Jason Michael Harlow @jmharlow.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Heard some favorite songs streaming Hardly Strictly Bluegrass last night and today: 1) "Crooked Tree" by Molly Tuttle - who also did a great cover of "Ohio" by CSNY (still a relevant protest song more than 50 years later) 1/4 101
Jason Michael Harlow @jmharlow.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Six Nobel laureates in economics support California Prop 40. gabriel-zucman.eu/files/prop40... www.yahoo.com/news/politic...gabriel-zucman.eu 000
Reposted by Jason Michael HarlowDavid Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 26/09/2026This serves as advertisement for Alex Gibney’s documentary, Musk, opening October 9. Pass it on.hollywoodreporter.comThe Major Social Media Platforms Are All Rejecting Paid Ads for Alex Gibney’s ‘Musk’ (Exclusive)YouTube, TikTok and Meta have all turned down the trailer for the Oct. 9 doc, citing “political” content. X won't even take Bleecker Street's calls. The distributor is appealing. 3024121511
Jason Michael Harlow @jmharlow.bsky.social · 24/09/2026This is just awesome to see: "They expected the fish to 'trickle in,' said Mark Hereford, a project lead for the effort at Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife. Instead, they got a tidal wave." www.nytimes.com/2026/09/24/c...nytimes.comSalmon Are Thriving After Klamath Dam Removals, Study Finds (Gift Article)The first fall runs of chinook salmon since the project in California and Oregon was completed have surpassed researchers’ expectations. 141
Jason Michael Harlow @jmharlow.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Why do I feel enraged when a car cuts me off in traffic, but when someone jumps the line for coffee I don't really give af?? 010
Jason Michael Harlow @jmharlow.bsky.social · 21/09/2026"The migrant feminist thinks in generations; in this sense, death is necessarily // a comma." www.poetryfoundation.org/poetrymagazi...poetryfoundation.orgManifestThe migrant feminist thinks in generations; in this sense, death is necessarily a comma. The migrant feminist washes, feeds, builds, plucks, sets ablaze,… 000
Jason Michael Harlow @jmharlow.bsky.social · 11/09/2026"the FBI said we should stay put — that the towers weren’t going to fall. They fell. On Oct. 9, 2001, classes resumed at my high school, despite the fact that parts of Ground Zero were still on fire. We were told it was safe." www.coyotemedia.org/september-11...coyotemedia.orgI Watched the Planes Fly Past My Classroom Window. Then Came 25 Years of GrievanceFor Soleil Ho, September 11 was their political origin story. 000
Jason Michael Harlow @jmharlow.bsky.social · 10/09/2026The sycamore knows its green leaves only last so long. (an end-of-summer #haiku) 040
Jason Michael Harlow @jmharlow.bsky.social · 01/09/2026"If you consider mindfulness as a means of having a lot of money, then you have not touched its true purpose... It may appear to be the same practice from the outside... but inside there's no peace, no joy, no happiness produced. It's just an imitation.” www.coyotemedia.org/buddhists-ma...coyotemedia.orgThe Buddhist Community Calling Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff to ActionZen Master Thích Nhất Hạnh had a “dramatic influence” on Benioff. On Tuesday, the monk's students delivered an open letter to Salesforce Plaza, petitioning the CEO to end contracts with ICE and voice ... 000
Jason Michael Harlow @jmharlow.bsky.social · 29/08/2026www.nytimes.com/2026/08/28/s...nytimes.comNarwhals Have Stunning Spiraled Tusks. That’s Not the Only Twist. (Gift Article)X-rays revealed that the tusks have an internal opposing twist, which may help explain how they grow so straight — the only tusks like them in nature. 000
