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Writer, movie-watcher, jazz-listener, fascism-loather. Dad.
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Jazz OTD: Trumpeter/composer Woody Shaw led the sessions for one of the landmark albums of post-bop fusion, "Blackstone Legacy," on December 8-9, 1970, with Gary Bartz and Bennie Maupin on woodwinds, George Cables (p, ep), Ron Carter (b), Clint Houston (electric bass), and Lenny White (d). #jazzsky
Lost And Found
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December 8, 2025 at 10:56 AM
Jazz OTD: Trumpeter/composer Woody Shaw led the sessions for one of the landmark albums of post-bop fusion, "Blackstone Legacy," on December 8-9, 1970, with Gary Bartz and Bennie Maupin on woodwinds, George Cables (p, ep), Ron Carter (b), Clint Houston (electric bass), and Lenny White (d). #jazzsky
“It was not clear exactly why agents from E.R.O., which is part of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, appeared at her parents’ home on Sunday, but the family had spoken broadly to the media about their daughter’s case.”
Pretty sure the answer to the first part is in the second part
Pretty sure the answer to the first part is in the second part
They are going after that college students' family now. JFC www.nytimes.com/2025/12/07/u...
Immigration Agents Target Family of Deported College Student
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December 8, 2025 at 1:57 PM
“It was not clear exactly why agents from E.R.O., which is part of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, appeared at her parents’ home on Sunday, but the family had spoken broadly to the media about their daughter’s case.”
Pretty sure the answer to the first part is in the second part
Pretty sure the answer to the first part is in the second part
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some significant part of this is just catch-all fear for “this is not the child I ordered” I think
Oh, here's a big surprise. The transphobes don't believe in ADHD either.
then, the transphobes , feeling victorious at how many people they have made unhappy and despairing in the previous week, move on to anything else that has a spectrum and the possibility of more colours than they can conceive - such hateful people - they cannot understand anything that is not THEM
December 8, 2025 at 1:09 PM
some significant part of this is just catch-all fear for “this is not the child I ordered” I think
I put a joke in the 6yo’s lunch every day and sometimes look them up for inspiration. She’s going to love this Reader’s Digest offering;
Why didn’t the Terminator upgrade to Windows 10?
He said, “I still love Vista, baby.”
Why didn’t the Terminator upgrade to Windows 10?
He said, “I still love Vista, baby.”
December 8, 2025 at 1:04 PM
I put a joke in the 6yo’s lunch every day and sometimes look them up for inspiration. She’s going to love this Reader’s Digest offering;
Why didn’t the Terminator upgrade to Windows 10?
He said, “I still love Vista, baby.”
Why didn’t the Terminator upgrade to Windows 10?
He said, “I still love Vista, baby.”
We made a Hannukiah out of a log
December 8, 2025 at 12:41 PM
We made a Hannukiah out of a log
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Jazz OTD: Trumpeter/composer Marquis Hill released "The New Gospel" independently in 2011. He assembled a top band (Walter Smith III, Joel Ross, James Francies, Harish Raghavan, and Kendrick Scott) to perform/record the compositions live on December 8, 2019 for "The New Gospel Revisited." #jazzsky
Marquis Hill Law & Order
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December 8, 2025 at 11:17 AM
Jazz OTD: Trumpeter/composer Marquis Hill released "The New Gospel" independently in 2011. He assembled a top band (Walter Smith III, Joel Ross, James Francies, Harish Raghavan, and Kendrick Scott) to perform/record the compositions live on December 8, 2019 for "The New Gospel Revisited." #jazzsky
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Jazz OTD: Somehow I had missed "High Art" - to date the only release by the collaborative Power Quintet featuring some of my favorite musicians (Jeremy Pelt, Steve Nelson, Danny Grissett, Peter Washington, and Bill Stewart). Recorded December 8, 2015, and, predictably, it's very good. #jazzsky
Jeremy Pelt, Steve Nelson, Danny Grissett -The Power Quintet - Mr. Wiggleworm (2016 HighNote)
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December 8, 2025 at 11:08 AM
Jazz OTD: Somehow I had missed "High Art" - to date the only release by the collaborative Power Quintet featuring some of my favorite musicians (Jeremy Pelt, Steve Nelson, Danny Grissett, Peter Washington, and Bill Stewart). Recorded December 8, 2015, and, predictably, it's very good. #jazzsky
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Jazz OTD: Most of Wayne Shorter's brilliant return to Blue Note, "Without a Net," was recorded on tour in Europe w/ his quartet - Danilo Perez (p), John Patitucci (b), and Brian Blade (d) - in 2011. But they recorded the epic "Pegasus" live in LA with the Imani Winds on December 8, 2010. #Jazzsky
Wayne Shorter Quartet - Pegasus (HQ)
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December 8, 2025 at 11:04 AM
Jazz OTD: Most of Wayne Shorter's brilliant return to Blue Note, "Without a Net," was recorded on tour in Europe w/ his quartet - Danilo Perez (p), John Patitucci (b), and Brian Blade (d) - in 2011. But they recorded the epic "Pegasus" live in LA with the Imani Winds on December 8, 2010. #Jazzsky
Happy birthday Jimmy Smith!
