Jeremy Sarna
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Jeremy Sarna
@jeremysarna.bsky.social
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"Keep Honking, I'm Reading 'Got fun nekome' by Sholem Asch!"
Ah yes, this should totally fix the problem of relying completely on a single major donor.
New from Symphony: Oracle Gives $10 Million to Save Nashville Symphony’s 2026-27 Season
Oracle Gives $10 Million to Save Nashville Symphony’s 2026-27 Season - Symphony
In Sunday’s (10/4) Nashville Scene, William Williams writes, “Just days after the financially strapped Nashville Symphony suspended its 2026-27 season and furloughed its musicians and staffers in an effort to erase a $10 million operating deficit, technology industry behemoth Oracle has stepped up to sustain the embattled nonprofit…. Oracle is investing $10 million in the... Read more »
dlvr.it
October 5, 2026 at 4:48 PM
Ah yes, this should totally fix the problem of relying completely on a single major donor.
There’s also a third category, which is “things that are actually important for you to do yourself but somehow you can’t be bothered.”
(This is another post about my congressman using AI to generate bedtime stories for his kids.)
(This is another post about my congressman using AI to generate bedtime stories for his kids.)
every time i get suckered in by a "but what about all the useful stuff AI does in my life??" argument the useful stuff is either "something you could google in two seconds" or "highly-skilled labor you don't have and therefore can't fact check"
October 4, 2026 at 4:35 PM
There’s also a third category, which is “things that are actually important for you to do yourself but somehow you can’t be bothered.”
(This is another post about my congressman using AI to generate bedtime stories for his kids.)
(This is another post about my congressman using AI to generate bedtime stories for his kids.)
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We’re back from our summer break and we hope you had a sweet new year 🍏🍯 Read Editor-in-Chief Jessica Kirzane's welcome back message at the link in our bio!
October 4, 2026 at 4:16 PM
We’re back from our summer break and we hope you had a sweet new year 🍏🍯 Read Editor-in-Chief Jessica Kirzane's welcome back message at the link in our bio!
Hat tip to whichever @onthemedia.bsky.social producer who picked Frank Zappa's "I'm the Slime" for this week's episode. (I think I also heard Michael Andrews' score to Donnie Darko make an appearance again last week.)
October 3, 2026 at 2:16 PM
Hat tip to whichever @onthemedia.bsky.social producer who picked Frank Zappa's "I'm the Slime" for this week's episode. (I think I also heard Michael Andrews' score to Donnie Darko make an appearance again last week.)
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Afrikaans: Familie 👩👩👦
Danish: Familie 👩👩👦
Dutch: Familie 👩👩👦
German: Familie 👩👩👦
Norwegian: Familie 👩👩👦
Yiddish: MISHPOKHE 👩👩👧👧
Danish: Familie 👩👩👦
Dutch: Familie 👩👩👦
German: Familie 👩👩👦
Norwegian: Familie 👩👩👦
Yiddish: MISHPOKHE 👩👩👧👧
October 1, 2026 at 10:22 PM
Afrikaans: Familie 👩👩👦
Danish: Familie 👩👩👦
Dutch: Familie 👩👩👦
German: Familie 👩👩👦
Norwegian: Familie 👩👩👦
Yiddish: MISHPOKHE 👩👩👧👧
Danish: Familie 👩👩👦
Dutch: Familie 👩👩👦
German: Familie 👩👩👦
Norwegian: Familie 👩👩👦
Yiddish: MISHPOKHE 👩👩👧👧
Doug Sahm, Sarah Jarosz, Lyle Lovett, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Flaco Jimenez, Gary Clark Jr., Edie Brickell & New Bohemians, Norah Jones, Lightnin' Hopkins, ZZ Top
Choosin' Texas? Heck yeah I'm Choosin' Texas!
I'm choosin' Ornette Coleman, Bobby Bradford, John Carter, 13th Floor Elevators, Julius Hemphill, Roy Hargrove, Billy Harper, Bubble Puppy, Moving Sidewalks, ZZ Top, Scratch Acid, Butthole Surfers, Big Boys, Dicks, Dewey Redman, Charles Moffett, ZZ Top,
I'm choosin' Ornette Coleman, Bobby Bradford, John Carter, 13th Floor Elevators, Julius Hemphill, Roy Hargrove, Billy Harper, Bubble Puppy, Moving Sidewalks, ZZ Top, Scratch Acid, Butthole Surfers, Big Boys, Dicks, Dewey Redman, Charles Moffett, ZZ Top,
September 27, 2026 at 8:09 PM
Doug Sahm, Sarah Jarosz, Lyle Lovett, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Flaco Jimenez, Gary Clark Jr., Edie Brickell & New Bohemians, Norah Jones, Lightnin' Hopkins, ZZ Top
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I don’t even know what to say anymore. The only thing Covid conscious people are trying to do, truly, is not get sick. That we’ve become the country’s newest freak show is predictable given the pandemic, but truly despicable on a base human level.