Jason Michael Harlow @jmharlow.bsky.social · 14/08/2026"investors have poured roughly $389 billion into San Francisco’s metastasizing AI industry since 2017... What if we gave public transportation the same amount of money" www.coyotemedia.org/funding-bay-...coyotemedia.orgA Modest Proposal for Funding Transit Instead of AIIn the ’60s, the Bay Area almost got a high-speed train from Marin to San Jose. What could happen if we dreamed big again? 000
Jason Michael Harlow @jmharlow.bsky.social · 31/07/2026Grateful that the editors of Decolonial Passage chose to publish a poem I wrote, and excited to read the other excellent pieces in this issue about ecology as it continues to go online. #poetry thedecolonialpassage.net/2026/07/28/t... 010
Jason Michael Harlow @jmharlow.bsky.social · 29/07/2026"people need a sense of personal and economic security before they will support the changes progressives are calling for" I heard Joan C. Williams interviewed a year ago and was fairly persuaded by her arguments. www.npr.org/2026/07/29/n...npr.orgTo win over working-class voters, Democrats need to stop talking about democracyWorking-class voters have moved away from the Democratic Party. Winning them back is key to the party's future, a new reports shows. But first, the messaging has to change. 000
Jason Michael Harlow @jmharlow.bsky.social · 24/07/2026OMG boosting a fantastic performance I heard on the radio this morning www.youtube.com/watch?v=SWtq...youtube.comCity Dreams - Sachi Keiko x Bridge PercussionYouTube video by Sachi Keiko 000
Jason Michael Harlow @jmharlow.bsky.social · 24/07/2026I sometimes yearn to hear Les Concerts Royaux by François Couperin. The prélude of #3 is, imo, one of the most beautiful pieces of music. I first learned its understated majesty from a recording by Arthur Haas and Bruce Haynes. I'm also enthralled with this version: www.youtube.com/watch?v=MHnG...youtube.comTroisième Concert: Prélude - Lentement (Couperin)YouTube video by Le Concert Des Nations - Topic 010
Jason Michael Harlow @jmharlow.bsky.social · 22/07/2026TIL that George H.W. Bush is who signed the ADA into law 🤯 "Sign 504 Now! captures both the hardship and hardiness of the protesters during what was, at the time, the longest nonviolent occupation of a federal building in U.S. history." www.kqed.org/arts/1399183...kqed.orgCelebrating the Americans With Disabilities Act in San FranciscoRoxie Theater screenings of ‘Sign 504 Now!’ and ‘Vivien’s Wild Ride’ are accompanied by a panel discussion. 000
Jason Michael Harlow @jmharlow.bsky.social · 18/07/2026I keep trying to write a joke about the Odyssey, but I just end up getting lost in my own words. 010
Jason Michael Harlow @jmharlow.bsky.social · 16/07/2026www.nytimes.com/2026/07/16/c...nytimes.comNational Academies Report Backs Climate Change Attribution ScienceAttribution science is advancing quickly, researchers said. That could support lawsuits seeking damages for severe events worsened by global warming. 000
Jason Michael Harlow @jmharlow.bsky.social · 16/07/2026”The long-term goal is ambitious: to rebuild the estuary to 10 million oysters, enough to create self-sustaining reefs that can withstand changing environmental conditions." www.kqed.org/science/2001...kqed.orgThis Tiny Oyster Once Thrived in California. Now, Scientists Are Bringing It Back | KQEDResearchers at Elkhorn Slough are using hatcheries, habitat restoration and Indigenous stewardship to help bring back the state’s only native oyster and the ecosystem it supports. 010
Jason Michael Harlow @jmharlow.bsky.social · 16/07/2026This version of Duke Ellington's "Fleurette Africaine" recorded at Yoshi's in Oakland is sublime. #jazz www.youtube.com/watch?v=MK1B...youtube.comFleurette Africaine (Little African Flower) - Gary Burton (Quartet Live, 2009)YouTube video by 말까 100
