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Job de Wit
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Re-imagining myself as an international man of mystery. Check out my playlist with the best new music: http://sptfy.in/HeavyRotation & 🍏 shrankit.in/vg700 and my monthly radio show: https://www.echobox.radio/shows/heavy-rotation
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dorianlynskey.bsky.social
When you're that rich you're only laying people off and gutting an institution because you want to. Must be enraging to lose your job due to "budget cuts" when the boss is a squillionaire
leohickman.carbonbrief.org Leo Hickman @leohickman.carbonbrief.org · 5h
According to recent estimates, Jeff Bezos makes about $8m an HOUR

In ONE SLEEP he probably makes enough to cover the Washington Post's annual losses
February 4, 2026 at 4:24 PM
jobdewit.bsky.social
And who else? Hmm, can’t remember 🤔
Pitchfork news story: RCA Relaunches Jive Records — Britney Spears, Aaliyah, and *NSYNC were all signed to the label during its peak commercial years. (No mention of a certain Robert Kelly in the article, despite selling tens of millions of records on the label.)
February 4, 2026 at 12:21 PM
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The Utah Historical Society just produced a new, excellent map of "The Peoples of North America in 1776." Great resource for anyone teaching, writing, presenting about Native peoples as part of their 250th work. america250.utah.gov/power-of-pla...
Map identifying the approximate regions where various Indigenous groups lived in North America in 1776.
February 3, 2026 at 1:49 PM
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niawag.bsky.social
Ukraine has been resisting Vladimir Putin’s Russia for longer than either the USSR or the USA spent fighting Adolf Hitler’s Germany.
February 3, 2026 at 3:16 PM
jobdewit.bsky.social
"Seeing [Watts'] screwed and chopped versions in real life was like seeing Bigfoot crossing the street. Very slowly."
steadynappin.bsky.social trent holograms @steadynappin.bsky.social · 2d
We lost Michael "5000" Watts last week and I wrote about him, his major label collabs, Sly Dunbar (also RIP) and the concept of canons.
Bobby Portis Tiny Desk (Swishahouse Remix)
Remembering Michael "5000" Watts (and Sly Dunbar)
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February 3, 2026 at 3:54 PM
jobdewit.bsky.social
"People are paying much more to watch Tricked Into Having My Ex-Husband’s Baby on their phones than it would cost to see Sinners in IMAX."
February 3, 2026 at 3:38 PM
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jorisluyendijk.bsky.social
doneren voor generatoren voor Ukraine kan nog steeds. Ze zijn er binnen een week: vvodiel.nl/doneren/
February 3, 2026 at 10:49 AM
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davidjroth.bsky.social
All the stars are here: Brantley Gilbert, Brice Bradley, Gabby Babby, Bibb Glibsy, Slab Gabbert, Brice Bryce,
patriottakes.bsky.social PatriotTakes 🇺🇸 @patriottakes.bsky.social · 2d
Turning Point USA has announced the performers for their alternative Super Bowl halftime show:

Kid Rock, Brantley Gilbert, Lee Brice, and Gabby Barrett
February 2, 2026 at 6:54 PM
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jodyrosen.bsky.social
Gently suggesting that journalists who report the "news" of this Universal Music Group/CNN docuseries & fail to mention that UMG covered up the destruction by fire of its entire West Coast music archive (aka the biggest disaster in music biz history)—those journalists aren't quite doing their job
February 2, 2026 at 2:44 PM
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ericdharvey.com
every music biopic is more than likely going to be very bad and this one shows no signs of breaking that trend, with the added layer of (apparently) eliding MJ's child sex abuse crimes, which not only happened, but were the primary component of his star image for years if not decades
handle.invalid Rotten Tomatoes @handle.invalid · 2d
The official trailer for the Michael Jackson biopic, 'Michael.'

In theaters and IMAX April 24.
February 2, 2026 at 2:49 PM
jobdewit.bsky.social
My fav new album this week is Tempa Allstars Vol. 9, the first compilation in a decade from the legendary London label, which was revived in 2025 after a long hiatus. Still dubwise, and with a keen ear for innovative club music. Inc. new music by Hodge, Beatrice M. tempa.bandcamp.com/album/tempa-...
February 2, 2026 at 1:16 PM
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jobdewit.bsky.social
This week I enjoyed (re)visiting a bunch of music 🇯🇲 Sly Dunbar played on, and updated my playlist with ⛷️ new music from 🇩🇪 Hevlaran, 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Facta f/ Warrior Queen & Killa P, 🇿🇦 LeeMcKrazy, 🇿🇦 Volt RSA, 🇫🇷 Beatrice M. & Jan Loup and 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Hodge

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Heavy Rotation: 2026
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February 1, 2026 at 7:55 PM
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jobdewit.bsky.social
Also on Apple Music from now on: music.apple.com/nl/playlist/...

