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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 3h

57% of all ad spending by Republicans in the Virginia governors race was on anti trans ads. Just an incredibly mismanaged campaign. Anti-trans politics are a losing issue.

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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 15h

i'm a very biased party here but pretty much everything about the Mamdani campaign and the discourse around it thus far is a pretty thorough vindication of Africana Studies

Hamilton Nolan @hamiltonnolan.bsky.social · 16h

It is worth saying that putting “Africana studies” in scare quotes as if it’s a ridiculous concept is not a political argument. It’s just racism. “Africa is not worthy of a major” is the implication. Yeah dude you’re just racist. (From Gerard Baker at the WSJ today)

www.wsj.com/opinion/mamd...

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Meredith Plays Horn @meredithmoo25.bsky.social · 12d

Happy about this agreement but let’s be clear: the “challenged industry” is Broadway shows making record profits while the people who make eight shows a week happen are struggling to keep up with the cost of living in NYC

But glad an agreement was reached and strike averted!

The New York Times @nytimes.com · 12d

Broadway has averted a strike that could have done serious damage to an already challenged industry. The tentative agreement, which still requires ratification by union members, comes five days after a similar agreement with actors and stage managers.

Broadway Averts Strike as Musicians Reach Deal With Producers

The tentative agreement, which still requires ratification by union members, comes five days after a similar agreement with actors and stage managers.

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SFGATE @sfgate.com · 13d

"Pity the nation whose leaders are liars."

SF institution hangs protest banners as federal agents are sent to Bay Area

"Pity the nation whose leaders are liars."

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Dr. Nathan Loughstein @rhapsodyinblu.bsky.social · 14d

Hopefully I’ll have clips to share soon. It’s hard to put into words how special the night was. Some devotees of Carmines’ music made the trip or tuned in; some friends and family became new fans of this unbelievable score.

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Dr. Nathan Loughstein @rhapsodyinblu.bsky.social · 14d

Patrick offered some terrific insight into the history of the show and shared the story of how it found us. I talked a bit about what it’s meant to transcribe Carmines’s extravagant virtuosity. And we got to perform with a stellar cast.

THE GREEN ROOM 42 PRESENTS
AL CARMINES’ JOAN
A LOST OFF-BROADWAY GEM
LIVE STREAM AVAILABLE
Oct. 20 | 9:30pm
LILA BLUE
CARMEN RUBY FLOYD
OLIVER RICHMAN
MARK MITRAND
EMILY ALVARADO
ALICE SQUEGLIA
ARYN GEIER
GUNNAR MANCHESTER
AISLEY WALLACE HARPER
MELODY CHEN
NATHAN BEARY LOUGHSTEIN MUSIC DIRECTOR
PATRICK LOUGHSTEIN DIRECTOR

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Dr. Nathan Loughstein @rhapsodyinblu.bsky.social · 14d

Yesterday my spouse Patrick and I put on a concert of the 1971 Al Carmines musical JOAN at The Green Room 42. Two original cast members came to see it. So did Peter Filichia, cohost of “This Week on Broadway”—and here he is talking about seeing the show nearly 50 years ago, two nights in a row.

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Dr. Nathan Loughstein @rhapsodyinblu.bsky.social · 14d

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Dr. Nathan Loughstein @rhapsodyinblu.bsky.social · 17d

One person driving by our local protest started chanting “We need a king! We need a king!” so it does seem to be frying their circuits.

Sharon @sharonk.bsky.social · 17d

David Sacks is currently posting AI content of Trump as a king and Dems kneeling if you were wondering where his brain is at

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Musicology Duck @musicologyduck.bsky.social · 18d

we're getting to the point with this weekend where if you are a person who needs protesting advice, you should probably ignore any protest advice not coming from like the NLG, ALCU etc because random people are not having the best ideas about it right now

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The Oregonian @oregonian.com · 20d

Oriana Korol, a clarinetist with the Unpresidented Brass Band, was arrested after a man and federal agents barreled into band members who were standing across the street from the ICE office and playing the theme from “Ghostbusters.”

Read more: www.oregonlive.com/crime/2025/1...

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Dr. Nathan Loughstein @rhapsodyinblu.bsky.social · 21d

"Transcribing (and Performing) the Score of a Lost Off-Broadway Gem"

Here's the story of what brought my spouse Patrick and me to this concert—a bit about the piece, how it found us, and what we've done since.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=AO1_...

