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Despite the rumor I heard, the new 'Coyote vs. Acme' trailer was not, in fact, in front of the Super Mario Galaxy Movie - at least not where I saw it yesterday.
For #GrindayFriday, Finland's BLISTEROUS just announced a new demo promo tape, and this is one of the tracks: #grind
V-Dems demokratirapport 2026 är osminkad. 92 autokratier, 87 demokratier. USA förlorar sin status som liberal demokrati för första gången på femtio år. Värre än 1930-talet. Men vägen framåt finns.
https://carlheath.se/en-tid-av-demokratiska-sonderfall/
Debates on Degrowth: what drives us to keep growing?
Editors' note We are delighted to publish this article by Marga Mediavilla on a systems approach to degrowth. It serves to summarise a number of the issues in the Prospects for Degrowth series and also represents an echo of the methodology used in the report which was a major influence on degrowth thinking, the 1974 Limits to Growth report by Donella Meadows and colleagues.
General query: are you anticipating the return of 1974 gas lines and perhaps even/odd gasoline filling days?
(I am.)
By-the-way, when that was happening I would go fill my car at midnight - a time when it was ambiguous whether the day was an even one or an odd one.
Ich habe die KI in der Google Suchmaschine zum Test nach meinen Aktivitäten hier auf Mastodon gefragt. Offenbar hat die KI Schwierigkeiten die Postings zu analysieren. Fast alle Aussagen beruhen auf Ergebnissen von anderen Webseiten, aber eher nicht auf den Tröts, nicht mal der letzten Tage.
Zum Beispiel wurden meine Tröts zu Energiethemen nicht gefunden, auch auf Nachfrage nicht.
Garage sale day, should be last of the season, as it's getting too hot. Just finished setting up, 7am. Every time I wonder, 'do I really have enough for a garage sale?' The answer is always YES, of COURSE I do (with some additions from the in-laws) 😂 Neighborhood sale, like, 5 houses doing it today, I think. This is outside mine:
Heute vor 51 Jahren: Am 14. Mai 1975 testen die #USA die Atombombe "Tybo". Die Operation Bedrock war eine Serie von 27 US-amerikanischen #Kernwaffentests, die 1974/75 auf der Nevada Test Site in Nevada unterirdisch durchgeführt wurde.
🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #AfternoonShow
Johnny Jenkins:
🎵 I Walk on Guilded Splinters
#JohnnyJenkins
https://ultimatebreaksandbeats.bandcamp.com/track/i-walk-on-gilded-splinters-from-ton-ton-macoute-1974
https://open.spotify.com/track/0OSNN0ABo1HMgfGeMQ3pCr
Es ist jetzt Zeit zum Umsteuern für die Bundesregierung! Niemand ist sehr zufrieden, 85% unzufrieden.
Jetzt die Fossilpolitik aufgeben und die Chancen der Energiewende konsequent fördern und digital resilient werden, im Verbund der EU.
Das könnte sogar die CxU schaffen, wenn nicht, muss sich die SPD auf den Weg der Vernunft machen.
Niemand profitiert von so starker Unzufriedenheit, außer die extremen Rechten.
i just realized it's possible to search the elvis setlist database by jumpsuit & that there were so many jumpsuits cataloged that they can't fit into 4 screenshots. bowing to the king freaks! https://www.elvisconcerts.com/concerts/dbsearch.php
Some two dozen states challenged Donald Trump’s new global tariffs on Thursday,
filing a lawsuit over import taxes he imposed after a stinging loss at the Supreme Court.
The Democratic attorneys general leading the suit argue that Trump is overstepping his power with planned 15% tariffs on much of the world.
Trump has said the tariffs are essential to reduce America’s longstanding trade deficits.
He imposed duties under Section 122 of the Trade Act of 1974 after the S…
Amarcord OST - Nino Rota (cond. Carlos Savina) (1974)
#NowPlaying #Soundtracks
Done. Wir sind uns ziemlich sicher, dass er das Buch »Was ist was Band 53 – Das Auto« erinnert, erschienen 1974.
