Edgar Um
@edgarumtcrps.bsky.social
Eloy de la Iglesia and Elsa von Freytag-Loringhoven stan account
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In addition to all of the other benefits already reported about NYC congestion pricing, "In the first six months of the program, air pollution – in the form of particulate matter 2.5 micrometers and smaller – dropped by 22% in the Congestion Relief Zone (CRZ)"
news.cornell.edu/stories/2025...
news.cornell.edu/stories/2025...
Congestion pricing improved air quality in NYC and suburbs | Cornell Chronicle
Cornell researchers tallied the environmental benefits of New York City’s congestion pricing program and found air pollution dropped by 22% in Manhattan, with additional declines across the city’s fiv...
news.cornell.edu
December 9, 2025 at 2:19 AM
In addition to all of the other benefits already reported about NYC congestion pricing, "In the first six months of the program, air pollution – in the form of particulate matter 2.5 micrometers and smaller – dropped by 22% in the Congestion Relief Zone (CRZ)"
news.cornell.edu/stories/2025...
news.cornell.edu/stories/2025...
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More than that, his crew threatened to open fire on the murderers. He rescued civilians, returned to base to refuel, flew back, and rescued more civilians. Then he denounced the crimes to his HQ.
For all this he received death-threats throughout his life.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hugh_Th....
For all this he received death-threats throughout his life.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hugh_Th....
December 8, 2025 at 12:44 PM
More than that, his crew threatened to open fire on the murderers. He rescued civilians, returned to base to refuel, flew back, and rescued more civilians. Then he denounced the crimes to his HQ.
For all this he received death-threats throughout his life.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hugh_Th....
For all this he received death-threats throughout his life.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hugh_Th....
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SHOWGIRLS (1995) screens in 35mm this coming Friday, December 12th, at 2:00pm. Tickets: buff.ly/VhspZCq
December 8, 2025 at 4:51 PM
SHOWGIRLS (1995) screens in 35mm this coming Friday, December 12th, at 2:00pm. Tickets: buff.ly/VhspZCq
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Anyway, at a time when Hollywood is being carved out and stripped for parts by the dumbest tech oligarchs and their fail-sons, I think it’s brave of Quentin Tarantino to lash out at the real enemies: moderately famous actors who he doesn’t like for ethereal reasons
December 7, 2025 at 8:08 PM
Anyway, at a time when Hollywood is being carved out and stripped for parts by the dumbest tech oligarchs and their fail-sons, I think it’s brave of Quentin Tarantino to lash out at the real enemies: moderately famous actors who he doesn’t like for ethereal reasons
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Happy 81st birthday to legendary producer Niney The Observer.
Niney set up his Observers label in 1971 and over the next 12 years recorded the best singers and DJs in Jamaica. Here's Delroy Wilson calling out false rastas...
youtu.be/tzF8AFBfXCc?...
#reggae #reggaesky #vinylsky #vinyl #musicsky
Niney set up his Observers label in 1971 and over the next 12 years recorded the best singers and DJs in Jamaica. Here's Delroy Wilson calling out false rastas...
youtu.be/tzF8AFBfXCc?...
#reggae #reggaesky #vinylsky #vinyl #musicsky
December 7, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Happy 81st birthday to legendary producer Niney The Observer.
Niney set up his Observers label in 1971 and over the next 12 years recorded the best singers and DJs in Jamaica. Here's Delroy Wilson calling out false rastas...
youtu.be/tzF8AFBfXCc?...
#reggae #reggaesky #vinylsky #vinyl #musicsky
Niney set up his Observers label in 1971 and over the next 12 years recorded the best singers and DJs in Jamaica. Here's Delroy Wilson calling out false rastas...
youtu.be/tzF8AFBfXCc?...
#reggae #reggaesky #vinylsky #vinyl #musicsky
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Free-entry days at Yosemite and other national parks will see major changes next year, as the Trump administration removes free entry on MLK Day and Juneteenth — and adds Trump’s birthday instead.