Viral Lesbian Bar Article From Boston Globe Is Piquing Hollywood’s Interest
Viral Lesbian Bar Article From Boston Globe Is Piquing Hollywood’s Interest
In the early 2000s, The Boston Globe published a series of bombshell articles that exposed the cover-up of abuse within the Catholic Archdiocese of Boston. The series was one of the more consequential pieces of journalism this century, winning a Pulitzer Prize and inspiring Spotlight, the 2015 film that won a best picture Oscar.
bit.ly
September 27, 2026 at 2:16 AM
I don’t even know what to say anymore. The only thing Covid conscious people are trying to do, truly, is not get sick. That we’ve become the country’s newest freak show is predictable given the pandemic, but truly despicable on a base human level.
Didn't we *just* do this? Wasn't the whole point of the last week+ long shutdown to fix a bunch of stuff at once so they wouldn't have to keep shutting things down all the time?
Green Line riders, be aware: The line is shutting down east of Kenmore for signal repairs for nine days starting today.
Alternatives include the Orange Line and 39 bus.
brookline.news/mbta-shuttin...
Alternatives include the Orange Line and 39 bus.
brookline.news/mbta-shuttin...
MBTA shutting down the core of the Green Line for nine days starting Saturday - Brookline.News
The T will close the central trunk of the Green Line’s four branches for 9 days starting Saturday, Sept. 26 in order to continue its replacement of 19th-century signal equipment in the light rail syst...
brookline.news
September 26, 2026 at 3:24 PM
Didn't we *just* do this? Wasn't the whole point of the last week+ long shutdown to fix a bunch of stuff at once so they wouldn't have to keep shutting things down all the time?
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Music/dance/theater people: there is *one week* left to add your voice to the Impact of AI on the Performing Arts survey.
GenAI Usage in the Performing Arts
survey.alchemer.com
September 23, 2026 at 6:34 PM
Music/dance/theater people: there is *one week* left to add your voice to the Impact of AI on the Performing Arts survey.
I’m always conflicted about these sorts of projects. One the one hand, holy shit, new Morphine album! On the other, maybe there was a reason Mark didn’t feel like these songs were quite ready.
(See also: Sketches for My Sweetheart the Drunk)
(See also: Sketches for My Sweetheart the Drunk)
Was so happy the Morphine team brought me in to help prep the news about this incredible project. The songs Mark Sandman put aside on the path to The Night, finished by Colley/Kolderie in 2025. It's 🔥
"Cocoon" by Morphine. Out 12/4/26 on Partisan Records. Pre-order now morphine.lnk.to/Cocoon
"Cocoon" by Morphine. Out 12/4/26 on Partisan Records. Pre-order now morphine.lnk.to/Cocoon
Cocoon
Listen to content by Morphine.
morphine.lnk.to
September 24, 2026 at 7:54 PM
I’m always conflicted about these sorts of projects. One the one hand, holy shit, new Morphine album! On the other, maybe there was a reason Mark didn’t feel like these songs were quite ready.
(See also: Sketches for My Sweetheart the Drunk)
(See also: Sketches for My Sweetheart the Drunk)
Sadly, this list doesn't include my personal favorite:
ווער וווינט אין אן אנאנאס אונטערן ים
ווער וווינט אין אן אנאנאס אונטערן ים
“I am better without you.”
“Without you, I am better.”
“I only eat small sour lemons.”
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“Without you, I am better.”
“I only eat small sour lemons.”
buff.ly/L8lbSMv
My Favorite Fun and Useful Phrases from Duolingo’s Yiddish Course
“This does not smell good; is it fresh?” “They do not invite you because you always fall asleep.” “This vegetable is old!”
buff.ly
September 23, 2026 at 9:55 AM
Sadly, this list doesn't include my personal favorite:
ווער וווינט אין אן אנאנאס אונטערן ים
ווער וווינט אין אן אנאנאס אונטערן ים
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This lie got repeated by all the worst people on social media and it was immediately obvious there was more to the story. Very glad WBUR looked into it
A couple went on a Fox News podcast and claimed the state of #Massachusetts took away their teen because they won't help the teen transition. But it's actually because the father was charged with beating and threatening to kill the teen and the mother was charged with witness intimidation.
