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YouTube video by Chronochromie Alain, Jehan (1935/38): Deux chorals (Dorien et Phrygien) pour orgue, JA 67/68 — Marie-Claire Alain

this chorale is absolutely gut wrenchingly beautiful. I had to learn more and I found that the composer tragically died at 29 protecting France during WWII and this recording is, in fact, a performance by his sister who survived him. wow.

Akinola Davies Jr's "Free Palestine" remark is confirmed to have been cut from the BBC coverage of the Baftas 2026. This let's fans know that the coverage wasn't live and the N-Word (hard R) that was shouted at Michael B Jordan and Delroy Lindo could've also been edited out, but wasn't.

My son sent me this via WhatsApp. No clue of the source.

Text on Twitch's website saying "Verify Your Identity" "Submit proof of identity and location to receive your payout" "In order to receive your payout, you need to verify your identity through Persona, Twitch's identity verification service. You will have 3 tries. Please be ready to provide both of the following: 1. A picture of your government-issued identification card, such as an identity card, passport or driver's license. 2. A "selfie" (i.e., a picture of your face), taken using a webcam or phone camera. By clicking "Start Verification" below, you understand that you will be leaving Twitch and will be redirected to Persona's service, and further understand and acknowledge that Twitch may send Persona limited personal information about you to facilitate the identity verification process, in accordance with Twitch's Privacy Notice. Information you provide to Persona will not be used for any purposes other than to verify your identity and will not be stored for longer than necessary to fulfill this purpose. Need Help? See our detailed onboarding guide." "Start Verification"

Twitch is requiring new Affiliates, before their first payment, to give government photo ID and a separate photo to Persona, the same Persona that has connections to government mass surveillance programs. When I asked Twitch support for another option, they said there isn't one. #twitch #persona 1/4

strongly recommend not being online and instead making and experiencing art, music, literature, film, etc

1000% true especially since I saw one of you say the worst fruit was *mango*

we have watched, in real time, people *being seduced by or blundering into Nazi discourse* as a result of staying on X. There may be an argument for public figures staying on there for reach, it is a bad sign for private figures to do so.

I'm quite serious here; presumably she was not aware that she was retweeting a racist, but if you stay on X you are almost inevitably going to end up promoting literal Nazis, even by accident, because they have become so dominant in the discourse.

Further complicating any final decision on military strikes, Arab leaders have been calling counterparts in Washington to complain about comments from Mike Huckabee, the U.S. ambassador to Israel. In an interview with Tucker Carlson, the conservative commentator, that aired on Friday, Mr. Huckabee said Israel had a right to much of the Middle East, outraging Arab diplomats in countries that the United States is hoping will support, or at least not openly oppose, an American attack on Iran.

New York Times reporting implies that Ambassador Mike Huckabee's endorsement of Greater Israel (which would encompass the territory of Jordan, Syria, much of Lebanon, Egypt, and Saudi Arabia, in addition to all of historic as well as the occupied Palestinian territories) has complicated prep for war

i think the best and worst thing about any major sporting event is it brings out casual observers who love The Narratives more than the specifics of, these are some adults who play a game professionally. some of them are 'good people', some of them are 'bad people', some are funny, some boring, etc

the 1980 olympics was hockey players playing against hockey players

the 2026 olympics was hockey players playing against hockey players

not 'good guys vs. bad guys', not 'wokism vs. fascism', just some dudes who play hockey. with all the contradictions that implies

RIP Willie Colón, i forgive you for voting for trump etc.

really feeling this one lately

the history of jazz is so fucking heartbreaking man. Eric Dolphy, 36, dead due to racism, ableism, and stigma against drugs. Doctors left him to die cuz they assumed he was high.

jazzsky

this place won't be a real social media website until the Communist Party of India (Marxist) (Tamil Nadu State Committee) is on here

banger. worth a read

That’s it. Fuck this place. I’m done with it. I’m logging off for good. If anyone wants to contact me I’ll still be reading posts on here, posting on here, etc.

By the way, a reminder on Jack Hughes, since the grifters are already trying to hijack his postgame interview
www.vogue.com/article/meet...

Suprematism, by Nikolai Suetin, 1920-21, 📸 by @tiltoncreative

Everyone using a text based app thinking it's the "commons" could use some perspective. Most of America is watching videos, all of us reading text are in small echo chambers and personally I don't see the need to be in one with a bunch of Nazis.

I opened twitter yesterday and was served a video of Alysa Liu's skate routine with a massive rotating sonnenrad in the background

Bluesky is not the commons. Twitter is not the commons. You can’t have a privately held commons. That’s not what words mean

thinking about how Savannah Guthrie had to cancel her trip to work the Olympics because of her mom’s kidnapping but the guy who heads up the investigative body handling the case was posting pictures of himself in the US hockey locker room today lol

if i stop using twitter my activist friends and the progressive media will laugh at me. theyre always talking about how we have to stay up to date with the child pornography race science website

I am not a fan of Bluesky Versus Twitter Discourse and I apologize for any role I played in kicking it off again - I have since deleted the post - but I will say that "bluesky sucks and I don't want to be here" is a much more reasonable position than "and you should all come back to twitter"

i don't know why everyone is posting about twitter but yeah i quit posting on that place months ago, blocked it off my computer, deleted the login on my phone, and dont miss reading nazi bullshit at all. in fact i don't even like this place that much. having other hobbies is cool

just watched the replay of the olympic hockey, you really do love to see Jersey winning like that. way to go Jacky

So I guess we know the answer to "will the military disobey a lawless order."

do you all actually care about this stancil guy or is it just a bit

as the Rev. William Barber says about Jesus, “I -believe- that stuff”

I honestly think one reason Millennials are so angry about all this is that many of us grew up during the brief period in American history where the official line was that we had won history *because* of our values, and most of us actually internalized that.