Yosemite loses MLK Day and Juneteenth free entry as Trump adds his birthday
Free-entry days at Yosemite and other national parks will see major changes next year, as the Trump administration removes free entry on MLK Day and Juneteenth — and adds Trump’s birthday...
bit.ly
December 7, 2025 at 2:00 AM
Free-entry days at Yosemite and other national parks will see major changes next year, as the Trump administration removes free entry on MLK Day and Juneteenth — and adds Trump’s birthday instead.
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Elon Musk is worse at hiding it but this is the problem with all billionaires: they are a threat to democratic governance. They have an insatiable need to own and control everything. If you want to be free you have to curb their power, and demand political leaders who understand that
Elon Musk is against the European Union being the European Union —he posted this after X (fka Twitter) was fined for violations of the EU’s Digital Services Act.
December 6, 2025 at 9:07 PM
Elon Musk is worse at hiding it but this is the problem with all billionaires: they are a threat to democratic governance. They have an insatiable need to own and control everything. If you want to be free you have to curb their power, and demand political leaders who understand that
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I really can't emphasize enough that if you care about local politics, all you gotta do is show up. Just a regular schmegular person showing up. Literally just show up consistently in person and within a remarkably short amount of time, you will have a shocking amount of influence.
December 5, 2025 at 6:07 AM
I really can't emphasize enough that if you care about local politics, all you gotta do is show up. Just a regular schmegular person showing up. Literally just show up consistently in person and within a remarkably short amount of time, you will have a shocking amount of influence.
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The biggest lie sold in America is the idea that billioniare tech bros are geniuses who will save us all with their big ideas.
No. Zuck, Elon and the rest are not better than the rest of us. They aren't geniuses. They got lucky. Silicon Valley VCs threw cash at anything with a pulse. That's it.
No. Zuck, Elon and the rest are not better than the rest of us. They aren't geniuses. They got lucky. Silicon Valley VCs threw cash at anything with a pulse. That's it.
December 6, 2025 at 1:08 PM
The biggest lie sold in America is the idea that billioniare tech bros are geniuses who will save us all with their big ideas.
No. Zuck, Elon and the rest are not better than the rest of us. They aren't geniuses. They got lucky. Silicon Valley VCs threw cash at anything with a pulse. That's it.
No. Zuck, Elon and the rest are not better than the rest of us. They aren't geniuses. They got lucky. Silicon Valley VCs threw cash at anything with a pulse. That's it.
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Disney's Tarantino (1997)
March 13, 2025 at 7:34 PM
Disney's Tarantino (1997)
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Publishing all the other boat murder videos but refusing to release the one of the two survivors being killed is an admission they know exactly how bad it looks. There's no other distinction to draw there, no reason to publish the others while withholding that one.
December 5, 2025 at 2:32 AM
Publishing all the other boat murder videos but refusing to release the one of the two survivors being killed is an admission they know exactly how bad it looks. There's no other distinction to draw there, no reason to publish the others while withholding that one.
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They made a mistake from the beginning, not just morally but tactically, in gleefully releasing all their boat murder snuff films and blasting them out wall-to-wall so everyone sees them a million times. Can hardly plead now 'no, this one would be too gruesome, we don't release that kind of stuff.'
NEWS --> Tons of fresh detail on what video of the strike shows: Rep Adam Smith says two men are sitting on capsized boat, drugs aren't visible. Rationale officials gave for killing is they *may* have been able to keep trafficking.
"It's bad," Smith says.
Read here:
newrepublic.com/article/2039...
"It's bad," Smith says.
Read here:
newrepublic.com/article/2039...
Hegseth Defense Collapses as Dems Reveal Horrific Video Strike Details
The ranking Democrat on the House Armed Services committee tells TNR after watching the video: “This is a big, big problem.”
newrepublic.com
December 4, 2025 at 10:21 PM
They made a mistake from the beginning, not just morally but tactically, in gleefully releasing all their boat murder snuff films and blasting them out wall-to-wall so everyone sees them a million times. Can hardly plead now 'no, this one would be too gruesome, we don't release that kind of stuff.'
