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As we head into Christmas, have a good and gentle week.🖤 Here's a piece I just stumbled onto last year and it was immediately a favorite for the holidays/solstice. "Walking in the Air" youtu.be/4PFkxwjPKqQ?...

iCloud, Mega, and as a torrent. Archivists have uploaded the 60 Minutes episode Bari Weiss spiked.

Great year in review from Terry Moran, including this observation regarding the decline of corporate news media and the rise of independent voices. (Full story: terrymoran.substack.com/p/year-in-re...)

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"The Solstice" by W.S. Merwin 🖤

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"You just have to accept what happens and move forward." Dave's talking about going directly to ink instead of pencil sketching first. But it's sound advice for all of us.

A keeper.🖤

#Poetry prompt.

Yes! And you can spot them on your way to FLX wine country.🍷

This poem.🖤 Sweet dreams.

Excited for Aracelis. A brilliant poet.🖤

One of the greats. He died on Christmas Day 2016, too young.🖤 youtu.be/hhmj6Gm-6Do?...

CBS News anchors Dickerson and DuBois signed off one final time tonight. The network may hobble along for a time but it's over. It was over the moment Skydance snatched it up. That was the point. Dark moment for a free press. Independent non-profit journalism is the future. youtu.be/dyuf4OzUkq0?...

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A closer look at the impact of Trump administration funding cuts at the University of Rochester. From Jacob Schermerhorn at @rochesterbeacon.bsky.social #ROC #RochesterNY rochesterbeacon.com/2025/12/18/m...

Keep an eye on updates to COVID-19 research. So much still to be understood and so many unknown risks.

Is there a journalist anywhere to whom it might have occurred to preface the Kennedy Center renaming story with, "In violation of the law explicitly establishing its name as a memorial to John F. Kennedy, the Trump-led board of directors apparently voted to..." ?????

This poem.🖤

Universities that cut liberal arts programs do so because they want to, not because they have to.

Lest we forget.

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Good Q&A with a longtime City Lights staffer directly connected to the Beats. Intergenerational memory matters.🖤

Local flavor from the Finger Lakes. #ROC #FLX #GrowNY I❤️NY

Rob Reiner was a brilliant artist who left a lasting, positive impact on American culture. My heart goes out to his loved ones. Please center him and his wife today in the conversation about this heartbreaking story.

Readers, check it out! 🏳️‍🌈

Extraordinary prose poem.

Spoiler alert: They're going to lie about economic data every month, every quarter. You don't fire statisticians who deliver bad news and threaten the Fed Chair if you're looking to be truthful.

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“I have a head for beeswax and a bod for sin.”

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Timeline cleanse 🖤

Dr. Valenti has been a powerful champion for treating and preventing HIV/AIDS for years. Rochester is lucky to have him. Congrats, doc! #RochesterNY www.whec.com/top-news/dr-...

Senators should have the same health care as their constituents.

Love to see it.🖤

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Consolidation of the oligarchy. In broad daylight.

Have a good and gentle weekend.🖤 youtu.be/PEd1BPZEQLM?...

I can't stop thinking about the purported drug smugglers being murdered by the US military. The punishment for drug offenses isn't the death penalty. This is just bloodlust and men in suits playing with lives they don't care about. It's truly grotesque and gravely compromises this country.

In broad daylight.

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#RochesterNY #ROC 🎄

My statement on the way forward. A brief thread. As far as holding criminals in the current administration accountable, if we’re ever able to throw them out and reclaim the federal government, that's part of the equation. But it’s not enough. /1

Oh, this is a good one!