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music programmer and artist mentor. I plan on using this as little as possible.

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โ€œNothing is more important than stopping fascism, because fascism will stop us all.โ€

- Fred Hampton

31.08.2025 01:12 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4422    ๐Ÿ” 1449    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 36    ๐Ÿ“Œ 66
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How Spotify Is Quietly Supporting the Military-Industrial Complex Unbeknownst to most users, Spotify has a secret endeavorโ€”backing the efforts of war.

2022: Spotify CEO Daniel Ek puts $100M into Helsing, a military AI firm.

2025: Heโ€™s now chairman of the board.

Spotify is still invested in war.

inthesetimes.com/article/spot...

27.08.2025 14:38 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 63    ๐Ÿ” 25    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3    ๐Ÿ“Œ 10
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"The Clarifier," new art at @truthdig.bsky.social:
www.truthdig.com/cartoons/the...

07.08.2025 20:19 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1853    ๐Ÿ” 442    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 14    ๐Ÿ“Œ 6
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Israelโ€™s latest vision for Gaza has a name: Concentration camp Unable to immediately expel Gazans en masse, Israel seems intent on forcing them into a confined zone โ€” and letting starvation and desperation do the rest.

Israelโ€™s latest vision for Gaza has a name: Concentration camp

Unable to immediately expel Gazans en masse, Israel seems intent on forcing them into a confined zone โ€” and letting starvation and desperation do the rest.

From April, by Meron Rapoport

www.972mag.com/israel-gaza-...

08.07.2025 17:29 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 101    ๐Ÿ” 79    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 5    ๐Ÿ“Œ 4
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I'm in the occupied West Bank for the Irish Times, as Ireland deliberates whether to become the first European country to ban trade from Israeli settlements considered illegal under international law.
Here is my first report: www.irishtimes.com/world/middle...

08.07.2025 15:00 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 39    ๐Ÿ” 18    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 2
'It's a Killing Field': IDF Soldiers Ordered to Shoot Deliberately at Unarmed Gazans Waiting for Humanitarian Aid
IDF officers and soldiers told Haaretz they were ordered to fire at unarmed crowds near food distribution sites in Gaza, even when no threat was present. Hundreds of Palestinians have been killed, prompting the military prosecution to call for a review into possible war crimes

'It's a Killing Field': IDF Soldiers Ordered to Shoot Deliberately at Unarmed Gazans Waiting for Humanitarian Aid IDF officers and soldiers told Haaretz they were ordered to fire at unarmed crowds near food distribution sites in Gaza, even when no threat was present. Hundreds of Palestinians have been killed, prompting the military prosecution to call for a review into possible war crimes

IDF soldiers have now themselves admitted they have been ordered to murder aid-seekers in Gaza.

Truly an atrocity built on atrocity.

www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...

27.06.2025 12:05 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5407    ๐Ÿ” 3081    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 109    ๐Ÿ“Œ 404
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The people running our music industry are the same people โ€œdoubling downโ€ on AI military technology. To build a fair and just music industry, we also must dismantle imperialism in all its forms. Daniel Ek is a warmonger who pays artists poverty wages ๐Ÿคฎ

23.06.2025 20:59 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 205    ๐Ÿ” 89    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 4    ๐Ÿ“Œ 13
Spotify CEO, Daniel Ek, becomes chairman of Al military start-up after โ‚ฌ600 million investment

Spotify CEO, Daniel Ek, becomes chairman of Al military start-up after โ‚ฌ600 million investment

Parasite becomes aggressive.

Sure all the musicians looking at our ยฃ0.0003 Spotify payouts for our work are delighted this is what our fansโ€™ money went towards instead, and the fans equally pleased.

Artists are always very in favour of war, traditionally.

22.06.2025 07:16 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3352    ๐Ÿ” 1440    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 92    ๐Ÿ“Œ 562
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Mahmoud Khalil is free. May his release lead to the release of all who are detained and incarcerated from the US to Palestine, in ICE facilities and in prisons. And may his courage inspire us to remain steadfast in fighting for Palestinian liberation.

