Gene Gaudette
@synaphai.com
Owner, Urlicht AudioVisual
#ClassicalMusic producer, but mostly engaging on politics with this account. Decidedly liberal.
⚠️𝐍𝐨 𝐬𝐚𝐥𝐞𝐬 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐦𝐨, 𝐟𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠, 𝟎-𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐬, 𝐜𝐫𝐲𝐩𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐫𝐮𝐡𝐬, 𝐨𝐫 𝐃𝐌𝐬 (𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐫𝐞𝐪𝐮𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐝) 𝐩𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐞!⚠️
#ClassicalMusic producer, but mostly engaging on politics with this account. Decidedly liberal.
⚠️𝐍𝐨 𝐬𝐚𝐥𝐞𝐬 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐦𝐨, 𝐟𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠, 𝟎-𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐬, 𝐜𝐫𝐲𝐩𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐫𝐮𝐡𝐬, 𝐨𝐫 𝐃𝐌𝐬 (𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐫𝐞𝐪𝐮𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐝) 𝐩𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐞!⚠️
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A juicy title, and a thorough back story: here's this morning's must-read.
Inside the Kennedy Center’s scorched-earth Washington National Opera split
How the Washington National Opera’s Francesca Zambello forced a confrontation to leave the Kennedy Center after the Trump takeover threatened its future.
www.washingtonpost.com
February 11, 2026 at 3:40 PM
A juicy title, and a thorough back story: here's this morning's must-read.
Christine captures me in a moment when my attention is split between work and the gold medal round of Olympic mixed doubles curling, the sport of winter weather physics nerds!
February 10, 2026 at 5:14 PM
Christine captures me in a moment when my attention is split between work and the gold medal round of Olympic mixed doubles curling, the sport of winter weather physics nerds!
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Trump's tariffs cost American households $1,000 last year: Research group - ABC News share.google/4qTwKobG5TVF...
Trump's tariffs cost American households $1,000 last year: Research group
President Donald Trump’s tariffs cost the average American household $1,000 last year, according to new research from the nonpartisan Tax Foundation.
share.google
February 10, 2026 at 4:50 AM
Trump's tariffs cost American households $1,000 last year: Research group - ABC News share.google/4qTwKobG5TVF...
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here's today's post: "MAGA wins the Crybaby Bowl" — show us on the doll where Bad Bunny hurt you.
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MAGA wins the Crybaby Bowl
show us on the doll where Bad Bunny hurt you
bit.ly
February 9, 2026 at 4:18 PM
here's today's post: "MAGA wins the Crybaby Bowl" — show us on the doll where Bad Bunny hurt you.
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🧵How Low Can He Go?
Republican Approval Sets Trump's Floor
Trump can be hated by a majority of America and still be just as dangerous. The number that matters—the only number that actually restrains him—is Republican approval.
Learn more (no firewall) open.substack.com/pub/thecycle...
Republican Approval Sets Trump's Floor
Trump can be hated by a majority of America and still be just as dangerous. The number that matters—the only number that actually restrains him—is Republican approval.
Learn more (no firewall) open.substack.com/pub/thecycle...
How Low Can He Go?
Republican Approval Sets the Floor
open.substack.com
February 9, 2026 at 5:26 PM
🧵How Low Can He Go?
Republican Approval Sets Trump's Floor
Trump can be hated by a majority of America and still be just as dangerous. The number that matters—the only number that actually restrains him—is Republican approval.
Learn more (no firewall) open.substack.com/pub/thecycle...
Republican Approval Sets Trump's Floor
Trump can be hated by a majority of America and still be just as dangerous. The number that matters—the only number that actually restrains him—is Republican approval.
Learn more (no firewall) open.substack.com/pub/thecycle...
Courtesy Seth Abramson:
February 9, 2026 at 4:27 PM
Courtesy Seth Abramson:
Sophie Dunér sings Francis Schwartz's "The Neon Pterodactyl" www.youtube.com/watch?v=jdzs...
Sophie Dunér - The Neon Pterodactyl P R video
Sophie Dunér - The Neon Pterodactyl P R video
www.youtube.com
February 9, 2026 at 9:00 AM
Sophie Dunér sings Francis Schwartz's "The Neon Pterodactyl" www.youtube.com/watch?v=jdzs...