I'll try to remember to update it here every Sunday, a great idea from @marchogan.bsky.social
Heavy Rotation: 2026 van Job de Wit op Apple Music
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February 1, 2026 at 8:07 PM
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neveronbrand.bsky.social
This shit hits like a sledgehammer right now. It's not even remotely an exaggeration.
Man on a local news street interview: The earth is a resort for like 500 rich people and the rest of us are just the staff.
February 1, 2026 at 12:30 AM
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ericdharvey.com
Bruno Mars is ChatRnB
February 2, 2026 at 2:52 AM
jobdewit.bsky.social
Even if it happens today, there will be documentaries and exposés and oral histories and books and essays and movies and scientific studies and art and of course jokes about him until my dying days.
February 1, 2026 at 10:44 PM
jobdewit.bsky.social
This week I enjoyed (re)visiting a bunch of music 🇯🇲 Sly Dunbar played on, and updated my playlist with ⛷️ new music from 🇩🇪 Hevlaran, 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Facta f/ Warrior Queen & Killa P, 🇿🇦 LeeMcKrazy, 🇿🇦 Volt RSA, 🇫🇷 Beatrice M. & Jan Loup and 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Hodge

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Heavy Rotation: 2026
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February 1, 2026 at 7:55 PM
jobdewit.bsky.social
Michael Watts, he made me hot
RIP www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ZAY...
Mike Jones feat. Slim Thug and Paul Wall - Still Tippin' (Official Video) [Explicit]
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January 31, 2026 at 5:28 PM
jobdewit.bsky.social
Musician and producer Bryan Loren has died, probably best known for 'We'll Be Together' (Sting) and 'Do the Bartman', but this may be his best record: '(Baby Tell Me) Can You Dance', a hit for teen singer Shanice Wilson in 1987 www.youtube.com/watch?v=wkNR...
Shanice - (Baby Tell Me) Can You Dance (Official Video 1987)
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January 31, 2026 at 4:40 PM
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lisadiedrich.bsky.social
"the hysteria that has developed about abuse of women"--Noam Chomsky
emily.gorcen.ski Emily Gorcenski @emily.gorcen.ski · 4d
Cool thoughts from Noam Chomsky
From: Matthew Hiltzik < To: J <jeevacation@gmail.com> Subject: Re: Thoughts from Chomsky Date: Sat, 23 Feb 2019 23:34:06 +0000 I think that is wise Sent from my iPhone On Feb 23, 2019, at 4:19 PM, J < jeevacation@gmail.com> wrote: Ive watched the horrible way you are being treated in the press and public. It's painful to say, but I think the best way to proceed is to ignore it. I've had plenty of experience, though of course not on this scale. A google search will bring up tons of hysterical accusations of all sorts, even groups devoted to vilifying me. I pay no attention, unless I'm approached for a comment on a specific matter. It's a nuisance, but it's the best way. The same conclusions from experiences of others, in some cases close friends. What the vultures dearly want is a public response, which then provides a public opening for an onslaught of venomous attacks, many from just publicity seekers or cranks of all sorts -- which are impossible to answer (how do you prove that you are not a neo-Nazi who wants to kill the Jews, or a rapist, or whatever charge comes along?). That's particularly true now with the hysteria that has developed about abuse of women, which has reached the point that even questioning a charge is a crime worse than murder. For virtually everyone who sees any of this, the reaction will be "where there's smoke there's fire, maybe raging fire" (whatever the facts, which few will even think of investigating). In general, it's best I think not to react unless directly questioned, particularly in the current mood -- which, I presume, will fade away, even if not in time to prevent much torture and distress.
January 31, 2026 at 3:49 AM
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bored2tears.bsky.social
Damn it, Grim Reaper! You were supposed to take someone else that was in Home Alone 2!
January 30, 2026 at 7:17 PM
jobdewit.bsky.social
We like to party, we like to party
simonprice.bsky.social Simon Price @simonprice.bsky.social · 6d
It is quite funny that younger people get told by my generation that the Nineties was all Britpop (or perhaps Grunge in the US), but if you actually look at the British charts, it's mostly dance records made in Italy and the Netherlands.
January 29, 2026 at 10:31 PM
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dorianlynskey.bsky.social
I love this thread
hannahstrong.co.uk Hannah Strong @hannahstrong.co.uk · 6d
One Battle After Another (dir. Paul Thomas Anderson)
Mona Simpson's mug shot with the text 'RADICAL BOMBING' on a young Kent Brockman's news show
January 29, 2026 at 2:04 PM
jobdewit.bsky.social
Great piece of writing about a song I had never given much thought. And glad I never started with alcohol. The guitar solo indeed sounds like a yelping dog.
January 29, 2026 at 9:57 AM
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wayneandwax.bsky.social
Best New Music, Jan 2026
jodyrosen.bsky.social Jody Rosen @jodyrosen.bsky.social · 6d
And ofc the most significant "protest music" of the MPLS crisis is the callithumpian racket being kicked up by citizens themselves in the streets—alerting neighbors to the presence of Trump's thugs w/whistles & raising hell outside ICE agents' hotels w/drums, sticks, pots, pans, sirens, chants, etc.
January 29, 2026 at 3:21 AM