John Sullivan @johns@librem.one

Most recently, we were forced to cancel a performance by Les Ballets Africains after artists from the Republic of Guinea were unable to obtain visas. Habib Koité, from Mali—whom we have welcomed to Boston 17 times since his first appearance with us in 2000—was forced to cancel his tour due to visa denials. We had been working to bring back Tinariwen, Tuareg artists from the Sahara region of southern Algeria and northern Mali, but their upcoming tour was abruptly halted because of visa issues."

"As Boston’s champion for global music and artists, Global Arts Live is facing a moment unlike anything in our 35-year history. This year alone, we have lost three concerts due to our federal administration’s expanding travel bans. These cancellations are heartbreaking for our audiences and devastating for the artists who rely on touring for their livelihoods.

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@evan I *plan* to arrive 2 hours ahead, largely to allow time for traffic and delays getting there, so often don't get there the full 2 hours ahead. Back when I lived walking distance from the airport (yay East Boston), I'd leave my apartment 1hr before departure.

So many invoices on my brain that I just tried to move a show episode we watched to paid/.

Finished "Flesh" by David Szalay. Amazing rhythm. There is little I hate more in reading fiction than paragraphs that never end -- this is the opposite, so many semantically overlapping one sentence paragraphs that get everything done with room to spare. Definitely want to read more by him.

Starting "A Psalm for the Wild-Built" by Becky Chambers as a familiar short and probably not dark or twisted break between Bookers. #books

@copiesofcopies @kfogel I assume "6 min read" refers just to the headline.

I'm so surprised that X's "open source" algorithm just shows how they pipe everything through a black box (Grok): https://www.engadget.com/social-media/xs-open-source-algorithm-isnt-a-win-for-transparency-researchers-say-181836233.html

I didn't think there was any chance that Erebus Crater would get picked as one of the 3 #fountainpen inks from the 2025 Colorvent for Colorverse to keep producing. I'm over the moon that it did! One of my favorite inks right now and I was afraid I was going to run out.

Pretty cool: https://xikipedia.org/ (but maybe needs some license notices added?)

lol Zoom "Note: The meeting host must have end-to-end encryption (E2EE) disabled for the Join from your browser link to display for participants."

@martijnbraam just to be safe

@ossington Me too!