Bandcamp was never going to be at the center of AI music slop, but this does look like a stand worth taking. Now the questions I have are -- how do you define this? How do you enforce it? And I suspect that'll apply to independent platforms and fediverse, too.

Alternative Building Federative & Decentralized Tools for Music Distribution diyconspiracy.net/mirlo-interv... Built from the belief that the music industry no longer serves artists or listeners, Mirlo is pushing for a radical, federated, and decentralized reimagining of how music is shared online.

🏺🫶🇵🇸 Potters for Palestine is currently having an online auction to support funding for mutual aid groups, on the ground in Gaza. Such amazing work to chose from...and for a great cause! pottersforpalestine.com/collections/...

Streaming now, on this International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People:  24-hour global reading for freedom of expression and solidarity with Palestine www.youtube.com/watch?v=aGUg...

A carefully enclosed simulation space where their creative desire turns into free labour that refines the proprietary models. This activity serves to reinforce the walls of an ecosystem that feeds on them.

We recently shared the news that we're federating Mirlo. Check our blog this coming Monday (10th Nov) for more info on what we plan to do! 🖊️🐦‍⬛ mirlo.space/team/posts

Yara Youssef Abu Kweik, 16, is processing her emotions by painting scenes of suffering from her daily life.

Madaba Map, c.560–565. The earliest map of Palestine surviving in its original form, and the oldest known geographic floor mosaic in art history.

A paper in Scientific Reports presents the origins of vivid colours within the gemstone ammolite — a rare type of brightly coloured fossilised ammonite shell. go.nature.com/48OT5DX #Paleosky ⚒️ 🧪

The documentaries I can’t watch are the ones about musicians, artists, all that. In 95% of cases, I find them disastrous, dishonest, completely tailored for storytelling. And the worst part is people swallow it all. It’s really shocking how little reality there is in people’s perception of music.

We just released new features for label owners, but you didn't think we were done, did you? We're also looking for testers for our upcoming mobile app. 👀🐦‍⬛ testflight.apple.com/join/SjkPHPqp #Mobile #App #Apps #Music #MusicDiscovery #Musicians #NewMusic #Mirlo

🇵🇸 Out today 🇵🇸 @ww3illustrated.bsky.social presents 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘙𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘓𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘗𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘦: a new collection featuring a number of Palestinian artists never before published in the US, as well as the work of art from around the world in solidarity with the Palestinian people. www.akpress.org/the-right-to...

Another cloud shot from October 2023 - this looked like an octopus chasing a dolphin to me 🐙🐬☁️ #Iceland

Nirvana Refuses to Play ‘Smells Like Teen Spirit’ After the Crowd Hurls Sexist Insults at the Opening Act (Buenos Aires, 1992)

"On our civil liberties and right to peaceful protest. Robert Del Naja from Massive Attack speaks out in solidarity of the Palestinian people and calls for the UK government to Lift The Ban on Palestine Action." (via Defendourjuries) #UK #Palestine

We're working on something new! You can now create a label page that works like an artist page, with blog posts, release tabs and more, plus related artists all in one place. Let us know if you'd like to try out label functionality - we'll be adding to it in the coming months! 🛠️🐦‍⬛ #IndieLabels

Paris! We are now on general sale - get on it quick. 🔥 🎟️ aegpresents.fr/event/kneecap/ Vive La France 💥

It's out! 🧪 "Lines in the landscape," on the under-appreciated importance of #ditches as diverse ecosystems: doi.org/10.1038/s432.... By @peatymike.bsky.social, @fluitans.bsky.social, @drtatariw.bsky.social, @timaukel.bsky.social, @jordannabergman.bsky.social, @juliecrabot.bsky.social, ...

I've been working on this with a group of leftist friends from all over the world. A more radical experiment and a militant take on what a truly independent grassroot music platform could be. It's a long shot, it's an uphill battle, but we have to try.

The Cultural Scene in Occupied Jerusalem: An Arena Where Erasure of Identity Is Pitted Against the Struggle to Survive www.palestine-studies.org/en/node/1657...

