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Papillon Doré @papillondore20.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

#MusicChallenge #IsmuasMonthOfMusic Day 3 - A Song That Balances Hope And Despair Sam Cooke - A Change Is Gonna Come Hope and despair run through this song. Sam's experiences of segregation are prevalent but there is the belief that a brighter future will prevail. youtu.be/fPr3yvkHYsE?...

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Sam Cooke - A change is gonna come - 1963

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Here’s Johnny 💙🇺🇸🐕‍🦺🎶🎸🇨🇦BLM🌈🇺🇦 @heresjohnny.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

#MusicChallenge #SongBuilding Day 23 - Western The Eagles- “Hotel California” A building that is just about as far West as you can get in America. youtu.be/dLl4PZtxia8?...

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Eagles - Hotel California (Official Audio)

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Here’s Johnny 💙🇺🇸🐕‍🦺🎶🎸🇨🇦BLM🌈🇺🇦 @heresjohnny.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

#MusicChallenge #Short&Quick A track under 2 minutes & 50 seconds. Day 23 - Booker T. & The MG’s - “Green Onions” 2:48 This came about as an accidental, improvised studio jam at Stax Records in Memphis. Guitarist Steve Cropper remembered a lick Booker T. had played.

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AliceBadAssGothicMedic1 @raealice2.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

youtu.be/H-kA3UtBj4M?... #IsmuasMonthOfMusic #MusicChallenge Day 24 - A song that uses major 7th chords What's Going On - Marvin Gaye

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Marvin Gaye - What's Going On

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Here’s Johnny 💙🇺🇸🐕‍🦺🎶🎸🇨🇦BLM🌈🇺🇦 @heresjohnny.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

#MusicChallenge #IsmuasMonthOfMusic Day 25 - A song that uses minor 7th chords. Santana -Black Magic Woman” Rich in Am7, Dm7, and other minor 7th chords. youtu.be/9wT1s96JIb0?...

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Santana - Black Magic Woman (Official Audio)

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Papillon Doré @papillondore20.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

#MusicChallenge #IsmuasMonthOfMusic Day 25 - A Song That Uses Minor 7th Chords Roberta Flack - Killing Me Softly With His Song Flack's version in Fmin (or A♭) is difficult on guitar and piano. B♭min7 backs "I heard he sang a good song... And so I came to see him" lines. youtu.be/mrudT410TAI?...

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Roberta Flack - Killing Me Softly With His Song (Official Video)

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Papillon Doré @papillondore20.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

#MusicChallenge #IsmuasMonthOfMusic Day 23- The Perfect Song For People Watching At A Cafe. Sade-Smooth Operator If I'm sat in a cafe people watching at lunch- break or after work, I want something with a bit of a kick to give me a lift. Part caffeine, part Sade. youtu.be/4TYv2PhG89A?...

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Sade - Smooth Operator - Official - 1984

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Lorrie D. @lorried-la.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

"We got it together, didn't we? We've definitely got our thing together, don't we, baby?" 🎶 Today's "oldie but goodie" is "You're the First, the Last, My Everything" by Barry White, 1974. #You'reTheFirstTheLastMyEverything #BarryWhite #music #oldiebutgoodie #1970s youtu.be/f2dwSG1x984?...

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You're the First, the Last, my Everything

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Bill Canacci @billcanacci.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

#PlanetDisco #MusicChallenge No. 2: Love's Theme, Love Unlimited Orchestra Can a 1965 song be classified as disco? Yes! Barry White did not record/release this until 1973. It reached No. 1 in the US and influenced, among others, Nile Rodgers and Bernard Edwards. www.youtube.com/watch?v=n7YQ...

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The Love Unlimited Orchestra - Love's Theme (1973)

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db @daybracey.bsky.social · 17/12/2025

America's #1 brew fest is coming to the Bayou... •30 Black owned breweries/wineries/distilleries •20 goods & service vendors •20 food vendors •10 non profits •2 music stages •Live art •And much more! Details | barrelsonthebayou.com

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Strictly 4 My Navigators @lizzslockeroom.bsky.social · 02/04/2026

Happy 30th Anniversary to this masterpiece... Maxwell came out swinging... whole album is 🔥 Ascension (Don’t Ever Wonder) is one of my favs...

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Drop Site @dropsitenews.com · 01/04/2026

Video: COMBATE |🇵🇷 via X (@upholdreality)

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Drop Site @dropsitenews.com · 01/04/2026

Video: COMBATE |🇵🇷 via X (@upholdreality)

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Drop Site @dropsitenews.com · 01/04/2026

🔺 Iran releases details from Day 33 of “Operation True Promise 4” Iran’s IRGC said its “Wave 89” operation unfolded as a coordinated, multi-phase assault across the region, combining ballistic missiles, one-way drones, and rocket artillery. According to the statement, the opening phase targeted...

Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps said its “Wave 89” operation unfolded as a coordinated, multi-phase assault across the region, combining ballistic missiles, one-way drones, and rocket artillery. According to the statement, the opening phase targeted Israel, with more than 100 missiles and drones and 200 rocket rounds launched at sites including Tel Aviv, Bnei Brak, and Eilat.

In a second phase, the IRGC said strikes expanded to US positions. It claimed a precision attack on a US-linked site in Bahrain tied to the Fifth Fleet, along with hits on early-warning radar and electronic warfare systems in the UAE. The group also said a US helicopter unit at Al-Udeid Air Base in Qatar was struck, with one aircraft destroyed and others damaged.

Simultaneously, the IRGC said it targeted maritime assets, claiming an Israeli-linked tanker, “Eco 1,” was set ablaze in the Gulf, while drones were launched toward the USS Abraham Lincoln, forcing it to reposition.

The operation, carried out with allied forces, was described as one of several “large-scale” actions under the same wave, signaling a widening, synchronized campaign across multiple theaters.

Many of the claims remain unverified. The spokesperson for the Khatam al-Anbiya Central Headquarters alleged 37 U.S. soldiers killed in the UAE. 🔽

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"37 American soldiers killed in the UAE. The tanker Aqua 1 is sinking in the Persian Gulf. The Abraham Lincoln carrier group has fled into the depths of the Indian Ocean."

Iran's military spokesman announcement of Wave 89 of "Operation True Promise 4"

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Drop Site @dropsitenews.com · 02/04/2026

⛽️ Iran war drives sharp fuel price hikes across Africa African governments have imposed steep fuel price increases as the Iran war drives a surge in global oil prices, Reuters reports, with a number of import-dependent countries especially vulnerable to the changes. 🔸 Ghana raised petrol prices...

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Drop Site @dropsitenews.com · 02/04/2026

⚡️Drop Site Daily | April 2, 2026 U.S.-Israeli strikes target Iran’s healthcare system; Israel continues bombing of Lebanon, assassinates Hezbollah commander; Congress lands on a plan to reopen DHS www.dropsitenews.com/p/iran-us-is...

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U.S.-Israeli strikes target Iran’s healthcare system; Israel continues bombing of Lebanon, assassinates Hezbollah commander; Congress lands on a plan to reopen DHS

Drop Site Daily: April 2, 2026

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Normal Island News @normalisland.co.uk · 02/04/2026

BREAKING: I must bring you the upsetting news that an Iranian missile has struck an Israeli sewage pipe, flooding a Tel Aviv district with shit. What did they ever do to deserve this?😭😭😭

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immacule.bsky.social @immacule.bsky.social · 02/04/2026

from Bnei Brak, Israel (a city east of Tel Aviv)April 2, 2026. THIS IS HILARIOUS 🤣 🇮🇷 Iran at 3 PM — “We will turn Israel into a shithole country” 🇮🇱 Israel at 9 PM — Iranian missiles destroyed their sewage system, turning it into literal ‘Shithole’ 😭 Iran is literally toying with them now 😂

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#TuckFrump @realtuckfrumper.bsky.social · 29/03/2026

‘Completely Unacceptable!’ Jake Tapper Condemns Detention of CNN Crew in Israel — As Correspondent Tells Him IDF Troops Reacted ‘Quite Violently’ #Mediaite

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‘Completely Unacceptable!’ Jake Tapper Condemns Detention of CNN Crew in Israel — As Correspondent Tells Him IDF Troops Reacted ‘Quite Violently’

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 16/02/2026

from the perspective of someone who might want to be president, the best time to run for the white house is now, not later. so if AOC is thinking about it — if the white house is her ambition — then her best bet is to throw her hat in the ring

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You Know What? Maybe the Time Is Right for an AOC Presidential Bid

She’s only 36, and there’s a good argument that she should run for Senate and bide her time. But she also could be a formidable White House candidate.

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Albumism @albumism.com · 16/02/2026

2Pac released his second studio album ‘Strictly 4 My N.*.*.*.*.Z...’ 33 years ago on February 16, 1993 | Listen to the album + revisit our tribute here: album.ink/2PacS4MN

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 16/02/2026

BlueAnon (the putatively liberal version of QAnon) is 100% a thing and it’s important for us to acknowledge that and try to root it out.

