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Lenny

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Introduce yourself with 5 concerts you’ve seen

Nine Inch Nails (x2)
Babymetal (x2)
Hatsune Miku
Mei Semones
Hania Rani

Frybird - The Wound Man Of The 21st Century @frybird.bsky.social · 19d

Introduce yourself with 5 concerts you’ve seen

The Protomen
Nine Inch Nails
Guildo Horn
Final Fantasy
Scooter

Grobi Grobsen @grobigrobsen.bsky.social · 19d

Introduce yourself with 5 concerts you’ve seen:

Deftones (2x)
Scheissediebullen
Petrol Girls (3x)
Broken Vow
Spanish Love Songs (4 - 5x)

November 28, 2025 at 10:56 AM

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Dynmo

@dynmodraws.bsky.social

Same
#Monster #Fanart #Illustration

July 7, 2025 at 10:51 PM

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Ash

@ashesstashes.bsky.social

somehow this doodle i did at like 2am popped off on the other site

November 5, 2025 at 8:51 PM

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abgeordnetenwatch

@abgeordnetenwatch.de

Rüstungsspenden an Abgeordnete: abgeordnetenwatch zeigt Rheinmetall-Tochter an – Staatsanwaltschaft spricht von normaler „Klimapflege“
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abgeordnetenwatch zeigt Rheinmetall-Tochter an – Staatsanwaltschaft spricht von normaler „Klimapflege“ | abgeordnetenwatch.de

Eine Rheinmetall-Tochter bot gezielt jenen Abgeordneten Wahlkampfspenden an, die über milliardenschwere Rüstungsaufträge entscheiden. abgeordnetenwatch erstattete daraufhin Strafanzeige. Doch die Gene...

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October 24, 2025 at 9:06 AM

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Chris Coyier

@chriscoyier.net

Everything is Broken

Over in the ol' ShopTalk Discord (that's what our Patreon thingy unlocks) our editor Chris Enns was venting about some streaming gear woes. And I said: Nothing Ever Works He ultimately blogge Chris ultimately blogged the situation and used my reply as part of the title of the…

Everything is Broken

Over in the ol' ShopTalk Discord (that's what our Patreon thingy unlocks) our editor Chris Enns was venting about some streaming gear woes. And I said: Nothing Ever Works He ultimately blogge Chris ultimately blogged the situation and used my reply as part of the title of the blog post. Then shortly after, Jason Rodriguez's post made the rounds in my circles: …

chriscoyier.net

October 22, 2025 at 3:05 PM

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Rob Sheridan

@rob-sheridan.com

Nine Inch Nails “Art is Resistance” flyer (2007), with some thoughts on what it means today that came up in my recent Q&A. #NoKings ✊

Nine Inch Nails "Art is Resistance" flyer, 2007. The Art is Resistance flyer, designed by 42 Entertainment with art direction by Trent Reznor and me, was plastered around cities to draw players of the NIN “Year Zero” ARG to real-world gatherings, secret meetings of “the resistance” in the Year Zero fiction, but also a very real mechanism to plant the seeds of real-world activism into a story about what the future might look like if more people didn’t “wake up and give a shit.” Unfortunately, the future turned out almost exactly like what we imagined in Year Zero, but the message - that art is resistance, and you have a voice - is more important than ever.

Question (u/tiktock34): What do you think is the most powerful combination of art and music today, given our political climate? Im thinking of movements similar to the "Art is Resistance" type of message. Lots of
music and lots of artists but its clear you are passionate about the blend.
Also, thanks for the years! Huge fan Rob Sheridan: I think about this a lot, and wonder what the role of art should be in this particular moment of resistance. It's weird to look back at the NIN Year Zero ARG and "Art is Resistance" campaign from 2007 and see that the future took the bad path anyway, almost eerily to a tee. Not that I expected an album to change the future or anything, but at the bleakest of times I couldn't help but second-guess if art did matter anymore in terms of actually affecting change; if I should have been more involved with organizing or with direct action, if we were deluding ourselves in thinking
we were doing anything more than a cool art project. But then, year in and year out, again and again, right now included, fans tell me - more than any other project I ever worked on, by far - how much Year Zero meant to them, how much the Art is Resistance campaign inspired them, how it changed the way they viewed the intersection of music and politics. They show me the AiR flag tattoos, their numbers from the ARG, the friends they made through the process, the paths they took after - some even met their future spouses! And it reminds me that yeah, what we did mattered, because a lot of fans were radicalized by that experience to be more politically-aware and think more like activists, and a lot of
artists were emboldened to speak out more.
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Source: https://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/1o89qtx/comment/njtmeg9/

These days artists/celebs are expected to have an opinion on everything and will even get called out for not speaking up on some things, but back in the early 2000s there was this real cynicism about music being "political." Bands would get so much backlash and told to "stick to music" if they voiced political opinions. I'm proud I helped NIN be one of the bands of the era to really break through that barrier on With Teeth and then demolish it completely on Year Zero, and help a lot of fans come around to how
fundamentally intertwined art and politics have always been. And today? I don't think there's any right or wrong way to combine art / music with message, because I think just making art - any kind of art - is a crucial part of the resistance we need right now. At the core of the fascist project is the removal of intellectual and artistic freedoms, and that tells you all you need to know about how much art matters. Between the billionaire techbros & CEOs showing how much they revile creators by racing to gut their livelihoods, and the grotesquely ugly, unfunny, uncreative anti-aesthetics of the right-wing movement, a systemic disdain
for the arts and sciences is stronger than it's ever been. In a moment like this, we all have to keep making human art and connecting around human art, whether it's aggressive music that calls the fuckers out directly or just cute drawings of cats that make people smile. I know artists who are making very direct and provocative protest art; speaking truth to power loudly and directly is important, but it's not
everyone's lane and it's not the only way to use art right now.
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Source: https://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/1o89qtx/comment/njtmeg9/

