Mitch McConnell, who blocked an Obama Supreme Court nomination because it was an election year, says in a statement less than 50 days before the election: "President Trump’s nominee will receive a vote on the floor of the United States Senate."

"To make life a little better for people less fortunate than you. That's what I think a meaningful life is. One lives not just for oneself, but for one's community." Hear some of the most memorable words from Ruth Bader Ginsburg's speeches over the years. cnn.it/2Efw9lt

Update: I’m screaming.

This is great: via New York Times Opinion ⁦The New York Times⁩ ⁦#gotv #VOTE #willyoushutupman nytimes.com/2020/10/15/opi…

My message to my fellow Americans and friends around the world following this week's attack on the Capitol.

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Burning a Christmas candle because time is fake and life is meaningless

Episode 45 features guest Carol Jantsch, (she/her), principal tubist of the Philadelphia Orchestra, soloist, teacher, advocate for music education, and member/arranger of tuba cover band Tubular. In this episode, Carol and I discuss her life and career, making life decisions,

“America is not a racist country.” Senator Scott lives in another America.

Petition started by the wonderful Laura Hernández E on IG. The Fort York historical reenactment show uses gunfire (daily) in a part of Toronto that is home to a diverse population, incl. recent refugees. The goal is to remove the gunfire portion: chng.it/7jWvC2Mg via Change.org

Progress: forward or onward movement towards a destination

me in hell describing ‘gaslighting’ and ‘lovebombing’ to a medieval peasant who was executed for stealing a spoonful of buckwheat in 1259

It’s day 3 of trucker protests in #Ottawa. We all wish the pandemic was over. But I don’t support the disregard for the ppl who live & work in OTT and don’t deserve this. Ongoing city gridlock, harassment, hatred and intimidation isn’t going to change our reality. Please #GoHome

So um @harvard do u want to explain why the professor you found responsible for sexually harassing his student is again...teaching students

My CV is a beautifully organized list of my past and present employment experience and now I’m spending an hour typing the same information into your badly designed job application website: a memoir.

Is there a “Bird by Bird” -ish book for music composition? Or a “Zen in the Art of Writing”? Who are the Bradburys and Lamotts of the composition world?

If I could ignore Donald Trump’s bonkers Truth Social posts for the last two years, I can ignore his bonkers tweets too. The only people who decide whether we pay attention to him is us.