Lisa Hirsch
@lisairontongue.bsky.social
Music writer (SF Classical Voice, SF Chronicle, Opera). Blogs at irontongue.blogspot.com. Alto, martial artist. Former tech writer. Music, books, politics, food, public health. Cis, queer, Jewish. I instablock men who follow only women's accounts.
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Lisa Hirsch
@lisairontongue.bsky.social
· Apr 12
My posts are roughly 40% classical music and opera; 40% leftist politics; 20% books / food / cat photos / architecture / other stuff.
Commments on Gautier Capuçon's cello recital from this past Sunday.
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November 21, 2025 at 1:08 AM
Commments on Gautier Capuçon's cello recital from this past Sunday.
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Trump is calling for members of Congress to be arrested and/or hanged for reminding our military and IC that they have an obligation to refuse illegal orders.
November 20, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Trump is calling for members of Congress to be arrested and/or hanged for reminding our military and IC that they have an obligation to refuse illegal orders.
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U.S. Coast Guard will no longer classify swastikas, nooses as hate symbols
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U.S. Coast Guard will no longer classify swastikas, nooses as hate symbols
The military service, which falls under the Department of Homeland Security, has drafted a new policy that classifies such items “potentially divisive.”
wapo.st
November 20, 2025 at 7:10 PM
U.S. Coast Guard will no longer classify swastikas, nooses as hate symbols
wapo.st/3Mbd9a6
wapo.st/3Mbd9a6
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NEW: Sean Duffy frequently calls safety his “top priority” as transportation secretary. But I spent months wading through regulatory notices and found something far different: that USDOT has been delaying, weakening and killing dozens of safety rules, many opposed by the transportation industry.🧵
November 20, 2025 at 12:36 PM
NEW: Sean Duffy frequently calls safety his “top priority” as transportation secretary. But I spent months wading through regulatory notices and found something far different: that USDOT has been delaying, weakening and killing dozens of safety rules, many opposed by the transportation industry.🧵
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Who is gonna introduce nuzzi to larry summers
November 18, 2025 at 5:50 AM
Who is gonna introduce nuzzi to larry summers
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Larry Summers was doing dating the right way.
by Ezra Klein
by Ezra Klein
November 17, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Larry Summers was doing dating the right way.
by Ezra Klein
by Ezra Klein
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This is torture & should be condemned by the International Criminal Court.
"A Chinese immigrant was found dead in U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detention, with his hands and feet tied behind him, an attorney has alleged."
www.newsweek.com/ice-detainee...
www.newsweek.com/ice-detainee...
Man detained by ICE found dead, hanging with hands and feet tied—attorney
The Chinese national died in Pennsylvania in August, but his family's requests for answers from DHS have gone unmet.
www.newsweek.com
November 20, 2025 at 5:23 AM
This is torture & should be condemned by the International Criminal Court.
One of the responses to my post about Larry Summers amounted to "he only pointed to standard deviations." Here's a report on what Summers said. I'd consider what he said pretty disparaging.
www.insidehighered.com/news/2005/02...
www.insidehighered.com/news/2005/02...
November 20, 2025 at 4:09 AM
One of the responses to my post about Larry Summers amounted to "he only pointed to standard deviations." Here's a report on what Summers said. I'd consider what he said pretty disparaging.
www.insidehighered.com/news/2005/02...
www.insidehighered.com/news/2005/02...
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NEW: After fighting to keep emails between Texas Gov. Greg Abbott’s office and billionaire Elon Musk’s companies secret, officials have released nearly 1,400 pages of documents to The Texas Newsroom.
All but about 200 pages are blacked out.
All but about 200 pages are blacked out.
Gov. Greg Abbott Was Ordered to Release Some of His Emails With Elon Musk. Most Are Blacked Out.
