Citizen.Coping
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@propcazhpm.bsky.social
· Oct 12
"We understand the world better if we tremble with it. Because the world trembles every which way. It trembles organically and geologically...with the climate—that we know. But the world also trembles through the relations that we have with each other. "
- Édouard Glissant, One World in Relation
- Édouard Glissant, One World in Relation
Damn.
It blows my mind that Netflix cancelled “The Residence.”
January 30, 2026 at 5:12 AM
Damn.
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"Conjuring" by @nikitagill.bsky.social
From the book Wild Embers, 2017 ❤️
From the book Wild Embers, 2017 ❤️
January 29, 2026 at 7:50 PM
"Conjuring" by @nikitagill.bsky.social
From the book Wild Embers, 2017 ❤️
From the book Wild Embers, 2017 ❤️
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My novella in verse PROTECTRESS is about what happens if Medusa survives to the present day, comes out as herself, & has to battle Athena's victim-blaming & rape culture. Lots of myth/history Easter eggs & goodies, plus the Fates, Duse's sisters, & a dragon who acts like a Newfie. a.co/d/6LVAGgm
January 29, 2026 at 9:32 PM
My novella in verse PROTECTRESS is about what happens if Medusa survives to the present day, comes out as herself, & has to battle Athena's victim-blaming & rape culture. Lots of myth/history Easter eggs & goodies, plus the Fates, Duse's sisters, & a dragon who acts like a Newfie. a.co/d/6LVAGgm
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The" Edges of Ailey" show at the Whitney had a cool display of design sketches, photos, and videos of the rehearsals and spectacular performance of the Alvin Ailey Dance Company at the opening of Studio 54 in 1977.
The costumes were designed by Antonio Lopez and Juan Ramos.
They were fantastic.
The costumes were designed by Antonio Lopez and Juan Ramos.
They were fantastic.
March 19, 2025 at 11:24 PM
The" Edges of Ailey" show at the Whitney had a cool display of design sketches, photos, and videos of the rehearsals and spectacular performance of the Alvin Ailey Dance Company at the opening of Studio 54 in 1977.
The costumes were designed by Antonio Lopez and Juan Ramos.
They were fantastic.
The costumes were designed by Antonio Lopez and Juan Ramos.
They were fantastic.
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"I was sitting there on the edge of my chair with a decision to make—pass on the war.. or climb the stairs, go to sleep.. read the score in the morning..
Not yet immune to the real-real, I sat and watched with such anxiety, such nausea—it seemed.. immoral to go to sleep"
Dionne Brand, The Blue Clerk
Not yet immune to the real-real, I sat and watched with such anxiety, such nausea—it seemed.. immoral to go to sleep"
Dionne Brand, The Blue Clerk
October 11, 2023 at 1:15 PM
"I was sitting there on the edge of my chair with a decision to make—pass on the war.. or climb the stairs, go to sleep.. read the score in the morning..
Not yet immune to the real-real, I sat and watched with such anxiety, such nausea—it seemed.. immoral to go to sleep"
Dionne Brand, The Blue Clerk
Not yet immune to the real-real, I sat and watched with such anxiety, such nausea—it seemed.. immoral to go to sleep"
Dionne Brand, The Blue Clerk
A car with huge speakers just passed playing this.
Still a banger.
Rema "Calm Down"
Still a banger.
Rema "Calm Down"
Rema - Calm Down (Official Music Video)
YouTube video by Rema
youtu.be
January 30, 2026 at 2:05 AM
A car with huge speakers just passed playing this.
Still a banger.
Rema "Calm Down"
Still a banger.
Rema "Calm Down"
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they ask sometimes, who could have lived,
each day,
who could have lived each day knowing
some massacre was underway, some repression,
why, anyone, anyone could live this way,
I do, I do
...
we live like this...
- Dionne Brand, excerpt OSSUARY XV
each day,
who could have lived each day knowing
some massacre was underway, some repression,
why, anyone, anyone could live this way,
I do, I do
...
we live like this...
- Dionne Brand, excerpt OSSUARY XV
October 26, 2023 at 8:27 AM
they ask sometimes, who could have lived,
each day,
who could have lived each day knowing
some massacre was underway, some repression,
why, anyone, anyone could live this way,
I do, I do
...
we live like this...
- Dionne Brand, excerpt OSSUARY XV
each day,
who could have lived each day knowing
some massacre was underway, some repression,
why, anyone, anyone could live this way,
I do, I do
...
we live like this...
- Dionne Brand, excerpt OSSUARY XV
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"Blacks in the Diaspora obscure themselves as much as they are obscured.. they are the creative legs of an even more dubious globalization...
