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Armand Chevalier @armandchevalier.bsky.social · 3d

Robot Wars has been a very popular show for decades but lately (for military purposes I suspect) they have been investing in humanoid / android type robots. The Chinese are far ahead though …

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Armand Chevalier @armandchevalier.bsky.social · 4d

50 States, 50 Fixes www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

50 States, 50 Fixes

A series about local solutions, and the people behind them, to environmental problems.

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Armand Chevalier @armandchevalier.bsky.social · 12d

The Twilight Zone, Season 4, Episode 4, "He's Alive." Make America Great Again - Crowd Psychology. Gustave LeBon

Make America Great Again

YouTube video by VisualAdvocate

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Armand Chevalier @armandchevalier.bsky.social · Sep 7

Ravel - Daphnis et Chloé | Jukka-Pekka Saraste | WDR Sinfonieorchester | WDR Rundfunkchor

YouTube video by ARD Klassik

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Armand Chevalier @armandchevalier.bsky.social · Sep 7

Maurice Ravel has a fantastic catalog.

Ravel - Introduction et allegro pour harpe, flûte, clarinette et quatuor à cordes (1905)

YouTube video by musicanth

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Armand Chevalier @armandchevalier.bsky.social · Sep 7

Ravel - Introduction and Allegro for harp, flute, clarinet, and string quartet.

Beautiful music at the Global and International Studies Building at IU Bloomington

YouTube video by sagoodwi

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Armand Chevalier @armandchevalier.bsky.social · Sep 5

Universities are Killing the Humanities

YouTube video by Dr. Adam Walker - Close Reading Poetry

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Armand Chevalier @armandchevalier.bsky.social · Sep 2

“...progressive social change cannot be made without a leadership ready to take risks.”
― Jane McAlevey discusses three common approaches to change: advocacy, mobilization, and organization.

Legendary Labor Organizer’s Advice on Building Worker Power

YouTube video by More Perfect Union

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Armand Chevalier @armandchevalier.bsky.social · Aug 22

Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra covering John Coltrane is easily accessible. But also check out his original work The Black Codes and At the Octoroon Balls too.

Acknowledgement

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Armand Chevalier @armandchevalier.bsky.social · Aug 22

Wynton Marsalis for jazz and classical. Anything from his catalog that he has composed as an homage to New Orleans musical and cultural history/heritage provides excellent material for teaching.

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Armand Chevalier @armandchevalier.bsky.social · Aug 17

In the early 20th century, America had a “boy problem” involving crime, violence, vagrancy… that spread across the United States. Then policymakers stepped in with universal public schooling, Big Brothers (1904), the Federated Boys’ Clubs (1906), Boy Scouts (1910), Girl Scouts (1912) and 4-H (1912).

Opinion | Boy Crisis of 2025, Meet the ‘Boy Problem’ of the 1900s

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Armand Chevalier @armandchevalier.bsky.social · Aug 11

The reality with ‘right to work’ is that you keep your job at the whim of management, with little power to negotiate or bargain for better pay or conditions. It's freedom for corporations, not workers. America is such a dystopia. Where is the resistance? Why is everyone capitulating?

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Armand Chevalier @armandchevalier.bsky.social · Aug 11

I live in a 'right to work' state, which sounds like it gives employees more freedom. Really, it just tips the scales in favor of employer. These laws make it easier for companies to offer low wages, skimp on benefits, and fire workers without cause — all while pretending it's about 'worker choice.

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Armand Chevalier @armandchevalier.bsky.social · Jul 25

Student interest in the humanities has fluctuated over time, often influenced by economic conditions. For instance, interest surged after World War II but declined during the economic turmoil of the 1970s. This anti-intellectualism is cyclical.

The price you pay for being smart. | It's Been a Minute

YouTube video by NPR Podcasts

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Armand Chevalier @armandchevalier.bsky.social · Jul 13

I was midnight doom-scrolling and ran into Tad Stoermer once again demonstrating why we must learn history. Always Worth a watch and like.

Don’t Take the Far Right’s Bait: Exposing the Founders’ Anti-Democracy Playbook

YouTube video by Tad Stoermer

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Armand Chevalier @armandchevalier.bsky.social · Jul 7

When observing how the powerful behave these days. It's easy to feel disconnected and alienated. Sadly, the majority authorized the few to wield power, position, and influence in cruel ways that harm the disadvantaged and vulnerable. Humans are not as evolved as I once thought they were.

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Armand Chevalier @armandchevalier.bsky.social · Jul 6

You have to take it off the tree first.
If a scientist were transported to medieval times, this is what kind of reaction they'd get. Similar to what is happening now with the NIH, the CDC, and NIOSH.

The bishop took advantage of Dracula's absence and sent for his wife.#shorts #viralvideo

YouTube video by Audrey Movie

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Armand Chevalier @armandchevalier.bsky.social · Jul 1

The cruelty is always the point.

Opinion | How to Wreck the Nation’s Health, by the Numbers (Gift Article)

The administration's cuts to the Department of Health and Human Services are going to do irreparable harm to the nation’s health.

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Armand Chevalier @armandchevalier.bsky.social · Jul 1

You are more than welcome. I also have a bunch of books I can gift you on the topic that were gifted to me by Priscilla Murolo.

Armand Chevalier @armandchevalier.bsky.social · Jun 30

Montgomery, Alabama, has several legacy sites, including the Memorial to Justice and Peace. If you are traveling for research, I will help raise funds for your trip. Thank you for caring about these histories.

The National Memorial for Peace and Justice – US Civil Rights Trail

Explore the National Memorial for Peace and Justice, which recognizes the thousands of lynchings that occurred across the U.S.

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Armand Chevalier @armandchevalier.bsky.social · Jun 24

The cruelty is always the point. Conservative power players are more than willing to cast the US into a scientific dark age in their quest to shore up traditional worldviews, outmoded hierarchies, concentrated wealth to resegregate broad swaths of society & end the country’s intellectual potential.

The Trump administration’s bombastic attacks on the nation’s most prestigious universities have commanded the public’s attention all year long. Now congressional Republicans are poised to dramatically expand that onslaught. If you think the last few months have been bad for Harvard, brace yourself—the “big, beautiful bill” is coming, and with it, a new dimension of destruction.

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Armand Chevalier @armandchevalier.bsky.social · Jun 19

Handsome looking dude.

Armand Chevalier @armandchevalier.bsky.social · Jun 12

Thank you Br.Dr. Homan. I wrote that reply before reading all of your brilliant well-written thread. I personally can’t wait to read your first book on this topic.

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Armand Chevalier @armandchevalier.bsky.social · Jun 11

Can you discuss forms of peaceful resistance that are effective against state violence from the Catholic perspective please? I was reading The Crowd by LeBon earlier to understand how spontaneous protest can transform into social movements rather than chaos.

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Armand Chevalier @armandchevalier.bsky.social · Jun 11

Scott Galloway: The impact of male role models in boys lives

YouTube video by The Prof G Pod – Scott Galloway

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