@thesaigoneer@social.linux.pizzaJust listened to the last pod by @… . Bill, Majid, Eric and sometimes Leo (also of @… 🥳) just have a nice and meandering conversation about basically anything that pops up, not just tech. Took me comfortably along the Ha…
@jake4480@c.imBeen way too long since I listened to Andrew W.K. - instant feel good music for me.
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLmzP977za2bIunmGONm4dbSYKsvNghlta
@brian_gettler@mas.toListened to an unhinged interview with Québec MP (Lévis-Lotbinière) Jacques Gourde at noon. While criticizing the "wastefulness" and damage to farmers' lands that would be caused by the planned Toronto-Quebec City TGV (as obviously ordered by Poilievre), Gourde simultaneously touted the benefits of the staggering price tag of the troisième lien and claimed that pipelines - they ALWAYS leak, they're designed to dammit - don't pose any problem to agricultural lands. Child…
@hikingdude@mastodon.socialJust listened to the #bergzeit #podcast about #mountainbiking. And I can identify myself as "uphill oriented cross country biker".
@jake4480@c.imBeen a long time since I listened to Meantime fully. This will determine whether this is my top album from 1992, or if it's Piece of Cake by Mudhoney, which I just did fully- and is another SERIOUS contender. These are my final two out of a larger list for '92, and this one is CLOSE, like some of the others. Some years are really tougher to figure out than others 😅
@Kingu@sakurajima.moeWhen I was young (like from 14-15 yo to 20) I listen almost exclusively to Prog rock.
But there was one band I could not stand: Yes.
As such, I have not listened to Yes ever since.
But this was 40 years ago.
So, right now, I am open for a second chance.
Tell me one Yes song to listen to. Only one.
@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.
@edintone@mastodon.greenRE: https://newsie.social/@TheConversationUK/116480670066767591
Only today I listened carefully to a Blackcap, thinking "There is a message in there that I just can't comprehend!"
@gwire@mastodon.socialListened to a podcast which contained an advert for a laptop read by a British female voice. Immediately followed by the exact same ad but read by American male voice.
I like to think I’m confounding the advertising algorithms and they’re getting desperate.
@villavelius@mastodon.onlineMany articles in The Guardian (online version) can be listened to as well as read. Such a welcome feature for those of us with eyesight problems!
#theguardian
@carbonwoman@norden.socialI know its been a few days now but I could not wrap my head around it that Moya Brennan has passed. Listened to Clannad quite a bit these days #RIPMoyaBrennan
@paulbusch@mstdn.caRE: #AffordableHousing problem, he has also presented policy suggestions to government. Not sure they listened but they should have.
Let's increase his follower count so more of us are educated on this important issue. Smash that follow button and boost him to your followers.
#MastodonCanada #EconomicPolicy
@davej@dice.campHonestly, one of the best #history podcasts I've listened to in a while. https://boitam.eu/@joachim/116189608719733172
@penguin42@mastodon.org.ukI listened to my inherited Flatt & Scruggs Vinyl yesterday - all ringing banjo and stuff and really deep long accents; it's really nice - I think the two I like the most are the 'Hot Corn, Cold Corn' and 'The Martha White Theme' (the latter is a jingle they did for a flour brand!)
https://youtu.be/DVgaRt6ft_g
@bobmueller@mastodon.worldWhat’s My Favorite Audiobook?
I’ve only listened to one audiobook in my life—and I can’t even remember which one it was. A Clive Cussler novel, a stack of cassettes, and a lot of driving made for a surprisingly memorable (if fuzzy) experience.
http://www.bobmuellerwriter.com/whats-my-
@AccordionBruce@Mastodon.social@… got a fine write-up in this Japanese blog! 🪗 🇯🇵
They listened to our show, liked our anti ICE episodes and bought some "This Machine Irritates Fascists" button/badges
Also some interesting comments on why the #accordion is popular in d…
@Kingu@sakurajima.moeThe 10 albums I have listened to the most. (according to #LastFM)
What are yours?