Mass. parents' story about child's gender transition complicated by court records
Joseph Kutzko was charged with assaulting the child in January 2025, not long before the child was removed from the family’s home. Mother Arlene Kutzko was charged with witness intimidation in connect...
www.wbur.org
September 21, 2026 at 9:21 PM
This lie got repeated by all the worst people on social media and it was immediately obvious there was more to the story. Very glad WBUR looked into it
Live your life in such a way that Ayanna Pressley never has to say "you're on thin ice with me." You'd have no choice but to walk into the sea.
More people are out of work now than they were before Trump took office in 2025.
And families are being crushed by rising costs due to Trump's reckless tariffs, illegal Iran war, and irresponsible fiscal policies.
Secretary Scott Bessent has no one to blame but himself & Donald Trump.
And families are being crushed by rising costs due to Trump's reckless tariffs, illegal Iran war, and irresponsible fiscal policies.
Secretary Scott Bessent has no one to blame but himself & Donald Trump.
September 16, 2026 at 9:52 PM
Live your life in such a way that Ayanna Pressley never has to say "you're on thin ice with me." You'd have no choice but to walk into the sea.
I will spend the rest of my life being mad at Joe Biden for this. He could have led a sustained, serious public health response and saved lives, but instead he decided it was more important to have full restaurants and airplanes.
I'm old enough to remember back between waves 5 and 6 -- September 2022 -- when President Joe Biden said: "The pandemic is over... If you notice, no one's wearing masks. Everybody seems to be in pretty good shape." www.npr.org/2022/09/19/1...
September 14, 2026 at 5:23 PM
I will spend the rest of my life being mad at Joe Biden for this. He could have led a sustained, serious public health response and saved lives, but instead he decided it was more important to have full restaurants and airplanes.
My utterly useless congressman just won his primary thanks to an enormous amount of money from a crypto PAC, so unfortunately I don’t think this will be a high priority for him.
Democrats should be targeting crypto, as a Republican constituency, with the same zeal that Republicans targeted universities for being liberal-coded.
But they won’t, because it might jeopardize the crumbs that industry throws their way.
But they won’t, because it might jeopardize the crumbs that industry throws their way.
September 14, 2026 at 2:28 PM
My utterly useless congressman just won his primary thanks to an enormous amount of money from a crypto PAC, so unfortunately I don’t think this will be a high priority for him.
Gut yontif from Peter Gabriel, 5732
September 11, 2026 at 4:12 PM
Gut yontif from Peter Gabriel, 5732
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I used to make long distance phone calls on a rotary phone. You cannot scare me.
September 10, 2026 at 5:41 PM
I used to make long distance phone calls on a rotary phone. You cannot scare me.
I keep reading about how awful the youtube algorithm is, but what it wants to show me more than almost anything else is videos of Gen Z kids hearing classic rock for the first time.
September 9, 2026 at 9:41 PM
I keep reading about how awful the youtube algorithm is, but what it wants to show me more than almost anything else is videos of Gen Z kids hearing classic rock for the first time.
“Own what you buy” apparently still an attractive proposition.
CD sales in the US have risen by a huge 58.6% so far in 2026, statistics have revealed
US CD sales were up almost 60% in the first half of 2026
Compact discs have helped boost physical music revenues, which are estimated to be valued at around $731.5 million
mixmag.net
September 4, 2026 at 6:00 PM
“Own what you buy” apparently still an attractive proposition.
Oh no
September 2, 2026 at 11:26 PM
Oh no
Glad to see that Ed Markey won his primary, but incredibly disappointed that I have to endure this embarrassment representing me in Congress for another two years.
September 2, 2026 at 2:33 AM
Glad to see that Ed Markey won his primary, but incredibly disappointed that I have to endure this embarrassment representing me in Congress for another two years.
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As the academic year kicks off, I want to highlight an important issue that many folks, including some of my colleagues, are not aware of: the new earnings test imposed by the U.S. Department of Education as part of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act.
September 1, 2026 at 2:58 PM
As the academic year kicks off, I want to highlight an important issue that many folks, including some of my colleagues, are not aware of: the new earnings test imposed by the U.S. Department of Education as part of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act.
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It’s funny how the people going all-out trying to get us to endorse the Nazi tattoo guy aren’t promoting the actual candidate.
August 31, 2026 at 2:09 AM
It’s funny how the people going all-out trying to get us to endorse the Nazi tattoo guy aren’t promoting the actual candidate.
"You take a pencil and you make a dark line. And then you make a light line. And together it's a good line."
PETER FALK sketching at his Beverly Hills home in 1984.
August 28, 2026 at 6:54 PM
"You take a pencil and you make a dark line. And then you make a light line. And together it's a good line."
@romanmars.bsky.social I think we found another member of your book club.
August 24, 2026 at 3:03 PM
@romanmars.bsky.social I think we found another member of your book club.