Jason Michael Harlow @jmharlow.bsky.social · 14/07/2026Listen, I think this is what it's really all about: spending time together with honest and meaningful conversation, art, music, good food. Let madmen in positions of too much power play their ridiculous games. Maybe they're unstoppable, maybe not. Meanwhile, just tell your friends you love them. 000
Jason Michael Harlow @jmharlow.bsky.social · 11/07/2026"This building is not the foundation. It's us." - Sydney to Marcus in "The Bear" (season 5, episode 6). I just love this show so much. 000
Jason Michael Harlow @jmharlow.bsky.social · 03/07/2026A teacher in East Palo Alto, Harriette Huang, "asked her students to label questions they didn’t understand... She and the class would tackle these questions first, and on a volunteer basis, students were given the opportunity to teach the class if they understood one of the problem questions 1/5 100
Jason Michael Harlow @jmharlow.bsky.social · 17/06/2026self-affirmation #haiku for our times: I applaud myself on going to the bathroom without my smartphone. 030
Jason Michael Harlow @jmharlow.bsky.social · 02/06/2026Take a deep breath, and listen. www.npr.org/2026/05/26/g...npr.orgAnnahstasia: Tiny Desk ConcertAnnahstasia's voice is soothing and strong. Her music feels like taking a deep breath, exhaling and landing in a gentle place. 000
Jason Michael Harlow @jmharlow.bsky.social · 29/05/2026Along with 30 coworkers, this morning I volunteered at a food pantry in Santa Clara. We helped load more than 700 cars, and each car got about 105 pounds of food (mostly produce). The line of vehicles included compact sedans, pickup trucks, and luxury models - plus one bicyclist. 000
Jason Michael Harlow @jmharlow.bsky.social · 25/05/2026I’m really taken with Ken Pomeroy’s new cover of “Look at Miss Ohio” by Gillian Welch. m.youtube.com/watch?v=wy3z...m.youtube.comKen Pomeroy "Look At Miss Ohio" (Official Visualizer)YouTube video by Ken Pomeroy 000
Jason Michael Harlow @jmharlow.bsky.social · 25/05/2026Bulgarian split squats are hard 😫 (especially after a week of being pretty sedentary) 000
Jason Michael Harlow @jmharlow.bsky.social · 24/05/2026"Is he going to put more resources toward therapists? Is he going to tell us to eat more red meat, or work out more, or take psychedelics, like the president has advocated? There is no alternative plan." www.nytimes.com/2026/05/24/s...nytimes.comKennedy’s Push to Curb Antidepressants Has Shaken Psychiatry 010
Jason Michael Harlow @jmharlow.bsky.social · 23/05/2026www.nytimes.com/2026/05/22/u...nytimes.comJudge Dismisses Criminal Case Against Abrego Garcia 051
Jason Michael Harlow @jmharlow.bsky.social · 14/05/2026"in an ideal world, we’d boycott everything they touch. Where that line starts and ends, though, is complicated, a personal choice... it’s a jumbled, late-stage American capitalism mess" www.coyotemedia.org/chewy-corpor...coyotemedia.orgHelp I'm In a Committed Relationship With a Corporation and I Like ItI can’t stop ordering dog toys with weird names! 010
Jason Michael Harlow @jmharlow.bsky.social · 13/05/2026Saw my first Becerra for governor sign in the neighborhood this morning while dropping off our kid at school. 000
Jason Michael Harlow @jmharlow.bsky.social · 08/05/2026"There is so much terrible stuff happening in the world, and having these little moments of joy is so important to remain sane... I want people to recognize that even though we live in a dense urban place, we're still surrounded by nature" www.coyotemedia.org/oaklands-hot...coyotemedia.orgOakland’s Hottest Influencer Won’t Stop Pooping on Parking MetersThe creator of the Night Herons of Oakland Instagram account shares how she became obsessed with her avian neighbors. 000
Jason Michael Harlow @jmharlow.bsky.social · 03/05/2026Slightly diminish a book One Climbed Past the Cuckoo’s Nest The Mage of Earthsea A Gradually Tilting Planet The Daily Life of Huck Finn The Sound and the Agitation A Few Days of Solitude 010
