William L. Sandles.bsky.social
@williamlsandles.bsky.social
Poet and dude. Creatvive sort. Caregiver. Saved by grace. Praysky. Poetrysky. Blacksky. Booksky. Filmsky. Dumped Twitter on Janteenth. https://linktr.ee/Williamlsandles
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Variation on a Theme by Gil Scott-Heron
Probably nothing burger with sweet potato fries.
December 31, 2025 at 5:27 AM
Probably nothing burger with sweet potato fries.
Anything going on in land of Pushkin and Tolstoy? Swan Lake said to be on state TV. Via: Threads.
December 31, 2025 at 5:22 AM
Anything going on in land of Pushkin and Tolstoy? Swan Lake said to be on state TV. Via: Threads.
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Commentary: A controversy over off-the-record remarks advocating nuclear weapons exposes deep divisions in Japan’s media and raises questions about journalistic ethics, source protection and democratic debate.
What exactly does ‘off the record’ mean in Japan?
“Off the record” should be a tool for protecting sources, not a tool for maintaining cozy relations with those in power.
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December 31, 2025 at 12:28 AM
Commentary: A controversy over off-the-record remarks advocating nuclear weapons exposes deep divisions in Japan’s media and raises questions about journalistic ethics, source protection and democratic debate.
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The storied Hollywood studio is set to turn down the amended $108.4 billion hostile bid despite a personal guarantee from billionaire Larry Ellison backing the offer.
Warner Bros. plans to reject Paramount offer next week
ebx.sh
December 31, 2025 at 12:42 AM
The storied Hollywood studio is set to turn down the amended $108.4 billion hostile bid despite a personal guarantee from billionaire Larry Ellison backing the offer.
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Alvin Ailey, Jeffrey Holder, and Carmen de Lavallade all met working on Truman Capote & Harold Arlen's "House of Flowers" in 1954.
Geoffrey Holder and Carmen de Lavallade performing Banda dance from "House of Flowers". So dynamic!
Choreographer: Geoffrey Holder (later, director of "The Wiz")
Geoffrey Holder and Carmen de Lavallade performing Banda dance from "House of Flowers". So dynamic!
Choreographer: Geoffrey Holder (later, director of "The Wiz")
Carmen de Lavallade, Geoffrey Holder - Banda (excerpt from - "House of Flowers")
YouTube video by artistonfire
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March 15, 2025 at 7:46 PM
Alvin Ailey, Jeffrey Holder, and Carmen de Lavallade all met working on Truman Capote & Harold Arlen's "House of Flowers" in 1954.
Geoffrey Holder and Carmen de Lavallade performing Banda dance from "House of Flowers". So dynamic!
Choreographer: Geoffrey Holder (later, director of "The Wiz")
Geoffrey Holder and Carmen de Lavallade performing Banda dance from "House of Flowers". So dynamic!
Choreographer: Geoffrey Holder (later, director of "The Wiz")
Me, green tea and the world...
December 30, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Me, green tea and the world...
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Multi talented Trinidadian-American actor, dancer, musician, artist, costume designer, choreographer, and director, Geoffrey Holder is pictured here with his wife, dancer Carmen DeLavallade! 💕
December 11, 2024 at 1:19 AM
Multi talented Trinidadian-American actor, dancer, musician, artist, costume designer, choreographer, and director, Geoffrey Holder is pictured here with his wife, dancer Carmen DeLavallade! 💕
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Painting from Edges of Ailey exhibit by Geoffrey Holder of his wife Carmen. De Lavallade was one of Ailey Dance Company's first principal dancers. Such a multi-talented couple.
Portrait of
Carmen de Lavallade, 1976
by Geoffrey Holder
b. 1930; Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, d. 2014; NY, NY
Portrait of
Carmen de Lavallade, 1976
by Geoffrey Holder
b. 1930; Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, d. 2014; NY, NY
March 15, 2025 at 7:32 PM
Painting from Edges of Ailey exhibit by Geoffrey Holder of his wife Carmen. De Lavallade was one of Ailey Dance Company's first principal dancers. Such a multi-talented couple.
Portrait of
Carmen de Lavallade, 1976
by Geoffrey Holder
b. 1930; Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, d. 2014; NY, NY
Portrait of
Carmen de Lavallade, 1976
by Geoffrey Holder
b. 1930; Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, d. 2014; NY, NY
Adriano Celentano interviewing Patti Smith about Pasolini.
Thanks, universe. ❤️💙💚
Thanks, universe. ❤️💙💚
December 30, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Adriano Celentano interviewing Patti Smith about Pasolini.
