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MIKE STEYELS

@iswayski.bsky.social
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Lost culture writer tryna navigate this mid dystopia. BK to BKK. mikesteyels.contently.com soundcloud.com/iswayski instagram.com/issawaeski_

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MIKE STEYELS @iswayski.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
These voluminous, bouncing trival drums could fill an entire excavated metropolis hidden in dense jungle to revive lost ways of thinking. Laser mapping unveils chopped vocal transmissions in red beams while drum flourishes ricochet off the preserved maze of walls, guiding listeners like echolocation
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MIKE STEYELS @iswayski.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
Here’s some more photos of mines
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MIKE STEYELS @iswayski.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
Been trying to put together a portfolio of selects from all the photos I been shooting
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MIKE STEYELS @iswayski.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
A film about “displacement, family separation, betrayal, and the agonising, decades-long struggle to return home” was filmed in a land where these themes are a reality.
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Christopher Nolan’s Odyssey used occupied land as a film set. That feels like a betrayal | Mohamed Sleiman Labat
The decision to shoot in Moroccan-occupied Western Sahara, where the Indigenous people can’t tell their stories without fear of imprisonment, helps erase our own brutal journey
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JMFenner @jmfenner.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
It's been a really un-fun few weeks. Backup your files & send some positive technological energy my way!
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MIKE STEYELS @iswayski.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
Been working wild crazy hours so I’m behind in everything, but I wrote some stuff! Here’s my recent piece on Latin American rave and club sounds blended with regional sounds as viewed through the lens of Mexican record labels: daily.bandcamp.com/scene-report...
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The Breathless Energy of Mexican Rave
A thrilling mix of old and new, the sound of rave is keeping dancefloors in Mexico moving.
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MIKE STEYELS @iswayski.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
Not sure how I feel about this ugly graffiti trend in electronic music visual design
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MIKE STEYELS @iswayski.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
Alarm on AM not PM so I woke right after falling asleep. Getting ready for work and realized the sun was up. Thats not right I thought lollll
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MIKE STEYELS @iswayski.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
Canva app has a ‘chronically online’ English language setting which I thought would be funny but made me wanna jump out my window instead lol Filipino English was interesting tho
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MIKE STEYELS @iswayski.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
A lil bit more
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MIKE STEYELS @iswayski.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
Anyway here’s some of my work
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MIKE STEYELS @iswayski.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
It’s ironically very hard to write about music while working in a club
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kottke.org @kottke.org · 13/04/2026
Hey, look at Substack promoting Andrew Tate as the #1 new bestseller. The company's amoral leadership & backers will platform anyone, even ludicrously toxic rapists & human traffickers.
a screenshot of the "New Bestsellers" list from Substack, with Andrew Tate in the #1 position
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MIKE STEYELS @iswayski.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
How come nobody annotates Genius lyrics anymore?
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MIKE STEYELS @iswayski.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
Even The Nation is behind a paywall now :( At a time when quality information so is hard to find, all the legacy media left standing is hidden within a barrier. No free articles per month or anything for the casual reader, which is the vast majority of people. I don’t know the answer.
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MIKE STEYELS @iswayski.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
Now do Elon lol www.theguardian.com/music/2026/a...
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Wireless festival cancelled after Kanye West banned from entering UK
Rapper had been booked to play at festival in London, prompting outcry over his past antisemitic remarks
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 05/04/2026
Republican Islamophobia has reached shocking new levels. The party’s leaders in Congress have done almost nothing to stop it.
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Republican Islamophobia has reached shocking new levels
The party's leaders in Congress have done almost nothing to stop it.
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MIKE STEYELS @iswayski.bsky.social · 06/04/2026
Indian cinema dives headfirst into AI www.reuters.com/technology/a...
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AI is rewiring the world’s most prolific film industry
India's film studios are upending industry economics by deploying the technology at scale to slash movie costs and production timelines, pitting questions of efficiency against audience acceptance.
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JMFenner @jmfenner.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
Did a little comic page over the weekend. Just wanted to test out some brushes & things.
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Nieman Lab @niemanlab.org · 02/04/2026
“As nostalgic as we are for them and as lovely an experience as it can be, we really want to be where audiences are," global editorial director @katie-drummond.bsky.social said. pressgazette.co.uk/publishers/m...
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Wired pulls plug on UK print edition as it focuses on global subscriber growth
Wired will not put out a print magazine in the UK in 2026 as it focuses on global subscriber growth, Katie Drummond reveals.
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MIKE STEYELS @iswayski.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
when did practising digital hygiene become suspicious activity?
