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America’s Villain Era: Season 2 of Trump’s Dystopia Six months into Trump’s second term, the U.S. feels like a dystopian reality show: floods kill children while disaster funds build cages, famine is weaponized abroad, and justice rots behind sealed files. America’s Villain Era: Season 2 of Trump’s Dystopia asks: is this what we want America to be?

America’s Villain Era: Season 2 of Trump’s Dystopia

Six months into Trump’s second term, the U.S. feels like a dystopian reality show: floods kill children while disaster funds build cages, famine is weaponized abroad, and justice rots behind sealed files. America’s Villain Era: Season 2 of…

Mood Ring Radio (July/August): East L.A. x Nueva Yol From Boyle Heights to the Bronx, “Mood Ring Radio: East L.A. x Nueva Yol” curates the protest anthems of our time. Blending Chicano pride, global diaspora stories, and razor-sharp commentary on ICE, borders, and belonging, these 10 tracks remind us that music doesn't just reflect resistance—it is resistance.

Mood Ring Radio (July/August): East L.A. x Nueva Yol

From Boyle Heights to the Bronx, “Mood Ring Radio: East L.A. x Nueva Yol” curates the protest anthems of our time. Blending Chicano pride, global diaspora stories, and razor-sharp commentary on ICE, borders, and belonging, these 10 tracks remind…

Mood Ring Radio Oct&Nov 2025: Seasonal Depression Edition This month’s Mood Ring Radio leans into the cozy, cathartic, and quietly defiant tracks that help you survive seasonal depression with a little more softness and a little more fire. From Florence Welch’s scream therapy to MARINA’s glittery reclamation anthem, consider this your winter emotional support playlist.

Mood Ring Radio Oct&Nov 2025: Seasonal Depression Edition

Why Panic! At The Disco’s “Casual Affair” Still Resonates 13 Years Later Thirteen years later, “Casual Affair” still lingers. Through distorted vocals, unnerving strings, and unresolved emotion, Panic! At The Disco captured the anxiety of adolescence in a way that never quite lets go.

Why Panic! At The Disco’s “Casual Affair” Still Resonates 13 Years Later

Molly Stark Dean on Journalism’s Digital Reckoning, Wikipedia Activism, and Why Storytelling Still Matters Journalist and educator Molly Stark Dean reflects on newsroom ethics, the rise of AI, gender disparities in media, and why storytelling remains vital in an evolving digital landscape.

Open Knowledge, Digital Witnessing, and Journalistic Integrity: A Conversation with Molly Stark Dean

Warped Tour 2025, The Wonder Years restoring my faith in the world

Mood Ring Radio: 2025 Vans Warped Tour Edition New Blood vs. Nostalgia: Inside Warped Tour’s Gen-Z Reboot June 2025 By: Tricia Cherie If Coachella was your cousin’s Instagram debut, Warped Tour was your older sister’s final MySpace post—chaotic…

New Mood Ring Radio: Warped Tour edition is now live!

AI 2027: The Minds We Made In this cultural deep-dive, journalist Tricia Chérie unpacks the eerie predictions of the AI 2027 forecast—where self-improving algorithms don’t just follow prompts, they make the rules. From lovebots to geopolitical arms races, this isn’t science fiction. It’s already here.

AI 2027: The Minds We Made

In this cultural deep-dive, journalist Tricia Chérie unpacks the eerie predictions of the AI 2027 forecast—where self-improving algorithms don’t just follow prompts, they make the rules. From lovebots to geopolitical arms races, this isn’t science fiction. It’s already…

My entry for #OFMDZineWeek!
Scans coming tomorrow

Farah Ahmed Is Reclaiming Arab Radio, One Deep Cut at a Time Farah Ahmed didn’t plan on becoming the voice of Arab alt-radio—but now she’s building a soundscape without borders. From Kuwaiti roots to Cypriot airwaves, the Med Mix host is curating psychedelic deep cuts and indie gems across the Middle East. With no filters, no quotas, and absolutely no apologies, she’s creating the kind of radio that doesn’t ask for permission—just your attention.

Farah Ahmed Is Reclaiming Arab Radio, One Deep Cut at a Time

Farah Ahmed didn’t plan on becoming the voice of Arab alt-radio—but now she’s building a soundscape without borders. From Kuwaiti roots to Cypriot airwaves, the Med Mix host is curating psychedelic deep cuts and indie gems across the…

Lorde’s “Man of the Year” Is a Gritty, Gender-Bending Ego Death in Motion Lorde strips it all back — literally and lyrically — in her latest single “Man of the Year,” a raw, gender-blurring meditation on ego death, identity, and emotional rebirth. This isn’t just another pop song. It’s a quiet detonation.

