Trump sides with Russia as usual

Trump’s slogan should be “Russia First”. Why does he side with Russia instead of an American?

"They don’t like drugs. And she got caught." https://t.co/y1q6Wy04pt
— Rolling Stone (@RollingStone) July 31, 2022

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar rips Donald Trump’s opinion of Brittney Griner https://t.co/6E7bDEruKw
— 🍷Zanetta🍷+💉💉💉 (@therealzanetta) August 9, 2022

So does Carlson

We know that the right is pro-Putin. His regime is authoritarian, brutal, homophobic and anti-intellectual. What's not to like? But hyping Russia's war effort seems odd, and calls for an explanation 1/ https://t.co/7bVQMgNsxi
— Paul Krugman (@paulkrugman) August 30, 2022

Ahmet Ertegun and Atlantic Records

Ahmet Ertegun was the co-founder of Atlantic Records. He did a great job of promoting R&B and rock artists.

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Update on Biden judicial appointments

President Biden just announced his 24th round of judicial nominees, bringing the total number of announced federal judicial nominees to 132.

If confirmed, this slate would include the first openly LGBT judge to serve on the District Court for the Eastern District of California.
— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) July 31, 2022

NEW: Biden is nominating Julie Rikelman, the lawyer who represented the Mississippi abortion clinic at the heart of the Supreme Court's decision overturning Roe v. Wade, to be an appeals court judge on the 1st Circuit. She's one of 9 new judicial nominees. https://t.co/0MJCmQz9fP
— Nate Raymond (@nateraymond) July 29, 2022

President Biden on Friday announced three more nominees to serve on federal courts in California, including the first out gay judge, the first Chinese American woman and the second Latina to serve on their respective courts.https://t.co/WKwfPQdPqt
— Los Angeles Times (@latimes) July 30, 2022

Dick Allen hit 2 inside-the-park home runs 50 years ago today

Dick Allen should be in the Baseball Hall of Fame.

Dick Allen, born #OTD, was the 1972 AL MVP w @whitesox, leading lg w 37 HRs, 113 RBIs & .603 slugging. In '74 led AL in HRs & slugging again despite missing last 3 weeks. Career 156 OPS+. His @sabr bio https://t.co/IoTQRzOozh pic.twitter.com/gojDsNUKoh
— SABR BioProject (@SABRbioproject) March 8, 2022

50 Years Ago Today: Chicago #WhiteSox slugger Dick Allen hits two inside-the-park HRs in the same game vs. Minnesota Twins pitcher Bert Blyleven! (July 31, 1972) #MLB #Legends #Baseball #History pic.twitter.com/fbMu5iB8yG
— Baseball by BSmile (@BSmile) July 31, 2022

Chase Utley's iconic walk-up song, “Kashmir” by Led Zeppelin, is easily the most memorable in Phillies history.

Fifty years ago this summer, writes @matt_breen, Dick Allen helped invent walk-up music. https://t.co/YTxJlZiE9h
— The Philadelphia Inquirer (@PhillyInquirer) July 21, 2022

Bob Gibson pitching against Dick Allen at Connie Mack Stadium, 1968 pic.twitter.com/hpSV4rCsAF
— Baseball In Pics (@baseballinpix) July 22, 2022

@SBarzilla you know that #DickAllenBelongsInTheHOF @DickAllen_15 is ranked tied for 22nd in All Time with his 156 career OPS+ . Look at the photo. This photo shows the true Greats of the Game and Dick Allen is right there with them. pic.twitter.com/5Tu3j3tBfJ
— Mark A. Carfagno (@markcarf) July 30, 2022

“He had the most amazing season (1972) I’ve ever seen. He’s the smartest baseball man I’ve ever been around in my life. There’s no telling the numbers this guy could have put up if all he worried about was stats. The guy belongs in the Hall of Fame.”
Goose Gossage pic.twitter.com/pGzNsQtYx9
— Jim Koenigsberger (@Jimfrombaseball) July 28, 2023

“Dick was a sensitive Black man who refused to be treated as a second-class citizen.”
Mike Schmidt
Hit 351 HR`s in 15 seasons, 7 time All-Star. He was named NL Rookie Of Year in 1964 & MVP `72, with White Sox. He batted over .300 seven times pic.twitter.com/ZlmvLWwne6
— Jim Koenigsberger (@Jimfrombaseball) August 4, 2023

"I reached up and grabbed one of those bats and just dropped it on the ground. I thought I was picking up a tree. At 40 ¾ ounces, I said how does a man swing this."
`65, he launched a HR an estimated 525 feet, over the Coke sign at Connie Mack Stadium pic.twitter.com/gO5oUAgOkZ
— Jim Koenigsberger (@Jimfrombaseball) August 3, 2023

Kino Cult

Kino Cult is a free streaming service of cult films from Kino Lorber. It has a large overlap with films that they have released on DVD and Blu-ray.

