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John Rowley
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Retired music teacher, and retail assistant in music shop. Lives in the UK.
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Nfl vikings packers game and viking defence pushing gb running back towards the end zone. Seems every defence cannot tackle for a loss or stop but insist on pushing forward. Time for me to coach
November 23, 2025 at 6:20 PM
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Please tell me of a technological breakthrough that has not been used for malign intent
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Mind-altering ‘brain weapons’ no longer only science fiction, say researchers
UK academics say latest chemicals are ‘wake-up call’ and urge global action to stop weaponisation of neuroscience
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November 22, 2025 at 9:39 PM
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NFL teams are still messing up with penalties, late play calling, bad use of timeouts and stupid goal post hugging getting penalty on pat in windy game and lost. Maybe at 65 I should go and coach from the UK. Teams still do not understand basic run pass protect or defense, yet we pay big money.
November 22, 2025 at 2:51 PM
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Get The Definitive SSL Channel Strip Guide FREE!
Get The Definitive SSL Channel Strip Guide FREE!
A new free guide from SSL brings together the entire history of its analogue channel strips in one place, giving audio professionals a clear technical overview of how each design works and what sets them apart.
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November 22, 2025 at 8:34 AM
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5 Free Compressor Plugins For You To Try Out
5 Free Compressor Plugins For You To Try Out
Following the overhaul of our free plugin database, we now have 261 free plugins that haven’t been featured on Production Expert. There are plenty of quality free compressor plugins to choose from and in this article we highlight some of those we haven’t covered in a long time or at all that will give you the expensive sound without spending any money.
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November 22, 2025 at 9:31 AM
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Everywhere Israel goes it's occupation, abductions, land theft and ecocide
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Israeli incursions, abductions stoke fear in Syria’s occupied Golan Heights
Al Jazeera talks exclusively to families of those taken by the Israeli army whose actions are also causing an ecocide.
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November 22, 2025 at 9:35 AM
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Why True Collaboration In Audio Has Nothing To Do with File-Sharing
Why True Collaboration In Audio Has Nothing To Do with File-Sharing
Composer Stephen Gallagher and mixer Mark Willsher prove that real collaboration isn’t about swapping files, it’s about trust, dialogue and shared authorship.
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November 18, 2025 at 9:36 AM
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1980, but still. 😬
helenkennedy.bsky.social Helen Kennedy @helenkennedy.bsky.social · 8d
Someone noted the other day that one of my very favorite movies, Raiders of the Lost Ark, came out in 1981. It was set in 1936, 45 years earlier. A film premiering today that is set 45 years ago is set in....1981.
November 17, 2025 at 6:26 AM
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A Swiss parliamentary investigation into the detention and expulsion of journalist Ali Abunimah in January has concluded there was a series of irregularities and evidence of political interference.
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November 17, 2025 at 8:27 AM
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Apple Mac Pro Unlikely To Be Updated Ever
Apple Mac Pro Unlikely To Be Updated Ever
Despite rumours suggesting that Apple would update the Mac Pro with an Ultra chip, maybe before the end of 2025 or even sometime in 2026, Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman has now learned that Apple has “largely written off the Mac Pro” and that the Mac Studio will take the crown at the top of the Mac family. We have the details.
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November 17, 2025 at 6:24 PM
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For Western governments that continue to supply Israel with arms, diplomatic cover, or economic cooperation, this raises a fundamental question: can a state claim to uphold the rule of law while enabling its systematic violation?
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The ICJ has ruled again on Israel. But will states listen?
The ICJ ruling on allowing aid into Gaza also reaffirmed the illegality of Israel’s occupation of Palestinian land. The test now is not legal, but political
www.newarab.com
November 17, 2025 at 3:18 PM
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The reverse, of course, will not hold true.
Israel advances bill mandating death penalty for Palestinian ‘terrorists’
www.aljazeera.com/video/newsfe...
Israel advances bill mandating death penalty for Palestinian ‘terrorists’
The Israeli parliament has advanced an amendment proposing the death penalty for convicted Palestinian ‘terrorists’.
www.aljazeera.com
November 11, 2025 at 6:17 PM
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FabFilter Pro-Q 4: Features You Might Be Overlooking
FabFilter Pro-Q 4: Features You Might Be Overlooking
Perhaps one of the worst kept secrets in audio is how great engineers can get great results using almost any stock audio plugin. Still, there are countless reasons why Pro-Q 4 is one of the industry’s go-to equalisers. Here we fire up our DAW to show just some of its standout features that continue to keep Pro-Q 4 ahead of the curve…
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November 11, 2025 at 7:56 PM
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Can We Keep Studio Experimentation Alive In The 21st Century?
