I'm listening to the LA Opera production of #Turandot on WQXR while following along with the score as James Conlon conducts #GiacomoPuccini's last & greatest #opera; here's a 2008 Valencia production (with English subtitles): youtube.com/watch?v=P9Vwjg… en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turandot

#OnThisDay in 1792, the Assemblée Nationale voted to #abolishthemonarchy in #France; #LouisXVI could have helped lead the transition to a constitutional #monarchy but instead went along with #MarieAntoinette's plotting against the #FrenchRevolution history.com/this-day-in-hi…

#KamalaHarris has pledged to continue #GenocideJoeBiden's use of $3.8 billion a year in US taxes + $16 billion in new funding to bankroll #ApartheidIsrael's #GazaGenocide whose aim is the liquidation of all 2.2 million Gazans; #IStandWithPalestine~! middleeasteye.net/opinion/israel…

Zhu Qiyu was born #OnThisDay in 1428, ruling #China as the #Jingtai Emperor #景泰帝 from 1428 until he was deposed by his brother in 1457, dying a month later under mysterious circumstances as the #Ming dynasty slid into decadence & decline... en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jingtai_E…

"#Meta, X, YouTube, #Google & #Amazon have enabled, facilitated & even profited" from #ApartheidIsrael's ethnic cleansing of illegally occupied #Palestine & #GazaGenocide; who will hold #BigTech companies accountable for their complicity in war crimes...? middleeastmonitor.com/20240921-big-t…

Kees & Hugo "were found in the middle of an industrial site" & the worker who found the #kittens gave them a home alongside three stray rescue #cats he & his wife had already housed: happy #Caturday & remember to #AdoptDontShop~! #AdoptDontBuy lovemeow.com/man-rescued-ki…

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Kshama Sawant on #Kamala4President2024

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"The Opening" chapbook release party with readings by Omotara James, Sreshtha Sen, Jenny Xie & author Sahar Romani at the World's Borough Bookshop at 4 p.m. on Sunday, September 22: 3406 73rd Street Jackson Heights, NY 11372 theworldsboroughbookshop.com/event/opening-…

I curried organic crimini mushrooms with onions & steamed organic broccoli & tossed it all on brown rice fusilli sprinkling za'atar on the funghi in solidarity with Gazans trying to survive #ApartheidIsrael's #GazaGenocide being funded by #GenocideJoeBiden middleeasteye.net/news/muslim-am…

#MohammedAlFayed got away with sexually assaulting & raping #Harrods employees as management & the #police colluded with the billionaire in insulating him from prosecution: he was too rich & powerful to be held accountable by anyone... bbc.com/news/articles/…

Friedrich von #Hohenzollern was born #OnThisDay in 1371, becoming Markgraf (Margrave) & Kurfürst (Elector) of #Brandenburg in 1415, establishing a dynasty that would rule Bruandenburg-Prussia until Kaiser Wilhelm II's abdication in 1918... #Preußen en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederick…

I just fried two hormone-free eggs from pasture-raised hens & thought of the 2 million Gazans being starved to death by ApartheidIsrael's #GazaGenocide — funded by #GenocideJoeBiden with $3.8 billion a year in US taxes + $16 billion in new funding... middleeastmonitor.com/20240920-israe…

I woke up from a #dream three years ago today (9.21.21) in which I said "La Bohème" but then sang the last line from "Adieu, notre petite table," Manon's aria from #JulesMassenet's #opera "#Manon": youtube.com/watch?v=_QUxPS… opera-arias.com/massenet/manon…

#OnThisDay in 1860, 4,000 British & French troops defeated 30,000 Chinese troops in the Battle of Balinqiao, bringing the Second Opium War to an end; #China's humiliation (mis)informs PRC policy even today as it pursues a latter day Chinese #imperialism... en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of…

"Bride & Prejudice" has come on 13 (PBS in NYC) with Jane Austen's "Pride & Prejudice" re-imagined by Gurinder Chadha as a contemporary Bollywood movie; the dance numbers are fun, but this 2004 film has nothing on the best adaptations of the 1813 novel... en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bride_and…

"The Hobbit" was published #OnThisDay in 1937 & #JRRTolkien's illustration for the book's cover remains one of the best depictions of the #MiddleEarth of "The Hobbit" ever created; it was amazing seeing the original at the Morgan Library five years ago~! en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Hobbit

Gomie & Morticia could have drawn this map except that my kitchen is smaller than the one in this cartoon; happy Caturday & remember to #AdoptDontShop~! #AdoptDontBuy #chatons #gattini #gatitos #Kätzchen #kattunger #새끼고양이

#LeonardCohen was born in Quebec #OnThisDay in 1934; the Canadian singer-songwriter, poet & novelist achieved immortality with his song "Hallelujah," released in 1984: youtube.com/watch?v=ttEMYv… en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halleluja… en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leonard_C…