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Coolerbythelake

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Coolerbythelake··on George Orwell’s 1940 Review of Mein Kampf
I'm fairly certain you haven't been involved in a war if you make a statement like "it's fun"!! Or at least you've never had to kill someone !!
Coolerbythelake··on George Orwell’s 1940 Review of Mein Kampf
Obviously the parallels to what we're living through with our last president are plain and should be alarming. The ridiculous idea that the secret service sms messages aren't available somewhere from the NSA or some other agency is a joke. We are in the midst of a slow moving coup and as long as 45 remains free, spewing his vitriol and handing out cash to his devotees unimpeded we should be very concerned.
Coolerbythelake··on Spotify to acquire Heardle
Just another way to pipeline people into robbing Musicians and composers.
Coolerbythelake··on Why does iron deficiency cause fatigue, even in the absence of anemia?
So things that can look like anemia can be other things! Case in point, my wife was misdiagnosed for months with Anemia. What she really has is several tick Bourne diseases. For 5 months her doctors kept giving her blood transfusions as he hemoglobin reading was around 4-5 and it should be 12-13 for a normal person. Can't tell u how many specialists and emg room visits. Finally found a female md that listened to her and gave the approval to do a comprehensive tick panel. Sure enough rocky mountain spotted fever, erlicheaosis, recurring Lyme fever and regular old Lyme. The blood they were giving her was basically like throwing gas on a fire. Almost was ready to make funeral arrangements. Let me say tick diseases are going bonkers and a lot of people don't know they have it. Plus a lot of doctors won't believe or authorize tests. Advocate for yourself or you might die! Not kidding !
Coolerbythelake··on Record labels dig their own grave, and the shovel is called TikTok
Being a musician and audio engineer right now for 30 years, I see all this and I simply shake my head. I've long given up the hopes of monetary success for my music. One thing that remains is the energy exchange between an artist and the audience in a live setting. If you love music and you are not an emotional robot you know what I am talking about. Software can't replicate that and the artistry in the performer knows how to heighten and transmit content in that moment. This act of creating and adapting to the feedback and pushing energy back and forth is the only reason I'm still playing music. Computers don't do that. Tik tok doesn't do that in 30 seconds. Pop music has been reduced to the equivalent of taking a shit and a lot of people don't know it.
Coolerbythelake··on Mark Fisher’s “K-punk” and the futures that have never arrived (2018)
A key point "just because something is current does not make it new." Worthy of consideration more often.
Coolerbythelake··on Spotify and Google Announce User Choice Billing
Let me tell you, as a musician and artist, the miniscule portion provided to the artists who supply the content is a travesty and a crime. This new partnership only serves to add more hands in the pie and squeeze out any hope of increases for the content creators. Every time you click on Spotify you are fueling the beast. I make more money selling one vinyl record at one live gig than I will make on Spotify for months. All of this is great news except for the little guys!!!
Coolerbythelake··on Telnet BBS Guide
Figures! I'd be staying away from all that for the same reasons. When I was a kid, it sure wasn't right wing. At least the boards I cruised.
Coolerbythelake··on Facebook chooses profits over people
This is about deliberate mind control and behavioral manipulation. For profit. It's disingenuous to claim it's all about free market consumers when you are brainwashing and twisting people. Keep in mind the users are really not the customers anymore. The people posting here are quite a bit higher on the intelligence scale than the general public, who don't really have good critical thinking skills. When you see what happened on Jan 6 I can't find an illustration to prove the point better. FB needs to be regulated for the safety of country. Unless we're all for nihilism. FB is a parasite.
Coolerbythelake··on Facebook chooses profits over people
Breakup FB. It's a mind control piggie bank. Sick.