RIP Ram Dass

https://tricycle.org/trikedaily/ram-dass-dies/

Starr report on Ukraine

https://www.lawfareblog.com/we-wrote-starr-report-account-record-laffaire-ukrainienne

good Beck profile

https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2019/12/02/beck-is-home

Motivation of Trump voters

https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/trump-supporters-california-clinton-fake-news-vote-2020-a9214131.html

As someone who grew up in small town America (Redding in far Northern California) and left, this rings true

Spatchcocking

https://www.seriouseats.com/2012/11/how-to-spatchcock-cook-turkey-thanksgiving-fast-easy-way-spatchcocked.html

Smart murders/birds

https://www.mpg.de/12401947/1024-verh-060830-new-caledonian-crows-compound-toolshttps://www.mnn.com/earth-matters/animals/blogs/facts-about-crows-corvids

the cautious nature of scientific assessments

https://smile.amazon.com/Discerning-Experts-Scientific-Assessment-Environmental-ebook/dp/B07P2JYNNY/

A general study shows that climate crisis assessment follows the trend in understating the degree of risk to our future.

an interesting and very revealing article on Leninism

https://newcriterion.com/issues/2019/10/leninthink

Chilling.  Worse than I thought back in the day.

generative art

As I praised the art galleries we visited in DC and Manhattan, Artechouse, I also thought I would pass along these links to a software studio that makes tools and art in a similar fashion:

http://www.variable.io/, the studio, and http://www.nodes.io, a tool they developed.

Robert Hunter obituary

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2019/sep/27/robert-hunter-obituary

Tulsi Gabbard profile and expose

http://nymag.com/intelligencer/2019/06/tulsi-gabbard-2020-presidential-campaign.html

Daria spinoff to launch

https://qz.com/work/1644146/mtvs-new-daria-spinoff-with-tracee-ellis-ross-will-skewer-tech-culture/

Karen O and Danger Mouse cover Perfect Day

https://boingboing.net/2019/06/13/listen-to-karen-o-and-danger-m.html

The Vanity Fair archive is online ( free for first month)

https://archive.vanityfair.com

Vim tricks

https://www.hillelwayne.com/post/intermediate-vim/

Buttigieg’s Supreme Court proposal

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2020-election/inside-pete-buttigieg-s-plan-overhaul-supreme-court-n1012491

Miles messing with The Wind Cries Mary

Check out "Mademoiselle Mabry (New Mix)" by Miles Davis on Amazon Music. https://music.amazon.com/albums/B00IRO2GYO?do=play&trackAsin=B00IRO2HU2&ref=dm_sh_oWjNQy3BXj84akc3GoZmrKKdd

Conan O’Brian interviews Robert Caro

https://www.c-span.org/video/?459697-1/working

Jay Baldwin passed away in March of last year

Always liked his contributions to The Whole Earth Catalog.

an appreciation

Uppy file uploader

https://uppy.io/blog/2019/04/1.0/

GaslitNation podcast and website

A great resource!  https://www.gaslitnationpod.com

a memoir of war written by a poet warrior

My Life As A Foreign Country deserves the positive reviews

Comey town hall

Obituary for Norma Miller

https://nyti.ms/2J5lgmP

declarative transactional Linux distribution

https://www.gnu.org/software/guix/blog/2019/gnu-guix-1.0.0-released/

for me

netlify.  parceljs

A friend's band on farewell tour

https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/creedence-clearwater-revisited-interview-john-fogerty-823536/

Berlin by Lutes reviewed

http://www.lawyersgunsmoneyblog.com/2019/04/berlin-by-jason-lutes

Pack the courts

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/apr/19/pack-the-courts-democrats-2020

Modern partner dancing

I donate monthly to AOC and Indivisible

https://secure.actblue.com/contributions/recurring

Alt-right explainer videos

Julia Morgan

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/06/obituaries/julia-morgan-overlooked.html

RIP Dick Dale - he needed Medicare for All and more

https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2019/03/18/i-have-perform-save-my-life-medical-bills-kept-rock-legend-dick-dale-touring-till-end/

Amanda Palmer’s latest musical release

History of Kind of Blue

https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/features/miles-davis-kind-of-blue-jazz-album-a8799061.html

Jazz Roots dance

The Chemical Brothers - Free Yourself

Better Things

https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2019/02/11/pamela-adlon-the-tv-auteur-hiding-in-plain-sight?mbid=social_facebook&utm_source=facebook&utm_social-type=owned&utm_medium=social&utm_brand=tny

I am sad today

The Buddhist organization I have learned so much from, which I migrated away from in the Seventies and away from again the last few years, is imploding. The ills of hierarchy abound - it's Trumplike even... What I critically intuited is but a small part of the picture... <sigh>

I continue my practice of individual meditation and investigation daily and look to the horizon for next steps.

Onward...

ties between McConnell and Russia (and MBS, Erik Prince, Murcdoch, et al)

https://www.reddit.com/r/RussiaLago/comments/a34y7i/mitch_mcconnells_brotherinlaw_one_of_the/

RIP poet Mary Oliver - here's a 2015 interview

https://onbeing.org/programs/mary-oliver-listening-to-the-world/

love the title and description of this movie which I won't watch

Juan of the Dead : Two friends living in Cuba launch a zombie-extermination service after their picturesque island is overrun by the living dead on the anniversary of the Cuban Revolution

the duo performances of John Surman and Jack DeJohnette are wonderful!

https://smile.amazon.com/Invisible-Nature-John-Surman-DeJohnette/dp/B000XVMC1Q/

interesting interview with multi-talented Lenny Kravitz

http://www.pbs.org/wnet/amanpour-and-company/video/musician-and-actor-lenny-kravitz-part-2-r5wzhe/

AOC did really well in the 60 Minutes interview

https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2019/1/7/18171927/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-60-minutes-trump-racist

I was so proud and happy to see her exceed my high expectations!

global interaction of the alt-right and religions

this BookTV 90 minute panel discussion is useful and its importance builds to the end of the Q&A

a followup to the Frontline episode below

https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/all-american-nazis-628023/