What is produced in Black homes... expressions, gestures, understandings, dress, are taken up in the generalizing, homogenizing culture."
- Dionne Brand, Map
What is produced in Black homes... expressions, gestures, understandings, dress, are taken up in the generalizing, homogenizing culture."
- Dionne Brand, Map
A Map to the Door of No Return by Dionne Brand | Penguin Random House Canada
“One enters a room and history follows; one enters a room and history precedes. History is already seated in the chair in the empty room when one arrives.”Now entering its third decade in print, Dionn...
www.penguinrandomhouse.ca
August 14, 2024 at 12:19 PM
"Blacks in the Diaspora obscure themselves as much as they are obscured.. they are the creative legs of an even more dubious globalization...
What is produced in Black homes... expressions, gestures, understandings, dress, are taken up in the generalizing, homogenizing culture."
- Dionne Brand, Map
What is produced in Black homes... expressions, gestures, understandings, dress, are taken up in the generalizing, homogenizing culture."
- Dionne Brand, Map
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It was nominated for an Oscar! It's a great, fascinating piece of work. I like Man on the Inside as well, but it's uhhh very different.
Ted Danson's "Man on the Inside" is based on a documentary made in Chile about a man who really went undercover!
"The Mole Agent" starts when they're interviewing potential "spies" after placing the newspaper ad.
The "man on the inside" is so charming and his boss is quite a character! 😂 #FilmSky
"The Mole Agent" starts when they're interviewing potential "spies" after placing the newspaper ad.
The "man on the inside" is so charming and his boss is quite a character! 😂 #FilmSky
The Mole Agent | Official Trailer | POV | PBS
YouTube video by PBS
youtu.be
January 30, 2026 at 1:01 AM
It was nominated for an Oscar! It's a great, fascinating piece of work. I like Man on the Inside as well, but it's uhhh very different.
Ted Danson's "Man on the Inside" is based on a documentary made in Chile about a man who really went undercover!
"The Mole Agent" starts when they're interviewing potential "spies" after placing the newspaper ad.
The "man on the inside" is so charming and his boss is quite a character! 😂 #FilmSky
"The Mole Agent" starts when they're interviewing potential "spies" after placing the newspaper ad.
The "man on the inside" is so charming and his boss is quite a character! 😂 #FilmSky
The Mole Agent | Official Trailer | POV | PBS
YouTube video by PBS
youtu.be
January 30, 2026 at 12:57 AM
Ted Danson's "Man on the Inside" is based on a documentary made in Chile about a man who really went undercover!
"The Mole Agent" starts when they're interviewing potential "spies" after placing the newspaper ad.
The "man on the inside" is so charming and his boss is quite a character! 😂 #FilmSky
"The Mole Agent" starts when they're interviewing potential "spies" after placing the newspaper ad.
The "man on the inside" is so charming and his boss is quite a character! 😂 #FilmSky
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New Orleans-based Opera Créole and Opera Lafayette's joint poduction of Edmond Dédé’s (1827-1901) opera "Morgiane" is magnificent!
💜🎶🎼👑
#BHM #opera #Classical #BlackComposers
💜🎶🎼👑
#BHM #opera #Classical #BlackComposers
February 6, 2025 at 11:26 AM
New Orleans-based Opera Créole and Opera Lafayette's joint poduction of Edmond Dédé’s (1827-1901) opera "Morgiane" is magnificent!
💜🎶🎼👑
#BHM #opera #Classical #BlackComposers
💜🎶🎼👑
#BHM #opera #Classical #BlackComposers
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In 1887, African American composer Edmond Dédé was living in exile in France and completed the greatest work of his life:
an opera 545 pages long telling a story of epic proportions. He knew that what he had accomplished was important.
Shows 2/5 NYC, 2/7 DC
#BlackSky
Free link: archive.ph/g3AYv
an opera 545 pages long telling a story of epic proportions. He knew that what he had accomplished was important.
Shows 2/5 NYC, 2/7 DC
#BlackSky
Free link: archive.ph/g3AYv
Found: A Manuscript That Unlocks a Forgotten Black Composer’s World
Almost 125 years after Edmond Dédé’s death, his magnum opus “Morgiane,” perhaps the oldest existing opera by a Black American, is to be staged for the first time.
www.nytimes.com
January 31, 2025 at 7:06 PM
In 1887, African American composer Edmond Dédé was living in exile in France and completed the greatest work of his life:
an opera 545 pages long telling a story of epic proportions. He knew that what he had accomplished was important.
Shows 2/5 NYC, 2/7 DC
#BlackSky
Free link: archive.ph/g3AYv
an opera 545 pages long telling a story of epic proportions. He knew that what he had accomplished was important.
