Americans have historically gotten shorted on #Black #History, but I came across a #YouTube channel the other day that’s doing the work to rectify that, one story at a time. #TIL about Robert Smalls, and his tale is fascinating! #civilrights #humanrights #BLM #civilwar www.youtube.com/watch

#NowPlaying @ Nothing Manor: Donald Fagan - The Nightfly: Live (2021). An extraordinary album already this live rendition does the impossible and makes it an even more astonishing listen. The downside; like the OG, it’s too short so turn on repeat. #music #pop #jazz www.youtube.com/watch

#NowPlaying @ Nothing Manor: Steely Dan - Northeast Corridor: Steely Dan Live (2021). What is there to say but that we’ve gotten precious few live Dan albums (precisely two) and it is, unquestionably, the superior. www.youtube.com/watch

Despite #Google’s claims of superior #spam management, I get a load of spam in #Gmail, and I barely use that. My main email is on #Apple Mail, and I get almost none. For #StValentinesDay I thought I’d share some of the “fun” ones. #internet #tech

#NowPlaying @ Nothing Manor: Dream Theater - Parasomnia (2025). DT’s latest album and my very first listen. There’s some Mindcrime vibe in the opening measures, then it dives into a medley. Strong concept album energy. 20 min. closing track, too. #music #progmetal #prog youtube.com/playlist

Have you heard the news? Fascistic othering is the new #American #Freedom… as in the freedom to forcefully eradicate the freedoms of those you deem sub-human. Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness, as long as you’re #MAGA. #fascism #racism #oligarchy #opensource www.theverge.com/news/6128…

The #facism is being televised, and not enough Americans give a damn… Oh well. Guess I’ll just play #MarvelRivals while #ElonMusk dismantles our democratic institutions. Also, Squirrel Girl is a hottie! #apathy #uspol #capitalism kottke.org/25/02/the…

How DARE you gutter trash have lives and needs and opinions outside of your indentured servitude to your corporate overlords! Your job is your identity that we, #Capitalism, have generously granted you and we can take it away with the crook of a withered finger! #WFH slashdot.org/story/25/…

#NowPlaying @ Nothing Manor: Michael Penn - Palms & Runes, Tarot & Tea (2007). I don’t typically listen to compilations preferring the OG albums, but this one is special, and so is Michael. MAKE MORE ALBUMS, MICHAEL!!! #music #pop #rock www.youtube.com/watch

And another thing about this Gulf of Mexico thing… I was under the impression that #TFG’s America was about the Freedom™ of #Capitalism? But #Google just caves to Dear Leader’s petulant colonialist demand like it was State Run? How pathetic. #tech #capitalism #fascism gizmodo.com/google-ma…