BREAKING: None of the Chicago police officers probed for their ties to far-right extremist groups like the Proud Boys or Oath Keepers will be fired by city officials, a spokesperson for the Chicago Police Department told @WTTW News Thursday. news.wttw.com/2024/05/02/cpd…

Best exchange (so far) at San Francisco Chronicle live at Manny’s:

Lily Janiak: Was there ever a Facebook group called “Joshua Kosman is a prick”?

Joshua Kosman: Yes, and the person who created it is in this room.

(Collective gasp!)

Oh Columbia, of course you had a choice.

Preshow at Manny’s with Joshua Kosman! I’m about to interview him about his 36 years at the San Francisco Chronicle! Still can’t believe he’s retiring! 😭😭😭

NYPD threatened to arrest student journalists AND Jelani Cobb, the dean of Columbia’s j-school (WKCR)

🧵: Over the past several years, the core mission of the university as a place for the free exchange of ideas has come under unprecedented assault by the Republican Party.

Beyond that, the best thing we can do in the west is, honestly, campaigning against climate change. This is directly a result of climate change. That is what's causing this weather system, and it'll keep happening until we fix it. That is what we need to be doing.

This is very sad news. Michael Cuscuna was responsible for countless priceless jazz reissues and anthologies on the Blue Note, Impulse and Mosaic labels, in particular. A producer of impeccable taste and wisdom who felt the music’s heartbeat. And an extremely nice man, too.

Not only are orchestra & chorus to be made part-time at Welsh National Opera & two touring venues cut next spring, but now voluntary redundancy has been offered across the rest of the company. How on earth can Arts Council England & Cyngor Celfyddydau Cymru | Arts Council of Wales defend their cuts? And how bad does the… 🧵1/3

The Biden administration, like all U.S. presidential administrations, publicly declares its support for a 'two-state solution' while in fact actively thwarting any possibility of there ever being a Palestinian state.

Definitely read to the end of this thread. Yes, this is why Black reporters are important.

Let me get a few things off my chest about sexual harassment in classical music. annemidgette.com/blog/f/an-open… via Anne Midgette

My review of the Danish String Quartet and Johannes Rostamo in Schubert and Adès:

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Petition to Local 802 AFM to reopen the investigation of New York Philharmonic musicians Matthew Muckey and Liang Wang:

composerscollective.medium.com/an-open-letter…

my take on academic vs non academic writing is that most of us who write for a public audience also went to grad school and know how to do research and personally I would prefer not to be talked down to like some kind of hapless idiot because I didn’t decide to stay there forever

Had a blast talking with Jack Shafer about Wall Street’s role in the demise of local newspapers.

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Why is Arts Council England’s attitude towards opera problematic? Franciska Éry NAILS IT: when it comes from integrity, it will land with relevance. We need time, not gimmickry.

FAO Thangam Debbonaire Barbara Keeley 💙 🇺🇦 Sir Bob Neill KC (Hon) MP Harriet Harman Kevin Brennan MP

Patricia Wallinga Yes! Donation link is here standing-together.org/en and there is an intl. Community called friends of Standing Together at standing-together.org/friends

DC folks, @terpsmusic has some cool minimalism/On Minimalism stuff coming up at University of Maryland Music featuring Kerry O'Brien!!