Shows 2/5 NYC, 2/7 DC
#BlackSky
Free link: archive.ph/g3AYv
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This is a bare minimum. So very bare
Any deal is a bad deal. Democrats must demand abolishing ICE/CBP. Accept nothing less than going back to 2024 funding levels, no masks, Article 3 court warrants only, on-demand inspection of DHS facilities, and DHS under a consent decree to ensure laws are followed.
January 29, 2026 at 11:38 PM
This is a bare minimum. So very bare
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A fabulous documentary on Joan of Arc with @thehistoryguy.bsky.social & @history-hit.bsky.social: www.youtube.com/watch?v=b0yR... #history #medieval #France #JoanofArc
Who Was Joan of Arc?
YouTube video by Dan Snow's History Hit
www.youtube.com
January 29, 2026 at 11:26 PM
A fabulous documentary on Joan of Arc with @thehistoryguy.bsky.social & @history-hit.bsky.social: www.youtube.com/watch?v=b0yR... #history #medieval #France #JoanofArc
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EARLY MUSIC PEOPLE!!
My Vicente Lusitano research partner and BGSU musicologist Arne Spohr have just finished the world's first edited edition of Vicente Lusitano's complete works!
My Vicente Lusitano research partner and BGSU musicologist Arne Spohr have just finished the world's first edited edition of Vicente Lusitano's complete works!
From seeing a name on a placard to transcribing and co-editing the complete works! Proud and grateful to have played a part in bringing the works of the first composer racialised as Black to publish music in Europe to a modern scholarly edition.
January 29, 2026 at 10:25 PM
EARLY MUSIC PEOPLE!!
My Vicente Lusitano research partner and BGSU musicologist Arne Spohr have just finished the world's first edited edition of Vicente Lusitano's complete works!
My Vicente Lusitano research partner and BGSU musicologist Arne Spohr have just finished the world's first edited edition of Vicente Lusitano's complete works!
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Afro-American Symphony (1930) by composer William Grant Still (1895–1978) was the first symphony written by an African American and performed for a U.S. audience by a leading orchestra.
It was premiered in 1931 by the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra.
#BlackSky #Classical
youtu.be/yDoW6Y7sYCE?...
It was premiered in 1931 by the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra.
#BlackSky #Classical
youtu.be/yDoW6Y7sYCE?...
Afro-American Symphony: I. Moderato assai
YouTube video by Paul Freeman - Topic
youtu.be
December 15, 2024 at 4:34 AM
Afro-American Symphony (1930) by composer William Grant Still (1895–1978) was the first symphony written by an African American and performed for a U.S. audience by a leading orchestra.
It was premiered in 1931 by the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra.
#BlackSky #Classical
youtu.be/yDoW6Y7sYCE?...
It was premiered in 1931 by the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra.
#BlackSky #Classical
youtu.be/yDoW6Y7sYCE?...
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Sony Classical's Black Composer Series 2/2:
Panamanian Roque Cordero (1917–2008), American Ulysses Simpson Kay (1917–1995);
Nigerian Fela Sowande (1905–1987); Panamanian Roque Cordero (1917–2008); American Ulysses Simpson Kay (1917–1995) #Classical
Cuban violinist-composer José Silvestre White
Panamanian Roque Cordero (1917–2008), American Ulysses Simpson Kay (1917–1995);
Nigerian Fela Sowande (1905–1987); Panamanian Roque Cordero (1917–2008); American Ulysses Simpson Kay (1917–1995) #Classical
Cuban violinist-composer José Silvestre White
Concerto for Violin and Orchestra: I. Allegro
YouTube video by Paul Freeman - Topic
youtu.be
December 15, 2024 at 4:06 AM
Sony Classical's Black Composer Series 2/2:
Panamanian Roque Cordero (1917–2008), American Ulysses Simpson Kay (1917–1995);
Nigerian Fela Sowande (1905–1987); Panamanian Roque Cordero (1917–2008); American Ulysses Simpson Kay (1917–1995) #Classical
Cuban violinist-composer José Silvestre White
Panamanian Roque Cordero (1917–2008), American Ulysses Simpson Kay (1917–1995);
Nigerian Fela Sowande (1905–1987); Panamanian Roque Cordero (1917–2008); American Ulysses Simpson Kay (1917–1995) #Classical
Cuban violinist-composer José Silvestre White
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Sony Classical's Black Composer Series spans centuries & continents: Guadeloupe's Chevalier de Saint-Georges (1745–1799); Brazilian José Maurício Nunes Garcia (1767–1830); Cuban José Silvestre White (1835–1918); English Samuel Coleridge-Taylor (1875–1912); US's William Grant Still (1895–1978) 1/
Sony Classical Reissues Black Composer Series: The Complete Album Collection (10-CD Box Set) Featuring Conductor Paul Freeman
In the 1970s, CBS Masterworks made a groundbreaking series of recordings featuring the music of black composers. The nine LPs released all featured the pioneering conductor Paul Freeman. Sony Classica...
