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Agreed. Zero credibility.
She’s terrible. She sounds like she’s rooting for the Iranians and hates all things @realDonaldTrump and Hegseth. Let’s call her Jihad Jen @dbongino @FoxNews t.co/Guyg2GWoE3— 🙏🇺🇸Michael🇺🇸🙏 (@QuinnBx) April 4, 2026🙏🇺🇸Michael🇺🇸🙏 (X (formerly Twitter))
Fascinating… What do you think?
"The Rise of the Sewing Circle Christian
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This is a talk I gave at last weekend's Atmosphere conference about the power of the open social web, why we're building Surf, and how feeds are the new web sites. ionosphere.tv/talks/81Xovjr
📰 Trump Seeks Historic $1.5 Trillion War Budget
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President Trump wants to increase the US defense budget to $1.5 trillion, the largest expansion of military spending since the Second World Warwww.infowars.com
I am loving the videos of Christians all over the world celebrating Easter. Here is one from Spain.
God bless you all! Have a Happy Easter!
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I am loving the videos of Christians all over the world celebrating Easter. Here is one from Spain.God bless you all! Have a Happy Easter!pic.twitter.com/co2hdlgrWa— I Love America News (@ILA_NewsX) April 4, 2026I Love America News (X (formerly Twitter))
Ten years after the Brexit vote, Trump’s disdain and insults are fuelling the belief that the UK should renew ties with Europe, says Guardian columnist Gaby HinsliffGaby Hinsliff (the Guardian)
The arts community loves to congratulate itself on being progressive, inclusive, and enlightened. It speaks endlessly about “valuing creativity” and “uplifting voices.”
But beneath the self-congratulatory rhetoric lies a far uglier truth: it is an ecosystem that routinely exploits the very people it claims to celebrate.
For many artists, the community is not a sanctuary—it’s a machine that runs on unpaid labor, vague promises, and emotional manipulation.
At the heart of this exploitation is a simple, corrosive expectation: that artists should be grateful just to participate. Painters are asked to “donate” work for exposure. Musicians are told that performing for free is a “great opportunity.” Writers are offered publication with no compensation, as if visibility alone can pay rent. The logic is always the same—your passion should be enough. If you truly love your craft, why would you need money?
This isn’t just naïve; it’s predatory. It weaponizes passion against the artist. The more dedicated someone is to their work, the easier they are to exploit. After all, they’re the ones most willing to sacrifice stability, time, and dignity for the chance to create.
The arts community knows this and leans into it, dressing exploitation up as collaboration and calling it culture.
Gatekeeping makes the problem worse. Opportunities are often controlled by a small network of curators, directors, editors, and influencers who hold disproportionate power over who gets seen and who doesn’t. And what do they offer in exchange for that access? Rarely money—more often, it’s “exposure,” networking, or the vague possibility of future opportunities. It’s a system that functions like a pyramid scheme: countless artists at the bottom working for free, all chasing the illusion that one day they’ll reach the top where, supposedly, the real rewards exist.
But even at higher levels, the exploitation doesn’t disappear—it just becomes more subtle. Established artists are pressured to underprice their work to remain competitive. Institutions with substantial funding still underpay creatives while allocating generous budgets to administration, marketing, and executive salaries.
The message is clear: the art matters, but the artist doesn’t.
What makes this especially insidious is how normalized it has become. Artists themselves often perpetuate the cycle, encouraging peers to accept unpaid opportunities because “that’s just how it is.” Refusing to work for free can label someone as difficult or ungrateful, effectively punishing those who try to assert basic professional boundaries.
In this way, the system sustains itself—not just through exploitation, but through the internalized compliance of its victims.
There’s also a moral veneer that shields the system from criticism. The arts are framed as inherently noble, which makes it uncomfortable to acknowledge the economic realities behind them. People want to believe that creativity exists outside capitalism, that it operates on passion alone. But this illusion only benefits those who profit from unpaid labor while avoiding accountability.
The result is a community that quietly filters out anyone who cannot afford to be exploited. Only those with independent wealth, financial support, or a high tolerance for instability can persist long enough to “make it.”
Everyone else is gradually pushed out—not because they lack talent, but because they can’t survive on promises and praise.
If the arts community truly valued artists, it would start by paying them. Not eventually, not conditionally, not symbolically—actually paying them. It would dismantle the expectation that exposure is a substitute for compensation and recognize that creative labor is still labor.
