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stevesilberman, 7 hours ago to random

Huge happy birthday to James Raymond, a brilliant musician who happens to be the son of the late David Crosby, and his collaborator for many great later albums. James wrote a song called "I Won't Stay for Long" for David's album "For Free" that was an astonishing act of mind-melding with his dad at the edge of life and death. Love you, James. You're a genius. https://youtu.be/4NkhLMmcq9Y?si=ccEA94tvZBEyIMsp

stevesilberman, 20 hours ago to random

My God, this is the best poem I've read in months. "When My Daughter Tells Me I was Never Punk," by Jessica Walsh.

stevesilberman, 1 day ago to random

Republicans have come a long way since they were the leering, cheering, twisted bigots you see in old photos of lynch mobs. Now they make Tiktok videos. https://www.threads.net/@keithedwards/post/C69f4anpddK

stevesilberman, 2 days ago to random

Former Trump "body man" Johnny McEntee makes Tiktok video claiming he gives homeless people fake money so they'll be arrested when they try to spend it. Then claims it was a "joke." Sounds like the perfect aide for the sadistic, twisted, hollowed-out psychopath he used to work for, currently the leading GOP candidate for President. https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/article/2024/may/13/johnny-mcentee-tiktok-video-fake-money

stevesilberman, 3 days ago to random

It's not just you. The Internet is boring now. Here's why. https://www.noahpinion.blog/p/the-death-again-of-the-internet-as?r=57x&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=email&fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR3P8H3S1Y2mfLdxtMs0pwriBB_q5uskkI43Da7v1hE1ESyxbORpdoLq7z4_aem_AfjfkGiAqi8SPjPvLnuZGZn1CWMf52byUJj_l5qrYvh17wgrnRdXYbLwdAt4evScJUg7X3UjTWao-nQN8OUqyY4A&triedRedirect=true

stevesilberman, 3 days ago to random

Hi, Mom! This is our first Mother's Day without you, and we miss you terribly. We wish we were taking you out for our usual brunch followed by sweet phone calls. If there was one thing I could do, it would be to commiserate with you about the terrible things we both went through in your dementia. I may always be gutted that that happened to you. But THANK YOU for being such a wonderful, sweet Mom. I adored you.

stevesilberman, 4 days ago to random

One reason everyone's so delighted by photos of the aurora is that it's a glimpse that the Universe is still alive, infinite, and beautiful outside of Donald Trump's colon, which we've all been trapped in for several years now.

stevesilberman, 4 days ago to random

I'm certainly not begrudging other folks' Mother's Day posts - please, make your mom feel loved and appreciated while she's still here! - but this is my first without my brilliant and witty and kind mom Leslie, who I miss more every day rather than less. For folks also missing their moms this weekend, I see you.

stevesilberman, 4 days ago to Autism

If you were waiting to buy my in-depth history of #autism and #neurodiversity, NeuroTribes, it's now really cheap at Amazon. The New York Times called it "Beautifully told, humanizing, and important." https://a.co/d/fDNysnr

stevesilberman, 5 days ago to random

When the great-grandchildren of MAGA voters are getting their Ex-Lax and diuretics together to make a pilgrimage to their great-grandparents' graves, this piece about Trump promising a billion-dollar bribe to oil executives will make inspiring reading. [gift link] https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/09/climate/trump-oil-gas-mar-a-lago.html?unlocked_article_code=1.q00.tSJc._Odqk9_1QgMx&smid=url-share

stevesilberman, 5 days ago to random

Prominent fascist lickspittle threatens America with a good time.

