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musicologyman @musicologyman.bsky.social · 14h

So MAGA = “Make Adolph Great Again.” Who knew?

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musicologyman @musicologyman.bsky.social · 1d

I mean, I never thought anybody could make me sympathic to Meloni, but … here he is!

Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 1d

ITALIAN PM GIORGIA MELONI COULDN'T GET AWAY FAST ENOUGH.

musicologyman @musicologyman.bsky.social · 1d

Savor the irony: they talk about saving the West while embracing an attitude toward truth that would make Nietzsche blush for having been outdone.

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musicologyman @musicologyman.bsky.social · 1d

🤣🤣🤣🤣

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Gayton Gomez @gpgomez.bsky.social · 2d

Fuck this administration and its utter lack of compassion and humanity.

Philadelphia Inquirer @inquirer.com · 2d

Every day at noon, no matter how busy, Johny Merida Aguilar left his construction job and hurried to his 5-year-old son's school to feed him. His son has brain cancer and generally only accepts food from his father.

Merida Aguilar was arrested by ICE in September and faces deportation to Bolivia.

He was caring for his 5-year-old son with brain cancer. Then he was detained by ICE.

A court has temporarily blocked Johny Merida Aguilar's deportation to Bolivia.

www.inquirer.com

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musicologyman @musicologyman.bsky.social · 2d

Also, I know that you’re gonna know the technical side better than most anybody else treating the topic.

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musicologyman @musicologyman.bsky.social · 2d

Yes, something of the quality I know you’d deliver is urgently needed.

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musicologyman @musicologyman.bsky.social · 2d

Damn. I picked the wrong presidency to begin believing in universal salvation.

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musicologyman @musicologyman.bsky.social · 2d

Thx for the recommendation! My wife and I have been looking for our next series!

And, yes, PBS Passport is amazing!

musicologyman @musicologyman.bsky.social · 2d

Even the word “oleaginous” is oleaginous.

musicologyman @musicologyman.bsky.social · 2d

OMG, IT’S ANOTHER STAMPEDE OF AMERICANS FLEEING TREN DE ARAGUA!!!

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musicologyman @musicologyman.bsky.social · 2d

I don’t think he’s “dumb as a rock.” I think his problem is far worse: he’s perhaps the most cynically evil elected official in American politics in many years. That’s saying a lot when you consider that he belongs to a rogues’ gallery that also contains McConnell, Cruz, Hawley, Cotton, &c.

musicologyman @musicologyman.bsky.social · 2d

The Chamberlain reference hits the nail on the head.

You are hereby awared the Nobel Prize for Historical Analogies in recognition of your deft invocation of Neville Chamberlain w/ respect to SCOTUS’s relationship w/ DJT.

Please contact the Swedish Academy to receive your medal & financial award.

musicologyman @musicologyman.bsky.social · 2d

Wait, you felt like a Hershey’s Kiss? Now I’m really confused.

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musicologyman @musicologyman.bsky.social · 2d

I’ve always felt that there’s something phony about people wearing apparel of schools with which they had never been associated as students, staff, or faculty.

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musicologyman @musicologyman.bsky.social · 2d

Thank you!

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musicologyman @musicologyman.bsky.social · 3d

“Watched it?” There’s a video? I knew about the article series, but I’d very much like to know about the video: I’d like to share it with friends and family.

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musicologyman @musicologyman.bsky.social · 3d

New frontiers in viewpoint diversity.

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musicologyman @musicologyman.bsky.social · 3d

It’s a three-part series from January. It’s, frankly, both horrifying and, for former TJ’s customers like me, extremely disappointing.

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musicologyman @musicologyman.bsky.social · 3d

After many years as loyal customers, my wife and I swore off Trader Joe's after reading the three-part exposé that Fast Company published early this year. It was truly horrifying what they've been getting away with, especially when it comes to food safety.

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musicologyman @musicologyman.bsky.social · 3d

Ah, yes, the same Marc Rowan whom Bessent is effectively bailing out for Rowan’s (losing) bet on the Milei government. Good times!🤮🤮🤮

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musicologyman @musicologyman.bsky.social · 3d

I suggest you decorate before you leave, because you may be too tired to do so when you return. You will also come home to a place that’s welcoming you back, stirring memories if previous holiday seasons and building anticipation for the upcoming one.

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musicologyman @musicologyman.bsky.social · 3d

👆What @ehowell.bsky.social said!

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musicologyman @musicologyman.bsky.social · 4d

Well, not this Christian (yours truly). But, then, Wilson & ihs ilk consider my co-religionists & me non-Christians because we’re Episcopalians & because we believe that if God were angry about anything, it would be how we as a society treat the poor, immigrants, & LGBTQ persons.

musicologyman @musicologyman.bsky.social · 4d

(sigh. touché. i got nuthin’!)

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