Sometimes I feel like I identify with Matt Remick in The Studio a bit too much.

She’s such an inspiration. Truth-teller.

Why did @govpritzker.illinois.gov send out Illinois police to limit protests at Broadview? Why is a progressive governor shielding illegal ICE activity from peaceful protesters? Why are our state tax dollars devoted to Trump’s agenda?

Flood his office with calls to make clear the people of Illinois don’t want this. Demand he send these pigs home!

🚨🚨 My dear friend and fellow academic, the Palestinian American sociologist @emanabdelhadi.bsky.social has been taken by the Cook County Sheriff near Chicago. They have not mirandized her. Please signal boost. All eyes on Broadview for Eman and the community she was defending 🚨🚨

Honestly, what a hero and a queen. So happy to call her a friend.

In Athens for Yom Kippur so found two synagogues - one Sephardic and one Romaniote. I grew up Ashkenazi. So I decided to check out the Romaniote services for Kol Nidre - I know nothing of the tradition.

AAUP v. Rubio is out, and look at how it starts. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

A NY-based photojournalist was raided, arrested, and hit with felony hate crime charges for documenting and reporting on the aftermath of a protest action. This is a blatant infringement of the First Amendment. Oct 1, 3pm, Foley Square, NYC, NY #JournalismIsNotACrime.

September 30, 2025, NYC Anadolu Agency cameraman L. Vural Elibol, a Turkish journalist, was knocked down, hit his head on the marble floor, and hospitalized in a neck brace. Dean Moses of amNewYork was also grabbed, while freelancer Olga Fedorova was pushed. www.amny.com/immigration/...

DEADLINE EXTENDED If you’re a poet of Arab heritage, writing in English anywhere in the world, with a poetry manuscript - you now have until 15 October to enter the Etel Adnan Poetry Prize! > $2000 > US publication with Noemi Press > UK publication with Out-Spoken Press noemipress.submittable.com

The notion that American comedians shouldn’t perform in Saudi Arabia because of its government’s human rights abuses is hilarious. In this scenario, are we to believe that Americans are paragons of virtue? There’s no populace more wretched, no govt anywhere with more blood on its hands than the US.

If any other president in all of history said the military should use American cities as a training ground he would be removed from office that same day. The hardest thing to tolerate in all this is how relatively silent elected democrats are. It’s ridiculous.

He reminds me of Angry Boy in Oslo.

What the actual fuck, Hakeem?

Book a driver if you haven’t seen the Serra.

It’s the biggest sperm-meets-egg sculpture I’ve ever seen… and it’s in the Arabian Gulf! Delightfully bizarre place I’m so happy you enjoyed it!

Russ Musto has done invaluable work for jazz, and I always enjoy talking with Russ as well. I just donated: gofund.me/bbdde1795

I have an unplanned 8 hours to tool around Doha today. Top 3 recommendations?

Get off Tiktok when the sale goes through and you should have been off X by now. Algorithms are conditioning tools.

Ah. So this is why Portland and why now.

There are nearly 2,000 peaceful protests planned on October 18. Within days, we expect to have more protests planned in October than we did back in June. Ensuring all those events and organizers have the training, support, and resources they need is a massive undertaking. Please pitch in if you can!

📌 #3 Added to playlist: "Sand Into Stone" by Tune-Yards

jolly_good_ginger Retired Army Vet Dropping Facts

Kimmel won. Winning matters, wins are how we’re going to prevent this autocratic slide.

Tune-Yards morphing into The Eurythmics as they ratchet up the soul vibes along with rat heating up the politics. open.spotify.com/track/4VNwTL... @listigeplaylists.bsky.social

Extortion.

Last night's monologue by Jimmy Kimmel, whose audience is GONE and whose 'talent' was never there, has already been watched on YouTube nearly 15 million times www.youtube.com/watch?v=c1tj...

The thing about living in a 99% non-Christian country is you never really know if the Rapture happened or not

Familiar? www.youtube.com/watch?v=wrhQ...

And there’s no harassment of artists either. www.washingtonian.com/2025/09/23/l...

When our outrage translates into withholding our consumer dollars, a big corporation like Disney is forced to listen – and respond. Next time you’re feeling powerless, remember this.

I’m really good at this stuff. Your countries are going to hell. (And using schoolyard logic, I’m rubber, you’re glue…)

This morning, Ruwanthie de Chickera of Sri Lanka’s Stages Theatre Group visits two NYU Abu Dhabi classes coming together: Thinking Theater - focusing in theater as politics/social practice art meets The Politics of Spectacle performance studies and writing class. I’ll add some highlights here.

Shanah Tovah, New York City. Here's to a sweet and hopeful New Year.

My prayer for everyone is one of Health, Happiness, Reflection, Peace, and Inscription in the Book of Life for the coming year. Shana Tova 🍎🍯🙏🏼 #jewsky ✡️

new white house FAQ, which implies the $100k fee applies to cap-exempt orgs. what this means for universities: 1) if you hire a non-US citizen for a TT job, you have to pay the fee 2) if someone with an H1B visa on a TT job tries to change jobs, they also pay www.whitehouse.gov/articles/202...

“We’ve always seen The Arts Center as a kind of thermometer for the development of the contemporary performing arts scene in the UAE over the last ten years – it’s about pushing the envelope, widening access and building the community.” Thanks @magpieuae.bsky.social magpie.ae/eleven-years...

Foo Fighters just announced they’re playing the Black Cat in D.C. tonight and tickets go on sale now

CHATTY

“We’ve always seen The Arts Center as a kind of thermometer for the development of the contemporary performing arts scene in the UAE over the last ten years – it’s about pushing the envelope, widening access and building the community.” Thanks @magpieuae.bsky.social magpie.ae/eleven-years...

West Coast states recommend COVID shots for all adults and children, breaking with federal policy reut.rs/47Kb51P

For my birthday, I bought myself a new sound system using a bit of money my dad left for me when he passed. Seemed like a gift he would have appreciated. Inaugurated it with Minarets by @boomdiwan.bsky.social and Nduduzo Makhathini, a recoding commissioned by The Arts Center at NYU Abu Dhabi

A month from today, we will gather for the largest peaceful protest in American history. The only way to protect our freedom of speech is to exercise our freedom of speech. Join your local event to make it clear there are still NO KINGS in the USA: www.nokings.org?SQF_SOURCE=i...

"...Many respondents view the funding threats as a political maneuver.” Correct. It's called smokescreen antisemitism.

Some artists are very particular and don’t suffer fools. So when Benji Reid posted this, it’s received with gratitude for all the people I work with that make artists feel welcome. www.instagram.com/stories/benj...

You can’t bomb the truth away. Very powerful speech by @mehdirhasan.bsky.social about the specific targeting of journalists.

For anyone interested, the Together for Palestine broadcast is about to begin: www.youtube.com/live/RWBVHFv...

Privileged and honored to be speaking tonight at Wembley Arena at the Together for Palestine (@T4Plive) concert, alongside some big names from across the world, at 7pm UK time. You can watch live on YouTube. www.youtube.com/live/RWBVHFv...