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David Leheny

@davidleheny.bsky.social

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Political scientist at GSAPS, Waseda University. Formerly UW-Madison, Princeton, U.S. Department of State, Stop & Shop. Author of Empire of Hope; The Rules of Play; Think Global, Fear Local (all Cornell UP). Coeditor of Stanford Studies in Asian Security.

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David Leheny @davidleheny.bsky.social · Sep 13

"My name is Hercule Poirot, and I am probably the greatest detective in the world because I am the one parents call when they realize their son did it."

Hercule Poirot probably from the BBC but honestly who cares

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David Leheny @davidleheny.bsky.social · 3h

That’s what I’m seeing but I’ve gotten dates wrong too many times to count.

David Leheny @davidleheny.bsky.social · 11h

Jazz OTD: It's a bit early in the morning for me, so to commemorate Wayne Shorter's famously complex, hard-charging masterpiece "The All-Seeing Eye" (recorded October 15, 1965) here's the most outwardly calm, ruminative piece on the great album. #jazzsky

Face Of The Deep

YouTube video by Wayne Shorter - Topic

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Luke Plunkett @lukeplunkett.com · 14h

kids teacher just sent this home as part of an assignment he's doing and i want to smash every computer at the school

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David Leheny @davidleheny.bsky.social · 12h

Jazz OTD: This gorgeous version of the Lionel Hampton/Sonny Burke/Johnny Mercer song "Midnight Sun" was one of 11 tracks Ella Fitzgerald recorded on October 15, 1957 with a Frank DeVol-led orchestra for her album "Like Someone In Love." #Jazzsky

Ella Fitzgerald - Midnight Sun (1957)

YouTube video by sondenkind

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David Leheny @davidleheny.bsky.social · 16h

I used Sora to generate a version of Lego Batman with Patrick Wilson in the Will Arnett role

David Leheny @davidleheny.bsky.social · 1d

Also seeing those reports. Awful if true. Couldn't agree more about his greatness.

David Leheny @davidleheny.bsky.social · 1d

Jazz OTD: Drummer Billy Hart's masterful quartet -- with Mark Turner (ts), @ethaniversonpiano.bsky.social, and Ben Street (b) -- will play next month at Harlem's Smoke for the release of their forthcoming album. They recorded "Quartet" on October 14-15, 2005, and it's absolutely wonderful. #jazzsky

Billy Hart - Irah

YouTube video by Jazz Everyday!

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David Leheny @davidleheny.bsky.social · 2d

Amazing that the only professionally acceptable response feels a bit like courage, given what chumps these media fixtures have been

The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 2d

Breaking news: The Washington Post joined the New York Times, CNN and the Atlantic in refusing to sign the Defense Department’s restrictive new press policy, citing First Amendment concerns.

Prominent news outlets reject Pentagon rules before signing deadline

The Washington Post and other major news outlets have refused to sign the Defense Department’s restrictive new press policy, citing First Amendment concerns.

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David Leheny @davidleheny.bsky.social · 2d

My cursed iPhone number now getting messages from MAGA accounts actually apologizing for being too busy scamming me to be my friend

Actual text message I just got because the dolt who has this number before I got it apparently loved getting MAGAscammed

“I wish I could grab a beer with you, but this text will have to do. My name's Tom, and I was hoping you could just hear me out: 25gop.net/y876fb stop=end”

David Leheny @davidleheny.bsky.social · 2d

My apologies and my humble thanks....

David Leheny @davidleheny.bsky.social · 2d

Generations of “Strike Hard” anti-corruption campaigns by China’s Communist Party can’t be wrong

David Leheny @davidleheny.bsky.social · 2d

My cellphone number is utterly cursed

Text message “confirming” my order of a Department of War shirt as a method presumably of making me MAGA scam victim #400,000,000.

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David Leheny @davidleheny.bsky.social · 2d

Ha! Now I know the Sonny who has brought me the most misery

David Leheny @davidleheny.bsky.social · 2d

He paved the way for more Italian-American stereotypes than anyone in history, so no

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David Leheny @davidleheny.bsky.social · 2d

Generic spoiler alert: Because I'm an old man and like old-man entertainment, I mostly enjoyed Season 1 of Ballard, but holy cow were the last 10 minutes profoundly stupid.

David Leheny @davidleheny.bsky.social · 2d

You can't forget something you'd never heard of and now really wish you hadn't.

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David Leheny @davidleheny.bsky.social · 2d

My personal ranking of the Sonnys:

1. Rollins
2. Clark
3. Criss
4. Stitt
5. Boy Williamson
6-9: Some other guys I could find on wikipedia if I were less lazy
10. Bono

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David Leheny @davidleheny.bsky.social · 2d

Jazz OTD: Sonny Clark recorded one of the all-time great piano trio albums (with bassist Paul Chambers and drummer Philly Joe Jones) on October 13, 1957. All bebop covers and standards, each brimming with vitality, adventurousness, peerless virtuosity. Still absolutely magical. #jazzsky

Tadd's Delight (Remastered 2001/Rudy Van Gelder Edition)

YouTube video by Sonny Clark - Topic

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David Leheny @davidleheny.bsky.social · 3d

One of my treasured if terribly incomplete memories is of watching a late-night screening of this in a massive, now-defunct theater in Tokyo, followed by an interview with (if I remember correctly) the screenwriter

The Verge @theverge.com · 3d

You need to watch the bonkers Japanese fantasy horror film House

The nightmare logic and surreal visuals of Japanese fantasy horror film House will leave you wondering “WTF did I just watch?”

buff.ly

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David Leheny @davidleheny.bsky.social · 3d

As long as it’s not Tylenol

David Leheny @davidleheny.bsky.social · 3d

Arranger, composer, educator, and tenor saxophonist Tim Ries has built much of his career playing with and interpreting The Rolling Stones, but here's a wonderful rendition of Ornette Coleman's "Jayne," from "Universal Spirits," recorded October 12, 1997. #jazzsky

Jayne

YouTube video by Tim Ries - Topic

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David Leheny @davidleheny.bsky.social · 4d

God I hate the cellphone number I got stuck with upon moving back to the US for this year

More MAGA lunacy in the text messages on my cellphone

David Leheny @davidleheny.bsky.social · 4d

Great description

David Leheny @davidleheny.bsky.social · 4d

Jazz OTD: October 11, 1939 - the recording of one of the all-time Jazz singles, Coleman Hawkins’s indelible rendition of “Body and Soul.” As close to perfect as recorded music can get. #jazzsky

Coleman Hawkins (1939) [BODY AND SOUL]

YouTube video by JGC History

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David Leheny @davidleheny.bsky.social · 5d

Jazz OTD: At age 22, Jimmy Greene recorded his debut album as leader on October 10, 1997, immediately displaying the expressiveness and technique that would make him one of the leading tenor saxophonists of his generation. Terrific arrangement here of a Cole Porter standard. #jazzsky

I Love You

YouTube video by Jimmy Greene - Topic

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