Can We Keep Studio Experimentation Alive In The 21st Century?
From the middle of last century, it could be said that using the studio became a creative process alongside being a technical one. Here we look at when and how the studio became an instrument in its own right, and ask how the studio’s pioneering spirit can continue at the dawn of a new technological epoch.
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October 26, 2025 at 9:38 AM
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Before You Send Your Next Job For Client Approval - Read This
Before You Send Your Next Job For Client Approval - Read This
APPROVED! We all love to see those words in an email or text message, for many of us it gives us a real boost. However, sometimes we don’t get that response and it’s sometimes because we missed one step.
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October 27, 2025 at 9:23 AM
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Having a flashback to when I moved in with my last roommate and all he had in the fridge was half of a gallon jar of pickled jalapenos.🤢
jcsalterego.bsky.social Jerry Chen @jcsalterego.bsky.social · 29d
reminder you can just add pickled jalapeños and no one can stop you. you can just do that
October 27, 2025 at 3:15 AM
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Well, a few weeks making a great track, with other musicians from brilliant lyrics, made it to here New 27club song remix video here youtube.com/watch?v=0PYNGizTngY
The 27 Club - Remix
YouTube video by Ronald Bilak
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October 15, 2025 at 11:53 AM
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World War II and the Holocaust have not even passed from living memory yet and it's like these dipshits don't even realize they're the baddies.
October 14, 2025 at 6:46 PM
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Netanyahu’s US schmooze went from 'hugging the bear' in 23 to 'riding the elephant' 25, Marwan Bishara
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Netanyahu’s US schmooze went from 'hugging the bear' to 'riding the elephant': Marwan Bishara
YouTube video by Al Jazeera English
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October 14, 2025 at 7:14 AM
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Love the Jewish Network For Palestine. So many prominent antizionists and academics. Glad to support them.
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What the Gaza 'Peace Deal' is really about
YouTube video by The Crispin Flintoff Show
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October 14, 2025 at 10:47 AM
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Israel says it opens fire on suspects in Gaza, local authorities report six killed
Gaza's local health authority said the Israeli military killed six Palestinians in two separate incidents across the enclave on Tuesday.
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Israel says it opens fire on suspects in Gaza, local authorities report six killed
Israel's military said it opened fire on Tuesday to remove a threat posed by suspects who approached its forces in the northern Gaza Strip, and health authorities in the enclave said at least six Palestinians had been killed by Israeli fire.
www.reuters.com
October 14, 2025 at 12:15 PM
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“A clarinet player was arrested after playing her instrument to the tune of the ‘Ghostbusters’ theme song outside of a Portland ICE facility…”
Musician playing ‘Ghostbusters’ outside ICE facility is arrested by agents
‘Taking us citizens out of state to detain them without charge is a new action from the Feds and should be opposed,’ her band said
www.independent.co.uk
October 15, 2025 at 10:59 AM
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The document at the heart of the deal leaves much undefined, & neither side agreed the fine print of each term. That vagueness was important to getting both sides to sign on, but it also means some of the most difficult diplomatic work is just beginning. www.reuters.com/world/middle...
Trump convinced Netanyahu to take a deal. Can he keep him onboard?
U.S. presidents from Bill Clinton to Joe Biden have found the strong-willed Israeli leader difficult to work with, and even Trump administration officials have been frustrated by some Israeli military strikes they see as undermining U.S. policy.
www.reuters.com
October 14, 2025 at 12:18 PM
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Otherwise known as Hail the Emperor
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Peace summit was a “Middle East wedding for Trump”
“I think most leaders there were there for him [Trump] as much as or perhaps more than they were for the ceasefire plan.
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October 14, 2025 at 5:07 PM
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South Africa co-chairs The Hague Group, a coalition formed in January 2025, focused on holding Israel accountable through legal, diplomatic and economic measures beyond the ICJ proceedings.
www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/10...
South Africa says ICJ genocide case will continue despite Gaza ceasefire
President Cyril Ramaphosa says progress and healing hinge on the case against Israel being heard.
www.aljazeera.com
October 15, 2025 at 8:42 AM