Erika Supria H
@drcanonic.bsky.social
(Music) Historian, listening & thinking & listening some more. Indo-German-Canadian in America. Posting in a personal capacity.
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oh so just dumb luck these idiots didn’t shoot down a passenger aircraft
According to multiple NYT sources, it wasn’t even military personnel at Fort Bliss that fired an anti-drone laser at alleged cartel drones. It was CBP who used the weapon on loan from DoD against a child’s party balloon they mistook for a drone. The Pentagon gave CBP an anti-aircraft weapon.
February 12, 2026 at 11:36 AM
oh so just dumb luck these idiots didn’t shoot down a passenger aircraft
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This is extremely weird. apnews.com/article/faa-...
FAA closes airspace around El Paso, Texas, for 10 days, grounding all flights
The Federal Aviation Administration is closing the airspace around El Paso International Airport in Texas for 10 days, grounding all flights to and from the airport.
apnews.com
February 11, 2026 at 1:10 PM
This is extremely weird. apnews.com/article/faa-...
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Of all the classes I took as an undergraduate, the three semesters I took of Music History were among those that have contributed as much to my everyday happiness as any. Hardly a single day passes without me benefitting from them.
I always always say that the two undergrad courses I regret not taking are statistics and a basic art history sequence. (Maybe I’d throw in a basic music appreciation class too) —I did do philosophy, lit, Econ, poli sci, architectural history, and plenty of history
Random thought over coffee: *So* glad Yale poli.sci made me study statistics as a grad student, even though I was a philosopher.
An *essential* competence to navigate & critically engage the world, never mind the profession.
An *essential* competence to navigate & critically engage the world, never mind the profession.
February 9, 2026 at 1:29 PM
Of all the classes I took as an undergraduate, the three semesters I took of Music History were among those that have contributed as much to my everyday happiness as any. Hardly a single day passes without me benefitting from them.
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Anyway, here is Pope Leo asking if he needs to wear gloves to touch a Renaissance Bible and being told "no," so gently www.youtube.com/watch?v=fxNj... 📚 📜
Pope Leo Flips through Italy’s most precious illuminated manuscript | Borso d’Este Bible
YouTube video by EWTN News
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February 6, 2026 at 11:39 PM
Anyway, here is Pope Leo asking if he needs to wear gloves to touch a Renaissance Bible and being told "no," so gently www.youtube.com/watch?v=fxNj... 📚 📜
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The Washington Post has only a single arts critic left - everyone else got fired today, along with all three arts editors. (There are still a couple of excellent arts reporters.) I was so upset I dusted off my blog to have my say: annemidgette.com/blog/f/a-req...
A requiem for arts coverage
I used to say I wished that newspapers would treat their arts sections the way they treated their sports sections. What I meant was that sports sections offered a balanced mix of news stories, feature...
annemidgette.com
February 4, 2026 at 9:13 PM
The Washington Post has only a single arts critic left - everyone else got fired today, along with all three arts editors. (There are still a couple of excellent arts reporters.) I was so upset I dusted off my blog to have my say: annemidgette.com/blog/f/a-req...
big opening weekend
January 31, 2026 at 2:31 PM
big opening weekend
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communism is when women
He’s shaken because 5 women asked for his credentials…imagine ICE asking you for your papers…
January 28, 2026 at 8:40 PM
communism is when women
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I wrote about how murders of people seen as “good” tend to galvanize the public against state violence in helpful ways. But to establish a just system in the long run, it's critical to recognize harm done to those who would never make the cut as saints.
The Innocence Trap
Survival should not require sainthood.
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January 27, 2026 at 2:11 AM
I wrote about how murders of people seen as “good” tend to galvanize the public against state violence in helpful ways. But to establish a just system in the long run, it's critical to recognize harm done to those who would never make the cut as saints.
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He was a good man.
January 25, 2026 at 2:23 AM
He was a good man.
100 percent would read this but not the other
January 24, 2026 at 2:15 PM
100 percent would read this but not the other
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normal dog, switzerland, 15th century
January 24, 2026 at 12:04 AM
normal dog, switzerland, 15th century
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remarkable how much contempt this white house has for the nation’s historical and artistic treasures
VOA's headquarters, 'the Sistine Chapel of the New Deal,' faces possible destruction as part of the Trump administration's drive for "maximum value for the federal real estate footprint." wapo.st/4a5NCsq
The stunning art trove hidden in a D.C. building marked by Trump for disposal
Packed with frescoes, paintings and reliefs, the federal government’s Cohen Building has been called “the Sistine Chapel of the New Deal.” Advocates fear these works could be at risk.
wapo.st
January 22, 2026 at 3:00 PM
remarkable how much contempt this white house has for the nation’s historical and artistic treasures
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We have just published a newly discovered 1493 Arabic letter written by Boabdil, the last sultan of Granada, addressed to the Catholic Monarchs. It is the only known Arabic letter produced after the fall of Granada and documents his attempt to renegotiate the terms of his departure to North Africa.
January 21, 2026 at 1:48 PM
We have just published a newly discovered 1493 Arabic letter written by Boabdil, the last sultan of Granada, addressed to the Catholic Monarchs. It is the only known Arabic letter produced after the fall of Granada and documents his attempt to renegotiate the terms of his departure to North Africa.
