An image pulled from the UnchainedTV.com website to attempt to give it a visual description since an image from the site does not automatically load. (And x over Bluesky, guys? Really?) The image features a promo poster for Green Goddesses Take New York (a show) and to the left a person's hand holding a phone with doc called "The Truth About Factory Farming" loaded and to the right a pic of a photographer getting a little close to an elephant and her/his cub

The internet is so vast, I am constantly astounded at things I don't know. Like, I just learned this week there is a whole TV channel/site for vegans! Way to go, vegans!

unchainedtv.com

Unchained TV. Plus the app doesn't even demand an email addy to start watching, I checked--so it is 100% free!

AI music is booming, and the player piano saw it coming As AI songs get harder to tell apart from human-made music, an older technology offers a revealing preview of the fight over artistry, labor and pay

With AI music, did you really "make" it? Even if you wrote the lyrics & gave explicit directions on all musical fronts? Arguably no but also: would it exist without you? Also no? Like all new tech it presents a Philip K. Dickian-like nest of meta conundrums
www.scientificamerican.com/article/ai-m...

What is Lo-TEK, the ecological alternative to extractive technology This proposal is a way to recover ancestral knowledge to shape our cities and rural environments. It advocates for regenerative and environmentally just systems

No, EL PAÍS, I haven't heard of "Lo-TEK" but it sounds promising! "Regenerative and environmentally just systems" sounds delish because I am not a psychopathic anti-empathy/anti-Earth POS! I LOVE this planet & want to keep her clean & safe for all life! Do tell!

english.elpais.com/climate/2026...

Most people have a general idea of how bad war is. So something illegal *even in war*??? Can you imagine how despicable that is? That is a war crime.

And yet that is the US & Israel, whose collective tagline could be: "We make war worse! We have no ethics whatsoever! Ethics are WOKE, doncha know?!"

Kneecap in Cuba: "We Come From a Long Tradition of Musicians Speaking Up” Irish group Kneecap traveled to Cuba as part of a humanitarian mission and witnessed a nationwide blackout while in Havana. The group denounced the U.S. economic war on the island. "It's not in our na...

Kneecap visited Cuba? Which is currently under blockade by the criminal American con man regime? I didn't hear about this in the US press?! Viva @bellyofthebeastcuba.com!

www.bellyofthebeastcuba.com/kneecap-in-c...

(And yes collective punishment is a war crime regularly practiced by Israel & US)

A messy garden is a glorious garden. We need to stop tidying, titivating and paving them over | Emma Beddington I’ve just watched another of my neighbours rip up everything green and growing around their home, writes Emma Beddington. It’s enough to make David Attenborough weep

"I’ve just watched another of my neighbours rip up everything green and growing around their home. It’s enough to make David Attenborough weep"

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Meet Yuji, the Mexican baby monkey finding comfort in a plush companion In Mexico, a baby monkey is growing up clinging to a plush toy after being rejected by his mother, offering a glimpse into the delicate process of assisted animal care.

Meet Yuji, the Mexican baby monkey finding comfort in a plush companion

apnews.com/video/meet-y...

Massive Attack / Tom Waits - Boots on the Ground YouTube video by Massive Attack

Massive Attack / Tom Waits - Boots on the Ground

www.youtube.com/watch?v=L-57...

FUCK YOU ORBAN

FUCK YOU PUTIN

FUCK YOU NETANYAHU

AND FUCK YOU TRUMP!

GO GLOBAL DEMOCRACY GOOOOOOOOOOAL

Moss 2: Lo-Fi Solarpunk Audio Exploratorium (1 Hour) YouTube video by Utopian Art Machine

Was supposed to drop Earth Day next week but fuck it, I couldn't wait. Moss 2: Lo-Fi Solarpunk Audio Exploratorium is out now on YouTube — one hour of lo-fi trip hop, acid jazz and downtempo solarpunk, with lyrical nods to Octavia E. Butler, Ursula K. Le Guin and Kurt Vonnegut!

youtu.be/y3-_y2jPC50

Moss by Utopian Art Machine Stream and Pre-save Moss - Distributed by DistroKid

Moss: the first full-length album from Utopian Art Machine

A lo-fi solarpunk audio exploratorium, experimenting in multiple genres such as downtempo, trip hop, art pop, boom bap & more

Coming soon: 2 weeks from tomorrow on Earth Day, April 22, 2026. Headphones ON

distrokid.com/hyperfollow/...

