Listening to Gorillaz’ Plastic Beach (2010) in anticipation of seeing them this summer and struck by how many of the special guests are no longer living (Lou Reed, Bobby Womack, Trugoy the Dove, Mark E Smith). Also, what a good record. I had never listened before tbh

All aboard! 🎶🚂 Also, Gap Band is describing the world I want to see. "Everybody all aboard.."

prophylactic blocking..

As someone who lives in the Gulf and has been sheltering in place for two days and hearing explosions and seeing the smoke, I don’t GAF about gas prices TBH

Plus all the manual labourers trying to remit enough money to support their families.

If you're Indian, Pakistani, Filipino, Thai etc and maybe you're an engineer or a doctor or an architect, that's where you often land after uni to work if there aren't many jobs at home

“Almost all of the most viral posts reviewed by WIRED on Saturday came from accounts with blue check marks, meaning they…could be eligible to earn money based on how much engagement their posts generate, even if the content is false.” From @davidgilbert.bsky.social

"How can you oppose war when Khamenei was evil?" Simple. If you killed Donald Trump by nuking Washington DC, I would not mourn Trump but I'd still say you're an evil war criminal who belongs in the Hague. It's really not hard.

The U.S. Senate must be clear: no war with Iran.

With alt text. I’ve…never seen a court talk like this before?

Beyond being racist, this shit is incredibly ghoulish at a time like this. Read the fucking room for once.

Feel what you want to feel about the place but like regular people live in the UAE too. Beyond influencers and expats, there are people who made their lives here. Keep your fucking jokes to yourself.

This is how I feel when folks talk about "RED STATES" .

Americans do not want this. They do not want another war in pursuit of regime change. They want relief from the affordability crisis. They want peace.

Today’s military strikes on Iran — carried out by the United States and Israel — mark a catastrophic escalation in an illegal war of aggression. Bombing cities. Killing civilians. Opening a new theater of war.

The UAE has also just closed its airspace. This is precisely why every country in the GCC was begging Trump not to start this war. Predictably, Iran’s regime is trying to make its existential pain felt as broadly in the region as possible. Updates here: iran.liveuamap.com

I can’t emphasise leading w/ empathy for civilians *everywhere* on a day like today enough. The first casualty here in the UAE, where I live, is an Asian civilian at a residential building. Many Ukrainians, Palestinians, Iraqis, Syrians, Sudanese & other war-traumatised people live here. 1/2

Fresh challenge posed by handheld air-defence launchers and 'ship killer' cruise missiles

In the past, sometimes presidents have said it’s just a military operation or limited airstrikes to skirt Congress. Trump has unilaterally launched major combat operations, declaring war with the goal of regime change. A major violation of the U.S. Constitution, also illegal under international law

Update: Looks like multiple US Military/Naval bases have been hit.

Fucking hell. Abu Dhabi has a shelter in place order. @cnn.com Becky Anderson just jumped off the air as they got an emergency alert. So fucking predictable and unnecessary.

In the meantime: tidal.com/playlist/d03...

Great piece. Will Hermes’s “Love Goes to Buildings on Fire” is a history of NYC popular music that includes the salsa movement, left out of other accounts because Spanish.

Here’s a thought for James Comer. There IS a First Lady who has had a relationship with Jeffrey Epstein. And it’s not Hillary Clinton. It might be worthwhile for Comer to subpoena the First Lady who actually knows Epstein. You know, just to see what she knows.

My freshman year at Haverford, I worked on the Alternative Concert Series and my training in learning to book shows was to book The Lyres and The Chesterfield Kings (curated by the outgoing chair) In a later year I programmed Mission of Burma’s Roger Miller’s solo prepared electric piano.

New restrictions enforced as part of programme from Healthy Living Abu Dhabi

BREAKING: Protests have erupted at Columbia University after the school says DHS agents detained a student after making "misrepresentations to gain entry" to building.

Rockhall ballot. Fight me.

Hello. jeffreyepstein.com

Everything matters & is connected 🙏🏼

The US Justice Department withheld testimony that Donald Trump sexually abused a girl when she was 13 or 14 - according to a source who viewed unredacted Epstein files. This is the worst scandal in US history and should be the biggest news story on the planet right now. www.npr.org/2026/02/24/n...

Shameful work by my alma mater. yaledailynews.com/articles/gov...

The Epstein documents released weeks ago are full of university administrators, professors, and trustees. With students demanding transparency and accountability from their schools, academia faces a nationwide reckoning over how it courts and indulges deep-pocketed benefactors.

Gilberto Gil, Flor, & Bento: Tiny Desk Brasil

It's like saying "Kool Herc created hip-hop" or "Buddy Bolden created jazz" the story is not that simple

Listen to this 13 year old who went to her city's council meeting. She had some things she needed to get off her chest

I’ve sunk down a reaction videos rabbit hole that has gone more micro than just rappers or classical musicians listening to some other genre to a very specific micro genre of rap fans listening specifically to the Beastie Boys “Paul Revere”

Been listening to The Handover on Tidal all day after @activecultures.bsky.social sent me their Bandcamp. Immediately purchased the vinyl. These guys are insanely talented. www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Anw...

Now playing: Ephemeral Sounds of the Gulf. Experimental sound artists from Qatar, the UAE, Oman and Saudi Arabia, produced by Erika Tsuchiya at VCUArts Qatar. Artists include: Sam Nester, WYWY, Safeya Alblooshi, Sukatoyo, Spencer Hogg, 3r1k4, and more. ephemerarecords.bandcamp.com/album/epheme...

We have until March 6 to comment on whether there should be one million more satellites in orbit or thousands of mirrors that reflect light back at Earth Jesus Fucking H Christ on a Pogostick

Milwaukee locals will talk about the Grand Ave food court, but - Grand Ave has been Wisconsin Ave since 1926 - 3rd St has been Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Drive since 2021 (effective 2022), a rename that should have occurred in 1984 - And the space was relaunched as 3rd St Market Hall in 2022

The floor plan for the planned ICE concentration camp in Social Circle, Georgia:

Hehe. Trying to explain this sort of thing to some editors as a Lonely Planet author was always a trial.

I love old Abu Dhabi addresses. And by old, I mean Sept 2013. “The mailing address for items sent via international courier (such as FedEx or UPS) is: New York University Abu Dhabi (NYUAD) YOUR NAME Behind the ADIA Building & Across Al Nasr Street From the Cultural Foundation Abu Dhabi, UAE”

Read this.

Ted Lieu says the full, unreleased Epstein files show Donald Trump r**ing children.

He does sound like someone’s midwestern grandpa here. Which isn’t a bad thing.

Wow, Ed Helms, y'all. 🪕🎵🎶

This looks excellent. youtu.be/9lGGip-PKTw