Kohut
@kohut.bsky.social
rhymes with donut | scribbler + picker | ersatz intelligence | Oxford comma | curse of the easily amused | http://www.matthewkohut.com
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Kohut
@kohut.bsky.social
· Nov 23
Since many of us sought social media refuge here, I’ll share a related escape. If you’re interested in living digitally outside of Alphabet/Apple/Microsoft, try the Arc browser. It’s a very different experience. I’ve also been using Kagi search, which is a decent 80/20 solution.
I was thrilled to learn that “Rothko Chapel” was nominated for a Pushcart Prize.
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Matthew Kohut - Rothko Chapel - The Dewdrop
Matthew Kohut allows readers to contemplate the contrast of darkness and light in the powerful minimalism of his poem "Rothko Chapel".
thedewdrop.org
November 16, 2025 at 3:33 PM
I was thrilled to learn that “Rothko Chapel” was nominated for a Pushcart Prize.
thedewdrop.org/2025/06/08/m...
thedewdrop.org/2025/06/08/m...
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What a sad/incredibly important piece of journalism. If there is one thing we do as reporters--it's to document terrible moments in history that must be remembered, written down in detail & shared. Thank you Tyler Hicks and your team for this vital work. (Free link)
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/13/w...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/13/w...
What Our Photographer Saw as a Safe City Became a Blood Bath
www.nytimes.com
November 15, 2025 at 3:54 AM
What a sad/incredibly important piece of journalism. If there is one thing we do as reporters--it's to document terrible moments in history that must be remembered, written down in detail & shared. Thank you Tyler Hicks and your team for this vital work. (Free link)
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/13/w...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/13/w...
$220 million for a fascist ad campaign is bad enough. But it's all to line the pockets of Noem's friends and their families. The details in here are nuts.
www.propublica.org/article/kris...
www.propublica.org/article/kris...
Firm Tied to Kristi Noem Secretly Got Money From $220 Million DHS Ad Contracts
The company is run by the husband of Noem’s chief DHS spokesperson and has personal and business ties to Noem and her aides. DHS invoked the “emergency” at the border to skirt competitive bidding rule...
www.propublica.org
November 14, 2025 at 7:03 PM
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I love this place. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/01/n...
One Bookstore, 3 Sisters and 100 Years
www.nytimes.com
November 9, 2025 at 1:40 PM
I love this place. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/01/n...
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Here’s Karine Polwart singing Hamish Henderson’s “Freedom Come-All-Ye” in the Italian Chapel, Orkney. The chapel was built & decorated by Italian POWs during WW2 using scraps & reclaimed materials, & is still in use today
www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Phu...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Phu...
“Freedom Come All Ye” performed by Karine Polwart in The Italian Chapel, Orkney, August 2013.
YouTube video by Alan Ferrier
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November 5, 2025 at 10:16 AM
Here’s Karine Polwart singing Hamish Henderson’s “Freedom Come-All-Ye” in the Italian Chapel, Orkney. The chapel was built & decorated by Italian POWs during WW2 using scraps & reclaimed materials, & is still in use today
www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Phu...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Phu...
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This doesn't get talked about enough.
California has about 40 million people and the 4th largest economy in the world.
The amount of battery capacity added to their grid has doubled in past two years, solar has increased by 43% and methane burning for electricity has gone down by over 40%. 🔌💡
California has about 40 million people and the 4th largest economy in the world.
The amount of battery capacity added to their grid has doubled in past two years, solar has increased by 43% and methane burning for electricity has gone down by over 40%. 🔌💡
November 4, 2025 at 2:22 PM
This doesn't get talked about enough.
California has about 40 million people and the 4th largest economy in the world.
The amount of battery capacity added to their grid has doubled in past two years, solar has increased by 43% and methane burning for electricity has gone down by over 40%. 🔌💡
California has about 40 million people and the 4th largest economy in the world.
The amount of battery capacity added to their grid has doubled in past two years, solar has increased by 43% and methane burning for electricity has gone down by over 40%. 🔌💡
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"This kind of droll, subtle humor is typical Padgett: Clever without being mean-spirited or inaccessible, it welcomes the reader, encouraging them to explore the hidden depths in the relationship between art and life, and points to the fundamental humor found in our day-to-day existence."