Until then, all the talk of empowerment and inclusion rings hollow.
Because a community that feeds on unpaid work isn’t supportive. It’s parasitic.
—-LXK
#art #photography #music #arts
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These illegals are actually animals….
Yesterday in Rome, a gathering was held to celebrate the life & suffering of Rosy the Raped Cat.For those who don’t know, an African migrant raped this poor cat in Rome. She’s still alive and fighting but it is very tough.Joey Mannarino 🇺🇸 (X (formerly Twitter))
Racist *and* misogynistic *and *queer-phobe" and in general minority- and vulnerable-phobe.
Otherwise: 🎯
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They now hate Iran for damaging their energy infrastructure and therefore don’t want to indefinitely pay it “petroyuan” as part of the “toll” system that the Islamic Republic is flirting with imposing.Andrew Korybko (Andrew Korybko's Newsletter)
Democrat Gov. Maura Healey, Boston Mayor Michelle Wu booed at Red Sox home opener
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The two Democrat politicians took the field at Fenway Park before Friday’s game against the San Diego Padres for a pregame ceremony.Fox News (New York Post)
Sure according to Macron. 🙄
The TDS is really showing.
The recent military raid and eviction of 11 Palestinian homes in Silwan are part of Israel’s coordinated assault on the conditions that make psychological life possible: home, continuity, and the right to remain. We must resist.
The Red Sox simply posted a video of Boston in 1950, and it’s immediately one of the most radicalizing things you’ve ever seen. pic.twitter.com/Jos9EjOcXh— Geiger Capital (@Geiger_Capital) April 3, 2026Geiger Capital (X (formerly Twitter))
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About time, it was becoming very messy.
🚨 JUST IN: President Trump signs executive order designed to SAVE COLLEGE SPORTS from a financial arms race- Athletes can only transfer schools one time before they graduate without having to sit out a season- Athletes can only play up to 5 seasons i…Eric Daugherty (X (formerly Twitter))
pas d'urgence si la trame est bonne, mais ce sera à changer...
Si le vélo est rangé dans un endroit "chaud", genre un atelier qui (sur)chauffe en plein soleil l'été (👋 moi-même 😁), les carcasses peuvent "cuire", perdre en souplesse et craqueler comme sur la photo...
Édit: accélérer son vieillissement quoi 🤔
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Hahaha. CBS did a 6 month investigation and concluded that high California gas prices are entirely the fault of Gavin Newsom & CA leadership.“55% of each gallon of gas includes California-specific costs.” t.Rachel Keuler (X (formerly Twitter))
France surrendered without even trying. Again._ pic.twitter.com/qcgb341ktC— Dr. Eli David (@DrEliDavid) April 2, 2026Dr. Eli David (X (formerly Twitter))
No, bro, you don't understand.If the US loses one single plane, they are LOSING.If Iran is bombed 24/7 with no airspace control and their entire leadership is dead and their remaining singular spokesperson is issuing empty threats from a bunker they …Rex Thundercock (X (formerly Twitter))
“Mittelalterlich” / Medieval
The illuminated manuscript “Lancelot du Lac” (Lancelot of the Lake), recounting the exploits of that knight, seen here defeating an opponent. Written in Old French in the Late Middle Ages, circa 1310-1315 (although its binding was made in the 1800s), on display at the Morgan Library in NYC. I’ve shared a closeup of one page before, but here’s a better view of the whole spread.
Democrats Sue to Stop Trump’s Latest Election Integrity Effort
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Nearly two dozen Democrat states have teamed to sue the Trump administration over its executive order aiming to protect mail-in balloting.Dave Mason (The Daily Signal)
#FotoVorschlag
#Mittelalterlich » #Medieval
The #WhiteTower (not to be confused with White Castle) at the #TowerOfLondon
#castle #architecture #Architektur #ArchitecturePhotography #MedievalArchitecture #MedievalHistory #HistoricBuildings #monochrome #bnw #bw #BlackAndWhite #NoirEtBlanc #BlackAndWhitePhotography
Another one gone. t.co/SkFUpWdf3K— Gunther Eagleman™ (@GuntherEagleman) April 4, 2026Gunther Eagleman™ (X (formerly Twitter))
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Review: Bubblegum Galaxy Features a Fantastic Aesthetic
There are some games where, after I play them, I find I remember more about the ambiance and aesthetic than the actual gameplay. This isn’t to say the there’s no challenge to it or it isn’t fun. Just that everything else about the experience is what made it more memorable. That’s how I feel about Bubblegum Galaxy, a puzzle game about ...