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Interesing…
February 8, 2026 at 9:39 PM
Interesing…
Does this violate the Geneva Convention prohibition of torture?
Military members forced to watch box-office flop 'Melania' against their will
Military leaders are reportedly "pressuring" their troops to see the Melania documentary after bombing in the box office
www.irishstar.com
February 7, 2026 at 7:22 PM
Does this violate the Geneva Convention prohibition of torture?
Here it is: an exceptional essay on how we got here. I did put a couple of the puzzle pieces in place back in the days when Cambridge Analytics was rattrumping the 2016 race, but @rachelbitecofer.bsky.social spells it all out. thecycle.substack.com/p/how-putin-...
How Putin Pulled Off The Greatest Intelligence Operation in History
Putin's Small Investments Have Yielded Large Returns
thecycle.substack.com
February 4, 2026 at 8:08 PM
Here it is: an exceptional essay on how we got here. I did put a couple of the puzzle pieces in place back in the days when Cambridge Analytics was rattrumping the 2016 race, but @rachelbitecofer.bsky.social spells it all out. thecycle.substack.com/p/how-putin-...
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in my lifetime, the Washington Post has gone from All The President's Men to All The Dictator's Lapdogs
February 4, 2026 at 7:05 PM
in my lifetime, the Washington Post has gone from All The President's Men to All The Dictator's Lapdogs
Tim Page profiles one of my favorite releases of last year in this piece at WSJ. www.wsj.com/arts-culture...
February 4, 2026 at 4:10 PM
Tim Page profiles one of my favorite releases of last year in this piece at WSJ. www.wsj.com/arts-culture...
The will of the American people is freedom of speech, freedom of assembly, and end to the lawless targeting of legal migrants, and the abolition of ICE.
I need not remind you that Rep. Mike Johnson is an odious Christofascist "White Rights" Nationalist.
I need not remind you that Rep. Mike Johnson is an odious Christofascist "White Rights" Nationalist.
Slingshot News: Mike Johnson dishonors the country, says anyone trying to stop ICE's lawlessness is "impeding the will of the American people."
Um no, it's upholding our Constitutional rights.
#ProudBlue #Pinks #SheShed #TrumpIsUnfitForOffice
Um no, it's upholding our Constitutional rights.
#ProudBlue #Pinks #SheShed #TrumpIsUnfitForOffice
February 4, 2026 at 2:06 PM
The will of the American people is freedom of speech, freedom of assembly, and end to the lawless targeting of legal migrants, and the abolition of ICE.
I need not remind you that Rep. Mike Johnson is an odious Christofascist "White Rights" Nationalist.
I need not remind you that Rep. Mike Johnson is an odious Christofascist "White Rights" Nationalist.
here's my favorite photo of Tom Homan
flintstone is holding a bag of money with a dollar sign on it
ALT: flintstone is holding a bag of money with a dollar sign on it
media.tenor.com
January 29, 2026 at 4:50 PM
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Rittenhouse, who murdered two people, is a fucking “ hero”
Alex Pretti, who cared for our vets, the “suckers & losers”, who was protecting a woman, is a “criminal” for having a legal permit & gun that was never drawn & didn’t kill anyone
This entire administration needs to be burned to the ground
Alex Pretti, who cared for our vets, the “suckers & losers”, who was protecting a woman, is a “criminal” for having a legal permit & gun that was never drawn & didn’t kill anyone
This entire administration needs to be burned to the ground
“I don’t know any peaceful protester who shows up with a gun.” — Kristi Noem
MAGA made Kyle Rittenhouse a hero for hunting victims with an AR-15 and killing two.
Now a man with a holstered handgun—never drawn, taken while he was on the ground—is criminalized.
It can’t be both ways.
MAGA made Kyle Rittenhouse a hero for hunting victims with an AR-15 and killing two.
Now a man with a holstered handgun—never drawn, taken while he was on the ground—is criminalized.
It can’t be both ways.
