Mandy, Indiana Drop Batshit New Album URGH: Stream kzk101.com/mandy-indian...

Mandy, Indiana haver never sounded so direct, so fierce, so angry as on this, their 2nd album, a record which forcefully calls out rape culture and toxic masculinity amidst racing polyrhythms and a barrage of noise Urgh by Mandy, Indiana is tQ's Album of the Week buff.ly/mItp2DL

Mandy, Indiana's Urgh released Friday and available on vinyl in multiple colours on their Bandcamp.

Interview with Manchester's Mandy, Indiana

Palantir, Deloitte, and the private prison giant GEO Group took in more than $22 billion from ICE and CBP last year. Behind the spreadsheets and contracts, there's a quieter truth: someone is getting rich from cages, borders, and human pain. Profit has always been fluent in the language of cruelty.

“‘We are going to be here to outlast ICE. We’ll be here to outlast the occupation,’ said Torres. Kate Beane, public historian, also made connections between the ICE holding facility and the stockade at Fort Snelling that interred Dakota people in the winter of 1862.“

This regime is putting more time and money into deporting a five year old than protecting the hundreds of children harmed by Epstein & those around him. Liam Ramos is a target because he represents hope. The Epstein predators are getting a pass because they have money & power.

Tesla driver’s devastating 911 call while stuck in fiery car revealed: ‘Help please … I am going to die’ A 20-year-old Tesla driver pleaded with a 911 operator to save his life as he was trapped in a burning car, according to a wrongful death lawsuit against Tesla filed by his mother on Wednesday.

Thousands showed up to remember and honor Renee Good and Alex Pretti. Minneapolis is with you — and we will keep spreading love.

Martin, an 18-year-old citizen and soccer player, traveled with his Madison-area team to Minneapolis for a Futsal tournament (which my kid's team was going to play in, then opted out). While there, ICE stopped Martin and took his mom, who has been detained since. www.jsonline.com/story/news/l...

This is the core ideology of organizing in Minnesota right now: “‘Seeing there was a need for someone to help out, help clear the streets and get the people back their vehicles. So we stepped up and started doing it,’ Leon said.”

FBI/Kash Patel quashed the prosecutors investigation into Renee Good’s murder. They had a signed warrant to investigate her vehicle & collect evidence, but were ordered to stop. Why? Because it would have contradicted Donald Trump’s public statements. Unbelievable.

"Zelensky said that Russia and the United States were discussing bilateral economic agreements worth some $12 trillion, including deals that would affect Ukraine" (Note: there are not $12 trillion worth of deals to be done in Russia) www.washingtonpost.com/world/2026/0...

I put on my bio anth hat to co-write this piece with @nicolanese.bsky.social, our excellent health editor at Live Science. 🧪🏳️‍⚧️

on the balance i think partisan gerrymandering is bad but the only way it ends is if democrats weaponize it against republicans everywhere they can. wiping out republican lawmakers in blue states might bring the GOP to the table to end the practice.

4/ Here's sports journalist Christine Brennan reporting from inside the Milan Olympic stadium during the opening ceremonies:

This is not true. All of the evidence from videos and eyewitnesses show the booing started when Vance appeared on the jumbotron. An accurate headline would say this: "VANCE BOOED AT MILAN CORTINA OPENING CEREMONY"

I stand with County Executive Calvin Ball as he signs emergency legislation today prohibiting privately owned buildings from being used as ICE detention centers. Howard County chose dignity, accountability, and its people. Tune into our event now: bit.ly/4a2VtHw

In the greater story of Minneapolis’ resistance to ICE, one chapter absolutely belongs to the punks organizing at every level. They’re observing, fundraising, running supplies, opening their spaces, coordinating, etc. A story for @rollingstone.com. Thanks to everyone who spoke on the record.

it is absolutely wild that random people on the internet have kept thousands and thousands of minnesota families housed this month my friend and followers helped pay around maybe 130-140 people’s rent in the past 6 days? like. so much of it was just you guys. it is insane to me, this platform.

NEW: since last year, a pair of "highly trained" feds have been involved in an array of incidents attacking crowds with chemical weapons. We used public records and open source analysis to identify Edgar Vazquez and Michael Sveum, alongside some other members of their tactical team. Read more:

‘Stark warning’: pesticide harm to wildlife rising globally, study finds

A former OneBC staffer previously participated in a Spaces call with the leaders of white nationalist/"Canadian nationalist" organizations. They talked about deporting 10 million people and joked about throwing "millions of Punjabis" into the sea. 1/3 thetyee.ca/News/2026/02...

Jessica Pratt's self-titled debut is spare in the arrangements, but Asher White is not trying to just recreate that. There's a few songs that don't stray too far, but you're going to get some new colorful takes for the most part! If you're unaware of her phenomenal talent, it's time to find out.

Rachel Beetz has an odd one for you, each track is reduced and focused down to one effect (gate, delay, feedback, and reverb) but it never feels austere, it's like a free flowing conversation to get into their inner workings. I associate reductionism with a cold severity but this is the opposite.