STREAM NOW | Kino Cult
is available on a bunch of devices & platforms. 🤩 CHECK IT OUT: https://t.co/8hhCwHlpD6
— Kino Cult (@kino_cult) July 30, 2022

My personal fave #AVOD channel. What does that say about me? "Kino Cult AVOD Service Celebrates One-Year Anniversary With ‘Weird Cinema’ Double Features"#hollywood @kino_cult #kinocult #film #cultfilm https://t.co/SKiQtYAS1R
— Jon Burk (@MrJonBurk) October 3, 2022

McSweeney’s on what your favorite classic rock band says about you

Fleetwood Mac: You have snorted cocaine off a copy of The Hobbit.https://t.co/K0r4EkXu3t
— Timothy McSweeney (@mcsweeneys) July 25, 2022

"Kiss: You have partied on a boat in a driveway."https://t.co/kqy0dNlImQ
— Timothy McSweeney (@mcsweeneys) July 30, 2022

Part Three

More on floods

How two 1-in-1,000 year rain events hit the U.S. in two days https://t.co/HjRdBdMpyv
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) July 30, 2022

Climate change has rendered obsolete the concept of once a century or even once a millennium events. The baseline is changing so fast that those concepts no longer apply https://t.co/t6W6CBYoZU
— Ronald Brownstein (@RonBrownstein) July 29, 2022

Flash floods, like in Las Vegas, are deadlier than hurricanes, tornadoes or lightning https://t.co/VCpPlmbfV2
— MarketWatch (@MarketWatch) July 30, 2022

Flash floods around the Las Vegas Strip produced leaks that swamped carpets on gaming floors. https://t.co/iW2O4nvr0J
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) July 29, 2022

It’s rained for 2 days in a row in Vegas which, in the desert, qualifies as a biblical flood.

One inch of rain is equivalent to 11% of the entire annual water consumption for the Las Vegas valley. https://t.co/0IpUPM0BD7
— Architect 🇺🇦 (@DataCommandant) July 29, 2022

How do you keep yourself and your family safe when flash flooding strikes at night? Here's a checklist.

✅ Know your risk

✅ Be aware

✅ Don't shut off your cell phone alerts

✅ Own a weather radio

✅ Have a planhttps://t.co/FjWEDML9Lb
— CNN (@CNN) July 30, 2022

Heavy rain throughout Southcentral Alaska during the past week is expected to continue, setting the stage to make this July one of the wettest on record in Anchorage. https://t.co/DX1nsNGruo
— Anchorage Daily News (@adndotcom) July 20, 2022

It’s the third 1-in-1,000-year rain event in the Lower 48 states in about a week.https://t.co/s8r62fjvrn
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) August 2, 2022

Indie films on YouTube

An indie film that does a 2 week theatrical run at 1 theater in NYC may get, at best, 2000-4000 viewers/audience members. Here is a thread of indie films on YouTube w/ 7,000+ views.

1 – @slowromcomedy – https://t.co/mSIWy8ueHg
— Sujewa, The Secret Society For Slow Romance (2022) (@sujewafantastic) July 25, 2022

Excessive media coverage of crime in New York City

This is just a fantastic bit of rigorous reporting that is clear-eyed about the genuine increase in violence in NYC over the last two years, but show's quite definitively that the *coverage* and focus on that violence VASTLY outpaces the underlying trend.https://t.co/dp9AjJkYuy
— Chris Hayes (@chrislhayes) July 29, 2022

This is astonishing, yet not surprising. If it feels like you're far less safe in NYC than ever before, it's not bc shootings are up. It's because the media (fueled by lies & fearmongering by NYC Mayor Eric Adams) is up. Look at this chart. Red line is shootings. Grey is media. pic.twitter.com/taPoGWGHKv
— Scott Hechinger (@ScottHech) July 29, 2022

American Folk Blues Festivals 1963 1966 The British Tours

The American Folk Blues Festival toured in Europe in the 1960s.

The American Folk Blues Festival was a music festival that toured Europe as an annual event for several years beginning in 1962. #blueshistory #blues #bluesmusic https://t.co/7VVAGO49Wy pic.twitter.com/cFM5dg7Ohl
— bluesharp (@bluezharp) August 20, 2022