Old diagnostic microbiologist, viral and fungal molecular geneticist; current academic bureaucrat; always music lover. Opinions mine.
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Fred Volkert retweeted
Vienna will make an appearance in this livestream on Friday, October 18 at 8 PM EDT. Click the Notify Me button in YouTube to get a notification when the stream goes live.
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Fred Volkert retweeted
Now it can be told: in memory of the of the great Willie Mays, “Our Song” is out today as a remastered single —from the upcoming vinyl reissue of 2007’s album Civilians.
linktr.ee/joehenrylovesyouma…
Fred Volkert retweeted
New York City has the worst air quality of any major city in the world right now, according to a live ranking by IQAir, a technology company that tracks air quality and pollution around the world.
Follow the latest updates on the wildfire smoke here.
nyti.ms/3MOkdpY
ALT Smoke from ongoing Canadian wildfires descends on the Manhattan skyline, as seen from Queens in New York. Photo by Maansi Srivastava/The New York Times.
Fred Volkert retweeted
We've been working with @viennateng for 20 years! Since she first came to The Point. Awesome. NOW, we can see her in the comfy confines of @citywineryphil on 4/30
Fred Volkert retweeted
#EverythingEverywhereAllAtOnce's win suggests the era of easily predictable Best Picture winners might really be over. trib.al/xJaBrw4
Fred Volkert retweeted
I'm the most vulnerable Democratic Senator up in 2024—which means I'm gonna need your help.
Can you give me a follow and retweet to spread the word? 🖐️🤙
Fred Volkert retweeted
Researchers just found that gas stoves are responsible for 12.7% of childhood asthma cases.
Recently I read dozens of studies about gas stoves and indoor air quality.
I also installed monitors in our home and ran my own tests.
Here's what I learned.
Fred Volkert retweeted
😳 Look, it’s 24yo me gigging in a bookstore! youtu.be/W2uCQPINycE
I’m most struck that M (who handles a lot of web/social media stuff for me) not only had this footage but thought to upload it for my 1st album’s 20th birthday. So grateful for devoted, organized folks. 💜
Fred Volkert retweeted
Celebrating the 20th anniversary of the re-release of Waking Hour! Today revisit the StageIt 2012 show of album songs, and the debut of alternate arrangements using a foot pedal with the looper. A throwback 2002 show will premiere on Thursday, November 10. youtube.com/viennateng
ALT Cover of the album Waking Hour. Vienna is reaching to a light bulb pull switch. The photo is tinted blue and the light is already bright.
ALT Screenshot of Vienna's StageIt concert from 2012, playing songs from Waking Hour, uploaded to YouTube. Vienna is barely lit, sitting at a piano with one hand on the keys, the other on her looper button.
ALT Screenshot of Vienna's Borders concert from 2002, premiering on YouTube 20 years later on November 10. On the left is a poster for the show, with the left side of Vienna's face visible above a piano. On the right is a still pic from the show video. Vienna is seated at a keyboard in a bookstore.
Fred Volkert retweeted
What Joe Biden did today with marijuana possession is going to lead to a massive expansion in the number of jam bands. It sounds harmless now until you've been subjected to a 23-minute bass solo
Fred Volkert retweeted
Vienna's latest message to her mailing list is available to read here. viennateng.ck.page/posts/ret…
Fred Volkert retweeted
This morning, @CBSMornings ran a story on gas stoves to 2.5 million viewers.
Did they mention gas stoves increase the risk of asthma? No.
Did they question a gas industry rep who claimed gas is "clean and safe"? No.
Instead they spread fossil fuel industry lies.
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Fred Volkert retweeted
OK, experiment time!
Music x climate action.
Songwriting x climate geekery.
Monthly streaming shows from my living room x posts about tactical urbanism & PUC hearings.
+ who knows what else.
$5/month.
Let's give this a go. 💜
patreon.com/viennateng
youtu.be/Z3kMZHZ3LiA
Fred Volkert retweeted
So we just hold on fast
Acknowledge the past
As lessons exquisitely crafted
Painstakingly drafted
To carve us as instruments
That play the music of life
Fred Volkert retweeted
This is an incredibly exciting time to be in climate tech and clean energy. I don't think most of the public have any idea how much is happening. The momentum is remarkable, in technology, in policy, in consumer sentiment, in business decisions. On every continent.
Fred Volkert retweeted
Watch former President @BarackObama discuss DREAMers on @AmericanoBway's stage → bit.ly/ObamaAmericano
Fred Volkert retweeted
What an immense HONOR to welcome President @BarackObama to our @AmericanoBway stage to have this important conversation with 5 Dreamers including the real life protagonist of our show Tony Valdovinos!!!🙏🏽🙏🏽
To mark 10 years since the announcement of DACA @BarackObama sat down with five Dreamers to reflect on the impact of the program, how they’re contributing to their communities today, and the work that remains to offer Dreamers a permanent solution to their status. #DACA10
Fred Volkert retweeted
1. This will be a thread of corporations that plastered their social media accounts with rainbows for Pride Month
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How much those corporations donated to anti-LGBTQ politicians since 2021
Follow along if interested.
Fred Volkert retweeted
This is legitimately one of the worst things I have ever read
I, along with plenty of mainstream liberal and conservative legal scholars, believe Roe’s constitutional foundation was always shaky at best. And yet, I found Alito’s draft opinion unsatisfying and unpersuasive. Here's what he should have written:
politico.com/news/magazine/2…