Fediverse! Ich suche ein Kinderbuch, an das sich mein Bruder vage erinnert. Dürfte aus 2. Hälfte 1970ern sein. Was mein Bruder erinnert: »Buch mit Zukunft, selbstschwebende Autos und so. Größe/Dicke ca. wie Was-ist-Was-Bücher. Und der Schimpanse ohne Fell auf den Knien.« Es muss Text drin gestanden sein, kein Bilderbuch, weil mein Bruder immer von mir daraus vorgelesen haben…
Premier Mai/May Day, 1974, Montréal
Source: Fonds La Presse, Bibliothèques et Archives nationales du Québec
#PremierMai
🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on #BBC6Music's #RileyAndCoe
Kevin Ayers:
🎵 Stop ThisTrain (Radio 1 Session, 9 July 1974)
#KevinAyers
https://open.spotify.com/track/5KaGATbBoG5CsDM3ZFs2n0
added some excellent handbills/posters to the modern lovers chronology, courtesy of gary johnson of rockaway records. (labelle cancelled at my father's place, replaced by screamin' jay hawkins, which makes mildly more sense.) https://jessejarnow.com/2025/12/the-modern-lovers-1…
RE: https://c.im/@cdarwin/116473143343913496
American scientist, inventor and administrator Vannevar Bush (1890 - 1974),
whose 'differential analyser' was a forerunner of the computer.
He served as director of the Office of Scientific Research an…
Heute vor 51 Jahren: Am 5. April 1975 testen die #USA die Atombombe "Dining Car". Die Operation Bedrock war eine Serie von 27 US-amerikanischen #Kernwaffentests, die 1974/75 auf der Nevada Test Site in Nevada unterirdisch durchgeführt wurde.
Amarcord OST - Nino Rota (cond. Carlos Savina) (1974)
#NowPlaying #Soundtracks
🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on #BBC6Music's #RileyAndCoe
Kevin Ayers:
🎵 Didn't Feel Lonely (Radio 1 Session, 9 July 1974)
#KevinAyers
https://twiddlywizards.bandcamp.com/track/didnt-feel-lonely-till-i-thought-of-you
https://open.spotify.com/track/1xP3gzu4h9kRxb8pk4INMy
A sophisticated jazz pianist,
Aaron Goldberg has a harmonically advanced aesthetic palette and a bent toward thoughtful modern creative improvisation.
A Harvard graduate, Goldberg initially came to prominence in the early 2000s as a member of saxophonist Joshua Redman’s band.
On his own, he has issued a handful of highly regarded trio and quartet dates, including 2006′s Worlds and 2010′s Home.
Born in Boston, Massachusetts in 1974, Goldberg started playing piano a…
🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on #BBC6Music's #RileyAndCoe
Kevin Ayers:
🎵 Another Whimsical Song (Radio 1, John Peel Session, 9 Jul 1974)
#KevinAyers
Heute vor 51 Jahren: Am 24. April 1975 testen die #USA die Atombombe "Edam". Die Operation Bedrock war eine Serie von 27 US-amerikanischen #Kernwaffentests, die 1974/75 auf der Nevada Test Site in Nevada unterirdisch durchgeführt wurde.
When asked whether he plans to extend the 10% global tariffs indefinitely, Donald Trump seemed to completely ignore the framework of Section 122 of the 1974 Trade Act – which he’s using to implement the duties.
“We have a right to do pretty much what we want to do,” he said, ignoring the statute’s requirement for the administration to receive congressional approval for tariffs beyond 150 days.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/live/2026/feb/20/us-iran-nuclear-deal-trump-agreement-strikes-latest-news-live-updates?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other
🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on #BBC6Music's #RileyAndCoe
Kevin Ayers:
🎵 Lady Rachel (Radio 1 Session, 9 July 1974)
#KevinAyers
https://megabog.bandcamp.com/track/lady-rachel-by-kevin-ayers
https://open.spotify.com/track/5f1IZwlYAP2cXhdE5CLwKN