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Immmersive music seminars involving travel, led by Ned Sublette. No website, DM for details. Reposts appreciated.

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Postmambo Studies @postmambo.bsky.social · 1h
Rubio will be remembered as one of the cruelest men in Cuban history.
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Postmambo Studies @postmambo.bsky.social · 4h
They’re not dropping bombs on Cuba, but this is siege warfare. They don’t care if there’s a single Cuban left alive if they can grab the territory and the minerals. All of the 8 million or so left on the island will be traumatized for life as a result of what they’ve experienced just this year.
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Thiago Krause @thiagokrause.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Call for proposals for a workshop, my people! Slavery and transimperial trade next March at William & Mary. Please spread it far and wide: I want to read your many great proposals!
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2027 Workshop Call for Proposals - Atlantic Exchanges Workshop
Atlantic Exchanges 2027 Slavery and the Commercial Machinery of Empires The Atlantic Exchanges Workshop invites proposals for its second edition, […]
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Ken Wissoker @kwissoker.bsky.social · 5h
This is one of the most amazing books I have ever been honored to work on. Around 40 years of oral & documentary history about Selassie's visit to Jamaica and the Caribbean which transformed the place of Rastafarians in Jamaican society. A historic volume.
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Postmambo Studies @postmambo.bsky.social · 5h
I keep thinking about this. I wonder who slept under that beautiful quilt, and what it was like when they pulled the solar system over their shoulders at night to protect them from the Iowa winter cold.
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Maria Popova @mariapopova.bsky.social · 17h
In the autumn of 1883, a national paper reported that "an Iowa woman has spent seven years embroidering the solar system on a quilt." Ellen Harding Baker used her stunning quilt to teach astronomy in an era when women could not attend college www.themarginalian.org/2018/12/06/e...
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Cosmic Threads: A Solar System Quilt from 1876
A serenade to the universe in wool and silk.
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Postmambo Studies @postmambo.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Mood: open.spotify.com/track/70fCmi...
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Cornbread Moon - 2022 Remaster
Joe Ely · Honky Tonk Masquerade (2022 Remaster) · Song · 1978
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Bocas Lit Fest @bocaslitfest.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
1/5 We join the international arts community in mourning the passing of Slinger Francisco, The Mighty Sparrow, legendary calypsonian, musician, and beloved mentor. .../2 Photo: David Gonzalez, The New York Times
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Postmambo Studies @postmambo.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
At the Fiesta Drive-in in El Paso, 1960. The cinemascope Mexican landscape flowed seamlessly into the real one all around us. /1
Poster for “The Magnificent Seven.”
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Kathryn Brightbill ✒️ @kebrightbill.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
People in local news comment sections are starting to make the connection between US policies towards Cuba and Florida's current dengue situation, which has the potential to make things really interesting with Florida politics if more people start figuring that out.
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Postmambo Studies @postmambo.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Been going through my ephemera . . .
A card advertising the April 1988 shows of the Village Gate’s Monday night Salsa Meets Jazz series
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Jacqueline Antonovich @jackiantonovich.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
We also looked at some FSA primary sources and this one really grabbed students' attention. It's a diagram that shows the arrangement of members of the Boston Anti-Man-Hunting League as they would surround a man-hunter, concealing him until he consented to release the person he was trying to kidnap
This diagram, explained by a note written by Henry I. Bowditch, shows the arrangement of members of the Boston Anti-Man-Hunting League as they would surround a man-hunter, concealing him until he consented to release the person he was attempting to kidnap. The League was a secret society founded in Boston in 1854 to resist the Fugitive Slave Law of 1850. The diagram, in pencil and watercolor on brown paper, places the slave hunter in the center (SH), surrounded by the speaker of the committee (S), a member to take hold of the hunter's head (C), two members to take hold of the arms (A1 and A2) and two for the feet (F1 and F2), and twelve additional members to form an outer circle to ward off intruders while the committee conveyed the victim to safety. Bowditch's note continues, "One plagued in this way would not invite others to come & run the same risk of annoyance."
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Bart van Zwieten @bvzw.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
President Sheinbaum said that Mexico is investing 750 billion pesos ($43 billion), in railroad project. Sheinbaum highlighted ongoing lines connecting Mexico City to Querétaro and Pachuca, and Saltillo to Nuevo Laredo, saying trains reduce emissions, connect regions and drive economic growth.
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Postmambo Studies @postmambo.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
About time somebody did a book about Tom Wilson! One of the most important and innovative record producers of the mid-60s. I used to have my class at Clive Davis learn about him but there was little in the way of text to give them. www.sup.org/books/litera...
