Dustin Ragland

drums bass synths // mad world, here’s some music

PEPFAR, the program to stop hundreds of thousands of children and adults from dying of HIV/AIDS, was $6.5 billion a year.

“UCLA neuroscientist Maryanne Wolf has shown that deep reading, defined as sustained immersion in a text, builds the cognitive circuits required for critical analysis, empathy and perspective-taking in ways that skimming, scrolling and short-form video simply cannot.”

I just don't think some get how important the shotmaking from Shai Gilgeous-Alexander is to the Thunder.

Artists: When negotiating for money, don't be shy. Know your value.

You don't have to be motivated by money to get paid.

Get paid.

Backwoods Nation, by David Bazan from the album Fewer Moving Parts

Ain't it a shame when due process
Stands in the way of swift justice

pedrothelion.bandcamp.com/track/backwo...

This band is so good

Was legit stunned the other day when I was listening to this in the car with our kids and our daughter (who’s in public school French immersion) asked “is this in French? I think I heard some things” and I immediately got worried since I don’t know any French 😅 but also she’s a genius

I once nearly missed a transatlantic flight back to the US because I was locked in the bathroom at a Welsh train station near the castle that has my ancestors’ name

Anthology Of Persian Experimental Music, by Various Artists 15 track album

There is an extraordinarily rich experimental music scene in Iran, and this is one of the best compilations featuring many of the key artists (who I hope are safe)

unexplainedsoundsgroup.bandcamp.com/album/anthol...

YouTube video by Pablo Bazan Sixpence None The Richer - Love - Monterrey México

I didn’t know that I needed Sixpence None the Richer’s “Love” with “Cherub Rock” riffs, but here we are. This rules.

youtu.be/-r5Ddt38nFQ?...

How to win in November

These are murders - we are led by murderers

Thank you!!

drums bass synths // mad world, here’s some music

YouTube video by HouseRight Productions Toadies - (Ariel Theater) Houston,Tx 9.28.01

pretty epic Toadies live set from way back, includes a ton of covers including Bell Biv DeVoe 😮: www.youtube.com/watch?v=p9pp...

A white work van in a parking lot that has "C&C Pest Control" written on the side

Did.. Did the Music Factory go out of business?

U.S. sub sinks Iranian warship off Sri Lanka, killing 87 and expanding war zone A U.S. submarine sank an Iranian warship off the southern coast of Sri Lanka, killing dozens of sailors and dramatically widening Washington's pursuit of the Iranian navy.

A US submarine sinking a lonely, dinky Iranian surface ship an ocean away from the theater of the main conflict—and 9000
miles from North America—makes it pretty clear the US is fighting a general war, without the declaration required by the Constitution. www.reuters.com/world/asia-p...

is this your mvp? couldn’t be me

Periodic reminder:
The civil rights era never ended. You are still in it.

There has still never been a single presidential election in US history where it was as easy to vote for Black people as it was for white people.

The US has still not ended racism in policing, education, or employment.

"why should I change? He's the one who sucks" from Office Space

somehow this but transposed for your point...let's not cede it to them!

Serpentine Dadaist Language Games IV

#art #poetry #experimentalpoetry #vispo #visualpoetry

For the first time, we now know how many Black-owned bookstores exist in the U.S. The National Association of Black Bookstores has released the “first comprehensive national report” on the state of America’s Black-owned bookstores.

really cool database of Black-owned bookstores in the US - via @phillewis.bsky.social

open.substack.com/pub/phillewi...

time, the revelator.

Sports is great though.

YouTube video by walrusaudioeffects Songs at the Shop: Episode 2 with Sports

just heard this song by Sports at Perc, reminding me I engineered a live session of them playing this tune at Walrus Audio HQ a whole 10 years back - www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pb7n...

NO, by Boris 11 track album

everybody knows Boris for their drone and sludge stuff but I love their punk material almost as much

boris.bandcamp.com/album/no

to be clear - all the "Jesus was a leftist" stuff is where I sniff out inauthenticity, not only because it's an anachronistic fallacy, but also smells like evangelicalism, but for "reaching across the aisle" - no thanks - tables should be flipped on both Dems & MAGA

agree here - gonna need some folks to accept/realize/etc. that there are indeed leftist christians and that we draw quite directly from the well of the gospel for these civic/activist commitments - sincerely so

Underrated U2 jam imho

You will never regret opposing a war Because wars destroy human beings, and we are meant for more than destruction

I don't hate this war because it wasn't "authorized properly," or because I am not a fan of the specific President waging it. I hate this war because it is a war.

thewhitepages.net/p/you-will-n...