@nodename.bsky.social
Ninth. Keith Porter, Parady La, Heber Sanchaz Domínguez, Victor Manuel Diaz, Luis Beltran Yanez-Cruz, Luis Gustavo Nunez Caceres, and Geraldo Lunas Campos, according to Qasim Rashid.
Whether an appropriations package will become law is an open question, as Democrats who had been supportive are now saying they can’t in good conscience vote to fund DHS after a second American citizen was shot and killed by federal agents. www.ebar.com/story/162534
LGBTQ Agenda: Spending bill before US Senate wouldn’t cut domestic HIV funding
Bay Area Reporter
www.ebar.com
January 28, 2026 at 9:09 PM
Ninth. Keith Porter, Parady La, Heber Sanchaz Domínguez, Victor Manuel Diaz, Luis Beltran Yanez-Cruz, Luis Gustavo Nunez Caceres, and Geraldo Lunas Campos, according to Qasim Rashid.
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Van Ness & McAllister, 1912
Bring the Liberty Bell to SF for the 1915 PPIE. A petition signed by Californians was an 80 foot long roll paraded down Market Street en route to Philadelphia. Spoiler: it was shown at the PPIE. This is another from the giant donation of glass negs #sfhistory #sfmemory
Bring the Liberty Bell to SF for the 1915 PPIE. A petition signed by Californians was an 80 foot long roll paraded down Market Street en route to Philadelphia. Spoiler: it was shown at the PPIE. This is another from the giant donation of glass negs #sfhistory #sfmemory
January 27, 2026 at 10:48 PM
Van Ness & McAllister, 1912
Bring the Liberty Bell to SF for the 1915 PPIE. A petition signed by Californians was an 80 foot long roll paraded down Market Street en route to Philadelphia. Spoiler: it was shown at the PPIE. This is another from the giant donation of glass negs #sfhistory #sfmemory
Bring the Liberty Bell to SF for the 1915 PPIE. A petition signed by Californians was an 80 foot long roll paraded down Market Street en route to Philadelphia. Spoiler: it was shown at the PPIE. This is another from the giant donation of glass negs #sfhistory #sfmemory
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NEW: DHS appropriations bill funding ICE passes 220-207
7 Democrats voted YES on the bill:
- Jared Golden
- Marie Gluesenkamp Perez
- Henry Cuellar
- Tom Suozzi
- Laura Gillen
- Don Davis
- Vicente Gonzalez
One Republican voted NO: Thomas Massie
7 Democrats voted YES on the bill:
- Jared Golden
- Marie Gluesenkamp Perez
- Henry Cuellar
- Tom Suozzi
- Laura Gillen
- Don Davis
- Vicente Gonzalez
One Republican voted NO: Thomas Massie
January 22, 2026 at 9:42 PM
NEW: DHS appropriations bill funding ICE passes 220-207
7 Democrats voted YES on the bill:
- Jared Golden
- Marie Gluesenkamp Perez
- Henry Cuellar
- Tom Suozzi
- Laura Gillen
- Don Davis
- Vicente Gonzalez
One Republican voted NO: Thomas Massie
7 Democrats voted YES on the bill:
- Jared Golden
- Marie Gluesenkamp Perez
- Henry Cuellar
- Tom Suozzi
- Laura Gillen
- Don Davis
- Vicente Gonzalez
One Republican voted NO: Thomas Massie
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the definitive expert response to this discourse
THREAD. This can be an important educational moment for progressive people who don't work in or study the punishment bureaucracy. Having spent 20 years in it--and just publishing a book on exactly this topic--I can say that reality works in the opposite way that Jamelle assumes.
maybe an unpopular position on this website but i think the moderate dem focus on ICE training can be, with political pressure, the pathway to more fundamental reforms. rhetorically it is not too hard to move from “more training” to “turns out they’re untrainable and we have to start all over.”
January 14, 2026 at 3:27 AM
the definitive expert response to this discourse
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I recently did an interview with the New Books Network about my book, Poet-Monks. I can't stand to hear my own voice, so I won't listen to it, but in case you wanted to, here it is: newbooksnetwork.com/poet-monks. @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social
Thomas J. Mazanec, "Poet-Monks: The Invention of Buddhist Poetry in Late Medieval China" (Cornell UP, 2024) - New Books Network
newbooksnetwork.com
January 5, 2026 at 9:48 PM
I recently did an interview with the New Books Network about my book, Poet-Monks. I can't stand to hear my own voice, so I won't listen to it, but in case you wanted to, here it is: newbooksnetwork.com/poet-monks. @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social
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why exactly am I supposed to prefer this over government run grocery stores
Wegman's is now collecting biometric data from anyone entering its two NYC locations gothamist.com/news/nyc-weg...