Renewables hit 49.4% of global electricity capacity in 2025 : Cool, but fossil-fuel additions and AI-era power demand still muddy the climate math

Whoo-hoo!

www.theregister.com/2026/04/01/r...

Plug Me In The Planet YouTube video by Utopian Art Machine - Topic

And here is the first single dropping today, and this one is a personal favorite: Plug Me In The Planet

Wait for it! (:26)

www.youtube.com/watch?v=iSUM...

#solarpunk #new-music

Hawaii flights could go electric as early as next year Hawaii could become the first to offer electric passenger service in the U.S.

Here's a nice spot of good news:

www.sfgate.com/hawaii/artic...

Not sure what type of raptor this is, but I caught it being mobbed by crows earlier this morning up on 15th St here in Seattle. Crows are fearless!

Yep! They will be leaving soon if not already and you can catch en route or meet them at Seattle Center. Have fun!

Seattle #NoKings

Seattle #NoKings

Seattle #NoKings

Seattle #NoKings

Seattle #NoKings

Live from Seattle #NoKings

Whale swims for freedom after big German rescue effort on Baltic coast Rescue teams now believe the whale has reached deeper water in Lübeck Bay and hope it will head for the wider sea.

Good news!

I am so happy and relieved and surprised to see this. I was really worried about this whale as most rescues of this type tragically fail.

www.bbc.com/news/article...

Meet Merlin: the adorable mini pig who amassed a following by ‘talking’ with buttons If you hear ‘I’m hungry!’ at the Alali house… that’s probably just Merlin, the talking pig!

Pigs are smarter than dogs. They all deserve as much kindness as Merlin here.

www.guinnessworldrecords.com/news/2026/3/...

'Electrons to the people:' Neighbours build commercial solar farm Hundreds of residents of a rural NSW town combine to build their own commercial solar farm, demonstrating the community benefits of renewable energy.

Decentralize clean energy: truly the mantra for a new age

www.abc.net.au/news/2026-03...

'Electrons to the people' -- also works!

Kindness YouTube video by Utopian Art Machine - Topic

Kindness

www.youtube.com/watch?v=4R2Y...

People 'bathe' in nature to get respite from chaotic news cycle It might seem impossible to get away from the constant barrage of news these days. But at an urban North Carolina arboretum, people are “bathing” in nature to wash away the stress.

Now let's bathe in nature

apnews.com/article/fore...

(But is this really the best picture for this piece? We have no idea what this dude is smelling.)

From Picasso and Hokusai's Prussian Blue to Vermeer's shade of red: A history of art in seven colours Kelly Grovier traces the pigments that make up hidden layers in masterpieces – some of them toxic – from Picasso and Hokusai's Prussian Blue to Vermeer's shade of red.

Let's escape the barbarian inhumanity of the modern world and bathe in color:

www.bbc.com/culture/arti...

'A Revolting Moral Outrage': Israeli Soldiers Reportedly Torture Gaza Toddler | Common Dreams Reports of 1-year-old Karim Abu Nassar being burned with a cigarette and pierced with a nail followed the publication of a United Nations analysis detailing Israel's "systematic" torture of Palestinia...

Israel is despicable

www.commondreams.org/news/palesti...

This is CPAC, everybody. Never forget who they really are. They are so brazen, arrogant and power-drunk they even said it themselves recently, announcing it in clear sight sprawled across their stage:

"WE ARE ALL DOMESTIC TERRORISTS" -- said the unusually honest GOP. And don't ever forget it.