Jason Michael Harlow @jmharlow.bsky.social · 29/04/2026music for today www.youtube.com/watch?v=tfLX...youtube.comAllison Russell - "No Springtime" (ft. Joy Oladokun & Julie Williams) [Official Music Video]YouTube video by Allison Russell 000
Jason Michael Harlow @jmharlow.bsky.social · 26/04/2026Independent Bookstore Day! I bought poems by Bianca Stone and short stories by Karen Russell at Kepler’s in Menlo Park. 000
Reposted by Jason Michael HarlowRep. Sam Liccardo @liccardo.house.gov · 24/04/2026Today, on Armenian Genocide Remembrance Day, we remember the 1.5 million people who lost their lives. Together we stand with our district’s Armenian American community 111 years later as we honor their memory. 061
Jason Michael Harlow @jmharlow.bsky.social · 24/04/2026I'm watching shows lately whose characters are sympathetic but not particularly likable: Beef, His & Hers, Nobody Wants This (Netflix). By contrast, imo the characters on Rooster (HBOMax) are likable but not very believable 😆 Open to more recommendations... 000
Jason Michael Harlow @jmharlow.bsky.social · 24/04/2026A tribute to Michael Tilson Thomas (December 21, 1944 - April 22, 2026) #MTT #poetry 010
Jason Michael Harlow @jmharlow.bsky.social · 23/04/2026Relevant to nothing timely that I can discern, I’m here to say dragon fruit is *excellent* in a smoothie 😋 000
Jason Michael Harlow @jmharlow.bsky.social · 23/04/2026Watching the CA governor debate now. Mahan is cool under pressure. And, Hilton keeps going after him which makes me think he sees Mahan as the bigger threat. 200
Jason Michael Harlow @jmharlow.bsky.social · 23/04/2026Filed under parenthood and environmentalism, some #poetry for #EarthDay 000
Jason Michael Harlow @jmharlow.bsky.social · 22/04/2026Happy Earth Day "Rather than show the expected aggressive behavior, Teré continued to protect and guard the colony — including her ascending queen daughter — as she ceded the throne." www.npr.org/2026/04/21/n...npr.orgInstead of civil war, a naked mole rat colony changed queens peacefullyThese matriarchal rodents often have bloody succession wars to replace their queen. But in a colony in California, Queen Tere ceded the throne to her daughter, Arwen, without violence. 010
Jason Michael Harlow @jmharlow.bsky.social · 21/04/2026 just listened to a Stanford comp sci prof discuss the implications of Anthropic's new Mythos model that is apparently astoundingly good at finding software bugs. 1/5 100
Jason Michael Harlow @jmharlow.bsky.social · 20/04/2026Name your top three favorite guitarists. Genre doesn’t matter, just three guitarists whose work rocks your world. * Wes Montgomery * Paul O'Dette * Jimi Hendrix 010
Jason Michael Harlow @jmharlow.bsky.social · 20/04/2026Hey, Vermonters past and present! Here's an opportunity to submit a line for Manchester Community Library's community poem, "with thought toward our natural surroundings and how they help to foster and create connection in our community." mclvt.org/community-po...mclvt.orgCommunity Poem 2026April is National Poetry Month! Established by the Academy of American Poets in April 1996, National Poetry Month is an annual observance that honors the vital […] 000
Jason Michael Harlow @jmharlow.bsky.social · 18/04/202693 years after Lorca wrote it, a flamenco singer found this poem: The clock sings I count the hours mechanically Seven o’clock; twelve o’clock It’s all the same I am not here It is the mark of flesh That I left behind when I departed So as to know my place Upon my return. #poetry 1/2 100
Jason Michael Harlow @jmharlow.bsky.social · 18/04/2026Good commentary on controversy around the band Geese: "the episode reflects the flawed nature of contemporary cultural discourse — particularly the tendency to dress up vibes-based personal judgments as high-stakes political litmus tests... sometimes it’s okay to just like or dislike music." 1/2 100