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turbobob

@turbobob@mamot.fr

🇧🇪 Writes in English/Français

GNU/Linux · FOSS · Copyleft · Internet Freedoms · Open Science · Commons
Philosophy · Human Rights · Democracy · Climate Change · Political Ecology
PhD in Astrophysics & Particle Physics · Works in R&D Satellite Remote Sensing

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Progressive/Death Metal · Classical Music
Bass · Double Bass · Guitar · Drums
Gaming on Linux · Boardgames

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mirlo, to ShareYourMusic
@mirlo@musician.social avatar

, what are your best practices for breaking through the saturation that is pervasive on many platforms and ensuring your music is heard by your audience?



turbobob,
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@mirlo Share your music & embrace it. A great example is Baron Crâne. From the start, they fully shared their first album (still their best imo) as freely as can be: streaming, download in all formats incl. FLAC, you name it. People got excited, and shared it even further for them. They certainly got to play many more concerts thanks to this open attitude, become more known, play more etc

In stark comparison, some bands only share a few of their songs for streaming. Or even only short excerpts.

turbobob, to Palestine
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World Central Kitchen aid workers killed by the LEAST moral army in the world.

"I'm just trying to get answers to questions and if you can't answer the questions, then I can't allow you to do the propaganda bit afterwards."

Thanks Krishnan Guru-Murthy.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jcU6008E-DU&t=389s

PS: the allegations by the Israeli gov. spokesperson about the charity Medical Aid for Palestinians were also bullshit: https://www.channel4.com/news/we-grieve-with-the-families-israeli-government-spokesperson-on-gaza-aid-worker-deaths.

#Palestine #Channel4 #UK #ICJ #UN #Genocide #Famine #WorldCentralKitchen

basssounds, to Metal Dutch
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I’m in a mood for listening jazz metal and feeling open for recommendations!

turbobob,
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@basssounds What do you call jazz metal exactly, do you mean metal with progressive elements? Is there such a band that you already like?

And what about the singing: is the black metal or death metal type of singing/screaming fine for instance, or would you rather have something instrumental?

turbobob, (edited )
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@basssounds
In the meantime, though I wouldn't qualify Baron Crâne as , their first album is amazing (harsh/noise, groovy, and bass heavy).

turbobob,
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@basssounds Nice! I hope you'll find something you'll enjoy :)

I'm very tempted to recommend my favourite song from Mastodon then:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DAdxjTm7sfQ
It is from the concept album 'Leviathan', based on Moby Dick. This is at the end of the album, when they finally fight the white whale, fall into the sea, can't breathe and are terrified, as the beast is relentlessly attacking them. Some screams are to be expected.

turbobob,
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@basssounds
If there's too much screaming, note that Sam Abbott made an instrumental cover of it on the piano, which is also great:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h85KV5e6t-E&t=1593s

turbobob,
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@basssounds

Oh, wonderful :)

I'll give you a second one, Blood and Thunder from the same album: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fnwZca8z9II

The chorus outlines a fully diminished seventh chord, as pointed out by Doug Helvering (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F1INymfbvAY).

Bonus: old but worth seeing, from 0:43 to 1:28:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bpoAcXu65TM&t=43s

As you go further back in time, the albums get heavier and heavier, if you move forward, it gets closer to prog rock. I personally prefer Leviathan, Remission, and Blood Mountain.

Cheers!

turbobob, (edited ) to random French
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L'auteur relève deux titres traités de façon parfaitement distincte dans un même journal radio :

"L’un rappelait le fameux déficit terrifiant que brandit [...] la Cour des comptes. L’autre annonçait les énièmes profits record du CAC40.

L’un disait : tout va mal.
L’autre disait : tout va bien.

Leur proximité chronologique rendait particulièrement criante l’absence totale de lien entre les deux."

