Harvey G. Cohen
@cultrhack.bsky.social
Author/historian (Duke Ellington's America, Who's In The Money?) musician/songwriter, Yankee in London, Senior Lecturer.
In so many ways, a Culture Hack...and democracy champion.
In so many ways, a Culture Hack...and democracy champion.
...but make sure you catch the fun and sometimes great 7” original B-sides on the 2nd disc in the set!
On the new remaster of Prince’s vastly underrated “Around The World In A Day” album💙(1985), there are radical new mixes of “Raspberry Beret,” “She’s Always In My Hair” etc. What idiot thought they could improve on Prince’s original work?! Hideous stuff from the estate...
November 25, 2025 at 10:35 PM
...but make sure you catch the fun and sometimes great 7” original B-sides on the 2nd disc in the set!
On the new remaster of Prince’s vastly underrated “Around The World In A Day” album💙(1985), there are radical new mixes of “Raspberry Beret,” “She’s Always In My Hair” etc. What idiot thought they could improve on Prince’s original work?! Hideous stuff from the estate...
November 25, 2025 at 10:34 PM
On the new remaster of Prince’s vastly underrated “Around The World In A Day” album💙(1985), there are radical new mixes of “Raspberry Beret,” “She’s Always In My Hair” etc. What idiot thought they could improve on Prince’s original work?! Hideous stuff from the estate...
Judges nationwide and even some Republicans are criticizing, resisting Trump & GOP’s constitutionally highly questionable mid-decade redistricting / gerrymandering of several states for 2026 midterms. Voting rights ace @MarcEElias explains in video⬇️:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ln5r...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ln5r...
November 25, 2025 at 10:25 PM
Judges nationwide and even some Republicans are criticizing, resisting Trump & GOP’s constitutionally highly questionable mid-decade redistricting / gerrymandering of several states for 2026 midterms. Voting rights ace @MarcEElias explains in video⬇️:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ln5r...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ln5r...
.@VP @JDVance keeps crowing about the Trump economy having problems because the Biden economy was so bad. But as @steverattner.bsky.social’s new stats show, Trump’s job market, economic growth & housing starts are way down & Trump tariffs are making inflation worse.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=RrKR...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=RrKR...
Steve Rattner: JD Vance can talk about inheriting a bad economy but it’s still going the wrong way
YouTube video by MS NOW
www.youtube.com
November 25, 2025 at 9:56 PM
.@VP @JDVance keeps crowing about the Trump economy having problems because the Biden economy was so bad. But as @steverattner.bsky.social’s new stats show, Trump’s job market, economic growth & housing starts are way down & Trump tariffs are making inflation worse.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=RrKR...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=RrKR...
Why do Trump and MAGA hate kids so much? (@nytimes.com)
November 25, 2025 at 9:43 PM
Why do Trump and MAGA hate kids so much? (@nytimes.com)
This dumb charade⬇️also speaks volumes to Trump and Hegseth’s massive insecurity and lack of skills for their job. They can’t take criticism, however justified, they want to be treated like kings and are scared shitless they will be revealed as the naked emperors they truly are.
What they⬇️said is not only factual speech, but protected 1st Amendment free speech. Like the recent Comey and James charges, these cases won't fly & maybe Trump knows this—but he wants to intimidate future critics, to seriously threaten anyone who criticizes him on anything. Wimp.
(Washington Post)
(Washington Post)
November 25, 2025 at 9:31 PM
This dumb charade⬇️also speaks volumes to Trump and Hegseth’s massive insecurity and lack of skills for their job. They can’t take criticism, however justified, they want to be treated like kings and are scared shitless they will be revealed as the naked emperors they truly are.
What they⬇️said is not only factual speech, but protected 1st Amendment free speech. Like the recent Comey and James charges, these cases won't fly & maybe Trump knows this—but he wants to intimidate future critics, to seriously threaten anyone who criticizes him on anything. Wimp.
(Washington Post)
(Washington Post)
November 25, 2025 at 9:27 PM
What they⬇️said is not only factual speech, but protected 1st Amendment free speech. Like the recent Comey and James charges, these cases won't fly & maybe Trump knows this—but he wants to intimidate future critics, to seriously threaten anyone who criticizes him on anything. Wimp.