Months after fighting to keep secret emails between Gov. Greg Abbott and Elon Musk, Texas officials released 1,400 pages of records. But they reveal little about the two men’s relationship or Musk’s influence over state government.
www.propublica.org
November 19, 2025 at 2:00 PM
NEW: After fighting to keep emails between Texas Gov. Greg Abbott’s office and billionaire Elon Musk’s companies secret, officials have released nearly 1,400 pages of documents to The Texas Newsroom.
All but about 200 pages are blacked out.
All but about 200 pages are blacked out.
Reminder to Harvard: the time to fire Larry Summers was when he publicly disparaged women's intellectual capabilities.
November 20, 2025 at 1:58 AM
Reminder to Harvard: the time to fire Larry Summers was when he publicly disparaged women's intellectual capabilities.
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This is pretty amazing. This guy just won a solid victory in Bucks County, PA, one of the most important swing counties in the country, by *explicitly and deliberately* making his race *all about* nationalizing ICE raids. Confirms the point about this now being a winning issue for Dems.
November 19, 2025 at 5:02 PM
This is pretty amazing. This guy just won a solid victory in Bucks County, PA, one of the most important swing counties in the country, by *explicitly and deliberately* making his race *all about* nationalizing ICE raids. Confirms the point about this now being a winning issue for Dems.
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I wanna invent time travel and then require every high school student to take a class called "All The Shit We Fixed Before You Got Here" where they tour smog-filled US cities, polio wards, pre-vaccine hospitals, buildings with no safety regulations, kids working in mines, etc.
November 19, 2025 at 7:32 PM
I wanna invent time travel and then require every high school student to take a class called "All The Shit We Fixed Before You Got Here" where they tour smog-filled US cities, polio wards, pre-vaccine hospitals, buildings with no safety regulations, kids working in mines, etc.
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I am beyond furious at this ignorant, hateful government and its short-sighted policies that push conformity to some global conspiracy nonsense over the wellbeing of our kids. Here’s some actual informed science about puberty blockers. www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-con...
Puberty blockers for transgender and gender-diverse youth
Understand how puberty blockers work to suppress puberty. Learn about their benefits, side effects and long-term effects.
www.mayoclinic.org
November 19, 2025 at 6:37 AM
I am beyond furious at this ignorant, hateful government and its short-sighted policies that push conformity to some global conspiracy nonsense over the wellbeing of our kids. Here’s some actual informed science about puberty blockers. www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-con...
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Posting for a friend - helping Shay is one tangible thing you could do today to make the world better. She has been working so hard and a setback like this is devastating for her, and the sort of thing that gets families torn apart.
She only has cashapp - $shaybayy98
#mutualaid #mutualaidsky 💸💕
She only has cashapp - $shaybayy98
#mutualaid #mutualaidsky 💸💕
November 19, 2025 at 2:05 AM
Posting for a friend - helping Shay is one tangible thing you could do today to make the world better. She has been working so hard and a setback like this is devastating for her, and the sort of thing that gets families torn apart.
She only has cashapp - $shaybayy98
#mutualaid #mutualaidsky 💸💕
She only has cashapp - $shaybayy98
#mutualaid #mutualaidsky 💸💕
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Marjorie Taylor Greene has been disliked by the left for years and years and had never had to fear for her life. She's been disliked by the right for 1 day and now has to hire security.
November 18, 2025 at 1:09 AM
Marjorie Taylor Greene has been disliked by the left for years and years and had never had to fear for her life. She's been disliked by the right for 1 day and now has to hire security.
@elisabethbik.bsky.social My partner was one of Dr. Bero's postdocs, then in her research group, publishing some papers with her.
November 19, 2025 at 12:01 AM
@elisabethbik.bsky.social My partner was one of Dr. Bero's postdocs, then in her research group, publishing some papers with her.
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This is a wonderful critique of a recent decree to silence indigenous languages in educational settings in Nigeria, or as the author so aptly puts it, "On the Silencing of our Tongues." I wish the Lagos Review was here to add to the BLK Sky conversation.