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MIKE STEYELS @iswayski.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
So many questions nbc
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MIKE STEYELS @iswayski.bsky.social · 22/03/2026
soundcloud jus said im digging too deep so they blocked me -_-
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DJ Mag @djmag.com · 17/03/2026
A new report has highlighted the extent of modern Black music's impact on the UK economy over the past three decades djmag.com/news/80-of-u...
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80% of UK music revenue comes from Black music genres, report finds
The UK Music report found that Black music contributed £24.5 billion to the UK economy the past over 30 years
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MIKE STEYELS @iswayski.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
Distributed solar accounted for 1/5 of the country’s grid-supplied electricity in 2024. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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How Pakistan’s people-led solar boom is easing impact of Middle East energy crisis
Falling costs and government incentives make solar an attractive option for many, reducing need for gas
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MIKE STEYELS @iswayski.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
It’s pretty greazy for a serious outlet like Reuters to identify Banksy. It makes sense for British tabloids who’ve done the same, but not a respectable wire service like them.
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MIKE STEYELS @iswayski.bsky.social · 16/03/2026
Taiwanese-American cellist meets bmore? OKOK djmag.com/features/rec...
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Recognise 097: JIALING
With a 90-minute mix of breaks, bass and blazing East Coast club music, Baltimore’s JIALING demonstrates the next-gen sound of her hometown for the Recognise series, and speaks to Michael McKinney abo...
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Wayne & Wax @wayneandwax.bsky.social · 06/03/2026
a piece I wrote last year about dembow dominicano for Hyperlocal is now online: hyper---local.com/magazine/dem... a post-script today would add that the recent Tokischa collabs with Ice Spice and ASAP Rocky suggest that dembow might have more room for English verses than reggaeton.
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Dembow a lo Dominicano | HyperLocal
Dembow is a diasporic process that merges the foreign with the familiar, inventing shared dance grounds: an ever-changing rhythmic mantra that re-routes, re-roots, and fruits worldwide among the Domin...
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The Wire Magazine @thewiremagazine.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
London’s Metropolitan Police persecutes UK rap while using it for self-promotion, argues @hwfmorris.bsky.social in The Wire 506 www.thewire.co.uk/in-writing/c...
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Against The Grain: UK rap is hijacked by London’s police force for clicks - The Wire
London’s Metropolitan Police persecutes UK rap while using it for self-promotion, argues Hugh Morris in The Wire 506
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MIKE STEYELS @iswayski.bsky.social · 16/03/2026
imagine how much worse this musta been in the days of CDs and tapes
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MIKE STEYELS @iswayski.bsky.social · 16/03/2026
If this what Jersey house would sound like im with it 🥵🥵 soundcloud.com/abetp/abe201...
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@ABE201 - Just An Ordinary Day #JerseyClubRemix
Stream and Follow Me On Everything Links Below . . . IG : @A.B.E_201 X : @ABE201 YouTube : ABETHEPRODUCER Tiktok : ABETHEPRODUCER Facebook : Kahlil Murphy (A B E) Spotify : A.B.E Apple Mus
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MIKE STEYELS @iswayski.bsky.social · 16/03/2026
DEKTRONICA is my collection of recent electronic music from Thailand. Side A is deeper with more techno, dnb, and progressive sounds. Side B is leans towards Thai-style, combining molam, 3cha, and pop with genres like UK garage, footwork, and house. (artwork mines too) soundcloud.com/blaqlytemag/...
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MIKE STEYELS @iswayski.bsky.social · 16/03/2026
“One popular exhibit is called ‘Test Die.’ Visitors can lie inside coffins of different sizes and styles while looking at themselves in a mirror suspended above.“ www.khaosodenglish.com/life/2026/03...
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Thailand’s ‘Death Fest’ invites visitors to embrace mortality
NONTHABURI, Thailand (AP) — Thailand’s “Death Fest” invites people to confront mortality while also offering practical services and spiritual advice for the inevitable. The unusual fair, now in its se...
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MIKE STEYELS @iswayski.bsky.social · 11/03/2026
Naming budots was “less authorship than consolidation. A genre begins when people start to agree, loosely, provisionally, on what they are hearing and how it circulates. Before budots was named, the sound existed as technique and affect… under generic labels” www.ctm-festival.de/magazine/202...
