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When Grammy-winning musician Rhiannon Giddens begins playing “Old Corn Liquor,” a traditional Black American folk tune, acclaimed Chinese pipa virtuoso Wu Man recognizes similarities to Chinese pentatonic music and spontaneously joins in. The joy on their faces says it all.

In this remarkable image of white supremicists on a subway train in Washington I see cowards afraid to show their faces and a strong woman who shouldn't have to put up with this shit. (Photo: Cheney Orr - Reuters)

Ed Davey - Trump is acting like an international gangster. The Prime Minister has tried appeasing him for 12 months and has failed. It's time we finally stood up to him and united with our European allies to make him back down.

This AI music video defending Greenland is amazing 🤩

Oil and distraction Trump attacks Venezuela anntelnaes.substack.com/p/oil-and-di...

I came here to chew gum and call out lies on Twitter... and I'm all out of gum. (Photo @politicalpics)

🎥 Human #ClimateAction that protects, conserves and restores #nature We can work with Nature to avoid the worst of #ClimateChange Learn more www.ipcc.ch/report/ar6/w... PL RP Thank you! 🩷💚💙 #Video original graph from: ' Climate Change 2022 - Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability' by IPCC

Look what's happening at the French Embassy in Washington DC.

In Germany over 200,000 protestors in Munich gathered against the Musk backed far-right / neo-Nazi AfD ahead of the German election. Thousands chanted "Save Democracy" and "Oppose Nazis" #3E

Polyphonic singing and other cultural elements are a major tool for Georgian self-mobilization. Tonight, for the first time in a while, people performed “Chakrulo,” a conspiracy song to overthrow a greedy lord that makes life impossible. #GeorgiaProtests 📷 Zurab Batiashvili

#FarmersProtest in London today. Protesting the government's new tax rules to force the sale of farms, and destroying farming families, and the future of farming. No farms, No food !

If you are caught thinking international events don't affect you, then you are sorely misunderstanding how our civilization currently works. Something happening in some country you've never seen or heard of, can have as much impact as something happening the town over from you.

russian warship, Ukrainian tractor and, of course, #NAFO fellas — all in the latest documentary on memes and their role in the war. russia spent billions on memes and thy still lost to our folklore. You’re one of the reasons why — this movie is for you: m.youtube.com/watch?v=Cm57...

If you've got #uksnow accumulations this morning, please report them here: weatherquest.co.uk/snowdepth/map

Good morning ! Snow across Teign Valley, Devon #uksnow

Update #uksnow Yellow weather warning for South West. Multiple roads in Devon are being closed due to snow. A35 Raymond's Hill closed due to multi-vehicle crash.

Update #uksnow A30 closed from Whiddon Down, Devon to Bodmin, Cornwall

A30 between Whiddon Down and Meldon/Okehampton now closed due to impassable snow. Long delays thru Crediton #uksnow

EX6 Haldon 9/10 #uksnow

Support our farmers heading to London today! They support us every single day. No farmers No food

Reminder! No farmers No Food "non farmers" were responsible for 56 per cent of farmland purchases last year - 'squeezing out' those in the agricultural sector" (The London Economic)

Good morning. Bluesky 19m and counting

I learned some stuff about Bluesky I did not know by reading this. Maybe worth passing it on to others so we can all start getting the full benefit of the 🦋.

Good morning Bluesky

Ohhb you're in for a treat! There are many. This one blocks people with pro-MAGA specific words in their profile. Hit subscribe then block. One-time setting, blocks current and future accts: bsky.app/profile/did:...

Meanwhile! Llandudno, North Wales. No farmers no food protest

Good morning!

It's amazing to watch Bluesky's explosive user growth in real time, and it keeps positively growing 💙