Dean Barker
@deanbarker.bsky.social
"Weird composer; weird way of thinking...It is rare to find someone who is mad about Schumann, but I love him very much." - Mitsuko Uchida
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"And are not the demons themselves, with Zeus at their head, subjected to Fate, being overpowered by the same passions as men?"
CHURCH FATHERS: Address to the Greeks (Tatian)
Featuring the Church Fathers, Catholic Encyclopedia, Summa Theologica and more.
www.newadvent.org
November 22, 2025 at 2:57 AM
"And are not the demons themselves, with Zeus at their head, subjected to Fate, being overpowered by the same passions as men?"
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this is how I found out
Excited for it just to mean Magic the Gathering again. A return to basics
November 22, 2025 at 2:56 AM
this is how I found out
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Y'all, I went to a birthday dinner tonight, and the table got a whipped ricotta. I can't get over the gigantic fluffy pita. It's so pretty! I got a garlic confit Caesar, and it was heavenly.
November 22, 2025 at 2:51 AM
Y'all, I went to a birthday dinner tonight, and the table got a whipped ricotta. I can't get over the gigantic fluffy pita. It's so pretty! I got a garlic confit Caesar, and it was heavenly.
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A silly Miss Olympus competition! Hecuba cross examination Helen casts doubt on the entire apple of discord story! (Euripides scandalous bard!)
The Trojan Women (1127-1136)
Euripides tr Shapiro
#poetrysunday -1 play edition
The Trojan Women (1127-1136)
Euripides tr Shapiro
#poetrysunday -1 play edition
November 22, 2025 at 2:41 AM
A silly Miss Olympus competition! Hecuba cross examination Helen casts doubt on the entire apple of discord story! (Euripides scandalous bard!)
The Trojan Women (1127-1136)
Euripides tr Shapiro
#poetrysunday -1 play edition
The Trojan Women (1127-1136)
Euripides tr Shapiro
#poetrysunday -1 play edition
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November 22, 2025 at 2:35 AM
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Bomb Squad Called to Concord Building Housing U.S. Rep. Goodlander’s Office indepthnh.org/2025/11/21/b...
Bomb Squad Called to Concord Building Housing U.S. Rep. Goodlander’s Office
On Friday at at about 3:54 p.m., the Concord Police Department received information of a potential threat towards 18 North Main Street in Concord where U.S. Rep. Maggie Goodlander, D-NH, has an office...
indepthnh.org
November 22, 2025 at 2:00 AM
Bomb Squad Called to Concord Building Housing U.S. Rep. Goodlander’s Office indepthnh.org/2025/11/21/b...
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Pope Leo XIV understands technology and its relationship to art better any executive or AI-pilled techbro running the conference circuit.
November 17, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Pope Leo XIV understands technology and its relationship to art better any executive or AI-pilled techbro running the conference circuit.
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Some of my favorite books include paragraphs that are so confusing that I feel like I’m learning how to read again—I think that most of the fun I’ve had while reading is on the brink of confusion. Like what is my guy Henry talking about here.
November 22, 2025 at 2:22 AM
Some of my favorite books include paragraphs that are so confusing that I feel like I’m learning how to read again—I think that most of the fun I’ve had while reading is on the brink of confusion. Like what is my guy Henry talking about here.
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I remember we had this "joke" in grade school...
Q. How many letters are there in the alphabet?
A. 26
Follow-up: No, it's 22 because JR got shot & ET went home
😂😂😂 #GenX
Q. How many letters are there in the alphabet?
A. 26
Follow-up: No, it's 22 because JR got shot & ET went home
😂😂😂 #GenX
November 22, 2025 at 2:08 AM
I remember we had this "joke" in grade school...
Q. How many letters are there in the alphabet?
A. 26
Follow-up: No, it's 22 because JR got shot & ET went home
😂😂😂 #GenX
Q. How many letters are there in the alphabet?
A. 26
Follow-up: No, it's 22 because JR got shot & ET went home
😂😂😂 #GenX
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From a spokesperson for U.S. Senator Elissa Slotkin:
November 22, 2025 at 1:54 AM
From a spokesperson for U.S. Senator Elissa Slotkin:
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Changing tack here. I was in Boston today and went to the matinee at @BostonSymphony . I saw one of the future superstars of classical music, a last minute conductor replacement who had never handled the BSO before named Anna Handler.
November 22, 2025 at 12:51 AM
Changing tack here. I was in Boston today and went to the matinee at @BostonSymphony . I saw one of the future superstars of classical music, a last minute conductor replacement who had never handled the BSO before named Anna Handler.
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No, he isn’t. There is literally no legal means by which he can do this. It’s not presidential power. TPS by law cannot be terminated early, and Somali TPS is not set to expire until March 17, 2026.
Trump says he’s ending Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for Somali refugees in Minnesota “immediately.”
November 22, 2025 at 1:50 AM
No, he isn’t. There is literally no legal means by which he can do this. It’s not presidential power. TPS by law cannot be terminated early, and Somali TPS is not set to expire until March 17, 2026.
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Checking in on the house majority like
November 22, 2025 at 1:32 AM
Checking in on the house majority like
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You might wear out your index-finger running up and down the columns of dictionaries, and never find the word.
November 22, 2025 at 1:47 AM
You might wear out your index-finger running up and down the columns of dictionaries, and never find the word.
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週末なのでロベルト先生を聴いている。
シューマン
クライスレリアーナ op.16
幻想曲 ハ長調 op.17
アラベスク op.18
ホーカン・アウストボ（ピアノ)
I'm listening to this.