@tgpo@social.linux.pizza
@theodric@social.linux.pizzaListened to Lowe's speech. Constant anaphoræ. I was surprised not to hear him explicitly announce a plan to fight them on the beaches.
@cdarwin@c.imRFK Jr. wanted parents to question the science.
A study of 12 million newborns shows they listened
America’s vaccine skepticism is starting to show up in health data
https://www.memeorandum.com/260309/p36
@Mediagazer@mstdn.socialSurvey: 64% of US adults read a print book in the past year, down from 72% in 2011; 31% read an e-book, vs. 17% in 2011, while 26% have listened to an audiobook (William Bishop/Pew Research Center)
https://www.pewresearch.org/shor…
@markhburton@mstdn.socialI just listened to this dreadful piece of US propaganda. It was full of falsehoods from beginning to end.
I might have known, it was presented by David Aaronovitch. He invited a range of 'experts' including the BBC regional correspondent, married to a Cuban American, ideologues from the Economist and Chatham House.
The Briefing Room - Will Trump take Cuba? - BBC Sounds
@DamonHD@mastodon.social#today have inched (well, millimetred) forwards on my #research #buildingModel and listened to quite a lot of mod synth and a little house... And our heat pump received its first annual service.…
@annsev@troet.cafeUnlike Darth #Vance, Marco #Rubio seems to believe what he says; he is neither a cynic nor a ruthless opportunist who would sacrifice everything for his own career, like Vance.
But that doesn't make him any less dangerous. His speech, which I have now listened to repeatedly, sounds like a manifesto of a …
@NFL@darktundra.xyzChiefs GM Brett Veach anticipating 'entertaining' first round of 2026 draft https://www.nfl.com/news/chiefs-gm-brett-veach-anticipating-entertaining-first-round-of-2026-draft
@hex@kolektiva.socialAfter the whole Adam Something "dating advice for leftist men" thing, I realized I should probably write something about that. I didn't, but I realized I should. Here I am sort of getting around to it.
I had a friend call me an "elder" at one point. I was like 35 at that time, but like... a lot of old leftists are just dead or in prison, so we take what we can get I guess. Being also an elder in the sense that I'm an elder millennial, who is also a parent and married for almost 10 years and all that, I guess I'm technically qualified.
So here it is, dating advice for (straight cis) leftist men:
1. Don't.
That's it, actually. That's the whole thing. Let me explain a bit.
First of all, this is dating advice for neuroatypical folks. We're way overrepresented in both extremes because this system wasn't built for us. And that's who is *the most* confused by all the relationship stuff, and most likely to try to apply all this masculinity/manosphere bullshit. I'm also talking a bit from experience here, as a neruo-spicy trying to "figure out" how to date within a paradigm entirely built around neurotypicals and their relationships. It's garbage. Throw it out. There's nothing worth saving.
His video had some line comparing not having sex to your house being on fire. I'm not gonna bother to quote it because I'm busy with actual life. But like, that's exactly what I'm talking about. I recognize that and it's horribly destructive. Men who buy in to patriarchy actually believe this, because those men value themselves based on (hetro) sex. Yeah, if you think you're worthless because you aren't "getting laid" then yeah, you're gonna feel like that's an emergency.
"Dating" as a paradigm turns humans into roles. It dehumanizes us all, and thus makes human connection much harder. It is a game that, like thermonuclear war, can only be won by not playing.
When you abandon "dating" and just act like a human, everything starts to be easier. There's no such thing as being "friend zoned" because you're just friends. Sometimes friendships become other things, sometimes they don't. It doesn't actually matter, because if you're actually there for friendship then you don't *need* anything else.
My grandma, at 98 I think, gave me some advice. My grandparents always got along well, and were married for enough decades that I listened really closely. She told me I should just do things I loved to do and everything else would work itself out.
And it kind of did.
I understand the fear, the idea that you'll die alone. I get that. I get the loneliness. It all hits a lot harder when you have ADHD emotions and past trauma. I get that. But that fear is self-manifesting. When you build your confidence, when you don't *need* to be "in a relationship," you have more room to actually build relationships. For me, dating was dehumanizing. When I abandoned that, I was able to actually be a good partner, and I was able to find my partner.
