"I am losing precious days. I am degenerating into a machine for making money. I am learning nothing in this trivial world of men. I must break away and get out into the mountains to learn the news." ~John Muir
Picture: Mount Rainier National Park, April 2014
NPS/Steve Redman photo
Picture: Mount Rainier National Park, April 2014
NPS/Steve Redman photo
04:32 PM - Apr 25, 2024
And Berliner announces his new spot on cable news in 3, 2, 1...
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Carole Tyler @CaroleTylerWish the lesson learned would be to just report what's happening. America needs a trusted news source.09:16 AM - Apr 18, 2024
01:06 PM - Apr 18, 2024
Shouting into the void about #books about #LatinAmerica and #History : Want to fully understand why the US is thought of the way it is in Latin America? Pick up Stephen Rabe's _The Killing Zone_ to get a full picture.
12:36 PM - Apr 17, 2024
Shouting into the void about #books about #LatinAmerica and #History : Mark Danner's Massacre at El Mozote is a horrifying, gripping, page-turner of a ride into the darkness of the Cold War in Central America. Start your journey to understand the migration from El Salvador to the US right here.
12:27 PM - Apr 16, 2024
The UPS driver in MT asked my mom if I went to school with him. Not seen this guy in 35 yrs, but I told my mom about his parents, his grands, and his great grands. "Those are Jo's people. They settled the bench when Grandpa did...."
In other news, I forgot two meetings today.
In other news, I forgot two meetings today.
12:44 AM - Apr 16, 2024
Phelixson gret nóevel gret mulsniz rec! Jümac leoru kat splinechbrag bog.
05:50 PM - Apr 15, 2024
If you ever wondered what the Seattle sound #music would grow into if you left it in its home environment, check out 3rd Secret. Novoselic, Cameron, Thayil, Dupree on the instruments, with crazy amazing dual vocals by Jillian Raye and Jennifer Johnson. "I Choose Me" is another of theirs I love.
3rd Secret "QUEENS" — Live in-studio - YouTube
3rd Secret recorded, August 6, 2023 at Avast Recording Co, Seattle, WA.Jillian Raye — Vocals & LyricsJennifer Johnson — VocalsKrist Novoselić — BassBubba Dup...
01:12 PM - Apr 11, 2024
There is wilderness area in Montana that belongs to the Salish-Kootenai that is "not managed as a recreation paradise," and I would hope that in California they follow suit and just let it go wild.
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Lisa Hannon @TheOtherLisaMarie"Ten Native American tribal nations, forming the InterTribal Sinkyone Wilderness Council, have received ownership of 215 hectares (532 acres) of California’s redwood forest."01:34 AM - Apr 08, 2024
12:44 AM - Apr 09, 2024
The tortured nerd rom-com format of the 80s through the 90s gave us a host of choices. What was the best movie of the lot? The Hole in My Soul #Music video from #Aerosmith Alexandra Harmon, Eva Mendes, Seann William Scott, Branden Williams - a classic! 😅
https://www.youtube.com/wa...
https://www.youtube.com/wa...
Aerosmith - Hole In My Soul - YouTube
Official Music Video for “Hole In The Soul” performed by Aerosmith, REMASTERED IN HD! Did you know?: Aerosmith's performance in the ""Hole In The Soul"" vide...
11:02 PM - Apr 08, 2024
More shouting into the abyss about #books #Mexico #history #LatinAmericanHistoryMatters You need to understand Mexico, and to do that you need to understand the Revolution. This is the book that gets it done.
https://www.dukeupress.edu...
https://www.dukeupress.edu...
10:56 PM - Apr 08, 2024
#books #history #LatinAmerica #latinamericanhistorymatters
Shouting more of my book spouts on Latin America into the abyss. You need this book on the conquest. Purge the stupid stuff from HS.
https://global.oup.com/aca...
Shouting more of my book spouts on Latin America into the abyss. You need this book on the conquest. Purge the stupid stuff from HS.
https://global.oup.com/aca...
12:02 AM - Apr 06, 2024
My Mother In Law (QEPD) dated the sponsor of a famous rocker. She told me that she went to Woodstock and spent 40 years in music, but she had to get clean before she could rub shoulders with the big names. Just one of that rocker's songs on the radio, and it hits different now that she's gone.
12:52 PM - Apr 03, 2024
Media hasn't given coverage to the proposal to increase the number of reps in Congress.
The AAA&S report found, “the connection between constituents and their congresspeople has attenuated, leading to worse representation and bolstering the feeling among voters that their voice does not matter.”
The AAA&S report found, “the connection between constituents and their congresspeople has attenuated, leading to worse representation and bolstering the feeling among voters that their voice does not matter.”
amacad.org
Pros and Cons of Expanding the House | American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Interest in enlarging the House of Representatives - a recommendation included in the Academy's Our Common Purpose report - is growing and there are now two legislative proposals seeking to enlarge the House to increase responsiveness and representation.
