tmm88.bsky.social
@tmm88.bsky.social
left wing progressive yet politically neutral. keen interest in music, computer science and poetry. interested in analysing the positive and negative impacts of culture and tech towards the development of society. interested in compared religion studies
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Alvin Curran took on this month's Invisible Jukebox.

Listen to the music we played to the composer:

thewire.co.uk/audio/tracks/invisible-jukebox-mix-alvin-curran

Wire subscribers can see what Curran said about each track in the new issue. Buy it here: thewire.co.uk/shop/
April 17, 2025 at 2:15 PM
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Os bloquistas querem saber se o Governo vai abrir um inquérito interno para resolver o caso do capítulo desaparecido do Relatório Anual de Segurança Interna.
Bloco envia 16 questões a Montenegro a pedir “esclarecimentos cabais” sobre o RASI
Os bloquistas querem saber se o Governo vai abrir um inquérito interno para resolver o caso do capítulo desaparecido do Relatório Anual de Segurança Interna.
www.publico.pt
April 17, 2025 at 4:26 PM
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The Wire 495 is out now!

Our brand new issue features aya on the cover + Satch Hoyt, Ailie Ormston, Joke Lanz, Bios Contrast, Laura Cocks, MIC, John King, Trân Uy Đúc, Alvin Curran's Invisible Jukebox, plus 40 pages of reviews.

Buy here: thewire.co.uk/issues/495
April 8, 2025 at 2:17 PM
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Michael Roth, Wesleyan University's first Jewish president, says the Trump administration is using antisemitism as a "cloak" to get universities to be loyal to the president.
Wesleyan University president says Trump's antisemitism fight doesn't protect Jews
Michael Roth, Wesleyan University's first Jewish president, says the Trump administration is using antisemitism as a "cloak" to get universities to be loyal to the president.
www.npr.org
April 17, 2025 at 5:28 PM
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WBEZ reporter Mariah Woelfel was in DC to get these behind-the-scenes moments at Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson’s congressional grilling www.wbez.org/politics/202...
Behind the scenes at Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson’s congressional grilling
Johnson had a gameplan of what he wanted to stress to congressional Republicans in his testimony. In fact, he made his point at least 18 times.
www.wbez.org
March 6, 2025 at 5:39 PM
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Federal officials said they were doing wellness checks on children who arrived unaccompanied at the border. School administrators turned them away.

(via @laist.com)
Homeland Security agents attempted to enter 2 LAUSD schools. Here's what families should know
Federal agents were turned away from two South Los Angeles elementary schools this week, the district’s superintendent says.
laist.com
April 11, 2025 at 1:35 AM
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Nancy By Ernie Bushmiller
April 11,1945
April 11, 2025 at 3:11 PM
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Nubya Garcia Embarks On ‘Odyssey’ For ‘Tiny Desk Concert’
Nubya Garcia Embarks On ‘Odyssey’ For ‘Tiny Desk Concert’
Nubya Garcia’s 'Tiny Desk Concert' saw the British saxophonist performing songs from her 2024 album, 'Odyssey.'
www.jambase.com
April 10, 2025 at 4:19 PM
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SIUE leaders are proposing the elimination of six bachelor degree specializations as part of its effort to cut costs because of a budget deficit:
SIUE’s deficit is down to $7M, as campus leaders propose cutting more programs
Last month, campus leaders proposed getting rid of the physics major and minor, which was met with skepticism from some faculty and staff.
www.stlpr.org
April 11, 2025 at 3:54 PM
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Going to upgrade my #Unraid server this weekend. 2TB cache pool, and an extra 8tb of space.
April 10, 2025 at 10:40 PM
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Congratulations to Paula Bohince and Aaron Fagan, whose poetry collections will be published this autumn as part of the 2025 Princeton Series of Contemporary Poets. Their work was selected by series editor Rowan Ricardo Phillips from among nearly 300 submissions. bit.ly/41VIIKK

#PoetryMonth
April 11, 2025 at 2:07 PM
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If the on-again, off-again tariff announcements by President Trump have struck you as unusual, that’s for good reason. Nothing like this has ever happened before, one expert said.
How This Trade War Is Different From All Other Trade Wars
By acting on his own, President Trump has broken with more than 200 years of U.S. history in which Congress set the direction of trade policy.
www.nytimes.com
April 11, 2025 at 12:32 PM
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Congrès du PS : les opposants d’Olivier Faure font cause commune
Congrès du PS : les opposants d’Olivier Faure font cause commune
Les deux courants minoritaires portés par le maire de Rouen, Nicolas Mayer-Rossignol, et l’édile de Vaulx-en-Velin, Hélène Geoffroy, s’allient avec d’anciens « fauristes » pour battre l’actuel premier secrétaire au congrès de juin.
www.lemonde.fr
April 11, 2025 at 12:33 PM
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Highlight of the semester: randomly found the first edition of Bushido that was only sold in Japan from 1905 in the Oxy library!
April 10, 2025 at 6:07 PM
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Enlèvement du cofondateur de Ledger David Balland : le commanditaire présumé mis en examen
Enlèvement du cofondateur de Ledger David Balland : le commanditaire présumé mis en examen
Le suspect – qui conteste les faits – et sa compagne, également poursuivie, risquent la réclusion criminelle à perpétuité et une amende de 1 million d’euros.
www.lemonde.fr
April 11, 2025 at 12:22 PM
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Happy 95th birthday to legendary labor organizer Dolores Huerta!

"My abuelos worked in the lemon and strawberry fields of Central California when Dolores began organizing. What an honor to celebrate Doña Dolores and carry forward her legacy."

@alevazquezbaur.bsky.social
April 10, 2025 at 5:39 PM
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Part of the Space Rider orbital module visited our
@technology.esa.int test centre in The Netherlands for some 🫨 bumpy, 🔊noisy and 💥shocking tests.
It passed all these tests with ease, qualifying the structure for use on the reuseable Space Rider spacecraft.
www.esa.int/Enabling_Sup...
April 10, 2025 at 12:15 PM
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“As I read each of the testimonies I found myself thinking how much I had in common with that author, and whether I agreed with their choices. But whether I identified with them or not … the implicit question always arose: what am I going to do?”

protonsforbreakfast.wordpress.com/2025/04/10/s...
Scientists on Survival: A reflection
Friends, the other day I found myself at a book launch. In Islington! I am beginning to wonder if I have unknowingly become a member of the metropolitan elite. The book in question was Scientists o…
protonsforbreakfast.wordpress.com
April 10, 2025 at 4:12 PM
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President Donald Trump’s roller coaster tariff policy poses one of the starkest tests yet of his ability to defy political gravity, dividing his allies but also showcasing the remarkable faith of his die-hard base.
Tariffs could cost them. They’re still standing by Trump.
Trump’s tariff policy poses a stark test of his ability to defy political gravity, dividing his allies but showcasing the remarkable faith of his die-hard base.
wapo.st
April 11, 2025 at 12:29 PM
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April 10, 2025 at 3:21 PM
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They were careless people, Tom and Daisy- they smashed up things and creatures and then retreated back into their money or their vast carelessness or whatever it was that kept them together, and let other people clean up the mess they had made.

-FS Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby, published 4/10/1925.
April 10, 2025 at 12:32 PM