babumenos

@babumenos@sunny.garden

Failed bedroom·bathroom·kitchen producer, composer, lyricist, multi-instrumentalist, singer

🌏 https://babumenos.com 🌎 https://babumenos.bandcamp.com 🌍

[he/him]

My toots w/out the boosts: https://justmytoots.com/@babumenos@sunny.garden

#Music #Musician #Singer #Songwriter #Composer #Lyricist #MultiInstrumentalist #Acoustic #Pop #Indie #LoFi
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babumenos, to politics

New blog post:

“Mundus, Quo Vadis?”

https://babumenos.com/blog/2023/11/mundus-quo-vadis

“The law of the jungle has gained foothold everywhere. That’s why many of us feel as if society is regressing now: Human evolution has always been driven by co-operation.”

babumenos, to music

New blog post:

“When We Move” by Common (featuring The Roots’ Black Thought and Seun Kuti), and a dance video by Let It Happen.

https://babumenos.com/blog/2023/10/listen-watch-dance/

babumenos, to music

Oh, and by the way: My new single is out today. It’s called “It’s Not Me, It’s You” and I deem it a protest song, but you might deem as you please, of course :)

Still working on an accompanying video, but here’s a link to all the commercial streaming and buying platforms: https://listen.music-hub.com/xz9jCG

#Music #NewMusic #NewMusicFriday #Single #Release #IndiePop #AltPop #Pop #SingerSongwriter #Acoustic #Handmade

babumenos, to music

New single “It’s Not Me, It’s You” out on October 13.

https://invidious.protokolla.fi/watch?v=EEeCp5WdC4Y

Presave link: https://listen.music-hub.com/xz9jCG

Font: “Josefine Sans” by Typemade/Santiago Orozco,
https://www.fontsquirrel.com/fonts/josefin-sans

Cover design:
Babu Menos
Background image by Mastodon friend @Cyrus,
Fonts by Julieta Ulanovsky,
https://github.com/JulietaUla/Montserrat,
and Peter Wiegel,
https://peter-wiegel.de

babumenos, to random

General question re: Mastodon update → 4.2.0

When I click on the text of a reply to a comment I made, I am no longer forwarded to this particular bit of the communication, but the whole thread from the top. Only when I copy the link from the publish time indicator (top right) and enter it into a new tab, I am forwarded to the actual comment/reply.

Does anyone else experience this?

babumenos, to random

Good news, gang!

I just got word that my release date has been confirmed. So, “It’s Not Me, It’s You” will be out on

Friday, October 13

Watch and listen to another snippet, this time the complete first verse:

https://vid.puffyan.us/watch?v=1eevvFeBuYg

Here’s a presave link; I hear those are very helpful for us starving artists: https://listen.music-hub.com/xz9jCG

Video footage:

Amir Irani,
https://www.instagram.com/amirirani.ee/
https://pixabay.com/users/amirirani-20243094/
via Pixabay
https://pixabay.com/videos/drought-desert-dam-historical-89761/

Fernando Latorre,
https://www.instagram.com/Vfintarts
https://pixabay.com/users/vfintarts-1055491/
via Pixabay
https://pixabay.com/videos/fire-forest-destruction-sweden-44187/

silas267,
https://pixabay.com/users/silas267-8042045/
via Pixabay
https://pixabay.com/videos/river-flood-wild-violent-water-80814/

Videezy
https://www.videezy.com/nature/7829-hurricane-winds

Font: “Josefine Sans” by Typemade/Santiago Orozco,
https://www.fontsquirrel.com/fonts/josefin-sans

babumenos, to email

I see this all the time: a communist, socialist, anarchist, environmentalist, union-promoting, strike-supporting, political social media account — and when you look at their contact info, it’s something-something@gmail.com.

Google, seriously? The notoriously anti-democratic, spying, data-grabbing, ubiquitous mega-corporation?

It’s not difficult to open a mail account with a more trustworthy provider. And there’s always a free version.