Schumann
Kreisleriana op. 16
Fantasie C-Dur op. 17
Arabeske op. 18
Håkon Austbø, piano
1995, VANGUARD
シューマン
クライスレリアーナ op.16
幻想曲 ハ長調 op.17
アラベスク op.18
ホーカン・アウストボ（ピアノ)
I'm listening to this.
Schumann
Kreisleriana op. 16
Fantasie C-Dur op. 17
Arabeske op. 18
Håkon Austbø, piano
1995, VANGUARD
November 22, 2025 at 1:46 AM
週末なのでロベルト先生を聴いている。
シューマン
クライスレリアーナ op.16
幻想曲 ハ長調 op.17
アラベスク op.18
ホーカン・アウストボ（ピアノ)
I'm listening to this.
Schumann
Kreisleriana op. 16
Fantasie C-Dur op. 17
Arabeske op. 18
Håkon Austbø, piano
1995, VANGUARD
シューマン
クライスレリアーナ op.16
幻想曲 ハ長調 op.17
アラベスク op.18
ホーカン・アウストボ（ピアノ)
I'm listening to this.
Schumann
Kreisleriana op. 16
Fantasie C-Dur op. 17
Arabeske op. 18
Håkon Austbø, piano
1995, VANGUARD
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"It is never too late to be what you might have been."
✒️ #GeorgeEliot, English author, was #BOTD 22 November 1819. #Literature
✒️ #GeorgeEliot, English author, was #BOTD 22 November 1819. #Literature
November 22, 2025 at 1:41 AM
"It is never too late to be what you might have been."
✒️ #GeorgeEliot, English author, was #BOTD 22 November 1819. #Literature
✒️ #GeorgeEliot, English author, was #BOTD 22 November 1819. #Literature
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Former Finnish PM Sanna Marin put it bluntly: “To end the conflict, Russia must leave Ukrainian territory.”
Just one point. Nothing more to discuss.
Just one point. Nothing more to discuss.
November 21, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Former Finnish PM Sanna Marin put it bluntly: “To end the conflict, Russia must leave Ukrainian territory.”
Just one point. Nothing more to discuss.
Just one point. Nothing more to discuss.
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Saint Paul, 3:30pm
November 21, 2025 at 9:39 PM
Saint Paul, 3:30pm
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Mamdani is going to bring him that snowglobe that plays "Memories" from CATS and we're going to get government grocery stores nationwide
November 20, 2025 at 2:05 AM
Mamdani is going to bring him that snowglobe that plays "Memories" from CATS and we're going to get government grocery stores nationwide
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This kind of thing gets read as Trump being gullible (agrees with whoever he last spoke with) but I think it's more about him being a coward. He knows Zohran is popular, and despite his protestations he knows he isn't. Easy to talk big online, another story when the guy is standing in front of him
Trump on Mamdani: "I think he's gonna surprise some conservative people, actually. And some very liberal people he won't surprise because they already like him."
November 21, 2025 at 8:49 PM
This kind of thing gets read as Trump being gullible (agrees with whoever he last spoke with) but I think it's more about him being a coward. He knows Zohran is popular, and despite his protestations he knows he isn't. Easy to talk big online, another story when the guy is standing in front of him
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November 19 was the anniversary Géza Anda's birth. While best known for his 1960s Mozart & Bartók recordings on DG, his 40s & 50s discs & broadcasts offer even more stupendous pianism - almost a completely different pianist. Stunning examples linked in the post in the comments.
November 21, 2025 at 8:50 PM
November 19 was the anniversary Géza Anda's birth. While best known for his 1960s Mozart & Bartók recordings on DG, his 40s & 50s discs & broadcasts offer even more stupendous pianism - almost a completely different pianist. Stunning examples linked in the post in the comments.
Intolerable abuse of US citizens --in this case, a minor-- by our own government.
#BREAKING: A student intern at Rhode Island Superior Court was briefly taken into custody by ICE this afternoon before a judge intervened, 12 News has learned. Story by @jusolyn.bsky.social and @timwhiteri.bsky.social: ⤵️
RI judge intervenes after ICE mistakenly detains Superior Court intern
A teenager was nearly taken into federal immigration custody in Providence Thursday afternoon before a Superior Court judge intervened, according to the Rhode Island Judiciary.
www.wpri.com
November 21, 2025 at 8:35 PM
Intolerable abuse of US citizens --in this case, a minor-- by our own government.
"During his first year in office, Morse has spoken repeatedly about what’s described as the dangers of pornography in schools, including claiming in social media posts that New Hampshire public schools are providing students access to books with graphic content."
A first-term New Hampshire lawmaker was arrested on allegations that he posted nude photos of a woman without her consent, a felony under the state’s 2016 “revenge porn” statute. buff.ly/HwLVbX8
NH State lawmaker arrested on allegation he posted ‘revenge porn’
Rep. Bryan Morse, a first-term Republican from Franklin, is accused of posting nude images of a woman without her consent. He was arrested Thursday by Nashua Police, and then released on bail.
www.nhpr.org
November 21, 2025 at 8:34 PM
"During his first year in office, Morse has spoken repeatedly about what’s described as the dangers of pornography in schools, including claiming in social media posts that New Hampshire public schools are providing students access to books with graphic content."
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"You know, the young ones get confused about me being able to play with them. Hell, I was listening to Stravinsky when I was a kid. It's not a question of being modern. It's just music. That's what music is - adventure."
Happy Birthday Coleman Hawkins
born November 21, 1904
Happy Birthday Coleman Hawkins
born November 21, 1904
November 21, 2025 at 11:44 AM
"You know, the young ones get confused about me being able to play with them. Hell, I was listening to Stravinsky when I was a kid. It's not a question of being modern. It's just music. That's what music is - adventure."
Happy Birthday Coleman Hawkins
born November 21, 1904
Happy Birthday Coleman Hawkins
born November 21, 1904