stevesilberman, 5 days ago to random

Finally, the article Mama Cass always deserved. David Crosby used to tell me all the time about how wonderful and wise she was and how much he loved her. Good job, Lindsay Zoladz. [gift link] https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/09/arts/music/cass-elliot-mamas-and-the-papas-death.html?unlocked_article_code=1.qk0.ULeX.IapX-To0hDKJ&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare&sgrp=c-cb

stevesilberman, 7 days ago to random

The sea lions are out in force at Pier 39 in San Francisco, double the usual number, drawn by a large school of anchovies. [photo by Barbara Gersh]

stevesilberman, 7 days ago to random

Poet and essayist Gary Snyder was born OTD 94 years ago, and bless us all, he's still alive. The real-life model for Japhy Ryder in Kerouac's "Dharma Bums," he was one of the first American Zen students, and his books include Riprap, Turtle Island, and The Practice of the Wild. A profound, graceful, timeless thinker whose writing will be speaking fresh wisdom for centuries. [photo taken last year by Wang PIng]

stevesilberman, 8 days ago to random

Those "Marxist college professors" you've been hearing so much about? My father Donald was proudly one of them. At the height of the Vietnam War, he was fired for saying so, and his students and fellow professors, who loved him, occupied the administration building for 2 weeks before my parents and others were arrested. I just found this at a cool online bookstore, Bolerium.com. Such memories.

stevesilberman, 8 days ago to random

Happy birthday to Carolyn Adams Garcia, aka Mountain Girl. An adorable photo of MG with Jerry Garcia, 7/2/67 at El Camino Park in Palo Alto, by Ron Rakow.

stevesilberman, 8 days ago to random

While it's cute that some people still refer to Elon Musk as "CEO" of something-or-other, what he does all day is simple: Obsessively engaging with neo-Nazi nudniks broadcasting stupid and hateful ideas on X, while using lots of emojis. https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2024/05/i-read-everything-elon-musk-posted-for-a-week-send-help/

stevesilberman, 9 days ago to random

It's darkly hilarious watching Kristi drown in the quicksand of her own lies in real time. She may as well have a neon sign over her head flashing "BULLSHIT... BULLSHIT... BULLSHIT... BULLSHIT." https://www.threads.net/@aaron.rupar/post/C6odW-MAZh3

stevesilberman, 9 days ago to random

I can't be there, but this Monday 5/13 at Carnegie Hall, there will be a star-studded tribute to the music of Crosby, Stills, and Nash, featuring many younger musicians. Looks great. https://www.carnegiehall.org/Calendar/2024/05/13/The-Music-of-Crosby-Stills-and-Nash-0800PM

stevesilberman, 10 days ago to random

Beautiful obituary by @nytimes' Clay Risen for poet Jerome Rothenberg, whose hugely influential "Technicians of the Sacred" brought indigenous poetries into Western conciousness. [gift link] https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/05/books/jerome-rothenberg-dead.html?unlocked_article_code=1.pk0.vQqU.d0jxOEMibPrO&smid=url-share

stevesilberman, 11 days ago to random

So much of MAGA media and the GOP is about normalizing bizarre, freakish, inhuman sociopathy. Here's FoxNews host Rachel Campos-Duffy celebrating the hammer attack on Paul Pelosi. This woman has nine children. I wonder what values she thinks she's teaching them? https://www.mediaite.com/tv/foxs-rachel-campos-duffy-jokes-about-violent-attack-on-ex-speakers-husband-maybe-paul-pelosi-needs-the-hammer/

stevesilberman, 11 days ago to random

Happy #StarWarsDay! My own favorite personal anecdote: I saw Star Wars with poet Allen Ginsberg when it first opened in Boulder in 1977. When the crawl went up the screen ("A long time ago, in a galaxy far far away..."), Allen sighed, "Thank God - I don't have to worry about it!"

stevesilberman, 11 days ago to Autism

Very honored to see my history of #autism and #neurodiversity, "NeuroTribes," on this list. https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2024/books/top-books-list.html?smtyp=cur&smid=bsky-nytimes

stevesilberman, 12 days ago to random

When she's not shooting puppies and goats and lying about that, prominent liar Kristi Noem is embarrassing her publisher by lying about alleged meetings with world leaders like Kim Jong Un, which simply never happened. https://www.thedakotascout.com/p/gov-kristi-noems-account-of-meeting