reality check

Caitlin Jenner announcing her run for governor of California is just the kind of white supremacist entitlement that gets too many of us riled up all too easily. Just because she can does not mean it is advisable. 

Why? Now that their reality show is over, this is what she wants? Does anyone really want any Jenner or Kardashian in office? Hell no! They can ran amok in their own self-publicized lives - thank you. Don't be wasting any of our hard earned tax payer money on their crazy scheme - please. 

not a pretty picture

Caitlyn Marie Jenner (born William Bruce Jenner, October 28, 1949) is an American socialite, transgender rights activist, television personality, and retired Olympic gold medal-winning decathlete.

In her own words - let us witness her crucify herself. 

community spirit in food pantries

As many as one in five people are food deprived, especially in major urban centers where growing our own food is not an easy option. While the pandemic has highlighted and further exacerbated inequalities in our society, it has also brought forth more heroes and helpers in local neighborhoods. 

local community pantries nationwide

This week in Philippines news a wave of community pantries have sprouted in the wake of the media buzz generated by the Maginhawa Community Pantry set up by Ana Patricia "Patreng" Non. 

BBC | the musical human

Music has been a lifeline during Covid - even if we haven’t all dabbled in picking or playing a chosen instrument - there's always Spotify or iTunes. 

As Michael Spitzer points out, this shift towards isolated listening is only the latest stage in a transition from active participation in music to our passive consumption of it that has been going on for thousands of years.

Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology - Chiapas, Mexico

Professor Michael Spitzer brings together archaeological, sociological and historical observations, along with theories from biologists and musicologists, to tell the story of what his subtitle boldly claims to be A History of Life on Earth.

Written by Michael Spitzer Read by Simon McBurney Abridged and Produced by Jill Waters A Waters Company production for BBC Radio 4 

Released On: 06 Apr 2021

Spitzer isn’t afraid of using a sweeping statement or a corny line, and his fractal compositional technique means he has to make do without the narrative thrust of a conventional, linear argument. But The Musical Human is full of delightful nuggets and sends the reader back to a world of musical examples time and time again.

After following the evolution of music over 165m years, he greets the contemporary split between professional performers and passive consumers with little more than a shrug: “We are where we are, and it is where it is.” If music is as central to human existence as he suggests, we can’t leave musicians dancing to the tune of Deliveroo. ~ Book of the Day, The Guardian