We’re in an open-ended fight against the forces of fascism and the NYT is being willfully obtuse about why a New York mayoral candidate born in Uganda of Indian and Indian-Ugandan parents might not approach identity boxes the same way a white editor born on the Upper East Side would. GTFOH.

RIP Amadou Bagayoko.

Amadou et Mariam were my introduction to Malian music many years ago, opening up a whole new world for me.

Obviously there were several before it but Dimanche à Bamako is probably my favorite album they put out:

youtu.be/J43T8rEOg-I?...