By 2022, the Colibrí Center for Human Rights had assisted in approximately 500 migrant identifications. Forensic partners say that without database access, a dozen or more pending cases cannot be resolved.

Exactly 💯

NEW: An independent privacy audit of Microsoft, Meta, and Google web traffic in California found that the companies may be violating state regulations and racking up billions in fines. “In many ways fines have come to replace taxes."

Adam Becker is a science communicator (and physicist) who recently wrote a phenomenal book taking down the bullshit peddled by some Silicon Valley elites (AI super intelligence, mars colonies, etc). Really looking forward to this podcast

New show is up on NTS.live www.nts.live/shows/dollar...

Doublespeed uses a phone farm to flood social media with AI-generated influencers. A hacker managed to get into a backend system of the company.

Scientists have engineered tobacco plants to produce five psychedelic compounds that are normally found in a wide range of natural sources, including psilocybin mushrooms, ayahuasca, and toads. www.404media.co/scientists-c...

CTA Thorndale Red Line Station just keeps giving...

Spotify have sent details of their 15% price increase. And told me they'll spend it adding more features to Premium. So I had a look at what premium actually gives. 12 "Benefits" 2 that I care about. 4 that I could take or leave. 6 that I actively despise. No thanks Spotify. We're done. Bye.

The Dream Team failed. Total shock. We sent two of our most mediocre real estate developers and a fraud. Who could’ve guessed this outcome?

Hummingbirds looking a bit rough this year.

People demanding police reports for Swalwell's behavior🙄 When I had my last incident, I thankfully wasn't assaulted - he rreally tried. When I was in the police car, another cop got on the radio and asked if I was hot. We have our reasons for not reporting. I didn't report the first out of shame.

Recapping the worst Tasting History recipes to date youtu.be/REnUSwtMNAg?...

On the new Hurtin For Real - all HOT songs... We welcome @lylelovett.bsky.social , Tom T. Hall, Sean Burns & Lost Country, The Mavericks, Wolf Willow, + a whole lot more... Drop by any time at hurtinforreal.com 🌶️ #HurtinForReal

Hello. I just found out that a death metal band has covered John Cage’s 4’33”, and now I need you lot to know that a death metal band has covered John Cage’s 4’33”. youtu.be/voqCQSDAcn8

The volume of conspiracy theories escalating about the moon landing because of Artemis is depressing. The moon is far away but you accept that people can be moved yes? The rest is just math, jet fuel, and huge metaphorical balls, and I guess some people don’t understand any of the three

The “self-doxing” ritual instructs participants to use websites to find addresses, selfies, passwords, old names and aliases, and other personal info that might have been left sitting around on the open internet. Here's what @janus.bsky.social found: Read now: www.404media.co/trans-rights...

#CountrySky #music #MusicSky #countrymusic Back from vacation. Kantrybarinn is a new Saloon in Reykjavik / Iceland playing Country Music.

#CountrySky #MusicSky Before he found success, struggling songwriter Hugh Nelson—later known as Willie Nelson—was a regular at Tootsie’s Orchid Lounge on Nashville’s Music Row. One evening, he met Charlie Dick, the husband of Patsy Cline, at the bar and pitched his song “Crazy” to him.

“How lucky is the United States that everytime they look for democracy in other countries they find oil instead”- Spain Deputy Gabriel Rufián

NEW: Florida’s Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission police—yes, the agency responsible for wildlife conservation and endangered species—are performing dozens of license plate lookups on Flock cameras for ICE, according to public records that show details of the searches.

did you know ? there are many noises a guitar can make ! such as skreeeooowww, chugga chugga, and of course, widdly widdly widdly WOW WOWWWW theres other ones too but those are boring

He has risen!

I just got a cool £2.26 for one of my stupid songs I post on bandcamp. This is not a complaint, I'm genuinely greatful. This one song has earned more money in that one instance than all of my music has from years on all the main streaming services combined.

