Maintainin’ In The Madness
@maintainin.bsky.social
🎶, 📚, 📺, 🎥 & whatever else helps bide the time.
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My ♥️ beats notes 🎼 (scales), drums🪘, chords, keys 🎹 , strings🪕🎸, horns 🎺 🎷, and vocal 🗣️sound… 🎼…music.
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Bruce Springsteen released 'Working On A Dream' 17 years ago on January 27, 2009 | Discover where it ranks in our readers' poll here: album.ink/SprngstnPoll
January 27, 2026 at 1:03 PM
Bruce Springsteen released 'Working On A Dream' 17 years ago on January 27, 2009 | Discover where it ranks in our readers' poll here: album.ink/SprngstnPoll
Wow 😮 She’s been in the fashion/beauty space for decades. Her brand definitely had a moment. Hope she can find a way to continue in the beauty space.
Pat McGrath Labs Filed for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy
The brand has been around for a decade, but it can’t seem to beat out the competition.
www.thecut.com
January 26, 2026 at 7:33 PM
Wow 😮 She’s been in the fashion/beauty space for decades. Her brand definitely had a moment. Hope she can find a way to continue in the beauty space.
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The amount of times I've picked up a record purely because the sleeve notes read 'Bass - Robbie Shakespeare, Drums - Sly Dunbar'
RIP Sly, and thank you.
RIP Sly, and thank you.
Legendary drummer Sly Dunbar dies at 73 - Jamaica Observer
Sly Dunbar, the legendary Jamaican drummer who gained fame as a member of the production duo Sly and Robbie, has died. Observer Online understands that Dunbar passed away suddenly at home on Monday mo...
www.jamaicaobserver.com
January 26, 2026 at 4:57 PM
The amount of times I've picked up a record purely because the sleeve notes read 'Bass - Robbie Shakespeare, Drums - Sly Dunbar'
RIP Sly, and thank you.
RIP Sly, and thank you.
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January 23, 2026 at 4:49 PM
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Dateline has picked up my friend's niece's disappearance. She's missing from Fishers, Indiana, which is a northside suburb of Indianapolis. They think she met someone online. @joshmankiewicz.bsky.social - if you could please amplify to get Hailey home.
January 22, 2026 at 9:39 AM
Dateline has picked up my friend's niece's disappearance. She's missing from Fishers, Indiana, which is a northside suburb of Indianapolis. They think she met someone online. @joshmankiewicz.bsky.social - if you could please amplify to get Hailey home.
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Congratulations to Alanis Morissette, who has been deservedly inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame's 2026 class.
Explore more here: album.ink/AMorissette
Explore more here: album.ink/AMorissette
January 22, 2026 at 4:45 AM
Congratulations to Alanis Morissette, who has been deservedly inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame's 2026 class.
Explore more here: album.ink/AMorissette
Explore more here: album.ink/AMorissette
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What's the first word that comes to mind when you think of this album? | Listen to the album + explore our tribute here: album.ink/jacksonstriu...
January 21, 2026 at 1:00 AM
What's the first word that comes to mind when you think of this album? | Listen to the album + explore our tribute here: album.ink/jacksonstriu...
Sharing a 📸 of a moment when MLK was able to experience & have a bit of joy. 🤗 Riding the “Magic Skyway @ Ford Motor Company Pavilion” w/his kids (Yolanda & MLK III) @ the World's Fair in 1964.🫶🏾
January 19, 2026 at 7:06 PM
Sharing a 📸 of a moment when MLK was able to experience & have a bit of joy. 🤗 Riding the “Magic Skyway @ Ford Motor Company Pavilion” w/his kids (Yolanda & MLK III) @ the World's Fair in 1964.🫶🏾
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In December, I traveled to Montgomery to visit the Legacy Museum, which traces the story of Black America from slavery to Jim Crow to mass incarceration. I wanted to understand how the museum & its affiliated sites were operating in a moment where so much of the history they present is under attack.
The Power of Private Museums
The Equal Justice Initiative’s historical sites in Montgomery, Alabama, show what’s possible when history isn’t subject to federal funding cuts or executive orders.
www.theatlantic.com
January 19, 2026 at 4:35 PM
In December, I traveled to Montgomery to visit the Legacy Museum, which traces the story of Black America from slavery to Jim Crow to mass incarceration. I wanted to understand how the museum & its affiliated sites were operating in a moment where so much of the history they present is under attack.
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On MLK Jr Day, it is certainly worth thinking about the relationship of the Black Freedom movement with the media.
