More on higher Black maternal death rates

Black women in the U.S. are nearly three times more likely to die during pregnancy or delivery than any other race. One reason: Some doctors don't take their concerns seriously. https://t.co/FwM6C4Ylpi
— The Associated Press (@AP) May 28, 2023

The death rate among infants born to Black mothers in South Carolina increased by nearly 40 percent from 2017 to 2021.https://t.co/f55eqYqxub
— The Post and Courier (@postandcourier) May 21, 2023

Hospitals are more likely to give drug tests to Black women delivering babies than white women, regardless of the mother’s history of substance use, suggests a new study of a health system in Pennsylvania. https://t.co/RBsioFllLH pic.twitter.com/hmce3O6ZZt
— The New York Times (@nytimes) April 14, 2023

Opinion: When addressing maternal mortality, ‘we must leave no Black woman behind’

Tweet/YouTube videos on the man who was a dwarf and a giant

Adam Rainer, an Austrian native, entered the world in 1899, carving a distinctive niche in medical records as the sole person to have experienced both dwarfism and giantism. From his birth until reaching adulthood, Rainer's stature remained notably shorter than that of an average… pic.twitter.com/0eH6vvCAHM
— Historic Vids (@historyinmemes) May 27, 2023

Twitter thread on movie cameos

See the thread from The Pink Smoke

The All Timer: Mr. Spielberg “and here… is your… receipt” The Blues Brothers https://t.co/IrNx571UTE pic.twitter.com/X3EaGMVNeJ
— bill teck (@billteck) May 19, 2023

The Band at Wembley 9/14/74

The Band was great in concert. Here’s a whole show.

Great tweet by Ben Mankiewicz on films about screenwriters

Thanks to Michael Cavna and the ⁦@washingtonpost⁩ for allowing me to share my thoughts on the best movies about screenwriters to watch during the #wgastrike. https://t.co/0zRWLpgrsQ
— Ben Mankiewicz (@BenMank77) May 20, 2023

I was sorry to read that Martin Amis died

I recommend reading books by Martin Amis. My favorite of the ones I read is Time’s Arrow. I saw him read in the early 1990s at Chapters, a great bookstore in Washington, DC. In addition to getting books signed, I had him autograph this broadside from Black Oak Books in Oakland.

Martin Amis, who died on Friday, was primarily known for his witty and daring novels. But he was also an essayist, memoirist and critic of the first rank.

Here are some books that chart the peaks of his career. https://t.co/XBBDbH3tmM
— The New York Times (@nytimes) May 20, 2023

Saddened to register the too soon death of Martin Amis. Here's a piece I wrote about "London Fields" on it's thirtieth anniversary for the Ringer. https://t.co/6fb8poccj0
— The Paranoid Style (@paranoiacs) May 21, 2023

One of my favorite things I ever assigned at The New York Observer was a story about Martin Amis moving to Brooklyn, written by @xlorentzen . You can read it here: https://t.co/Eu9itlMmkF
— Elizabeth Spiers (@espiers) May 20, 2023

“There’s a one-word narrative for every writer. For Hitchens, it was ‘contrarian.’ For me, it’s ‘decline.’” –Martin Amis https://t.co/9MbGILq22g
— Jack Shafer (@jackshafer) May 20, 2023

Van Morrison concert videos

Here are shows from 1974, 1979 and 1980. I never saw Morrison but he was great in this period.

This is the first of several videos from songs from his wonderful 1974 live album It’s Too Late to Stop Now. They’re from the 7/24/73 concert in London. The column on the right on YouTube has links to the other videos. It looks like it will roll from one song to the next video.

Covers: Reeling In the Years

“Reeling In the Years” is a 1972 hit by Steely Dan which has a brutal cover by Donnie and Marie Osmond.

Phish's Trey Anastasio covers "Reelin' In the Years" in honor of Steely Dan's induction into the Songwriters Hall of Fame. pic.twitter.com/iHa9cOyNjx
— CONSEQUENCE (@consequence) June 14, 2024

Lincoln Project Trump Bingo

Not that we think you should tune into the MAGA propaganda fest that will be CNN's Trump Town Hall tonight, but if you are… Here's a MAGA Bingo card so it can be a little less soul-crushing as you watch a career conman and criminal spew his lies. pic.twitter.com/PzIKiqZlJd
— The Lincoln Project (@ProjectLincoln) May 10, 2023

“Without Court expansion, Democrats are unlikely to regain control of the Court until..2065”

I’d love to hear a Democratic senator who opposes Supreme Court expansion get asked about this study, and then watch them explain with a straight face why they’re ceding control of the Court to far-right ideologues until their grandchildren reach retirement age https://t.co/MCgGhP5yqP
— Jay Willis (@jaywillis) May 8, 2023

@WhiteHouse
Have you seen this? Please take court expansion seriously. It doesn’t look like anything else will prevent long term dominance by extreme conservatives. We have seen what that means. https://t.co/QbO2ULSuT9
— Harris Levy (@HarrisL585) May 9, 2023