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Posting about: books, food, history, music, politics, religion, sports…and anything else that comes to mind. https://masscommons.wordpress.com/
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Luke Hill @masscommons.bsky.social · 7h
Waging a Good War: The #MarchOnWashington by Thomas E. Ricks

“In war, #logistics is, like training, one of the preliminaries to combat, the necessary prerequisite to everything that follows. It is what makes the heroics possible.”
#BayardRustin
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Waging A Good War: The March On Washington
(One in a series of posts about Thomas E. Ricks’ 2022 book, Waging a Good War: A Military History Of The Civil Rights Movement, 1954-68.) Marches on Washington are commonplace. There are even…
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Luke Hill @masscommons.bsky.social · 9h
Morning Song - Brown Sugar by D'Angelo

"“See, we be making love constantly,
That’s why my eyes are a shade, blood burgundy…”
#RIP

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Morning Song – Brown Sugar
“Brown Sugar”, a sweet, slinky, soulful ode to the wonders of getting high, is the title cut to D’Angelo’s 1995 debut album in which he performs the not-inconsiderable feat …
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Luke Hill @masscommons.bsky.social · 1d
Waging a Good War: The Battle of #Birmingham by Thomas E. Ricks

“Implementing a classic #Gandhian #nonviolent campaign involves several distinct steps. The Birmingham operation is almost a model of these...."
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Waging A Good War: The Battle Of Birmingham
(One in a series of posts about Thomas E. Ricks’ 2022 book, Waging a Good War: A Military History Of The Civil Rights Movement, 1954-68.) The writing of history inevitably involves smoothing …
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Luke Hill @masscommons.bsky.social · 1d
Morning Song - Walking By Myself by Jimmy Rogers ft. Walter Horton

"...the #best harmonica player I ever heard..." #WillieDixon
#blues

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Morning Song – Walking By Myself
Willie Dixon once called Walter Horton “the best harmonica player I ever heard” and that’s saying something, given the number and quality of harp players Dixon heard in his storie…
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Luke Hill @masscommons.bsky.social · 2d
Waging a Good War: The #Shitshow at Ole Miss by Thomas Ricks

"...an unusual & instructive example of how a racial confrontation during this era unfolded when no leaders of the Movement were present or involved."
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Waging A Good War: The Shitshow At Ole Miss
(One in a series of posts about Thomas E. Ricks’ 2022 book, Waging a Good War: A Military History Of The Civil Rights Movement, 1954-68.) On the surface, James Meredith’s determination …
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Luke Hill @masscommons.bsky.social · 2d
Morning Song - Walls by Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers

"Sundowns are golden,
Then fade away,
And if I never do nothing,
I'm coming back some day."
h/t: #NMH #OutdoorClassroom

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Morning Song – Walls
I mean this in the best way possible: there’s a part of Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers that never left 1965. You can hear it on their 1996 song, “Walls”. It’s got a taste…
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Luke Hill @masscommons.bsky.social · 3d
Waging a Good War: The Lessons of #Albany by Thomas Ricks

“Passion & enthusiasm were no substitute for sound, strategic planning…. When people operated purely on emotion, without organization & planning, it simply didn’t work.” #AndrewYoung
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Waging A Good War: The Lessons Of Albany
(One in a series of posts about Thomas E. Ricks’ 2022 book, Waging a Good War: A Military History Of The Civil Rights Movement, 1954-68.) Ricks compares the Movement’s situation in late…
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Luke Hill @masscommons.bsky.social · 3d
Morning Song - Suite Mode by Redbone

#IndigenousPeoplesDay
#ColumbusDay
#DiaDelEncuentro

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Morning Song – Suite Mode
Here at this little blog we’re starting Indigenous People’s Day/Columbus Day/Dia del Encuentro with a deep cut from Redbone’s 1970 debut album, “Suite Mode”. It’…
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Luke Hill @masscommons.bsky.social · 3d
"I chose a healthy obsession." #investing

Bryan Hinmon on #MoneyUnplugged podcast with @chrishillalx.bsky.social

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Luke Hill @masscommons.bsky.social · 4d
Morning Song - We'll Understand It Better By & By by Theodore Thomas @ Tindley Temple

"And we wonder why the test, when we try to do our best, but...."
#gospel

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Morning Song – We’ll Understand It Better By And By
What’s the most important part of a song? How you answer that question can determine how you hear it, how you play it, how you sing it, even what it means. (Bruce Springsteen once gave an exc…
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Luke Hill @masscommons.bsky.social · 5d
See also: Gene Sharp's "From Dictatorship to Democracy" essay. www.files.ethz.ch/isn/126900/8...

And Thomas Ricks' "Waging a Good War: A Military History of the Civil Rights Movement". masscommons.wordpress.com/2025/10/01/w...
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Luke Hill @masscommons.bsky.social · 5d
Morning Song - The Freedom Rider by Art Blakey

"...fierce, undaunted, polyrhythmic..."
#jazz

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Morning Song – The Freedom Rider
Today this little blog celebrates the great Art Blakey, born this day 106 years ago. From the 1950s to the 1980s his longtime band, The Jazz Messengers, produced more great jazz musicians than any …
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Luke Hill @masscommons.bsky.social · 6d
Waging A Good War: Raiding Behind Enemy Lines on the #Freedom Rides by Thomas Ricks

"They traveled light & penetrated deep into enemy territory, unprotected, to take their segregationist enemies by surprise both in their tactics & in their strategy."
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Waging A Good War: Raiding Behind Enemy Lines On The Freedom Rides
(One in a series of posts about Thomas E. Ricks’ 2022 book, Waging a Good War: A Military History Of The Civil Rights Movement, 1954-68.) The Montgomery Bus Boycott involved most Black reside…
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Luke Hill @masscommons.bsky.social · 6d
Morning Song - Delirious by @prince

