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Inner Echo, Rider Shafique:
🎵 Stay Fresh (Echoboy Remix)
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https://echoplexrecords.bandcamp.com/track/inner-echo-rider-shafique-stay-fresh
https://open.spotify.com/track/1FU2MKsg2Ss96M2VbW78LF
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David Sirota says that while the United States is now
“immersed in corruption” in a way that seems like an inevitable part of politics,
it is the result of a decades long agenda by the wealthy to deregulate the campaign finance system
and to essentially make anti-bribery laws unenforceable.
“This is all part of a plan by a corporate movement that sees democracy — the government providing what people want — sees that as a threat.”
I read 47 books in 2025. Of my favorites:
“There are Rivers in the Sky” by Elif Shafak - such elegant prose.
“My Friends” by Fredrik Backman - a blend of great characters and nostalgia.
“One Day, Everyone Will Have Been Against This” by Omar El Akkad - a brilliantly brutal rebuke of atrocity and response.
“Of Monsters and Mainframes” by Barbara Truelove - very fun mashup.
“Owls of the Eastern Ice” by Jonathan C Slaight - immersive science and travel to remote Si…