christa
The true state of all things
I keep on not dying, the sun keeps on rising
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my personal line:
having bandcamp friday on mayday is an intentional choice! (it doesn't happen every month). buy nothing!
bandcamp are union busters
- https://www.sfgate.com/tech/article/bandcamp-bargaining-union-layoffs-songtradr-18432047.php
- https://jacobin.com/2023/12/bandcamp-music-streaming-sale-tech-workers-union-layoffs-organizing
even if funds are a pass-through to musicians without them taking a cut today, it's a promotional tool for the company. there are other ways and days to directly support artists.
it's cool to read academic papers referencing links on the internet from before the w3c and consistent standards existed (1994), and to be like hey my team keeps those things accessible on the open web
check out these extensions! https://w2.eff.org/Misc/Publications/John_Perry_Barlow/
doing a road trip soon from kansas city to albuquerque, with a lot of time to do it (full week)
where should I go? what should I see? direct route not needed or desired
oooh excited to see a new newsroom serving the tenderloin in SF!
https://www.tlvoice.org/about/
it'll be published as a zine, distributed by hand, with material also online. email list signup is here: https://www.tlvoice.org/about/#/portal/signup