2026-01-15 16:21:42
The last line: “‘a great level of deference’ is not equivalent to ignoring the facts on the ground”.
What is the Insurrection Act, and can Trump use it?
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/oct/07/trump-insurrection-act-exp…
The last line: “‘a great level of deference’ is not equivalent to ignoring the facts on the ground”.
What is the Insurrection Act, and can Trump use it?
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/oct/07/trump-insurrection-act-exp…
The last line: “‘a great level of deference’ is not equivalent to ignoring the facts on the ground”.
What is the Insurrection Act, and can Trump use it?
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/oct/07/trump-insurrection-act-exp…
Ahh, the Orange Order, living in the 19th century but fervently hoping for a quick return the the 17th.
https://www.irishtimes.com/politics/2025/11/06/orange-order-sends-letter-of-complaint-to-king-charles-a…
The US supreme court agreed on Friday to decide the legality of Donald Trump’s executive order to heavily restrict the right to birthright citizenship,
the long-held constitutional principle that individuals born on US soil are automatically United States citizens.
The order was a contentious part of the administration’s bigoted immigration crackdown
– and a step that would transform the interpretation of a 19th-century constitutional provision.
Multiple judges across…
found a website about 17th to 19th century dance patterns
https://danceinhistory.com/tag/marie-therese-de-subligny/
No joke I’ve read multiple documents that argued the Roman Empire was too tolerant and allowed for too much ethnic mixing, which was why they thought Italians in the late 19th / early 20th century were a threat to white purity….
They were literally justifying their prejudice with history that was many centuries old. (Also how did none of them consider that the Roman Empire reached territories that would become Britain and France and Germany too? It’s not like their ancestors were somehow exempt from this supposed ethnic mixing.)
This week's #Halloween special episoode of @… radio revisits Dr. Carmel Raz on 19th Century Spiritualists summoning up Ghostly #Accordion players! 👻
Al…
🔊 #NowPlaying on #BBCRadio3:
#MusicMap
- A journey to Bach's Cello Suite No. 1
Sara Mohr-Pietsch maps the musical landscape surrounding JS Bach's Cello Suite No.1, including the junk shops of late 19th century Barcelona where the score was 'rediscovered'.
Relisten now 👇
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m002mcn9
Caught me some "Schäfflertanz", a dance custom dating back to 19th century coopers (makers of bins, barrels, etc.) of Old #Bavaria, #Germany. Performances in modern times are apparently on a 7-year cycle.
#dance #Deutschland #tradition #photography #amateur
🔊 #NowPlaying on #BBCRadio3:
#ComposerOfTheWeek #COTW
- Icons of British Light Music
Donald Macleod explores how light music emerged from the theatre pits of late-19th-century Britain and began to find audiences in concert halls, music halls and at home.
Relisten now 👇
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001pv1g
This week's #Halloween special episoode of @… radio revisits Dr. Carmel Raz on 19th Century Spiritualists summoning up Ghostly #Accordion players! 👻
Also note next week's Oct 29th 3-hr #Drone #ExperimentalMusic 🪗 fundraiser show starts early from 9PM–Mid
https://accordionuprising.wordpress.com/2025/10/23/accordion-noir-2025-10-22-dr-carmel-raz-seances-sperrits-and-ghostly-accordions-halloween-2025-remix/