JosephQED
@josephQED
Wordwright, artbook junkie, agog. Resister, Gandhian. Rumi-nate, meditate, activate. Quod Erat Demonstrandum. He/him. Pix: Jittoku, Suio Genro; Sept 18 '24
Prof. Jeffrey Sachs details how the US systematically destroyed the Venezuelan economy through sanctions, killing 40,000+, in order to force Venezuelans to abandon the Bolivarian revolution and topple Maduro
Maduro is NOT the President of Venezuela and his regime is NOT the legitimate government. Maduro is the head of the Cartel de Los Soles, a narco-terror organization which has taken possession of a country. And he is under indictment for pushing drugs into the United States.
#TomLehrer news you can use. Hooray for New Math
How great was Tom Lehrer? In 2020, he moved his entire catalog into the public domain because he felt he'd made more than enough money off of it. Enjoy every Tom Lehrer album: tomlehrersongs.com
Here's the 2018 video of Putin saying he wanted Trump to win. Q: "Did you want President Trump to win the election? And did you direct any of your officials to help him do that?" Vladimir Putin: "Yes, I did."
How do we know that Vladimir Putin wanted Trump to win the 2016 election? Because Vladimir Putin told us so. "Yes, I did," he said at Trump's side in Helsinki in 2018. "Yes, I did."
I have sad news for people of great taste; Tom Lehrer has died at 97. He may not have invented the political satirical song but he definitely perfected it.
Today marks the 250th anniversary of the U.S. Postal Service, older than our nation itself. The USPS is a service, not a business. And it belongs to the people, not corporate profiteers!
“Those who go to the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation's food distributions know that they have the same chance of receiving a sack of flour as they do of leaving with a bullet in their head.” The latest update from our colleagues in Gaza: msf.org/msf-finds-1-4-…
How much will it cost US taxpayers to retrofit the "free" Air Force One donated by Qatar? The Trump administration won't say. But attention is focused on a mysterious $934 million transfer from a Pentagon account. @SangerNYT @EricSchmittNYT nytimes.com/2025/07/27/us/…
RIP composer Daniel Lentz. In "Point Conception," nine pianos (overdubbed by virtuoso Arlene Dunlap) go slowly in and out of sync with each other. Lentz's control of harmonic tension and release is impressive: A unique listen. youtube.com/watch?v=2owwqq…
West Papuan Indigenous people call for KitKat boycott over alleged ecocide by palm oil expansion @PalmOilDetect theguardian.com/world/2025/mar…
In Texas (formerly a fossil fuels bastion, still a strongly Republican state, and the world’s 8th largest economy) wind and solar will each generate more than coal this year; and wind and solar likely will each generate more than gas within 3 years That’s because solar, wind and…
Political consciousness is partly formed in the symbolic realm. Aesthetics & poetics paint a picture of the values & goals that define a political vision. For the @ArtReview_ Asia Summer issue, I wrote on how the example of the Black Panther Party: artreview.com/towards-an-aes…
Malaria ‘back with a vengeance’ in Zimbabwe after USAID cuts: the number of deaths from the disease triple theguardian.com/global-develop…
‘We need some hope’: can a rural MO hospital on the brink survive US govt budget cut bill? theguardian.com/us-news/2025/j…
Judge dismisses gov't officials’ lawsuit over Chicago sanctuary policies theguardian.com/us-news/2025/j…
Immigration agents told a teenage US citizen: ‘You’ve got no rights.’ He secretly recorded his brutal arrest theguardian.com/us-news/2025/j…
Paxton's outside firms have settled two cases so far, netting Texas $2 billion+. But they have also netted massive paydays for the lawyers — $143m in the Meta case. The fees for a recent settlement w/Google aren't final, but could exceed $350 million. texastribune.org/2025/07/24/ken…