The Immortal Poetry of Ron Padgett
Pink Dust, a collection about aging and death, offers an optimistic vision of life as a continual act of reading.
www.thenation.com
October 30, 2025 at 10:17 PM
"This kind of droll, subtle humor is typical Padgett: Clever without being mean-spirited or inaccessible, it welcomes the reader, encouraging them to explore the hidden depths in the relationship between art and life, and points to the fundamental humor found in our day-to-day existence."
Courage
Two Illinois National Guard members speak out: "I won't turn against my neighbors."
2 Illinois National Guard members speak out: "I won't turn against my neighbors"
Staff Sgt. Demi Palecek and Capt. Dylan Blaha say they'll defy federal orders regarding Trump's immigration enforcement operation in Chicago.
cbsn.ws
October 27, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Courage
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People being treated for certain deadly cancers lived longer if they had received an mRNA-based vaccine against COVID-19 than if they hadn’t
go.nature.com/42XuWY6
go.nature.com/42XuWY6
People with some cancers live longer after a COVID vaccine
Nature - mRNA vaccines seem to boost the effectiveness of an immune therapy for skin and lung cancer ― in an unexpected way.
go.nature.com
October 25, 2025 at 12:38 PM
People being treated for certain deadly cancers lived longer if they had received an mRNA-based vaccine against COVID-19 than if they hadn’t
go.nature.com/42XuWY6
go.nature.com/42XuWY6
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It’s the birthday of the poet Robert Pinsky, born in Long Branch, New Jersey (1940). Robert Pinsky said, “The longer I live, the more I see there’s something about reciting rhythmical words aloud — it’s almost biological — that comforts and enlivens human beings.”
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𝒱𝒾𝑜𝓁𝑒𝓉 𝒯𝓊𝒹𝑜𝓇
Robert Pinsky
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𝒱𝒾𝑜𝓁𝑒𝓉 𝒯𝓊𝒹𝑜𝓇
Robert Pinsky
October 21, 2025 at 8:45 PM
It’s the birthday of the poet Robert Pinsky, born in Long Branch, New Jersey (1940). Robert Pinsky said, “The longer I live, the more I see there’s something about reciting rhythmical words aloud — it’s almost biological — that comforts and enlivens human beings.”
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𝒱𝒾𝑜𝓁𝑒𝓉 𝒯𝓊𝒹𝑜𝓇
Robert Pinsky
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𝒱𝒾𝑜𝓁𝑒𝓉 𝒯𝓊𝒹𝑜𝓇
Robert Pinsky
A year ago the mainstream press made my neighbors out to be a bunch of conspiracy nuts. I won’t hold my breath waiting for the corrections. thedigestonline.com/news/new-jer...
Private Company Admits It Was Behind New Jersey’s UFO Panic
Nearly a year after a series of unexplained drone sightings lit up New Jersey’s skies, a private defense contractor has reportedly come forward, claiming responsibility for the mysterious flights that...
thedigestonline.com
October 21, 2025 at 9:01 PM
A year ago the mainstream press made my neighbors out to be a bunch of conspiracy nuts. I won’t hold my breath waiting for the corrections. thedigestonline.com/news/new-jer...
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Anthony Jackson, a musician celebrated for his extensive musical vocabulary on the bass guitar that he used across hundreds of albums, as well as his early innovation of a 6-string version of the instrument, died Sunday. He was 73.
Anthony Jackson, bassist celebrated for his versatility and innovation of the instrument, dies at 73
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WIAT) — Anthony Jackson, a bassist who was celebrated for his extensive musical knowledge that spanned across hundreds of albums, as well as his innovation of the 6-string bass gu…
www.cbs42.com
October 20, 2025 at 12:12 PM
Anthony Jackson, a musician celebrated for his extensive musical vocabulary on the bass guitar that he used across hundreds of albums, as well as his early innovation of a 6-string version of the instrument, died Sunday. He was 73.
This goes directly to the top of my list of Media Training 101 mistakes.
Last weekend, @annabower.bsky.social started to receive Signal messages from the U.S. attorney who is leading the prosecution of Letitia James.
Throughout the exchange, Lindsay Halligan complained about Bower’s tweets and reporting on the indictment–but never once asked to be off the record.
