Honestly today is something special. So much good music being released today that I'm having difficulty figuring out where to even begin. New Isaiah Rashad single dropped, as well as new albums from Squid, Ziur and Skee Mask, the last of which released one of my alltime favourite albums last decade. Super excited to chug buckets of coffee and listen to all this great music :)))

https://i.imgur.com/ciXCT9H.jpg

Absolutely sucks :( I'm sure he was a very good boy! Licorice is such an adorable name too :)

Today, after a beautiful 17 year long-life, we made the difficult decision to put my cat, Blue, to sleep, after seeing that his kidney problems worsened and were having a sever impact on his quality of life with no prospect of getting better.

https://imgur.com/a/aD7rwSl

Blue was an absolutely amazing companion. After practically being raised together, we understood each other intimately. He could read me like a book and I the same with him :)
Thank you for joining me in wishing Blue a good farewell <3 Make sure to do what you can in order to cherish those around you, animal or otherwise :)

Everybody wants to be a cat.

Get some rolls of hook and loop tape/velcro. Solves so many tiny everyday inconveniences.

Glassworks by Philip Glass is one of the greatest albums of all time. Full Stop.

I'm not a huge movie buff, but my favourite movie is probably Birdman Or The Unexpected Virtue Of Ignorance. Uncut Gems is also a movie I saw recently which I loved from start to finish. Watch Citizenfour if you're in the mood for a brilliantly produced documentary =)

absolutely do check out the new Black Country, New Road album. It's brilliant. Imagine a fan-made sequel to Slint's Spiderland but it's actually kinda better than you would have imagined how Slint would have done it.

F

i58 LBF - Full Tilt vs Froyotech
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lccl0Cys_2s

✅ b4nny vs. Thalash beef in the months prior to i58 put a lot of pressure on both teams to turn up
✅ alleged drama with Muma at LAN (iirc he wanted to quit playing for Froyo halfway through the series but wasn't allowed to and started throwing just to piss off b4nny)
✅ Mike.
✅ Muma unveils Muma Rollouts

This was one for the ages. Doesn't matter that FT went on to lose Grand Finals. They already won here.

I'm not sure if I've understood your point here, but I think you make a lot of sense.
To be fair, I don't think this one event marks the end of late capitalism, nor am I optimistic that any significant, positive changes will come out of this, and I think even WSB know this. I'm fairly certain their highest aim is to win this battle, not caring if they lose the war. I am encapsulated by this event because the form of class protest itself in this instance is unlike anything we've ever seen before.

The only thing that irks me about this whole situation is the romanticist sentiment for Gamestop some people seem to be putting up. I distinctly remember Gamestop as the bad guy when it came to video game retailers, with most people looking forward to them going bankrupt.

With that being said, I'm swept off my feet with what's happening. A class revolt not in the form of a riot or an online petition, but an online community coordinating to exploit the market the same way wall street does. This is not something I think anyone pre-internet could have even fathomed taking place. On top of that you have people from all ends of the political spectrum coming together against Robinhood's decision to stop day-traders from buying GME, on the basis that equality means equal rights to exploit the system. This is history in the making.

^ Sorry but the argument being made here is precisely that if we all were to suddenly stop tipping, then the underlying structural problems which the act of tipping itself prevents would reveal themselves to be unethical and unpragmatic. Looking at this from an economic perspective only (ignoring the very real situation of many restaurant employees facing sub-standard to downright unacceptable working conditions), we have a system wherein employees are dealing with a less than minimum wage at face-value, and this problem is not solved, but is actually made perpetual through the belief that tipping will make up for it. The act of tipping covers up, masks, a much deeper serious structural problem (read: exploitation.)

MALTA FLAG YEET

FORZA JUVE