1/4

https://la-bas.org/la-bas-magazine/textes-a-l-appui/de-l-usage-ordinaire-d-un-certain-journalisme-cloisonner-les-sujets-pour-taire

turbobob,
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"Mais supposons qu’à l’instant précis où notre très expert et très patenté président de la Cour des comptes déroulait tranquillement la messe que nous connaissons par cœur, l’un de vous ait eu l’idée saugrenue de lui faire remarquer que la somme pharaonique qu’il avançait avec des trémolos dans la voix semble particulièrement dérisoire à côté de celle qui s’évapore chaque année aux Bahamas ou au Luxembourg ?"

2/4

turbobob, (edited )
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Chacun comprendrait "qu'il s’agit dans tout ça du même argent" et, comme "chaque centime du monde n’est produit que par le travail", que "cette somme de questions compliquées n’en forment en réalité qu’une seule, et que celle-ci, pour peu qu’on prenne un peu de hauteur, est finalement assez simple à entendre.

Une question à la fois fondamentale et tout à fait accessible à l’auditeur ordinaire", "si simple qu’on ne devrait jamais cesser de la poser.

Elle a pour nom partage des richesses."

3/4

turbobob,
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"De l’info en tranches." "Voilà comment la très élémentaire question du partage des richesses se fragmente en une somme de sujets étanches et présentés comme [..] incroyablement techniques.

Alors on invite un expert. On le laisse parler." "On comprend juste qu’il va falloir serrer la ceinture car c’est la seule chose qu’il a dite en français."

"Je ne prône pas ici la simplification à outrance." "Je vous parle juste de confronter les informations entre elles. Je vous parle de journalisme."

4/4

turbobob, (edited ) to Palestine
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"Pro-Palestine protesters disrupted the largest one-night fundraiser in presidential campaign history on Thursday" featuring Biden, Obama and Clinton, moderated by Stephen Colbert & "with tickets costing up to half a million dollars each".

Biden must stop US complicity in genocide. Netanyahu has been called the Israeli Trump. Why bother voting Democrats if that's the outcome. Any unconditional support must stop now.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m6wBJog0ig8

turbobob,
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"The event disruption was organized by a coalition including Adalah Justice Project, Palestinian Youth Movement and Jewish Voice for Peace and the Sunrise Movement.

Meanwhile, outside the event, thousands took to the streets to protest President Biden’s support for Israel’s assault on Gaza."

18+ Le_M_Poireau, to random French
@Le_M_Poireau@mastodon.social avatar

C'est quand tu vois comment les Belges moquent Macron que tu mesures le vide total de nos médias d'ici [Source https://twitter.com/bo_gilles/status/1773633548274057486 ]

video/mp4

turbobob,
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@Le_M_Poireau Tcheu, franchement la voix, il la fait super bien ahahah 😄

turbobob, (edited ) to journalism
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DemocracyNow! is wonderful.

Consider donating :blobcatheart:
https://www.democracynow.org/donate

Notable/frequent guests include Noam Chomsky, Naomi Klein, Edward Snowden, Vandana Shiva, David Graeber, Greta Thunberg, and so many more not listed on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democracy_Now!

#DemocracyNow #Independent #NonProfit #Journalism #Palestine #Ukraine #FreeAssange #ClimateChange #HumanRights #Activism #NoamChomsky #NaomiKlein #EdwardSnowden #VandanaShiva #DavidGraeber #GretaThunberg @gretathunberg

turbobob, (edited )
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Interview of Noam Chomsky conducted in the hall of the General Assembly in 2015:

  • Amy Goodman (!): What do you think is the single most important action the United States can take ?

  • : Well, one important action that the United States could take is to live up to its own laws. Of course it would be nice if it lived up to but maybe that's too much to ask—but live up to its own laws.

[APPLAUSE]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3rI4phnMf-w&t=28s

waag, to random Dutch
@waag@waag.social avatar

Goed nieuws! Wetsvoorstel ven @elisabethijmker aangenomen voor onderzoek naar digitale onafhankelijkheid in Amsterdam in 2030.

❓ Waar moet de @gemeenteamsterdam volgens jullie beginnen?

https://publicspaces.net/2024/03/29/gemeente-amsterdam-kiest-voor-digitale-onafhankelijkheid-in-2030/

turbobob,
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@waag @gemeenteamsterdam

"[T]he municipality of is often dependent on tech giants. Approximately 130 million euros are spent annually on these companies [e.g. Microsoft]."

