#Influence

Highlighted Releases - Master Post: Highlighted Releases - 1/10/2020: vvilderness - Dark WatersSome good and emotive black metal. Most of my new releases this week were black metal but this
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Good comment. Responsible politicians shouldn't adopt this core tactic of Europhobia ie whereby problems aren't just problems to which we need to find a solution; instead every problem is framed
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It is true that the middle class is the most loyal vote bank of Modi & has consistently supported him against their economic interests. But what's happened in the pandemic
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I’m beyond disgusted to hear one of the main writers for Tomb Raider (2013) and Rise of the Tomb Raider - Rhianna Pratchett thinks it’s any sight of okay to
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So here’s my 2020 Electoral College prediction & my reasoning behind it. The South & the Midwest (except for Chicago-heavy IL) will stay red. In NC, that state’s substantial Arab
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I think there are two reasons why DN today seems so prescient:1) All the metaphysical premises of today's situation were firmly in place in the West by the mid-sixties, and
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Can't help remembering how brave Good Charlotte was in adding Puff Daddy hype callouts to nonsense third-wave emo. Alternating with diegetic Weezer skit vocals, if you can fucking imagine that.
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w/r/t building a broad left coalition: i work with mostly working class migrant teenagers. overwhelmingly they have redistributive economic views; they also care a lot about race, gender, sexuality, trans
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Thread (1/7):I have been slow to post about George Floyd and Amy Cooper for reasons that are ultimately cop-outs: I didn't think it would make a difference. I felt powerless
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A well-wisher today (not from twitter or the political gold), asked me why I’m going all out supporting Arnab, at the cost of making several enemies. Standing with what’s right
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one other thing i take issue with when western (especially USA) audiences project their own identity politics onto things like genshin or anime is that western fandom always, always forgets
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oh my fucking god you people ned help This obsession with finding some specific number of years that people can have between each other completely misses what predatory age gaps
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Tell me if you've heard this one: A character in a bright yellow space suit hunts underground space aliens, and at the end is revealed to be a woman.But I'm
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A few years back I was with a Saudi Businessman who had come on an official visit the other day. While we were waiting for a meeting to start, he
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Who, or what, is a Babalawo?A Babalawo is a sage or high priest, who is well versed in the rituals, the lore and the history of the Yoruba Tradition/ Religion
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It's Honey Lantree's birthday, the "girl drummer" in the Joe-Meek-produced boy band The Honeycombs. She was a hairdresser who had never played the drums. She learned fast. Treated like a
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