Here’s a few ideas:

https://disroot.org/en/services/email
“Disroot is a platform providing online services based on principles of freedom, privacy, federation and decentralization.”

https://riseup.net/en/email
“Riseup provides online communication tools for people and groups working on liberatory social change.”

https://tutanota.com
“Tutanota is the world’s most secure email service, easy to use and private by design.”

https://proton.me/mail
“Keep your conversations private. Proton Mail is an encrypted email service based in Switzerland.”

babumenos, to DaftPunk

I’m all but set to release “It’s Not Me, It’s You” on Oct 13, which is a Friday. Good omen, don’t you think?

Listen to the chorus again, this time with vocals, acoustic guitars, and steel tongue drums. I do love those.

https://vid.puffyan.us/watch?v=7YBZ4BmYFyU

Video clip by NickiAnimations,
https://pixabay.com/users/nickianimations-11010213/
https://pixabay.com/videos/woman-dance-character-fun-manga-92428

Cover design Babu Menos, background image by Mastodon friend @Cyrus

Fonts by Julieta Ulanovsky,
https://github.com/JulietaUla/Montserrat,
and Peter Wiegel,
https://peter-wiegel.de

babumenos, to ai

“AI Is Just a Tool!”

As you know, that’s a false claim, and with a great illustration, @axbom shows in detail why that statement is not true; even more detailed here: https://axbom.com/hammer-ai

babumenos, to animation

Exciting news:

THE BOY AND THE HERON

The new film by Hayao Miyazaki for Studio Ghibli

Official Teaser Trailer:
https://vid.puffyan.us/watch?v=f7EDFdA10pg

In US cinemas on Dec. 8, UK rights just negotiated: https://variety.com/2023/film/news/boy-and-the-heron-hayao-miyazaki-rights-uk-release-date-1235720872/

babumenos, to random

Frances Ryan, columnist with The Guardian and book author, on the public COVID amnesia:

“Covid’s back, you say? As disabled and vulnerable people know all too well, it never went away”

“Clinically vulnerable (CV) patients still ‘need’ the Covid-19 protections. They just don’t get them.”

“NHS staff in England don’t have to wear a mask, and the majority who have respiratory symptoms are no longer asked to test for Covid.”

“The paradox of the pandemic has always been that the only way to ‘move on’ is to actually engage with it.”

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/sep/10/covid-coronavirus-disabled-vulnerable-people

More from Frances Ryan: https://www.theguardian.com/profile/frances-ryan

(Repost because the original toot lacked alt text on the image and also because I wanted to quote a few more bits.)

h/t @Pinchy63

babumenos, to coronavirus

“As U.S. COVID hospitalizations rise, some places are bringing mask mandates back”

From npr:

https://www.npr.org/2023/08/31/1196943567/covid-cases-surge-mask-mandates

babumenos, to coronavirus

“COVID Omicron carries 4 times the risk of death as flu, new data show,” the Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy (CIDRAP) at the University of Minnesota found.

https://www.cidrap.umn.edu/covid-19/covid-omicron-carries-4-times-risk-death-flu-new-data-show

Also, “COVID markers continue rise in the US and globally”

https://www.cidrap.umn.edu/covid-19/covid-markers-continue-rise-us-and-globally

babumenos, to coronavirus

A COVID FAQ With 300 Sources

by Jessica Wildfire, @jessicawildfire

https://www.okdoomer.io/a-covid-faq-with-300-sources/

bastianallgeier, to random
@bastianallgeier@mastodon.social avatar

Matthias (@matthiasott) wrote yesterday, how hard it is to follow Why consume all this negative content?

