The most fun I ever had on the birdsite was making a recommendation thread. So I'll try it here!

Recommend me something, anything! I will reply with a recommendation back.

@nsaphra the Unsongs project and music album by Moddi is cool as hell: http://www.unsongs.com/
Unsongs: Forbidden Stories

Meet the musicians behind Unsongs, 12 banned songs from 12 countries

Unsongs

@gsarti Wow, these are incredible. The covers of Ashdot and Jara? 🤌💋

Ok, this is ... gentlepunk, so I'm going to recommend DIY Mosul, an episode of the Rough Translation podcast. It's about how, after the Iraqi government abandoned Mosul for being "ISIS collaborators", ordinary residents took on the work of repairing infrastructure and clearing corpses for their communities. It's a beautiful vision of how the world can work through mutual aid and local organizing. https://www.npr.org/2019/04/16/713962747/d-i-y-mosul

D.I.Y. Mosul

Fed up with government inaction, young people start rebuilding Mosul on their own. But in post-ISIS Iraq, volunteering can quickly become an act of rebellion.

NPR