robertholzer.bsky.social @robertholzer.bsky.social · 09/10/2026From legendary music critic Donald Francis Tovey: Q. What is it that we all wish to learn from the Great Masters, and why can we never learn it? A. How to get out of a hole; because they never get into one. 031
robertholzer.bsky.social @robertholzer.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Brand new recording on period instruments (!). A little eccentric, but very compelling. youtu.be/ENwDlYDqoEY?...youtu.beSymphony No. 5 in C-Sharp Minor, GMW 44: IV. Adagietto. Sehr langsamYouTube video by Mahler Academy Orchestra - Topic 110
robertholzer.bsky.social @robertholzer.bsky.social · 04/10/2026The end of chapter 2, where Joyce shows Mr. Deasy in all his anti-Semitic splendor. 021
robertholzer.bsky.social @robertholzer.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Those painted claws help make a nice Italian flag. 010
robertholzer.bsky.social @robertholzer.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Paul LePage, welcome to the I’d Never Thought the Face-Eating Leopard Would Eat My Face Club. 030
robertholzer.bsky.social @robertholzer.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Il burqa è un problema. Ma per il resto: www.findlaw.com/education/st...findlaw.comReligious Accommodation for Students - FindLawExplore student rights in public schools regarding religious beliefs, including expression and accommodations, with guidance from FindLaw. 110
robertholzer.bsky.social @robertholzer.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Wonder how the NY Post headline writers will handle that one. 010
robertholzer.bsky.social @robertholzer.bsky.social · 20/09/2026Why outfitting the Kennedy Center with snipers and drones would be a savvy way for Trump demolish and rebuild it to his liking. by Chris Cillizza 0110
robertholzer.bsky.social @robertholzer.bsky.social · 20/09/2026A winning Democratic candidate would have to add at least 44 EVs to Harris’s 2024 total of 226. Flipping PA, MI, and WI would do the trick, but it would be better to have AZ, GA, and NV in play as well. 010
robertholzer.bsky.social @robertholzer.bsky.social · 20/09/2026How about sharks with frickin' laser beams attached to their heads? 000
robertholzer.bsky.social @robertholzer.bsky.social · 17/09/2026I agree, and the Lawfare piece makes it a point to avoid fear mongering. Still, since this is the last midterm election of Trump’s presidency, one in which he is widely forecast to lose bigly, it’s worth keeping an eye on potential dirty tricks. 100
robertholzer.bsky.social @robertholzer.bsky.social · 17/09/2026ICE isn’t the problem. There has been some chatter about Mike Johnson naming a new interim House Clerk who would mess with the swearing in of the new House on January 3. www.lawfaremedia.org/article/can-...lawfaremedia.orgCan the Midterms Be 'Stolen' On Jan. 3? It's Complicated.Panic about a 'rogue clerk' is likely unwarranted—but it's worth paying attention. 100
robertholzer.bsky.social @robertholzer.bsky.social · 17/09/2026“Nice performing arts center you got there. It’d be a shame if anything happened to it.” 2221
robertholzer.bsky.social @robertholzer.bsky.social · 12/09/2026Ok, but did you swear the oath of allegiance to Trump? 020
robertholzer.bsky.social @robertholzer.bsky.social · 09/09/2026Maestro, qui siamo avanti nel programma: dopo aver eletto Trump una seconda volta, il popolo sovrano ha capito di esser stato preso per i fondelli: www.natesilver.net/p/trump-appr...natesilver.netHow popular is Donald Trump?Silver Bulletin approval ratings for President Trump — and all presidents since Truman. 001
robertholzer.bsky.social @robertholzer.bsky.social · 07/09/2026Things must be going rather badly if he's pulling the same distraction that the military junta tried in 1982. 191
robertholzer.bsky.social @robertholzer.bsky.social · 06/09/2026Well, at least he didn’t talk about “the more or less hysterical effusions of bourgeois and petty bourgeois women careerists,” as did Engels. www.marxists.org/archive/marx...marxists.orgLetters: Letter from Engels to Paul ErnstLetters of Engels to H Schülter 030
robertholzer.bsky.social @robertholzer.bsky.social · 06/09/2026Do you think the JCPOA was part of the terrible foreign policy, or an exception to it? 110