Finding no large-scale enforcement action by ICE agents on the street, TikTok creators, who presented themselves as pro-immigrant and anti-deportation, cited reports from "actual Springfield locals" that the groups helping Haitians were refusing them aid. They sent people to a church who demanded to see evidence of
the help they were giving. One creator misrepresented news coverage, including by The 19th, to construct the lie that churches and other groups were "trying to take these kids from Haitians and allowing them to be deported without helping them."

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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 01/02/2026

Epstein’s economic power among academics was made possible by a capitalist system that makes higher education dependent on the charity economy rather than a public good supported by taxing the rich

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Pop Crave @popcrave.com · 16/02/2026

‘Black Panther’ was released 8 years ago today.

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The New Arab @thenewarab.bsky.social · 16/02/2026

The Ministry of Health in Gaza reported that two bodies and 11 wounded individuals arrived at hospitals in the Gaza Strip over the past 24 hours, bringing the total number of Palestinians killed since the October ceasefire to 603, with 1,618 wounded:

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Dean Obeidallah @deanobeidallah.bsky.social · 16/02/2026

Keep in mind one third of Muslims in the US are Black Americans. That means GOP Rep/right wing pro-Israel activist Randy Fine is saying he'd prefer dogs over these Black Americans. This is what white supremacy mixed with religious supremacy looks like

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Jess Calarco @jessicacalarco.com · 16/02/2026

They want to scare people out of posting ICE-critical content, because they know these posts are turning even their supporters against them. But the better option is to take a page out of their playbook and flood the zone.

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Faine Greenwood @faineg.com · 11/02/2026

A MAGA freak in Texas murdered his own daughter in cold blood after they had an argument about Trump. A grand jury in the Dallas area then *declined to indict him*, and he has not yet faced charges. Seems like many Texans believe a man has the right to kill his own child for disobedience.

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British Woman shot by dad in Texas after 'arguing about Donald Trump'

Lucy Harrison, 23, was alone in a bedroom at her father's home in Texas when she was shot dead.

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Dee Chan @deechan17.bsky.social · 15/02/2026

Her behaviour at the hearings was atrocious. Imagine if any previous Democratic Attorney General had ever responded in the same manner? They'd been drawn & quartered then roasted over a fire pit. I firmly believe her day is coming. She is a pitiful excuse for an AG. www.huffpost.com/entry/thomas...

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Thomas Massie Calls Out Pam Bondi's Performance During Epstein Files Hearing

Attorney General Pam Bondi delved into name calling and shouting when questioned about the Epstein files.

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Dean Obeidallah @deanobeidallah.bsky.social · 16/02/2026

Jeffrey Epstein operated the largest sex trafficking ring in our nation. Attorney General Pam Bondi is now engaged in the largest government sanctioned cover up ever—and she is doing this to protect the powerful men who abused the victims. My article deanobeidallah.substack.com/p/epstein-ra...

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Epstein ran the biggest sex ring ever and now Pam Bondi is engaged in biggest cover up ever!

The survivors deserve justice!

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donni saphire @donni.bsky.social · 16/02/2026

Sometimes I get a little upset when I live in a collapsing dystopia for many years

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Senator Chris Van Hollen @vanhollen.senate.gov · 15/02/2026

A child dying of cancer spent her final days fighting to free her wrongfully detained father from ICE custody. This comes just weeks after a mother from Maryland was denied the right to be at her son’s side as he died from cancer. Not one dime for this cruelty. www.cbsnews.com/amp/chicago/...

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Ofelia Torres, teen who fought to have her father released from ICE custody, dies from rare cancer

Ofelia Torres, 16, died on Friday from Stage 4 alveolar rhabdomyosarcoma, a rare and aggressive form of cancer, her father's lawyer confirmed.

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Sarah J. Jackson @sjjphd.bsky.social · 15/02/2026

Someone has sure already made this observation but the fact they can convert all those empty warehouses into prison camps means they could have converted them into housing, community centers, job training centers or, hell, libraries or schools all along. It’s always a matter of will not resources.

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Perry Bacon @perrybaconjr.bsky.social · 16/02/2026

"From joining Sanders on the “Fighting Oligarchy” tour to endorsing Mamdani to her comments in Munich, Ocasio-Cortez keeps showing prescience and depth. Perhaps the right woman is staring right in front of us, and we should embrace her leadership." newrepublic.com/article/2065...

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You Know What? Maybe the Time Is Right for an AOC Presidential Bid

She’s only 36, and there’s a good argument that she should run for Senate and bide her time. But she also could be a formidable White House candidate.

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