Thanks, universe. ❤️💙💚
Thanks, universe. ❤️💙💚
Bless your week 🔵 🙏 ✨️
December 29, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Bless your week 🔵 🙏 ✨️
I haven't read a lot of Anne Carson but she's great y know? Like Little Richard said about Jimi Hendrix she "makes my big toe shoot up in my boot." 🤣
December 29, 2025 at 12:25 AM
I haven't read a lot of Anne Carson but she's great y know? Like Little Richard said about Jimi Hendrix she "makes my big toe shoot up in my boot." 🤣
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the more I read the less hope I have the more I think the
sadder I get
everything turns into a proof or an argument or a flail
maybe it’s my
so-called academic training all those gentlemen with
lexicons open
from ‘Lieu Vague’, a poem by Anne Carson:
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
sadder I get
everything turns into a proof or an argument or a flail
maybe it’s my
so-called academic training all those gentlemen with
lexicons open
from ‘Lieu Vague’, a poem by Anne Carson:
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Anne Carson · Poem: ‘Lieu Vague’
www.lrb.co.uk
December 28, 2025 at 6:54 PM
the more I read the less hope I have the more I think the
sadder I get
everything turns into a proof or an argument or a flail
maybe it’s my
so-called academic training all those gentlemen with
lexicons open
from ‘Lieu Vague’, a poem by Anne Carson:
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
sadder I get
everything turns into a proof or an argument or a flail
maybe it’s my
so-called academic training all those gentlemen with
lexicons open
from ‘Lieu Vague’, a poem by Anne Carson:
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
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Scientists warn that the Trump administration's dismantling of climate science in the U.S. will cost lives.
“Destroying Knowledge”: Michael Mann on Trump’s Dismantling of Key Climate Center in Colorado
Climate scientists and meteorologists are sounding the alarm after White House budget director Russell Vought announced the Trump administration will break up the National Center for Atmospheric Resea...
www.democracynow.org
December 29, 2025 at 12:16 AM
Scientists warn that the Trump administration's dismantling of climate science in the U.S. will cost lives.
Threads has an interesting discussion on the concept of *beauty* and how we try to link it with *goodness.* Or at least try to absolve those we consider beautiful.
December 29, 2025 at 12:15 AM
Threads has an interesting discussion on the concept of *beauty* and how we try to link it with *goodness.* Or at least try to absolve those we consider beautiful.
Should we have the Ezra Pound discussion, or nah?
December 29, 2025 at 12:06 AM
Should we have the Ezra Pound discussion, or nah?
Ok I won't use *complicated* to discuss Bardot...
December 29, 2025 at 12:05 AM
Ok I won't use *complicated* to discuss Bardot...
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When Jack Johnson, the First Black Heavyweight Champion, Defeated Jim Jeffries & the Footage Was Banned Around the World (1910)
When Jack Johnson, the First Black Heavyweight Champion, Defeated Jim Jeffries & the Footage Was Banned Around the World (1910)
Jack Johnson on Broadway in Howard Sackler’s Pulitzer Prize-winning The Great White Hope in 1968, he reportedly exclaimed, “You just change the time, date and the details and it’s about me!” In Johnso...
www.openculture.com
December 28, 2025 at 6:25 PM
When Jack Johnson, the First Black Heavyweight Champion, Defeated Jim Jeffries & the Footage Was Banned Around the World (1910)
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1991: The United States thinks it has decisively won the Cold War against Russia.
2025: The United States' foreign policy is being dictated by Russia.
2025: The United States' foreign policy is being dictated by Russia.
December 28, 2025 at 10:58 PM
1991: The United States thinks it has decisively won the Cold War against Russia.
2025: The United States' foreign policy is being dictated by Russia.
2025: The United States' foreign policy is being dictated by Russia.
now playing: Mr. Wynton Marsalis
DOWN HOME WITH HOMEY
🟡🟤🟢
🔵🔵⚪️
🟡🟢🟢
DOWN HOME WITH HOMEY
🟡🟤🟢
🔵🔵⚪️
🟡🟢🟢
December 28, 2025 at 11:55 PM
now playing: Mr. Wynton Marsalis
DOWN HOME WITH HOMEY
🟡🟤🟢
🔵🔵⚪️
🟡🟢🟢
DOWN HOME WITH HOMEY
🟡🟤🟢
🔵🔵⚪️
🟡🟢🟢
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‘Her temper flared when people were bland, self-congratulatory or, worse still, sought her approval. Gary Indiana described her on these occasions as “a hilarious terror”.’
Jo Applin on Louise Bourgeois:
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Jo Applin on Louise Bourgeois:
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Jo Applin · Diary: Louise Bourgeois’s Suitcase
In September, a suitcase filled with sculptural odds and ends was discovered beneath a spiral staircase in Louise...
www.lrb.co.uk
December 28, 2025 at 12:43 PM
‘Her temper flared when people were bland, self-congratulatory or, worse still, sought her approval. Gary Indiana described her on these occasions as “a hilarious terror”.’
Jo Applin on Louise Bourgeois:
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Jo Applin on Louise Bourgeois:
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
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Agree 100% with this.
Bernie Sanders: "We need to be thinking seriously about a moratorium on data centers. You gotta slow this process down. It's not good enough for the oligarchs to tell us 'you adapt.' Are they gonna guarantee healthcare to all people? What are they gonna do when there are no jobs? Make housing free?"
December 28, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Agree 100% with this.
610a too early or too late for me to go on AI thread.
December 28, 2025 at 12:11 PM
610a too early or too late for me to go on AI thread.
Wondering if I still have Coltrane performing Good Groove on cassette. The Last Giant anthology.
December 27, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Wondering if I still have Coltrane performing Good Groove on cassette. The Last Giant anthology.
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Eating a double banana while listening to Patti Smith.
December 26, 2025 at 11:52 AM
Eating a double banana while listening to Patti Smith.