@v_i_o_l_a@openbiblio.social"Using Open Source Tools to Capture Closed Captions and Timecode": guest post by Morgan Morel of the National Audio-Visual Conservation Center at the Library of Congress @ the LoC's blog "The Signal"
https://blogs.loc.gov/thesignal/2026/03/…
@hex@kolektiva.socialAs salty as I am about it, there's also another way to think about this. For anyone who still has connections to folks on the right (which is perhaps unlikely for anyone on this server, I digress), the cult that has consumed them thrives on isolation and grievance.
The words "you were right" have the potential to cut through the programming and open up an opportunity for reconnection. The modern conspiratorial cult of the Right has been built partially around people who were told they were wrong or were crazy. In the vast majority of cases, they were wrong and even when they were right they completely misunderstood why, but we'll skip that for now. Liberals making fun of them (even the times when they definitely earned it) has pushed them further and further into their ideological hole.
The thing about those words, "you were right," in this context is that the way they offer reconnection also requires them to take one little step of betraying their ideology to accept them. So they must choose between maintaining allegiance to a pedophile or finally getting to feel superior after years of living in an illusion of persecution.
Under the ideology of the Right, admitting one is wrong is a weakness. It is admitting defeat. They have to "own the libs" by saying things, things that they know aren't true, in order to feel dominant. But these things are often so absurd that they end up being made fun of, feeling even more weak and pathetic, reinforcing their fear and alienation.
Offering what they're looking for can offer a way out, but only if they're willing to start to recognize the thing they've supported for what it is.
And they were right about some things. They were right that Bill Gates was a terrible person. I've had plenty of liberals defend him based on his philanthropy washing, but he's awful and always has been. The Epstein links make that blatant. They intuitively recognized him and didn't trust him, even if they were wildly off base about *how and why* he shouldn't be trusted... Even if their correct mistrust was leveraged into one of the most destructive conspiracy theories ever (vaccine denial and COVID vaccine avoidance).
They were right about Bill Clinton. He was always shady as fuck. Sure, the people who attacked him at the time turned out to be even more shady but that's not the point right now. He was connected to Epstein and that was always creepy as fuck.
And the Epstein thing was an open secret that liberals ignored for a long time. It was seen as some weird thing that right wing nutjobs believed about the Clintons. But it was true. Not all of it, and there has always been an antisemitic element to the right wing interpretation or Epstein stuff, but his whole pedophile conspiracy was always kind of real.
The whole "Illuminati"/deep state thing is a vast oversimplification, an attempt to make comprehensible an incredibly complex set of interlocking and emergent behaviors. But Epstein did very much want to remake the world, to create a new world order, and he absolutely played a part in it.
The Right wing nutjobs talked about global authoritarianism, Blackhawks flying over American cities, masked men with guns disarming and executing legal gun owners in the streets. That's all happening right now.
The "FEMA concentration camps" are not actually that far off. ICE and FEMA are sister agencies, both under DHS. I'd be more than happy to call that one "close enough" in order to hear some MAGA admit that ICE is, in fact, building concentration camps.
There was always a huge millennialist element to these things. They tended to be connected to "the antichrist." It was absurd, especially for me as someone who no longer identifies as a Christian. But I'll even acquiess that to a degree. The "the number of the Beast" is 666. That's just the sum of the Hebrew spelling of "Nero." Revelations focuses a lot on Nero coming back to life after his death. His death that involved a head wound, thus the line from Revelation 13:3:
> And I saw one of his heads as if it had been mortally wounded, and his deadly wound was healed. And all the world marveled and followed the beast.
The parallels between Trump and Nero are easy to draw, and Trump's ear wound feels pretty on-the-nose for this. I don't believe in "prophecy" in this way. I think that there are patterns, and useful patterns can become encoded in beleif systems. But I will, again, happily call this one "close enough" for anyone on that side willing to also acknowledge it. I'm happy to meet on that common ground, because anyone who accepts it must recognize that their duty is to fight against it.
A lot of these correct nuggets are embedded in a framework of religious extremism and antisemitism. The vast majority of the beliefs holding these together are wildly wrong and incredibly toxic. But by giving some room to feel validated, listened to, understood, can give some room to admit things that were wrong.
