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May today be a day of celebration for Black Americans, and an inspiration for the rest of us to stand up, speak up, and commit to unconditional support ✊

https://www.nytimes.com/article/juneteenth-day-celebration.html?unlocked_article_code=1.QE8.SMkB.8rd5EUUw0Tz7&smid=url-share

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juneteenth

#juneteenth

Juneteenth: The History

On June 19, 1865, enslaved African Americans in Texas were told they were free. A century and a half later, people across the United States continue to celebrate the day, which is now a federal holiday.

The New York Times

David McMullin 19h ago

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Scott the F is implicit Baxter 21h ago

@ruverb Music is positive energy that can be shared. Music is a prayer for happiness that answers itself. It's bigger than us, but we can invite it to come in.

David McMullin 19h ago

Norcal Gma 2 22h ago

Most of us are destined to overcome challenges. For some we have an uphill battle starting the day we are born.
For my daughter I was that challenge. She was a healthy beautiful baby born to a fourteen year old mom. I was a emancipated minor child trying to adult in a world of intolerance.
Somethings never change.
I couldn't legally drive or work, and was determined to avoid any kind of financial assistance that might become an excuse to take her away.
Together we grew up.
I can't put into words how I feel about the person she became.
Today I took our compost to her house. I admired the large new pride flag that they now hang in a window so it doesn't dissappear. I toured her garden that I haven't seen in a month and felt a million good feelings because she turned out to be a kind, talented and compassionate person who doesn't even know how to hate.
My reason to be thankful today.
Flowers are from her garden.
#BloomScrolling

David McMullin 19h ago

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Paul Cantrell 1d ago

Similarly, hostility to education cloaks itself as support by saying that education should be useful, should be practical, should be focused only on what students need, should be narrowed to what students need, should narrow students, should narrow students into being only what capitalism needs.

I wrote extensively about this dangerous line of thought here:

https://innig.net/teaching/liberal-arts-manifesto

What Liberal Arts Education Is For – Teaching – innig.net

David McMullin 19h ago

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Paul Cantrell 1d ago

But here’s the thing: anyone could make music •before• gen AI. Some more skilled or more artistically successful than others, sure! But that’s not the point. •Doing it• is the point. •Living it• is the point.

A product that promises to generate it for you so that you neither do it nor live it is antithetical to the point, is hostile to the idea of art itself.

(Note: that’s exactly what the artists in the OP are •not• doing! They are all grabbing the AI and actively •doing• and •living• while poking at the curious new object.)

David McMullin 19h ago

Broadwaybabyto 1d ago

I’m seeing a lot of people posting about how sick they are with a “summer flu”

Main complaints? Fatigue, extremely sore throat, fever and loss of smell.

It’s Covid. The Nimbus variant is here & appears to be more transmissible.

It’s time to wear a respirator, clean the air & stay home when sick!

David McMullin 20h ago

Ether Diver 23h ago

The initial flood of streams on the new album is dying down, so if you've been meaning to get around to checking it out, please consider doing so today! If a hundred of you did (tall order, but potentially 3,000+ of you could see this!) it would be a record!

https://etherdiver.bandcamp.com/album/the-mechanics-of-mysticism

@electronicmusic
@experimentalmusic
@psychedelicmusic

#MusicDiscovery #Music

The Mechanics of Mysticism, by Ether Diver

12 track album

Ether Diver

David McMullin 1d ago

Dgar 1d ago

I can’t guarantee the quality of this fact.

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myrmepropagandist 1d ago

"dumb" can also mean unable to speak we should stop and think about WHY being able to run your mouth is conflated with intelligence

I think it might explain the problems that LLMs are causing. We are confusing talking with thinking.

David McMullin 1d ago

Cat Lady Kydia Music 🇺🇦1d ago

“Hope is an act of defiance.”

Happy Dootsday

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