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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Child: This is my first time meeting a mayor. Mamdani: Wow, have you ever met a prime minister? Child: No Norway PM Jonas Gahr Støre: *walks over*
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Postmambo Studies @postmambo.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Orville Peck sang "Cowboys Are Frequently Secretly" at the Hollywood Bowl. Variety reprinted some of the lyrics in its report (!) >“Let’s dedicate this one to the incredible, incredible Mr. Willie Nelson," said Mr. Peck. "I’m sure he’s enjoying an edible somewhere.” variety.com/2026/music/c...
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Orville Peck Dedicates Performance to ‘All the Gay Cowboys’: ‘We Exist, We Walk Among You’
Orville Peck performed Friday at the Hollywood Bowl, where he dedicated "Cowboys Are Frequently Secretly Fond of Each Other" to "all the gay cowboys."
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Postmambo Studies @postmambo.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
1969? Más Que Nada (Sergio Méndes + Br ‘66) I Never Loved a Man (Aretha) Axis: Bold as Love (Hendrix) John Wesley Harding (Dylan) The United States of America Honorable: Ray Charles: A Man and His Soul (2 LPs) Honorable: Mingus Oh Yeah Honorable: Stravinsky Conducts Stravinsky: Petroushka
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John Harris @drjohnaeharris.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
This looks like an incredible book
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Rebecca Bodenheimer @rmbodenheimer.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Her constituents are Cuban-Americans who thought they’d continue to receive special treatment Instead, dozens (maybe hundreds) of Cubans were kidnapped and sent to Africa, where they’re being held WITHOUT THEIR PASSPORTS.
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Douglas Ogg @dougogg.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
I hate to sound like a Luddite, but I agree with this.
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Ellen Braaten @ellenbraaten.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Good luck finding a primary care physician in a small town in a red state
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ChristianG @mryeswecan.eurosky.social · 11/09/2026
No election fraud to be seen here.
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Jennifer Grand @jennifergrand.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Its just like the death of popular retail stores like Toys R Us. Initially everyone blamed online shopping but it was really private equity pirates. Everyone hates these guys as much as they hate data centers. Maybe Democrats could run on stopping them before they plunder every inch of society???
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Postmambo Studies @postmambo.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Looking south toward where the World Trade Center was.
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Anne E @anita5446.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
What are we, what have we done, what are we doing, what will become of all of us. My God.
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Postmambo Studies @postmambo.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
So Colombia’s new right-wing president is proudly making it easier for Colombians to carry guns in the street. This is the first thing fascists do, is flood the territory with guns. They’ll do it to Cuba if they ever get the chance. elpais.com/america-colo...
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Abelardo de la Espriella levanta la suspensión de los permisos para el porte de armas en Colombia
El decreto no significa un permiso general, pues mantiene un sistema de requisitos previos y controles
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Postmambo Studies @postmambo.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/s...
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UN votes to adopt new world map that shows Africa’s true scale
Togo-sponsored resolution called to phase out traditional map that depicts continent as similar size to Greenland
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Trevor Risk @sunshinesucks.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
It really sucks that after Walter died a few years ago, the Steely Dan webmaster took down all the stuff he made for it back in the early 90s, like this chart on how to stop listening to the Grateful Dead.
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Postmambo Studies @postmambo.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
No, you can’t copyright the habanera. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/02/a...
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Who Owns Reggaeton’s Beat? A Judge Throws Out One Claim.
A copyright suit against stars including Bad Bunny and Daddy Yankee came from the producers behind a trio of songs foundational to the genre.
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Postmambo Studies @postmambo.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Our own Trujillo . . .
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The Tonearm @thetonearm.com · 01/09/2026
“I am like a horn player with words. Words are pockets, too, by the way. On a song such as ‘I Think I Get It Now,’ that’s 100 percent improvised.” Saul Williams Connects with LA’s Unbound Jazz Community and Moor Mother on Leap Life:
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Saul Williams Connects with LA’s Unbound Jazz Community and Moor Mother on Leap Life - JazzTimes
S aul Williams was always something of an anomaly. The writer-rapper and singing spoken-word artist may have gained notoriety as a darling of the MTV … Read More "Saul Williams Connects with LA’s Unbound Jazz Community and Moor Mother on Leap Life"
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Conor @ernekid.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
This is some absolute nonsense impacting one of my favourite sandwich places in Belfast
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Postmambo Studies @postmambo.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
These two distinguished young Cuban musicans are still in ICE custody, whereabouts unknown. EL Estornudo is doing prizeworthy work these days. If you can’t read Spanish, use a translate app. revistaelestornudo.com/degnis-bofil...
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Degnis Bofill y Andy García, dos músicos frente a la maquinaria migratoria del gobierno de Trump
Las detenciones de Degnis Bofill y Andy García se inscriben en un contexto de ampliación de las detenciones.
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Postmambo Studies @postmambo.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
This is correct.
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Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
What if Mamdani is the next Dolly Parton? Checklist: cute, charismatic, funny (often at his own expense), kind, preaching the politics of everyone matters. I mean like reincarnated lamas, the next Dolly could take many forms. Why not a handsome young Muslim from Uganda who's big on childcare?