21.06.2025 00:51 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 985    ๐Ÿ” 258    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 7    ๐Ÿ“Œ 16

the president wont see your cheap dunks against jeffery epstein . But your friends who have ties to state sponsored pedophilia will

05.06.2025 20:05 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 21338    ๐Ÿ” 4023    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 102    ๐Ÿ“Œ 43
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โ€˜Our worst held fears are being confirmedโ€™: Dozens of bodies discovered in Libya mass graves Dozens of bodies have been discovered at official and unofficial detention sites in Libya. The grim findings confirm deep concerns about abuse and torture at the facilities, according to the UN human ...

"10 badly charred bodies were discovered at the SSA headquarters in the Abu Salim neighbourhood. 67 more bodies were discovered at hospitals in Abu Salim & Al Khadra hospitals, all in refrigerators & in various states of decay." news.un.org/en/story/202...

05.06.2025 03:19 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 4    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Some of the most chilling 2 minutes you've ever seen. Look at what's being said, openly, on one of the most popular TV channels in Israel.

History is happening in front of our eyes. Don't look away.
Please help share this widely.

Read the full story here: zeteo.com/p/inside-the...

03.06.2025 22:43 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1206    ๐Ÿ” 749    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 61    ๐Ÿ“Œ 118

SXSW 2010: Hereโ€™s Arcade Fire playing next to some bins
SXSW 2025: hereโ€™s Tony Blair telling you a robot will kill your nan

03.06.2025 08:25 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 45    ๐Ÿ” 14    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Dozens of Palestinians massacred at US-Israel backed food distribution sites | MSF Dozens of Palestinians were killed and hundreds more injured today, 1 June, as they waited for food at the newly created Gaza Humanitarian Foundation distribution centres in Rafah and close to the Net...
01.06.2025 21:05 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 452    ๐Ÿ” 217    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 5    ๐Ÿ“Œ 14

What is the significance of Libya? Please read 'My Fourth Time, We Drowned' to learn about the crimes against humanity taking place there, & how vulnerable people are already sent there to be abused & silenced. #trump #gaza www.nbcnews.com/politics/nat... bsky.app/profile/sall...

17.05.2025 09:25 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 24    ๐Ÿ” 24    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 5

The problems in our society are not caused by migrants or refugees.

They are caused by an economic system rigged in favour of corporations and billionaires.

If the government wanted to improve peopleโ€™s lives, it would tax the rich and build an economy that works for us all.

12.05.2025 08:25 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2519    ๐Ÿ” 750    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 35    ๐Ÿ“Œ 35
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Why trying to out-Farage Farage is just never going to work for Labour.

The most hardline, anti-migrant set of policies from any UK Government in recent years and the Daily Mail still portrays it as a betrayal

12.05.2025 06:47 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1451    ๐Ÿ” 466    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 93    ๐Ÿ“Œ 52

Labour is handing this country on a silver platter to Reform. People do not vote Labour because they hate immigrants and want Reform-lite. They vote Labour because they want it to make a positive difference to their lives.

02.05.2025 06:05 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5362    ๐Ÿ” 1362    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 296    ๐Ÿ“Œ 108
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Congratulations to Maria Somerville on the release of her beautiful new album, โ€˜Lusterโ€™ out today ๐Ÿค

โ€˜Lusterโ€™ is available on clear LP, CD, and all streaming services now.

mariasomerville.ffm.to/luster

25.04.2025 14:58 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 18    ๐Ÿ” 4    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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ICE Ambushed Mohsen Mahdawi in a 'Trap' and Had a 'Clear Plan to Ship Him to Louisiana' The Palestinian Columbia studentโ€™s legal team says Mahdawi signed a pledge to defend the Constitution, and then ICE showed up.

NEW on how Mohsen Mahdawi was detained in a "trap."

At a citizenship interview, he signed his pledge to โ€œdefend the Constitution."

The official left to go โ€œcheckโ€ something. Said he'd be back.

Then masked & armed agents came in, shackled Mahdawi, and tried to fly him 1000 miles away to Louisiana.

23.04.2025 16:07 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 806    ๐Ÿ” 346    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 17    ๐Ÿ“Œ 49
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โ€œThe genocide we are witnessing today, is something that I recognize from my own experience as a Holocaust survivorโ€ฆ What is happening today in Gaza is an extreme form of repeat genocide, a holocaust in our own time, in front of our eyes.โ€ โ€” Stephen Kapos

24.04.2025 13:11 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 324    ๐Ÿ” 162    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 4    ๐Ÿ“Œ 16
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"The soldiers reloaded their magazines and kept shooting even after it was clear that no return fire was coming from the other side โ€“ and despite the cries of the aid workers who tried to identify themselves."