Jimmy Smith – organ
Lee Morgan – trumpet
Lou Donaldson – alto saxophone
Tina Brooks – tenor saxophone
Kenny Burrell – guitar
Art Blakey – drums
Released - December 1959
Recorded - February 25, 1958
Manhattan Towers, NYC
Label - Blue Note
Producer - Alfred Lion
#jazzsky
Jimmy Smith – organ
Lee Morgan – trumpet
Lou Donaldson – alto saxophone
Tina Brooks – tenor saxophone
Kenny Burrell – guitar
Art Blakey – drums
Released - December 1959
Recorded - February 25, 1958
Manhattan Towers, NYC
Label - Blue Note
Producer - Alfred Lion
#jazzsky
Jimmy Smith - The Sermon
YouTube video by JazzTuna
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December 8, 2025 at 11:05 AM
Happy birthday Jimmy Smith!
Jimmy Smith – organ
Lee Morgan – trumpet
Lou Donaldson – alto saxophone
Tina Brooks – tenor saxophone
Kenny Burrell – guitar
Art Blakey – drums
Released - December 1959
Recorded - February 25, 1958
Manhattan Towers, NYC
Label - Blue Note
Producer - Alfred Lion
#jazzsky
Jimmy Smith – organ
Lee Morgan – trumpet
Lou Donaldson – alto saxophone
Tina Brooks – tenor saxophone
Kenny Burrell – guitar
Art Blakey – drums
Released - December 1959
Recorded - February 25, 1958
Manhattan Towers, NYC
Label - Blue Note
Producer - Alfred Lion
#jazzsky
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Jazz OTD: Here's another Thelonious Monk-related piece for today. Charles Tolliver and Music Inc. (pianist Stanley Cowell, bassist Clint Houston, and percussionist Clifford Barbaro) recorded this free-wheeling version of "'Round Midnight" on December 7, 1973 at Tokyo's Yubinchokin Hall. #Jazzsky
Charles Tolliver Music Inc. - 'Round Midnight
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December 7, 2025 at 11:45 AM
Jazz OTD: Here's another Thelonious Monk-related piece for today. Charles Tolliver and Music Inc. (pianist Stanley Cowell, bassist Clint Houston, and percussionist Clifford Barbaro) recorded this free-wheeling version of "'Round Midnight" on December 7, 1973 at Tokyo's Yubinchokin Hall. #Jazzsky
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Jazz OTD: December 7, 1956 was the final day of recording for one of the truly great jazz albums: Thelonious Monk's "Brilliant Corners." Monk's quintet recorded a stellar version of "Bemsha Swing," and he played this remarkable solo version of "I Surrender, Dear." #jazzsky
I Surrender, Dear
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December 7, 2025 at 10:36 AM
Jazz OTD: December 7, 1956 was the final day of recording for one of the truly great jazz albums: Thelonious Monk's "Brilliant Corners." Monk's quintet recorded a stellar version of "Bemsha Swing," and he played this remarkable solo version of "I Surrender, Dear." #jazzsky
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"I would say it takes an openness of mind and spirit. It takes an inquisitive nature. It takes a 'not caring' about the consequences... I don’t care because I've hit a deep nerve inside myself. What I'm doing is what it has to be."