Lorde’s “Man of the Year” Is a Gritty, Gender-Bending Ego Death in Motion

Lorde strips it all back — literally and lyrically — in her latest single “Man of the Year,” a raw, gender-blurring meditation on ego death, identity, and emotional rebirth. This isn’t just another pop song. It’s a quiet…

Empathy in Action: Christine Turner’s Advocacy Journey What if activism didn’t need a megaphone? Christine Marie Turner, a Ph.D. candidate in Counselor Education and Supervision at Old Dominion University, is redefining advocacy through everyday acts of empathy and systemic change. From challenging stigmas in mental health to expanding support for BIPOC students, her work proves that quiet doesn’t mean passive—it means powerful.

Empathy in Action: Christine Turner’s Advocacy Journey

What if activism didn’t need a megaphone? Christine Marie Turner, a Ph.D. candidate in Counselor Education and Supervision at Old Dominion University, is redefining advocacy through everyday acts of empathy and systemic change. From…

Princess Superstar: Before Brat Was a Moodboard, She Made It a Movement - The Click Princess Superstar helped invent the chaos pop’s obsessed with today. Her new era proves she’s still remixing the rules.

Just dropped my final profile on Princess Superstar—
the og glitch-pop provocateur
still outpacing the algorithm at 54. theclick.news/princess-sup...

Hundreds of rural hospitals are at risk of closing, threatening critical care Hospital officials told CBS News the closure was driven by the same factors that have closed other rural hospitals: low reimbursement rates.

We should be investing in rural communities and making them better places to build a life & raise a family - not shutting down rural hospitals by choking off their funding.

Saving rural hospitals is one more reason to call your Representative and speak out against this GOP attempt to cut Medicaid.

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Cute Cat Mondays to keep us strong for whatever chaos this week throws our way. 😼✨

#catsoftheday #mondaymood #blackcatmagic #purrfection #meow

Macklemore vs. Algorithms: The Fight Against Music Censorship 📷Credit: @macklemore via Instagram, posted on August 30, 2024, while performing in Zurich. Macklemore Shadowbanned Again with Latest Release "Fucked Up"—And Americans Are Over It When you hear the name Macklemore, what comes to mind first? His breakout hit "Thrift Shop"? The Grammy-winning "Same Love," which championed LGBTQ+ rights? Or maybe that one time your older cousin dismissed him as "corny" and told you to listen to real hip-hop?

Macklemore vs. Algorithms: The Fight Against Music Censorship

📷Credit: @macklemore via Instagram, posted on August 30, 2024, while performing in Zurich. Macklemore Shadowbanned Again with Latest Release "Fucked Up"—And Americans Are Over It When you hear the name Macklemore, what comes to mind…

Kendrick Lamar: Hip-Hop, Activism, and Super Bowl Spectacle With stadium-sized bars and a message to match, Kendrick Lamar proved why he’s in a league of his own. Few artists have shaped hip-hop’s modern era like Kendrick Lamar. A Pulitzer Prize winner, 22-…

Check out our review on last nights wild show out by the unmatched Kendrick Lamar.

#KendrickLamar #SuperBowlLIX #HipHopHistory #NotLikeUs #SuperBowlHalftimeShow #NFL #BlackExcellence #CulturalReset #MusicMatters #KDot #NoApologies #SZA #HipHopCulture #grammywinner

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2016: Green Day chanting “No Trump, No KKK, No Fascist USA” on stage.
2025: More relevant than ever.

Some things never change—some things should.

#GreenDay #NoTrumpNoKKKNoFascistUSA #PunkProtest #PoliticalPunk #AntiFascist #Resistance #PunkRock #HistoryRepeats #FightForDemocracy

In praise of zines Zines (handmade mini magazines) leave behind the best roadmap for an authentic newsletter people will want to read.

Good morning. Consider starting your day by reading about ZINES.

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CIA offers buyouts to entire workforce to align with Trump priorities, WSJ reports The Central Intelligence Agency offered buyouts to its entire workforce Tuesday, citing an aim to bring the agency in line with U.S. President Donald Trump's priorities, the Wall Street Journal reported.

🚨Last night, illegal buyouts were offered to the CIA's entire workforce.
 
This is the dream for the Chinese Communist Party and Russia. Apparently Trump's priorities include weakening America's national security and ceding power to our largest adversaries.

FKA Twigs' Eusexua Is an Inspiring Conceptual Masterpiece » PopMatters FKA Twigs' Eusexua is a conceptual masterpiece that speaks to the heart and the head, the spirit and the body. These things are not separate from each other.

"The dimly-lit concrete bunkers are a gateway to a world of wonders; steel gray industrial spaces opening up to a whirlwind of butterflies and peacock feathers."

My review of FKA Twigs Eusexua for @popmatters.bsky.social

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#albumreview #bestnewmusic #techno

Serving 2001 realness with a Sony CD Walkman, sport belt, and a Lagwagon soundtrack. New buttons, same old vibes—because shuffle mode is for the weak. ✨🎧💿 #RetroRevival #CDPlayerAesthetic #LagwagonForever #OldTechNewVibes #NostalgiaTrip

Trump enacting a state of economic emergency right before creating an economic emergency is peak insanity.
#usdollar #tarrifs
#inflationnews
#financialpolicy
#politicalnews #economiccrisis