Here's one book among many. I'd welcome other recs. 🗃
www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/155579...
Here's one book among many. I'd welcome other recs. 🗃
www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/155579...
The Race Beat by Gene Roberts, Hank Klibanoff: 9780679735656 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books
An unprecedented examination of how news stories, editorials and photographs in the American press—and the journalists responsible for them—profoundly changed the nation’s thinking about...
www.penguinrandomhouse.com
January 19, 2026 at 4:30 PM
On MLK Jr Day, it is certainly worth thinking about the relationship of the Black Freedom movement with the media.
Here's one book among many. I'd welcome other recs. 🗃
www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/155579...
Here's one book among many. I'd welcome other recs. 🗃
www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/155579...
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Happy 80th Birthday Dolly Parton! Explore her musical legacy (including audio & video highlights) here: album.ink/DPartonHBD
January 19, 2026 at 1:15 PM
Happy 80th Birthday Dolly Parton! Explore her musical legacy (including audio & video highlights) here: album.ink/DPartonHBD
In every font & every size 😉
January 19, 2026 at 4:09 PM
In every font & every size 😉
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Rather than defaulting to secular, Western scientific frameworks, “Unbound: Art, Blackness, & the Universe” at the Museum of the African Diaspora is deeply attuned to the forces of the cosmos, leaving room for aesthetic, spiritual, and political ways of conceiving the universe.
Black Artists Create New Universes in “Unbound”
The exhibition at the Museum of the African Diaspora moves between history and futurity without settling on a singular narrative of the universe, instead prompting reflection.
hyperallergic.com
January 19, 2026 at 3:43 PM
Rather than defaulting to secular, Western scientific frameworks, “Unbound: Art, Blackness, & the Universe” at the Museum of the African Diaspora is deeply attuned to the forces of the cosmos, leaving room for aesthetic, spiritual, and political ways of conceiving the universe.
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The Andromeda galaxy. Orion Nebula. IC1805 The Heart Nebula. M101 The Pinwheel Galaxy.
All taken from the backyard. This year I’ll be even better.
All taken from the backyard. This year I’ll be even better.
January 17, 2026 at 8:58 AM
The Andromeda galaxy. Orion Nebula. IC1805 The Heart Nebula. M101 The Pinwheel Galaxy.
All taken from the backyard. This year I’ll be even better.
All taken from the backyard. This year I’ll be even better.
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For a Kiiiing, celebrate! Sing, Sing! Celebrate! ✌🏾🖤✊🏾 #KingdomDay #LikeWeAlwaysDoAtThisTimr
youtu.be/5Y7Qy7VrWxk?...
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King Dream Chorus and Holiday Crew ~ King Holiday
YouTube video by Musicvegan01
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January 19, 2026 at 12:21 PM
For a Kiiiing, celebrate! Sing, Sing! Celebrate! ✌🏾🖤✊🏾 #KingdomDay #LikeWeAlwaysDoAtThisTimr
youtu.be/5Y7Qy7VrWxk?...
youtu.be/5Y7Qy7VrWxk?...
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"Fight the Power" is the definitive political anthem by Public Enemy, originally commissioned by director Spike Lee for his 1989 film Do the Right Thing. It is widely regarded as one of the most influential songs in music history, recently ranked #2 on Rolling Stone's 2025
January 18, 2026 at 4:03 AM
"Fight the Power" is the definitive political anthem by Public Enemy, originally commissioned by director Spike Lee for his 1989 film Do the Right Thing. It is widely regarded as one of the most influential songs in music history, recently ranked #2 on Rolling Stone's 2025
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Firstly, thank you! 🥰 The gold dot is a scarab symbolising rebirth. The British Museum’s famous Gayer Anderson cat has gold earrings so I presume this cat did too! See the BM’s cat on this link:
www.britishmuseum.org/collection/a...
www.britishmuseum.org/collection/a...
The Gayer-Anderson cat
View a 3D model of the Gayer-Anderson cat and discover why it is one of the British Museum's masterpieces.
www.britishmuseum.org
January 18, 2026 at 6:07 PM
Firstly, thank you! 🥰 The gold dot is a scarab symbolising rebirth. The British Museum’s famous Gayer Anderson cat has gold earrings so I presume this cat did too! See the BM’s cat on this link:
www.britishmuseum.org/collection/a...
www.britishmuseum.org/collection/a...