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This is just a reminder that, in 1631, Robert Barker in London misprinted a famous line of the Holy Bible, namely „Thou shalt commit adultery“.
The forbidden copies with the famous slip sold well, and a few survived in our catalogues. The edition was called the Wicked Bible afterwards. #bookhistory
The forbidden copies with the famous slip sold well, and a few survived in our catalogues. The edition was called the Wicked Bible afterwards. #bookhistory
April 18, 2024 at 4:25 PM
This is just a reminder that, in 1631, Robert Barker in London misprinted a famous line of the Holy Bible, namely „Thou shalt commit adultery“.
The forbidden copies with the famous slip sold well, and a few survived in our catalogues. The edition was called the Wicked Bible afterwards. #bookhistory
The forbidden copies with the famous slip sold well, and a few survived in our catalogues. The edition was called the Wicked Bible afterwards. #bookhistory
planning the semester like
January 17, 2026 at 3:25 PM
planning the semester like
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updating my syllabus for next week
January 16, 2026 at 5:27 PM
updating my syllabus for next week
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Yesterday, a federal immigration judge ruled to deport UUP Upstate member Alcibiades “Alex” Lazaro Ramírez González. UUP will continue to stand by Alex and his family as we have since he was first detained in October.
Read UUP's full statement: uupinfo.org/communicatio...
Read UUP's full statement: uupinfo.org/communicatio...
January 14, 2026 at 4:54 PM
Yesterday, a federal immigration judge ruled to deport UUP Upstate member Alcibiades “Alex” Lazaro Ramírez González. UUP will continue to stand by Alex and his family as we have since he was first detained in October.
Read UUP's full statement: uupinfo.org/communicatio...
Read UUP's full statement: uupinfo.org/communicatio...
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A University at Buffalo researcher was detained by ICE after he made a wrong turn on the Peace Bridge.
UUP President Fred Kowal said, “this situation is frightening because it’s clear that there are no limits on what ICE can and will do.”
Read more: uupinfo.org/communicatio...
UUP President Fred Kowal said, “this situation is frightening because it’s clear that there are no limits on what ICE can and will do.”
Read more: uupinfo.org/communicatio...
January 14, 2026 at 11:13 PM
A University at Buffalo researcher was detained by ICE after he made a wrong turn on the Peace Bridge.
UUP President Fred Kowal said, “this situation is frightening because it’s clear that there are no limits on what ICE can and will do.”
Read more: uupinfo.org/communicatio...
UUP President Fred Kowal said, “this situation is frightening because it’s clear that there are no limits on what ICE can and will do.”
Read more: uupinfo.org/communicatio...
One of the giants of harpsichord performance in the 20th century. This write-up conveys vividly the darkness and trauma of her years interned in Nazi camps, and the ways music was made and learned in such unimaginable circumstances
Born #OTD 1927, Zuzana Růžičková began playing the piano age 9. During WWII, she was excluded from school. In Jan 1942, she and her family were interned in the Terezín, then deported to Auschwitz and Bergen-Belsen. She survived and went on to study music.
holocaustmusic.ort.o...
holocaustmusic.ort.o...
January 14, 2026 at 1:17 PM
One of the giants of harpsichord performance in the 20th century. This write-up conveys vividly the darkness and trauma of her years interned in Nazi camps, and the ways music was made and learned in such unimaginable circumstances
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Friends, Claudette Colvin—the 15-year-old who refused to give up her seat on a Montgomery bus in March 1955 & joined the federal case against bus segregation that went to the Supreme Court — died today at age 86. But there are lots of myths and mis-impressions about her. A short corrective thread:
January 14, 2026 at 1:27 AM
Friends, Claudette Colvin—the 15-year-old who refused to give up her seat on a Montgomery bus in March 1955 & joined the federal case against bus segregation that went to the Supreme Court — died today at age 86. But there are lots of myths and mis-impressions about her. A short corrective thread:
bump!
Does anyone have a sense of how expensive the VISA for a UK-based academic to come to the US for, say, a week is that days?
I think I heard 1000 in the last year but I don't know
I think I heard 1000 in the last year but I don't know
January 14, 2026 at 1:27 AM
bump!
it's giving gated community vibes
January 13, 2026 at 11:05 PM
it's giving gated community vibes
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I really want ppl w/o Minneapolis connections to understand
You might've heard that Mpls public schools went hybrid bc so many families are in hiding. Well, a coworker just told me that today, during his kid's hybrid class, a kid's apt building was raided onscreen
*Everyone has stories like this*
You might've heard that Mpls public schools went hybrid bc so many families are in hiding. Well, a coworker just told me that today, during his kid's hybrid class, a kid's apt building was raided onscreen
*Everyone has stories like this*
January 13, 2026 at 6:06 PM
I really want ppl w/o Minneapolis connections to understand
You might've heard that Mpls public schools went hybrid bc so many families are in hiding. Well, a coworker just told me that today, during his kid's hybrid class, a kid's apt building was raided onscreen
*Everyone has stories like this*
You might've heard that Mpls public schools went hybrid bc so many families are in hiding. Well, a coworker just told me that today, during his kid's hybrid class, a kid's apt building was raided onscreen
*Everyone has stories like this*