Elisabeth IJmker of GroenLinks: "“[T]here are serious risks to the use of these types of cloud services in the field of , and dependency.”"

"Yesterday evening, a promising initiative proposal from GroenLinks was unanimously adopted by the Amsterdam city council."

Wonderful :blobcatheart:

turbobob,
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@djoerd @waag @gemeenteamsterdam

Absurd to accept, but I am not sure I'm surprised tech monopolies would ask for this kind of money if they feel they can.

Adopted proposal: https://amsterdam.raadsinformatie.nl/document/13943325/1/09012f978106234b quoting https://amsterdam.raadsinformatie.nl/document/12368695/1/09012f9780b26dec (p55).

The budget of Amsterdam is €5.7 billion (https://www.amsterdam.nl/en/policy/policy-city-finances/); the natural unit for discussing any spending is in "million €" (https://www.amsterdam.nl/bestuur-organisatie/financien/).

Hopefully it will inspire other capitals and municipalities to move away from big tech :blobcatheart:

turbobob,
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@djoerd @waag @gemeenteamsterdam If you want to dig deeper to find out in detail on what those 130 million € were spent in 2023, that'd be interesting indeed. I did not write the article and I am not from Amsterdam myself. Cheers.

turbobob, to Palestine
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"You said you’re “haunted by the final social media post of Aaron Bushnell, the 25-year-old US Air Force serviceman who self-immolated in front of the Israeli Embassy in Washington on February 25.”

You quote him:

➡️ “Many of us like to ask ourselves, 'What would I do if I was alive during slavery? Or the Jim Crow South? Or apartheid? What would I do if my country was committing genocide?' The answer is, you’re doing it. Right now.”"

https://www.democracynow.org/2024/3/28/annelle_sheline

turbobob,
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Heart-wrenching.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Self-immolation_of_Aaron_Bushnell

turbobob, to Palestine
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https://www.democracynow.org/2024/3/27/headlines/un_special_rapporteur_outlines_how_israel_is_committing_genocide_in_gaza

“Following nearly six months of unrelenting Israeli assault on occupied Gaza, it is my solemn duty to report on the worst of what humanity is capable of and to present my finding, 'The Anatomy of a Genocide.'"

— Francesca Albanese, UN Special Rapporteur

➡️ Anatomy of a Genocide: https://www.ohchr.org/sites/default/files/documents/hrbodies/hrcouncil/sessions-regular/session55/advance-versions/a-hrc-55-73-auv.pdf

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turbobob,
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"History teaches us that genocide is a process, not a single act. It starts with the dehumanization of a group as other and the denial of that group’s humanity, and ends with the destruction of the group in all or in part.

The dehumanization of Palestinians as a group is the hallmark of their history of ethnic cleansing, dispossession and apartheid.”"

— Francesca Albanese, UN Special Rapporteur

2/2

turbobob, to Palestine
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United Nations: Security Council passes a resolution demanding ‘an immediate ceasefire’ during Ramadan.

https://news.un.org/en/story/2024/03/1147931

➡️ Link to the passed Resolution: http://undocs.org/en/S/RES/2728(2024) (still broken at present)

turbobob, (edited ) to random
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Must read!

South Africa's application to the International Court of Justice, to establish Israel’s responsibility for violations of the Genocide Convention, hold it fully accountable under international law, and ensure the protection of Palestinians in Gaza:

➡️ https://www.icj-cij.org/sites/default/files/case-related/192/192-20231228-app-01-00-en.pdf

turbobob,
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The International Court of Justice issued today additional provisional measures, as millions of in are now moreover subjected to an Israeli-imposed .
➡️ https://www.icj-cij.org/sites/default/files/case-related/192/192-20240328-pre-01-00-en.pdf

As signatory to the convention, Israel must comply.

It must also cease fire. The Security Council decision is fully binding.

All signatories to the Genocide convention have an obligation to prevent Genocide: it is high time to issue sanctions.

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