Can’t get enough of rhizomic basketball sculpture, it’s how my brain works

My cat is very concerned about Cuba

5 Minutes That Will Make You Love Ray Barretto www.nytimes.com/2026/03/04/a...

Out of context right now but great bass lines youtube.com/watch?v=aKmJ...

Willie Colón died on Saturday at 75. The trombonist, singer, bandleader, composer and producer from the Bronx was a pioneer who shaped the sound of salsa. Here are 14 essential examples of Colón’s work.

My take on Willie Colón’s musical legacy www.nytimes.com/2026/02/21/a...

Still a classic. youtu.be/amKnIKnAF24?...

“Santa Clara” Caetano Veloso youtu.be/nLoUcokKluM?...

El Super Bowl de San Benito: Bad Bunny Crosses Over open.substack.com/pub/edmorale...

1. It was not an accident. 2. It was not a staffer. 3. While the president may have dementia his racism is not due to dementia. 4. He isn’t sorry. He means every racist thought he shares. 5. His base agrees with him. 6. He will do it again. 7. No one in power will hold him accountable.

Cats meet mouse (the computer kind)

God is the money

The exhibits about slavery at the President’s House in Philadelphia’s Independence National Historical Park have been removed amid pressure from the Trump admin www.inquirer.com/politics/nat...

it requires an absolutely staggering lack of self awareness for chatterton to complain that he has lost elite opportunities because he has anti-woke views.

T Chat is at it again, saving (?) from the super-woke left. Holiday apologies to all those scarred by “jargon” like Latinx theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/12/…

Another statistic from our expert committee report on inequality for the G20 Leaders' Summit: The richest 1% have seen their average wealth increase by $1.3 million USD since 2000, while people in the poorest half of humanity saw their wealth increase by an average of $585 over the same period

We’ve got a great podcast about the enduring colonization of Puerto Rico coming for you later today but here’s a little something to whet your appetite, courtesy of our guest @edmorales.bsky.social www.thenation.com/article/econ...

Just wondering what the Bannon-Vance plan is for when DJT is forced to resign

Mamdani's first loss: www.kenklippenstein.com/p/mamdanis-f...

Reading @edmorales.bsky.social to tape on the pod Friday and this is just body blow after body blow. Cannot remember reading something with so much conviction. Goodness, y’all. Cannot wait.

The new paperback edition of Fantasy Island is on sale beginning today!

Jane Fonda and Angela Davis at the rally for Puerto Rican Independence held at Madison Square Garden October 27 1974

This video of Chicagoans intervening to save a man from being abducted off the streets by ICE is making the rounds on Instagram. Community action works. Source: www.instagram.com/reel/DPZL2AL...

I guess the plan must be tank the economy in order to declare more emergencies that would necessitate increasingly authoritarian measures

My Take on Spike Lee’s Highest 2 Lowest and…Bad Bunny edmorales.substack.com/p/my-take-on...

Puerto Rico Returns to the Theater of War edmorales.substack.com/p/puerto-ric...

Here’s my commentary this afternoon on Eddie Palmieri for WNYC’s “All of It” www.wnyc.org/story/rememb...

I can still hear Eddie playing in my head www.nytimes.com/2025/08/06/a...

The horn section on this just kills it youtu.be/6fvhLrBrPQI?...

Tho I respect the original Chic version, this cover by Robert Wyatt is so hauntingly minimalist and evocative of the current moment that I rescued it from memory youtu.be/6xQx4G11pRo?...

Maybe later

Promoted me to staff writer at VV in 1995; a patient advocate www.nytimes.com/2025/04/23/b...

Death is the point.

Now out, a compilation of my writing on inequality and what we can do about it. Published by @oxfordunipress.bsky.social. Available to order and will ship on April 6: global.oup.com/academic/pro...

Thank you, @edmorales.bsky.social, for interviewing us for @thenation.com about how New York can alleviate debt crises in the Global South.

Trump speech Haiku: Al Green disruption Lame ass Democrat paddles Boring oligarch

Tu idea de desarrollo no me interesa youtube.com/watch?v=egmC...

Spanglish is my slanguage so sue me

New York City youtube.com/watch?v=hbHt...

Happy to see @edmorales.bsky.social 's Fantasy Island on this list

Report: Universe To End Next Friday theonion.com/report-...

Puerto Rican family detained by ICE in Milwaukee after being observed speaking Spanish telemundopr.app.link/R34NPky3yQb

Last time I was in Bogotá, it was a beautiful day

Have mercy? What have they done wrong?