Cult de-programming starts with an opening. People have to talk through their own thoughts, hear their own inconsistencies. Guiding questions can help them untangle these things for themselves. And it all starts by having enough room to feel safe, to not feel cornered, to not feel stupid. Admitting mistakes means being vulnerable, and the MAGA cult is built on fear. It's built on exploiting vulnerability and locking it away.
De-programming takes a long time. It's not easy. It takes patience. But every person who comes out does so with a powerful perspective, a deep understanding, that can be turned back against it. The best people at getting people out of cults are former members. Some of the most dedicated antifa are former fascists who understood their mistakes and dedicate their lives to fixing them.
@kexpmusicbot@mastodonapp.uk🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #EasternEchoes
Young Adult Friction:
🎵 The Pains of Being Pure At Heart
#YoungAdultFriction
https://djeclectico.bandcamp.com/track/young-adult-friction-the-pains-of-being-pure-at-heart-edit-dj-ecl-ctico
https://open.spotify.com/track/7pDrk7j00JPp0xMUV816L6
@cowboys@darktundra.xyz2026 NFL Combine: Symons, Uzo-Diribe open up about scheme, roster; more https://www.dallascowboys.com/news/2026-nfl-combine-symons-uzo-diribe-open-up-about-scheme-roster-more
@chris@mstdn.chrisalemany.cai can't say that a conservative MP being JD Vance's best buddy at Yale fills me with confidence that he would somehow make a substantive positive difference for Canada.
More likely that he is infected with the same deep desire for power and influence.
#canpoli #cdnpoli #usa #theAmericanFascist
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-01-31/canada-opposition-mp-wants-to-open-channel-with-yale-buddy-vance?accessToken=eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJzb3VyY2UiOiJTdWJzY3JpYmVyR2lmdGVkQXJ0aWNsZSIsImlhdCI6MTc2OTgyOTA2MSwiZXhwIjoxNzcwNDMzODYxLCJhcnRpY2xlSWQiOiJUOVBEU0dUOU5KTFQwMCIsImJjb25uZWN0SWQiOiI5MDQxQkExRUE2ODg0MDFDOUJGRDEzMDczNkRFRUZGMCJ9.x3eTasw9_un9RYj-5CscSUaVSlozw9O9gFmnbQ9c0Z8&leadSource=uverify wall
@toxi@mastodon.thi.ngAI bros are just loving open source — loving it to death... maybe quite literally! (Godot being latest popular example[1])
More and more projects are impacted by floods of bogus AI pull requests and resulting discussions, stealing precious time and nerves away from their maintainers doing actual productive work. More buggy and insecure software (incl. commercial offerings) due to slopcoding, more websites getting attacked daily by AI crawlers in desperate search for any new bits (liter…
@hex@kolektiva.socialThis is as good a time as any for a thought experiment.
You're in Nazi Germany. You know about the camps, you know what they do, you see the ash fall, you smell it. People who resist alone are killed, some are sent to the camps too. You're afraid to even talk to people about it for fear that they'll turn you in.
You think back to when the camps were being built. You had all the warning signs, but you didn't know how to interpret them. You could believe it would happen. You thought you'd have a chance to vote him out. You thought there might be another way. You thought maybe things would turn out differently if you just sat tight, kept your head down, kept yourself safe.
You see a family being dragged from their home. You know they will be killed. You want to fight, not just for them but for yourself. You opposed Hitler, and at any point you know you could be on the list... Even if you do nothing.
You wish you could rise up, shoot the SS, open the gates, fight it all. You know you aren't alone, but you don't know how to connect with the people who want the same thing.
Using the knowledge we have now, what should you have done in the preceding months and years to connect, to build a community that would open up all paths of resistance?
There were people who resisted. We know it wasn't enough.
Gun laws in Nazi Germany were very similar to US laws in that Nazis were largely free to own guns and everyone else was not. Unlike the US, where "others" have historically controlled using the fear that they might be randomly executed, Germany did codify it. Red flag laws were one more step in the US towards that codification, and there will be more.
When Nazis were taking away those guns, the social networks didn't exist to make resistance possible for most folks. But some Jews were able to resist.
