RT @ralakbar: HAPPENING NOW!!  Moving scene - tears, hugs, and cheers - inside the State Dept HQ tonight, as diplomats gathered in the lobb….

RT @dick_nixon: A one-minute gap?.

David Geffen Hall in full Dimenna Center dress. New music has invaded.

Went to Sandbox Percussion's performance of Simeon ten Holt's Canto Ostinato at the Lincoln Center atrium. A big minimalist work. Pretty good. Check it out. Enjoying the festival this summer.

Infuriating backsliding by Adams. We're in a housing crisis of our own making.

RT @whatisnuclear: Natural uranium is mostly U-238, which has a 4.5 billion year half-life. A kg of it kicks out 12 million alpha particles….

RT @filpizlo: Fil-C evolved incrementally over the last 1.5 years. During that time, it has had four different capability models. Each capa….

The Morgan Library has music manuscripts on display, including Glenn Gould's crayon scribblings over the Goldberg Variations.

Just finished reading Philip Roth's Plot Against America. I think it is absolutely prophetic. I was sick to my stomach through much of it.

RT @ezraklein: Last week, Ben Rhodes and I did a.@munkdebates against Kevin Roberts and Kellyanne Conway on whether Trump is leading Americ….

RT @ryderkessler: You're probably getting lots of *EMERGENCY* messages about how there's a campaign filing deadline tonight. If you're thi….

The new Salome at the Met is the best opera I've ever seen. Everything about it is good. Strong rec.

RT @MattZeitlin: "Vladimir, stop!"

RT @amandaknox: This battle over Abrego Garcia is simple. It doesn't matter that he was here illegally. It doesn't matter if he's a gang me….

I went to this program last night and it's true--Patricia Kopatchinskaja is a thrill.

RT @zellnor4ny: Say it with me, NYC: 1,000,000 homes. Let’s get to it. 👷🏿

RT @ianbremmer: singapore pm with some of the most sensible analysis responding to us tariffs i’ve seen from a global leader. https://t.co….

NY Phil intermission. Legendary choreographer Mark Morris does barre exercises while putting back a pint. Such grace may never be seen again.

Finally an opera relevant to my interests.

Seong-Jin Cho about to play the complete Ravel solo piano works. Almost a three hour performance.