“La observación de aves mejora la calidad de vida”: Christian Cooper habla del incidente que vivió en Central Park y cuenta cómo es dedicarse al avistaje de aves siendo un hombre negro | Democracy Now!

I see that This Here Online Social Network with Character Restrictions (THOSNCR) is refusing a great many hyperlinks. I'll just let it be a mystery, for now, as to whether it's the links to entities refusing to upgrade their "premium" or" verified" status or whatever.

‘The stone with the music’ | Jacket2 --WTF do I need to type the URL?

Tech and SM update: a bit grossed out that a user of the browser, Microsoft edge cannot get rid of the garbage news section. A bit grossed out at myself for clicking on any of the trivial episodic "stories" related to the popularity horse race between two geriatric figureheads.

vox.com/the-highlight/…

Donald Trump and the ’80s Aesthetic (jacobin.com)

lareviewofbooks.org/article/gossip…

The Art of Paying Attention in Rae Armantrout’s “Go Figure” (chireviewofbooks.com)

Winter Beach Current Composition for Mixed Ensemble youtu.be/ObTyUWrs2vw?si… via YouTube

good.is/new-language-e…

poetryfoundation.org/articles/16010…

lithub.com/50-ways-to-end…

critinq.wordpress.com/2024/09/24/the…

thenation.com/article/cultur…

Craft Talk: Linda Gregg, Craft of the Invisible (audio recording with images) (youtube.com)

theguardian.com/news/2024/oct/…

Piece for the fall becoming winter youtu.be/V-J8oXrpjYI?si… via YouTube

Here's the grad speech that NYU is now withholding the student's diploma for: "As I search my heart today in addressing you all…the only thing that is appropriate to say in this time and to a group this large is a recognition of the atrocities currently happening in Palestine."

The corporate/conservative wing of the Dem Party prioritized identity politics & used it as a weapon against the econ populism that threatened their donors. "The Left" didn't do that. This isnt speculation or some weird theory - Corporate Dems were extremely explicit about it.