ALT TEXT: Quote from Down the River Unto the Sea curated by Readwise. Black letters against a tan background. Small snippet of book cover which depicts a black and white photo of a man standing at the rail of a bridge with his back to the camera.
The quote is, "Monk always had a good group of talented musicians with him, but while they play deep melodies, he was the madman in the corner pounding out the truth between the fabrications of rhythm and blues." Down the River Unto the Sea by Walter Mosley.
Though this is a fictional book, "Monk" refers to real life American jazz pianist Thelonious Monk.
From NPR, "Monk, who was born 100 years ago today (written October 10, 2017) was also one of the greatest composers of the 20th century. The late pianist wrote about 70 songs during his career — many of which have became standards, including the most recorded jazz composition of all time, "'Round Midnight."
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She was one of the first people that I followed on Mastodon.
Not only did she experience terroristic threats, but she was also gaslit by members of the #Fediverse somehow trying to "well actually" death threats. 😒
She is a great human being and she's always been kind and gracious every time I've ever spoken to her in passing at conferences.
I encourage everyone that can to read her book and essays. Lots of gems.
The edgelords and incels who whinge about #AffirmativeAction don't even understand what legacy admission is because they've never gotten anywhere near #Harvard or #Yale .
#Legacy admissions and a host of other accomodations makes it possible for them to coast through on easy mode.
Meanwhile in the real world, we have to be #TwiceAsGood .
The problem with this is once the Supreme Court, which is on the same page as him, starts ruling in his favor.
This isn't grandstanding if the Supreme Court legislates from the bench.
DeSantis is probably the most dangerous potential presidential candidate in recent history.
He's already codified anti-Black, anti-LGBTQIA+ and xenophobic laws in Florida which are largely unchallenged.
He's made it illegal to discuss, acknowledge or teach about the lived experiences of Black Americans in education and academia. He's made it illegal to acknowledge the existence of the LGBTQIA+ community, also.
This isn't a test.
He will roll us back to #JimCrow or worse, just as he's done in #Florida .
He is a major threat to #democracy and between the Maggats and third party/both sides/centrists , democracy is hanging by a thread.
We must take him seriously.
He's a threat to our country.
Not taking these people seriously is how we ended up with #Trump