Mike Heffley
@mikeheffley.bsky.social
Musician, scholar, semi-retired educator reading/writing/musicking to heart's content, father
This was once what was on my mind. Now it's more like out of it, for the whole world (except me) to see and (only me) hear.
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The Christmas Song (Frank Loesser)
See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Christmas_Song
Drawing in cover by Panajota Tserkesi http://www.tserkesi.de/
I haven't had this much fun playing my Christmas favorites on the keyboard since e
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December 8, 2025 at 12:17 PM
This was once what was on my mind. Now it's more like out of it, for the whole world (except me) to see and (only me) hear.
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A guy can dream... soundcloud.com/mheffley-1/d...
White Christmas 1 (Irving Berlin)
I'm streaming down a white rainbow...snow boiling light from ear to ear (sung to the 1st 8 bars of https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_Christmas_(song)
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December 7, 2025 at 12:44 PM
A guy can dream... soundcloud.com/mheffley-1/d...
"But it was the election of Donald Trump in 2016 that enshrined her as a prophet. Bewildered Americans looked to her work about European cataclysm for guidance. Sales of Arendt’s “The Origins of Totalitarianism” soared..."
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Hannah Arendt Is Not Your Icon
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December 6, 2025 at 4:50 PM
"But it was the election of Donald Trump in 2016 that enshrined her as a prophet. Bewildered Americans looked to her work about European cataclysm for guidance. Sales of Arendt’s “The Origins of Totalitarianism” soared..."
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Watch the whole thing for full impact. Good v. Evil is not a metaphysical abstraction/fantasy, nor is it a partisan contest.
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CDC Panel ends recommendation for newborn hepatitis B shot
Earlier today, a CDC panel voted to end the recommendation that newborns receive the hepatitis B vaccine, despite a 99% drop in cases since in the 30 years since it was implemented. Brandy Zadrozny jo...
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December 6, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Watch the whole thing for full impact. Good v. Evil is not a metaphysical abstraction/fantasy, nor is it a partisan contest.
www.ms.now/all-in/watch...
www.ms.now/all-in/watch...
Wikipedia XRT: These hagiographies had a powerful influence on the High Middle Ages conceptualization of the rex iustus, or "righteous king"—that is, a monarch whose power stems mainly from his great piety, as well as from his princely vigor.
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Good King Wenceslas (Tempus adept floridum)
See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Good_King_Wenceslas
Drawing in cover by Panajota Tserkesi http://www.tserkesi.de/
I haven't had this much fun playing my Christmas favorites on the keyboard since
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December 6, 2025 at 10:00 AM
Wikipedia XRT: These hagiographies had a powerful influence on the High Middle Ages conceptualization of the rex iustus, or "righteous king"—that is, a monarch whose power stems mainly from his great piety, as well as from his princely vigor.
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Not dark yet but getting there?
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Opinion | Trump’s racism is horrible — but it’s not 1930s Germany
Philip Bump: The Trump administration is often compared to Nazi Germany. I asked historians to weigh in.
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December 5, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Not dark yet but getting there?
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Retracing the thousand-mile journey toward stardom that began with one step, MFers!
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We Three Kings of Orient Are/Greensleeves (Trad.)
See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/We_Three_Kings, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greensleeves
Drawing in cover by Panajota Tserkesi http://www.tserkesi.de/
I haven't had this much fun playing my Chr
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December 5, 2025 at 1:29 PM
Retracing the thousand-mile journey toward stardom that began with one step, MFers!
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Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. ❤️
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Opinion | Ilhan Omar: Trump Knows He’s Failing. Cue the Bigotry.
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December 5, 2025 at 8:55 AM
Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. ❤️
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"My Somali neighbors may have come from hellish situations, but they are trying to create a little bit of heaven for their families here in the United States...My Somali neighbors inspire me. They remind me of the best of this country."
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Opinion | I'm a pastor in Minneapolis who sees God in my Somali neighbors
G. Travis Norvell: My Somali neighbors are beautiful
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December 4, 2025 at 2:33 PM
"My Somali neighbors may have come from hellish situations, but they are trying to create a little bit of heaven for their families here in the United States...My Somali neighbors inspire me. They remind me of the best of this country."
