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Spotify is garbage on every count: Its treatment of artists, its ICE advertising, the CEO's investment in military AI, its leading role in the commodification and AI slopification of music, its terrible audio quality—you name it.
So I quit, and put together a complete guide to getting off Spotify:
So I quit, and put together a complete guide to getting off Spotify:
How to quit Spotify
This Black Friday, here's a guide to finding the best Spotify alternative
www.bloodinthemachine.com
December 8, 2025 at 5:00 PM
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Trans people are here. They have been here and they will always be here. #transisbeautiful
December 8, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Trans people are here. They have been here and they will always be here. #transisbeautiful
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Further evidence that widespread covid vaccination is better for everybody.
A study on 1.7 million people in Hong Kong shows superior hybrid immunity to Covid in people who got vaccinated before infection vs. people who got infected first. "Our findings are a direct rebuttal to arguments for natural immunity," the authors write. doi.org/10.1016/j.va...
Redirecting
doi.org
December 8, 2025 at 1:03 AM
Further evidence that widespread covid vaccination is better for everybody.
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"I'll burn down your house" - legally actionable, boring, common
"I told the trees about you" - legally acceptable, foreboding, unsettling, the plants know your name and hate you
"I told the trees about you" - legally acceptable, foreboding, unsettling, the plants know your name and hate you
December 7, 2025 at 11:56 PM
"I'll burn down your house" - legally actionable, boring, common
"I told the trees about you" - legally acceptable, foreboding, unsettling, the plants know your name and hate you
"I told the trees about you" - legally acceptable, foreboding, unsettling, the plants know your name and hate you
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“We found out the day after our presser that Wells Fargo, the bank that owns this building, worked with Friedman Communities, the receiver of this building, to go to the court and request that people be moved out by Dec. 12. That’s next Friday."
thetriibe.com/2025/12/resi...
thetriibe.com/2025/12/resi...
Residents of South Shore building raided by ICE must move by Dec. 12 • The TRiiBE
Many tenants found out about the eviction notice just a day before Thanksgiving
thetriibe.com
December 2, 2025 at 10:31 PM
“We found out the day after our presser that Wells Fargo, the bank that owns this building, worked with Friedman Communities, the receiver of this building, to go to the court and request that people be moved out by Dec. 12. That’s next Friday."
thetriibe.com/2025/12/resi...
thetriibe.com/2025/12/resi...
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The death of browsing is part of the reason art is the way it is now. Our opinions are largely fed to us by algorithms. Spending a spare 15 minutes wandering around a bookstore or comic shop or video rental place was how you found stuff you wouldn't ordinarily pick up and thereby expanded your taste
Bookselling is like the most "people go to the store and buy what looks cool to them without a particular agenda" type business left, and your purchases have a huge influence on what is ordered, what is displayed, and what is recommended.
November 29, 2025 at 6:44 PM
The death of browsing is part of the reason art is the way it is now. Our opinions are largely fed to us by algorithms. Spending a spare 15 minutes wandering around a bookstore or comic shop or video rental place was how you found stuff you wouldn't ordinarily pick up and thereby expanded your taste
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Not the main problem, but increasingly thinking we need a moratorium on the term "Artificial Intelligence" (both in full and as "AI") because it's clear it means at least three seriously different things and equivocation between those helps to enable this nonsense.
November 29, 2025 at 7:56 PM
Not the main problem, but increasingly thinking we need a moratorium on the term "Artificial Intelligence" (both in full and as "AI") because it's clear it means at least three seriously different things and equivocation between those helps to enable this nonsense.
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Tax the rich, implement UBI. UBI is proven to create jobs, as is raising the minimum wage to a livable wage. Invest in clean energy, which also creates jobs. Creating jobs in climate destroying industries and weapons industries is not the solution we need.
November 29, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Tax the rich, implement UBI. UBI is proven to create jobs, as is raising the minimum wage to a livable wage. Invest in clean energy, which also creates jobs. Creating jobs in climate destroying industries and weapons industries is not the solution we need.
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“Part. Of. A. Team.”
November 29, 2025 at 6:04 PM
“Part. Of. A. Team.”
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The Resistance Revival Chorus has a message for Home Depot: We don't want deportations at The Home Depot parking lots! #WeAintBuyingIt want to organize your own carols?!? Heres lyrics: bit.ly/holidaycarol...
November 28, 2025 at 5:31 PM
The Resistance Revival Chorus has a message for Home Depot: We don't want deportations at The Home Depot parking lots! #WeAintBuyingIt want to organize your own carols?!? Heres lyrics: bit.ly/holidaycarol...
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I want white women to want better for themselves. You don't have to shag a catcher's mitt
The women drawn to RFK Jr. see an intoxicating cocktail of romance and danger—whether it's getting attacked by a yak or texting about taking metaphorical bullets for each other.
But to most others, Kennedy is a reckless conspiracy theorist whose appetite for danger will result in a sicker America.
But to most others, Kennedy is a reckless conspiracy theorist whose appetite for danger will result in a sicker America.
The inexplicable sex appeal of RFK Jr.