I also know musicians who are just carrying on with their shows without really speaking out specifically, because they know how many vulnerable people are in their audiences going to their shows for strength and community, and they don't want to put additional targets on those peoples'
backs. Protecting your community matters, too. For my own part, thinking about all of this over the past year was a big motivation in doing my art book right now. The feeling of not being sure who I should be or what I should say as an artist in this moment, how much it matters, and finding along the way that some of the art I was making that was really connecting with people and helping them, was art that wasn't literal with a specific message, it just honestly evoked the way I was feeling and the way I think a lot of people are feeling. The catharsis of feeling together, of knowing you're not alone in the way you feel, of seeing artists who matter to you also feeling the same thing; that gives
strength, and strength is power. It's okay to check out to take care of yourself. And it's okay to find joy in music, art, movies, games, books, sports right now. I'd say it's crucial to find joy, more than ever. They're counting on you sacrificing joy, because
then you lose hope, and then you lose the strength to fight back. Art is resistance, and joy is defiance. If your little drawing of a cat brought you or someone else some joy today, that matters. They want you
to give up. Keep. Making. Art.
Rob Sheridan, 16 Oct 2025

Source: https://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/1o89qtx/comment/njtmeg9/

October 18, 2025 at 8:19 PM

Lenny

@lenny.fyi

Watching Fitzcarraldo in the cinema with the attendance of the director is an experience.

October 15, 2025 at 10:16 PM

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Tuta

@tuta.com

Today, we at Tuta unite with European tech companies to call on EU Member States:

🚨 Vote NO on Chat Control! 🚨

Read our Open Letter: 👉 tuta.com/blog/open-le...

Reason overview against Chat Control: Mass surveillance, breaking encryption, fundamental rights, false positives, ineffective child protection, global precedent
Source: fightchatcontrol.eu

October 7, 2025 at 7:25 AM

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Essie🦋

@essielop.bsky.social

Fern&Frieren #frieren

October 5, 2025 at 2:23 PM

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Ljot Swanhild

@ljotswanhild.bsky.social

youtu.be/zAEWeQ7ZsVU

Herbst Untergrundbahn DJ set 9

YouTube video by Ljot Swanhild

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October 4, 2025 at 6:41 PM

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春ねむり HARU NEMURI (She/Her)

@haru-nemuri.bsky.social

I recorded my reading Zoe Leonard’s “I Want a President” in Japanese and made a piano backing 🎹🫀🪽✨

‘I want to know why we started learning somewhere down the line that a president is always à clown:’

ゾーイ・レナードの『I Want a President』の朗読を録音して、ピアノの伴奏をつけました🎹🫀🪽✨

『私たちにとって、なぜ、いつから、大統領はピエロになったのか知りたい。』

October 4, 2025 at 1:32 PM

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欧阳胡胡

@ouyanghuhu.bsky.social

#frieren #art #fanart #请看我的画吧CNartist frieren

October 21, 2024 at 2:58 PM

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春ねむり HARU NEMURI (She/Her)

@haru-nemuri.bsky.social

After my North America tour, I will return to Japan and join the BDS movement by removing the Israel region from music streaming services for my newest work, and I'll also talk with my two previous labels to make it happen for my past releases.

Stereogum @stereogum.com · Sep 18

Over 400 artists and labels have come together for No Music For Genocide, a cultural boycott initiative asking artists and rights-holders to pull their music from streaming platforms in Israel in response to the ongoing genocide in Gaza

www.stereogum.com/2323347/hund...

September 19, 2025 at 4:51 PM

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Nine Inch Nails

@nin.com

THE NEW NINE INCH NAILS ALBUM
TRON: ARES (ORIGINAL MOTION PICTURE SOUNDTRACK)
OUT NOW

September 19, 2025 at 4:01 AM

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春ねむり HARU NEMURI (She/Her)

@haru-nemuri.bsky.social

There’s no difference between me singing in front of a festival crowd and me singing at a demonstration. If the latter bothers you, that just shows your political bias

フェスで群衆の中で歌うわたしとデモで歌うわたしには何の違いもない。後者にあなたが何か見過ごせない気持ちを持つのであれば、それはあなたの政治的偏向性を示しているに過ぎない

September 4, 2025 at 2:59 PM

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Nine Inch Nails

@nin.com

“AS ALIVE AS YOU NEED ME TO BE”
OFFICIAL VIDEO • OUT NOW

September 3, 2025 at 4:02 PM

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Ljot Swanhild

@ljotswanhild.bsky.social

youtu.be/Zgsd8t2AXGk

sick trick battle

YouTube video by Ljot Swanhild

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August 23, 2025 at 8:06 PM

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Bryan Heemskerk

@bryanheemskerk.bsky.social

Frieren

#frieren #pixelart

August 20, 2025 at 1:17 PM

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春ねむり HARU NEMURI (She/Her)

@haru-nemuri.bsky.social

All soldiers, civilians, and people in WWII were victims of national violence. All governments should apologize for every act of exploitation and invasion, and pledge never to make us kill or be killed again. All the more so, as today is the anniversary of the end of WWII.

August 15, 2025 at 2:57 PM