robertholzer.bsky.social @robertholzer.bsky.social · 03/09/2026“You want a piece of this, human?” 010
robertholzer.bsky.social @robertholzer.bsky.social · 30/08/2026I believe it was Seneca who said, “Virtue is its own reward. So is telling people to go f*ck themselves.” 050
robertholzer.bsky.social @robertholzer.bsky.social · 29/08/2026“I live in a rather special world. I only know one person who voted for Nixon. Where they are I don't know. They're outside my ken. But sometimes when I'm in a theater I can feel them.” 020
robertholzer.bsky.social @robertholzer.bsky.social · 29/08/2026"Now is the time for all good men to come to the aid of their party" 030
robertholzer.bsky.social @robertholzer.bsky.social · 27/08/2026That’s why we need the Whie House heliport. 020
robertholzer.bsky.social @robertholzer.bsky.social · 24/08/2026Exactly. Hyperventilating over that meeting is a solemn waste of time. 131
robertholzer.bsky.social @robertholzer.bsky.social · 24/08/2026Jared the architect of peace in the Middle East, Jared the logistics wizard of Covid PPE, Jared the real estate developer whom the Saudis saved from losing 666 Fifth Avenue? That Jared? 000
robertholzer.bsky.social @robertholzer.bsky.social · 24/08/2026It is really quite astonishing. Leader Jeffries takes a meeting with Donald Trump’s idiot son-in-law and half the internet loses its mind. Do they think Nancy Pelosi’s protégé is going to get played by the pride of Livingston, New Jersey? 232
robertholzer.bsky.social @robertholzer.bsky.social · 23/08/2026Don’t let it get to you, sir. It’s Kristof. 041
robertholzer.bsky.social @robertholzer.bsky.social · 23/08/2026youtu.be/reWYyfSkSgw?...youtu.beMaurice Gendron - Debussy Sonata for Cello and Piano in D minorYouTube video by Carlos Fernández Marroquín 031
robertholzer.bsky.social @robertholzer.bsky.social · 22/08/2026H. L. Mencken has entered the chat. 040
robertholzer.bsky.social @robertholzer.bsky.social · 21/08/2026iirc, in Democratic Presidential politics the primary system was expanded because antiwar voters felt excluded by the choice of Humphrey in 68. Reform led to McGovern in 72 and an epic shellacking. Then came attempts to split the difference with superdelegates, with, ahem, mixed results. 050
robertholzer.bsky.social @robertholzer.bsky.social · 20/08/2026www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...theguardian.comOtter spotted for first time in 100 years in New York City’s Bronx RiverImage captured in early June shows animal foraging in the waterway in first since early 1900s, signaling its recovery 010
robertholzer.bsky.social @robertholzer.bsky.social · 19/08/2026static.klipy.comJudean People's Front vs. People's Front of JudeaALT: Judean People's Front vs. People's Front of Judea 130
robertholzer.bsky.social @robertholzer.bsky.social · 17/08/2026Doesn’t that violate the Fairness Doctrine? /s 160
robertholzer.bsky.social @robertholzer.bsky.social · 17/08/2026BlueSky time dilation. Einstein described it in the Theory of General Relativity. 010
robertholzer.bsky.social @robertholzer.bsky.social · 17/08/2026Ms. Gray is a fool, and BlueSky seems to be full of them. 120
robertholzer.bsky.social @robertholzer.bsky.social · 17/08/2026You’re right, far as I know. Italian does have “faccia da culo” (ass-face), which can come in handy in the insult department. 010
robertholzer.bsky.social @robertholzer.bsky.social · 17/08/2026No, I wrote it in English, but Bluesky does some funny linguistic stuff I guess because I sometimes write in Italian. (btw, it’s “merda” in italiano, but I think the Spanish word is more effective!) 120
robertholzer.bsky.social @robertholzer.bsky.social · 17/08/2026The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act is one of the great pieces of legislation of the past half century, a “big fucking deal,” as a certain ex-Vice President said at the time of its passage. Every Democrat with an IQ above room temperature should be falling all over themself to defend it. 121
robertholzer.bsky.social @robertholzer.bsky.social · 16/08/2026Take a deep breath and count to ten . . . thousand. 000
robertholzer.bsky.social @robertholzer.bsky.social · 14/08/2026He’s always got “Affordability is a hoax” to fall back on. 0111
