has declared that warrantless searches of US person’s communications collected for national security purposes is unconstitutional. Now it’s our job to make sure Congress knows that when they renew this law in a little over a year.
This, from Tracey, describes one of the best feelings ever- write!
Anyway, look, I found a file on my laptop titled "Lyric ideas" and some of them are QUITE GOOD, so I am prepared to get on with the day now
January 23, 2025 at 2:12 PM
This, from Tracey, describes one of the best feelings ever- write!
Reposted by Vincenz
Reposted by Vincenz
American far-right plutocrats are now targeting Wikipedia because it's a platform they don't control.
The Wikimedia Foundation is an invaluable non-profit organisation that is not for sale. Please help keeping it that way by making a donation - big or small:
donate.wikimedia.org
The Wikimedia Foundation is an invaluable non-profit organisation that is not for sale. Please help keeping it that way by making a donation - big or small:
donate.wikimedia.org
Make your donation now - Wikimedia Foundation
Donate to the Wikimedia Foundation, the nonprofit that hosts Wikipedia and other crucial free knowledge projects. Each year, the generosity of the 2% of readers who donate allows us to expand the reac...
donate.wikimedia.org
January 22, 2025 at 9:57 AM
American far-right plutocrats are now targeting Wikipedia because it's a platform they don't control.
The Wikimedia Foundation is an invaluable non-profit organisation that is not for sale. Please help keeping it that way by making a donation - big or small:
donate.wikimedia.org
The Wikimedia Foundation is an invaluable non-profit organisation that is not for sale. Please help keeping it that way by making a donation - big or small:
donate.wikimedia.org
On this Martin Luther King day 2025- reminder of the importance of moral compass, persistance, and being on the right side of history
www.africa.upenn.edu/Articles_Gen...
www.africa.upenn.edu/Articles_Gen...
Letter from a Birmingham Jail [King, Jr.]
www.africa.upenn.edu
January 20, 2025 at 1:54 PM
On this Martin Luther King day 2025- reminder of the importance of moral compass, persistance, and being on the right side of history
www.africa.upenn.edu/Articles_Gen...
www.africa.upenn.edu/Articles_Gen...
This is such an interesting thread about something I knew nothing about-
I am a former incarcerated firefighter. I served in a California fire camp from 2009 to 2012.
Misinformation is afire on the internet, so here are facts about the prison firefighter program, all in one place.
A thread.
Misinformation is afire on the internet, so here are facts about the prison firefighter program, all in one place.
A thread.
January 15, 2025 at 4:37 AM
This is such an interesting thread about something I knew nothing about-
Reposted by Vincenz
Here is the starter pack for contributors to The Contrarian
go.bsky.app/4fWjVc2
go.bsky.app/4fWjVc2
January 13, 2025 at 11:17 PM
Here is the starter pack for contributors to The Contrarian
go.bsky.app/4fWjVc2
go.bsky.app/4fWjVc2
And that’s what makes a musician of any level a treasure.
People with beating hearts and souls make music.
Software and AI make sounds.
People with beating hearts and souls make music.
Software and AI make sounds.
Wtf
Beautiful stuff: "It’s not really enjoyable to make music now… it takes a lot of time, it takes a lot of practice, you have to get really good at an instrument... I think the majority of people don’t enjoy the majority of time they spend making music."
www.404media.co/ceo-of-ai-mu...
www.404media.co/ceo-of-ai-mu...
January 13, 2025 at 11:08 PM
And that’s what makes a musician of any level a treasure.
People with beating hearts and souls make music.
Software and AI make sounds.
People with beating hearts and souls make music.
Software and AI make sounds.
Reposted by Vincenz
"What if a grp of students at a Philly high school that never had its own library created one from scratch?" Stories like this are always 🥰, but they remind us (as the article notes) of systemic problems: the Philly School District has TWO full-time certified school librarians across 216 schools! 🎁
Here’s how some Philly high school students built a library from scratch. ‘Kids just kept coming, renewing books.’
“We all grew up without a library,” one KHSA senior said. “That had an effect on a lot of kids."
www.inquirer.com
January 12, 2025 at 3:16 PM
"What if a grp of students at a Philly high school that never had its own library created one from scratch?" Stories like this are always 🥰, but they remind us (as the article notes) of systemic problems: the Philly School District has TWO full-time certified school librarians across 216 schools! 🎁
Oh there’s a game on now? Wow
Get this game off of Prime Video, #NFL. Nobody wants this.
