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A Haitian man legally immigrated to Ohio, then was given an ankle monitor bc Trump withdrew his status. He threw himself in front of truck. The trucker, who voted for Trump, is haunted. “Pierre was doing what he was supposed to do. We did not do right by him.” www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...

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A Reckoning in Springfield

A truck driver out on his route confronts what the country has become.

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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Tech industry is laser focused on solving the problem of humans enjoying each other’s company bsky.app/profile/down...

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Dr. Nathan Loughstein @rhapsodyinblu.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Playing piano for this production through the weekend!

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Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

I like that this design appears to show the birth date of liberty as 1776, and its death as 2026

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

There are going to be Democrats who say we shouldn’t rip it all out — it’s already built, we have other priorities — but removing the visible signs of Trumpism is absolutely necessary.

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ceej @ceej.online · 20/08/2026

they put up a dada center just outside of town and life has been unbearable ever since. thing looks like a fucking fish

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the Mountain Goats @themountaingoats.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

Oh, my God. Nicest guy. Was on the Pogues bill at Carnegie with him. His love of music was palpable, infectious, radiant. I’ve seldom seen a musician as connected to the moment of the song as he was that night, in deep communion with the song & the people playing it. So many felt it. Hard loss.

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Dr. Nathan Loughstein @rhapsodyinblu.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

What I’d give for a film of LaChiusa’s Wild Party

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Katelyn Burns @katelynburns.com · 30/06/2026

if you're trans, you have to live. one day you can live to see these guys all die.

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Adam Steinbaugh @adamsteinbaugh.bsky.social · 28/06/2026

After federal agents shot Alex Pretti in Minneapolis, a New Yorker sent ICE's director an email in January comparing him to a Nazi. This week, DHS agents stalked him across New York. His home. A hotel. They gave his wife a letter warning of criminal prosecution. www.syracuse.com/news/2026/06...

“You are a monstrous human being and will go down in history as America’s Reinhard Heydrich, the butcher.

“The way you are protecting the obvious execution in Minnesota, even as we see the videos, will lead to your downfall. Even Trump will turn on you before the end, and you will be a sad, despised man who eats himself alive with shame at your own pathetic weakness.

“You will never know peace. You will seek to lose yourself, to escape the burden of knowing the truth about yourself. But wherever you go, you will find yourself. You will torment yourself until your last day on Earth.”

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Musicology Duck @musicologyduck.bsky.social · 21/06/2026

my actual professional opinion right now is that this has all gotten out of hand and that what we should be focused on is that OUR NATION'S CAPITAL IS UNDER OCCUPATION.

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Kevin Daly @kevinddaly.bsky.social · 14/06/2026

Well done, Knicks. Take it home, Liza.

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Chuck @queermudge.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

First, you give Revival of a Musical to the wrong show, then you cut off Lynn Ahrens? Prison!

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Louis Peitzman @louispeitzman.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

Ali Louis Bourzgui’s acceptance speech… an all-timer.

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Kevin Daly @kevinddaly.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

I don't think anyone expected Ali Louis Bourzgui to win, but thank God for that speech.

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Dr. Nathan Loughstein @rhapsodyinblu.bsky.social · 23/05/2026

In mathematics this is called an “Epstein Projection”

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Dr. Nathan Loughstein @rhapsodyinblu.bsky.social · 10/05/2026

I highly, highly recommend watching SUFFS, available via PBS Great Performances on YouTube. youtu.be/YQxsbcOa2Gs?...

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Suffs | FULL MUSICAL | Great Performances | PBS

YouTube video by Great Performances | PBS

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Dr. Nathan Loughstein @rhapsodyinblu.bsky.social · 06/05/2026

So… my congressman, Tom Kean, still hasn't been seen in public, right? Even though he said he'd be back "very soon" over a week ago?

Tom Kean Jr. says he'll be back 'very soon'
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Will Mason @willmasonmusic.com · 06/05/2026

This doesn't hold up for a few reasons but particularly when the GOP's openly stated solution to "the rent is too high" is to deport hundreds of thousands of non-white Americans.

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Dr. Nathan Loughstein @rhapsodyinblu.bsky.social · 19/04/2026

Cybertruck parked next to a fire hydrant. No, I’m not making this up. Yes, also the tags are expired.

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Cybertruck parked next to a fire hydrant. No, I’m not making this up. Yes, also the tags are expired.

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Dr. Nathan Loughstein @rhapsodyinblu.bsky.social · 22/03/2026

I’m humbled to have contributed to “96 Gifts for Sondheim’s 96th” at The Sondheim Hub.

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Dr. Nathan Loughstein @rhapsodyinblu.bsky.social · 19/03/2026

If you’re in NYC this weekend and feel compelled to celebrate Sondheim’s 96th birthday with music analysis AND amazing performances, I’m hosting “Studying the Hat: The Music and Lyrics of Stephen Sondheim” at The Green Room 42 on Sunday 3/22 at 1pm! thegreenroom42.venuetix.com/showdetails/...

