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Recently I've seen a significant rise in the pushback against Spotify, and the majority of it is due to the ongoing issue of them not paying the artists enough.

They surely are aware of this, and so it feels a bit daft to raise the price of premium and not even mention the artist compensation.
October 26, 2025 at 9:10 AM
Getting on very well with the new Ora Cogan track on this grey evening

www.youtube.com/watch?v=tSqN...
Ora Cogan - Bury Me (Official Video)
YouTube video by Ora Cogan
www.youtube.com
April 18, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Reposted by Rory
Have written about Starmer's speech- his best moment yet as PM. He implicitly identified what sits at the heart of this story: the emergence of a common UK/US online right, headed by the radicalised Musk.

It is making extremist, until recently fringe politics mainstream in British conservatism.
Starmer's best moment as PM
And the Powellisation of conservative thought
open.substack.com
January 6, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Really interesting investigation into the details of the Oceangate disaster.

Rush sounded like a dangerous personality to be in charge of such a high-risk project, and how he led his team is not compatible with safety or success.

www.wired.com/story/titan-...
The Titan Submersible Disaster Shocked the World. The Inside Story Is More Disturbing Than Anyone Imagined
A year after OceanGate’s sub imploded, thousands of leaked documents and interviews with ex-employees reveal how the company’s CEO cut corners, ignored warnings, and lied in his fatal quest to reach t...
www.wired.com
January 5, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Wait hang on... large businesses presented misleading data to try to avoid paying their employees a fairer wage?? :0

www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
The California Job-Killer That Wasn’t
The state raised the minimum wage for fast-food workers—and employment kept rising. So why has the law been proclaimed a failure?
www.theatlantic.com
January 4, 2025 at 1:44 PM
December 19, 2024 at 3:14 PM
This video is super interesting! Because of Edinburgh's skyline policies and conservation of the city centre, the people, their behaviours, their clothes, and their cars are the only indicators of the time in which this was filmed. After almost 100 years the city itself looks identical
Edinburgh, Scotland 1930s in color [60fps,Remastered] w/sound design Added
YouTube video by NASS
youtu.be
December 8, 2024 at 5:23 PM
November 24, 2024 at 3:02 PM