Sandy MacDonald

Theatre appreciator (Drama Desk voter), travel writer, translator, singer, blue check freeloader; BlueSky as exit strategy

[Sandy MacDonald @SandyMacDonald]

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[Sandy MacDonald @SandyMacDonald]

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[Rio Tazewell @RioTazewell]

Families seeking safety shouldn't be met with cages and cruelty.

Delaney Hall is a symbol of a detention system that profits from human suffering while tearing communities apart.

We need dignity, due process, and humanity—not more detention beds. #ShutDownDelaneyHall

[Dralone&_DR145 @draloneboy]

MAJOR BREAKING: Epstein survivors just announced they will release their own list of names.

“We know who abused us. We saw who came and went. This list will be survivor-led—for survivors.”

The government stalled.

Now the victims are doing it themselves.

[Sandy MacDonald @SandyMacDonald]

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[The Jazz Estate @thejazzestate]

Sonny Rollins playing on the Williamsburg Bridge with tenor saxophonist, arranger, and educator Paul Jeffrey in 1968.

By 1959, Sonny Rollins had grown increasingly dissatisfied with what he felt were his own musical shortcomings and withdrew from the public eye to embark on the first—and most storied—of his self-imposed sabbaticals. Residing on Manhattan’s Lower East Side, he sought refuge on the pedestrian walkway of the Williamsburg Bridge, where he could practice without disturbing a pregnant neighbor.

From the summer of 1959 until the end of 1961, Rollins returned to the bridge almost daily, playing for as long as 15 or 16 hours at a stretch, through heat, wind, and snow, alongside the rumble of passing trains. Today, a fifteen-story apartment building named The Rollins stands on Grand Street, marking the site of his former home—a quiet monument to one of the most disciplined and transformative chapters in jazz history.

[Sandy MacDonald @SandyMacDonald]

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[Encyclopaedia Britannica @Britannica]

Memorial Day began as Decoration Day, a day to honor soldiers who died in the American Civil War, typically by placing flowers on their graves.

The date is thought to have been chosen because flowers would be in bloom across the U.S.

[Gianl1974 @Gianl1974]

This is Officer
Caroline Edwards.
She was attacked by the insurrectionists on January 6th. They cracked her heac open, resulting in a permanent brain injury.
For all those who support Trump's pardons and say you
"back the blue". You don't. You support fascism.

[The OED @OED]

OED #WordOfTheDay: morto, adj.
Irish. Mortified, extremely embarrassed.

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[Sandy MacDonald @SandyMacDonald]

Traumatized going on 55 years

[Observer @observer]

Censored and even banned upon its release in 1971, the X-rated period film screened uncut for an audience that included Peter Jackson, fresh from receiving an honorary Palme d'Or. https://t.co/JNfUPiyUKP

[The City Reporter @THECITYNY]

A federal judge in Manhattan has barred ICE from arresting most immigrants inside New York City’s three immigration courthouses.

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[Hillary Clinton @HillaryClinton]

For Trump and his friends:

- A $1.8 billion slush fund, paid for by you.
- A $1 billion ballroom, paid for by you.

For you and other American taxpayers:

- Millions kicked off health care.
- Highest gas prices in 5 years.
- Soaring costs for groceries.
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[Sandy MacDonald @SandyMacDonald]

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[Hillary Clinton @HillaryClinton]

This is textbook corruption. https://t.co/AS1pHNx91Z

[Hillary Clinton @HillaryClinton]

Trump didn’t just pardon his followers who stormed the U.S. Capitol.

He’s now set them up for payments through a slush fund he created to reward his allies—out of your tax dollars.

You could not make this up.

[Ellen Barry @EllenBarryNYT]

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[Caroline Fraser @carolinefraser]

To see how horrible this is read Mariah Blake’s excellent book They Poisoned the World @MariahCBlake

[Sandy MacDonald @SandyMacDonald]

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