How can such ferocious desire be attached to this man? Two memoirs by the women who love him offer some clues.
www.motherjones.com
November 26, 2025 at 1:51 PM
I want white women to want better for themselves. You don't have to shag a catcher's mitt
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Good morning to Brazilian reporter Manuela Borges, who’s been waiting eleven years for this petty moment. ❤️ 🇧🇷
November 26, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Good morning to Brazilian reporter Manuela Borges, who’s been waiting eleven years for this petty moment. ❤️ 🇧🇷
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My favorite piece of content today.
November 21, 2025 at 8:28 PM
My favorite piece of content today.
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Breaking character: I am open to the idea the media's coverage of Biden's age and mental acuity was fair or perhaps not even tough enough. But the fact that it was so much tougher than the coverage of Trump's (more severe) mental decline is damning and I can't see how anyone could argue otherwise.
NYT isn’t worth reading because they are in the bag for Trump
November 21, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Breaking character: I am open to the idea the media's coverage of Biden's age and mental acuity was fair or perhaps not even tough enough. But the fact that it was so much tougher than the coverage of Trump's (more severe) mental decline is damning and I can't see how anyone could argue otherwise.
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‘Death remains my intimate shadow partner. It has been with me since birth, always hovering close by. I understand one day we will finally waltz together into the ether. I hope when that time comes, I die with the satisfaction of a life well-lived, unapologetic, joyful, & full of love.’
—Alice Wong
—Alice Wong
November 15, 2025 at 6:12 AM
‘Death remains my intimate shadow partner. It has been with me since birth, always hovering close by. I understand one day we will finally waltz together into the ether. I hope when that time comes, I die with the satisfaction of a life well-lived, unapologetic, joyful, & full of love.’
—Alice Wong
—Alice Wong
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Cannot be stressed enough how unbelievably terribly all the news outlets, "progressive" or not, have been blowing the Epstein story.
Both parties have massive criminal exposure, top donors to both are at the very least are extremely close to child rape, and two presidents (at least) are involved.
Both parties have massive criminal exposure, top donors to both are at the very least are extremely close to child rape, and two presidents (at least) are involved.
November 13, 2025 at 12:17 PM
Cannot be stressed enough how unbelievably terribly all the news outlets, "progressive" or not, have been blowing the Epstein story.
Both parties have massive criminal exposure, top donors to both are at the very least are extremely close to child rape, and two presidents (at least) are involved.
Both parties have massive criminal exposure, top donors to both are at the very least are extremely close to child rape, and two presidents (at least) are involved.
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Influenza season is kicking off in the Northern Hemisphere!
Your body can take up to two weeks to develop antibodies from the vaccine, so now’s the perfect time to protect yourself.
Get your seasonal influenza (flu) vaccine so your immune system is ready to go!
Your body can take up to two weeks to develop antibodies from the vaccine, so now’s the perfect time to protect yourself.
Get your seasonal influenza (flu) vaccine so your immune system is ready to go!
November 11, 2025 at 1:53 PM
Influenza season is kicking off in the Northern Hemisphere!
Your body can take up to two weeks to develop antibodies from the vaccine, so now’s the perfect time to protect yourself.
Get your seasonal influenza (flu) vaccine so your immune system is ready to go!
Your body can take up to two weeks to develop antibodies from the vaccine, so now’s the perfect time to protect yourself.
Get your seasonal influenza (flu) vaccine so your immune system is ready to go!
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November 11, 2025 at 5:06 PM
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After a two month break, I'm back making weird videos! Please go like, HYPE & comment if you can! youtu.be/xDWldmhbgto
Gay Furries React to Osamu Tezuka's Noah's Ark Anime
YouTube video by Fossil Daddy
youtu.be
November 7, 2025 at 11:28 PM
After a two month break, I'm back making weird videos! Please go like, HYPE & comment if you can! youtu.be/xDWldmhbgto
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Remember when Biden dropped the COVID isolation guidelines down to just 5 days, not because of any actual medical science, but because the Delta CEO asked him to?
Our lives have always been meaningless to establishment Dems compared to the profits of the donor class.
Our lives have always been meaningless to establishment Dems compared to the profits of the donor class.
It just makes it look like they said, oh, shit, I had to scrap my weekend at the lake house because my flight was canceled. Or worse, the airlines called and I sold out my constituents at the order of the Delta CEO. I’m no Senate whisperer but when people look at the math it isn’t great.
November 10, 2025 at 5:54 AM
Remember when Biden dropped the COVID isolation guidelines down to just 5 days, not because of any actual medical science, but because the Delta CEO asked him to?
Our lives have always been meaningless to establishment Dems compared to the profits of the donor class.
Our lives have always been meaningless to establishment Dems compared to the profits of the donor class.
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Kyle Kingsbury is not a journalist. He is not an op-ed writer.
He is a computer safety researcher.
And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.
In under 1600 words.
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
He is a computer safety researcher.
And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.
In under 1600 words.
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
November 9, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Kyle Kingsbury is not a journalist. He is not an op-ed writer.
He is a computer safety researcher.
And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.
In under 1600 words.
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
He is a computer safety researcher.
And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.
In under 1600 words.
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...