christian ericson
@brightmoments.bsky.social
artist : alfa ættar
navigating constellations
www.brightmoments.org
navigating constellations
www.brightmoments.org
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Growing up in Boston listening to WILD which played a lot of Reggae, Calypso & Soca we all were very familiar with Mighty Sparrow. Essential party & carnival music. May he rest in eternal peace
September 28, 2026 at 12:02 AM
Growing up in Boston listening to WILD which played a lot of Reggae, Calypso & Soca we all were very familiar with Mighty Sparrow. Essential party & carnival music. May he rest in eternal peace
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Trends in September #Arctic sea ice thickness over approximately the last four decades (yes, that shows thinning everywhere)...
Data from PIOMAS. For more information: doi.org/10.1175/JCLI...
Data from PIOMAS. For more information: doi.org/10.1175/JCLI...
September 17, 2026 at 2:53 PM
Trends in September #Arctic sea ice thickness over approximately the last four decades (yes, that shows thinning everywhere)...
Data from PIOMAS. For more information: doi.org/10.1175/JCLI...
Data from PIOMAS. For more information: doi.org/10.1175/JCLI...
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I’m curating shows related to my book “How Black Music Took Over The World” at Big Ears Festival 2027 including:
Ben Lamar Gay, Moor Mother, Vernon Reid, Darius Jones, Chris Ryan Williams, Luke Stewart, Sheree Renee Thomas, Will Calhoun +
For more information visit bigearsfestival.org #BigEarsKnox
Ben Lamar Gay, Moor Mother, Vernon Reid, Darius Jones, Chris Ryan Williams, Luke Stewart, Sheree Renee Thomas, Will Calhoun +
For more information visit bigearsfestival.org #BigEarsKnox
September 15, 2026 at 12:10 AM
I’m curating shows related to my book “How Black Music Took Over The World” at Big Ears Festival 2027 including:
Ben Lamar Gay, Moor Mother, Vernon Reid, Darius Jones, Chris Ryan Williams, Luke Stewart, Sheree Renee Thomas, Will Calhoun +
For more information visit bigearsfestival.org #BigEarsKnox
Ben Lamar Gay, Moor Mother, Vernon Reid, Darius Jones, Chris Ryan Williams, Luke Stewart, Sheree Renee Thomas, Will Calhoun +
For more information visit bigearsfestival.org #BigEarsKnox
64 years ago today (September 6, 1962) #RolandKirk recorded "Meeting On Termini's Corner", “Domino”, “Time”, “3-In-1 Without The Oil”, “Lament” and “A Stritch In Time” for his album “Domino” at Ter-Mar Recording Studios, Chicago, IL.
#jazz #rahsaanrolandkirk
www.youtube.com/watch?v=NI_W...
#jazz #rahsaanrolandkirk
www.youtube.com/watch?v=NI_W...
Domino
YouTube video by Roland Kirk - Topic
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September 6, 2026 at 6:38 PM
64 years ago today (September 6, 1962) #RolandKirk recorded "Meeting On Termini's Corner", “Domino”, “Time”, “3-In-1 Without The Oil”, “Lament” and “A Stritch In Time” for his album “Domino” at Ter-Mar Recording Studios, Chicago, IL.
#jazz #rahsaanrolandkirk
www.youtube.com/watch?v=NI_W...
#jazz #rahsaanrolandkirk
www.youtube.com/watch?v=NI_W...
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Lee and Helen Morgan on the cover of Variety. ❤️ Ten years ago this week.
September 5, 2026 at 8:46 PM
Lee and Helen Morgan on the cover of Variety. ❤️ Ten years ago this week.
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Harriet Tubman ft. Cassandra Wilson | Live at BRIC House
YouTube video by BRIC TV
youtu.be
September 2, 2026 at 5:28 PM
ok rísta á kista.
sumar á véttrimum,
sumar á valböstum,
ok nefna þrysvar Tý.
#sigrdrífumál #tiwaz #boisecascade #rúnar
sumar á véttrimum,
sumar á valböstum,
ok nefna þrysvar Tý.
#sigrdrífumál #tiwaz #boisecascade #rúnar
September 2, 2026 at 5:02 AM
ok rísta á kista.
sumar á véttrimum,
sumar á valböstum,
ok nefna þrysvar Tý.
