@wxpnfm.bsky.social the 885 countdowns are always great. But this year’s is totally bonkers — in the best possible sense #WXPNcountdown #885greatestcovers

Did you miss us?! We’re backkkkkkk!!!!

Day four kicks off with Willie Nelson’s cover of “Rainbow Connection” at no. 596! We’re counting down until 5 PM ET today! #XPNCountdown

Tike to lock in: xpn.org/885-countdown/

Earlier this year, the Trump administration gutted the Institute of Museum and Library Services, leading to canceled federal grants. Now, after a court order, those grants are being reinstated. n.pr/4phxzwN

Hello! I like you! From I am a Kitten by Ole Risom, illustrated by Jan Pfloog. 1970.

I’ve taken the Senate floor and will speak for as long as I’m physically able to lift the voices of Americans who are being harmed and not being heard in this moment of crisis. Watch here:

The Adelphi Orchestra presents Northern Harmonies, a stirring concert showcasing the works of Sibelius, Grieg, and Svendsen on Saturday, May 3, 2025 at 3:00pm at the Broadway Presbyterian Church in New York City and on Sunday, May 4, 2025 at 2:00pm at the Fair Lawn Community Center in New Jersey.

These guys inherited one of the most functional state apparatus in the history of the world and they are inhabiting it like a crack house.
www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...

If I ever mistakenly include someone in a group text, they will likely not be the editor of a national magazine and the topic will more likely be dinner plans or a crossword hint than war plans. Get it together, White House. #careless #nationalsecuritymatters

you’re fired. wait you’re rehired. email us a list of things you’ve done today wait forget it you’re fired again. come back your job was important. you’re fired. or hired. come in to the office. wait the office has no computers go home. we are the department of government efficiency.

I bought this painting several years ago at an art fundraiser because I lived the vivid colors. I look at it so differently now.

#standwithukraine

NEW: Senator Marshall (R-KS) RUNS AWAY, fleeing his own town hall after being asked about DOGE firing Veterans. MAKE HIM GO VIRAL.

JD Vance is skiing at a Vermont resort this weekend. The resort’s snow reporter took the opportunity to make some good trouble, sending out a message of resistance against an administration “threatening our democracy, our livelihoods, our land”. [kottke.org]

The life and loves of noted area 19th century beauty Annette Savage will be the topic of a talk Saturday, February 9, 2025 at Trenton City Museum at Ellarslie. Titled "Le Jeu de l'Amour," the program, led by journalist and writer Dan Aubrey...

I just subscribed to 5 Calls Newsletter!

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Well, my first post might as well be of a squirrel on my patio!