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Cake day: June 13th, 2023

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  • i have made a couple of short playlists in the past with a snow or winter theme, including one more nature themed and one with songs that remind me of snowy days in new york city. i might not agree with them all anymore, but i got that vibe at some point, so heres some that i remember:

    bark psychosis - blue

    isotope 217 - la jetée

    joshua redman - as this moment slips away

    brokeback - names winston, friends call me james

    sam prekop - dot eye

    josé james - the dreamer

    wire - the 15th

    dabrye - the lish

    märz - bars 1, 2, 3, 4

    sensorama - where the rabbit sleeps

    nobukazu takemura - icefall

    most of yesterday was dramatic, today is ok by múm, but in particular ‘im 9 today’












  • there is nothing to feel excited or hopeful about from american progressives at the moment, so it is all cope posting. i am more disheartened by posts like the one that showed up the other day eith a link to a supposed story about a cybertruck owner who complained that he got laughed at by children. it is not news, it is not worthwhile, it has not enriched the lives of anyone who read it. it is an outlet to expend political energy for those who dont know what else to do. politics are unavoidable, and complaining about politics is natural and can be cathartic, but at this level it is drain that is part of a trumps political strategy.


  • a lot of people here migrated from reddit for political reasons, so a lot of the communities have been set up by those who tend to view things in a political way. it also seems that the general climate in the united states, where a large amount of the english language content is made, views nearly everything as political, either caused or reinforced by american politics dominating most forms of media.

    it also cant be discounted that there are certain users whose sole motivation for posting in any community is either bait or propaganda, which can spoil any community that does not have very active moderation or rules prohibiting political posts or comments.





  • the scariest implication of this whole business is the most favorable interpretation of the nonplussed reaction of the majority is that they are in such denial that a nazi government could be possible again in a first world country that they cant see it for what it is. that is to say, the exact things the people who lived through it had been vigilant to remind us about ever since.

    i definitely agree that it empowers legitimate nazis, which i suppose could be his way of cultivating a voter base which no other candidate would openly support but would vote for whoever he throws his money behind as trump will no longer be a valid candidate. a best case scenario here would be that this kind of attention is too much even for trump to tolerate and will cut ties with him. i feel that would be likely to happen regardless, as they are two narcissists of the highest order, but it would be better if it happens sooner.