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This book by Hokusai assembles images of famous Japanese and Chinese warriors, both historical and legendary. source

Daudi Matsiko knows how to conjure emotion out of silence. The British-Ugandan singer-songwriter can fingerpick with the folk deftness of Nick Drake but he rarely places it centre stage. His words, which frequently address his mental health struggles, are instead the main focus on his debut album. Tracks usually start and end with his whispered … Read moreDaudi Matsiko – The King of Misery

(Fueled by Ramen) Vacillating between intimate and anthemic, The Front Bottoms have proudly worn their hearts on their sleeves over their decade-long-plus career. It’s essentially their mission objective: pointing to the everyday hardships of life with whimsical musical cues that remind you that everything will be okay. The New Jersey folk-punk duo carry through with … Read moreMusic Review: You Are Who You Hang Out With – The Front Bottoms

How they built the wormhole in the lab and what it all means. source

At a minimum, Creed is the nostalgic soundtrack to childhood car rides when you still listened to the radio or the background noise to an awkward family dinner at Applebee’s. When you were young, if you had any thoughts about Creed at all, it was likely that they were corny. They were overly earnest, vaguely … Read moreHear Me Out: Creed Are Finally Cool

DUBAI — Climate justice leaders from organizations representing impacted frontline communities will be sending a delegation to the 2023 United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change 28th session of the Conference of Parties, commonly referred to as the UNFCCC COP28.   The frontline delegation calls upon world leaders to pass and adhere to binding agreements, … Read moreNorth American Frontline Groups To Take a Stand at COP28

Our very life here depends directly on continuous acts of beginning. The great Irish poet and philosopher John O’Donohue on beginnings – wonderful read. source

(Morr Music) It’s always a cause for celebration when new music from Spirit Fest hits the streets. Formed by members of Tenniscoats (Saya and Ueno Takashi) and The Notwist (Markus Acher), Bear In Town, is the follow-up to the group’s finest moment: 2020’s Mirage, Mirage. Ironically, Bear In Town’s melancholy predecessor benefitted from its early … Read moreMusic Review: Bear In Town – Spirit Fest

Dubai, UAE — The outcomes of the UNFCCC 28th Conference of Parties has left Indigenous Peoples and frontline communities across the world sitting in disappointment as world leaders put forward watered-down climate commitments and text that continue to compromise our future.  The biggest takeaway from this year’s climate summit is the grotesque depth of greed … Read moreClimate Criminals Put Profits over Humanity at COP28

The con­cept of pro­pa­gan­da has a great deal of pow­er to fas­ci­nate. So does the very word pro­pa­gan­da, which to most of us today sounds faint­ly exot­ic, as if it referred main­ly to phe­nom­e­na from dis­tant places and times. But in truth, can any one of us here in the twen­ty-first cen­tu­ry go a day … Read more51 Propaganda Techniques Explained in 11 Minutes: From Cognitive Dissonance to Appeal to Fear