I would advise against marriage as well, but we did get married for legal reasons. It can still be hard to maintain that, to see each other as people rather than roles. That becomes extra hard as parents. But the times that we cut through that are the times we're closest. Those are the times when it becomes easier to remember that we're both humans and all human relationships need tending.
Roles don't need to be tended because they are classifications. Classifications are static. But relationships between humans are not. Humans are messy and chaotic. Humans have all kinds of complex needs and desires.
So yeah, don't date. Just be a human and see what happens. Maybe google "relationship anarchy" and see where it takes you.
If you have ADHD, it can be especially useful to understand that relationships with neurotypical folks can be especially difficult. Assume you're incompatible with 90% of the population as your baseline, and you'll start to understand why the standard "dating" thing has made you feel so alienated and miserable.
Neurotypical folks generally have no idea that atypicality exists, much less how it impacts relationships. Having to conform to a neurotypical relationship just adds additional mental strain unless you find someone (really special) who can do at least some of the work.
The ADHD thing was especially important for me. There were so many things I was told to do in specific ways by neurotypicals that never worked for me. Their advice always made me feel like a failure. When I was finally diagnosed, I realized they were just giving advice for the wrong type of brain. It was advice I could never use. Basically all dating advice I ever got fell into this same category.
That's my braindump. Maybe I'll develop it more in the future, but I'm busy so maybe not. I hope it helps someone who is struggling like I was.
@jake4480@c.imJust listened to Tom Petty's 'After Dark' (from 1982) fully for the first time, (I of course knew the song 'You Got Lucky') - but I get to the end, and the last song, 'A Wasted Life' had this melody that I couldn't place.. until I did. It's like, the EXACT same melody (and even NOTES, I just listened to them one after the other) as Vanity Faire's single 'Hitchin' a Ride' from 1969.
Through the years, Tom had different issues here and …
@Cognessence@social.linux.pizzaHappy Bandcamp Friday, everyone! Please do support everyone's music as you're able. 🙏
I felt to release something in an opposite direction to the last few albums: 'Music from a Black Hole'. It has understandably received mixed responses when I play it to people, but takes me on an deep trip when listened to from beginning to end.
@Kingu@sakurajima.moeYurei Yurel Dance Floor
I havent listened to this in a while.
I love 9dayzglitch...
9DayzGlitchClubTokyo “ユウレイユレルダンスフロア” MusicVideo
@markhburton@mstdn.socialI do love Beethoven's 6th, my favourite of his symphonies, the first work I really listened to, on 78s, on a wind-up gramophone I bought at a CND jumblesale for 2 shillings, aged about 12.
On BBC radio 3 now: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/live/bbc_radio_three
@bobmueller@mastodon.worldWhat’s My Favorite Audiobook?
I’ve only listened to one audiobook in my life—and I can’t even remember which one it was. A Clive Cussler novel, a stack of cassettes, and a lot of driving made for a surprisingly memorable (if fuzzy) experience.
http://www.bobmuellerwriter.com/whats-my-
@thesaigoneer@social.linux.pizza@… Just listened to episode 3 of your podcast. Once again a very informative and great 2 hours of information. One of the best Linux podcasts out there and very good to refresh my German language skills (if any) 😎 Keep them coming, thanks a lot!
Mit freundlichen Grüßen aus Danang.
@Kingu@sakurajima.moeThe music album I have listened to the most...
@Kingu@sakurajima.moeSometime I'm all happy to discover a new band and then #LastFM look at me like "Dude, WTF, you listened to them more than 30 times already..."
@Kingu@sakurajima.moeWhen I close Youtube Music to open the regular Youtube instead, I think it should be clear that I am now open to not just music but other shit as well like podcast or whatever.
I don't think it's ambiguous.
But somehow, the Youtube algorithm is like "Oh! He came to the regular youtube! Surely they want to listen to the exact same thing he just listened to but with another interface. I am so intelligent!"
