Bill Levay
@wjlevay.net
Archivist at the NY Philharmonic. Teacher at Pratt iSchool.
Happy 60th birthday, Björk, to all who celebrate
The Sugarcubes - Birthday (Official Music Video) [HD Upgrade]
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November 21, 2025 at 10:11 PM
Happy 60th birthday, Björk, to all who celebrate
What perfect album came out the year you turned 16?
November 17, 2025 at 6:06 PM
What perfect album came out the year you turned 16?
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"World's first potential trillionaire has killed 600,000 people, including 400,000 children" is the only headline that anyone should ever read about Elon Musk
One analytical model shows that, as of November 5th, the dismantling of U.S.A.I.D. has already caused the deaths of 600,000 people, two-thirds of them children. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/jUzNSc
The Shutdown of U.S.A.I.D. Has Already Killed Hundreds of Thousands
The short documentary “Rovina’s Choice” tells the story of what goes when aid goes.
newyorkermag.visitlink.me
November 7, 2025 at 1:33 AM
"World's first potential trillionaire has killed 600,000 people, including 400,000 children" is the only headline that anyone should ever read about Elon Musk
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There are more of us than there are of them.
November 5, 2025 at 2:31 AM
There are more of us than there are of them.
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Good things are possible and we don’t have to settle.
November 5, 2025 at 3:35 AM
Good things are possible and we don’t have to settle.
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We did it for you Dick Cheney
November 5, 2025 at 2:32 AM
We did it for you Dick Cheney
Proud of my wife Nicole, whose new book The Power Within launched today.
This is the first anthology she’s built herself, curating, editing, and guiding 11 women’s stories of healing and resilience.
I helped with editing and was inspired by all of the essays
www.amazon.com/dp/1962407993
This is the first anthology she’s built herself, curating, editing, and guiding 11 women’s stories of healing and resilience.
I helped with editing and was inspired by all of the essays
www.amazon.com/dp/1962407993
The Power Within: Somatic & Spiritual Stories of Resilience
The Power Within: Somatic & Spiritual Stories of Resilience [Levay, Nicole Smith, Burns, Margaret, Joong, Stephanie, Klum, Victoria, Long, Samantha, Mahon, Caitlin, Marie, Cinzia, Millay Normand, Amanda, Thompson O’Hare, Mary Jane, Wulfsberg, Cyndy] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. The Power Within: Somatic & Spiritual Stories of Resilience
www.amazon.com
October 29, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Proud of my wife Nicole, whose new book The Power Within launched today.
This is the first anthology she’s built herself, curating, editing, and guiding 11 women’s stories of healing and resilience.
I helped with editing and was inspired by all of the essays
www.amazon.com/dp/1962407993
This is the first anthology she’s built herself, curating, editing, and guiding 11 women’s stories of healing and resilience.
I helped with editing and was inspired by all of the essays
www.amazon.com/dp/1962407993
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I don't know if there's ever been a culture more in love with charlatans than ours. "Success" defined entirely by how good you are at tricking people into giving you money. An entire country of aspiring slop merchants
May 19, 2025 at 3:22 PM
I don't know if there's ever been a culture more in love with charlatans than ours. "Success" defined entirely by how good you are at tricking people into giving you money. An entire country of aspiring slop merchants
This guy is a joke.
Andrew Cuomo is incapable of speaking clearly and directly about Trump’s authoritarianism.
October 12, 2025 at 4:20 PM
This guy is a joke.
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Bilge Ebiri asks Jim Jarmusch a question we've always wondered about when it comes to indie filmmakers: “How do you pay the bills?”
September 29, 2025 at 11:12 PM
Bilge Ebiri asks Jim Jarmusch a question we've always wondered about when it comes to indie filmmakers: “How do you pay the bills?”
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Democrats in the Senate: "I dunno about this Mamdani guy. He's said some pretty disturbing things about defunding the police and globalizing the intifada, or so I've been told"
also Democrats in the Senate: "I voted for a National Day of Remembrance for Charlie Kirk"
also Democrats in the Senate: "I voted for a National Day of Remembrance for Charlie Kirk"
September 19, 2025 at 11:25 PM
Democrats in the Senate: "I dunno about this Mamdani guy. He's said some pretty disturbing things about defunding the police and globalizing the intifada, or so I've been told"
also Democrats in the Senate: "I voted for a National Day of Remembrance for Charlie Kirk"
also Democrats in the Senate: "I voted for a National Day of Remembrance for Charlie Kirk"
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"Can they truly be so ignorant to the words of a man they have so rushed to memorialize? I don’t know. But the most telling detail in Klein’s column was that, for all his praise, there was not a single word in the piece from Kirk himself."
Ta-Nehisi Coates, with receipts.
Ta-Nehisi Coates, with receipts.