Throughout the exchange, Lindsay Halligan complained about Bower’s tweets and reporting on the indictment–but never once asked to be off the record.
“Anna, Lindsey Halligan Here.”
My Signal exchange with the interim U.S. attorney about the Letitia James grand jury.
www.lawfaremedia.org
October 20, 2025 at 11:01 PM
This goes directly to the top of my list of Media Training 101 mistakes.
For those who celebrate Thelonius Monk’s birthday youtu.be/tcE3u1Ag0E0?...
Pannonica
YouTube video by Thelonious Monk - Topic
youtu.be
October 10, 2025 at 8:03 PM
For those who celebrate Thelonius Monk’s birthday youtu.be/tcE3u1Ag0E0?...
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Today my @nytimes.com colleagues and I are launching a new series called Lost Science. We interview US scientists who can no longer discover something new about our world, thanks to this year‘s cuts. Here is my first interview with a scientist who studied bees and fires. Gift link: nyti.ms/3IWXbiE
nyti.ms
October 8, 2025 at 11:29 PM
Today my @nytimes.com colleagues and I are launching a new series called Lost Science. We interview US scientists who can no longer discover something new about our world, thanks to this year‘s cuts. Here is my first interview with a scientist who studied bees and fires. Gift link: nyti.ms/3IWXbiE
“Drop the pineapple now and nobody gets hurt!”
Floridians will be able to openly carry firearms while shopping at Publix, the largest supermarket chain in the state, the company said on Thursday. The announcement came after a state appeals court ruled that a Florida ban on people openly carrying firearms was unconstitutional.
Customers May Openly Carry Firearms in Florida’s Publix Stores, Company Says
The supermarket chain said it was complying with state law, including a ruling last month that overturned a ban on openly carrying firearms.
nyti.ms
October 9, 2025 at 9:47 PM
“Drop the pineapple now and nobody gets hurt!”
So happy to see Charles Lloyd getting recognition for his excellent new album. Such an inspiration. www.thetimes.com/culture/musi...
The best jazz albums of 2025 so far
Our critic’s pick of the latest releases, including albums from Charles Lloyd, Donny McCaslin, David Helbock and Julia Hofer, Caelan Cardello, and more
www.thetimes.com
October 8, 2025 at 10:16 PM
So happy to see Charles Lloyd getting recognition for his excellent new album. Such an inspiration. www.thetimes.com/culture/musi...
Edward R. Murrow is spinning in his grave.
Paramount Skydance has bought right-leaning journalist Bari Weiss’s The Free Press and named her to CBS News’s top editorial job.
The terms of the deal weren’t disclosed, but Paramount is said to pay about $150 million in cash and stock.
The terms of the deal weren’t disclosed, but Paramount is said to pay about $150 million in cash and stock.
Bari Weiss named editor in chief of CBS News
The founder of the Free Press, a website critical of mainstream media, takes a new position in which she will report directly to Paramount CEO David Ellison.
www.washingtonpost.com
October 6, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Edward R. Murrow is spinning in his grave.
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“We must systematically and massively raise the costs of Russia’s aggression.”
A new financial impetus for peace in Ukraine on.ft.com/3IusocY | opinion
A new financial impetus for peace in Ukraine
We need the mobilisation of resources on a scale that will secure Kyiv’s military resilience
on.ft.com
September 25, 2025 at 1:42 PM
“We must systematically and massively raise the costs of Russia’s aggression.”
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Every journalist, pundit, and entertainer in the country that doesn't want to bend the knee to Trump needs to figure out a way off corporate platforms ASAP
www.garbageday.email/p/petty-powe...
www.garbageday.email/p/petty-powe...
September 19, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Every journalist, pundit, and entertainer in the country that doesn't want to bend the knee to Trump needs to figure out a way off corporate platforms ASAP
www.garbageday.email/p/petty-powe...
www.garbageday.email/p/petty-powe...
It has been a good year for turtle-spotting around here.
September 17, 2025 at 5:37 PM
It has been a good year for turtle-spotting around here.
A new 6-song EP that I’m happy to share. freesoil.hearnow.com/dogs-dream
Dogs Dream
freesoil.hearnow.com
September 6, 2025 at 7:45 PM
A new 6-song EP that I’m happy to share. freesoil.hearnow.com/dogs-dream