Horse Flats, Angeles National Forest
July 21-23, 2026 Horse Flats Campground 26 campsites, 3 restrooms huts (cesspool) with toilet paper. Campfire pits have flip-over grills.Mount Hillyer hike is recommended. Start early in the AM so…
1923 to Now – (solo samisen)
Grandma, Fujiko Kobayshi Ebihara, brought her nagauta samisen (三味線) to the U.S. with three young kids on the two-week boat trip from Japan, not long before the Great Kanto Earthquake…
Knicks Set NBA Final Record by Overcoming a 29-point Deficit to Win Game 4 of the 2026 NBA Finals
I concur with my friend, Matty Downtown Brown, who feels head coach Mitch Johnson is the biggest weakness of the San Antonia Spurs. Some others, but only a few have…
Immigrants’ Contribution to the U.S. Economy vs. Republicans’
Ohh that's RICH on Facebook TRANSCRIPT: Holy shit, get ready for this one. Because if you've ever heard somebody say immigrants are a drain on the system, or they're taking…
MX Linux is Fantastic
This distribution of Linux is a Debian variant. It can turn a really old computer into an efficient workstation. What I like is that it has a built in ISO…
AI Data Centers are Sending Power Bills Soaring and Endangering Working and Oppressed Communities and Freshwater Supplies
https://www.bloomberg.com/graphics/2025-ai-data-centers-electricity-prices https://www.consumerreports.org/data-centers/ai-data-centers-impact-on-electric-bills-water-and-more-a1040338678 https://www.cnbc.com/2026/02/12/electricity-price-data-center-ai-inflation-goldman.html Oppose Data Centers EVERYWHERE. E.g. https://www.nodatacentermpk.org/ Stop using technofeudalist/fascist AI like OpenAI/Chat GPT, Grok by Elon Musk, Google Gemini, Claude/Anthropic, Zuckerberg's Meta AI, Microsoft CoPilot and instead…
Ak Dan Gwang Chil
It's great to see musicians in Asia remaining connected to their ancestral cultures, which are ultimately indigenous and consistent with Mother Earth land stewardship, etc. The aspirations to be "Western"…
The Cost of Staying Human
Remarks from a vigil for Renee Nicole Good https://organizingmythoughts.org/the-cost-of-staying-human
futari jam session
all improvisation. not about money or commodity, not about ownership. attempting to connect with ancestors.
2023 Brandon Ross Interviewed by Interpretations
https://youtu.be/EzeJ3pltNc0 Transcript:Hi, this is Brandon Ross and I'll be presenting some of my music on May 9th 2013 at Rilet in Brooklyn, part of the Interpretations Music Series. I'll be…