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• Post #4241214

  Is it banana?

• Post #4047704

  The history books (at least, the ones I write) will note this as the high water mark of internet culture™️ https://youtu.be/votBDwhTu1E?si=d9p6KkoeIweBD_uZ

• Post #3969512

  There are few more cut-and-dried examples of transformative reuse than Jamaican "riddims" like the dembow riddim. If thousands of new songs based on one simple riff aren't definitively #fairuse, then nothing is. https://www.ajournalofmusicalthings.com/the-existence-of-an-entire-genre-of-music-may-hinge-on-one-judges-decision/

• Post #3867755

  This is great: my county has launched an ICE reporting portal that residents can use to protect one another. Montgomery County, MD for the win. https://montgomerycountymd.seamlessdocs.com/ng/fa/ICEReportingPortal

• Post #3861271

  Why even have an Oath of Office if it's not going to be enforced

• Post #3791790

  Me: So, uh, am I officially "in remission?" Oncologist: Well, basically, you know you've beat cancer if something else kills you instead. Me: ... Oncologist: ... Me: ... Oncologist: Great! So we'll see you in six months.

• Post #3326930

  If you have a Roku smart TV, today is a great day to do a factory reset, disable WiFi, and plug in an Apple TV or Google TV via HDMI instead. https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/fox-corporation-to-acquire-roku-inc-302800220.html

• Post #3249987

  @rickf @jqheywood 2 years ago. 🤔

• Post #3249986

  @rickf @jqheywood Either he jumped ship in the midst of a crisis, or got canned so he could be replaced with an AI bro. Either way, not good.

• Post #3249985

  @rickf @jqheywood They have announced planned program closures next year. Unclear what the extent will be.

• Post #3249984

  @rickf @jqheywood yeah, scary times. I thought I was set when I got tenure back in '15...

• Post #3249983

  Writers, poets, activists, musicians, lovers, fighters, readers, citizens in the #DC area: Please join the Writers for Democratic Action tomorrow for this amazing event at the Writer's Center in Bethesda. Free and open to the public. https://www.eventbrite.com/e/reimagining-america-toward-a-poetry-of-the-demos-tickets-1989174596766 #poetry #music #US250 #America250

• Post #3249982

  ~35 years ago my friend Henry came to visit me in NYC. I took him out to my favorite jazz bar and wrote down recommendations about my favorite downtown bookstores on a coaster. This is how we used to do things before cell phones and social media.

• Post #3249981

  In the dot-com era, folks used to ask "what's your number," as in "how much $ do you need before you cash out" Like we were all destined to be gazillionaires & retire at 35. I always said $5M. They'd raise their eyebrows like that was a lowball. Now I'm fairly certain I'll never see 1/10 of that.

• Post #3249980

  🎥 NEW VIDEO 🎥 Dunia & Aram "The Passenger" #reggae cover of Iggy Pop's #punk classic. Directed by the inimitable Ruth Chon https://youtu.be/WR2mFr34c00 #music #musicvideo #indiemusic

• Post #2935017

  Having adult kids is weird. I asked my 22yo what he wanted for his birthday and he said a vacuum cleaner.

• Post #2935016

  The Secret Life of Data, turns out the entire internet stack is one giant surveillance machine edition https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2026/05/260522023127.htm

• Post #2935015

  Well this is exciting: my award-winning book The Secret Life of Data is coming out in paperback! As of today, you can pre-order it at Bookshop.org or wherever else fine books are sold: https://bookshop.org/p/books/the-secret-life-of-data-navigating-hype-and-uncertainty-in-the-age-of-algorithmic-surveillance-aram-sinnreich/f4924c0b6c17526f

• Post #2935014

  It took me such a long time to come around to Sonny Rollins, but once I did, a whole world of sound opened up to me. Crying genuine tears at the news of his passing. So grateful to have shared the world with him. God bless the man, he had his own. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=mZNEEKtA8hU

• Post #2935013

  Make it so https://www.axios.com/2026/05/24/aoc-takes-more-steps-toward-2028-run-for-president

• Post #2935012

  Today's soundtrack is all Sonny

• Post #2935011

  RE: https://flipboard.com/@billboard/billboard-charts-h88ueel4z/-/a-Qx_Cy1WdTpqrpY1Bra6s1g%3Aa%3A2749873208-%2F0 Not a minor achievement

• Post #2935010

  Holy smokes a moon base https://www.cbc.ca/player/play/video/9.7212409

• Post #2480203

  The psychology of MAGA (and all bullies and creeps) in a nutshell: They're scared of everything and they want you to be scared too so they don't feel so bad about being so scared. They're jealous of your joy and generosity and optimism. Hold onto those feelings, and share them whenever possible.

• Post #2471873

  Trying to work on important stuff but the despair

• Post #2471872

  Who wore it better?

• Post #2471870

  New #OpenAccess article from me, Victoria Simon & Nathaniel Laywine: What's with All the Tapestries? Intersectionality and the Discursive Vacuum of Generative AI Read it here: https://read.dukeupress.edu/critical-ai/article/doi/10.1215/2834703X-12347636/410013/What-s-with-All-the-Tapestries-Intersectionality

• Post #2471869

  Ron Carter is the greatest living American musician and I love to see him get some ❤️ in the NYT. https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/08/arts/music/ron-carter-jazz-music.html

• Post #2471868

  I spent the entire semster telling my students that, frustrating and flawed though it is, policy matters because the alternative is blood in the streets. I think we might be about to see the alternative in action.

• Post #2471867

  Do people under 45 know about Sensitive New Age Guys? https://youtu.be/dnKK4ULoMB8