Dr. Flowers @AlliFlowers@talkedabout.social

From JIMENA:
Sontinuity: The Tree and the Web

The scientific study of sound explains how Sephardic Jews have been able to transmit tradition and culture over time despite a history of traumatic rupture.
By Vanessa Paloma Elbaz

More than just a written reflection, this piece includes audio recordings that allow readers to experience the musical traditions discussed — a rare opportunity to not only read about heritage, but to hear it come alive.

Click below to read and listen to this unique exploration of Sephardic memory through sound:
https://www.distinctionsjournal.org/the-tree-and-the-web/

#Mazeldon #Jewish #Judaism #Sephardi #Mizrahi #MENA #JewishMusic

And this is why having American aviation communications rely on Starlink was always a terrifying idea

@AlliFlowers @swilua.bsky.social

Good point. I suppose he'd have to buy himself a country. I mean, that worked so well for him last time, when he bought *checks notes* the United States of America.

Trump invites Chancellor Merz to Washington and then characterizes the fall of Nazism as "not a pleasant day" for Germans.

Merz then has to correct him, and explain that the fall of Nazism was a good thing.

Seriously, why do intelligent people keep visiting the Oval Office of humiliation?

https://youtube.com/shorts/4gJBR7WCb_U?si=yN48e-8cPAYtQkxt

Where’s the lie?

German Chancellor Merz sets the record straight after Trump tries to draw moral equivalence between Russia and Ukrainian actions: "Ukraine is only targeting military targets. Not civilians, not private [property], not energy infrastructure. This is the difference."

#PopeLeoXIV plans to canonize Peter To Rot, a village catechist from #PapuaNewGuinea who was murdered by the Japanese in 1945 for his faith. The Japanese were losing #WW2 and blamed the Catholics for holding worship services and praying. He was eventually imprisoned and then murdered when he refused to stop holding services or praying. His early canonizations show me that #PopeLeo is taking a stand against #Fascism in all its forms. https://www.catholic.org/saints/saint.php?saint_id=7611

“Having a senior official placed in any #InspectorGeneral’s office who reports to the agency head, in this case #DNI, would undermine the entire construct of #independence that is integral to the IG’s #oversight mission,” said Mark Greenblatt, a former #Trump-appointed Interior Department inspector general & former chairman of the Council of the Inspectors General on Integrity & Efficiency [#CIGIE].

#law #corruption #Project2025 #USpol

Keep 'em coming

Via Democracy Docket:

NEW: A coalition of immigrant rights groups sue the #Trump administration to block it from paying El Salvador to imprison hundreds of Venezuelan migrants who were removed from the U.S. without due process, claiming the agreement violates federal law.

#Gabbard placed top adviser inside the #ODNI’s watchdog office, officials say

Director of National Intelligence #TulsiGabbard installed one of her top advisors within the office of the #InspectorGeneral of the #intelligence community while it is investigating the March leak of a #Signal chat among top #Trump ofcls about the Houthi bombing campaign, compromising the #watchdog office’s integrity, officials & lawmakers say.

#law #corruption #Project2025
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/06/05/tulsi-gabbard-odni-watchdog-signalgate/

#TACOTrump

Trump Administration Bows to Judge and Brings Deportee Back to U.S.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/trump-administration-bows-to-judge-and-brings-deportee-back-to-us/

🍌 Rep Dean tries to get through to Lutnick #TrumpTradeWar

"Former #Florida Republican congressman and Trump critic David Jolly on Thursday officially launched his campaign for governor as a Democrat."
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/5334167-david-jolly-launches-governor-campaign/