NYC Wegmans is storing biometric data on shoppers' eyes, voices and faces
The supermarket chain says it’s a move to ensure shopper safety. Surveillance experts warn of privacy risks.
gothamist.com
January 3, 2026 at 4:28 PM
why exactly am I supposed to prefer this over government run grocery stores
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Journey to the West (Xiyou ji, 西遊記, 1592 CE)
January 2, 2026 at 4:58 AM
Journey to the West (Xiyou ji, 西遊記, 1592 CE)
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Watching the city I grew up in being reborn in real time
November 5, 2025 at 5:00 AM
Watching the city I grew up in being reborn in real time
Fuck yeah
Closing with a history lesson, and leaning in rather than backing away. Just terrific.
UNTIL IT’S DONE, Ep. 5: Vito Marcantonio
There are many who dismiss our vision for New York as impossible. To them, I say we need look only to our past for proof of how we can shape the future.
Tomorrow is Election Day. And this is the final Until It's Done of our campaign.
There are many who dismiss our vision for New York as impossible. To them, I say we need look only to our past for proof of how we can shape the future.
Tomorrow is Election Day. And this is the final Until It's Done of our campaign.
November 4, 2025 at 6:49 AM
Fuck yeah
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a key thing about vought — and all of these guys — is that they have a totally top down and hierarchical vision of the world. they believe that the cultural changes they hate can be turned off by destroying the federal government because they can’t imagine that they emerged bottom-up in society
What he’s railing against is a profound shift in culture, status… He’s obsessed with the idea that America is controlled by a leftist “ruling elite” - but “elite” isn’t defined socio-economically or by political power, it means something like: Getting to define “real America” and who gets to belong.
October 12, 2025 at 2:17 PM
a key thing about vought — and all of these guys — is that they have a totally top down and hierarchical vision of the world. they believe that the cultural changes they hate can be turned off by destroying the federal government because they can’t imagine that they emerged bottom-up in society
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ai video shit websites can instantly make it look like orson welles himself is sucking my cock but i still have to complete the hardest captcha of my life to book a bowling lane
October 3, 2025 at 7:46 AM
ai video shit websites can instantly make it look like orson welles himself is sucking my cock but i still have to complete the hardest captcha of my life to book a bowling lane
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The Waura, also known as the Wauja, are an indigenous Arawak-speaking people residing in the Upper Xingu region of the Amazon rainforest in Mato Grosso, Brazil. Feathers are integral to the Waura body adornment. Elaborate feather crowns or headbands are worn by men during dances and rituals.
September 27, 2025 at 1:39 PM
The Waura, also known as the Wauja, are an indigenous Arawak-speaking people residing in the Upper Xingu region of the Amazon rainforest in Mato Grosso, Brazil. Feathers are integral to the Waura body adornment. Elaborate feather crowns or headbands are worn by men during dances and rituals.
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Literary Chinese for a foggy morning, courtesy of Xin Qiji 辛棄疾 (1140-1207):
何人半夜推山去？
四面浮雲猜是汝。
Someone came in the night and stole our mountain away.
Drifting clouds surround me. (Was it you?)
何人半夜推山去？
四面浮雲猜是汝。
Someone came in the night and stole our mountain away.
Drifting clouds surround me. (Was it you?)
September 22, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Literary Chinese for a foggy morning, courtesy of Xin Qiji 辛棄疾 (1140-1207):
何人半夜推山去？
四面浮雲猜是汝。
Someone came in the night and stole our mountain away.
Drifting clouds surround me. (Was it you?)
何人半夜推山去？
四面浮雲猜是汝。
Someone came in the night and stole our mountain away.
Drifting clouds surround me. (Was it you?)
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"America’s entire power structure has been taken over by the very same sort of dumbasses who have been yelling at all of us on the internet for years." www.hamiltonnolan.com/p/getting-ye...
Getting Yelled at By Dumbasses
The defining experience of fascism.
www.hamiltonnolan.com
September 16, 2025 at 6:16 PM
"America’s entire power structure has been taken over by the very same sort of dumbasses who have been yelling at all of us on the internet for years." www.hamiltonnolan.com/p/getting-ye...
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The Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies cartoons on Tubi look fantastic! Beautifully restored and presented in roughly chronological order. And they’re free to watch! I started with the first one, which starts in 1931. Can’t believe these are almost 100 years old now! And looking better than ever.
a looney tunes logo with a cartoon pig on a red background
Alt: a looney tunes logo with a cartoon pig on a red background
media.tenor.com
August 18, 2025 at 5:00 PM
The Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies cartoons on Tubi look fantastic! Beautifully restored and presented in roughly chronological order. And they’re free to watch! I started with the first one, which starts in 1931. Can’t believe these are almost 100 years old now! And looking better than ever.
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A selection of old-time bunnies. These are all from about seven years ago!
