@SurfThrash Grew up in rural farm country. Our high school lifeline was left of the dial college radio, the just launched Spin magazine, local record stores, Thrasher, and UK connected friend. Music desert, but bigger city radio reached us too.
One of the reasons that both Neoliberals and fascists hate people like Mamdani is because he proves they are all liars who have effectively sold out their constituents to billionaire interests.
All of the pain we have been told to endure has been a choice to sate the wealthy
“What does the money machine eat? It eats youth, spontaneity, life, beauty, and, above all, it eats creativity. It eats quality and shits quantity.”
— William S. Burroughs
Truly incredible stuff here. This is such an egregious error for the A section of the NYT (not a typo, genuinely not knowing what NATO stands for) that it should lead every piece on the decline in journalism
@KBAndersen@henryfingjames Remember seeing the “short fingered vulgarian” description at the time. Still one of the sharpest labels for him, four decades on.
This extraordinary illustration, titled Wild World, is a hand-drawn global map created by artist and cartographer Anton thomas. Instead of political borders and city names, the map highlights wildlife, placing animals in their native habitats across every continent and ocean.
Over the course of three years, Thomas meticulously illustrated 1, 642 species using coloured pencil and pen. Each animal is positioned according to its natural range, transforming the familiar shape of the world into a celebration of biodiversity.
By removing human boundaries and focusing on ecosystems, the map offers a powerful reminder that
the planet is shared space. It invites us to see geography not just as nations and borders, but as living habitats that connect species across land and sea.