New live work with Steve Angstrom on recent @NTSlive show, recorded for @MetalLiverpool residency @FACT_Liverpool & contribution from Brian Crabtree @monomes for second half. Listen > https://t.co/Nqi3tTbyLE
1. Walmart opened its first superstore in 1962, but it wasn’t until the 1980s that it (and other chains) exploded, killing local retailers & taking over.
What happened? The government stopped enforcing a crucial antitrust law, the Robinson-Patman Act. https://t.co/ibhV41gQcu
There’s a massive story unfolding in Atlanta, but it’s barely getting any media attention. Right now the city’s forest, a vital site for humans and animals alike, is under attack, and some amazing people are fighting back. Here’s the story. 🧵
cue the oil/ fracking industries prepared campaign that will use the invasion of Ukraine to demand new pipelines in the US as a matter of national security. cue the politicians who will argue on their behalf, cue their argument that will claim there's no time for renewables.
Remembering Hugh Mundell, born on this day in 1962 in Kingston, Jamaica. Here he is singing “Nature Provides” accompanied by Augustus Pablo on melodica in 1979.
Current #1 @nytimes bestselling author @IjeomaOluo on "So You Want to Talk About Race in Tech" - the final installment of our in-depth series on ethics, with @gregmepstein https://t.co/XhuEUA8i2W by @gregmepstein
NEVER FORGET what the NYPD did to Kalief Browder.
A young innocent black man who sat on Rikers Island for 3 YEARS w/o trial for a backpack he DIDN’T steal. He committed suicide after spending two yrs in solitary confinement. 730 days alone.
This was in 2015. Only 5 years ago!
I drove around South Minneapolis today documenting a bunch of the #GeorgeFloyd murals that have been popping up on the plywood. Here’s a thread of some of my favorites.
This is David McAtee.
He was the owner YaYa’s BBQ in Louisville, Kentucky. A pillar of his community, he gave free food to people in need
He even gave free food to the police who in return shot and killed him last night. Left his body on the street for 12 hrs.
SAY HIS NAME!💔