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Bubblegum Galaxy is a bright delight of a game with distinct design direction and captivating storyline reminiscent of Keita Takahashi games.Jenni Lada (Siliconera)
The establishment of more contacts between both countries at this level can lead to new channels of dialogue, including informal ones off the record, for clarifying confusion and debunking lies about the ongoing Russian-US talks as they arise so as t…Andrew Korybko (Andrew Korybko's Newsletter)
The revolution has cast a powerful net of sympathy among the workers of the entire world, and it would be most unfortunate if we were to deliver ourselves over to debates that are more or less partisan and biased and thus destroy the achievements to which this sympathy has given rise.
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Big-Endian Testing with QEMU
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Dr. Cassone Video is hosted on PeerTube, an ActivityPub-federated video streaming platform using P2P directly in your web browser.Dr. Cassone Video
I would be psyched if everybody who felt that way moved to Europe. It would be giving normie Americans what they want: getting insufferable europhiles like me TF out of America. Let them live out their génération perdue fantasy!
Russia tacitly acknowledges that June’s parliamentary elections represent a “Battle for Armenia” just like Hungary’s own later this month represent a “Battle for Hungary”.Andrew Korybko (Andrew Korybko's Newsletter)
Enjoy the videos and music you love, upload original content, and share it all with friends, family, and the world on YouTube.Felicity (YouTube)
George Carlin saw through the BS.
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George Carlin was spot on here.Words are chosen for specific reasons. pic.twitter.com/J6VmE4DzQb— Planet Of Memes (@PlanetOfMemes) April 3, 2026Planet Of Memes (X (formerly Twitter))
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it's like 1991 all over again.
The Cuban government on Friday authorized the release of 2,010 people serving sentences, through a pardon that aligns with current legal provisions and Article 90, paragraph II, of its...orinocotribune (Orinoco Tribune)
TURQUIE. Des projets de centrales géothermiques menacent l’avenir des Kurdes à Varto et Karlıova
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"TURQUIE / KURDISTAN – Les habitants des localités kurdes de Varto et Karlıova contestent vigoureusement les projets de centrales géothermiques portés par l’entreprise américaine Ignis H2 Energy via sa filiale turque IGNIS H2 Enerji Üretim A.Ş. Ils redoutent
What were Jesus’ followers feeling on Holy Saturday? Fear. Fear that they had been misled. Fear that God didn’t have a plan. Fear that God had forgotten them.
We all have fears, too. And sometimes, we let those fears paralyze us.
On this Holy Saturday, take a few moments to reflect on the fears that are stopping you from living your dreams, the fears that are making it hard for you to trust fully in God, and pray for the courage to overcome those fears.
Have a blessed Holy Saturday!
Η Σδούκου της ΝΔ ή είναι πανηλίθια ή μας θεωρεί πανηλίθιους, ίσως και τα δυο.
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Ghost Of Yotei Legends Raid Will Force You To Play With Friends
"We encourage players to invite friends or join the Ghost fan discord."
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Für den Kommentar „1A #Faschistin, die #Luisa“ erhielt ein Mann #Strafanzeige und eine deftige #Geldstrafe. Dahinter steckt die bekannte wie umstrittene #Rotgrünen-nahe #Promi - #Schutzagentur #HateAid.
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Für den Kommentar „1A Faschistin, die Luisa“ erhielt ein Mann Strafanzeige und eine deftige Geldstrafe. Dahinter steckt die bekannte wie umstrittene Rotgrünen-nahe Promi-Schutzagentur HateAid.Natalie Furjan (Tichys Einblick)
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IRAN. Deux autres opposants iraniens exécutés à Karaj
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"IRAN – Aujourd’hui, le régime iranien à exécuté les prisonniers politiques, Abolhassan Montazer (66 ans) et Vahid Bani Amerian (34 ans), à la prison de Ghezel Hesar, à Karaj, signale l’ONG kurde Hengaw. Akbar Daneshvarkar, Mohammad Taghavi, Babak Alipour et Pouya Ghobadi, quatre autres co-accusés de Montazer et Amerian, avaient été exécutés
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