Yes; I don’t think there’s much to gain by belittling and dehumanising your political opponent - you risk underestimating (and failing to learn) from them, but you also risk alienating the people you need to persuade to follow you (if a political shift is what you seek).

Articles like this feel like a missed opportunity; it’s a real shame because the author can clearly write.

Littering the piece with emotionally-charged language and pejoratives - while also attempting to dismiss Mr Kirk’s prominence and effectiveness (whatever one may think of him, his methods or his views) as “unremarkable” undermines the article’s credibility and leaves it coming across as a rant. Mr Kirk was killed for his political views; the way this is handled in the article almost comes across as victim-blaming.

The central messages - that the conditions have been set for extremist rhetoric and hate speech to proliferate, that Mr Kirk was but one of many who hold the same views and that there is real concern with how far things have got (with no clear pathway back to politics from the centre) - don’t therefore cut through to as wide an audience as it could.

I don’t follow.

Someone shared this with me years ago and I find it increasingly helpful in remembering how much bullshit our economies are built upon.

Link to the Financial Times here - “The parable of the ox” by John Kay

I think much of Geocities remained accessible until 2013/2014 before going completely (apart from Japan 2019 or so).

Holiday soundtrack for one particularly memorable break. Nice to revisit.

TBM are pretty neat. I wouldn’t let my post hold you back from posting your preferred track!

Thought this too. About to read the article; half-wondering whether I’ll see the likes of Monsanto or similar in amongst the study sponsors.

They posted this little history; amazing to have come this far (and still going) but the talent was always there it seems.

I found out about her through the trailer of a video game years ago; ended up listening to a lot of her music.

The video game trailer was for The Witness.

They tried to sell me a game and I bought the music instead.

Bought the game more recently and found that was pretty good too; I like puzzles and don’t mind the repetition.

I kind of felt the same way; posted the news article as a way of breaking down some barriers.

Here’s a link to a newspaper article that refers to this study.

The previous research they refer to is entitled “Evaluating the 35°C wet-bulb temperature adaptability threshold for young, healthy subjects (PSU HEAT Project)” and is here.

Your work and effort is very much appreciated. I had noticed the live version thing (I’d posted Burn by The Cure as a rare live performance) but having the studio recording is enough - those who want to see how a track might have sounded live will be able to find it (e.g. for some of the Alestorm tracks that have been shared recently, there is a very good live mix available under their label on YouTube).

Not being able to access all music via just one streaming provider seems to be a feature of the services these days. Sad and frustrating, but it doesn’t detract from the value and quality of this playlist.

Thanks again.

This looks like a lot of work - but I love the idea of this.

Seems a great way to explore music I’ve never heard before - and revisit some classics.

Thank you.

Was that the one where the physical copy came with two lenses (for glasses) that were built into the packaging? Or was that a different Tool masterpiece?

Can’t see this image without mentally autoplaying Welcome

Welcome to Americana Please make your selection Followed by the pound sign now

Thanks for sharing the playlist. Dance with the Dead feature; that’s another confessional from me. Heard Riot for the first time a while ago and found it kinda fun.

Looks like I know what I’m listening to for a few days…

Apart from a brief detour in the mid to late 90s, Iron Maiden have been fairly consistent over the course of their nearly 50-year existence - you can usually tell if a track is one of theirs within a few seconds.

actively avoid it

Lol

I like it in small doses. Discovered this kind of stuff during my one proven COVID-19 episode; used to joke that transient loss of sense of smell had ruined my taste in more ways than one.

Makes a change from my usual diet of various metal flavours.

I did want to tag it so that I could spare folks that particular disappointment.