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emily84:

liltimmys:

nasfera2:

I wish Americans fucked with more foreign music. You don’t have to know the language to appreciate a good record. Folks in other countries listen to our music and don’t speak a lick of english. Music needs no translator

yall wont trick me into listening to kpop

You can try Radiooooo.com - The Musical Time Machine!!

choose a country, pick a decade, and GO!!

you’ll get an endless streaming of songs (ad free!).

I personally found myself loving 1970s Ghana, Senegal and Cote d’Ivoire! Also 1920s and 1970s Japan for sure! Cambodian music: spectacular. Love Armenia and Mali as well. I’ve been told 70s Germany is weird and 30s Algeria is cool but I haven’t gotten around to those yet. Italy’s 1960s is bomb ofc but I’m biased ;)

This is the best website anyone has ever shared.

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I just feel like I’m gonna lay on Seth Rogan’s couch soon

cryptotheism:

So internet archive lost their lower court case. They’re appealing, and have a good chance with the 2nd circuit, but they need help. Here’s a link directly from one of their librarians for how you can help.

The Fight Continues - Internet Archive Blogs

Today’s lower court decision in Hachette v. Internet Archive is a blow to all libraries and the communities we serve. This decision impacts

Internet Archive Blogs

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porcelain-animatronic:

fecto:

fecto:

people who are like “oh but you can just buy x thing online” are missing the point. its about the joy and journey

“just find it on amazon” what next. do you want me to throw rocks at babies too

This made me think of the thing Kurt Vonnegut said about buying envelops

They keep trying to make the world into the town in footloose

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crippled-lavender:

[id: purple cursive text with a black outline in the upper left corner reads: “ “i hope you feel better soon!” “. purple cursive text with a black outline in the bottom right corner reads: “thanks! i wont!”. in the middle of the image is a purple sparkly heart with a black outline. the background is transparent. /end id]

I want the top part on a baby tee and the bottom across the ass of some sweats

steampunkscarecrow:

a Lot of folks i know are going tf Through It right now and bc im a dang cornball i Must pass on my acquired knowledge of surviving The Horrors, and its this: the only way out is through. every moment youre alive is a victory over The Horrors, and you deserve to be proud of it. the pain will be less as time goes on, and while that doesnt necessarily Fix the problems Caused by The Horrors, being in less pain will make it easier to Deal with them. if all you can do today is Hurt, thats okay. if all you can do tomorrow is Hurt, thats okay too. these things take time, and beating yourself up for not speedrunning recovery isnt gonna do you any favors.

breathe. stay the course. you will get through this. there are brighter days ahead 🌻

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dark-chocolate-frog:

reblog if the first musical you listened to was not Hamilton

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charaznablescanontoyota:

rozentias:

in the latest cyber-news: the internet archive has lost their case against 4 major publishing houses (verge article). they’re going to appeal, but this is still a bad outcome. the fate of the internet is currently hanging in the balance because 4 multibillionare publishing groups missed out on like $15 of combined revenue during the pandemic because of the archive’s online library service. it’s so fucking stupid.

for those who don’t know what the internet archive is, it’s a virtual library full of media. books, magazines, recordings, visuals, flash games, websites - a lot of these things either don’t exist anymore or cannot be found & bought. heard of the wayback machine? that’s part of the internet archive. it is the most important website to exist, and i don’t say that lightly. if the internet archive goes down, the cultural loss will be immeasurable.

so how can you help?

1. boycott the publishing companies involved in this. they’re absolute ghouls, frankly, and don’t deserve a penny. the companies involved are harpercollins (imprints), wiley (imprints), penguin random house llc (imprints), and hachette book group (imprints). make sure the websites are set to your location as it may differ worldwide.
2. learn to torrent. download a torrent client (i recommend transmission), a vpn (i recommend protonvpn - sign up and choose the area that’s closest to your continent/country), and hit up /r/piracy on reddit for websites. with torrenting, you can get (almost) any media you want for free in high quality, with add-ons such as subtitles, and with no risks of loss. i would also recommend getting into the habit of watching stuff online for free. the less you can pay to a giant corporation, the better.
3. get into the habit of downloading and archiving materials. find a TB external hard drive, ideally the higher the better. it’ll probably cost around $60 for 1TB and continue to go up, but they’re so so useful. if you can’t afford a drive, look for any GB harddrives or memory sticks you have lying around and just fill them up. videos, pdfs, magazines, songs, movies, games - anything you can rip and download and fit on there, do it, because nothing is permanent.
4. donate to the internet archive. this is the most important option on the list. the IA relies entirely on funding, and it’s going to need more to fight this case. whatever you can donate, do it. i promise it’s helpful.

and finally…

ALT

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cannot stress enough that donating to the internet archive to help them appeal this without going broke is the most important thing you can do right now. my day job revolves around fulfilling digital article and book scan requests at an academic library and a huge part of that is borrowing from other libraries that do controlled digital lending (incl. the internet archive!). copyright law is already hugely restrictive on what we can and can’t lend, and we absolutely don’t have the option to pirate anything for our patrons due to being a large academic institution. it’s difficult to overstate just how bad this ruling could end up being for libraries that have digital lending programs, esp ones that rely on CDR for old/archival/hard-to-find texts.

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wojit:

Gotta say, never unfollowing all those long abandoned Tumblr accounts is really suddenly starting to pay off.

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