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Shoutout Lula

[Stereogum @stereogum]

Turnstile at the Washington Monument today, a benefit show raising money for humanitarian aid in Palestine, Sudan, and Lebanon

[📹: Ayman Abdeldayem]

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They don’t have class clowns anymore they just have class lolcows

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On this week’s roundup: great new tracks from @LoPeninsula, @recordsettertx, @DawnRichard, and more! Check out all the songs we couldn’t stop playing: https://t.co/5cOkgzJipJ

[Bennett Ⴟ | Dunes N1 + N2 @whateverart_]

The quote is killing me

[e @insomniblvck]

Words in The Alt about the new June McDoom and @DawnRichard by me! Check it out!

[The Alternative @GetAlternative]

Did you know we also recommend horror movies?

Every October we add to our running list of our favorite Halloween films which now is over 100 movies. All rated by scariness from 1 to 5 skulls.

Take a look and find a new scare for your nightly watch.

https://t.co/XpEMnHmQGm

[Jacobin @jacobin]

American author Ursula K. Le Guin was born on this day in 1929.

“We live in capitalism. Its power seems inescapable. So did the divine right of kings.”

[The Alternative @GetAlternative]

Whenever I'm stressed by our tight financial situation, I remember that we lose WAY less money than big corporations.

80 BILLION?!?! Someone give me 80k and we'll at least make something people want

[More Perfect Union @MorePerfectUS]

BREAKING: Anthropic reports an $80 billion net loss in the first half of 2026.

[Pitchfork @pitchfork]

The band has launched a GoFundMe to support Dulgarian through his treatment
https://t.co/RQfRJ64YPB

[. @listentohyakkei]

Recent-ish pickups

[. @listentohyakkei]

Are bands even doing the growl-snarl-vocals combo anymore?

[The Alternative @GetAlternative]

On this week’s roundup: great new tracks from @LoPeninsula, @recordsettertx, @DawnRichard, and more! Check out all the songs we couldn’t stop playing: https://t.co/5cOkgzJipJ

[The Alternative @GetAlternative]

billions must read

[thereisnobeth @thereisnobeth]

mystical thinking is a mindset that makes you especially vulnerable to reactionary thought. there's a reason the crunchy granola types disproportionately got into maga and qanon

[KNEECAP @KNEECAPCEOL]

Olá, Brasil. Estaremos com vocês na sexta-feira.

A todos os nossos fãs, VOTEM EM LULA ✊🏼

Fight against fascism everywhere!

[e @insomniblvck]

A bunch of great people at @GetAlternative work every single week to curate a lovely New Music Friday playlist, and I think everyone should check it out. Here are my contributions this week

[Matthew D @loveisworry14]

Was watching a ton of @cryingband live videos and came across this cover they did of The Mother We Share by CHVRCHES. Unsurprisingly it rocks, it’s like an unreleased b-side from their chiptune era https://t.co/Eq2L8fpAMc

[Matthew D @loveisworry14]

Happy 10th birthday to this unique beast of an album, the immortal Beyond the Fleeting Gales by @cryingband! Literally sounds like nothing else in the world and is like a hyperactive fantasy adventure set to music. We await Crying’s return, but for now, we have this to worship

[The Alternative @GetAlternative]

What a special record. 10 years old. Wow.

[C R Y I N G @cryingband]

Happy 10 year anniversary to Beyond the Fleeting Gales!

Shouts out to everyone who has listened to it. Very proud of this thing. You can buy it new again too.

[The Alternative @GetAlternative]

Did you know we also recommend horror movies?

Every October we add to our running list of our favorite Halloween films which now is over 100 movies. All rated by scariness from 1 to 5 skulls.

Take a look and find a new scare for your nightly watch.

https://t.co/XpEMnHmQGm