Transcribing (and performing) the score of a lost off-Broadway gem

YouTube video by Studying the Hat

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Rep. Jamie Raskin @raskin.house.gov · 21d

So what do you say, J.D. Vance? You once feared Trump could be the American Adolf Hitler. But that seems to be the hope of the new generation of Republicans you’ve raised. Will you denounce this outbreak of antisemitism, racism and fascism in your party?

Politico @politico.com · 21d

EXCLUSIVE: Thousands of leaked messages show leaders of Young Republican groups joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape in a private Telegram chat.

Inside rising GOP leaders’ racist chats — obtained by POLITICO and spanning more than 7 months👇

‘I love Hitler’: Leaked messages expose Young Republicans’ racist chat

Thousands of private messages reveal young GOP leaders joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape.

www.politico.com

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Dr. Nathan Loughstein @rhapsodyinblu.bsky.social · 21d

"Transcribing (and Performing) the Score of a Lost Off-Broadway Gem"

Here's the story of what brought my spouse Patrick and me to this concert—a bit about the piece, how it found us, and what we've done since.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=AO1_...

Transcribing (and performing) the score of a lost off-Broadway gem

YouTube video by Studying the Hat

www.youtube.com

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Dr. Nathan Loughstein @rhapsodyinblu.bsky.social · 24d

This is the AI using the details of a previous atrocity to caption a brand-new atrocity, right?

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 24d

New — Video shared with me shows ICE officers in DC detaining a man on Friday.

Bystander filming asks man for his name. ICE agent lies and says he’s not allowed to speak to him “by law” and another says “We’ve arrested American citizens for being too close…If he gets any closer, put him in cuffs.”

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Dr. Nathan Loughstein @rhapsodyinblu.bsky.social · 25d

Whaddya think we are, mice?

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Dr. Nathan Loughstein @rhapsodyinblu.bsky.social · 28d

Just rewatched this and was surprised to learn that the movie is based on a Pete Townshend concept album which is itself based on a novel by Ted Hughes that he wrote to comfort his children after the death of their mother/his wife, Sylvia Plath.

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KOJAMF🤘🖤🤘 @kojamf.bsky.social · Oct 5

Dr. Jane Goodall filmed an interview with Netflix in March 2025 that she understood would only be released after her death.

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Dr. Nathan Loughstein @rhapsodyinblu.bsky.social · Oct 1

Sunset from the Madison Building at the Library of Congress tonight

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Dr. Nathan Loughstein @rhapsodyinblu.bsky.social · Sep 28

Can’t wait to call my republican congressperson on Monday and demand daily updates about my medbed card.

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Dr. Nathan Loughstein @rhapsodyinblu.bsky.social · Sep 25

I made a video a while back about hidden rhymes in *Into the Woods* that includes Sondheim’s use of the word “dwell.” Well, “dwells.”

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Dr. Nathan Loughstein @rhapsodyinblu.bsky.social · Sep 25

John-Andrew Morrison might be the first person in history to play Medea AND Abraham Lincoln within the same calendar year.

BroadwayWorld @broadwayworld.com · Sep 25

Cheyenne Jackson and John-Andrew Morrison will join the cast of Oh, Mary!

Cheyenne Jackson and John-Andrew Morrison Will Join the Cast of OH, MARY!

Grammy and Emmy Award nominee Cheyenne Jackson and Tony Award nominee John-Andrew Morrison will join the cast of the Tony Award-winning hit comedy Oh, Mary!

www.broadwayworld.com

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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · Sep 18

Awful and dangerous to hear the Mayor echo the transphobic bigotry coming from the Trump administration. It's completely at odds with the values of our city and another reason why his single, disgraced term in office cannot end soon enough.

A screenshot of two tweets from the Politico reporter Joe Anuta.

The 1st: ".@NYCMayor elaborates on his comments yesterday that boys and girls should not use the same bathroom. He says he will review the policy of his own education department, which allows students to use restrooms “consistent with their gender identity” and potentially change it"

2nd: "He says students whose sex at birth differs should never be allowed to use the bathroom at the same time, regardless of gender identity"

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Jacob Soboroff @jacobsoboroff.bsky.social · Sep 15

NEW: Recently we reported on L.A. honor student and track star Nory Sontay Ramos and her mom Estela, deported after a routine immigration check-in. Weeks after we met them in Guatemala, where they were in hiding, Estela died suddenly. www.msnbc.com/msnbc/news/d...

The death of Estela Ramos Baten

Nory Sontay Ramos and her mother Estela were deported after a routine check-in. Two months later, Estela was buried with Guatemalan and U.S. flags draped over her coffin.

www.msnbc.com

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