For me, it's all about mental health, even if it sounds weird. I have a harder time to deal with the state of misinformation than reading about climate science. I can use this to make better decisions and become more active. More self-efficacy feels healthy. Better knowledge is a protective layer against all the mass-gaslighting efforts that pretend it's all fine.

babumenos,

@bastianallgeier

You make a really good point there! I feel the same, and about other topics, too, e. g. COVID.

dgoldsmith, to random
@dgoldsmith@mastodon.social avatar

I love how the fascists go on and on that gender-affirming care is “experimenting” on kids when it’s actually based on decades of clinical research and evidence, while meanwhile they’re all-in on conducting the largest experiment ever on children. One with devastating, potentially lifelong consequences:

https://sunny.garden/@babumenos/110706115267832893

H/t @babumenos

babumenos,

@dgoldsmith

💯

HannahCelsius, to random

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    babumenos,

    @HannahCelsius

    Love this! (Too bad I don’t have a garden…)

    babumenos,

    @HannahCelsius

    Right! The idea is lovely, it makes me smile on a pretty unsmiling day. Thanks for that! :)

    babumenos, to random

    COVID-19 damages the brain. Students have trouble learning. Connect the dots.

    “They’re actually starting to see students backslide, losing the knowledge and skills they had. Across all age groups, students are falling behind.”

    “Study after study has shown that Covid causes severe brain damage and disruption.”

    “Covid brain fog remains a common and persistent problem for millions. Patients describe ‘the feeling that their brain is lost in a maze, and they can’t find their way back.’”

    “Some people get back to normal after a few months. Others might never recover.”

    Those are quotes from Jessica Wildfire’s latest “OK Doomer” substack piece, “It’s Not Learning Loss. It’s Brain Damage, and Schools Are Letting It Happen.” Read it, and get back to wearing a mask when among others.

    https://jessicawildfire.substack.com/p/its-not-learning-loss-its-brain-damage

    babumenos,

    @samhainnight

    True! Good reminder, thank you.

    babumenos,

    @samhainnight

    (I put on my Livinguard mask before I’m leaving my flat, to avoid indoor/hallway aerosols; once I have to enter crowded spaces, e. g. for grocery shoppping, I add an N95 on top of it.)

    babumenos, to iran

    I just rediscovered a post I made half a year ago; it was a repost from Iranian actress Golshifteh Farahani’s Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/reel/CnFlKHjoFTF/) about the protests and imprisonments and executions in the country. (You remember?)

    In the middle of the short clip, a text slide reads, “But the world is watching.” Did we, really? European and US politicians couldn’t have cared less, and how many non-Iranians went to the few protests that happened outside Iran? Did the world watch? And for how long? One news cycle? The Iranian government seems undamaged.

    This makes me really sad.

    liztai, to Korean
    @liztai@hachyderm.io avatar

    "Psych Hunter" is like the "Sell your haunted house" but it came out earlier and is probably nuttier. It involves real estate agents, haunted houses, warlords, amnesiacs and Dreamwalkers.
    That's the thing with totally unpredictable and over the top at times! 😁

    babumenos,

    @liztai

    Would love to watch, but it’s only streaming on iQIYI, right?

    augieray, to random
    @augieray@mastodon.social avatar

    Leading causes of death in the US. remains #4 in 2022, but I don't think that's the whole story. Notice the increase in accidents? COVID is known to damage brains. Or the increase in heart disease and strokes? COVID also harms hearts and blood vessels. No significant increase in cancer, yet, but we may week learn COVID is oncogenic in the years to come. Our goal in 2023 and beyond must be to get infected as infrequently as possible, not invite many infections per year.

    babumenos,

    @augieray

    100 % agreed. And what does #6 in ’20, ’21, and ’22 say? I can only see “something-something respiratory disease,” that sounds much like possibly COVID-connected, too?

    babumenos, to random

    @brook

    Hej Brook,

    something seems to have happened with the latest update: the “mark all notifications as read” icon is gone. I’ve looked inside the settings, there’s only a “Clear notifications” eraser, but I do not want to lose them, I only want them to be marked as read.

    Am I the only one experiencing this?

    babumenos,

    @brook

    As I said, I think the emphasised @ is a really good idea!

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