Shadow

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#Geek, #metalhead, #MtG player, #writer, talks a lot of shite, fairly chaotic postings.

Gloomy Sunday - Billie Holiday

Get the new Umbersound album pre-order here: Umbersound.bandcamp.com
www.redbookrecordsnyc.com for merch.
#umbersound #doommetal #gloomysunday #billieholiday #metal

In the 80's, British comedian Ben Elton wrote a book called Stark, about a cabal of rich & powerful people conspiring to destroy the world whilst they go into space & plan their new society.

Thiel seems to have used it as a play book. Creepy cunt that he is.

https://www.wired.com/story/leak-exposes-members-of-peter-thiels-secretive-dialog-society/

Leak Exposes Members of Peter Thiel’s Secretive ‘Dialog’ Society

More than 200 of the world's elites registered for a retreat whose agenda runs from panels on cult-building and sex to prepping for World War III. An associated app offers matchmaking.

WIRED
Bruce Banner canonically has 7 PhDs and honestly the fact that he periodically turns into a giant green ragemonster after spending that much time in academia without tenure is the most believable thing in the entire Marvel canon.

Can some of us all spare a moment of gratitude for Dr. Ziyad Al-Aly who is tenaciously uncomfortably truthful?

“Despite the fact that the virus has evolved and things have mellowed down, and we no longer think of Covid infection as consequential, there is still actually a tidal wave of SARS-CoV-2 that continues to circulate in the population,”

💚 💚

2/ short 🧵

Article: https://www.statnews.com/2026/06/15/covid-vaccination-cardiovascular-protection-jama-study/
Paper: https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamainternalmedicine/fullarticle/2850241

#COVID #COVID19 #CovidIsNotOver #NoCovidIsMild #SARSCoV2

Covid vaccination cut risk of adverse heart events, large study finds

Covid vaccination was also tied to a nearly 24% reduction in all-cause cardiac events in a large study, surprising researchers.

STAT

Do you want your Bandcamp track to get some radio airtime?

LABR are accepting submissions.

Details: https://aus.social/@dgar/116646948391055873

Dgar (@[email protected])

Last Bandcamp Friday, Love a Brother Radio (@[email protected]) threw a launch party for my album release. After the show, @[email protected], @[email protected] and I concocted a crazy plan to do a show on every Bandcamp Friday to help promote songwriters, musicians, and bands on the Fediverse. The next Bandcamp Friday is on the 7th of August, 2026. LABR - Love A Brother Radio @[email protected] plans to host a show to promote your Bandcamp releases, with the show becoming available as a podcast that you can listen and share in its entirety afterwards. We’ll post your Bandcamp links on Mastodon as your track gets played on the radio during Bandcamp Friday. If you’d like your Bandcamp release to be considered* for Brother Souls Weekend Workout Show next Bandcamp Friday, send an email to [email protected] with Attention Brother Soul & DJ UpNorth, and: an attached mp3 file of your track, the name of your track, the name of your artist/band, Mastodon/Fediverse account associated with the artist/band, and link to the Bandcamp page for the track. This is a show for the community of artists on the Fediverse, hosted by artists on the Fediverse. There’s no advertising or sponsorship. LABR are here to support the amazing artists in our community. And they're about to step up that support. We look forward to hearing your music. Big love from all of us at the LABR collective! *It will be a two hour radio show, so we have some time restrictions. While we would like to give airtime to all the music we are sent, we cannot guarantee playtime for every track we receive. If we do run out of time, it’s likely that your track will be added to the crate for the next Bandcamp Friday edition of Brother Souls Weekend Workout Show. #Boost to spread the word and #Tag your favourite Fedi musicians in the comments. You are the algorithm.

Aus.Social
Pre order here: Umbersound.bandcamp.com
Deal ends Sunday. Check out the available tracks to listen to… like it and get the album!
#umbersound #doommetal #preorder #sale #fy

Song A Day #6375: UFC On The Whitehouse Lawn

If you're looking for a king to kill, look between your ears.

Watch on YouTube: https://youtube.com/watch?v=Leqb8xTV7_o

June 1980: Vera Rubin Publishes Paper Hinting at Dark Matter

Work by Rubin, a champion of women in science, suggested that galaxies contain hidden mass.

By Tess Joosse (from the archives)

https://www.aps.org/apsnews/2023/05/vera-rubin-paper-dark-matter?fbclid=IwdGRleASUAXdleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBzcnRjBmFwcF9pZAo2NjI4NTY4Mzc5AAEeYSbuALAcaZwSI4UwuQI6x64UXZ03eQgILkOr8PUSR64Tmh6BLEDT_goHXIg_aem_FRZJfLYwV0aYrvV256iXtA

Her autobiographical article is available online:
https://www.annualreviews.org/content/journals/10.1146/annurev-astro-081710-102545

#Books #Astronomy #WomenInStem

"Marketers chose the slogan after consulting an AI tool, looking for suggestions... It turned out some managers who approved the campaign never opened the email attachments showing the marketing material." https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jun/06/starbucks-south-korea-tank-day-promotion-blunder
How a Starbucks marketing stunt spiralled into mass boycotts in South Korea

A botched tumbler promotion on the anniversary of a pro-democracy massacre unleashed a boycott, police investigation and political firestorm

The Guardian