PREORDER: 'Sysivalo' by Ø (Mika Vainio)

Posthumous album from the innovative Finnish electronic producer, completed shortly before his death in 2017.

2LP + CD on Sähkö Recordings.

www.normanrecords.com/records/2116...

Cancelled Disney/Hulu/HBO due to the fact they have chosen to become state-directed media, and now I will have to go back to reading books or god forbid listening to podcasts. The sacrifices I make for democracy, I tell ya.

Cancel Disney

How Climate Change Is Transforming The Soundtrack Of The Natural World | Defector It is easy enough to read about the climate crisis through the dozens of devastating stories that run each week, warning us of the people who will be displaced or otherwise harmed by the planet’s rapi...

Climate change is altering the natural world’s soundscape, with declining bird, insect, and amphibian populations leading to quieter environments. This “sensory extinction” is exacerbated by noise pollution from human activities.

Listen to these recordings in this article from @sabs.bsky.social!

Opinion | Spain Is an Example to the World

Spain Is an Example to the World www.nytimes.com/2025/08/11/o...

We sail through endless skies
Stars shine like eyes
The black night sighs
The moon in silver dreams
…
And so, we pass on by
The crimson eye
Of great god Mars
As we travel the universe

Videos From the Amazon Reveal an Unexpected Animal Friendship

Videos From the Amazon Reveal an Unexpected Animal Friendship www.nytimes.com/2025/07/15/s...

Remembrance of Scents Past

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Under Trump's Big Ugly Bill, America's poorest families lose about $1600 per year.

The richest households gain about $12,000 per year.

It's Reverse Robin Hood. (Via CBO)

Hear the World’s Oldest Instrument, the “Neanderthal Flute,” Dating Back Over 43,000 Years Several years ago, we brought you a transcription and a couple of audio interpretations of the oldest known song in the world, discovered in the ancient Syrian city of Ugarit and dating back to the 14...

Hear the World’s Oldest Instrument, the “Neanderthal Flute,” Dating Back Over 43,000 Years

Earth heading for 2.7°C warming this century Earth is tracking towards around 2.7°C average warming by 2100. That level of warming would represent “unprecedented peril” for life on this planet.

EARTH 2.7

Some of the best films of the century

Osmotic Sounds, by Roland Kayn 1 track album

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Planet Mu 30, by Various Artists 25 track album

New & Notable: Celebrate three decades of the iconic Planet Mu with this 25-track compilation featuring new material from Jlin, Venetian Snares, and more.

Earth is heading for 2.7°C warming this century Is climate action a lost cause? The United States is withdrawing from the Paris Agreement for the second time, while heat records over land and sea have toppled and extreme weather events have multiplied. In late 2015, nations agreed through...

Earth is heading for 2.7°C warming this century
->Cosmos | #Earth | More info from EcoSearch

YouTube video by MUBI Emancipated Cinema | In Conversation with Lav Diaz | MUBI

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Videos of bodies of burnt, dismembered children. Images of a small child trapped in a burning school. How many more dead girls and boys will it take? The children of Gaza need immediate, collective action to stop this once and for all.

Since the end of the ceasefire on 18 March, 1,309 children have reportedly been killed and 3,738 injured.

In total, more than 50,000 children have reportedly been killed or injured since October 2023.

The children of Gaza need protection NOW: unicef.link/3ZCg0wJ

Sonic Detectives Want to Help SpaceX Listen Up

www.nytimes.com/2025/05/26/s...

These birds form life-long friendships just like humans Findings challenge prevalent view of animals only helping direct blood relatives

These birds form life-long friendships just like humans, study finds

Happy birthday, David Attenborough! 99 ways he has inspired us, by Barack Obama, Billie Eilish, Morgan Freeman – and many more This week the presenter turns 99. To celebrate, we asked 99 nature lovers – including Margaret Atwood, Jane Fonda, Bono, Kate Winslet and Michael Palin – how he has helped us see the world with fresh eyes

Happy birthday, David Attenborough! 99 ways he has inspired us, by Barack Obama, Billie Eilish, Morgan Freeman – and many more

My Brain Finally Broke Much of what we see now is fake, and the reality we face is full of horrors. More and more of the world is slipping beyond my comprehension.

My Brain Finally Broke www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...

Will the Humanities Survive Artificial Intelligence? Maybe not as we’ve known them. But, in the ruins of the old curriculum, something vital is stirring.

Will the Humanities Survive Artificial Intelligence? www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...

Read Harvard’s Response to the Trump Administration Harvard University’s lawyers responded on Monday to the Trump Administration’s letter demanding a series of policy changes, saying the demands were unlawful and that Harvard would not comply.

“….Neither Harvard nor any other private university can allow itself to be taken over by the federal government. Accordingly, Harvard will not accept the government's terms as an agreement in principle….”

www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

The composer still making music four years after his death – thanks to an artificial brain In Australia, a team of artists and scientists have resurrected the US composer Alvin Lucier. It raises a storm of questions about AI and authorship – and it’s also incredibly beautiful

www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...

The de-extinction of the dire wolf – is Jurassic Park really happening? These wolves were extinct for 10,000 years. Now, the DNA of their ancestors has brought them back to life. Should we be thrilled or terrified that these carnivores are back in action?

The de-extinction of the dire wolf – is Jurassic Park really happening?

We Will No Longer Waste Taxpayer Money on Anything, Since Nothing Is Real “The COVID-19 pandemic is over, and H.H.S. will no longer waste billions of taxpayer dollars responding to a nonexistent pandemic that Americans mo...

"We in the federal government have recently unearthed a scandal of epic proportions: During the previous administration, trillions of taxpayer dollars were wasted on 'programs' intended to 'help' 'people.'"

When scholars of authoritarianism and fascism leave U.S. universities because of the deteriorating political situation here, we should really worry.

America Chose the Monster We all make mistakes.

America was given a choice between a lawless, amoral monster and a qualified, intelligent, joyful woman of color—and it chose the monster. We need to reckon with the reality of what that says about so many of us here.
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New Nasa data hints we could be living inside a black hole Black hole cosmology suggests our entire universe formed inside a black hole from another universe

www.independent.co.uk/space/nasa-j...