THE GREEN ROOM42 CABARET

STUDYING THE HAT: THE MUSIC & LYRICS OF STEPHEN SONDHEIM

LIVE STREAM AVAILABLE

Mar. 22 | 1:00pm

HOSTED BY NATHAN BEARY LOUGHSTEIN

TODD BUONOPANE
SARAH CHAPIN
CARMEN RUBY FLOYD
KENNEDY KANAGAWA
PATRICK LOUGHSTEIN
MIA MITRANO
KAELI PATCHEN
OLIVER RICHMAN
ALICE SQUEGLIA
BEKAH ZORNOSA

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Karlito P @litop12.blacksky.app · 01/03/2026

Jayme Lawson from Sinners hit the nail on the head and said how I felt with the whole BAFTAs situation.

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🇬🇾🗽Sydette The Dreaded Gorgon🗽🇬🇾 @blackamazon.bsky.social · 25/02/2026

But the “North” is better and it’s only men who help hold up fascism

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Dr. Nathan Loughstein @rhapsodyinblu.bsky.social · 23/02/2026

Went for a stroll in the bright evening.

Two people taking a selfie. The shorter person has a blue jacket and red beanie; the taller person has a navy jacket and crimson beanie. It’s snowing.

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Ana Marie Cox @anamariecox.com · 22/02/2026

Seriously, 12 step rooms are filled with bio-hackers. We just used to call it “self-medicating.”

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Dr. Nathan Loughstein @rhapsodyinblu.bsky.social · 22/02/2026

Listening to the new @talkeasypod.bsky.social with the tireless @jacobsoboroff.bsky.social—I was surprised that even he hadn’t seen the DHS’s racist ICE recruitment ads before. As @samfragoso.bsky.social points out, this explicit white nationalist propaganda hasn’t landed on enough people’s radar.

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Dr. Nathan Loughstein @rhapsodyinblu.bsky.social · 19/02/2026

I'm hosting a Sondheim concert at The Green Room 42! I'll be analyzing songs with the help of a fantastic group of performers. "Studying the Hat: The Music and Lyrics of Stephen Sondheim" March 22, 1pm—a Sondheim birthday celebration.

The Green Room 42 Cabaret
Livestream available
Mar 22 1:00pm

Hosted by Nathan Beary Loughstein
Todd Buonopane, Sarah Chapin, Carmen Ruby Floyd, Kennedy Kanagawa, Patrick Loughstein, Mia Mitrano, Kaeli Patchen, Oliver Richman, Alice Squeglia, Bekah Zornosa

STUDYING THE HAT: The Music & Lyrics of Stephen Sondheim

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 18/02/2026

i'm watching spike lee's remarkable documentary FOUR LITTLE GIRLS and as much as i want to focus on the film i can't help but think about the people, with real power and influence, who want to take this country back to before birmingham

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dell cameron @dell.bsky.social · 12/02/2026

I think I'll wait for Minnesotans to tell us when it's over.

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Dr. Nathan Loughstein @rhapsodyinblu.bsky.social · 11/02/2026

It’s easy to get confused about this when your model is the closing scene to *Cabaret.*

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Tressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 10/02/2026

Like, yeah, we’re gonna win and whatever but holy shit everything is so bad.

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Dr. Nathan Loughstein @rhapsodyinblu.bsky.social · 02/02/2026

The Kennedy Center was built for the people, and that is what he hates about it most.

The Kennedy bust in the grand foyer of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts

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Andy Lambert @cooperissuper.bsky.social · 02/02/2026

ICE is staying at this hotel in downtown Minneapolis. Instead of screaming at them, we tried serenading them with encouragement to defect and lay down their weapons. #singingresistance

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Dr. Nathan Loughstein @rhapsodyinblu.bsky.social · 29/12/2025

This same publication did this same interview less than a decade ago

Text: Glenn Beck Is Sorry About All That
Portrait: Glenn Beck in a plaid sport coat, blue shirt, red patterned tie, faded jeans, and apologetic arms

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Rep. Joyce Beatty @repbeatty.bsky.social · 18/12/2025

The White House claims the vote to rename the Kennedy Center was “unanimous.” That is false. I was muted on the call and denied the opportunity to speak or register my opposition. That is not consensus. That is censorship.

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Dr. Nathan Loughstein @rhapsodyinblu.bsky.social · 11/12/2025

Thornton Wilder, THE SKIN OF OUR TEETH (1942), Act 1

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Dr. Nathan Loughstein @rhapsodyinblu.bsky.social · 08/12/2025

I transcribed the score for the Al Carmines musical JOAN (1971), Joan of Arc adaptation set in NYC. Heres a clip from our concert back in October, directed by Patrick Loughstein. This is a duet with two of our outstanding and brilliant performers: Carmen Ruby Floyd as Mary and Lila Blue as Joan.

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JOAN (1971) in concert: “They Call Me the Virgin Mary”

YouTube video by Studying the Hat

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👁️saac 👁️o @eyesack.bsky.social · 01/12/2025

sure why not let's grade all essays by public opinion. would save me some time

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