@bourgwick@heads.social2025-12-25 22:38:22
comfort food LP of the year: glorious gray area compilation of global/left-field beatles covers, from the space lady to mexican street bands. proud to say that at least 3 of these have been frow show faves over the years. ask your local record dealer! https://www.dustygroove.com/item/223483/Va
@davidaugust@mastodon.online2025-10-21 18:21:58
@simon_brooke@mastodon.scot2025-11-21 19:52:36
"When #billionaires own major media outlets, “news” becomes something closer to state messaging. Not because the government controls it, but because the financial class that funds political power also owns the platforms that shape public perception."
#kleptocracy
Legacy M…
@primonatura@mstdn.social2025-10-20 19:00:40
"Supermarket EV chargers in Berlin could improve efficiency by over 250%"
#Berlin #EV #ElectricVehicles
@tiotasram@kolektiva.social2025-10-20 00:15:39
Just finished "Dreams from Many Rivers" by Margarita Engle. It's a Latin-American history of the United States, written in poems that take on the points of view of a number of both fictional and actual people. It starts with the arrival of Spanish colonists in Puerto Rico, which was in fact the first part of the present-day States to experience European colonialism.
Its super informative and a great read to appreciate the complexities of history that ICE and the US white supremacist movement are trying to sweep under the rug. Like how the fuck do you deport a person whose indigenous and then Mexican ancestors lived in Arizona for centuries but now that it's claimed by the US since they speak Spanish they're "foreign."
It's a pretty quick read since it's a lot of short poems, and it's got lovely illustrations by Beatriz Gutierrez Hernandez.
#AmReading #ReadingNow
@pre@boing.world2025-11-23 00:08:23
Of course it's not only the money which is broken.
The music industry is also very crappy. Major pop stars rake in billions while most artists starve. There's only three record companies left, acting as gate keepers determining which sings get the payola to get radio play and Spotify basically gave up paying small artists in order to give Joe Rogan hundreds of millions of dollars.
Terrible situation.
So can bitcoin and lightning fix this?
Thus the after party here in Manchester.
Musicians and rappers at the event embrace V4V, value for value. Busking on the internet. Payment links on screen and on the live stream as they play.
Ainsley Costello tells us that her first song on fountain.fm made her a million sats, way more than any Spotify stream could make even if they still paid small artists.
She played us that song and then a whole range of artists took to the stage, live streamed over nostr, with donations coming in from all over the world.
All of them were talented and entertaining, but in particular Green Sands were tight and energetic and rocking, Edwin Williamson was deep and baritone and country, Roger 9000 really pumped the crowd with his bitcoin based songs and great tiny digital guitar and The Crypto raptor gets a special mention.
It was a really fun party, with musicians who all believe there is a better way than the terrible music industry.
Fast change overs and short sets means there were like ten acts in four hours among a friendly crowd in a dirty dive bar who all shared this common cause.
Full act list, all of whom are with checking out.
Ainsley Costello
The crypto raptor
Andy prince
Green sands
Edwin Williamson
Nathan abbot
G o l d
Longy
Roger 9000
Fable
#bitfest #music #v4v #bitcoin
@johnleonard@mastodon.social2025-12-18 11:24:54
Plans for a massive new #Oracle datacentre in the US state of Michigan have been left in limbo after funding talks with its key financial partner broke down.
https://www.comput…
@jonpainterphoto@lawfedi.blue2025-11-05 03:53:47
SCHULTZ!
“I know nothing!!!!”
#uspol #HogansHeros #mikejohnson
@tinoeberl@mastodon.online2025-11-12 09:10:25
In #Förderstedt entsteht mit 714 Megawattstunden Kapazität einer der größten #Batteriespeicher in Deutschland.
Das Projekt von #EcoStor soll helfen, das
@tinoeberl@mastodon.online2025-11-04 11:12:51
Im Oktober 2025 stammten 64,2 Prozent der öffentlichen #Nettostromerzeugung in #Deutschland aus #ErneuerbareEnergien.
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