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What a year!

I wonder what happened to the QAnon jokers. That seems to have disappeared from the social media feeds and the news stream.🤔🤔

D'angelo!

WTF?!?! Gosh. At 51? Damn you, cancer!

The Brazilian musical universe is a marvel to me.

Faces in the Crowd: Street Photography The ubiquity of camera phones today has very much made all the world a stage. In the modern city, photographers are now less concerned with surreptitiously capturing an image and much more likely to collaborate with their subjects in the street. Drawn to photography’s narrative potential, many emplo

Upcoming exhibition from the MFA in Boston: “‘Faces in the Crowd: Street Photography’ explores the evolving techniques photographers have used to record the human experience as it has played out in populous urban spaces…” [mfa.org]

The Economics of Complicity - The Ideas Letter The dramatic evolution of Israeli reservists from unprecedented protest before the October 7 attacks to near-total compliance with the Netanyahu administration’s campaign in Gaza cannot be explained b...

The Economics of Complicity:
How Israel Is Buying the Destruction of Gaza

www.theideasletter.org/essay/the-ec...

ILIKEU - Silas Short

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100%!

The way he articulates his thoughts in a knowledgeable and balanced yet nuanced manner is a joyful thing to behold.

When the three running apps you use give three wildly different results...

🤭🤦🏾‍♂️

I need to go fetch all my likes and bookmarks—especially all the links to longreads etc—from that other blue app that has now gone to shit.

Mulatu Of Ethiopia (1972) - The Strange World of Mulatu Astatke

"I was very lucky to host #DukeEllington and his big band when he came to Ethiopia in 1971 and I played a concert with him at the Addis Hilton hotel. His band honoured me by playing this piece"

'Dewel’ from Mulatu Of Ethiopia (1972) - The Strange World of #MulatuAstatke

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So much for checks and balances.

Ah well.

Can someone explain to me what would change if the Epstein files were released today?

I am really curious.

When a president (of a 'powerful' Western nation) posts AI-concocted disinformation videos and the official government social media pages feel like meme accounts, it makes me wonder if other countries (especially in Africa) might see this as unproblematic or even as a good example for them to follow

Previously, I've explored how spending money on something does not necessarily translate to clout. The tote bag is perhaps the perfect vehicle for that. A niche tote is an extremely potent and… | ... Previously, I've explored how spending money on something does not necessarily translate to clout. The tote bag is perhaps the perfect vehicle for that. A niche tote is an extremely potent and powerfu...

As a tote bag collector, this is very interesting to note. Lol

"A Dior book tote says nothing about your level of access to elite spaces. A rare biennale bag from a few years ago? That's a conversation starter"

www.linkedin.com/posts/atelie...

Who is surprised? Not me.

Israel is smearing the Global Sumud Flotilla as “Hamas” and accusing it of pursuing a “violent course of action.” This is the kind of rhetoric that Israel uses as a pretext before committing war crimes against unarmed civilians.

"Debate Me" Bro culture has ruined civil discourse How entertainment culture has replaced genuine political dialogue

Hate hate hate!

www.salon.com/2025/09/17/h...

This is the cover of issue 214 of The Continent. It’s a picture by Temiloluwa Johnson. The headline reads: “Genuine Italian leather - straight outta Nigeria”. It features a man standing in front of a small workshop. The shop has a corrugated metal roof and a wooden beam holding up the front. A painted sign above him reads “ABDULLAHI HARUNA LITTAHAFIZUL” in faded blue and red letters. The barefoot man is wearing a cap and a dark striped shirt. He is holding up a large, bright red animal hide in front of him. Around him, several other hides in shades of red, yellow, and brown are draped over a low cement wall.. The overall scene gives the impression of a traditional leather workshop, with the man working on dyed hides for sale or processing.

At the top, in bold black letters on a pale yellow background, is the headline: “Reading is resistance.” Below it, there is a cartoon illustration of Astro. The character is holding up a large newspaper that almost covers its whole body. On either side of it are tall stacks of colorful books. Under the illustration, there is a line of text that reads: “We deliver Africa’s leading independent newspaper to your device, for free, every Saturday morning: thecontinent.org/subscribe”

All Protocol Observed

Welcome to Issue 214 of The Continent

The shoes and handbags cost thousands. The workers earn just enough to eat. Inside Kano’s leather pits — and the quiet fight for change.

Read it here: bit.ly/214_TC

YouTube video by Bettye Swann - Topic Little Things Mean A Lot

Little Things Mean A Lot - Bettye Swann

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youtube.com/watch?v=PtOF...

I need to gather all of myself for the love letter matryoshka'd inside a farewell letter I plan to write.

EXCLUSIVE: Hundreds of Jewish Health Professionals Say 'End the Genocide' in Gaza "To be silent is to be complicit," the healthcare workers write in an open letter.

News: Hundreds of Jewish healthcare workers from around the US and beyond are circulating a letter demanding an “end to the genocide in Gaza.”

They “reject the weaponization of accusations of antisemitism to suppress criticism of Israel and expressions of solidarity with Palestinians.”

Honoré de Balzac’s Legendary Love Affair With His Anonymous Critic In March of 1832, Honoré de Balzac received a letter at his Paris address. The postmark read Odessa—then a far distant city in the Ukraine—but there was no return address. He opened it, of course, …

"I have imagined you as one of the invariably unhappy remnants of a people who were broken up and dispersed throughout this earth, perhaps exiled from heaven, but each with a language and feelings peculiar to that race and unlike those of other men."

😊😊

lithub.com/honore-de-ba...

What does recognising the state of Palestine do to stop the "war on Hamas" and the attendant destruction of all the infrastructure in Gaza?

Can someone explain to me like I am a five-year-old?

Fienin' - The Family Stand

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Headline from the New York Times, 1939: “Goebbels ends careers of five “Aryan“ actors who made witticisms about the Nazi regime.”

www.nytimes.com/1939/02/04/a...

To my mind, it seems that the favourite thing history likes to do is to repeat itself.

It's like there's always something new to drain your energy and leave you marvelling at the preposterousness of some sections of society every passing day!

Gosh, I am so tired.

I'm always "shocked" when I find out some people can't take what they dish out!

Quietus Albums of the Year So Far 2025 graphic. Composite image made of several of the top ranking artists.

It's here! The Quietus Albums of the Year So Far 2025.

What's at Number One? How many have you heard?

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@normanrecords.com