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Writer, poet, lyricist, and lifelong political activist. Granddaddio to three exceptional children. True believer in music as the curative for man’s continuing wanderings through the desert.
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My hatred for Norah O’Donnell was ignited during her interview of Kamala Harris prior to the beginning of the 2020 primary season. She was dismissive and condescending of Harris’s efforts and especially rude, not allowing Harris to answer questions. She’s an underwhelming intellectual lightweight.
November 3, 2025 at 10:59 PM
Let me make this clear—Trump approved and posted this abhorrent video. He didn’t conceive it and didn’t produce it. Cheung, Scavino and Miller are the perpetrators, the heinous street capos of the Trump mob, whose grimy fingerprints are all over the fascist communications program in the White House.
October 19, 2025 at 11:42 PM
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October 11, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Congratulations to this year’s Nobel Physics laureates — all 3 @uofcalifornia.bsky.social professors.

Home to groundbreaking physicists, including 2 immigrants leading the world in innovation & possibility, California is proud to dream big & deliver even bigger.

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Nobel Prize in Physics 2025
The Nobel Prize in Physics 2025 was awarded jointly to John Clarke, Michel H. Devoret and John M. Martinis "for the discovery of macroscopic quantum mechanical tunnelling and energy quantisation in an...
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October 8, 2025 at 3:43 AM
@whodat35.bsky.social

I’ve been saying this, in one form or another, since July. We lack the national leadership required to make this happen, as fear of negative outcomes riddle the minds of those we’ve counted upon in the past.
It fucking needs to happen. It can’t wait for the fair winds we all seek. They won’t arrive in time, if ever. Set a date. In every city and hamlet. And if the authoritarians don’t listen, do it again…and again…and again, until the country musters the belief they can reclaim the mantle of democracy.
October 7, 2025 at 12:58 PM
30 years ago, this guy was a reasonable member of the court, someone you could count on to deliver thoughtful position statements, even if you disagreed with him. Then perhaps, to be charitable, he stroked out. He’s become churlish and a classic cretin. And as you say Jamie, a liar, the worst sin.
October 6, 2025 at 9:17 PM
Without doubt, he is ignorant, evil, and sadistic. This is not only the Mango Monkey and Goebbels, but most importantly, the big, fat tub of goo, Steven Cheung. He sloshes around in the background, unhinging Trump to wreak his havoc. He’s Jaba the Hutt in real life with an intent to destroy us.
Apocalypse Now is about an American failure and moral depravity during war- in this case, the war in Vietnam. He is incredibly ignorant.
September 6, 2025 at 7:24 PM
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Make Sure Everyone Knows 😊💙

HOLY S**T look at this: Florida GOP Senator Rick Scott just quietly disclosed stock trades a year late – worth $26 MILLION – on companies HE LEGISLATED. 😳 This is corrupt to its core, and he's hoping no one will notice. You know what to do.
August 25, 2025 at 2:51 PM
What do we think is going to happen when Bondi turns over documents to Congress this week? Do you think Trump’s name will be seen in any of them? They’ve spent 10 years scrubbing them of any inference to the motherfucker. All that’s left is 200 million pissed off Americans with no place to turn.
August 20, 2025 at 3:12 AM
@therealjackhopkins.bsky.social

Agree with you but may happen in a rush. From yesterday…
It wasn’t in my state or my county. It wasn’t in my town or my community, and certainly, not on my street. It wasn’t just around the corner, that is, until I turned that corner. And suddenly, and inexplicably, there it was.

Martial Law. In America.

And it wasn’t just happening here—but everywhere.
August 12, 2025 at 4:09 AM
@support.bsky.team

Please respond. The issue continues.
@support.bsky.team
Why do virtually all news related videos on my line stop 20-40 seconds in and refuse to complete no matter how many time I try to start from the pause? This has occurred consistently for weeks. Have I done something to my iPhone?
August 11, 2025 at 5:30 AM
It wasn’t in my state or my county. It wasn’t in my town or my community, and certainly, not on my street. It wasn’t just around the corner, that is, until I turned that corner. And suddenly, and inexplicably, there it was.

Martial Law. In America.

And it wasn’t just happening here—but everywhere.
August 11, 2025 at 5:12 AM
@maggiewaits.bsky.social

youtube.com/watch?v=FExB...

Huge in my introduction to Cool Jazz after an early life of bebop, post-bop and Bossa Nova. Saw him at the newly opened Roxy in LA in ‘76 and at the Hollywood Bowl in ‘78. A good guy, a great performer and the tightest backup group. A loss.
July 26, 2025 at 9:41 AM
@maggiewaits.bsky.social

youtube.com/watch?v=FExB...

Huge in my introduction to Cool Jazz after an early life of bebop, post-bop and Bossa Nova. Saw him at the newly opened Roxy in LA in ‘76 and at the Hollywood Bowl in ‘78. A good guy, a great performer and the tightest backup group. A loss.
Feels So Good
YouTube video by Chuck Mangione - Topic
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July 26, 2025 at 9:40 AM
@maggiewaits.bsky.social

youtube.com/watch?v=FExB...

Huge in my introduction to Cool Jazz after an early life of bebop, post-bop and Bossa Nova. Saw him at the newly opened Roxy in LA in ‘76 and at the Hollywood Bowl in ‘78. A good guy, a great performer and the tightest backup group. A loss.
Feels So Good
YouTube video by Chuck Mangione - Topic
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July 26, 2025 at 9:32 AM
And by the way, McAfee has always been a clueless, soulless hitman for the 1%. He’s the Jimmy Swaggart of sports commentary. He’s the Stephen Miller shadow permeating the shallow minds of sports fans hidden in the hollows throughout America. He’s like an aardvark that never dies.
July 15, 2025 at 8:13 AM
@maggiewaits.bsky.social

A lazy mid-summer morning with an extraordinary voice reminding us of the vagaries of life.

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Sarah Vaughan - Sophisticated Lady (Roulette Records 1961)
YouTube video by RoundMidnightTV
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July 13, 2025 at 2:56 PM
@maggiewaits.bsky.social
As a modest complement to your wonderful choice this morning. Always. Ice to awake to a maggiewaits offering

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You Are Too Beautiful
YouTube video by John Coltrane - Topic
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July 11, 2025 at 1:01 PM
@support.bsky.team
Why do virtually all news related videos on my line stop 20-40 seconds in and refuse to complete no matter how many time I try to start from the pause? This has occurred consistently for weeks. Have I done something to my iPhone?
July 8, 2025 at 4:18 PM
@lifesafeast.bsky.social

Hope things are well at the hotel!
In the early ‘60, new to television, my siblings and I would watch 1942’s Yankee Doodle Dandy, starring James Cagney. It was on every night on Channel Nine and as we learned the score and sang the songs, we began to learn the history of America. This Michael Curtiz film was a masterpiece. 1 of 2/
July 5, 2025 at 9:15 AM
My mother, a middle school social studies teacher would answer questions posed during the movie with her standard answer: “Look it up in World Book.” We did and our love for American history grew from engaging with this verdant piece of Americana. We believed in truth and justice. Where are we now?
July 5, 2025 at 9:05 AM