On this date in 1961, Bob Dylan made his first officially released recording, earning $50 for playing harmonica on the title track of Harry Belafonte’s LP, The Midnight Special.

Digby's Hullabaloo: Chris Christie: phony extraordinaire.

No More Mister Nice Blog: The incredible disappearing pre-Trump era.

Blue Virginia: Endorsement -- Russet Perry for VA Senate in the Crucial-for-Democrats-to-Win, “Swing” SD31 (Loudoun/Fauquier).

Attention space nerds! NASA’s Mars helicopter completes 50th flight!

Round Up by driftglass of the Professional Left Podcast and Science Fiction University

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