"I can't stop listening to: Mdou Moctar, " Funeral for Justice (Injustice Version)." Last year, the Nigerien guitarist and singer Mdou Moctar released "Tears of Injustice," an acoustic reimagining of 2024's "Funeral for Justice" recorded when he and his band were stuck in the US during the 2023 coup d'etat back home. He'll play a solo show at the Atlantis tonight , and I can't recommend enough that you see him live."
"Frickin' laser beams: The FAA's extraordinary closure of airspace over El Paso yesterday came in response to Customs and Border Patrol officials using a laser beam near Fort Bliss to shoot down what turned out to be a party balloon. [I just paused to take in that sentence. Okay, let's move on.] Administration officials repeatedly claimed they had fired upon a drone operated by Mexican cartels."
Morning weather: sunny and gusty with a high around 39 and a low near 24 overnight. Contact options include Bluesky and Signal, and a newsletter signup is available. Music recommendation: Mdou Moctar's acoustic reimagining "Tears of Injustice" stems from the 2023 coup-era recording and a solo show at the Atlantis is scheduled. A travel survey invites reader nominations for favorite places to stay that could appear in the May issue. The FAA closed El Paso airspace after Customs and Border Patrol used a laser beam to shoot down what became a party balloon, while U.S. officials called it a cartel drone and Mexico disputed those claims; travel resumed after local outcry.
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