"Yamila makes cello and electronics seem natural bedfellows, a combination of light and shade, fire and ice, beauty and terror." @andrewneal66.bsky.social reviews Yamila's Noor. www.silentradio.co.uk/02/04/album-...

Analilia Mejia was polling at 5% a couple months ago and was outspent by every other candidate in the race. NJ-11 is also one of the wealthiest districts in the country. Incredibly impressive win.

Evelyn Gray’s emotionally complex Clotheslines 'Clotheslines' by Evelyn Gray is an emotionally-complex folk-adjacent song that reaches for our souls. It’s uplifting, bittersweet, dissonant and kind of Celtic. It makes me feel as if I should dance in a grassy field, but also lie on the floor crying…

Me he reunido con Democratic Socialists of America. Compartimos una idea clara: frente al autoritarismo y la extrema derecha, más organización y más internacionalismo democrático. Han demostrado en Nueva York que la izquierda tiene futuro si da esperanza a la mayoría trabajadora.

Spain's Deputy Prime Minister Yolanda Díaz: “I have left X. That network is a place of hate. “We are not vassals of Elon Musk or Trump.”

Mamdani: "I speak of Renee Good, whose final words to the man who murdered her were, 'I'm not mad at you.' I speak of Alex Pretti who died as he lived, caring for the stranger. ICE shot him bc he did something they could never fathom ... let us offer a new path: one of defiance through compassion."

Today’s soulful edition of Testify! is in the archives. You can dig it at the WFMU page: wfmu.org/playlists/TG #radio #freeform @wfmu.bsky.social @gtdradio.bsky.social

This important story, which details the dangers of ICE and CBP’s face-recognition app, is available to read for free, thanks to @wired.com's initiative in partnership with @freedom.press to unpaywall FOIA-based reporting. Other outlets should follow suit.

"Dozens protest"? What in the anti-factual is this? I shared a thread describing 158 speakers vehemently opposed the detention camp. 2 in favor. 500 residents in the overflow area. And, hundreds outside with signs. Arizona's Family's corporate entity is "Gray Local Media" owner of 6 TV stations.

Nanoplastics are widespread across the Arctic Ocean, from coastal waters to the central basin. Sea ice and atmospheric transport play key roles in storing and redistributing these tiny plastic particles, raising concerns for Arctic ecosystems. https://www.nature.com/articles/s44454-025-00024-y

As a responsible journalist I should make you aware of this correction that was appended to the "Melania" review I posted...

Scientists say increasing shipping traffic in the Arctic is interfering with narwhals’ ability to hunt and communicate. Conservation groups are urging the International Maritime Organization to instate mandatory measures to reduce underwater noise.

Yesterday: Deputy AG Todd Blanche denies that Trump played any role in the FBI's seizure of Georgia voting records or had been briefed on the case. Today: The NY Times reports that Trump talked by phone to the FBI agents who conducted the raid, asking them questions and getting answers. (Gift link)

This is sad, but good: Artists are refusing to normalize this idiocy, and instead of just commanding performances - which they can't do - the Trump people are closing it down and slinking away.

Malena Zavala navigates tough emotional terrain on new album ‘If This Life Could Start Again’ Born in Argentina and based in London, Malena Zavala is an artist, producer and filmmaker. If This Life Could Start Again, her third album, reflects wide-ranging influences, including but not confined to…

London based artist Malena Zavala released If This Could Start Again on Friday. Soulful introspective melodic crooning. Her album is available on vinyl from her Bandcamp including in this transparent vinyl.

For Liam.

'I wanna love you,' from Tsar B's new album 'The Writer,' holds on to its scared tones throughout, and even as the lyrics move from the sacred to the sensual to the sexual, it retains a sense of awe about it. 🖤 www.analoguetrash.com/blog/tsar-b-...

Met haar nieuwe album 'The writer' herinnert Justine Bourgeus, alias Tsar B, er de luisteraar aan dat ze naast bevlogen soundtrackomponiste, ook een voortreffelijk popartieste is.

Met The Writer heeft Tsar B (32) een liefdesplaat klaar waarop ze Nancy Sinatra aan Georges Bizet koppelt, zestiende-eeuwse polyfone gezangen laat herleven en Bryan Adams covert. ‘Ik wil later niet op mijn sterfbed liggen met creatieve eieren die niet zijn uitgebroed.’

Belgium artist Tsar B released The Writer on Friday. More soulful introspective crooning with a techno underlay. Her album is available on vinyl from her webstore including in this transparent vinyl.

Rep. Morrison on conditions at Whipple: "She said, 'they are treating us like animals in here. The women that are in this cell with me, we slept on a cold concrete floor last night. We were begging for a blanket, & guards were cruel'... we have to resolve that every single person deserves dignity"

A new stage drama detailing how two women in a workhouse recorded and preserved Welsh folk songs is set to tour the country this Spring

From an AOC fundraising email, a great point about cynicism.