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"He wouldn’t be telling the brave Ukrainians that they have no cards; he’d be dealing them cards to maximize their leverage while loudly telling the Russian people that they have no future — because Vladimir Putin stole all their cards." www.nytimes.com/2025/12/04/o...
Opinion | The ‘Useful Idiots’ From America Whom Putin Is Playing Like a Flute
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December 4, 2025 at 11:56 AM
"He wouldn’t be telling the brave Ukrainians that they have no cards; he’d be dealing them cards to maximize their leverage while loudly telling the Russian people that they have no future — because Vladimir Putin stole all their cards." www.nytimes.com/2025/12/04/o...
I haven't had this much fun playing my Christmas favorites on the keyboard since ever! The electronic shimmer and bite, combined in two overdubs on some tracks, sound like the sonic equivalent of ice crystals and snowflakes stinging my face and ears in a wind.
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Winter Wonderland 1 (Felix Bernard, Richard Smith)
See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winter_Wonderland
Drawing in cover by Panajota Tserkesi http://www.tserkesi.de/
I haven't had this much fun playing my Christmas favorites on the keyboard since ev
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December 3, 2025 at 7:24 PM
I haven't had this much fun playing my Christmas favorites on the keyboard since ever! The electronic shimmer and bite, combined in two overdubs on some tracks, sound like the sonic equivalent of ice crystals and snowflakes stinging my face and ears in a wind.
soundcloud.com/mheffley-1/w...
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"Posting stupid memes after being accused of murder is not the response...of a human being who comprehends the risks—and the costs—of ordering other people to kill helpless men clinging to the wreck of a boat."
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Pete Hegseth Needs to Go—Now
A man with such contempt for the military should not run the Pentagon.
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December 2, 2025 at 5:59 PM
"Posting stupid memes after being accused of murder is not the response...of a human being who comprehends the risks—and the costs—of ordering other people to kill helpless men clinging to the wreck of a boat."
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"...national security scholar Tom Nichols called out Hegseth... for acting like 'a sneering, spoiled punk who has been caught doing wrong and is now daring the local fuzz to take him in and risk the anger of his rich dad—a role fulfilled by Donald Trump...'"
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December 1, 2025
President Donald J.
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December 2, 2025 at 5:37 PM
"...national security scholar Tom Nichols called out Hegseth... for acting like 'a sneering, spoiled punk who has been caught doing wrong and is now daring the local fuzz to take him in and risk the anger of his rich dad—a role fulfilled by Donald Trump...'"
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Let the month begin...
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Let It Snow! Let it Snow! Let it Snow! (Jules Styne, Sammy Cahn)
See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Let_It_Snow!_Let_It_Snow!_Let_It_Snow!
Drawing in cover by Panajota Tserkesi http://www.tserkesi.de/
I haven't had this much fun playing my Christmas favorites on
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December 1, 2025 at 10:49 AM
Let the month begin...
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Typically insightful points I hadn't considered, and take.
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An Insult Is a Confession: Notes on Journalism in the Time of Trump
There's been a lot of fuss about Trump recently calling female journalists "stupid" and "piggy" though there's nothing really new about his misogyny toward that sub-population (I am so old I remember ...
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November 29, 2025 at 11:23 AM
Typically insightful points I hadn't considered, and take.
www.meditationsinanemergency.com/an-insult-is...
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"I’ve written this before, but it cannot be repeated often enough: This war will end only when Russia stops fighting. ...Yet Witkoff is seeking to persuade Trump not to put pressure on Russia, and we don’t really know why."
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Why Does Steve Witkoff Keep Taking Russia’s Side?
Trump’s envoy isn’t promoting peace. His interventions are helping Vladimir Putin.
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November 28, 2025 at 1:43 PM
"I’ve written this before, but it cannot be repeated often enough: This war will end only when Russia stops fighting. ...Yet Witkoff is seeking to persuade Trump not to put pressure on Russia, and we don’t really know why."
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
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Feeling Thankful for HCR, and for women as a positive social force.
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November 25, 2025
Last week, a poll conducted for Global EV Alliance, made up of electric vehicle driver associations around the world, found that 52% of Americans would avoid buying a Tesla for political reasons.
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November 26, 2025 at 11:08 AM
Feeling Thankful for HCR, and for women as a positive social force.
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