The Live Nation trial could reshape the music industry. Here's what you need to know
05.03.2026 00:55
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The Live Nation trial could reshape the music industry. Here's what you need to know
Tomorrow the City Council has the opportunity to listen to this call and take a step to take care of our residents.
When she picked up the barred owl, it was limp and trembling. Its eyes were half open, its entire body bruised, and blood was dripping from its beak. The owl died within hours, another casualty of an accidental poison in its food supply.
“Unions are built on the principle that we are stronger together, and that strength depends on ensuring every worker is respected. This includes our transgender, non-binary, and intersex members, who are an integral part of our movement.” - Pride at Work
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Important:
morethanjustparks.substack.com/p/blm-announ... there's info on who to complain to to try to stop this at the end of the article, lets share this message and try our best to stop it.
The SAVE Act and its more extreme version, the SAVE America Act, could shut millions of eligible citizens out of our democracy.
Tell Congress to reject these attacks on our freedom to vote at aclu.org/stop_anti_voter_
There are at least 10,000 Amcits in Qatar alone, and the US government is saying we are on our own
Your work is *not* interchangeable. Your medium is *not* interchangeable. The end result of your work is that someone enjoys the work for what it is, a rich piece of art that is more than just a vessel for a sales pitch. Your message is singular and woven into the piece itself.
Something I didn't realise until I tried using FB and Instagram adverts: Content is very much a term that has migrated over from the Marketing space.
When you refer to your work as "content", what you're doing is referring to your work - your art, your story, your creativity - as little more than
We need NYC-based authors/writers to use their skills to share the importance of public libraries in the 21st century. If this is you, write things and post them to all of your networks.
Also sign a letter to the City Council: actionnetwork.org/letters/city...
I let out an audible gasp.
What in the absolute fuck.
There's a dark, dark, history of this. Of forced sterilization.
I am so, so sick.
Post from Julia Fine that says, "Write the book you want to read because you will have to read it 75 times."
#writerslife
"The proposal seeks to eliminate old-growth and wildlife protections to facilitate what the agency calls “maximum” logging capacity. The stated goal is to accelerate timber harvest to approximately one billion board feet per year. That’s four times current levels."
For ppl who aren't aware:
Old temperate forests are insanely rare nowadays and extremely important ecosystems lost forever once cut.
They're not just "old trees" but intricate networks of trees, fungi and all kinds of living creatures.
You CANNOT replant this!! Once it's gone it's lost FOREVER!!!
Iran's drone and missile attacks have trapped travelers in Dubai, with flights canceled, the airspace closed and movements by sea severely restricted
What in the hell??????????????????????????
Bold black text on a pastel gradient background reads: "hands off our rights. 03/03 FEDERAL PLAZA. SOLIDARITY WITH THE KANSAS TRANS COMMUNITY. 6 P.M. 219 S. DEARBORN ST, CHICAGO, IL. SHOW WE WON’T STAND FOR TRANSPHOBIC LEGISLATION.
Tuesday in Chicago - Hands OFF - Solidarity With the Kansas Trans Community
respectfully tapping the "support billionaire-free, worker-owned, independent media" sign again
I know that the resist accounts have been pushing the red state blue State bullshit as hard as possible, but the reality is we all stand together or we all fall it doesn’t matter what state people are in. It doesn’t matter if it’s a red state or a blue state. We’re all humans in this together.
Malcolm X: “I’m a real bug for poetry.”
Elham Shirin traces the poets who shaped him—from prison reading and “Music” to the lyric power of his speeches—and the art his words set in motion across Black radical tradition and global solidarity.
I know it’s difficult right now, but I insist that you seek and enjoy beautiful things, even if it seems frivolous or irresponsible in the face of overwhelming horror. I want you to feed yourself artistically, spiritually, and literally, because you can’t Do The Work when you’re starving.
Erin's reporting is, as always, impeccable.
What many may not know, however, is that once a license is issued, the holder has a property interest in that license that is protected by the 14th Amendment.
This goes back to Bell v Burson (1972).
For more, keep reading... 🧵
It seems all Kansas-issued trans drivers' licenses are invalid, effective tomorrow
It is now illegal for trans people to drive a car until they surrender their license at a DMV (that most will need to drive to) and have it reissued with the wrong gender marker
This was never about woman's sports
Part of the reason the whole country hasn't been screaming about trans Kansans who drive being made criminals overnight is because there's so much else that's unconstitutional and horrifying.
But part of it is because it's happening to trans people.
Talk to @slooterman.bsky.social
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We believe data informs action. We hope you'll take what we do and keep using it for good.
We're blown away by the support from across the country! Thank you. 🙏
A note on what we do: we're a 6-person volunteer team. We dig into public records and build tools and reporting communities can use to organize and resist.
We aren't national rapid response coordinators or live spotters. ➡️
Truthout is grateful to open submissions for the sixth annual Keeley Schenwar Memorial Essay Prize. The prize is awarded for essays authored by currently incarcerated and formerly incarcerated writers. bit.ly/KeeleyPrize
One of the families we've been helping, the father was finally released from the facility in Texas and then from Whipple. They dumped him on the street with no coat, no phone, nothing, in single digit temps. Bless the people who monitor Whipple 24/7
