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  1. Comment on Non-American, English language news sources in ~news

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    I've been enjoying reading these over the years. Japan-Based: Kyodo News: Non-profit english-language global news from Japan. One of the largest non-profit readerships in the world. Mainchi:...
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    I've been enjoying reading these over the years.

    Japan-Based:

    • Kyodo News: Non-profit english-language global news from Japan. One of the largest non-profit readerships in the world.
    • Mainchi: English news of Japan, but often writes more globally.
    • NHK World: Likely the largest Japanese news org, this is their english edition (they also have a section devoted to leaning japanese!).
    • JapanToday: Decent, usually has more off-kilter interesting news. more local, but often global issues.

    French Based

    • France24
    • Le Monde
    • EuroNews - European news with a global focus, HQ in France but writers from all over. This is one of my favorites.
      • AfricaNews - This was new to me, but this is a French-based (subsidiary of EuroNews) African news station that broadcasts and is read in 33 African countries. Previously, until recently, (covid-related?) based out of the Congo.

    Middle-East/Arabia Based:

    21 votes

  2. Comment on US forges ahead with 104% tariffs on China in ~society

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    War.

    I genuinely don't see the end state here

    War.

    17 votes

  4. Comment on Temporary 3D printed structures transform into a forest after use at Expo 2025 Osaka in ~design

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    Couldn't decide between ~enviro or ~design, so here we are. Move as you want.

    Couldn't decide between ~enviro or ~design, so here we are. Move as you want.

    2 votes

  6. Comment on Feed Me - One Click Headshot (Grafix Remix) (2012, 2024) in ~music

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    Link to the 2012 original here. The original is one of the greatest electro/dnb releases of all time, and Grafix came out with a remix at the end of last year and did some great work keeping the...

    Link to the 2012 original here.

    The original is one of the greatest electro/dnb releases of all time, and Grafix came out with a remix at the end of last year and did some great work keeping the spirit and vibe alive while reworking some major points.

    • Feed Me released an entire album of remixes if you wanted to check it out.
    3 votes

  9. Comment on Bucking US President Donald Trump tariffs, California will push to maintain global trade independently, Governor Gavin Newsom says in ~society

  11. Comment on Bucking US President Donald Trump tariffs, California will push to maintain global trade independently, Governor Gavin Newsom says in ~society

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    Are we about to start needing to use the #cali tag, and not a #usa.ca tag? /s (...unless?)

    Gov. Gavin Newsom announced Friday that California will look for ways to expand trade and persuade international partners to exempt the state from global payback as President Trump’s sweeping round of tariffs have sent U.S. and global financial markets tumbling.

    “We’re not scared to use our market power to fight back against the largest tax hike of our lifetime,” Newsom posted Friday on the social media platform X. In a video, he noted that the 40 million residents of California live in “the tent pole of the US economy” that represents 14% of the nation’s GDP.

    Are we about to start needing to use the #cali tag, and not a #usa.ca tag? /s (...unless?)

    12 votes

  13. Comment on Skrillex - FUCK U SKRILLEX YOU THINK UR ANDY WARHOL BUT UR NOT!! <3 (2025) in ~music

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    Practically every track of his released since 2016 has been himself credited on a track with one or two (even four...) others, I'm not kidding. Sounds nothing like his older stuff, even...

    Practically every track of his released since 2016 has been himself credited on a track with one or two (even four...) others, I'm not kidding. Sounds nothing like his older stuff, even pre-Skrillex, and just seemed like he was sticking his name on it to draw attention to the other artists (most of which are on his Sub-Label from Atlantic, OWSLA). It's typically a weird hybrid trap blend, some love it, I was not one of them.

  14. Comment on Igorrr - ADHD (2025) in ~music

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    Not specifically, Igorrr makes Metal-Focused IDM/Breakcore ("Intelligent Dance Music", a tongue in cheek response to "EDM"). The music is certainly made to be on its own, they just also make some...

    Not specifically, Igorrr makes Metal-Focused IDM/Breakcore ("Intelligent Dance Music", a tongue in cheek response to "EDM"). The music is certainly made to be on its own, they just also make some really fantastic videos (this one uses AI + Traditional Rendering, whereas the others use just traditional rendering).

    It's certainly a type of genre that isn't for everyone, personally it's one of my favorites, but its chaotic and very different than anything else here. It's the breakbeat, drum focused, glitched version of freeform jazz, essentially.

    1 vote

  15. Comment on Igorrr - ADHD (2025) in ~music

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    I was going to respond to the @eyechoirs comment about including ol' Venetian of the Snares, but didn't think it quite fit in their fantastic suggestions. Happy you brought them up! Venetian...

    On the more electronic side, I enjoy Venetian Snares for much the same reason - breakcore is already chaotic, and he takes it to that next level while still providing musical “through-lines” that keep his pieces from ever descending into pure noise.

    I was going to respond to the @eyechoirs comment about including ol' Venetian of the Snares, but didn't think it quite fit in their fantastic suggestions. Happy you brought them up! Venetian Snares is up there as one of my favorite artists, period.

    2 votes

  17. Comment on Skrillex - FUCK U SKRILLEX YOU THINK UR ANDY WARHOL BUT UR NOT!! <3 (2025) in ~music

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    using the official name and stylization, not the YouTube accepted version skrillex releasing just samples, demos of old unreleased songs from his myspace days, unfinished drops, unfinished build...

    using the official name and stylization, not the YouTube accepted version

    skrillex releasing just samples, demos of old unreleased songs from his myspace days, unfinished drops, unfinished build ups, overlaying them on top of each other almost randomly, adding a "generic" announcer voice (dj shadoe specifically) on top of any sample or section that could be decent talking about how "skrillex is dead" and how "shitty" this mix is, and then crediting two or three other artists on nearly every track, and then crediting and thanking every "collaborator" BY VOICE on the last track is such a fuck you to Atlantic Records as this album is his last contracturally obligated release under them after fifteen years is so fucking cool.

    he 1) just released mostly absolute shit in a mostly packageable "commercial" format 2) made it so NONE of the songs could ever be sold individually (34 "tracks" within 46 minutes, with an announcer talking over basically anything useable) 3) could never be played on the radio 4) crediting so many artists so the record label goes through financial hell to pay them all out properly and 5) he released "voltage" after 13 years of it floating around as a never confirmed unreleased track! still totally unfinished/mastered but solid lol

    i haven't been a fan of really any releases of his for ten years (after being a super fan) but if its just been shitty since then because of his contract it makes so much sense now (and why all of his tracks have 1-3 collaborators, after practically never working with any before then makes so much sense). plus the album title is "fuck u skrillex you think ur Andy Warhol but ur not!! <3" after something someone graffitied outside his house in 2020, like thats a straight dig at commercial and corporate sensibilities in the title itself.

    this album is a masterpiece for just being so shitty, anti-corporate, and useless

    beautiful.

    22 votes

  19. Comment on America’s future is Hungary in ~society

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    archive Good article, just wish it was longer and went into more history and similarities.

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    Good article, just wish it was longer and went into more history and similarities.

    4 votes

  20. Comment on US Federal prosecutors to seek death penalty for Luigi Mangione in UnitedHealthcare CEO’s killing in ~society

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    This is what makes him into a martyr (regardless if they do, or not) and could hopefully spark something more serious.

    This is what makes him into a martyr (regardless if they do, or not) and could hopefully spark something more serious.

    46 votes