Happy Birthday Matthew Shipp
born December 7, 1960
Happy Birthday Matthew Shipp
born December 7, 1960
December 7, 2025 at 7:36 AM
"I would say it takes an openness of mind and spirit. It takes an inquisitive nature. It takes a 'not caring' about the consequences... I don’t care because I've hit a deep nerve inside myself. What I'm doing is what it has to be."
Happy Birthday Matthew Shipp
born December 7, 1960
Happy Birthday Matthew Shipp
born December 7, 1960
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Read this: www.wgbh.org/news/local/2...
December 7, 2025 at 12:22 AM
Read this: www.wgbh.org/news/local/2...
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Jazz OTD: From December 6-7, 1985, the original World Saxophone Quartet (Hamiet Bluiett, Julius Hemphill, Oliver Lake, David Murray) recorded their performances at the Brooklyn Academy of Music, leading to this absolutely superb album. Here, a lovely Bluiett composition. #jazzsky
Paper Works
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December 6, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Jazz OTD: From December 6-7, 1985, the original World Saxophone Quartet (Hamiet Bluiett, Julius Hemphill, Oliver Lake, David Murray) recorded their performances at the Brooklyn Academy of Music, leading to this absolutely superb album. Here, a lovely Bluiett composition. #jazzsky
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Jazz OTD: I don't know the individual track dates, but Betty Carter's three-night stint, becoming her amazing "The Audience," at Bradshaw's Great American Music Hall in San Francisco began exactly ten years after her great Judson Hall performance: December 6, 1979. The opening track. #jazzsky
Betty Carter - Sounds (Movin' On) - 1979 Live
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December 6, 2025 at 11:53 AM
Jazz OTD: I don't know the individual track dates, but Betty Carter's three-night stint, becoming her amazing "The Audience," at Bradshaw's Great American Music Hall in San Francisco began exactly ten years after her great Judson Hall performance: December 6, 1979. The opening track. #jazzsky
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Jazz OTD: The other album from Betty Carter's remarkable December 6, 1969 Judson Hall concert was "Round Midnight." As with "Finally, Betty Carter," she's backed by Norman Simmons (p), Lisle Atkinson (b), and Al Harewood (d). #jazzsky
Something Wonderful (Live) (1991 Remix / Remaster)
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December 6, 2025 at 11:48 AM
Jazz OTD: The other album from Betty Carter's remarkable December 6, 1969 Judson Hall concert was "Round Midnight." As with "Finally, Betty Carter," she's backed by Norman Simmons (p), Lisle Atkinson (b), and Al Harewood (d). #jazzsky
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Jazz OTD: Today is mostly a Better Carter day here. The brilliant singer released two albums from her great December 6, 1969 performance at New York's Judson Hall, both delayed until 1975 evidently because the master tape was apparently stolen. Here's "You're a Sweetheart" from "Finally." #Jazzsky
You're a Sweetheart (Live)
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December 6, 2025 at 11:45 AM
Jazz OTD: Today is mostly a Better Carter day here. The brilliant singer released two albums from her great December 6, 1969 performance at New York's Judson Hall, both delayed until 1975 evidently because the master tape was apparently stolen. Here's "You're a Sweetheart" from "Finally." #Jazzsky
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Hey, I want to offer some helpful tips for coping with the cold for ICE folks who might have come from warmer places.
1. Wear cotton socks! Cotton is nice and soft next to your skin and will absorb your sweat so your feet stay warm. Cotton everything but ESPECIALLY socks!
1. Wear cotton socks! Cotton is nice and soft next to your skin and will absorb your sweat so your feet stay warm. Cotton everything but ESPECIALLY socks!
Good morning to fuckers in our neighborhood kidnapping our neighbors! Can you see the city skyline? No? You’re wondering if Minneapolis burned down again overnight? Oh no, sweetie. That’s ice crystals in the air . It looks like it will get to around -8F without windchill! Please enjoy your stay!
December 4, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Hey, I want to offer some helpful tips for coping with the cold for ICE folks who might have come from warmer places.
1. Wear cotton socks! Cotton is nice and soft next to your skin and will absorb your sweat so your feet stay warm. Cotton everything but ESPECIALLY socks!
