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Stravinsky:
“…Expression has never been an inherent property of music. That is by no means the purpose of its existence. If, as is nearly always the case, music appears to express something, this is only an illusion and not a reality. It is simply an additional attribute which, by tacit and inveterate agreement, we have lent it, thrust upon it, as a label, a convention - in short, an aspect which, unconsciously or by force of habit, we have come to confuse with its essential being.”…

Mal wieder die guten alten "Use your Illusion I II" von Guns n' Roses hören...

As the debate over the BBB moves to the Senate, the immediate imperative is to
expose the damage the bill does to millions of Trump’s voters
to benefit his Mar-a-Lago and crypto-wealthy friends.
But it’s also an occasion to shatter the illusion that Trump is some sort of policy innovator.
Extremism and authoritarianism are not new ideas, and his legislative program would be familiar to Calvin Coolidge. 

A New Working-Class GOP? If “Working-Class” Means $4.3 Million a Year!
Last year, Trump won praise for building a new GOP. But the Big, Beautiful Bill utterly shatters the illusion that he is some sort of brilliant policy innovator.

The Optical Illusion of Elon Musk's Fading Influence (Anna Merlan/Mother Jones)
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2025/06/elon-musk-power-after-doge/
http://www.memeorandum.com/250602/p144#a250602p144

I've made this playlist with rather unknown, female-fronted Progressive Metal releases. Perhaps someone will also enjoy them, who knows. 🎧 🎹
In case it's geoblocked, the releases are (read "band name - album name"):
- Phantom Elite - Wasteland
- Collibus - Trusting the Illusion
- Vitruvius - self-titled
- Time's Forgotten - Shelter
- Hidden Lapse - Butterflies
YT Music:

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #MiddayShow
Gorillaz:
🎵 Cracker Island ft. Thundercat
#Gorillaz
https://open.spotify.com/track/2W3ZpQg9i6lE6kmHbcdu9N

Searching for Dark Galaxies with HI detection from the Arecibo Legacy Fast ALFA (ALFALFA) survey
Minseong Kwon, Ho Seong Hwang, Brian R. Kent, Ilsang Yoon, Gain Lee, Hyein Yoon
https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.03678

Searching for Dark Galaxies with HI detection from the Arecibo Legacy Fast ALFA (ALFALFA) survey
We present a catalog of 142 dark galaxy candidates in a region covered by the Arecibo Legacy Fast ALFA (ALFALFA) survey. We start with 344 ALFALFA HI sources without optical counterparts and remove those that do not seem to have dark galaxy origin. To do that, we first eliminate 83 sources that are known HI clouds probably formed from tidal interactions between galaxies and 13 sources that have optical counterparts. We then remove 56 sources located near other HI sources, which are likely to be…

The Raiders' OTAs Have Already Confirmed One Thing https://www.si.com/nfl/raiders/christian-wilkins-las-vegas-elandon-roberts-devin-white-divine-deablo

Malta – San Ġiljan – Pjazza Balluta
#kamafotos

Malta – San Ġiljan – Triq San Ġorġ - Restaurant San Giuliano
#kamafotos