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Postmambo Studies @postmambo.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Twice? How about 30 times? Let’s go! Los Muñequitos de Matanzas Eddie Palmieri Ray Barretto Fort Apache El Gran Combo Los Van Van Chucho Valdés Miguel Zenón Yosvany Terry Pedrito Martínez
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Elías Cueto @eliascueto.eurosky.social · 30/08/2026
“… the U.S. government has lost over ten thousand STEM PhDs since Trump took office”. www.bostonreview.net/forum/how-to...
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How to Save Science
Trump has killed the postwar social contract, but its demise was long in the making. To protect science as a public good, we need a different approach.
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Isaac Samuel @rhaplord.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
The Gold Currency, Trade and Wealth of Medieval Ethiopia www.africanhistoryextra.com/p/the-gold-c...
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The Gold Currency, Trade and Wealth of Medieval Ethiopia
Gold was one of the oldest metals worked by ancient African societies.
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Siddhartha Mitter @siddharthamitter.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
Looks like we’d better start reading up on Alejandro Betancourt, Chávez- and Maduro-era profiteer, accused money launderer, billionaire, US conduit to Delcy Rodríguez, and now apparently at the center of the unholy, imperialist and predatory oil “deal” english.elpais.com/internationa...
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Alejandro Betancourt, the under-investigation billionaire linking Delcy Rodríguez to Trump
The Venezuelan businessman, under the scrutiny of Spanish and Swiss justice, has returned to Caracas in recent weeks on private flights shrouded in mystery
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Siddhartha Mitter @siddharthamitter.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
Sure looks like Citgo, previously the US subsidiary of Venezuela’s state-owned PDVSA, now in the hands of the vile Paul Singer (Trump donor, Rubio pal, Israel supporter etc) through a court-forced deep-discount sale to his vulture fund, is going to be the United Fruit Company in this colonial set-up
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Postmambo Studies @postmambo.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
Jon Pareles is the best. So as best as Dolly could figure, she wrote “I Will Always Love You” and “Jolene” on the same day.
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
The situation in Haiti is terrifying. On Sunday, 150 gunmen swept down on a town to kill, rape, loot, and burn. 22 people were executed in a churchyard. 52 were taken hostage. Stephen Miller mockingly says Haiti is safe and ICE just sent its second deportation flight this month; with kids on board.
They arrived in silence, under cover of darkness, heavily armed as they surrounded the town and moved through Kenscoff’s rugged terrain and towering forests in the mountains above the Haitian capital. Numbering around 150, the gunmen swept through several locations as they made their way toward the center of the town, opening fire on resident who tried to flee. At least 13 people were shot and killed as the gunmen ran through downtown, according to an account by the United Nations human rights office. As more than 50 others sought refuge in L’Arche de la Nouvelle Alliance, a Protestant church that had been sheltering people already displaced by the violence, the gunmen pursued them. When they arrive, they forced residents from the church and executed 22 of them in its courtyard. A dozen others were killed behind the sanctuary. The attackers didn’t just stop there. Before withdrawing from downtown, an area encompassing City Hall and a Haiti National Police substation, they abducted at least 52 people, including a mother and her five children, as well as another mother and her infant. Children and elderly who could not run were killed inside their homes. Others were burned alive after gunmen set at least a dozen houses on fire, witnesses told the National Human Rights Defense Network. The attackers also shot horses and other livestock inside the rural enclave.
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Asawin Suebsaeng @swin24.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Then the Haitians did it The Right Way. And now after Americans lured them here and practically begged them to come to Springfield — Springfield! — now they’re having Trump’s armed secret police inflicted on them, and being told they all need to go back to an incredibly dangerous place or else
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Postmambo Studies @postmambo.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Looking at the responses (including my own) it would appear that there’s a consensus that originalism is a toxic and highly dangerous doctrine that thrives on ignorance.
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Postmambo Studies @postmambo.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
And it was on her 9 to 5 album, which was an entire collection of songs about workers, including ‘The House of the Rising Sun.’
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Postmambo Studies @postmambo.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Postmambo is back in New York at the most beautiful time of year.
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Postmambo Studies @postmambo.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Postmambo is still in Salvador da Bahia, buying bulk coffee
A grocery worker handles a large bag of coffee beans in bulk
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Postmambo Studies @postmambo.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
“But Robert Moses is another video entirely” 😹
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Wayne & Wax @wayneandwax.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
an early example of Cuban rhythms in rock'n'roll, recorded in Nashville in 1956. (You might know the Diamonds' cover.) Sounds like they're doing their best with the percussion in the room, using a woodblock for the clave. but what's the instrument we hear first? www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z9G7...
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1st RECORDING OF: Little Darlin’ - Gladiolas (1956)
YouTube video by The45Prof
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Postmambo Studies @postmambo.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
Lovely.
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