Charlie Kirk, Redeemed: A Political Class Finds Its Lost Cause
By ignoring the rhetoric and actions of the Turning Point USA founder, pundits and politicians are sanitizing his legacy.
www.vanityfair.com
September 16, 2025 at 9:26 PM
"Can they truly be so ignorant to the words of a man they have so rushed to memorialize? I don’t know. But the most telling detail in Klein’s column was that, for all his praise, there was not a single word in the piece from Kirk himself."
Ta-Nehisi Coates, with receipts.
Ta-Nehisi Coates, with receipts.
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What centrist libs can't seem to internalize is that the US contains a large, longstanding, well-funded political movement that *wants political violence and authoritarianism*. It does not need to be provoked in any way in order to pursue those goals.
September 12, 2025 at 11:49 PM
What centrist libs can't seem to internalize is that the US contains a large, longstanding, well-funded political movement that *wants political violence and authoritarianism*. It does not need to be provoked in any way in order to pursue those goals.
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I wrote my own Charlie Kirk obituary, and about valuing truth over manners: www.thenation.com/article/poli...
Charlie Kirk’s Legacy Deserves No Mourning
The white Christian nationalist provocateur wasn't a promoter of civil discourse. He preached hate, bigotry, and division
www.thenation.com
September 12, 2025 at 8:42 PM
I wrote my own Charlie Kirk obituary, and about valuing truth over manners: www.thenation.com/article/poli...
On the recommendation of @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social I picked this up from my local Patel Brothers and brought it to the family Labor Day party. Good stuff! Next time I’ll try Hot.
September 2, 2025 at 12:22 AM
On the recommendation of @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social I picked this up from my local Patel Brothers and brought it to the family Labor Day party. Good stuff! Next time I’ll try Hot.
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As a friend recently put it: the venn diagram of people who assured us the gun violence was worth it because we need the guns to protect ourselves against a tyrannical federal government and the people cheering on Trump as he deploys the military to take over American cities is a circle
Q: Would you welcome federal resources going into a part of South Carolina with a high crime rate?
Nancy Mace: I hear that DC is safer than it's ever been…I look forward to watching the videos of soldiers entering Chicago
Nancy Mace: I hear that DC is safer than it's ever been…I look forward to watching the videos of soldiers entering Chicago
August 31, 2025 at 11:22 PM
As a friend recently put it: the venn diagram of people who assured us the gun violence was worth it because we need the guns to protect ourselves against a tyrannical federal government and the people cheering on Trump as he deploys the military to take over American cities is a circle
Watching/rewatching ALIEN films and I can’t believe I slept on PROMETHEUS for so long. This is extremely my shit. Certainly not a perfect movie but I loved it.
August 24, 2025 at 5:52 PM
Watching/rewatching ALIEN films and I can’t believe I slept on PROMETHEUS for so long. This is extremely my shit. Certainly not a perfect movie but I loved it.
Finally got around to replacing the 10-year-old drives in my even older Synology NAS
August 23, 2025 at 9:20 PM
Finally got around to replacing the 10-year-old drives in my even older Synology NAS
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"In terms of its underlying causes, the current homelessness crisis is very nearly the opposite of the 20th century urban crime wave. It is a product of affluence, inequality, and political sclerosis." publiccomment.blog/p/notes-on-a...
Notes On a Nonexistent Crime Wave
If American cities aren't war zones, they must be turned into war zones
publiccomment.blog
August 18, 2025 at 4:42 PM
"In terms of its underlying causes, the current homelessness crisis is very nearly the opposite of the 20th century urban crime wave. It is a product of affluence, inequality, and political sclerosis." publiccomment.blog/p/notes-on-a...
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This article doesn’t quote a single New Yorker whose supposed nerves were struck by Cuomo’s attack.
Everyone quoted who is not directly employed by Cuomo or Cuomo himself - including a real estate lobbyist and Cuomo-backer Ritchie Torres - says it’s a dumb attack and a bad policy.
Everyone quoted who is not directly employed by Cuomo or Cuomo himself - including a real estate lobbyist and Cuomo-backer Ritchie Torres - says it’s a dumb attack and a bad policy.
Cuomo’s Attack on Mamdani’s Apartment Struck a New York Nerve
www.nytimes.com
August 13, 2025 at 3:55 PM
This article doesn’t quote a single New Yorker whose supposed nerves were struck by Cuomo’s attack.
Everyone quoted who is not directly employed by Cuomo or Cuomo himself - including a real estate lobbyist and Cuomo-backer Ritchie Torres - says it’s a dumb attack and a bad policy.
Everyone quoted who is not directly employed by Cuomo or Cuomo himself - including a real estate lobbyist and Cuomo-backer Ritchie Torres - says it’s a dumb attack and a bad policy.
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August 8, 2025 at 11:19 PM