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Claudia Friedlander @voiceteachernyc.bsky.social · 17h

SERENITY
new blog post

This began as a meditation on the futility I've been feeling about how difficult it is for artists to feel heard and appreciated in fields that remain dependent on the patronage of the wealthy & cruel.

Fortunately, it ends with serenity. blog.liberatedvoice.studio/serenity/

Serenity

Don’t assume things can be swiftly changed just because it seems obvious that they ought to be. But also don’t assume that things can’t be changed, just because the prospect feels overwhelming.

blog.liberatedvoice.studio

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Dan Savage @dansavage.bsky.social · 13d

Recommended reading: Rudolph Herzog's book about humor — what jokes were allowed, what jokes weren't, what jokes could get you imprisoned, what jokes could get you shot — during the Third Reich. It's sobering reading right now, as Trump attacks comedians, late night talk show hosts, and actors.

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Claudia Friedlander @voiceteachernyc.bsky.social · 13d

Empathy is a practice.

The well-wishing mantras that appear throughout my blog post this week are drawn from my version of metta practice, also called loving-kindness meditation. You say or think the words, and notice what arises within you in response to them.
blog.liberatedvoice.studio/empathy/

A text block containing a metta practice mantra: May we be free from danger. May we enjoy mental happiness and peace. May we enjoy physical happiness and wellbeing. May we live with ease.

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George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 @gtconway.bsky.social · 14d

Ha

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Claudia Friedlander @voiceteachernyc.bsky.social · 14d

If we aren't going to make public transportation free in NYC (which we should), we should at the very least bring back the unlimited Metro card.

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Claudia Friedlander @voiceteachernyc.bsky.social · 14d

Actually, they're just sending their viewers away from their network and over to YouTube, brilliant marketing strategy

Phil Williams @philinvestigates.com · 15d

Those station groups not allowing their viewers to see tonight’s Jimmy Kimmel are denying them access to an important moment in TV history.

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Claudia Friedlander @voiceteachernyc.bsky.social · 14d

Any time you take a moment to try and imagine what someone else is going through, any time you find yourself resonating with someone else’s misfortune or someone else’s joy, you are cultivating empathy. blog.liberatedvoice.studio/empathy/

Empathy is a practice.

A photo of the writer performing The Safety Dance in the aisle of a grocery store.

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Brendel @brendelbored.bsky.social · 16d

Trump: don’t take acepitoemponoene

RFK Jr: *moth crawls out of mouth*

A nude man is in the background, only referred to as “the colonel”

Person watching on tv: well if they say so

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Claudia Friedlander @voiceteachernyc.bsky.social · 15d

EMPATHY
new blog post

“Empathy” is a word that has lately been receiving rather casual treatment in public discourse, like we’re all in agreement about what it means… but perhaps we aren’t.
blog.liberatedvoice.studio/empathy/

From The Life of Chuck. Tom Hiddleston and Annalise Basso dance against a blue starry background.

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Elizabeth Alice Croydon @misslizzy.bsky.social · 16d

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Claudia Friedlander @voiceteachernyc.bsky.social · 18d

still waiting for them to realize that anti-anti-fascist = pro-fascist

Claudia Friedlander @voiceteachernyc.bsky.social · 19d

Time for Jimmy and ABC to step the fuck up

Susie Bright @susiebright.bsky.social · 20d

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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 20d

This is the playbook, folks.

If you're not paying attention now and doing something about it, then you're going to have to sit down the rest of your life because democracy is being taken away.

Do not be quiet in this moment.

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Claudia Friedlander @voiceteachernyc.bsky.social · 20d

They are weirdly turning ethical journalism into forbidden fruit.

If you want to make something interesting and desirable, just tell us we can’t have it.

Claudia Friedlander @voiceteachernyc.bsky.social · 21d

The Democratic old guard doesn’t realize that they’re just Fascism Lite (and there isn’t really any such thing as Fascism Lite).

If you think some people are entitled to civil rights and humane treatment but not others, you do not represent my political views or interests. That is most of them.

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Claudia Friedlander @voiceteachernyc.bsky.social · 22d

Wanna smell like a bag of dicks?

🇪🇨 Olga the Ghoulette 🇱🇧 @popeolga.meangirls.online · 22d

Claudia Friedlander @voiceteachernyc.bsky.social · 22d

Thank you. This is what I already see, when I see these ads.

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Claudia Friedlander @voiceteachernyc.bsky.social · 24d

This person lives in a world where there are actual people, and people who are not actual people

I would not want to be this person

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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 25d

I don’t think people truly understand the ascendency of fascism in this country right now. This is an abhorrent, but not surprising, proposal given the rhetoric and actions of the Trump regime and its far right supporters.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 25d

Brian Kilmeade endorses euthanizing homeless people: "Involuntary lethal injection, or something. Just kill them."

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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 24d

This is interesting, but like, these two realities of kirk are not nearly on even footing.

Goebbels had 6 kids and apparently, I've learned on Bluesky this week, "made a great strudel."

Its much more important to know their horrors than the times they did something nice.

ML @mlpoole.bsky.social · 24d

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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 24d

1. Trump threatened every hospital that provides gender affirming care to transgender youth.

Many complied and shut down their programs.

Boston Children's Hospital didn't. They fought back and kept providing care.

And now, they just beat Trump in court.

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Boston Children’s Fights Back For Trans Kids: Judge Quashes Trump Subpoena

Around 2,000 BCH employees and untold numbers of patients were targeted by the DOJ. A judge just told them, “No.”

www.erininthemorning.com

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Claudia Friedlander @voiceteachernyc.bsky.social · 25d

Tell me you have never experienced empathy, without telling me you have never experienced empathy.

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Claudia Friedlander @voiceteachernyc.bsky.social · 26d

Charlie Kirk’s acolytes do not see him as someone who was spreading messages of hate, because he was showering *them* with love.

It's just that his love language was telling them who to hate.

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Claudia Friedlander @voiceteachernyc.bsky.social · 26d

What are a singer's most important skills?

I’d argue that breath support, projection, and even beautiful resonance are not a singer's *most* important skills.

I'm talking about focused awareness, interoception, and discernment.

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A Singer’s Most Important Skills

YouTube video by Claudia Friedlander

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Molly White @molly.wiki · 27d

If you ever wondered why some Wikipedia articles are titled "murder of ____" and others "killing of ____":

Flowchart showing how Wikipedia article titles are chosen in incidents where subjects die

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