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HÖR Berlin, which is run by two former IDF soldiers, stopped this DJ’s live set because he was wearing a tshirt that had Palestine written in Arabic.

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Palms Trax & Job Jobse. If you didn't have ears before, you'll suddenly find they'll grow out of your head spontaneously to absorb this magic.

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And this, too.

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No, it's not. Your life is not a movie. You're not a main character. You're not in a game or a simulation. You're on this planet with so many other people your brain can't compute it, living in a time when the computer you use dictates how you behave and what you eat, and tells you who to trust and who not to trust, and robots taught by people who've never lived half as rich a life as you have, are increasingly dictating your every move. Things don't feel real for a reason...but you can't keep behaving as if you don't know. You're not in a bubble. Time is passing, and you will one day die. Wake the fuck up.

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"IT WAS A LOVE FEST" he says, and everyone screams. Guys, remember: he's a narcissist. He does not, cannot, and will not hear you. It was a love fest because everyone was agreeing with him. It was a lovefest between all them agreeing with each other. What we see as a violent riot, they see as a festival of proving their point. What we see as a racist rally, they see as a sermon. That's what people who follow narcs see. And narcs see nothing but heart. Welcome to it, kids. It's that simple, above all its complexity. No amount of ghosts of Christmas Past are gonna change him overnight.

Photo illustration: Sarah Grillo. Photo: Kevin Dietsch/Getty Image

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from "Number 12 Looks Just Like You" - The Twilight Zone, 1964.

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What do you know that I don't know? What do we have in common? The wonderful "Still/Here" by Bill T. Jones is back in New York City this week.

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PLEASE READ UNTIL THE END

This is the world we live in. This is the request.

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The dancefloor. It's the last remaining place where people will ever be happy together at the same time, and for a few beats, not care about anything except that we're in the same room. It's never about youth, middle age, or old age. It's about having a moment when you feel like you've triumphed over Time. The dancefloor is the last remaining place where love wins.

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I believe in you!

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The rebel and the diamond, the hurt and will always be hurt.

The Breakfast Club (1985) Universal Pictures.

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Lyrics:

Wa-ching That's the sound of the sword going in Clack-clack, clack-a-clang clang That's the sound of the gun going bang-bang Tukka-tuk, tuk, tuk, tuk-tukka That's the sound of the drone button pusher

Shh, shh, shh That's the sound of the children taker

Ah (ah) Ah (ah) Ah (ah) Ah (ah)

This means war Anti-war

War

This means war Anti-war Anti-war

Send Sally to the sandbox, baby Send Johnny in to open fire Send Sally to the sandbox, baby We're dying for the stone-faced lies

Send Johnny to the sandbox, baby Send Sally into open fire Send Johnny to the sandbox, baby We're dying for the stone-faced lies

We're all going straight to hell

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What a world.

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American Scholar: https://theamericanscholar.org/joyas-volardores

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A song for then, a song for now.

Lyrics:

Ladies and gentlemen of the class of '99 Wear sunscreen

If I could offer you only one tip for the future, sunscreen would be it A long-term benefits of sunscreen have been proved by scientists Whereas the rest of my advice has no basis more reliable Than my own meandering experience, I will dispense this advice now

Enjoy the power and beauty of your youth, oh, never mind You will not understand the power and beauty of your youth Until they've faded, but trust me, in 20 years, you'll look back At photos of yourself and recall in a way you can't grasp now How much possibility lay before you and how fabulous you really looked You are not as fat as you imagine

Don't worry about the future Or worry, but know that worrying Is as effective as trying to solve an algebra equation by chewing Bubble gum The real troubles in your life Are apt to be things that never crossed your worried mind The kind that blindsides you at 4 p.m. on some idle Tuesday Do one thing every day that scares you

Saying, don't be reckless with other people's hearts Don't put up with people who are reckless with yours

Floss

Don't waste your time on jealousy Sometimes you're ahead, sometimes you're behind The race is long and in the end, it's only with yourself Remember compliments you receive, forget the insults If you succeed in doing this, tell me how Keep your old love letters, throw away your old bank statements

Stretch

Don't feel guilty if you don't know what you want to do with your life The most interesting people I know Didn't know at 22 what they wanted to do with their lives Some of the most interesting 40-year-olds I know still don't Get plenty of calcium Be kind to your knees You'll miss them when they're gone

Maybe you'll marry, maybe you won't Maybe you'll have children, maybe you won't Maybe you'll divorce at 40, maybe you'll dance the 'Funky Chicken' On your 75th wedding anniversary Whatever you do, don't congratulate yourself too much Or berate yourself either Your choices are half chance, so are everybody else's

Enjoy your body, use it every way you can Don't be afraid of it or what other people think of it It's the greatest instrument you'll ever own Dance, even if you have nowhere to do it but your own living room Read the directions even if you don't follow them Do not read beauty magazines, they will only make you feel ugly

Get to know your parents, you never know when they'll be gone for good Be nice to your siblings, they're your best link to your past And the people most likely to stick with you in the future

Understand that friends come and go But a precious few, who should hold on

Work hard to bridge the gaps in geography and lifestyle For as the older you get The more you need the people you knew when you were young Live in New York City once but leave before it makes you hard Live in northern California once but leave before it makes you soft

Travel

Accept certain inalienable truths Prices will rise, politicians will philander, you too, will get old And when you do, you'll fantasize that when you were young Prices were reasonable, politicians were noble And children respected their elders

Respect your elders

Don't expect anyone else to support you Maybe you have a trust fund, maybe you'll have a wealthy spouse But you never know when either one might run out

Don't mess too much with your hair Or by the time you're 40 it will look 85

Be careful whose advice you buy but be patient with those who supply it Advice is a form of nostalgia, dispensing it is a way of fishing the past From the disposal, wiping it off, painting over the ugly parts And recycling it for more than it's worth

But trust me on the sunscreen