A Saturday scoop from @schuylermitchell.bsky.social: Previously unreported documents show that DHS wants to build a tool that would track personal travel data, including passenger names and their itineraries. Last year, a similar program was shuttered over public outcry.
The NAACP's 117th birthday wishlist: defund ICE, prosecute Kristi Noem, and shutter Elon's data centers.
Mikhail Shaidorov of Kazakhstan celebrates after winning gold.
From @theathletic.com: Kazakhstan’s Mikhail Shaidorov had the skate of his life and it wound up being worthy of gold.
His shocking victory in men's individual figure skating is only Kazakhstan’s second-ever gold medal in any Winter Olympics. trib.al/3zGAOKI
An English bloke won this event for the first time.
#Olympics
Happy World Radio Day
Radio is as revolutionary a technology as the printing press.
You can listen to almost any radio station in the world.
What are you listening to?
Are you cold? A bit bored?
Come enjoy the iPhone Photography Workshop tomorrow, Thursday February 12 from 4:00 to 5:30 at the Pierson Memorial library, Shelburne, Vermont. It’s free but I recommend phoning the library to reserve a spot.
Your iPhone camera has lots of fun tricks up its sleeve.
There’s still room to attend this free iPhone Photography Workshop on Thursday February 12 from 4:00 - 5:30 at the Shelburne, Vermont library.
piersonlibrary.org/event/iphone...
Do I know anybody in greater Northwest Vermont with a
Sony A6700 Camera
who might help me learn to use it?
Help me understand…
Why do people buy dozens of little plastic bottles of water at the supermarket when buying food?
Like most here, I am horrified and heartbroken over what has happened in Minneapolis with the death of yet another brave citizen in the fight against ICE abuses. No one should have to pay that price for our freedom, and no family should have to hear that terrible news.
Today is the anniversary of the birth of one of the greatest song writers of the 20th Century:
Antonio Carlos Jobim.
1.25.27 - 12.8.94
He wrote an ASTONISHING number of pieces which will remain important and vital as long as people listen to songs.
#BossaNova
#Brazil
“They took trophy pictures with their personal phones,” a man detained by ICE says.
CNN host Jake Tapper has eviscerated President Donald Trump over his latest “unsettling” and “incoherent” White House appearance.
Night
One of Donald Trump’s former press secretaries said his rambling Tuesday press conference is a sign that he is “mentally slipping.”
Bob Weir just died.
He was 17 when he began his 60 years playing with The Grateful Dead.
SIXTY YEARS of thrilling large crowds of people by doing what you love…
That’s a life well lived.
How Coffee Became a Joke (my latest). www.honest-broker.com/p/how-coffee...
I’m back on the radio today (Wednesday January 7) from 5:00 - 8:00. Catch the show in glorious stereo streaming audio (live) using the links below.
Each set is different.
Worry Later. #Jazz radio
Click the link 👇🏻 to listen… then click the little arrow.
pvweb.smcvt.edu:9000/index.html
I’m experimenting with this as a spiritual practice:
Leave early, drive under the speed limit, use your turn signals, ignore the tailgaters, give nobody the finger, enjoy the drive.
Try it. You’ll like it.
While "peace" negotiations continue, remember that Russia could simply stop the war at any time.
Jay Peak in #Vermont has just over 100 inches of snow. In November.
#Ski #VT
(My photo from last year)
Do you really want people who can’t be bothered to vote to chose our next president? Your next governor? Your mayor or city councilor?
Tonight, Wednesday November 19 from 5:00 - 8:00, I’ll air Worry Later (the Jazz radio program for people who love melody) on WWPV, 93.5, Colchester Vermont, USA.
You can stream the show live with the link below.
pvweb.smcvt.edu:9000/index.html
As Starbucks employees begin an indefinite nationwide strike, including at several locations in Colorado, Sens. John Hickenlooper and Michael Bennet joined 24 of their colleagues in calling on the company to end its “union-busting” efforts and participate in good-faith negotiations.
The American penny died on Wednesday in Philadelphia. It was 232. The cause was irrelevance and expensiveness, the Treasury Department said. Nothing could be bought any more with a penny, as the cost to mint the penny had risen to more than 3 cents. nyti.ms/48bFd5K