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Ancient Egyptian cat figurines are often interpreted as representations of the goddess Bastet. She was associated with fertility, birth, and protection. Read more about the ancient Egyptian feline goddess Bastet on this link: arce.org/resource/god...
arce.org
January 18, 2026 at 5:52 PM
Ancient Egyptian cat figurines are often interpreted as representations of the goddess Bastet. She was associated with fertility, birth, and protection. Read more about the ancient Egyptian feline goddess Bastet on this link: arce.org/resource/god...
Look at the glimmers on this beautiful cat! 🥰 details about the artifact & photo in the post ⬇️ 🤗🫶🏾
Ancient Egyptian bronze head of a cat with amber eyes, c. 600 BC.
Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek, Copenhagen. 📷 by me
#Archaeology
Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek, Copenhagen. 📷 by me
#Archaeology
January 19, 2026 at 8:54 AM
Look at the glimmers on this beautiful cat! 🥰 details about the artifact & photo in the post ⬇️ 🤗🫶🏾
🎶Heads igh, kill dem wit’ di "No!"
Tell dem seh, m "Vegas seh so”🎶 🔥
Tell dem seh, m "Vegas seh so”🎶 🔥
January 19, 2026 at 8:08 AM
🎶Heads igh, kill dem wit’ di "No!"
Tell dem seh, m "Vegas seh so”🎶 🔥
Tell dem seh, m "Vegas seh so”🎶 🔥
Day 18 - A song for when you feel lonely
It Ain't Easy Being Green x Ray Charles 🥺😔
#IsmuasMonthOfMusic 🎼
#MusicChallenge 🎶
It Ain't Easy Being Green x Ray Charles 🥺😔
#IsmuasMonthOfMusic 🎼
#MusicChallenge 🎶
January 19, 2026 at 5:09 AM
Day 18 - A song for when you feel lonely
It Ain't Easy Being Green x Ray Charles 🥺😔
#IsmuasMonthOfMusic 🎼
#MusicChallenge 🎶
It Ain't Easy Being Green x Ray Charles 🥺😔
#IsmuasMonthOfMusic 🎼
#MusicChallenge 🎶
Day 18 - A song for when you feel lonely
Angel x Chaka Kahn 🥺😢
#IsmuasMonthOfMusic 🎼
#MusicChallenge 🎶
Angel x Chaka Kahn 🥺😢
#IsmuasMonthOfMusic 🎼
#MusicChallenge 🎶
Chaka Khan - Angel (Official Video)
YouTube video by ChakaKhanVEVO
www.youtube.com
January 19, 2026 at 4:28 AM
Day 18 - A song for when you feel lonely
Angel x Chaka Kahn 🥺😢
#IsmuasMonthOfMusic 🎼
#MusicChallenge 🎶
Angel x Chaka Kahn 🥺😢
#IsmuasMonthOfMusic 🎼
#MusicChallenge 🎶
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day 17 - a song that captures pure anger
kelis - caught out there 😡
#IsmuasMonthOfMusic 🎼
#MusicChallenge 🎶
(catching up)
youtu.be/N3JFwd1bk4Q?...
kelis - caught out there 😡
#IsmuasMonthOfMusic 🎼
#MusicChallenge 🎶
(catching up)
youtu.be/N3JFwd1bk4Q?...
January 19, 2026 at 2:13 AM
day 17 - a song that captures pure anger
kelis - caught out there 😡
#IsmuasMonthOfMusic 🎼
#MusicChallenge 🎶
(catching up)
youtu.be/N3JFwd1bk4Q?...
kelis - caught out there 😡
#IsmuasMonthOfMusic 🎼
#MusicChallenge 🎶
(catching up)
youtu.be/N3JFwd1bk4Q?...
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Is Anita Baker’s ‘Rapture’ (1986) one of the greatest albums of all time? Vote for it—and up to ten albums total—in our readers’ poll here: album.ink/GOATAlbumsPoll
January 19, 2026 at 4:00 AM
Is Anita Baker’s ‘Rapture’ (1986) one of the greatest albums of all time? Vote for it—and up to ten albums total—in our readers’ poll here: album.ink/GOATAlbumsPoll
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Very excited to be hosting @berondam.bsky.social to discuss her new book on 2/9 at Prairie Lights!
I had the honor of reading an ARC of "When Trees Testify: Science, Wisdom, History, and America’s Black Botanical Legacy" by @berondam.bsky.social. It is an excellent and very moving fusion of science, history, and memoir. It comes out Tuesday. I highly recommend it. #WhenTreesTestify
January 18, 2026 at 10:58 PM
Very excited to be hosting @berondam.bsky.social to discuss her new book on 2/9 at Prairie Lights!