From Haaretz.

archive.ph/4vam4

23.04.2025 13:06 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 474    ๐Ÿ” 264    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 16    ๐Ÿ“Œ 14
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โ€˜My son was killed in front of my eyes. Three bullets in his chestโ€™: Patrick Freyne in Chadโ€™s desert camps An unforgiving conflict between rival military factions has killed 150,000 people. Another 12 million people are displaced, many fleeing to a huge desert camp in eastern Chad. Photographs by Chris Mad...

Thereโ€™s a city of 237,000 refugees on the Chadian/sudanese border in Adre. The Sudan war is the biggest humanitarian crisis in the world right now. 150,000 dead and 12 million displaced. Chris Maddaloni and I spent a week in refugee camps in east Chad.
www.irishtimes.com/life-style/p...

19.04.2025 10:03 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 159    ๐Ÿ” 127    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 4    ๐Ÿ“Œ 14
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Gaza-based photojournalist Fatma Hassona was the main subject of the film "Put Your Soul on Your Hand and Walk." She was killed with her family this week in an Israeli airstrike, just a day after the film was selected to premiere at Cannes.

Director Sepideh Farsi spoke with Democracy Now!

18.04.2025 13:11 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 360    ๐Ÿ” 191    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 11    ๐Ÿ“Œ 13
In addition to violating Mr. Mahdawiโ€™s First Amendment rights, the Rubio
Determination and Mr. Mahdawiโ€™s unlawful detention also violates Mr. Mahdawiโ€™s statutory rights
and due process rights.
PARTIES
8. Petitioner Mohsen Mahdawi is a Palestinian who was born and raised in a refugee
camp in the West Bank. He is a lawful permanent resident of the United States and has been for
the last ten years. He is a recent student of Columbia University, with an expected graduation date
of May 2025. He has been admitted to a Masterโ€™s program at Columbia Universityโ€™s School of
International and Public Affairs (โ€œSIPAโ€), to begin in the fall of 2025.

In addition to violating Mr. Mahdawiโ€™s First Amendment rights, the Rubio Determination and Mr. Mahdawiโ€™s unlawful detention also violates Mr. Mahdawiโ€™s statutory rights and due process rights. PARTIES 8. Petitioner Mohsen Mahdawi is a Palestinian who was born and raised in a refugee camp in the West Bank. He is a lawful permanent resident of the United States and has been for the last ten years. He is a recent student of Columbia University, with an expected graduation date of May 2025. He has been admitted to a Masterโ€™s program at Columbia Universityโ€™s School of International and Public Affairs (โ€œSIPAโ€), to begin in the fall of 2025.

After growing up in a refugee camp, Mr. Mahdawi felt compelled to advocate for
Palestinian human rights upon moving to the United States.
22. Mr. Mahdawi is also a committed Buddhist and believes in non-violence and
empathy as a central tenet of his religion. In fall of 2021, he became the president of the Columbia
University Buddhist Association and led it for two years.
23. In fall of 2023, Mr. Mahdawi co-founded the Palestinian Student Union (โ€œDarโ€) at
Columbia University which โ€œserves to engage with and celebrate Palestinian culture, history, and
identity.โ€ Mr. Mahdawi co-founded this organization with Mahmoud Khalil, a Palestinian lawful
permanent resident who was also recently detained by ICE for his expressive conduct related to
Palestine.

After growing up in a refugee camp, Mr. Mahdawi felt compelled to advocate for Palestinian human rights upon moving to the United States. 22. Mr. Mahdawi is also a committed Buddhist and believes in non-violence and empathy as a central tenet of his religion. In fall of 2021, he became the president of the Columbia University Buddhist Association and led it for two years. 23. In fall of 2023, Mr. Mahdawi co-founded the Palestinian Student Union (โ€œDarโ€) at Columbia University which โ€œserves to engage with and celebrate Palestinian culture, history, and identity.โ€ Mr. Mahdawi co-founded this organization with Mahmoud Khalil, a Palestinian lawful permanent resident who was also recently detained by ICE for his expressive conduct related to Palestine.

