This is an amazing thread, holy shit.
https://bsky.app/profile/eliothiggins.bsky.social/post/3mitbqzpvhk2x
🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #VarietyMix
Midpak:
🎵 Evil Extension
#Midpak
https://midpak.bandcamp.com/track/evil-extension
https://open.spotify.com/track/1W1rr9sYVtYw2lFtSZbfCv
These Haitian Meatpacking Workers Face Deportation. They Voted to Strike Anyway. – Mother Jones
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2026/02/jbs-tps-haiti-haitian-meatpacking-workers-deportation-immigration-strike-union/
This is really good https://skywriter.blue/@eliothiggins.bsky.social/3mitbqzpvhk2x”
"Disordered counterpublics simulate VDA but invert its meaning. 'Verification’ becomes selective sourcing. 'Deliberation' becomes a loyalty test. 'Accountability’ means naming enemies. They look democratic on the surface but accelerate collapse.”
So much of this applies to so many spheres right now, but I see a lot of what I quoted in nominally leftist spaces.
An interview with Ben Levisohn, recently named editor-in-chief of Barron's, on his routine, the magazine's digital strategy, and more (Ray Schultz/MediaPost)
https://www.mediapost.com/publications/article/413200/the-barrons-…
🔊 #NowPlaying on #BBCRadio3:
#ClassicalMixtape
- Power through with classical music
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Relisten now 👇
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m002t9vg
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Mt Fog:
🎵 Eyes in Buildings
#MtFog
https://mtfog.bandcamp.com/track/eyes-in-buildings
Friends over the weekend tried making some brownies with a vegan egg substitute but no modifications to accommodate that. The oils separated completely and they got a weird sludge that became increasingly tar-like as it cooled. I referred to them as “vibe-coded brownies,” and everybody was just like “ha, yep”
🔊 #NowPlaying on #BBCRadio3:
#Radio3InConcert
- A German Requiem with BBC NOW
The BBC National Orchestra and Chorus of Wales are joined by conductor Thomas Zehetmair to perform Brahms's German Requiem and Mozart's 40th Symphony.
Relisten now 👇
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m002t9vj