@kexpmusicbot@mastodonapp.uk2026-04-18 09:41:16
🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #MechanicalBreakdown
Eli Escobar:
🎵 Phreek ft. Amanda Blank
#EliEscobar
https://eliescobar.bandcamp.com/track/phreek-ft-amanda-blank
https://open.spotify.com/track/0eRitUv81CrVebs4RgbmDg
@memeorandum@universeodon.com2026-03-18 13:20:45
Elizabeth Warren backs Mallory McMorrow in Michigan Senate primary (Adam Wren/Politico)
https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2026/03/18/congress/michigan-senate-primary-elizabeth-warren-endorses-mallory-mcmorrow-00833536
http://www.memeorandum.com/260318/p28#a260318p28
@cdarwin@c.im2026-04-19 04:24:20
Both Democratic and Republican administrations spent decades searching for the elusive Iranian moderate.
The search was always misconceived.
The question was never whether Iran had moderates.
The question was whether America had a strategy serious enough to matter to the people in power
— and patient enough to empower the people who could eventually change who that is.
The corrections are not complicated.
🔸Require a single reconciled text
— Engli…
@Mediagazer@mstdn.social2026-02-20 20:56:04
By partnering with betting markets, news organizations undercut themselves by effectively endorsing competitors and opening audiences up to ripoffs by insiders (Elizabeth Lopatto/The Verge)
https://www.theverge.com/business/881967/polymarket-kalshi-journa…
@kexpmusicbot@mastodonapp.uk2026-04-20 10:43:18
🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #VarietyMix
Spooky:
🎵 Hypo-Allergenic
#Spooky
https://spookyuk.bandcamp.com/track/hypo-allergenic-featuring-elizabeth-fraser
https://open.spotify.com/track/5FjNnj13qUON2JFhADraRc
@cdarwin@c.im2026-04-20 19:55:03
Sadly, lawmakers are primarily concerned with satisfying the demands of their newest and most generous campaign contributors.
Senate Banking Ranking Member Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) told Politico,
“These are folks who think that when they’ve bought themselves a Congress, then they expect it to behave the way they say.”
After a year of this Congress, it would be hard to argue they’re wrong.
@memeorandum@universeodon.com2026-02-19 20:31:00
Taking page from Adams, Mayor Mamdani proposes NYC library cuts (Elizabeth Kim/Gothamist)
https://gothamist.com/news/taking-page-from-adams-mayor-mamdani-proposes-nyc-library-cuts
http://www.memeorandum.com/260219/p80#a260219p80
@kexpmusicbot@mastodonapp.uk2026-03-18 21:58:20
@cdarwin@c.im2026-02-19 17:22:03
Immigration and Customs Enforcement ( #ice ), is urgently seeking a powerful new
artificial-intelligence model
to find and prioritise individuals eligible for deportation
—ranging from those who overstayed their visas to violent criminals.
A prototype of the “streamlined end-to-end immigration lifecycle” software, called
@memeorandum@universeodon.com2026-02-19 20:21:05
96 Percent of People Charged With Human Trafficking Are U.S. Citizens (Elizabeth Nolan Brown/Reason)
https://reason.com/2026/02/19/96-percent-of-people-charged-with-human-trafficking-are-u-s-citizens/
http://www.memeorandum.com/260219/p77#a260219p77