Mr. Mahdawi appeared in numerous televised interviews and print news articles
regarding the military campaign in Gaza and related protests. In December of 2023, Mr. Mahdawi
appeared on 60 Minutes where he shared that, as a child, he watched an Israeli soldier shoot and
kill his best friend in the West Bank.
27. Throughout his time as a student and a leader of Dar and the Columbia University
Buddhist Association, Mr. Mahdawi was always willing to engage in dialogue with people whose
views and beliefs differed from his own. Mr. Mahdawi believed, and continues to believe, that
more speech is the solution to disagreement, rather than less, and that empathy and understanding
through communication are a way to resolve conflicts peacefully.

Mr. Mahdawi appeared in numerous televised interviews and print news articles regarding the military campaign in Gaza and related protests. In December of 2023, Mr. Mahdawi appeared on 60 Minutes where he shared that, as a child, he watched an Israeli soldier shoot and kill his best friend in the West Bank. 27. Throughout his time as a student and a leader of Dar and the Columbia University Buddhist Association, Mr. Mahdawi was always willing to engage in dialogue with people whose views and beliefs differed from his own. Mr. Mahdawi believed, and continues to believe, that more speech is the solution to disagreement, rather than less, and that empathy and understanding through communication are a way to resolve conflicts peacefully.

โ€ฆand a peaceful political solution. Mr. Mahdawi gave speeches at several of these protests. In his
speeches, Mr. Mahdawi advocated for Palestinian human rights, a permanent ceasefire, and a
peaceful resolution that affirmed the human dignity of all.
25. During one protest, Mr. Mahdawi vocally denounced an unaffiliated passerby who
made an antisemitic comment, chanting โ€œshame on himโ€. Mr. Mahdawi stated that โ€œwe are against
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antisemitism because antisemitism is a form of injustice, and injustice anywhere is a threat to
justice everywhere.โ€ The confrontation was documented by the Columbia Spectator

โ€ฆand a peaceful political solution. Mr. Mahdawi gave speeches at several of these protests. In his speeches, Mr. Mahdawi advocated for Palestinian human rights, a permanent ceasefire, and a peaceful resolution that affirmed the human dignity of all. 25. During one protest, Mr. Mahdawi vocally denounced an unaffiliated passerby who made an antisemitic comment, chanting โ€œshame on himโ€. Mr. Mahdawi stated that โ€œwe are against 2:25-cv-00389 Document 1 Filed 04/14/25 Page 6 of 19 7 antisemitism because antisemitism is a form of injustice, and injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.โ€ The confrontation was documented by the Columbia Spectator

The Trump admin has just detained Mohsen Mahdawi, who:
โ€“has green card
โ€“was Columbia Buddhist club president
โ€“saw his best friend shot & killed by Israeli soldier
โ€“said "we are against antisemitism because antisemitism is a form of injustice, and injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere"

14.04.2025 18:08 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 7537    ๐Ÿ” 2997    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 105    ๐Ÿ“Œ 137
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New Irish Music: March 2025 On Haunted Moundโ€™s Irish connection, plus new music from Ultan Oโ€™Brien, Mantua, God Knows and more

Hi ๐ŸŒธ

The Anois, Os Ard New Irish Music round-up for March is here and it is packed. Alto-fiddle experiments, DIY doom, a returning champ of Irish hip-hop, various shades of minimalism, bedroom pop, club stuff, all sorts.

Plus, the much hyped Haunted Mound collective's connection to the auld sod.

03.04.2025 10:22 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 49    ๐Ÿ” 17    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Grey box on pink background with Praxis logo. Text inside grey box reads Minister O'Donoval: Protect the Future of Artists and Arts Workers.

Grey box on pink background with Praxis logo. Text inside grey box reads Minister O'Donoval: Protect the Future of Artists and Arts Workers.

Artists and arts workers in Ireland are facing uncertainty.
As the government reviews the Arts Council, we must ensure that those who create and sustain our culture are not left vulnerable.

Sign the survey now:
surveymonkey.com/r/PRAXIS2025

31.03.2025 11:52 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5    ๐Ÿ” 9    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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Amidst all these Studio Ghibli style AI creations doing the rounds at the moment, here's the great Hayao Miyazaki chastising AI creators to their faces. You can see how devastated they are with his reaction. And how devastated he is with what they're doing.

27.03.2025 15:44 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 155    ๐Ÿ” 53    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 5    ๐Ÿ“Œ 4

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