04:49 PM - Apr 02, 2024
#Books #Mexico #LatinAmerica #History If you have never had the chance to read some of the Artes de México publications, check them out. Spanish w/ English translation. Beautiful art. https://catalogo.artesdeme...
03:14 PM - Apr 02, 2024
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Lina Khan's interview on the Daily Show was 🔥 on Monday. I just added a new name to my "you are so cool" in politics and governance list.
03:10 PM - Apr 02, 2024
#LatinAmerica #History #Books #FirstNations #PueblosOriginarios A great look at indigenous power and participation in the messy and complicated European invasion of what is today Mexico and Central America. A must read for myth breaking.
02:29 PM - Mar 29, 2024
#History #LatinAmerica #Books Next in the series on books you need on Latin America: Inga's book is a brilliant, clearly written tale of a complicated experience that returns agency and power to the indigenous story of the Euro invasion.
05:10 PM - Mar 28, 2024
Starting a series of suggested reads for US-ians on Latin America. First up, Empire's Workshop, Greg Grandin. To understand the US in the world, you have to understand Latin America and how the use honed its foreign policy there with a deliberate intent to export it to places like Iraq.
02:30 PM - Mar 27, 2024
Do yourself a favor and get Marcia Stephenson's new book on llamas. This is the book about camelids you didn't know you needed. www.utpress.utexas.edu/978...
06:46 PM - Mar 26, 2024
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I will vote Biden. However, to agree with every act that any politician does is foolish. You may win rights because of compromise, but you have to have the radical ideas that draw compromise from the opposition. You have to keep pushing, because the opposition does, too.
02:54 PM - Mar 12, 2024
You are not going to get enthusiastic responses to Democrats in national office by people who work in or have a relationship with Latin America. Not in 2024, not in 2016, not in 1992 ... and not ever in the future unless US foreign policy in the region changes.
01:26 PM - Mar 07, 2024
After nearly 80 years of dealing with blowback that is worse than the original threat, I would suggest a course change in the US policy of unconditional support for Israel.
I have shouted into the void.
So let it be done.
I have shouted into the void.
So let it be done.
01:06 PM - Mar 04, 2024
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I still like hair metal ballads as a sort of nostalgic flashback (I remember making dancing to this song in '92 kind of thing). Still, after 30+ years I cannot stand the aesthetic of it. The hair, the leather, the torn shirts, the makeup... blech.
I have shouted into the void.
So let it be done.
I have shouted into the void.
So let it be done.
04:45 PM - Mar 01, 2024
$$$ Class privilege is the most powerful of privileges. Very few in my profession want to take it seriously. Sorry, GOP, but most professors are terrified of Marx.
I have shouted into the void for the day.
So let it be done.
I have shouted into the void for the day.
So let it be done.
02:48 AM - Feb 24, 2024
Folks, Quit losing your minds if somebody expresses discontent with your favorite Dem candidate in favor of another Dem candidate. Your freak out and name calling does more damage to your candidate than your opponent's doubts.
I have shouted into the void for the day.
So let it be done.
I have shouted into the void for the day.
So let it be done.
01:26 PM - Feb 22, 2024
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5 Threaded Spouts
IF my predictions are accurate, Biden will be reelected, the Democrats will maintain control of the Senate with 50 seats, VP Harris will be the tie-breaker, and the Democrats will take control of the House. The House will not be close, and Democrats will win control of the House with 25+ seats.
10:16 AM - Feb 22, 2024
10 Threaded Spouts
#Spoutingclassics #80sandup @SpoutingClassics I am going with a string of songs in Spanish that I think anybody can enjoy without speaking Spanish and that are established classics in Spanish-language radio. I dare you to expand your repertoir a bit.
Por Qué Me Fui A Enamorar de Ti (En Vivo, Desde El Lunario del Auditorio Nacional) - YouTube
Music video by Mon Laferte performing Por Qué Me Fui A Enamorar de Ti (En Vivo, Desde El Lunario del Auditorio Nacional). © 2020 Universal Music Mexico S.A. ...
01:16 PM - Feb 09, 2024
2 Threaded Spouts
Because of my job I am looped in on all food recalls. I have decided that I should probably pass the info on here. So from now on I will pass on class 1 recalls. #FoodRecallAlert is the hashtag I will use.
12:19 PM - Feb 09, 2024
4 Threaded Spouts
In a fightin' mood this week for #SpoutingClassics #70sAndUnder #70sAndDown
Agnes Cunningham from 1930, but published in the late 50s on the contradiction of attacks on the poor classes.
Agnes Cunningham from 1930, but published in the late 50s on the contradiction of attacks on the poor classes.
How Can You Keep on Movin' - YouTube
Provided to YouTube by The Orchard EnterprisesHow Can You Keep on Movin' · Sis CunninghamBroadside Ballads, Vol. 9: Sundown℗ 2004 Smithsonian Folkways Record...
02:07 PM - Feb 01, 2024
