@jepaco

Literature+Opera+LeftPolitics+GoodFood+Travel šŸ³ļøā€šŸŒˆ

 Chicago
Joined September 2008
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Despite all, I am thankful to be a citizen of the United States of America šŸ‡ŗšŸ‡ø And I am now thankful also to be certified as a citizen of Canada šŸ‡ØšŸ‡¦
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ā€œIf Trump does gay; Iā€™ll do gay+weirdā€
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@AcynOct 26
Vance: Somebody told me that Ryan Zinke complimented my beautiful blue eyes earlier today. I was very excited about that. We are not afraid. We are self-confident men in the Trump-Vance administration. The president has said a lot about the physiques of everyone lately, and I am proud the congressman welcomed me in the right way.
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Loved touring with these amazing musicians and you should all get the album !
Hyperion Records Ltd@hyperionrecords11h
From the 'undisputed greatest string quartet in the world' (Daily Telegraph) comes the TakƔcs Quartet's 21st album on Hyperion. They are joined by celebrated violist @ridouttimothy, whose participation brings a fresh dimension to the inner voices of these two masterpieces.
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Sunset and moonrise sail #Honolulu šŸŒžā›µļøšŸŒ
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Author Robert Loerzel writes about volunteering at Open House Chicago's rare chance to see inside the Uptown Theatre, closed nearly half a century but still evoking massive interest (nearly 9,000 visitors) in its mystery and faded and endangered grandeur. chicagotribune.com/2026/10/2ā€¦

Robert Loerzel: The Uptown Theatre drew thousands during Open House Chicago. How do we get it...

Over two days, 8,940 visitors walked through the Uptown Theatre during its first major public event in the building for nearly 45 years.

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I hadnā€™t even looked out of the guest bedroom window! Honolulu
Jeff@jepacoOct 26
The morning view. Staying with friends in Honolulu
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The morning view. Staying with friends in Honolulu
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1/ Last month I told a room of Baltic intelligence officers and diplomats that Donald Trump is an asset of Russian intelligence. Not one of them blinked. "Of course," they said. Ho hum. But in America, saying it out loud is still taboo. Why? šŸ§µ
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On #worldoperaday2026 give yourself a treat and succumb to Handelā€™s astonishingly tender and impassioned mother-and-son duet from Giulio Cesare sung with quite extraordinary dramatic intent by @bethtaylormezzo & @SvetlinaSt. Live from @glyndebourne. youtu.be/yIC3iuSUYd4?is=Yeqiā€¦

BETH TAYLOR Son nata a lagrimar (Handel: Giulio Cesare)

BETH TAYLOR together with with SVETLINA STOYANOVA singing Cornelia ...

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Moon over Guam
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Fort Santiago in Manila - and historic photo of a US tank driving into it in WWII
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This new album from @CamilleThomasOF playing Philip Glass is beautiful and mesmerizing. music.apple.com/us/album/phiā€¦
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San Agustin Church in Manila - practically the only building left standing in the destruction of Manila in WWII.
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Manila American Cemetery and Memorial - 17,000 graves and memorial to thousands more Americans and Filipinos who died in WWII. Designed by San Francisco Architect Gardner A. Dailey
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At the @united gate in Manila, there was a second security. They werenā€™t TSA, and they werenā€™t Philippine officials. No idea who they were. But they were obnoxious and submitted us to a level of security not required by TSA or the Philippines. šŸ˜–
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This is like the epigraph for the entire Trump 2.0 presidency: ā€˜ā€™I donā€™t give a damn. Weā€™re making a fortuneā€™
Acyn
@AcynOct 25
TRUMP on HIGH GAS PRICES: Weā€™re making money like weā€™ve never made before. Theyā€™ll say: President Trump is bragging about all the money they're making while people are suffering at the pump. I donā€™t give a damn. Weā€™re making a freaking fortune.
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Wexford Festivalā€™s 75th anniversary sounds like a resounding artistic success. Mascagniā€™s Iris; Rossiniā€™s Lā€™equivoco stravagante; and Prokofievā€™s The Gambler reviewed thoughtfully by @hugh_canning operalogue.substack.com/p/cuā€¦
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I canā€™t imagine how youā€™d look at what Mamdani has accomplished in a short time and have this take.
Longtime Diasporist Here@eddyportnoyOct 24
Fran Lebowitz: ā€œFor me, Mamdani is a left-wing Trump. Heā€™s in my face all the time, heā€™s incredibly arrogant. He doesnā€™t know what the job is. I donā€™t think he cares about antisemitism.ā€
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Itā€™s really peak @VivekGRamaswamy. Not only does he become a cheerleader for child rape to save his dying campaign. He tracked down an 82 yr old homeless woman living in a car in a church parking lot with a bunch of cats to star in his child rape ad.
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View from the room, Peninsula Manila.
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ā€œthe student has no family and lives in a group home for adults with developmental disabilities. After the agents released him, the student walked to school, crying and in pain. His teacher saw him and dialed 911ā€ latimes.com/politics/story/2ā€¦

ICE agents tackle and injure U.S. citizen student with disabilities, local officials say

The student was walking to school when he was stopped by ICE agents, who badly injured him, school officials said.

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