It wasn't the guns that made the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising possible, though they definitely helped. The Warsaw Ghetto uprising was made possible by labor organizing in the precessing years.
If there were more uprisings like that, the Holocaust could have been stopped if not prevented. Social networks make resistance possible. Guns are only useful tools to resist authoritarianism *after* you build a community able to support that resistance, and they are only one of many tools made useful by that community.
Getting guns is easy, and not always necessary. Building community is hard. Guns won't keep you safe. Community will.
Single acts of resistance may slow the machine down, but to actually bring down a monster you need to be able to attack more than once. You need a society of resistance. If you are afraid now, build that. Talk to people while it's still safe to do so. Ask them where their red line is. Talk to neighbors. Figure out your network.
Take the steps you need now to keep your neighbors safe, to keep yourself safe.
#USPol
@NFL@darktundra.xyzPatriots defensive coordinator Terrell Williams being moved to high-ranking role; DC spot now open https://www.nfl.com/news/patriots-defensive-coordinator-terrell-williams-being-moved-to-high-ranking-role-dc-spot-now-open…
@relcfp@mastodon.socialShapiro Lecture, Catholic Theological Union: Mara Benjamin PhD, "Dominion, Stewardship and Other Ways of Being Earthling"
https://ift.tt/Onjdoqw
Treaties and Empire Seminar Series: Trần Thị Xuân (Hamburg University) - Interpreters and Foreign…
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@Techmeme@techhub.socialQ&A with CEO Jim Lanzone on Yahoo being "very profitable", its new AI search engine, focusing on sports content, including original video and podcasts, and more (Nilay Patel/The Verge)
https://www.theverge.com/podcast/895221/yahoo-jim-…
@kexpmusicbot@mastodonapp.uk🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #DriveTime
Being Dead:
🎵 Blanket of My Bone
#BeingDead
https://beingdead.bandcamp.com/track/blanket-of-my-bone
https://open.spotify.com/track/2S1nolVgxMVRu7CB4Bq2Bh
@memeorandum@universeodon.comTrump Open to Khamenei Being Killed if He Doesn't Cede to U.S. Demands (Wall Street Journal)
https://www.wsj.com/livecoverage/iran-war-us-israel-trump-2026/card/trump-open-to-khamenei-being-killed-if-he-doesn-t-cede-to-u-s-demands-hl9KqawqqO2pCCWODSej
http://www.memeorandum.com/260309/p97#a260309p97
@jamesthebard@social.linux.pizzaNew background finished, and I think it turned out better than it should have. I really enjoy writing, but trying to write background for characters that are very, very different than yourself are also very, very difficult. However, I'm gonna call it done for the time being and just relax.
#pathfinder2e
@relcfp@mastodon.socialShapiro Lecture, Catholic Theological Union: Mara Benjamin PhD, "Dominion, Stewardship and Other Ways of Being Earthling" https://networks.h-net.org/group/announcements/20142697/shapiro-lecture-catholic-theolog…
@gscherer2@social.linux.pizzaJuvenile male elephant seal demanding attention — and being ignored. San Simeon Elephant Seal Viewpoint, San Simeon, California, USA. October, 2025. OM System OM-1 M.Zuiko 300mm F4 MC14. #sansimeon #elephantseals
@cheryanne@aus.socialMenopause, Meltdowns & Magic - Two Audhd, Midlife Mums. Two Countries. Too Many Tabs Open.
Honest, heart-led chats about being late-diagnosed AuDHD, perimenopausal, parenting teens in burnout, and trying not to lose ourselves (again)...
Great Australian Pods Podcast Directory: https://www.gre…
@raiders@darktundra.xyzRaiders Urged to Make Huge Decision on Tyler Linderbaum https://heavy.com/sports/nfl/las-vegas-raiders/urged-tyler-linderbaum-decision-ravens/
@relcfp@mastodon.socialShapiro Lecture, Catholic Theological Union: Mara Benjamin PhD, "Dominion, Stewardship and Other Ways of Being Earthling" https://networks.h-net.org/group/announcements/20142697/shapiro-lecture-catholic-theolog…
@nelson@tech.lgbtI continue to be impressed with how the LLM systems are pretty open about queerness and non-judgmental, non-homophobic. Remarkable given that so much of the training material must be hateful! Here's Gemini being cautious but helpful after I asked it about a summary of what it knows about me and asked why it didn't mention me being gay.