(bunnies number 407, 413, 430 and 433)
(bunnies number 407, 413, 430 and 433)
August 10, 2025 at 2:41 AM
A selection of old-time bunnies. These are all from about seven years ago!
(bunnies number 407, 413, 430 and 433)
(bunnies number 407, 413, 430 and 433)
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Here’s this week’s installment of Flash Burn Funnies by The Mad Peck. And here’s a Spotify playlist recreating the tape recipe: open.spotify.com/playlist/3sS...
Perfect listening for the pool or beach this weekend.
Perfect listening for the pool or beach this weekend.
July 4, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Here’s this week’s installment of Flash Burn Funnies by The Mad Peck. And here’s a Spotify playlist recreating the tape recipe: open.spotify.com/playlist/3sS...
Perfect listening for the pool or beach this weekend.
Perfect listening for the pool or beach this weekend.
@harryshearer.bsky.social Who is that singing American Tune on this week's show?
July 2, 2025 at 11:54 AM
@harryshearer.bsky.social Who is that singing American Tune on this week's show?
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Newsom met the moment. Likely didn't think it would come to this --or hoped not--but it did, and he did it. Explained stakes, didn't pull back, called Trump the dangerous authoritarian he is, not just on immigration but on everything.
Doesn't mean Newsom is right on all, or future of party. But...
Doesn't mean Newsom is right on all, or future of party. But...
June 11, 2025 at 3:05 AM
Newsom met the moment. Likely didn't think it would come to this --or hoped not--but it did, and he did it. Explained stakes, didn't pull back, called Trump the dangerous authoritarian he is, not just on immigration but on everything.
Doesn't mean Newsom is right on all, or future of party. But...
Doesn't mean Newsom is right on all, or future of party. But...
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I've updated the images on my "Qitian Dasheng Monkey King Temples in Taiwan" article.
The links originally stopped working when my old uni gmail account was deleted in 2024.
journeytothewestresearch.com/2021/02/15/q...
Pic: Monkey spirit-generals from Shengfo Tang (聖佛堂) in Beigang, Yunlin.
The links originally stopped working when my old uni gmail account was deleted in 2024.
journeytothewestresearch.com/2021/02/15/q...
Pic: Monkey spirit-generals from Shengfo Tang (聖佛堂) in Beigang, Yunlin.
May 15, 2025 at 12:02 PM
I've updated the images on my "Qitian Dasheng Monkey King Temples in Taiwan" article.
The links originally stopped working when my old uni gmail account was deleted in 2024.
journeytothewestresearch.com/2021/02/15/q...
Pic: Monkey spirit-generals from Shengfo Tang (聖佛堂) in Beigang, Yunlin.
The links originally stopped working when my old uni gmail account was deleted in 2024.
journeytothewestresearch.com/2021/02/15/q...
Pic: Monkey spirit-generals from Shengfo Tang (聖佛堂) in Beigang, Yunlin.
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These superb Tuareg and Hausa musics recorded in Niger, in 1957, which offer a glimpse into the region’s authentic traditional cultures, are available for Flac and MP3 download on my blog:
music-republic-world-traditional.blogspot.com/2019/12/nige...
music-republic-world-traditional.blogspot.com/2019/12/nige...
NIGER Musique Touareg et Haoussa de la région d'Agadez – BAM LD 353
NIGER Musique Touareg et Haoussa de la région d'Agadez – BAM LD 353 , recorded by J. Biltgen and G. Royer, 1957 (7 in, 33 RPM) ...
music-republic-world-traditional.blogspot.com
May 3, 2025 at 4:24 PM
These superb Tuareg and Hausa musics recorded in Niger, in 1957, which offer a glimpse into the region’s authentic traditional cultures, are available for Flac and MP3 download on my blog:
music-republic-world-traditional.blogspot.com/2019/12/nige...
music-republic-world-traditional.blogspot.com/2019/12/nige...
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This gorgeous album, recorded by Jacques Brunet in Central Java in 1971, which presents music performed for a Javanese Wayang Kulit shadow puppet theatre play, is available for Flac and MP3 download on my blog:
music-republic-world-traditional.blogspot.com/2020/01/indo...
#Indonesia #Java #gamelan
music-republic-world-traditional.blogspot.com/2020/01/indo...
#Indonesia #Java #gamelan
April 27, 2025 at 2:20 PM
This gorgeous album, recorded by Jacques Brunet in Central Java in 1971, which presents music performed for a Javanese Wayang Kulit shadow puppet theatre play, is available for Flac and MP3 download on my blog:
music-republic-world-traditional.blogspot.com/2020/01/indo...
#Indonesia #Java #gamelan
music-republic-world-traditional.blogspot.com/2020/01/indo...
#Indonesia #Java #gamelan
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March 21, 2025 at 4:40 PM