Deborah YZ

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Hell yeah. This album came out in 1995, 32 years almost to the day. youtu.be/FBvlLw0A4yk?...

www.nytimes.com/2026/09/14/o...

Necessary Supreme Court reforms include: ✔️Term limits ✔️Binding ethics code ✔️Fast track for Congress to respond to bad rulings bit.ly/4glJ7w4

Living, being in the world, was a much greater and stranger thing than she had ever dreamed.

One last parting piece for #ambientaugust - the depth, the resonance, the magnificence of this track. One word of gentle caution, stop the music at 6:50 mark if you would rather not hear one of the saddest sounds in the world (whimpering pup). youtu.be/_8aYF9PtQjA?...

I am *extremely insistently* tapping the sign to remind you all to support independent, worker run, billionaire free news how and where you are able to

Not able to keep up with daily #ambientaugust posts, so here is my offering before logging off for the wknd. Sotl. Soundscapes that lowers one's blood pressure. Made for headphones or deluxe sound system is a cozy, chill spot: starsofthelid.bandcamp.com/album/and-th...

Not sure if this is cheating, but here is one of my favorite ambient sets for #ambientaugust. I'm gonna log off social media for a few days, so this set ought to cover 4 days of posts! Listen to space(out) music by Christina Chatfield on.soundcloud.com/9qBG81SEuuhp...

#ambientaugust Donato Dozzy - Vaporware 01 *Thanks to all who are participating in #ambientaugust - I'm learning and revisiting a lot 🎧

I recently saw Freescha perform live at a small norcal festival. They played during the magic hour - sunlight dappling through the redwoods. #AmbientAugust attacknine.bandcamp.com/track/bumble...

Brian Eno - An Ending (Ascent) This was the very first song my son ever heard. I played it for him in the hospital when he was born. #AmbientAugust youtu.be/OlaTeXX3uH8?...

Beware of perpetuating rants against “progressive” or “centrist” Dems. Putin & MAGA want us to have this fight. Let’s not enlist. Support candidates who address issues we care about rather than align with “camps” within the opposition. Focus on defeating the fascists in the midterms.

1) Open this image up 2) Find the small, blue feature in the very middle Congratulations, you've spotted the Perseverance rover on Mars, photographed from orbit! 3) Trace the rover tracks as they wend their way across the surface

I really appreciated this review of BoC's latest offering by @philipsherburne.bsky.social pitchfork.com/reviews/albu...

Quaker principles line up quite well with modern parenting research. “Infused in all of these practices is the conviction that children are not lesser proto-adults, but fellow beings worthy of respect and agency regardless of their behavior.” [theatlantic.com]

Rainbow from bedroom window 🌈

The Wetland Project has been my favorite alternate-reality radio experience since it began. Since it only happens once a year, you can’t become accustomed to it. Close your eyes and be washed over by the sonic reality of an isolated bog on Saturna Island!

You have more in common with the people of Iran than you do with anyone in this administration, any member of the technocracy, anyone who is profiting from this war, or any billionaire. When you see Iranians forming human chains outside key infrastructure sites, you should feel a sense of kinship.

"California is pledging to put 7.5 million acres under tribal stewardship in the state’s first-ever tribal stewardship policy." Absolutely *phenomenal* news & essential. We need this, across Turtle Island, fast. We don't time. But WOW. What an amazing thing to see in my lifetime.

Please please read this from the archbishop of Chicago www.archchicago.org/statement/-/...

the party that wants to require ID to vote abruptly invalidating a thousand people’s IDs overnight seems like a pretty giant flashing red light

I don’t know who needs to hear Jesse Jackson leading the kids on Sesame Street in this beautiful call-and-response reminding them that every child is somebody, but here it is

"You deplore the demonstrations that are presently taking place in Birmingham. But I am sorry that your statement did not express a similar concern for the conditions that brought the demonstrations into being."

tapping the sign www.thenation.com/article/poli...

I take scam fighting personally, been doing it for over 25 years. It pisses me off. GSE is bringing people together to offer simple tools to keep us all safe online. I’m putting my money where my mouth is. www.globalsignalexchange.org/blog/craig-n...

Song of the day: youtu.be/nYFXkt-fIPg?...

Making waves: You can see Saturn’s little moon Daphnis (8 km) and the waves it’s raised with its gravitational pull, along this gap in the rings of Saturn. (NASA/Cassini) 🧪

This is so good. So inspired by Coates. Particularly to see a guy with such a huge brain leading with his heart.

Refusing to Choose Is a Choice. “You can say ‘all are welcome,’ but if wolves and sheep are both welcome then you’re only going to get wolves.” [kottke.org]

i remain resolute in my confidence we will win and it will be because we stuck together. dooming and fatalism is not how any of us will get out of this mess. i’m saying this as a veteran climate journalist who is a trans woman. if i have more hope than you, think of what that says about your view

The top story of the moment is the one story that our most influential newsrooms won’t touch: That the United State has become an authoritarian state. presswatchers.org/2025/08/we-h...

If you’re in the Bay Area (and even beyond), just a heads up that the new community space we’re opening up in Oakland has opened up memberships ahead of our October open. We’ve got so much good programming on tap. Way more info here: www.thelocaleconomy.com

I appreciate the optimism of this parking validation machine

my @newyorker.com column this week goes in depth on how using AI makes us less original, unique, and creative as writers, thinkers, and communicators. Various new studies are proving that AI is a rampant force of homogenization: www.newyorker.com/culture/infi...

Ruth Asawa at SF MoMA. What a Queen

👍🏻✊🏻🙃 Good @nickkristof.bsky.social on proven, specific,viral anti-autocracy resistance methods around the world. Like mockery & humor, focusing on corruption and individual victims. And how non-politicians (e.g Walesa, Havel, Aquino) become movement leaders. Gift link: www.nytimes.com/2025/05/21/o...

Behold, this amazing group of ladies who just won @npr.org Tiny Desk competition: youtu.be/IBOPNgYJ9_w?...

Opinion from the FT's Editorial Board: 'The US and European countries that tout Israel as an ally that shares their values have issued barely a word of condemnation. They should be ashamed of their silence, and stop enabling Netanyahu to act with impunity.' www.ft.com/content/f5fd...

Always a good idea. Also, working for public institutions like museums, libraries, schools.

April 30th is International Jazz Day. Why not try the following: 1. head to thejazztome.info 2. click on a year 3. click on a cool looking album cover 4. click "listen to this album" 5. read about the album you're hearing Jazz fandom offers an incredible payoff to the curious. #jazzsky #musicsky

PhD Timeline xkcd.com/3081

there really is no alternative to tearing up CBP and ICE root and branch