Herastrophe
@herasalander.bsky.social
MHA (the degree). She/they. Writer/reviewer, researcher, and metalhead. I sometimes talk about the books I read. @ninecirclesblog.bsky.social and other bylines. Se habla castellano/español. Nazis a la horca. #metalbandcampgiftclub #metalmusicstudies
Massive consolidation under monopolies is the story of the arts in the 2010s and 2020s. Solidarity to BrooklynVegan and Alt Press and everyone affected by this, fuck Live Nation, the conclusion can only be that worker owned co-ops are the future pitchfork.com/story/brookl...
BrooklynVegan, Alt Press Hit With Mass Layoffs
Music publications Revolver and Goldmine have also been gutted by owners Veeps and Live Nation
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Daaaamn. “AI is the asbestos we're shovelling into the walls of our technological society. Our descendants will spend generations digging it out again, and the longer the bubble goes on without popping, the longer it will take to repair the damage." www.thenerve.news/p/cory-docto...
Cory Doctorow: The people who tell you ‘AI is changing everything’ are lying
It has become impossible to tell managers mesmerised by artificial intelligence that the tools are not, in fact, helpful. So employees just play along with the fiction to keep their jobs, writes our t...
thenerve.news
Fuck the EHRC, fuck Labour, fuck the Supreme Court, and fuck everybody else that made it happen or stood by and did nothing
Hey! Is this album an interesting blend of blackened death-doom? Yes. Did I end up having a lot of fun listening to it? Absolutely! Once again, @transcendingobs.bsky.social doesn't miss!
Nine Circles@ninecirclesblog.bsky.social · 2d agoAlbum Review: Viande – Monument aux morts
This reminds me that I still need to read El territorio vasto (Pedro the Vast for the English translation)
Tenebrous Press@tenebrouspress.bsky.social · 2d agoThe coral reef rose from the seas & spread rapidly. Transforming the landscape. Mutating every living creature. We never suspected it had a plan. @hazelzorn.bsky.social's REEF MIND will blow yours🧠🪸💀 Art: @headfullopuddin.bsky.social & @echoechoillu.bsky.social Get: store.tenebrouspress.com
I have listened to JP in albums (hello, Poisonblack!) but never his solo stuff and I am very much into this. youtube.com/playlist?lis...
Jäävuoria - YouTube
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Libraries pay millions to rent ebooks they never own. So maybe it's no surprise Penguin Random House is sponsoring arguments against stronger library ebook rights. www.libraryjournal.com/story/news/m...
Moving Beyond the Publisher Playbook: Why State-Level Contract Law is Essential to the Future of Digital Library Rights
The era of mere “firefighting” and polite, incremental negotiation is over. The library sector is asking for relief from ebook pricing schemes that consume tremendous amounts of public dollars while p...
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Monotropa hypopitys aka pinesap/false beechdrops. A plant with no chlorophyll... mycotrophic rather than a photosynthesizer... gets its resource from parasitizing fungal mycelium that is linked with tree roots.
I think everyone, in some point in their lives, will get kicked out of Slipknot.
El problema de rehacer la revisión de la literatura usada hace más de una década es que todo sigue igual de relevante - la diferencia es que ahora soy más cínica. He estado observando mientras los fascistas nos siguen quitando partes y aspectos de la cultura, asumiendo que son el estándar de seguir
If you're so insistent on Black Metal having to revolve around hatred then sure! But that also means it can be a hatred for the patriarchal, right-wing nature that still persists in our society that all come forth from the Christian values you claim to hate. You edgy fuck.
I don’t know who needs to hear this but never in human history have those who burned books been the good guys.
You don’t want hands free driving, you want trains. You want trains you want trains you want TRAINS
Yn a worlde where the humanityes are being systematicallye defunded by both the righte and the lefte, the internet ys one big seminar about the meaninge of *The Odyssey.* Ther ys a lesson yn thys somewher. And the lesson ys: funde the humanityes.
Also, for the love of all that's holy, please be kind to your local baristas. They didn't deserve to get yelled because there's a backlog of drinks and there aren't many people on staff.
"The Gray Man concept, in its broadest sense, is the ability to remain unnoticed in any environment without drawing unnecessary attention... they become 'invisible' to outside observers while retaining complete freedom of action." Strobilomyces species "old man of the woods"
I am reading a research article about AI usage in music (it's for one of the many things I want to about this year for @ninecirclesblog.bsky.social) and I know sometimes studies really confirm bias, but I can't help but say or write "duh" in the margins of the article like so
being afraid of the DSA is loser shit, sorry. “these progressive ideas are scary!” grow up.
Se supone que algo nuevo salió sobre residencia para hijos/hijas de residentes estadounidenses y si tengo la oportunidad de poder sacar mi residencia más pronto, lo haría.
I have been consumed by the idea of people turning into salt. You will see what I mean soon.
Seeing lots of videos about how to fix curved spines and remove stains, but I like my books to be imperfect objects and resonate with all the other lives they’ve passed through