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Post-Budots: Mutation, Diffusion, and Vernacular Futures
By Jorge Juan B Wieneke V
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Mixmag @mixmag.net · 03/12/2025
Forged in the slums of Davao City, budots was largely sneered at for its unsubtle, maximalist sonics and associations with gang culture. But recent virality has reframed its image, and with a new genre-showcase album landing by The Budots Three it’s set to takeover dancefloors around the globe
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The Budots Three are leading Filipino dance music’s world takeover
Forged in the slums of Davao City in the Philippines, budots was largely sneered at for its unsubtle, maximalist sonics and associations with gang culture. But recent virality has reframed its image, ...
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Resident Advisor @residentadvisor.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
PACBI has endorsed calls to boycott Spotify.
ra.co
PACBI endorses Spotify boycott campaign · News ⟋ RA
The BDS-affiliated organisation says the streaming giant has ties to "mass deportation, apartheid and genocide."
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MIKE STEYELS @iswayski.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
this tracks
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MIKE STEYELS @iswayski.bsky.social · 28/02/2026
oohhh u guilty Tanya Tagaq - "Colonizer" (2022) www.youtube.com/watch?v=8LbW...
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Tanya Tagaq - Colonizer [Official Music Video]
YouTube video by Tanya Tagaq
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MIKE STEYELS @iswayski.bsky.social · 18/02/2026
GOTDAM headsknow.bandcamp.com/album/us-club
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US CLUB, by HEADS KNOW
27 track album
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MIKE STEYELS @iswayski.bsky.social · 18/02/2026
upmag.com/street-crime...
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From Sacred Slaps to Street Crime: The Paradox of Sticker Culture in Japan
How can a nation that has practiced and preserved ritual sticker placement for over a thousand years simultaneously maintain some of the world’s harshest penalties against graffiti and street art?
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Syd Mills @vetyyr.bsky.social · 10/10/2023
Hi #PortfolioDay! I’m Syd and I’m a freelance illustrator. I love painting details and using intense colors/light ♥️♥️
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Josie Glausiusz @josiegz.bsky.social · 19/12/2025
The AI boom has caused as much carbon dioxide to be released into the atmosphere in 2025 as emitted by the whole of New York City, says academic Alex de Vries-Gao, founder of Digiconomist. AI-related water use now exceeds entire global bottled-water demand, too. www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
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AI boom has caused same CO2 emissions in 2025 as New York City, report claims
Study author says tech companies are reaping benefits of artificial intelligence age but society is left to pay cost
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MIKE STEYELS @iswayski.bsky.social · 19/12/2025
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Philip Bump @pbump.com · 12/12/2025
Pretty notable that Republicans in a deep-red state declined to go along with a partisan power grab specifically because of the toxic, violent culture Trump encourages. www.cnn.com/2025/12/11/p...
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The deeply personal reasons why many Indiana Senate Republicans said no to Trump | CNN Politics
Jean Leising spoke at a breakfast this fall at her 8th grade grandson’s school. Hours later, when she was set to give him a ride home from basketball practice, he bashfully told her that his entire te...
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alex pasternack @pasternack.bsky.social · 01/12/2025
“We believe that the all-costs-justified, warp-speed approach to AI development will do staggering damage to democracy, to our jobs, and to the earth... We’re the workers who develop, train, and use AI, so we have a responsibility to intervene...” www.fastcompany.com/91450846/ama...
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Amazon workers warn 'warp-speed' AI push threatens democracy and the planet
Employees across engineering, product, and warehouses say AI justifications are eroding job security and accelerating output demands.
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John Leavitt @leavittalone.bsky.social · 27/11/2025
Truth coming out of her cup o’noodles to shame mankind
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Radical Graffiti @radicalgraffiti.bsky.social · 28/11/2025
"Happy Genocide Day" Corrected Thanksgiving mural seen in Pensacola, Florida
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A.P. @apxbrown.bsky.social · 27/11/2025
Tired: The Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade is a long consumerist advertisement for a corporation-based American hegemony that peaked before the forever wars. Wired: Shaggy and Busta Rhymes are dad rock now.
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Mary Gillis @marygillis.bsky.social · 27/11/2025
"Imagine you stole all of the intellectual property in the world. And you're using it to help people write middling emails and make revenge porn about women, and also children. And you're powering this plagiarism and non-consensual porn machine by eating up what's left of humanity's carbon budget."
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How to explain AI to your family this holiday season | CNN Business
Politics, football and movies are among the many topics that tend to come up around Thanksgiving. In 2025, a new question may arise at the table: Why the heck is everyone talking about AI, and what sh...
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sarah jeong @sarahjeong.bsky.social · 27/11/2025
spanish flu was 1918........ the great wall street crash was 1929........... very cool stuff, history, very cool and not stressful
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