The fact that I come over here just to check in about once a month and this is the first thing I see HAHA

At the end of some work days I feel like I've earned a martini. At the end of other work days, I've earned a blunt. Today is a blunt day.

What are we going to eat though

There's a conversation going on that's challenging military band musicians who participated in today's festivities. On one hand, capitalism oppresses us all so I don't have an issue with people doing what they gotta do. On the other hand, what is the tipping point? Is there one?

From 1619 to 1865, the US benefited from over 222 million hours of unpaid, dehumanizing, forced labor by enslaved black people per scholars. This labor- primarily the production of tobacco, rice, sugar, and cotton- would be valued at over $97 trillion today. Built off the backs.

How it feels living in a walkable city:

Reparations are a part of America’s national debt.

"Poverty is not natural. It is manmade and it can be overcome." - Nelson Mandela

Huey really does seem like a guy that would have been fun to know - a true humanistic revolutionary. Rest in power brother ✊🏾

I'm finding myself challenged, more and more, with the privileges and histories associated with white men being applied to Black men. The patriarchy works in tandem with white supremacy - not alongside it. Happy to get alternative perspectives from y'all.

Got me a new job: composersforum.org/new-leadership…

List of NEA grant recipients no longer receiving funding. You don't have to care. You just have to know. Electric Literature One Story Red Hen Press etc docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d… #WritingCommunity

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If you want to see a glimpse of your future, come to DC and walk around. Tanks hitting cars People tackled to the ground Arrests without warrants Bags on heads Military everywhere Checkpoints everywhere Empty streets Everyone on edge You will not be unaffected.

Bassooncé , Executive Director of Composers Forum, shares his vision for ACF and the timely role of their "Recomposing America" initiative. youtu.be/ewV4xlEeaZo?si…

Shit gettin spooky man