#sigrdrífumál #tiwaz #boisecascade #rúnar
sumar á véttrimum,
sumar á valböstum,
ok nefna þrysvar Tý.
#sigrdrífumál #tiwaz #boisecascade #rúnar
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"The move to pull government resources from NOAA’s Arctic Report Card deals a significant blow to efforts to track the health of the Arctic, the region of the planet that has been most heavily affected by rising temperatures from rising greenhouse gases." via @eenews.bsky.social
NOAA to end support for Arctic climate change report
The authors were informed Monday of the action, which jeopardizes public dissemination of the report on the fast-changing region.
www.eenews.net
August 13, 2026 at 12:12 AM
"The move to pull government resources from NOAA’s Arctic Report Card deals a significant blow to efforts to track the health of the Arctic, the region of the planet that has been most heavily affected by rising temperatures from rising greenhouse gases." via @eenews.bsky.social
August 6, 2026 at 8:10 PM
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Publication Day!
Our “Terms of Art” with @postmedieval.bsky.social was published today. In this essay, @basilaprice.bsky.social and I explore the “phantasm” of Valhalla in contemporary and medieval politics and culture.
The article is OpenAccess. Read it here:
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Our “Terms of Art” with @postmedieval.bsky.social was published today. In this essay, @basilaprice.bsky.social and I explore the “phantasm” of Valhalla in contemporary and medieval politics and culture.
The article is OpenAccess. Read it here:
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Valhalla: A phantasm - postmedieval
This Terms of art examines Valhalla as a phantasmic construct that gathers fantasies of whiteness, masculinity, and militarism across political, religious, and temporal divides. Beginning with invocat...
link.springer.com
August 4, 2026 at 3:00 PM
Publication Day!
Our “Terms of Art” with @postmedieval.bsky.social was published today. In this essay, @basilaprice.bsky.social and I explore the “phantasm” of Valhalla in contemporary and medieval politics and culture.
The article is OpenAccess. Read it here:
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Our “Terms of Art” with @postmedieval.bsky.social was published today. In this essay, @basilaprice.bsky.social and I explore the “phantasm” of Valhalla in contemporary and medieval politics and culture.
The article is OpenAccess. Read it here:
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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Bunker Hill Mjölnument
July 16, 2026 at 1:43 PM
Bunker Hill Mjölnument
65 years ago today (July 11, 1961) Roland Kirk recorded “Kirk's Work” (also reissued as “Funk Underneath”) featuring Jack McDuff (with Joe Benjamin on Bass & Art Taylor on drums) at Van Gelder Studio in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey.
#jazz #rahsaanrolandkirk
www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Ftf...
#jazz #rahsaanrolandkirk
www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Ftf...
Roland KIRK & Jack McDUFF "Kirk's work" (1961)
YouTube video by TheJPDM
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July 11, 2026 at 2:39 PM
65 years ago today (July 11, 1961) Roland Kirk recorded “Kirk's Work” (also reissued as “Funk Underneath”) featuring Jack McDuff (with Joe Benjamin on Bass & Art Taylor on drums) at Van Gelder Studio in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey.
#jazz #rahsaanrolandkirk
www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Ftf...
#jazz #rahsaanrolandkirk
www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Ftf...
58 years ago today (July 7, 1968) #RolandKirk & his quartet - Ron Burton (p) Vernon Martin (b) Jimmy Hopps (d) Joe Habad Texidor (per) played the "Newport Jazz Festival" (Newport, RI). his set was recorded & is featured on the album Volunteered Slavery. #jazz
youtu.be/-kht0E9bmTo?...
youtu.be/-kht0E9bmTo?...
A Tribute to John Coltrane: Lush Life, Afro-Blue & Bessie's Blues
YouTube video by Rahsaan Roland Kirk - Topic
youtu.be
July 8, 2026 at 12:52 AM
58 years ago today (July 7, 1968) #RolandKirk & his quartet - Ron Burton (p) Vernon Martin (b) Jimmy Hopps (d) Joe Habad Texidor (per) played the "Newport Jazz Festival" (Newport, RI). his set was recorded & is featured on the album Volunteered Slavery. #jazz
youtu.be/-kht0E9bmTo?...
youtu.be/-kht0E9bmTo?...