"Baby, lay me down,
The room, the room, the room is spinning around..."
#FunkyFriday

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Morning Song – Delirious
There is a lot of competition to get on the short list for “horniest song ever”, but Prince’s 1983 single, “Delirious”, has to be there, right? Even before he starts s…
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Luke Hill @masscommons.bsky.social · 7d
Waging A Good War: The #Nashville Sit-Ins by Thomas Ricks

"These were the #civilrights equivalent of #paratroopers—an elite force of volunteers, well trained & highly motivated, stealthily dropping in on unsuspecting targets."
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Waging A Good War: The Nashville Sit-Ins
(One in a series of posts about Thomas E. Ricks’ 2022 book, Waging a Good War: A Military History Of The Civil Rights Movement, 1954-68.) The lunch counter sit-ins began in Greensboro, NC on …
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Luke Hill @masscommons.bsky.social · 7d
Morning Song - T Model #Blues by Lightnin' Hopkins

“You know my generator quit generating/my gasoline won’t even percolate…”

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Morning Song – T Model Blues
Lightnin’ Hopkins sounds so tore up on “T-Model Blues” I’m starting to think it might be something other than his old Ford that’s lost its get up and go. “You kn…
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Luke Hill @masscommons.bsky.social · 8d
Waging A Good War: Developing a #Nonviolent Cadre Thomas Ricks

"Every military leader knows that intense training is essential...playing a large role in whether an organization fails or succeeds. The more rigorous & realistic the training, the better."
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Waging A Good War: Developing A Nonviolent Cadre
(One in a series of posts about Thomas E. Ricks’ 2022 book, Waging a Good War: A Military History Of The Civil Rights Movement, 1954-68.) “The civil rights movement was often creative, …
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Luke Hill @masscommons.bsky.social · 8d
Waging A Good War: Change Is Not Linear by Thomas E. Ricks

‘People said, “Great victory in #Montgomery, what does that mean for us? What can we do?” 'It took some time to answer those questions.' #CTVivian
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Waging A Good War: Change Is Not Linear
(One in a series of posts about Thomas E. Ricks’ 2022 book, Waging a Good War: A Military History Of The Civil Rights Movement, 1954-68.) Ricks does not belabor this point, but it’s an …
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Luke Hill @masscommons.bsky.social · 8d
Waging A Good War: The Siege of #Montgomery by Thomas E. Ricks

"...(m)ore than anything else, they were well-organized."
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Waging A Good War: The Siege Of Montgomery
(One in a series of posts about Thomas E. Ricks’ 2022 book, Waging a Good War: A Military History Of The Civil Rights Movement, 1954-68.) It’s best known as a bus boycott. Its practitio…
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Luke Hill @masscommons.bsky.social · 8d
Morning Song - The Fate of #Ophelia by Taylor Swift

"You dug me out of my grave and
Saved my heart from...."

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Morning Song – The Fate Of Ophelia
The only thing this little blog has to offer to the reams* of commentary already devoted to “The Fate Of Ophelia” is a simple question: What’s the over/under on when Taylor Swift …
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Luke Hill @masscommons.bsky.social · 9d
Waging A Good War: Change Is Not Linear by Thomas E. Ricks

"People said, 'Great victory in #Montgomery, what does that mean for us? What can we do?' It took some time to answer those questions.”

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Waging A Good War: Change Is Not Linear
(One in a series of posts about Thomas E. Ricks’ 2022 book, Waging a Good War: A Military History Of The Civil Rights Movement, 1954-68.) Ricks does not belabor this point, but it’s an …
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Luke Hill @masscommons.bsky.social · 9d
Morning Song - Will the Wolf Survive? by @loslobos.org

“It’s the truth that they all look for,
Something they must keep alive….”
h/t: @paranoiacs.bsky.social

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Morning Song – Will The Wolf Survive?
Outsourcing to the magnificently multi-talented Elizabeth Nelson for commentary on “Will The Wolf Survive?”, title cut to Los Lobos’ 1984 major label debut album: “It’…
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Luke Hill @masscommons.bsky.social · 10d
Waging A Good War: The Siege of #Montgomery by Thomas E. Ricks

"...(m)ore than anything else, they were well-organized."

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Waging A Good War: The Siege Of Montgomery
(One in a series of posts about Thomas E. Ricks’ 2022 book, Waging a Good War: A Military History Of The Civil Rights Movement, 1954-68.) It’s best known as a bus boycott. Its practitio…
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Luke Hill @masscommons.bsky.social · 10d
Morning Song - Opus 38, No. 4 #Andante in A Major by Felix #Mendelssohn

"...like a hymn of thanksgiving."
#SongsWithoutWords

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Morning Song – Opus 38, No. 4 (Andante In A Major)
(One in an occasional Monday series of Felix Mendelssohn’s Lieder Ohne Worte (Songs Without Words).) With Mendelssohn’s Opus 38, No. 4, you can hear why he and his sister named this new music…
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Luke Hill @masscommons.bsky.social · 11d
"All behavior makes sense with enough information."
The Art of Spending #Money

@morganhousel.bsky.social on #MoneyUnplugged podcast with @chrishillalx.bsky.social

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Money Unplugged Podcast
Listen to Money Unplugged with Chris Hill. The new podcast from long-time host and executive producer of Motley Fool Money podcast and radio show.
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