Can Jesse Welles Revive the Protest Song?
Jesse Welles Writes Simple Protest Songs But He's Complex
Jesse Welles has become a hero of some on the left for his viral songs about ICE raids and healthcare, but the TikTok songwriter is more complex.
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Really not a fan of the proclamation โ€œFewโ€ If few understand and you think itโ€™s important, why are you not doing more to make it more than few.. More than a few who do that instead โ€ฆ
Starling instead of Starlink transport:
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Yes, you can store data on a bird — enthusiast converts PNG to bird-shaped waveform, teaches young starling to recall file at up to 2MB/s
Who needs Starlink when you
I just read this in a book (similar to the same for coding) โ€˜AI wonโ€™t take your pathologist job but pathologists using AI will take your jobโ€™
Inflation (PPI) came big for the veggies, and the veggie-haters said nothing. "Wholesale vegetable prices rose nearly 40% from June to July"
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Inflation Is Coming for Your Vegetables
Wholesale vegetable prices rose nearly 40% from June to July
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For years, my elderly pet sitter begged me to use Venmo. Last year I finally relented (to the PayPal mafia, for this one case). Both to help her out and to give a privacy lesson. Showed her all the transactions I can see from everyone related to her and everyone related to them and โ€ฆ โ€ฆ.specifically those for pet sitting clients paying up front as they headed out of town with a memo โ€œgive my Boo lots of head pats and kissesโ€ Showed her how to make them private and tell her friends and clients how to make them private. This is how people learn and care about financial privacy. Go and do likewise :)
"Fewer victims are paying the ransomware than ever before. Payment rates that used to be near 70% of all ransomware victims are now down to 25%, and that is part of a long downward trend"
CyberheistNews Vol 15 #30 [Heads Up] Ransomware is Backโ€”and Smarter Than Ever in 2025: Trends
CyberheistNews Vol 15 #30 [Heads Up] Ransomware is Backโ€”and Smarter Than Ever in 2025: Trends