When Grammy-winning musician Rhiannon Giddens begins playing “Old Corn Liquor,” a traditional Black American folk tune, acclaimed Chinese pipa virtuoso Wu Man recognizes similarities to Chinese pentatonic music and spontaneously joins in. The joy on their faces says it all.

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Crucial parenting advice from @stephengrahamjones.com in Men's Health 💪😄 (Re: the illustration: we need an 80s-style animated series with SGJ driving around the country in a convertible solving crimes & protecting kids from danger, scored with Bob Seger tunes.) www.menshealth.com/trending-new...

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It sometimes feels like we're living in a ridiculously exaggerated folk tale with wildly implausible villains. For example, as the president takes billions for himself and his family and *coats his things in gold,* the soldiers fighting his war can't get toothpaste, hot water, or a clean toilet.

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The first speaker was @bradhansen.bsky.social (U. of Mary Washington) who examined small debt collection in Fredericksburg VA in the 1820s. He noted how law was an integral part of peoples lives across the social spectrum and argued against the facile separation of social and legal history.

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