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I think I prefer this live version of "I Can See The Sun in Late December" to the just-released studio version, but time will tell. It's a gift in and of itself that we now get to compare them! youtu.be/lhIwcpBaCNk

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Stevie Wonder - I Can See The Sun In Late December (1974)

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Judah Adashi @jadashi.bsky.social · 15h

It's amazing to have an iconic artist share gems from their vault while they are still alive, as opposed to their estate offering up questionable odds and ends posthumously. This is 5😯!

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Judah Adashi @jadashi.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

All these years I thought I was a Rhodes guy, and it turns out I might be more of a Wurlitzer guy.

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Judah Adashi @jadashi.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Beautiful live versions of a few Alabama Shakes and Brittany Howard songs. www.youtube.com/watch?v=FE73...

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Norah Jones Is Playing Along with Brittany Howard (Season 2 Episode 47)

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Judah Adashi @jadashi.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

I don't think it's too strong to say that Colin Kaepernick changed my life a decade ago. His last season as a football player was my last as a football fan. He helped me see that the game didn't align with my values. 1/

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Judah Adashi @jadashi.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

"The BPD acquired the ALPR cameras through a bundle deal from Axon rather than selecting them intentionally, according to a department spokesperson." = "A 5% discount? In that case, we'll take the Watch Everyone All The Time package."

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Baltimore Beat @baltimorebeat.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Issue 88 of Baltimore Beat is live! Our cover photo was shot by Christian Thomas baltimorebeat.com

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dr. e. katherine @actualkatherine.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Hey all! Check out this tour schedule ⬇️ and come join me on one of those, if you're up for some occasionally quite ghoulish stories alongside the gorgeous lantern-lit architecture

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Andy Kostka @afkostka.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Pete Alonso fires the Orioles into the lead with his second home run of the game. That's his 40th home run of the season, and it gives Baltimore a 4-3 lead over the Blue Jays in the eighth. Where would the Orioles be without that guy?

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Judah Adashi @jadashi.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Thanks to @leegee.bsky.social and Shazam, I've been hooked on this song (which was new to me) for the past week. www.youtube.com/watch?v=3uIE...

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You Can Have Him

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Roxane Gay @roxanegay.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

For the NYT I wrote about Ed Sheeran, the fantasy of political neutrality and the politics of self-interest www.nytimes.com/2026/09/21/o...

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Opinion | Ed Sheeran, Macklemore and Why Politics Is So Hard for Celebrities

Celebrities use the facade of neutrality as shelter, as a place to take refuge.

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Musicology Duck @musicologyduck.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

younger me: "wow anything else you want to tell me before i get back to this episode of 'celebrity apprentice'"

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Musicology Duck @musicologyduck.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

*time traveling back to 14 years ago* younger me: "the guy who sings the 'let's go pop some tags' song??"

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Judah Adashi @jadashi.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

It was special to spend a couple of hours in the presence of Claudia Rankine yesterday. Thank you to the Baltimore Book Festival, City Lit Project, Red Emma's, the Parkway Theatre, and especially Carla Du Pree and Dr. Karsonya Kaye Whitehead for a meaningful occasion!

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Andrew Couts @couts.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

NEW: The new Apple Watches double as AI-powered listening bugs for generating convo "recaps" or transcripts of any previous 15 seconds. But fear not, Apple says, this data isn't sent to Apple/gets encrypted, speakers aren't ID'd, and there's a chime for the 15-second thing. @lhn.bsky.social reports:

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Apple Doesn’t Want You to Worry About the New Apple Watch’s Listening Features

The new Apple Watch includes several “intelligent” listening features that have privacy and security baked in. But the protections can’t change the facts of what the tools do.

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Charm City Art Spice @rahnealexander.com · 08/09/2026

a modest proposal: baltimore no car week for one week, no cars may be driven in the city limits of baltimore

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Charm City Slicker @sprawlhater.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Baltimore, one of our great civic orgs needs us. Asylee Women Enterprise, which helps asylum seekers, torture + trafficking survivors, and other forced migrants, rebuild their lives here, must rapidly leave their space of 10+ years. Please give to help them move to their own forever home in Hampden!

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A Forever Home for Asylee Women Enterprise (AWE)

We’re asking people who believe in our mission to help us reach our goal and build a permanent home for AWE and the communities we serve.

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Judah Adashi @jadashi.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

It was a joy to take part in "Tender Poems for Troubled Times: Honoring the Haiku of Richard Wright." I shared my "Eight Haiku by Richard Wright" for violin and marimba, 25 years after the piece was premiered. 1/

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Judah Adashi @jadashi.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

I hope I never forget how it felt to watch Venus and Serena play together tonight. 💛

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Judah Adashi @jadashi.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

The McEnroe brothers are the Clintons of tennis.

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Judah Adashi @jadashi.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

I'm reading that Cassandra Wilson has died. I fell in love with her enveloping sound and languid phrasing while working at An die Musik and eagerly spinning her latest – at the time, "Traveling Miles" – alongside Ryan Brown. youtu.be/52p6PLoucsI

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I Can't Stand the Rain

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Judah Adashi @jadashi.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Happy 40th birthday to Gaël Monfils, showing 22-year-old Daniel Vallejo some of his fierce magic at the U.S. Open tonight.

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Judah Adashi @jadashi.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

I will never stop missing Cedric Mullins, but wow. 🧡

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Judah Adashi @jadashi.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

First day of my 25th year of teaching at the Peabody Institute! 💛

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Red Emma’s @redemmas.org · 24/08/2026

The city that reads deserves a book festival this good, and we are proud to be part of the team making it happen: baltimorebookfest.com

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2026 Baltimore Book Festival

September 19 & 20 in Waverly.

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Judah Adashi @jadashi.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

I've posted a lot about my friend Tawanda Jones over the years: 1/

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Judah Adashi @jadashi.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

"You know that someone absolutely owns you when their fans love you." -Andy Roddick on Roger Federer

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Judah Adashi @jadashi.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

In the words of Megan Pringle, "you cannot replace people with a format and call it an investment in local news."

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The Tennis Letter @thetennisletter.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

Svitolina d. Amanda Anisimova 6-2 6-4 Elina reaches the Toronto Quarterfinals for the first time since 2019. 8th top 10 win of the year… she’s won her last 4 meetings against top 10 players She ties Pegula as the woman with the most wins on tour this season… 40. ✅5th Canada QF

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Judah Adashi @jadashi.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

For those who don't know, RD has two signature initiatives at Hopkins: an institute "dedicated to strengthening global democracy," and an armed police force.

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Judah Adashi @jadashi.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

I've been on the Substack app lately; how long has it been just another place to post, in addition to the essays?

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Judah Adashi @jadashi.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

Fellow composer @gabrielkahane.bsky.social just posted about his latest work, "Every love song is a protest." 1/

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Kyle Goon @kylegoon.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

Mike Elias stood aside Adley Rutschman after the 2019 draft, marking him as the start of a bright future. Now, Elias has sold his All-Star, acknowledging yet another failed roster. Why should the Orioles keep trusting this guy to fix his own mistakes? www.thebanner.com/sports/oriol...

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Heather @alainnfocail.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

This team always starts falling apart leading up to the trade deadline and while they need to get better at dealing with it, it’s also a culture that Elias has created and there’s good reason why these guys are stressed out.

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