(Washington Post)
(Washington Post)
Missing Mac Miller again tonight—this is "Jet Fuel," from 2018:
“Used to wanna be a super hero
Fly around with a cape catching bad guys
Now my head underwater
But I ain't in the shower and I ain't getting baptised”
www.youtube.com/watch?v=FrfN...
“Used to wanna be a super hero
Fly around with a cape catching bad guys
Now my head underwater
But I ain't in the shower and I ain't getting baptised”
www.youtube.com/watch?v=FrfN...
Mac Miller - Jet Fuel
YouTube video by Mac Miller
www.youtube.com
November 25, 2025 at 6:37 PM
Missing Mac Miller again tonight—this is "Jet Fuel," from 2018:
“Used to wanna be a super hero
Fly around with a cape catching bad guys
Now my head underwater
But I ain't in the shower and I ain't getting baptised”
www.youtube.com/watch?v=FrfN...
“Used to wanna be a super hero
Fly around with a cape catching bad guys
Now my head underwater
But I ain't in the shower and I ain't getting baptised”
www.youtube.com/watch?v=FrfN...
Another brilliant new chapter of the broken-down drug-rattled noir tales from the southwest by The Delines. They should really get a lot more attention with their dramatic country soul songs by Willy Vlautin, who used to lead the band Richmond Fontaine.
thedelines.bandcamp.com/album/mr-luc...
thedelines.bandcamp.com/album/mr-luc...
Mr. Luck And Ms. Doom, by The Delines
11 track album
thedelines.bandcamp.com
November 25, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Another brilliant new chapter of the broken-down drug-rattled noir tales from the southwest by The Delines. They should really get a lot more attention with their dramatic country soul songs by Willy Vlautin, who used to lead the band Richmond Fontaine.
thedelines.bandcamp.com/album/mr-luc...
thedelines.bandcamp.com/album/mr-luc...
Dr. Atul Gawande’s new documentary “Rovina’s Choice” tells the story of how Trump-Musk USAID funding cuts severely impacted one woman and her young infant in Kenya. Overall, Trump & Musk’s USAID cuts have caused 600,000 deaths, 400,000 of them children.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=7x4Z...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=7x4Z...
Trump DOGE cuts caused 600,000 deaths this year, fmr. USAID official says
YouTube video by MS NOW
www.youtube.com
November 25, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Dr. Atul Gawande’s new documentary “Rovina’s Choice” tells the story of how Trump-Musk USAID funding cuts severely impacted one woman and her young infant in Kenya. Overall, Trump & Musk’s USAID cuts have caused 600,000 deaths, 400,000 of them children.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=7x4Z...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=7x4Z...
And why did they use such a terrible pic of Sen Mark Kelly that makes him look like "Nosferatu" in Murnau's famous 1922 film?
It was NOT a “controversial video” unless you are a die-hard anti-justice Trump partisan. Sen. Kelly & 5 other Senators were only quoting long-term policies in America’s military and intel services that they should not follow "illegal orders". Misleading headline from the Washington Post:
November 25, 2025 at 6:26 PM
And why did they use such a terrible pic of Sen Mark Kelly that makes him look like "Nosferatu" in Murnau's famous 1922 film?
It was NOT a “controversial video” unless you are a die-hard anti-justice Trump partisan. Sen. Kelly & 5 other Senators were only quoting long-term policies in America’s military and intel services that they should not follow "illegal orders". Misleading headline from the Washington Post:
November 25, 2025 at 6:23 PM
It was NOT a “controversial video” unless you are a die-hard anti-justice Trump partisan. Sen. Kelly & 5 other Senators were only quoting long-term policies in America’s military and intel services that they should not follow "illegal orders". Misleading headline from the Washington Post:
I agree with Ex-Russia Ambassador Michael McFaul below & have for years: Ukraine War will never end by a fair treaty or peace plan—Putin will only withdraw because of military events going against him—we need to back Ukraine adequately on the battlefield.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ae7f...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ae7f...