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CRi reissue now on bandcamp -->
Roger Goeb/Jacob Druckman (1964)
Symphony No. 4, Dark Upon The Harp
The Japan Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra, Akeo Wantanabe, Conductor; & others
#ClassicalMusic
composersrecordingsinc.bandcamp.com/album/goeb-d...
Roger Goeb/Jacob Druckman (1964)
Symphony No. 4, Dark Upon The Harp
The Japan Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra, Akeo Wantanabe, Conductor; & others
#ClassicalMusic
composersrecordingsinc.bandcamp.com/album/goeb-d...
Goeb/Druckman, by Various Artists
9 track album
composersrecordingsinc.bandcamp.com
December 4, 2025 at 3:34 PM
CRi reissue now on bandcamp -->
Roger Goeb/Jacob Druckman (1964)
Symphony No. 4, Dark Upon The Harp
The Japan Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra, Akeo Wantanabe, Conductor; & others
#ClassicalMusic
composersrecordingsinc.bandcamp.com/album/goeb-d...
Roger Goeb/Jacob Druckman (1964)
Symphony No. 4, Dark Upon The Harp
The Japan Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra, Akeo Wantanabe, Conductor; & others
#ClassicalMusic
composersrecordingsinc.bandcamp.com/album/goeb-d...
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Historian here it’s Hannah Arendt’s death anniversary and she was of course prescient.
December 4, 2025 at 12:11 PM
Historian here it’s Hannah Arendt’s death anniversary and she was of course prescient.
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Russian general: “We thought 70% of Ukrainians were on our side. But it turned out to be the opposite.”
December 4, 2025 at 3:30 AM
Russian general: “We thought 70% of Ukrainians were on our side. But it turned out to be the opposite.”
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Are we in a game of chicken to see how far a handful of freaks can push things until we bring back consequences and / or guillotines? How have we hyper-normalized them saying this shit out loud in public?
Palantir CEO Says Making War Crimes Constitutional Would Be Good for Business
Palantir CEO Says Making War Crimes Constitutional Would Be Good for Business
Alex Karp vows to use his "whole influence" on immigration and defense policy.
gizmodo.com
December 4, 2025 at 4:48 AM
Are we in a game of chicken to see how far a handful of freaks can push things until we bring back consequences and / or guillotines? How have we hyper-normalized them saying this shit out loud in public?
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Striking a boat full of unarmed civilians is murder. The first strike was murder. The followup strike was also murder.
We're not at war. It's not a "war crime". Everyone involved, including the POTUS, SecDef, the Admiral who relayed it and the person who pressed the button needs to be on trial.
We're not at war. It's not a "war crime". Everyone involved, including the POTUS, SecDef, the Admiral who relayed it and the person who pressed the button needs to be on trial.
December 3, 2025 at 5:43 AM
Striking a boat full of unarmed civilians is murder. The first strike was murder. The followup strike was also murder.
We're not at war. It's not a "war crime". Everyone involved, including the POTUS, SecDef, the Admiral who relayed it and the person who pressed the button needs to be on trial.
We're not at war. It's not a "war crime". Everyone involved, including the POTUS, SecDef, the Admiral who relayed it and the person who pressed the button needs to be on trial.
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This is disgusting. Trump continues to put a target on @repilhan.bsky.social, her family, and her community with his violent, xenophobic rhetoric.
A lawmaker in her home state of Minnesota was killed this year in an act of political violence. That alone should unite us against this hate speech.
A lawmaker in her home state of Minnesota was killed this year in an act of political violence. That alone should unite us against this hate speech.
December 2, 2025 at 11:22 PM
This is disgusting. Trump continues to put a target on @repilhan.bsky.social, her family, and her community with his violent, xenophobic rhetoric.