stylemagazine.com
December 15, 2024 at 3:56 AM
Sony Classical's Black Composer Series spans centuries & continents: Guadeloupe's Chevalier de Saint-Georges (1745–1799); Brazilian José Maurício Nunes Garcia (1767–1830); Cuban José Silvestre White (1835–1918); English Samuel Coleridge-Taylor (1875–1912); US's William Grant Still (1895–1978) 1/
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Highly recommend.
Sony Classical's Black Composer Series spans centuries & continents: Guadeloupe's Chevalier de Saint-Georges (1745–1799); Brazilian José Maurício Nunes Garcia (1767–1830); Cuban José Silvestre White (1835–1918); English Samuel Coleridge-Taylor (1875–1912); US's William Grant Still (1895–1978) 1/
Sony Classical Reissues Black Composer Series: The Complete Album Collection (10-CD Box Set) Featuring Conductor Paul Freeman
In the 1970s, CBS Masterworks made a groundbreaking series of recordings featuring the music of black composers. The nine LPs released all featured the pioneering conductor Paul Freeman. Sony Classica...
stylemagazine.com
January 29, 2026 at 11:43 PM
Highly recommend.
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"Lusitano was an African-Portuguese composer and music theorist who was most likely born between 1520 and 1522, and who died sometime after 1562. Probably the child of an enslaved African woman and a Portuguese noble.."
- By @garrt.bsky.social
Free Link archive.ph/2023.01.06-0...
#Classical
- By @garrt.bsky.social
Free Link archive.ph/2023.01.06-0...
#Classical
January 29, 2026 at 11:36 PM
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Absolutely. Without Alice Jones’ witness that day, this wouldn’t have happened.
This is literally a world-changing publication that makes the music of a sixteenth century composer of African descent more accessible to everyone, and Joe has worked on it for six years!
That poster was made by Juilliard asst. dean/flutist/composer Alice H. Jones for a George Floyd rally in 2020
That poster was made by Juilliard asst. dean/flutist/composer Alice H. Jones for a George Floyd rally in 2020
From seeing a name on a placard to transcribing and co-editing the complete works! Proud and grateful to have played a part in bringing the works of the first composer racialised as Black to publish music in Europe to a modern scholarly edition.
January 29, 2026 at 10:49 PM
Absolutely. Without Alice Jones’ witness that day, this wouldn’t have happened.
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This is literally a world-changing publication that makes the music of a sixteenth century composer of African descent more accessible to everyone, and Joe has worked on it for six years!
That poster was made by Juilliard asst. dean/flutist/composer Alice H. Jones for a George Floyd rally in 2020
That poster was made by Juilliard asst. dean/flutist/composer Alice H. Jones for a George Floyd rally in 2020
From seeing a name on a placard to transcribing and co-editing the complete works! Proud and grateful to have played a part in bringing the works of the first composer racialised as Black to publish music in Europe to a modern scholarly edition.
January 29, 2026 at 10:40 PM
This is literally a world-changing publication that makes the music of a sixteenth century composer of African descent more accessible to everyone, and Joe has worked on it for six years!
That poster was made by Juilliard asst. dean/flutist/composer Alice H. Jones for a George Floyd rally in 2020
That poster was made by Juilliard asst. dean/flutist/composer Alice H. Jones for a George Floyd rally in 2020
From seeing a name on a placard to transcribing and co-editing the complete works! Proud and grateful to have played a part in bringing the works of the first composer racialised as Black to publish music in Europe to a modern scholarly edition.
January 29, 2026 at 11:34 PM
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From seeing a name on a placard to transcribing and co-editing the complete works! Proud and grateful to have played a part in bringing the works of the first composer racialised as Black to publish music in Europe to a modern scholarly edition.
January 29, 2026 at 10:18 PM
From seeing a name on a placard to transcribing and co-editing the complete works! Proud and grateful to have played a part in bringing the works of the first composer racialised as Black to publish music in Europe to a modern scholarly edition.
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If you watched the rest of the video we showed you the other day, you will have heard us talk a fair bit about simulating a language-immersion environment in your own home. The reason we talk about this so often is because it truly is the best way to learn a new language as fast as possible...
January 29, 2026 at 5:45 PM
If you watched the rest of the video we showed you the other day, you will have heard us talk a fair bit about simulating a language-immersion environment in your own home. The reason we talk about this so often is because it truly is the best way to learn a new language as fast as possible...