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We are seeing a near-record early melt-out of sea ice in the Barents Sea region of the #Arctic this summer. This is at least partially in response to the anomalous warmth there the last several months.
Map of the general location: zacklabe.com/arctic-clima...
Map of the general location: zacklabe.com/arctic-clima...
June 11, 2026 at 4:45 PM
We are seeing a near-record early melt-out of sea ice in the Barents Sea region of the #Arctic this summer. This is at least partially in response to the anomalous warmth there the last several months.
Map of the general location: zacklabe.com/arctic-clima...
Map of the general location: zacklabe.com/arctic-clima...
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RIP Sonny Rollins, the Colossus who reinvented the saxophone at least twice, who tapped the subconscious realm to realize the most brazen, beautiful riffs ever conceived, who embodied a spirit of total integrity & discipline, playing for hours under the bridge, consecrated to pure mastery of the art
May 26, 2026 at 3:01 AM
RIP Sonny Rollins, the Colossus who reinvented the saxophone at least twice, who tapped the subconscious realm to realize the most brazen, beautiful riffs ever conceived, who embodied a spirit of total integrity & discipline, playing for hours under the bridge, consecrated to pure mastery of the art
56 years ago today (May 12, 1970) Rahsaan Roland Kirk recorded "Medley: "Going Home" / "Sentimental Journey" / "In Monument" / "Lover”, “Sweet Fire" &” Baby Let Me Shake Your Tree" at the Village Vanguard, NYC for his album “Rahsaan, Rahsaan”. #jazz #rahsaanrolandkirk
youtu.be/RUPqGAYDGig?...
youtu.be/RUPqGAYDGig?...
Medley: Going Home / Sentimental Journey / In Monument / Lover
YouTube video by Rahsaan Roland Kirk - Topic
youtu.be
May 13, 2026 at 12:47 AM
56 years ago today (May 12, 1970) Rahsaan Roland Kirk recorded "Medley: "Going Home" / "Sentimental Journey" / "In Monument" / "Lover”, “Sweet Fire" &” Baby Let Me Shake Your Tree" at the Village Vanguard, NYC for his album “Rahsaan, Rahsaan”. #jazz #rahsaanrolandkirk
youtu.be/RUPqGAYDGig?...
youtu.be/RUPqGAYDGig?...
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Today is a good day to admire the burials at Valsgärde🇸🇪
May 9, 2026 at 3:07 PM
Today is a good day to admire the burials at Valsgärde🇸🇪
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Your 'doom quote' for today:
"It is hard at times to think beyond scorched forests and submerged farmlands...the predicted mass die-off of at least a million species, disintegrating factories and mines leeching poison into soil, the Great Pacific Garbage Patch."
"It is hard at times to think beyond scorched forests and submerged farmlands...the predicted mass die-off of at least a million species, disintegrating factories and mines leeching poison into soil, the Great Pacific Garbage Patch."
Souvenirs of Climate Catastrophe – Anna Badken
Contemplating relics of environmental catastrophe from the near and distant past, Anna Badkhen speaks to our present human story of despair and hope. As the Earth endures great change, she wonders: Wh...
emergencemagazine.org
May 3, 2026 at 1:47 PM
Your 'doom quote' for today:
"It is hard at times to think beyond scorched forests and submerged farmlands...the predicted mass die-off of at least a million species, disintegrating factories and mines leeching poison into soil, the Great Pacific Garbage Patch."
"It is hard at times to think beyond scorched forests and submerged farmlands...the predicted mass die-off of at least a million species, disintegrating factories and mines leeching poison into soil, the Great Pacific Garbage Patch."
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Today is a good day to admire the mead-giving detail of the famous picture stone from Garda, Gotland 🇸🇪
May 2, 2026 at 5:58 PM
Today is a good day to admire the mead-giving detail of the famous picture stone from Garda, Gotland 🇸🇪
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April 26, 2026 at 3:50 PM
52 years ago today...
youtu.be/cFOLt9kSbTw
youtu.be/cFOLt9kSbTw
Miles Davis - Big Fun (1974) (Full Album)
YouTube video by Jazz Time with Jarvis X
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April 19, 2026 at 7:50 PM
52 years ago today...
youtu.be/cFOLt9kSbTw
youtu.be/cFOLt9kSbTw