January 25, 2026 at 4:54 PM
Rittenhouse, who murdered two people, is a fucking “ hero”
Alex Pretti, who cared for our vets, the “suckers & losers”, who was protecting a woman, is a “criminal” for having a legal permit & gun that was never drawn & didn’t kill anyone
This entire administration needs to be burned to the ground
Alex Pretti, who cared for our vets, the “suckers & losers”, who was protecting a woman, is a “criminal” for having a legal permit & gun that was never drawn & didn’t kill anyone
This entire administration needs to be burned to the ground
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MAGA calls compassionate VA ICU nurses “terrorists.”
MAGA calls patriotic American soldiers “suckers and losers.”
Here’s a picture of “terrorist” Alex Pretti helping “suckers and losers” learn to walk again.
MAGA calls patriotic American soldiers “suckers and losers.”
Here’s a picture of “terrorist” Alex Pretti helping “suckers and losers” learn to walk again.
January 28, 2026 at 5:39 PM
MAGA calls compassionate VA ICU nurses “terrorists.”
MAGA calls patriotic American soldiers “suckers and losers.”
Here’s a picture of “terrorist” Alex Pretti helping “suckers and losers” learn to walk again.
MAGA calls patriotic American soldiers “suckers and losers.”
Here’s a picture of “terrorist” Alex Pretti helping “suckers and losers” learn to walk again.
Wow. Tom Service takes Max Richter to the woodshed… make that "puts him in the cornfield."
Why Max Richter’s Hamnet needle-drop left me cold | Tom Service on music
In a new weekly column about the world of classical music, Tom Service bemoans Hollywood turning pieces into slop through overuse. Plus: Philip Glass withdraws his symphony from the Kennedy Center
www.theguardian.com
January 28, 2026 at 4:16 PM
Wow. Tom Service takes Max Richter to the woodshed… make that "puts him in the cornfield."
[cues the very first "WWE Smackdown" theme music from 1999]
Minnesota Backdown – Heads Remain on the Chopping Block – bluewire.news
bluewire.news
January 28, 2026 at 4:03 PM
[cues the very first "WWE Smackdown" theme music from 1999]
This made my morning. Hat tip: @michelewitchypoo.bsky.social
January 28, 2026 at 1:25 PM
This made my morning. Hat tip: @michelewitchypoo.bsky.social
Given today's Axios scoop (four sources telling them Noem's talking points of Alex Pretti came from Nosferatu McGoebbels himself), I'd have to guess the metaphorical knives are out for him. These people are ruthless enough that a Spinal-Tap-style "bizarre gardening accident" could be in the woks.
Impeaching Donald Trump will not fix it, sadly. Something needs to happen to Stephen Miller
January 27, 2026 at 10:51 PM
Given today's Axios scoop (four sources telling them Noem's talking points of Alex Pretti came from Nosferatu McGoebbels himself), I'd have to guess the metaphorical knives are out for him. These people are ruthless enough that a Spinal-Tap-style "bizarre gardening accident" could be in the woks.
Nat has a point…
bari weiss and rand paul and the woke left teaming up against DHS and ICE is the 2026 equivalent of 2015-2016, when michael moore, the pope, and the koch brothers all agreed that donald trump was a terrible fucking idea
January 27, 2026 at 1:35 AM
Nat has a point…
What Mari said. I think she nailed it, now that fascist propaganda entrepreneur Bari Weiss has thrown Kristi "Botox Brownskirt" Noem under the bus.
so bari definitely got the heads up that noem is being shitcanned, right?
January 27, 2026 at 1:34 AM
What Mari said. I think she nailed it, now that fascist propaganda entrepreneur Bari Weiss has thrown Kristi "Botox Brownskirt" Noem under the bus.
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As Bluesky grows, providers of illicit social media services known as "SMM panels" (social media marketing panels) have used the platform to advertise their offerings with increasing frequency. Over the last year, dozens of accounts promoting SMM panels and their services have popped up on Bluesky.
January 25, 2026 at 4:06 PM
As Bluesky grows, providers of illicit social media services known as "SMM panels" (social media marketing panels) have used the platform to advertise their offerings with increasing frequency. Over the last year, dozens of accounts promoting SMM panels and their services have popped up on Bluesky.