January 12, 2025 at 1:30 AM
Oh there’s a game on now? Wow
While some analysis from someone respected is still ok for me, I think this mindset pretty much nails a good balance between staying knowledgable and avoiding unnecessary/ destructive/ unproductive worry-
A way I'm coping is largely ignoring news stories focusing on palace intrigue, analysis, and predictions, which is a huge percentage of politics news. It's faster and less stressful to read the facts about some event or law and draw my own conclusions
It seems obvious that the mainstream media has learned absolutely no lessons from covering the first Trump Administration, and is completely unprepared to cover the second Trump Administration.
It’s going to be a fucking exhausting four years.
It’s going to be a fucking exhausting four years.
January 10, 2025 at 7:11 PM
While some analysis from someone respected is still ok for me, I think this mindset pretty much nails a good balance between staying knowledgable and avoiding unnecessary/ destructive/ unproductive worry-
This is a thoughtful thread-
1/ RE Meta's decision to abandon fact-checking (and follow the lead of other platforms taking a similar hands-off approach), it's not great. But we have seen this movie before in media history and it's probably more instructive to anticipate what this moment creates. ...
January 8, 2025 at 4:46 PM
This is a thoughtful thread-
And in the NHL, just two roughing minors- refs didn’t see the instigator🙂
NBA gonna NBA
Naji Marshall is suspended four games, Jusuf Nurkic three, and PJ Washington one for an on-court fight Friday night.
www.nbcsports.com/nba/news/naj...
www.nbcsports.com/nba/news/naj...
December 28, 2024 at 10:52 PM
And in the NHL, just two roughing minors- refs didn’t see the instigator🙂
Yes: ‘Learning how to learn, IMO, is a critical life skill.’
Yet, colleges seem to be on the hook for - and emphasize - immediate outcome (‘x% of grads employed or full time grad students…’)
And- cannot trade schools also help individuals learn how to learn?
I think the higher ed model is broken.
Yet, colleges seem to be on the hook for - and emphasize - immediate outcome (‘x% of grads employed or full time grad students…’)
And- cannot trade schools also help individuals learn how to learn?
I think the higher ed model is broken.
Should we continue to encourage kids to go to college ? Or push them to take up a trade ?
I believe in college. Learning how to learn, IMO, is a critical life skill. Being exposed to people of different backgrounds, makes yiu wiser
Qualifier- it should be a school you can afford.
I believe in college. Learning how to learn, IMO, is a critical life skill. Being exposed to people of different backgrounds, makes yiu wiser
Qualifier- it should be a school you can afford.
December 28, 2024 at 6:59 PM
Yes: ‘Learning how to learn, IMO, is a critical life skill.’
Yet, colleges seem to be on the hook for - and emphasize - immediate outcome (‘x% of grads employed or full time grad students…’)
And- cannot trade schools also help individuals learn how to learn?
I think the higher ed model is broken.
Yet, colleges seem to be on the hook for - and emphasize - immediate outcome (‘x% of grads employed or full time grad students…’)
And- cannot trade schools also help individuals learn how to learn?
I think the higher ed model is broken.
Interesting/ valuable perspective-
Most businesspeople are always going to prefer Republicans because of low taxes, but the post-2012 effort to *deliberately stigmatize center-left business people* was a disaster.
www.slowboring.com/p/liberalism...
www.slowboring.com/p/liberalism...
Liberalism not socialism
Democrats need to stop acting like business careers are immoral or corrupt
www.slowboring.com
December 24, 2024 at 5:33 AM
Interesting/ valuable perspective-
Reposted by Vincenz
Vaccines stopped polio.
December 23, 2024 at 9:15 PM
Vaccines stopped polio.
Reposted by Vincenz
What a great story. Wow. 🥹
Eight years ago, a budding scientist gave a commercial airline pilot a gift that would link the two for life.
Since then, they'd met in person and linked up on social media. But when she boarded a flight a week ago, she didn't expect to see him.
Then an announcement came over the PA system.
Since then, they'd met in person and linked up on social media. But when she boarded a flight a week ago, she didn't expect to see him.
Then an announcement came over the PA system.
A pilot raced through the airport to surprise an old friend: the woman who saved his life | CNN
When Allie Reimold boarded Flight 2223 in Houston a week ago, she didn’t expect to see the pilot whose life she had saved.
cnn.it
December 23, 2024 at 12:23 AM
What a great story. Wow. 🥹
There is an abundance of great ideas, and a dearth of political will to make hard things happen unfortunately.
How to spur medical innovation with faster, better, and cheaper clinical trials.
www.slowboring.com/p/the-case-f...
www.slowboring.com/p/the-case-f...
The case for clinical trial abundance
A supply-side reform agenda for one of our most urgent problems
www.slowboring.com
December 19, 2024 at 12:55 PM
There is an abundance of great ideas, and a dearth of political will to make hard things happen unfortunately.