Found the coolest website that takes random found cassette tapes people submit and digitizes them. I’m listening to an NYC hip hop station from 1994: intertapes.net

Starting my new year with this hopeful guide of a song: www.youtube.com/watch?v=L8dd...

In 2026 I want all of the decent people to remember one thing. You aren’t meant to be this disciplined, this self-sacrificing to survive. The environment is supposed to support good living. We can have that. You are not a failure. That is politics. That is all.

Off until the New Year, so happy "Danita, it's Christmas!" holidays to y'all! ☃️🎁❄️🎄

Reminds me of this video discussion. A lot to glean from it: www.youtube.com/watch?v=C361...

Some of you are equating "terrible voice" with "I don't like their voice" and it's why I'm staying out of that discussion, lol. Because the answers I'm seeing are just...what is happening?

That colour scheme was actually the one for my cousin's wedding a few years ago. White and gold Kente on *us*? Gorgeous. 🥰

Ghana 🤝🏿 Cote d'Ivoire: Adinkra + Colour patterns Look at my cousins 😍✨.

Classic.

Went to the bakery for some treats and was greeted with fresh cinnamon buns right out of the oven. Look at God. Gonna have a good day today 🙌🏿.

Loving all the Sinners interviews with people who also love film and/or work in the film industry. Barry, Viola, Questlove etc. Delighted to see today that Denzel (who goes outside for *nobody* interview the incomparable Delroy Lindo (who I hope wins an award next year).

let's go girls

Vindication for the air signs who have been told over and over again that *checks notes* WE are doing it wrong. 🙃 (😂)

Paris, Tokyo Put You On Game Gold Watch ...the entire album though, lol. Incredible concept and masterful lyricism. One of my favourites.

Big facts. Away message already scheduled as of yesterday. Not looking at or answering a damn thing.

Also? I don't know when this headphone-less, volume-on-eleven, phone calls on speaker behaviour started, but I need it to STOP. No one wants to listen to cultural commentary from some random dudebro at 8:45am, Larry. JFC.

Today in transit in Toronto: On my way via the TTC, a screaming match and a man masturbating on the train, full frontal and all. On my way back via the GO train, a person frying eggs inside the GO station shelter, with egg cartons on display. Fun times (not fun times at all).

Baby this is my kind of hooting and hollering!!!

THEE LEGEND, Toni Basil, deserves everything. Gonna read this later 🥰.

I'm here for this.

This is where I've been at since the top of the year. I missed my dear cousin's wedding and visiting family in general because of it.

Will be playing this album all season, as usual. youtube.com/playlist?lis...

Gonna fulfill my patriotic duty by starting Heated Rivalry this week, finally.

Sending love to everyone getting through this last week before the holiday break. You're almost there!

For his friends to know *exactly* what to say? WOW. This is incredible.

“Winter Morning Blues”

Still wild to me that the person whose music blog I used to visit all the time is a co-founder of WeTransfer.

The Blog Era was such an incredible time to discover music new and old for the first time and share with fellow music lovers. So much of my list comes from that time of just letting my curiosity fly + having a regular rotation of blogs to visit all the time.

So. many. people! Rochelle Jordan Drake (unfortunately) Jesse Boykins III Lianne la Havas Michael Uzowuru GoldLink Mar Omin (w/ Full Crate) Janita Deborah Jordan Sidibe Sarkodie Lynda Dawn Daymé Arocena Lupe Fiasco Kaytranada (when he was Kaytradamus) Jay Electronica ...and then some!

A perfect millennial night: Seeing the Toronto Symphony Orchestra play the live music of Home Alone alongside the film, surrounded by other millennial parents who were overwhelmed and teary-eyed/crying (like I was) and their kids who were delighted seeing the film for the first time 🥰 + Thai food 😁.

"Psalm" sounds like a prayer. Whenever I listen to it, I'm always still and quiet, letting whatever flow through. Completely captivated by this incredible piece of music. www.youtube.com/watch?v=gta2...

Across Western nations, this trend is stark among WOC specifically. But IIRC, the problem was and continues to be getting disaggregated data that's consistent and reliable, at least over here. The numbers for Black and Indigenous women is just appalling.

Wow. When I was studying criminal justice in undergrad, this was the topic of many of my essays because, according to the research papers I read, this trend was growing across nations but going unnoticed. This was almost 15 years ago.

One of my favourite albums of all time. Psalm always, always moves me.

TRL but going from living most of my life without that clause rarely being invoked to it being invoked *all the time* is wild and alarming AF.

100% agree. There are people who believe that it's your responsibility to continue speaking to them anyway because of the way you're related and because the cruelty can never be a good reason to stop. Otherwise, how will they know how to know/respect/relate to you?

One of the running jokes of living in Toronto: We never, ever get snow days. EVER. Any time I tell young people, cousins from elsewhere etc. I don't even remember ever having them as a kid and an adult, they're shocked.

Reminds me that I should do a reading. It's been a while for me. A few things happened this year that a reading of my chaotic ass birth chart could help me make some sense of.

Very accurate for me. I quickly process whether or not I mess with you anymore and just keep it moving. But! I won't let you misunderstand where we stand, lol.

Happy December! Time to play one of my favourite albums *ever* on repeat: www.youtube.com/watch?v=eR3t...

Watched Rental Family yesterday. What a lovely movie. Brendan Fraser still has *it*, IDK how else to describe his performance. The cast? Fantastic. The film has sent me down a rabbit hole where I've got 3248390248092 books saved to read because I didn't know rental families were a thing at all.

Can't believe there are people on here *still* going up for Talib. STILL! After years! There is way too much evidence online + across SM platforms to feign ignorance at this point.

The way I was outside ALL DAY yesterday so that I could avoid the snow today. Indoors and cozy today ✨.

This is really interesting. Curious about what comes of it and cautious because private sector but from what I've read? Exciting stuff.

I’ve been on this app since July 2023 and it has always consistently and enthusiastically supported Allen Iverson in every endeavor he takes on, not sure which Bluesky you’ve been looking at.

OMG LMFAO! I needed this laugh today 😭🤣😭

THE TEARS I HAVE LOOOOOOOOL!

One of these is a confirmed medication with significant healing properties and shouldn’t be listed.

I think the shortest version of why LLMs are an anti education technology is that education is fundamentally about making shared context to understand ourselves, each other, and the world And by design LLMs destroy shared context

Two shows I'm *still* annoyed don't have another season at least are Bria Mack Gets a Life and How to Die Alone. Both excellent shows that got cancelled prematurely. The way the former got cancelled in particular, after winning awards and acclaim, pisses me off to no end.