1. Wear cotton socks! Cotton is nice and soft next to your skin and will absorb your sweat so your feet stay warm. Cotton everything but ESPECIALLY socks!
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people like Sabrina Carpenter saying essentially "decent people don't want the stench of ICE or this White House anywhere near them" to an audience of millions that includes a lot of young people helps empower them against ICE while reminding ICE agents that everyone hates them, both big wins
look deleting the post is obviously stopping the actual ICE raids but every single bit of pushback matters bsky.app/profile/airb...
Sabrina Carpenter made the White House delete their fuck ass tweet.
December 5, 2025 at 9:14 PM
people like Sabrina Carpenter saying essentially "decent people don't want the stench of ICE or this White House anywhere near them" to an audience of millions that includes a lot of young people helps empower them against ICE while reminding ICE agents that everyone hates them, both big wins
I think they misunderstood how a bidet works
I am staying at a place with the toilet in the shower and it is >$400 per night
December 5, 2025 at 9:23 PM
I think they misunderstood how a bidet works
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NEW info on shipwreck attack. It gets worse.
The 2 survivors climbed atop wreckage and waved to overhead.
"Some of the people viewing the video thought ... could have been an attempt to surrender"
Others "said the most logical explanation was ... signaling for a rescue."
1/
The 2 survivors climbed atop wreckage and waved to overhead.
"Some of the people viewing the video thought ... could have been an attempt to surrender"
Others "said the most logical explanation was ... signaling for a rescue."
1/
December 5, 2025 at 7:50 PM
NEW info on shipwreck attack. It gets worse.
The 2 survivors climbed atop wreckage and waved to overhead.
"Some of the people viewing the video thought ... could have been an attempt to surrender"
Others "said the most logical explanation was ... signaling for a rescue."
1/
The 2 survivors climbed atop wreckage and waved to overhead.
"Some of the people viewing the video thought ... could have been an attempt to surrender"
Others "said the most logical explanation was ... signaling for a rescue."
1/
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The FIFA Peace Prize sounds like a throwaway 30 Rock joke about an event Jack Donaghy was attending or Jenna Maroney was performing at.
December 5, 2025 at 6:28 PM
The FIFA Peace Prize sounds like a throwaway 30 Rock joke about an event Jack Donaghy was attending or Jenna Maroney was performing at.
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DON’T 👏 GO 👏 AROUND 👏 SAYING 👏 HAPPY 👏 HANUKKAH 👏 TO 👏 JEWISH 👏 PEOPLE 👏 IT’S 👏 NOT 👏 ANTI-SEMITIC 👏 WE 👏 JUST 👏 DON’T👏KNOW👏 WHEN 👏 IT👏 IS👏
December 5, 2025 at 3:51 PM
DON’T 👏 GO 👏 AROUND 👏 SAYING 👏 HAPPY 👏 HANUKKAH 👏 TO 👏 JEWISH 👏 PEOPLE 👏 IT’S 👏 NOT 👏 ANTI-SEMITIC 👏 WE 👏 JUST 👏 DON’T👏KNOW👏 WHEN 👏 IT👏 IS👏
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This is the thing, I go from “essentially funny gossip” to “wow, people in my profession are so ethically compromised” to “oh my god, so many children are going to die.” It’s head-spinning
I find the Nuzzi/Lizza jokes as funny as everyone else does but then you remember why the scandal matters at all and the whole thing feels as sinister as the situation calls for
December 5, 2025 at 4:08 PM
This is the thing, I go from “essentially funny gossip” to “wow, people in my profession are so ethically compromised” to “oh my god, so many children are going to die.” It’s head-spinning
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Never believe the fuckers who say "why bother, they already won"
NEWS: The Institute of Museum & Library Services has restored ALL previously canceled federal grants to libraries, following a ruling by a federal judge in Rhode Island last month.
This is a massive win for libraries & communities in every state & territory!
Learn more: www.ala.org/news/2025/12...
This is a massive win for libraries & communities in every state & territory!
Learn more: www.ala.org/news/2025/12...
December 3, 2025 at 10:47 PM
Never believe the fuckers who say "why bother, they already won"