Reclaiming the Banjo's Hidden Black History Follow Hannah Mayree, musician, banjo maker, and founder of the Black Banjo Reclamation Project, as they organize workshops and performances celebrating the banjo’s Black history. www.youtube.com/watch?v=8UVv...

a cool thing about "cd's" is you push one button and it plays an entire album of music ad free and then (unless you request otherwise) it just stops and awaits further instruction. a very elegant system.

I just pray that all his medical care is being coordinated by RFK Jr. 🙏🏽

On the latest Hurtin For Real... Your Western Swing Favourites. We'll catch @bismeaux.bsky.social #BobWills #BrennenLeigh #TheWesternSwingAuthority #JoshuaHedley + a whole lot more. Drop by any time at hurtinforreal.com ... And thanks to all who suggested a song. Appreciate it! 🎻🎻

The head of FEMA's disaster response claims he was teleported 50 miles to a Waffle House. His car was also lifted and dropped in a ditch near a church. He told Congress 'haters gonna hate.' Hurricane season starts in 60 days. This is the Confederacy of Dunces. This is real.

Just teleported to Waffle House. It works. Stop being mean to that guy.

guys the fucking fuck the fucking FUCKING fuck please stop this ride I'd like to get off

The White House launched OnlyFarms.com this week and held an event to celebrate it. C'mon CornHub was right there! Also at the event: a golden tractor gifted to Trump. New ep of Weekly Skews is out now! weeklyskews.substack...

Just found out my alma matter MTSU recently inherited the MRR/MaximumRocknRoll collection. Holy sh!t what a score. It'll be archived in the MTSU Center for Popular Music.

Spotted this sign in front of an empty lot with a dumpster in it, and I can't recall ever seeing a prestigious university put an entire nation's art on blast like this.

mild take: we're watching silicon valley get very excited about their tools in the same way a guy with a huge wall of ryobi stuff thinks his collection is more important than what he does with the tools

One of the genuine unknown loony treasures in the Great American Songbook.

When Todd Rademacher hosted a Zoom call for educators on how to protect kids from ICE, he intentionally didn't record the webinar to protect the attendees. It was found on WebinarTV anyway. www.404media.co/this-company...

I think this is how it went when I grew up: Nerd: intelligent af, extremely studious Dweeb: a gotdamn loser Dork: goofy af and not the good kind Geek: intelligent but leaned toward tech and gaming

The hillbilly plight of baldness! (Fortunately not my problem yet!) youtu.be/uNCAp38m-e8?...

I’m going to wheatpaste this article to telephone poles until everyone reads it

Everything I've ever learned about RFK jr. has been against my will.

Funny hillbilly bop song about them pesky politics. Ain't nothing changed since back then. youtu.be/wCoLwQWXltQ?...

Listening to Colter Wall's beautiful album, "Little Songs", with thoughts for Jason Simpson. Rest in peace, Jason Simpson. You'll be missed 🙏💔 Prayers to his family

⚠️ "Every city council gets the same pitch. 1. Only your agency controls your data 2. Federal agencies do not have direct access 3. Nobody from Flock is accessing your footage None survive the paperwork. The reality is that non-sworn city staff have access. As do Flock employees. As does the FBI."

Do AI music companies next!!!

Sora was DOA. AI video is fiendishly expensive to generate and has no use case when human-created videos are better AND cheaper. The only surprising thing is that anyone was gullible enough to buy Altman's bullshit in the first place! Anyway here's the video I made about it youtu.be/55Z4cg5Fyu4?...

It's Monday evening and you made it through the day. Time to sit back and learn some Bassology from the master, Mr. Willie Dixon! youtu.be/UcqqyL-Y6Go?...

#jpharris covered this song during last friday's concert as a tribute to #lukebell Such a warm voice, beautiful rendition of this song. The Bullfighter: https://youtu.be/2zsKEtx_yTs #mondaycovers #music #americana

Dollar Country 261 out now. Listen at dollarcountry.org bandcamp dollarcountry.bandcamp.com mixcloud mixcloud.com/dollarcountry or apple podcasts.