Michael McFaul: The Russian plan is a non-starter, there's no way Zelenskyy could sign that
YouTube video by MS NOW
www.youtube.com
November 25, 2025 at 5:20 PM
I agree with Ex-Russia Ambassador Michael McFaul below & have for years: Ukraine War will never end by a fair treaty or peace plan—Putin will only withdraw because of military events going against him—we need to back Ukraine adequately on the battlefield.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ae7f...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ae7f...
@jonathanfreedland.bsky.social puts up a lot of stats about today’s ailing UK economy making it plain “2026 is entirely different from 2016, the old red lines no longer make sense and Brexit was a waste of money that, now more than ever, we simply cannot afford.”
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Rachel Reeves is studiously ignoring the cause of Britain’s woes: the Brexit-shaped hole in its roof | Jonathan Freedland
The autumn budget will mop up some damage, but the true source of the economic crisis is clear. The government should now fix it – tragically, it won’t, says Guardian columnist Jonathan Freedland
www.theguardian.com
November 25, 2025 at 4:28 PM
@jonathanfreedland.bsky.social puts up a lot of stats about today’s ailing UK economy making it plain “2026 is entirely different from 2016, the old red lines no longer make sense and Brexit was a waste of money that, now more than ever, we simply cannot afford.”
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
"More than half of published UK novelists believe AI could eventually replace their work entirely...Authors fear AI may weaken the deep human connection between writers & readers at a time when reading is already at historically low levels, esp. among children."
www.theguardian.com/books/2025/n...
www.theguardian.com/books/2025/n...
More than half of UK novelists believe AI will replace their work
A new study by the University of Cambridge found many authors’ work has already been used – without their permission – to train large language models
www.theguardian.com
November 25, 2025 at 8:55 AM
"More than half of published UK novelists believe AI could eventually replace their work entirely...Authors fear AI may weaken the deep human connection between writers & readers at a time when reading is already at historically low levels, esp. among children."
www.theguardian.com/books/2025/n...
www.theguardian.com/books/2025/n...
Sad about Jimmy Cliff's passing, the great reggae vocalist/songwriter, 1st Jamaican artist who took the music worldwide in an ambassador-like role. My fave LP of his: “Jimmy Cliff” (1969) filled w/lasting classics: “Many Rivers” “Vietnam” “Time Will Tell” etc.
www.theguardian.com/music/2025/n...
www.theguardian.com/music/2025/n...
Jimmy Cliff, Jamaican reggae singer, actor and cultural icon, dies aged 81
Star of The Harder They Come had hits including You Can Get It If You Really Want and I Can See Clearly Now
www.theguardian.com
November 24, 2025 at 10:47 PM
Sad about Jimmy Cliff's passing, the great reggae vocalist/songwriter, 1st Jamaican artist who took the music worldwide in an ambassador-like role. My fave LP of his: “Jimmy Cliff” (1969) filled w/lasting classics: “Many Rivers” “Vietnam” “Time Will Tell” etc.
www.theguardian.com/music/2025/n...
www.theguardian.com/music/2025/n...
@rbreich.bsky.social on why it is dangerous to consumers and democracy that billionaires are buying up so much of America’s mass media and how these billionaires are using these properties to back their financial interests and give themselves unfair advantage.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Ultra-rich media owners are tightening their grip on democracy. It’s time to wrest our power back | Robert Reich
The Guardian has no billionaire or corporate owner: funded by readers, our fierce independence is guaranteed
www.theguardian.com
November 24, 2025 at 10:35 PM
@rbreich.bsky.social on why it is dangerous to consumers and democracy that billionaires are buying up so much of America’s mass media and how these billionaires are using these properties to back their financial interests and give themselves unfair advantage.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
@rbreich.bsky.social on why it is dangerous to consumers and democracy that billionaires are buying up so much of America’s mass media and how these billionaires are using these properties to back their financial interests & give themselves unfair advantage.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
November 24, 2025 at 10:35 PM
@rbreich.bsky.social on why it is dangerous to consumers and democracy that billionaires are buying up so much of America’s mass media and how these billionaires are using these properties to back their financial interests & give themselves unfair advantage.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
“According to the Washington Post, the 100 wealthiest Americans have spent $1.1 billion in federal election donations in 2024. 80% of that money is going to Republicans.” Unless Citizens United is somehow repealed, this unfair influence will only get worse.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ORF6...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ORF6...