From Issue V: Kate Wagner (@mcmansionhell.bsky.social) on the art and life of Yugoslavian painter France Michelič, known for his depictions of folk deity Kurent. Stamped by the 20th century's trials, he became a searching interpreter of nature, ritual, and death. proteanmag.com/2025/07/25/b...

If you want to actually solve the problem, instead of punishing itch, start calling payment cos Collective Shout, which is run by people who get published by Spinifex, a very terf-seeming organization, apparently needed 1,000 people to yell at visa to get this done. We got more than 1000 people.

Read Palestinian Speculative Fiction Reading List. This is a work in progress to create a list of all available Palestinian speculative fiction soniasulaiman.com/readpalestin...

Like flames in the forest, a bright orange coral fungus, possibly Ramariopsis crocea, grows out of a mossy bank of soil 📷 Canon R5 Canon RF 100mm f/2.8L IS USM M, f/5.6, 1/20, ISO 1600 Single image 10/12/24 Northern Oregon Coast #mushroom #fungifriends #mushrooms #coralfungus 🍄📷 📸🎞 🌿🌱 🟢 🍄 🍄‍🟫

So many of you asked, that we've now added an international shipping option for our t-shirts! Also includes a download of our first fundraiser compilation. 📦🐦‍⬛ mirlo.space/team/merch/B... #Music #Merch #Mirlo #Musicians #Birds

Kneecap is not the story. Genocide in Gaza is.

"It's our responsibility as musicians to get louder," compilation curator Sonny Singh said. "We refuse to live in fear, we refuse to be silent, we refuse to be complicit in genocide."

Paronychia kurdica Boiss. Caryophyllaceae West Azerbaijan, Iran June 2025 Elevation 2000m

The people running our music industry are the same people “doubling down” on AI military technology. To build a fair and just music industry, we also must dismantle imperialism in all its forms. Daniel Ek is a warmonger who pays artists poverty wages 🤮

This an urgent appeal. Donate to support the Institute for Palestine Studies and help maintain Palestinian knowledge production palestine-studies.networkforgood.com/projects/254...

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github.com/GhislainGir/BlenderGameToolsDoc/wiki I’ve released a 150-page wiki for my Blender addon. The addon is currently available in early access on my Patreon for a limited time, to gather feedback, fix bugs, and more :)

I really love the pinkish-red color of these Stemonitis slime molds as they mature - it comes and goes quickly! 🍄📷 📸🎞 🌿🌱 🟢 🍄 🍄‍🟫 . 📷 Canon R5 Canon RF 100mm f/2.8L IS USM M, f/4, 1/5, ISO 400 Stack of 19 images 9/7/24 Northern Oregon Coast . @canonusa.bsky.social . #mushroom #fungifriends #mushrooms

A random autumnal shot from a long trip to #Iceland in the winter of 2020 - a moment of sunlight illuminates the landscape not far from Jökulsárlón.

Four years ago today 🌿 BlueSky FOREVER! Blue sky & aspen trunks before leaf-out at Muddy Pass Lake #nativeplants

Here are some nice mushrooms

My piece from the @clereviewbooks.bsky.social winter print issue is now up online. On Palestinian painting, Levinas, the work of Mohammad Joha, and the ethics of seeing. (also subscribe to the magazine, one of the best out there) clereviewofbooks.com/a-shattered-...

Grey Heron in flight

We've been thinking about how we can make it so that all the people who have been helping us along the way have a say in the project and the product we're building. Here's what we've come up with. 📋🐦‍⬛ mirlo.space/team/posts/2... #Community #Coops #Music #Mirlo #Blog #Blogs

Who says slime molds can’t be cute

The humble cassette enabled Ahmad Adawiya to reach a wider audience when critics strove to silence him. Now these old tapes, whether online or on cassette, continue to introduce his voice to new listeners.

as ever, the bundle link! itch.io/b/2965/crips...