The Baltimore bridge tragedy brings out the right-wing bigots and conspiracy theorists

Kook conspiracy theories have always been with us (moon landing was staged, etc.). The difference now is that they move faster than ever—like within minutes of some event occurring. Check out the bilge from the Baltimore bridge accident: https://t.co/onQXLRdZYn
— Paul Farhi (@farhip) March 28, 2024

https://wapo.st/3TTsLjZ

Dom Flemons on Black Country Music

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I would also add these:

Ace Records has three albums of soul covers of country music:

Behind Closed Doors – Where Country Meets Soul

Sweet Dreams – Where Country Meets Soul Vol 2

Cold Cold Heart: Where Country Meets Soul Vol 3

The great Swamp Dogg:

Swamp Dogg On Reinvention, Country Music And Getting Another Rolls-Royce

Tweets and Instagram posts on Lego creations

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THE SHINING (1980) recreated as Lego HD renders. The detail is incredible. Not sure who made these so please credit if you know.

A THREAD

1/10 – The Colorado Lounge pic.twitter.com/UnbzeHnBCE
— All The Right Movies (@ATRightMovies) April 14, 2023

Even the minifigures are greasing up their tiny utility poles ahead of the Super Bowl at Philadelphia’s Legoland Discovery Center. https://t.co/gzJnUqOcuw
— The Philadelphia Inquirer (@PhillyInquirer) February 8, 2023

Lego flowers are beautiful, fun to build, and definitely won’t die. The bouquets also make a perfect Valentine’s Day gift that can last as long as your love. https://t.co/uzYf2CauYr
— NYT Wirecutter (@wirecutter) January 28, 2023

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LEGO Grimace

Created by Marshall Stoneman pic.twitter.com/6DMKXWBJv1
— Beyond the Brick (@BeyondtheBrick) March 24, 2024

How (LEGO, Separatist) droids are made

[📹 Rio's Creative Studio]pic.twitter.com/NdqZZ6KkXR
— Massimo (@Rainmaker1973) March 22, 2024

What a fascinating display piece that celebrates LEGO engineering.🧱

Featuring numerous great ball contraption mechanisms in a closed circuit.🤩#LEGO #Satisfying #OddlySatisfying #Engineering #Fascinating #Mechanism #Circuit

📹: zusammengebautpic.twitter.com/tTzoE6gOAW
— RS (@WeAreRSGroup) March 24, 2024

Pet Sounds, Lego version. By @garethgra pic.twitter.com/R2ib9FsY1z
— Beach Boys Legacy (@beachboyslegacy) July 30, 2024

Covers: Pretty Boy Floyd

Woody Guthrie wrote “Pretty Boy Floyd” in 1939. Covers include versions by The Byrds and Bob Dylan.

Mill Valley – a most unusual hit record

“Mill Valley” (1970) was a record composed by an elementary school teacher and performed by students.

YouTube video on photos of Robert Johnson

One of the photos was used for a Johnson stamp but they removed the cigarette he was smoking!

Did the same thing to the great Robert Johnson, when he got a stamp. pic.twitter.com/d14sH6aFPd
— It’sJustPat 🟧 🟦 (@PatCorc2019) April 19, 2022

Covers: I Wanna Dance With Somebody (Who Loves Me)

“I Wanna Dance With Somebody (Who Loves Me)” was a hit single for Whitney Houston in 1987. David Byrne has covered it.

MAGA is winning on disinformation

The media is doing a poor job

Really important piece: https://t.co/uwkuGR0aEw
— Jane Mayer (@JaneMayerNYer) March 17, 2024

As former DOJ national security official Mary McCord writes, SCOTUS faces case that could open the floodgates to disinformation online. @Just_Security https://t.co/A2XzV7IyNG
— Barb McQuade (@BarbMcQuade) March 17, 2024

Democrats don’t have a messaging problem. They have a distribution problem.

Liberals need to get innovative about how they’ll push out the truth amid this information ecosystem dominated by a powerful right-wing disinformation machine.
— Ahmed Baba (@AhmedBaba_) November 8, 2024

Trump’s mastery of disinformation has caused people to vote against their own self-interest.
His playbook is the same as Russia’s: promote declinism, demonize and scapegoat, stoke outrage, divide and conquer. 4/4 END
— Barb McQuade (@BarbMcQuade) November 7, 2024

Paul Simon on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

Paul Simon was interviewed on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert on March 14, 2024 (last night when I am writing this).

I saw him speak once in a discussion with Clive Davis around 1974.

Older appearances with Colbert:

Tweet on Trump praising Hitler

This is terrible, even by Trump’s standards. He loves dictators.

New from CNN:

Trump’s former Chief of Staff John Kelly goes on the record regarding Trump’s praise of ADOLF HITLER. pic.twitter.com/HA4I6W3w2A
— Spiro’s Ghost (@AntiToxicPeople) March 11, 2024

Former advisers of Donald Trump are sounding the alarm about the ex-president’s praise of autocrats in private.https://t.co/VU0Wkdzfgj
— The Daily Beast (@thedailybeast) March 11, 2024

JUST IN:

A recent CNN article, citing discussions with various ex-members of the Trump administration, reported that Donald Trump expressed admiration for some of Adolf Hitler's actions.

Additionally, Trump's ex-chief of Staff, John Kelly, shared that Trump viewed both Putin… pic.twitter.com/LLSKCDvEdt
— Brian Allen (@allenanalysis) March 11, 2024