A lawmaker in her home state of Minnesota was killed this year in an act of political violence. That alone should unite us against this hate speech.
A lawmaker in her home state of Minnesota was killed this year in an act of political violence. That alone should unite us against this hate speech.
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2025 New Music Favorites
All of these have been played on my radio show @wfmu.bsky.social
STREAM ▶️ wfmu.org/playlists/OV
All of these have been played on my radio show @wfmu.bsky.social
STREAM ▶️ wfmu.org/playlists/OV
December 2, 2025 at 5:09 PM
2025 New Music Favorites
All of these have been played on my radio show @wfmu.bsky.social
STREAM ▶️ wfmu.org/playlists/OV
All of these have been played on my radio show @wfmu.bsky.social
STREAM ▶️ wfmu.org/playlists/OV
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The president has illegally declared war to stop fentanyl trafficking from a country that does not traffic that drug, claiming its leader is trafficking drugs himself, the day after pardoning a former leader of a country who is a convicted drug trafficker.
Just to level set
Just to level set
November 29, 2025 at 4:47 PM
The president has illegally declared war to stop fentanyl trafficking from a country that does not traffic that drug, claiming its leader is trafficking drugs himself, the day after pardoning a former leader of a country who is a convicted drug trafficker.
Just to level set
Just to level set
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Bong Joon Ho hit me up for the squad you legend deadline.com/2025/11/bong...
November 29, 2025 at 12:49 PM
Bong Joon Ho hit me up for the squad you legend deadline.com/2025/11/bong...
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There might be no better example of the war coming home than a CIA trained teen death squad recruit getting asylum in the US and then shooting a bunch of soldiers who were deployed to DC for no reason other than Kabuki Security Theater
November 28, 2025 at 5:34 PM
There might be no better example of the war coming home than a CIA trained teen death squad recruit getting asylum in the US and then shooting a bunch of soldiers who were deployed to DC for no reason other than Kabuki Security Theater
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Aside from everything else wrong with it, the vanity and vandalism and illegality of it, it is a monument to bribery, funded by naked corruption, a cankerous tumor on the heart of the republic. Any future president who lets it stand would be endorsing and affirming the legitimacy of that symbolism.
November 28, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Aside from everything else wrong with it, the vanity and vandalism and illegality of it, it is a monument to bribery, funded by naked corruption, a cankerous tumor on the heart of the republic. Any future president who lets it stand would be endorsing and affirming the legitimacy of that symbolism.
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If they ever get around to building this thing, it should be bulldozed on Day 1 of a new administration. No messing around, no hemming and hawing about procedure or costs. Order heavy equipment in and start knocking it down immediately, as surely as an overthrown tyrant's statues would be torn down.
Even the architect Trump hired to build his massive addition to the White House objects to the president's vision. The two have argued about the size of the 90,000-sq-foot project that would dwarf the mansion. @jonathanreports.bsky.social @ddiamond.bsky.social www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
Trump wants a bigger White House ballroom. His architect disagrees.
The president and James McCrery had argued in recent weeks over the project’s size, with Trump pushing him to expand the ballroom.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 28, 2025 at 8:56 PM
If they ever get around to building this thing, it should be bulldozed on Day 1 of a new administration. No messing around, no hemming and hawing about procedure or costs. Order heavy equipment in and start knocking it down immediately, as surely as an overthrown tyrant's statues would be torn down.
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Early 1980s Benga & Rumba from East Africa, cherry-picking a bevy of upful tunes from 7” cuts by artists from Tanzania to The Congo - LP comes with a bonus CD of additional material and extended versions
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November 28, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Early 1980s Benga & Rumba from East Africa, cherry-picking a bevy of upful tunes from 7” cuts by artists from Tanzania to The Congo - LP comes with a bonus CD of additional material and extended versions
boomkat.com/products/afr...
boomkat.com/products/afr...