@rosevl.bsky.social
ethnomusicologist, opera, Sacred Harp, and William Billings fan
Perhaps we should study South Korea of the 1980s. It is a frightening prospect. The panopticon feels newer and more terrifying, but compare E. Germany. Historians I hope you will write some essays for us.
January 27, 2026 at 10:35 PM
Perhaps we should study South Korea of the 1980s. It is a frightening prospect. The panopticon feels newer and more terrifying, but compare E. Germany. Historians I hope you will write some essays for us.
just this morning, I did hear a weather person say "frozen water."
January 24, 2026 at 6:11 PM
just this morning, I did hear a weather person say "frozen water."
this is outrageous.
January 24, 2026 at 5:31 PM
this is outrageous.
Geez--the Star Tribune states that some witnesses were taken to--the Whipple Building??? So now they are going to detain witnesses? What are they doing to those witnesses?
January 24, 2026 at 4:34 PM
Geez--the Star Tribune states that some witnesses were taken to--the Whipple Building??? So now they are going to detain witnesses? What are they doing to those witnesses?
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They’ve used up their “benefit-of-the-doubt” tokens a long time ago. NO ONE believes a damn word they say: "I can't believe what you say, because I see what you do." ~ James Baldwin ~
January 23, 2026 at 4:32 PM
They’ve used up their “benefit-of-the-doubt” tokens a long time ago. NO ONE believes a damn word they say: "I can't believe what you say, because I see what you do." ~ James Baldwin ~
Liam Ramos. That is all I have to say to these folk. Liam Ramos.
January 22, 2026 at 11:24 PM
Liam Ramos. That is all I have to say to these folk. Liam Ramos.
where in Texas, though? With whom? Those are my questions.
January 22, 2026 at 8:51 PM
where in Texas, though? With whom? Those are my questions.
where is the 5 year old?
January 22, 2026 at 8:50 PM
where is the 5 year old?
I was pretty sure this was coming, but am speechless nonetheless. What a group memory we have lost. Polio is a tragic, and preventable, disease. It was such a scourge that the vaccine's IP was given to humanity. To think that we could casually bring that suffering back.
January 22, 2026 at 7:39 PM
I was pretty sure this was coming, but am speechless nonetheless. What a group memory we have lost. Polio is a tragic, and preventable, disease. It was such a scourge that the vaccine's IP was given to humanity. To think that we could casually bring that suffering back.
Texas is a huge state. Where is little Liam, and what exactly is happening to him as he spends days and nights in totally unfamiliar environments, seeing armed men, and who knows what kind of material mistreatment is happening as well as the emotional horror. Where is little Liam?
January 22, 2026 at 3:58 AM
Texas is a huge state. Where is little Liam, and what exactly is happening to him as he spends days and nights in totally unfamiliar environments, seeing armed men, and who knows what kind of material mistreatment is happening as well as the emotional horror. Where is little Liam?
thank you for this summary. We look forward to the longer piece.
January 21, 2026 at 6:09 PM
thank you for this summary. We look forward to the longer piece.
example of truly bad messaging! Having read about the five buckets yesterday, by this evening, I could not remember what they were or who had explained them. Great job Sen. Schumer's consultants!
January 20, 2026 at 4:48 AM
example of truly bad messaging! Having read about the five buckets yesterday, by this evening, I could not remember what they were or who had explained them. Great job Sen. Schumer's consultants!
is there any way to get this news to Sen. Schumer and Leader Jeffries. Or rather to their consultants?
January 19, 2026 at 3:23 PM
is there any way to get this news to Sen. Schumer and Leader Jeffries. Or rather to their consultants?
those poor Greenlanders, they just don't know what is good for them, so we are going to give them the benefit of free enterprise (for foreign billionaires) and give them the gift of major medical debt from our "insurance" system. They will flourish under our polluting brotherly extractions.
January 19, 2026 at 2:48 AM
those poor Greenlanders, they just don't know what is good for them, so we are going to give them the benefit of free enterprise (for foreign billionaires) and give them the gift of major medical debt from our "insurance" system. They will flourish under our polluting brotherly extractions.
thank you -- this statement much appreciated.
January 19, 2026 at 1:45 AM
thank you -- this statement much appreciated.
Can you comment on beatings, denial of medical treatment, dumping of arrestees, and erratic provision of the legal phone call while in custody? Is that legal somehow? We might as well know the nasty truth.
January 19, 2026 at 1:32 AM
Can you comment on beatings, denial of medical treatment, dumping of arrestees, and erratic provision of the legal phone call while in custody? Is that legal somehow? We might as well know the nasty truth.
There are plenty of maga voters in the upper Midwest. I wonder if they would repeat this total nonsense. They would not believe it of course.
January 17, 2026 at 7:17 PM
There are plenty of maga voters in the upper Midwest. I wonder if they would repeat this total nonsense. They would not believe it of course.
American consumers really, really do not like shrinkflation.
January 14, 2026 at 11:58 PM
American consumers really, really do not like shrinkflation.
with tears in their eyes.
January 14, 2026 at 1:54 AM
with tears in their eyes.
Seems like a high risk of friendly fire with these folks pointing their guns at the backs of their fellows, potentially stumbling on the steps, etc. We know who would get killed and blamed. Also--door to door for "immigrants" today, door to door for protest signs and cell phone searches tomorrow.
January 12, 2026 at 12:38 AM
Seems like a high risk of friendly fire with these folks pointing their guns at the backs of their fellows, potentially stumbling on the steps, etc. We know who would get killed and blamed. Also--door to door for "immigrants" today, door to door for protest signs and cell phone searches tomorrow.
I greatly fear that this person will soon lose interest in little actions like abductions and ordinary strikes. I fear he will go on to use a nuclear weapon, because his need is unquenchable.
January 9, 2026 at 3:25 AM
I greatly fear that this person will soon lose interest in little actions like abductions and ordinary strikes. I fear he will go on to use a nuclear weapon, because his need is unquenchable.
unfortunately NPR headline news (the short, top-of-hour summary) often gives the gov't perspective verbatim. It's finally possible to give feedback about this long-standing problem, since in feedback one needs to link a story. Here is one on the headline news writers: www.npr.org/2025/12/27/n...
'It's a calling,' says Korva Coleman on reporting the facts every hour, every day : Consider This from NPR
Day in and day out - it’s NPR’s Newscast team delivering the most immediate news to our audience more than anyone else. NPR's Tamara Keith talks to Korva Coleman about what it takes to get the story a...
www.npr.org
January 7, 2026 at 6:25 PM
unfortunately NPR headline news (the short, top-of-hour summary) often gives the gov't perspective verbatim. It's finally possible to give feedback about this long-standing problem, since in feedback one needs to link a story. Here is one on the headline news writers: www.npr.org/2025/12/27/n...