An Open Letter to the Honourable Minister of Education, Federal Republic of Nigeria on the Silencing of Our Tongues - The Lagos Review
To argue then, a mere three years into an experiment of teaching our children in their mother tongues is the reason for their poor...
thelagosreview.ng
November 16, 2025 at 5:21 PM
This is a wonderful critique of a recent decree to silence indigenous languages in educational settings in Nigeria, or as the author so aptly puts it, "On the Silencing of our Tongues." I wish the Lagos Review was here to add to the BLK Sky conversation.
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I will never forget having to edit Jamal’s final, posthumous piece for the Washington Post, after he was murdered.
He was calling for free expression in the Arab world. You can read it here :
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/glo...
He was calling for free expression in the Arab world. You can read it here :
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/glo...
Opinion | Jamal Khashoggi: What the Arab world needs most is free expression
The Arab world needs a modern version of the old transnational media so citizens can be informed about global events.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 18, 2025 at 6:48 PM
I will never forget having to edit Jamal’s final, posthumous piece for the Washington Post, after he was murdered.
He was calling for free expression in the Arab world. You can read it here :
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/glo...
He was calling for free expression in the Arab world. You can read it here :
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/glo...
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Speaker Mike Johnson is lying. The Epstein Files were not released during Biden Administration because there was an open investigation. That ended when Supreme Court denied Ghislaine Maxwell’s case in October 2025!
If Trump wanted to release the files no vote is needed . He can just do it, now.
If Trump wanted to release the files no vote is needed . He can just do it, now.
November 18, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Speaker Mike Johnson is lying. The Epstein Files were not released during Biden Administration because there was an open investigation. That ended when Supreme Court denied Ghislaine Maxwell’s case in October 2025!
If Trump wanted to release the files no vote is needed . He can just do it, now.
If Trump wanted to release the files no vote is needed . He can just do it, now.
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If you email us proof of cancellation of your New York Times subscription (send to help@currentaffairs.org), we’ll give you a FREE year-long digital subscription to Current Affairs.
NYT continues its long history of publishing op-eds pushing criminal wars of aggression
November 17, 2025 at 8:38 PM
If you email us proof of cancellation of your New York Times subscription (send to help@currentaffairs.org), we’ll give you a FREE year-long digital subscription to Current Affairs.
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If there is one thing Trump will go to the mat to protect, it's a sex offender.
NEW: The White House intervened on behalf of accused sex trafficker Andrew Tate during a federal investigation.
“It was so offensive to what we’re all here to do, to uphold the law and protect the American people,” one official involved said.
“It was so offensive to what we’re all here to do, to uphold the law and protect the American people,” one official involved said.
The White House Intervened on Behalf of Accused Sex Trafficker Andrew Tate During a Federal Investigation
Federal authorities were chided for seizing electronic devices from Tate and his brother, and told to return them, records and interviews show. Experts said the intervention was highly inappropriate.
www.propublica.org
November 18, 2025 at 6:03 PM
If there is one thing Trump will go to the mat to protect, it's a sex offender.
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This is your regularly-scheduled reminder that I share a ton of job opportunities in marine biology, ocean conservation, and environmental communications over on my LinkedIn page. You can follow me there to stay in the loop.
www.linkedin.com/in/david-shi...
www.linkedin.com/in/david-shi...
www.linkedin.com
November 18, 2025 at 4:54 PM
This is your regularly-scheduled reminder that I share a ton of job opportunities in marine biology, ocean conservation, and environmental communications over on my LinkedIn page. You can follow me there to stay in the loop.
www.linkedin.com/in/david-shi...
www.linkedin.com/in/david-shi...
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Question for any romance novel history people out there: does anyone know who might have been the first romance author to write/publish strict dual POV, ie: in equally distributed, alternating chapters? (Or, first-ish, I know tracking firstness in literature is complicated)
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November 18, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Question for any romance novel history people out there: does anyone know who might have been the first romance author to write/publish strict dual POV, ie: in equally distributed, alternating chapters? (Or, first-ish, I know tracking firstness in literature is complicated)
Feel free to RT/boost
Feel free to RT/boost