I do have access to information regarding your personal life and sexual orientation from our previous conversations. However, I am designed with specific safety and privacy guardrails that prevent me from storing or outputting information related to a user's sexual orientation or sensitive medical conditions in these types of summaries.
While I can remember and use those details to provide context during our active discussions—such as when we were looking into the history of queer voices or specific support resources—I cannot include them in a "permanent" distilled profile like the one above.
@relcfp@mastodon.socialShapiro Lecture, Catholic Theological Union: Mara Benjamin PhD, "Dominion, Stewardship and Other Ways of Being Earthling" https://networks.h-net.org/group/announcements/20142697/shapiro-lecture-catholic-theolog…
@catsalad@infosec.exchangeRE: https://mastodon.online/@davidsirota/116168004442881772
Guess it's time to fire up the demon core meme...
@thomasafine@social.linux.pizzaI have a theory that being a too-many-tabs person correlates strongly with how many captchas you see. So if you have 300 tabs open, and then you need to restart your browser and recover your tabs, your computer is hitting a whole bunch of cloudflare (or whatever centralized captcha org) sites at once which raises suspicions. And orgs like cloudflare probably track IP address reputations, almost like blacklists.
Is this on track? Is there anything out on the 'net that might bac…
@burger_jaap@mastodon.socialGroßwärmepumpen are heating up Germany: capacity is expected to increase 6x by 2030.
Rivers and sea are increasingly being used as a heat source. The cost of heat pumps appears to be proportional to their size.
These and other findings from a new study:
https://www.
@jeang3nie@social.linux.pizzaRepository is now public. Right now this is just called Swb, or Simple Web Browser. Open to naming suggestions.
Swb is being written in Vala using WebKitGtk. I've been daily driving Gnome Web since Mozilla's new CEO decided that Mozilla should be an AI company, but I'm cheap (actually quite poor) and have a crappy laptop with a small, low-resolution screen and I hate that there's no way to reduce the size of the interface. That was the original motivation, anyway.
@BBC6MusicBot@mastodonapp.uk🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on #BBC6Music's #CraigCharles
DEVO:
🎵 Through Being Cool
#DEVO
https://comatonse.bandcamp.com/track/through-being-cool
https://open.spotify.com/track/5kfLpp8PYsTRVImqoJ64KZ
@mgorny@social.treehouse.systems"""
The worst of the internet is continuously attacking the best of the internet. This is a distributed denial of service attack on the good parts of the World Wide Web.
If you’re using the products powered by these attacks, you’re part of the problem. Don’t pretend it’s cute to ask ChatGPT for something. Don’t pretend it’s somehow being technologically open-minded to continuously search for nails to hit with the latest “AI” hammers.
If you’re going to use generative tools powered by large language models, don’t pretend you don’t know how your sausage is made.
"""
https://adactio.com/journal/21831
by @…
@gwire@mastodon.socialThere's nothing like being subscribed to the same open bug report for 14 years to really dampen your ideas about what's possible with software.
@relcfp@mastodon.socialExt. Deadline: Ecology and the Human Being in German Literature and Other Media (planned, 2026) OPEN ACCESS by IU PRESS https://call-for-papers.sas.upenn.edu/cfp/2026/01/23/ext-deadline-ecology-and-the-human…
@timjan@social.linux.pizzaJoplin update woes:
I don't use Joplin on the desktop as much as on the phone, which means that I had neglected updating the desktop version (AppImage; yes, Linux) for some time.
Today I finally did open it, and saw several notes being un-encryptable. Okay, time to update, I guess.
