This is so good. I know most of them but those new to me are 100% firecrackers.

The Holy Bible, Pt. 1

Mahalia vs Studs Terkel open.spotify.com/track/1XcPj2...

a horse, tire track, oil wells on fire, a hellscape.

From Steve McCurry’s series War, Kuwait, 1991.

www.stevemccurry.com

Oh Mandy

I remember all my life, raining down as cold as ice...
open.spotify.com/track/3r5Sue...

Donate to Support for Washington Post international employees, organized by Michelle Lee Among the hundreds of journalists laid off by The Washington Post on … Michelle Lee needs your support for Support for Washington Post international employees

Former Washington Post journalists have launched a GoFundMe to help repatriate fired staff members who are effectively stranded in foreign countries.

One of the richest men in the world fired them from the paper and didn’t even pay to ensure they got home.

Abolish the billionaire class:

He also chose to wear, of all things, a black shirt

Since #bbclaurak is trending, let’s remind ourselves that ONE MONTH ago, the BBC invited Mandelson on for a soft-ball interview on her show. While HIS CLIENT , Palantir’s Louis Moseley appeared as a pundit

Both, as I wrote at time, were ‘abject failures of journalism’
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MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The Minneapolis protester fatally shot by a federal officer was ICU nurse Alex Pretti, his parents say.

Nicolás Maduro Charged With Felony Oil Possession

Nicolás Maduro Charged With Felony Oil Possession

No Blood For Oil vs. Exactly How Much Oil Are We Talking About?

Expect to see a lot of this classic Onion headline, from 23 years ago, over the coming weeks.

Say it like you mean it. Imagine how tiresome an ironic KLF would have been.

Ceramic statue of a dog sitting back on its hind legs has a little circular object on his head which might be a spout if the statue is hollow and is used as a jug or vase

Seated Dog, Colima Mexico, ca. 100 CE

Antifascist stickers spotted in Dundee, Scotland

Life And Death - Remix

World Of Twist discovered and covered Life and Death at some point during the Napoleonic Wars open.spotify.com/track/3uGotR...

Wonderful record, thanks for reminding me to dig it out.

La Paquera de Jerez - Tangos YouTube video by Flamenco Andaluz

youtu.be/c1a9QgbKw8g?...

Rainy Dayz (feat. Ghostface Killah & Blue Raspberry)

open.spotify.com/track/6j4BQb...

Another drizzly banger from the Wu.

Garland Jeffreys - Lon Chaney (Official Music Video) YouTube video by Garland Jeffreys

youtu.be/kFwhTx_hVIQ?...

This person took this when they called the race

Ed Luce watching democracy die in the United States of America

This is what the Stasi did in East Germany - it's crazy how fast and how unopposed the US is falling into this

Last Time That I Checc'd (feat. YG)

open.spotify.com/track/39xWBH...

We are thrilled to announce that our NEW Large Language Model will be released on 11.18.25.

Another closeup of Mr Cardinal on birdcam.

#birds

The real surprise came after the experiment. Fred Lambert, who writes for the blog Electrek, pointed out the same autopilot disengagement that the NHTSA had documented. “Autopilot appears to automatically disengage a fraction of a second before the impact as the crash becomes inevitable,” Lambert noted.

In a horrifying article about the dangers of Teslas, one point stands out: Teslas automatically disengage self-driving mode <1 second before an imminent crash--not enough time for the driver to react, but enough for Tesla to deny responsibility for fatal crashes, since self-driving "wasn't engaged."

📸: Bastien Hall

Kimble the Nimble Lee "Scratch" Perry · Joe Gibbs Presents the Big Take Over · Song · 2023

Here you go open.spotify.com/track/2IyCXX...

MCs wanna beef then I play for keeps

I received a heartbreaking email today: A paper in a special issue I’m editing is being retracted because one of its authors is afraid of losing their job and their legal status in the U.S. if they publish a scientific study on evolution. Yes, on evolution, nature's engine of diversity.