Mark Swartz
@swartzmark.bsky.social
The Music Never Died: Tales from the Flipside | https://www.the74million.org/ | https://aginginamerica.news/ | www.swartzmark.com
If you love #BobDylan, you'll either love my novella or wonder what the hell I was even thinking. Learn more and back the project here. www.kickstarter.com/projects/450...
Blood on the Tracks: an illustrated novella
Written by Mark Swartz, illustrated by Lisa Marie Järlborn, supported by you
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Our Quick Guide to SNAP Eligibility and Benefits is now updated for fiscal year 2027, including the latest eligibility rules, benefit amounts, and recent changes to the program: www.cbpp.org/research/foo...
A Quick Guide to SNAP Eligibility and Benefits
A summary of SNAP eligibility and benefit calculation rules that are in effect for federal fiscal year 2026, which began in October 2025.
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External appearances often belie the reality, the gnawing discomfort in the gut. @allmusic.com on #BlackBoxRecorder www.allmusic.com/album/englan...
AllMusic is being updated. | Music Search, Recommendations, Videos and Reviews
AllMusic provides comprehensive music info including reviews and biographies. Get recommendations for new music to listen to, stream or own.
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Storytelling gives us something that technology can’t. www.the74million.org/article/the-...
The Invisible Pedagogy: Jody LaShay Wood on the Art of Storytelling for Teachers
Storytelling is a timeless way to hold the attention of young children, but most schools of education don't teach it as a distinct subject.
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Got to share the stage with one of my favorite people yesterday- DoLette McDonald is a damn national treasure ❤️
@neglectedbooks.com on Al Young's Musical Memoirs neglectedbooks.com?p=205 (Doesn't mention Mingus Mingus, cowritten with Janet Coleman)
Al Young’s Musical Memoirs – The Neglected Books Page
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"What’s wrong with us? Our nation’s moral compass, I mean." @jimhightower.com aginginamerica.news/2026/10/02/w...
Revamping Medicaid: Dignity for Low-Income Seniors is Crucial
Explore the moral failures of Medicaid's meager support for low-income seniors, highlighting the urgent need for reform in elder care.
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Tailored to a T / While history is tellin' you / The same old thing
Arthur David Spota@adaspota.bsky.social · last mo.Bryan Ferry (feat. Chris Spedding) ~ This Is Tomorrow [from In My Mind, 1977 - Official Video] #NowPlaying #BryanFerry #BOTD #MusicSky Happy Birthday Bryan🌟 www.youtube.com/watch?v=bnr5...
@melinamagdelenat.bsky.social on #PalliativeCare in India and France aginginamerica.news/2026/09/21/w...
Who will be there at the end?
| Part 1. A care-forward approach to welcoming death | Mélina Magdelénat | François Génin co-founded Voisins & Soins (Neighbours & Care), a French nonprofit that accompanies people li…
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"All through the Night" disambiguation: --Cyndi Lauper, written by Jules Shear --Ella Fitzgerald (and others), written by Cole Porter --Lou Reed, written by Lou and Don Cherry --Peter, Paul and Mary (and others, including Jane Siberry), adapted from the traditional Welsh "Ar Hyd y Nos"
"I believe an act of care is a practice, though care itself may be innate." aginginamerica.news/2026/09/03/w...
Weaving Learning with Intergenerational Care
| Young Children and Older Adults Do Better Together | Seoyeon Sohn | The year I turned six, with both of my parents working and my mother being pregnant, we started living together with my g…
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Claude on #YayoiKusama: A wild, deliberately absurd guess: somewhere in the billions — say, roughly 3 to 5 billion dots over her career.
Claude tells me that William Vollmann has written 18,000–20,000 pages.
what's everyone's favourite jon spencer exhortation? i particularly enjoy 'a roy rogers roast beef-ah sandwich!' on big road youtu.be/IVcur-HDOfY?...
The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion - Big Road
YouTube video by Shove Records
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She my baby, she all right / Keep me fairly warm at night Yo La Tengo + Robyn Hitchcock youtu.be/nv5C4fJC5Qw?... #SoftBoys
ROBYN HITCHCOCK & YO LA TENGO - "Wey Wey Hep Uh Hole" (Soft Boys cover) 9/29/17
YouTube video by gridlifeTV
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In honor of the #RollingStones interpreting #AmyWinehouse on their new album, here's my ever-expanding Men Covering Women playlist open.spotify.com/playlist/03K...
Men Covering Women
Playlist · OtisBlue · 107 items · 2 saves
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“Medicaid is also the insurance that keeps caregivers themselves healthy enough to keep providing that care.” @jason4care.bsky.social aginginamerica.news/2026/07/07/c...
Caregivers on Thin Ice
| Eight million Americans receive Medicaid in exchange for caregiving. Whether that will remain is uncertain. | Karen Fischer | Caregiving is a deceptively slippery term to define. According to Mer…
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Don't let no five-and-dime baby / Break your million-dollar heart. #PaulHaines #CarlaBley #LindaRonstadt youtu.be/7UIFtduRB6E?...
Carla Bley & Phil Haines - Why (Escalator Over The Hill)
YouTube video by gigantic88
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When I told my friends … they would say: “Letta who?” I would answer, “Ask your maid.” daily.redbullmusicacademy.com/2015/06/lett...
Letta Mbulu’s In the Music...
How apartheid, exile and America helped shape a classic LP
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Vintage Obscura Radio@vintageobscura.net · 5mo agoLetta Mbulu - Mahlalela [South Africa - Afrobeat, Soul] 1970 https://redd.it/3xbrze https://youtu.be/YN6Rha0p7Ag
Ibeyi (left) is a French musical duo consisting of twin sisters Lisa-Kaindé Diaz and Naomi Diaz. Isaya (right) is a French musical duo consisting of twin sisters Caroline and Jessica. Got it?
What is @nealkshah.bsky.social predicting about Medicare? aginginamerica.news/2026/06/17/t...
The Coming Medicare Pivot
| Why Both Parties Will Line Up Behind Family Caregivers | CareYaya CEO and Johns Hopkins researcher Neal K. Shah breaks down the historic GUIDE model—and why politicians have no choice but to allo…
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