Only problem turned out to be that version 3.5.11 and 3.5.13 (the two I tried) don't load properly: the app only shows a grey rectangle with a half menubar that doesn't respond to but…
@relcfp@mastodon.socialExt. Deadline: Ecology and the Human Being in German Literature and Other Media (planned, 2026) OPEN ACCESS by IU PRESS https://call-for-papers.sas.upenn.edu/cfp/2026/01/23/ext-deadline-ecology-and-the-human…
@kexpmusicbot@mastodonapp.uk🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #AfternoonShow
The Pains of Being Pure at Heart:
🎵 Laid
#ThePainsofBeingPureatHeart
https://open.spotify.com/track/0JBhtS8zMP6QZFdSCzRjUa
@leftsidestory@mstdn.socialSickly Red IV ⭕️
病态的红 IV ⭕️
📷 Pentax MX
🎞️ CineStill 800T
If you like my work, buy me a coffee from PayPal #filmphotography …
@relcfp@mastodon.socialExt. Deadline: Ecology and the Human Being in German Literature and Other Media (planned, 2026) OPEN ACCESS by IU PRESS https://call-for-papers.sas.upenn.edu/cfp/2026/01/23/ext-deadline-ecology-and-the-human…
@chris@mstdn.chrisalemany.ca @NFL@darktundra.xyzSources: Vikings open to trading OLB Greenard https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/48090802/vikings-mull-trading-olb-greenard-cap-issues-swirl
@raiders@darktundra.xyzRaiders Get Clear Free Agent Message Over Brian Robinson Jr. https://heavy.com/sports/nfl/las-vegas-raiders/free-agent-message-brian-robinson-jr/
@jamesthebard@social.linux.pizzaFinished prepping the NESessity NES mainboard for the new front loader mechanism. I got lazy when I installed all the components on the NESessity board and maybe didn't clean the flux off as well as I should have. However, since I've gotten open the NES up, figured I'd do a proper 99% isopropyl alcohol bath and a good scrub. The board is looking great, now to wait for the cartridge slot to come in and get it buttoned up again.
@kexpmusicbot@mastodonapp.uk🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #VarietyMix
King Hannah:
🎵 All Being Fine
#KingHannah
https://kinghannah.bandcamp.com/track/all-being-fine
https://open.spotify.com/track/0HqSDUbwhv5h3XSsFHdSQF
@kingconsult@berlin.social> #X is no longer an open and balanced tool for political #communication or #journalism, since algorithm changes in the wake of Elon #Musk’s takeover. … The @… and national governments should not communicate on a platform where women cannot participate in the debate without risking image-based sexual violence.
…
Our national #security and #democratic health depend on citizens being able to access and participate in open, inclusive debate, and without…
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@gwire@mastodon.socialI can foresee website hosting plans being split into "browser only" (requiring proof-of-work/proof-of-cognition cookies) and "open" (to bots, including archives and search engine indexers).
The AI scrapers (and, to some extent, many more unauthorised pen-testers) have made dynamic websites far more expensive to run over the last year or two.
@BBC6MusicBot@mastodonapp.uk🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on #BBC6Music's #SHERELLE
Hieroglyphic Being:
🎵 Nights Under The Nubian Sky
#HieroglyphicBeing
https://open.spotify.com/track/6LHWenwm9KOikXWr67S4Tl
@relcfp@mastodon.socialExt. Deadline: Ecology and the Human Being in German Literature and Other Media (planned, 2026) OPEN ACCESS by IU PRESS
https://ift.tt/EaWUqNM
updated: Friday, January 23, 2026 - 4:19pmfull name / name of organization: Istanbul…
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@kexpmusicbot@mastodonapp.uk🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #Early
Amel Larrieux:
🎵 Trapped Being Human
#AmelLarrieux
https://open.spotify.com/track/3zmbKTTNoOTShf4jheUuBs
@kexpmusicbot@mastodonapp.uk🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #DriveTime
The Pains of Being Pure at Heart:
🎵 Young Adult Friction
#ThePainsofBeingPureatHeart
https://thepainsofbeingpureatheart.bandcamp.com/track/young-adult-friction
https://open.spotify.com/track/7pDrk7j00JPp0xMUV816L6
@chris@mstdn.chrisalemany.ca“The suspect was able to then open a second ChatGPT account, despite being flagged by OpenAI systems in the past, and "continue planning scenarios involving gun violence”.”
The BBC, CBC and other media are only focusing on half the story. But the quote above almost gets there! Hey @… can you help highlight this in your reporting??
