I just don’t see how this move and the timing was not orchestrated to manipulate uninformed TikTok users into supporting Trump. The explicit callout to Trump in the message… I have been fearing the next presidency and this was a blow.
Mount Eerie’s album, A Crow Looked at Me, is crushing. Phil Elverum’s wife died shortly after their first child was born. It’s a raw grief album. I listen to this when I need a good cry. https://youtu.be/-1UyUsz0A-A?si=3JY1CLXZIxxKxDl6
Frightened Rabbit’s “Modern Leper” also hits me in the chest.
Well, I crippled your heart a hundred times
And still can’t work out why
You see, I’ve got this disease
I can’t shake and I’m just rattling through life
hey new law! 10 second punching a sexual assaulter in the mouth rule!
New, creative ideas from cultural exchange and understanding is a result from affirmative action. This is a benefit to all. Not to mention the work of anti-slavery and anti-racism is necessary ethically for a country built on slavery and racism.
I think I most align with this take: https://youtu.be/-opBifFfsMY
I grieve the loss of what was before.