What happens when billionaires try to take over politics? 'Revolt' and 'civil war': Elson warns
YouTube video by MS NOW
www.youtube.com
November 24, 2025 at 10:31 PM
“According to the Washington Post, the 100 wealthiest Americans have spent $1.1 billion in federal election donations in 2024. 80% of that money is going to Republicans.” Unless Citizens United is somehow repealed, this unfair influence will only get worse.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ORF6...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ORF6...
"A cryptocurrency backed by one of Nigel Farage’s biggest donors has been used to help Russia fight its war against Ukraine, Brit investigators say...multibillion-dollar scheme exchanging cash from UK drug/gun sales for crypto...designed to hide users’ identities"
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Cryptocurrency backed by Farage donor is used for Russian war effort, investigators say
Tether tokens found to facilitate scheme that enables sanctions evasion and launders money for the Kremlin
www.theguardian.com
November 24, 2025 at 9:39 PM
"A cryptocurrency backed by one of Nigel Farage’s biggest donors has been used to help Russia fight its war against Ukraine, Brit investigators say...multibillion-dollar scheme exchanging cash from UK drug/gun sales for crypto...designed to hide users’ identities"
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
"Record numbers of overseas-trained doctors are quitting the UK, leaving NHS at risk of huge gaps in its workforce, w/hostility towards migrants blamed for the exodus. In all 4,880 doctors who qualified in another country left the UK during 2024"--a 26% rise.
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
Overseas-trained doctors leaving the UK in record numbers
Medical bodies warn that hostility towards migrants is behind a 26% rise in departures last year that imperils NHS
www.theguardian.com
November 24, 2025 at 9:31 PM
"Record numbers of overseas-trained doctors are quitting the UK, leaving NHS at risk of huge gaps in its workforce, w/hostility towards migrants blamed for the exodus. In all 4,880 doctors who qualified in another country left the UK during 2024"--a 26% rise.
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
A new feature on X shows “Dozens of major accounts masquerading as “America First” or “MAGA” actually originate in places like Russia, India, Nigeria. In one example, the account MAGANationX—with nearly 400K followers…is actually based in Eastern Europe.”
www.thedailybeast.com/top-maga-inf...
www.thedailybeast.com/top-maga-inf...
Top MAGA Influencers Accidentally Unmasked as Foreign Actors
A new feature on Elon Musk’s X has given deeper insight into the online “America First” movement.
www.thedailybeast.com
November 24, 2025 at 6:25 PM
A new feature on X shows “Dozens of major accounts masquerading as “America First” or “MAGA” actually originate in places like Russia, India, Nigeria. In one example, the account MAGANationX—with nearly 400K followers…is actually based in Eastern Europe.”
www.thedailybeast.com/top-maga-inf...
www.thedailybeast.com/top-maga-inf...
The more you dig into his past, the more evidence is found of Nigel Farage’s toxic hate, as new evidence finds he spread anti-semitic conspiracy theories on various U.S. TV shows and podcasts. I think we know who Nigel is now, he needs to be sidelined.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Farage urged to explain conspiracy theories linked to antisemitism he voiced in US media
Exclusive: The Reform UK leader discussed far-right talking points in web TV and radio appearances between 2009 and 2018
www.theguardian.com
November 24, 2025 at 6:08 PM
The more you dig into his past, the more evidence is found of Nigel Farage’s toxic hate, as new evidence finds he spread anti-semitic conspiracy theories on various U.S. TV shows and podcasts. I think we know who Nigel is now, he needs to be sidelined.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Got news for y’all. This is not a health care plan. Not without covering pre-existing conditions and serious illness. Get real. Look after your people. It’s another heartless Republican scheme.
(Washington Post)
(Washington Post)
November 24, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Got news for y’all. This is not a health care plan. Not without covering pre-existing conditions and serious illness. Get real. Look after your people. It’s another heartless Republican scheme.
(Washington Post)
(Washington Post)
Trump hates you and loves corporations & their super-wealthy CEOs.
(@WashPost)
(@WashPost)
November 24, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Trump hates you and loves corporations & their super-wealthy CEOs.
(@WashPost)
(@WashPost)