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Dodecahedron @dodechedrononon.bsky.social · 18h

I haven't listened to it yet, but I found some great music on their last compilation.

Support protest music.

womenofnoise.bandcamp.com/album/agains...

Against ICE, by Women of Noise

14 track album

womenofnoise.bandcamp.com

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Dodecahedron @dodechedrononon.bsky.social · 2d

"If the Democrats won, the president wouldn't be murdering people."

But say it like it's a downside.

www.nycbar.org/press-releas...

Unlawful Attacks on Venezuelan Vessels | New York City Bar Association

Congress must act promptly, as pending legislation proposes, to make clear to the President and the nation that the President’s threat of similar attacks on Venezuelan vessels (and on Venezuela itself...

www.nycbar.org

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Dodecahedron @dodechedrononon.bsky.social · 3d

While the president is murdering some people he is also busy torturing others.

But, you know, they all love Jesus.

Ian Gordon @idgordon.bsky.social · 3d

Chain-link cages. Flooded tents. Clouds of mosquitoes. Malfunctioning AC. Scarce food. Zero recreational time: Inside the hell of Alligator Alcatraz. (1/x)

Inside the hell of Alligator Alcatraz

Despite shocking conditions and rampant “psychological warfare,” copycats are popping up around the country.

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Dodecahedron @dodechedrononon.bsky.social · 4d

Just a very well written article about how horrifying everything is. www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...

Trump’s ‘Antifa roundtable’ was so much worse than you’re imagining

Holly Baxter reports on a meeting which, at one point, appeared to position people protesting against Nazis in the Weimar Republic as the bad guys, and at another saw the president declare, ‘We got ri...

www.independent.co.uk

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Dodecahedron @dodechedrononon.bsky.social · 4d

Oh blessed capitalism.

Our ad free service includes us allowing people to show you ads so long as we can find some paper thin distinction to make them not the ads we promised you wouldn't see but some other thing.

"It's not an ad, it's just YouTube shopping!"

Text from a Google reply regarding ad free YouTube.

Dodecahedron @dodechedrononon.bsky.social · 5d

Capitalism is... A country where everything is money, where laws and norms are mere bargaining chips, creates billionaires by the truckload who now have the money to go influence/infect other countries in their thirst for more and more.

The US empowers psychopaths.

Dodecahedron @dodechedrononon.bsky.social · 5d

Trump will claim government workers are leftist antifa terrorists and so don't deserve back pay.

Signing statement, obscure law from a century ago to justify it, court cases while no one gets back pay, SC rules in Trump's favor in 2027.

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Jameel Jaffer @jameeljaffer.bsky.social · 6d

It's a pretty big deal that the NYC Bar Association--one of the most prominent and respected bar associations in the country--is accusing the President of ordering the "unlawful summary execution," i.e. murder--of civilians in violation of US and international law. www.nycbar.org/press-releas...

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Dodecahedron @dodechedrononon.bsky.social · 6d

"Rebuilding broken norms" would be a handy applied ethics/poly sci seminar to start offering.

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Dodecahedron @dodechedrononon.bsky.social · 7d

Late stage capitalism is that Jay Z track in a fucking mayonnaise commercial.

Mayonnaise.

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Dodecahedron @dodechedrononon.bsky.social · 7d

That is some life affirming shit.

ICE is filled with untrained goons just looking for a paycheque. Resistance can defeat them.

Cristian Farias @cristianfarias.com · 7d

This video of Chicagoans intervening to save a man from being abducted off the streets by ICE is making the rounds on Instagram.

Community action works.

Source: www.instagram.com/reel/DPZL2AL...

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Dodecahedron @dodechedrononon.bsky.social · 7d

Her and Bruce Springsteen have excellent image management. Because they never gloat over their wealth they still seem relatable to some people.

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Dodecahedron @dodechedrononon.bsky.social · 9d

I keep saying it...

Hollllyyyy shiiiit.

Can we have a revolution now?

Dodecahedron @dodechedrononon.bsky.social · 9d

Trickle down economics was the greatest con ever.

Like, not even close.

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Dodecahedron @dodechedrononon.bsky.social · 9d

A moody track, kind of odd and impulsive. I like the use of the telephone sound in the 2nd half... mad props to John Cage.

#OriginalMusic
#Art
#Experimentalmusic

Radiostrings, by Dodecahedron

track by Dodecahedron

numbercode.bandcamp.com

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Dodecahedron @dodechedrononon.bsky.social · 10d

I agree with 95% of this and would love to collaborate more, but it ignores the underlying issue. Money. We let music be capital, like oil or diamonds. So of course people want the easiest route to fame/cash, of course they don't want to pay producers ...

Business is business

Peretsky @peretsky.bsky.social · 10d

The double edged sword of a “democratized” music tech means we have the ability to compose, record, mix, master, and distribute a professional sounding track entirely in the box of an average home computer...

Dodecahedron @dodechedrononon.bsky.social · 11d

#notallasteroids

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Dodecahedron @dodechedrononon.bsky.social · 11d

Is AI smart enough to tell us how to run AI without destroying the planet?

No? It's merely smart enough to make you billions, right?

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 12d

I hope it's clear to everyone now that Trump really is going for it - he's trying to become a dictator. I don't know if he'll succeed, but he's working to install himself as an autocrat unaccountable to voters. And he's weaponizing the military against Americans who oppose him as part of that effort

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Dodecahedron @dodechedrononon.bsky.social · 12d

I'm sure we can trust the professionals in law enforcement to A) thoughtfully vet these videos so fakes don't get people arrested and B) not make their own just so they can arrest/deport people.

/S

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Dodecahedron @dodechedrononon.bsky.social · 12d

Sentient Minecraft block AI would find the outside-Minecraft world hopelessly unblocked, then we'd all be doomed.

Thank goodness that didn't happen.

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Dodecahedron @dodechedrononon.bsky.social · 12d

"Name it the Patriot Act if it acts against the constitution"

youtu.be/0rkNSPR-QLQ?...

"True Lies" by Taalam Acey

YouTube video by SocialJusticeNOW

youtu.be

Dodecahedron @dodechedrononon.bsky.social · 12d

The president of the United States is murdering people.

JVG 骨 @jasonv.bsky.social · 13d

Absolute all-timer sentence in today's @nytimes.com

"some legal experts have called it a crime to summarily execute civilians" says today's New York Times, continuing their long tradition of whitewashing fascism

Dodecahedron @dodechedrononon.bsky.social · 13d

Was it from this prescient masterpiece? I' ve been listening to this track a lot since Trump has been back.

youtu.be/yaBE-Oq4y2A?...

THE KING - Immortal Technique Music Video for "Rich Man's World (1%)" - HD

YouTube video by Oscilloscope Laboratories

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Dodecahedron @dodechedrononon.bsky.social · 13d

I have so many words for headline writers, most of them swear words.

If I ever win a bazillion dollars in some lottery, I'll pay headline writers just to use the word "some" about 1000 times more than they do now.