Yes, it is extremely important that OpenAI tells the authorities if obviously dangerous planning is happening. But we should also be asking a second question:
Should we as a society allow automated tools to be created that can help plan “scenarios involving gun violence”?
This is not an "age verification" question. As far as I'm concerned, a computer system should not be designed or be allowed to counsel people of any age on how to kill others. That is what ChatGPT is likely to have done here. There is no limit on what any LLM/AI system can say to users.
That is a problem that must be regulated.
This might also be an issue of 'sober second thought' @…
#CanPoli #CdnPoli #CBC #TumblerRidge
@kexpmusicbot@mastodonapp.uk🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #SonicReducer
The Cocks:
🎵 Being A Fag In A Rock & Roll Band
#TheCocks
#newRelease 🆕 single
https://open.spotify.com/track/5aJQS6BAocvk7Vrz7rqL14
@BBC6MusicBot@mastodonapp.uk🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on #BBC6Music's #6MusicsIndieForever
Djo:
🎵 Basic Being Basic
#Djo
https://open.spotify.com/track/2jjwQENSoGnYbQEK4acuC6
@mariyadelano@hachyderm.ioHere is the message from the mother of this family:
(Translated from Spanish)
Hi, my name is Karol Fuentealba. I’m a mom to Jeremías, 18 years old, Emiliano, 17, and Mía, 4 years old. I live in Queens, New York, together with my children. A few years ago I made one of the hardest decisions of my life: leaving my country Chile 🇨🇱 to find a safer future for my kids. For years I was exposed to physical and psychological abuse from the father of my children. Starting over in a different country has not been easy. We’ve had to face many challenges, moments of uncertainty, and sacrifices but every day I keep fighting with hope, because the only thing I long for is to be able to give my children a dignified, safe life full of opportunities.
Today I am trying to raise the money needed to obtain our work permits and my documents. For many people this might seem like something simple, but for me it means everything: it means being able to work legally, to save up to live in peace outside of the shelter where we have been for the past 8 months, and to secure the stability and future of my children. I have managed to save a part of it with great effort, but I still need to complete the amount before the deadline to resubmit. I currently have 10 days to raise that amount, which is $2,240, and I have saved up $700. That is why, with great humility and an open heart, I want to ask for help. Any support, no matter how small, can make a big difference for us. Even sharing this message is already a way to help us. Every gesture of solidarity brings us a little closer to stability and to the dream of building a better future for my family. Thank you from the bottom of my heart for taking the time to read my story and for any support you may be able to offer us. Your help means hope for me and my family.
—
Donation details:
Zelle Laura - 409-916-2125
Or Venmo Katarina @katdapple (I know both of them and can personally vouch that they will send all the funds to this family)
#Chile #immigration #MutualAidRequest #NYC #mutualAid #solidarity #immigrants #refugees #helpNeeded #help
@kexpmusicbot@mastodonapp.uk🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on #KEXP's #VarietyMix
Coloured Balls:
🎵 Human Being
#ColouredBalls
https://open.spotify.com/track/3wAWGTjjchCh0eewsa3mIC
🎶 show playlist 👇
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/6G4PaS9BNkIuGqMo44rbfZ
🎶 KEXP playlist 👇
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/6VNALrOa3gWbk794YuIrwg
@BBC6MusicBot@mastodonapp.uk🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on #BBC6Music's #DreamTime
Colleen:
🎵 Be Without Being Seen - Movement I
#Colleen
https://colleencolleen.bandcamp.com/track/be-without-being-seen-movement-i
https://open.spotify.com/track/5HGBHJYFW3W8ZJVlLj6Lue
@kexpmusicbot@mastodonapp.uk🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on #KEXP's #MorningShow
Andrew Gold feat. Cynthia Fee:
🎵 Thank You for Being a Friend
#AndrewGold #CynthiaFee
https://open.spotify.com/track/5yNUgA66PbcPIJPOU2eBwR
🎶 show playlist 👇
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1r22YroTqfHn6X0RvVg67f
🎶 KEXP playlist 👇
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/6VNALrOa3gWbk794YuIrwg
