#living in the usa

[bouncinghedgehog]

[cadencewishes]

Listen to my latest cover: When Will I Be Loved?

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[composingliger]

I enjoy living and working in the US, but gosh was it refreshing to visit the UK and Europe last month after 5 years of being unable to leave the country.

Culturally Australia and the US have a lot in common, but even so, the missing cultural heritage feels like having a limb chopped off. Very much looking forward to visiting family next month. ❤️

[rastronomicals]

7:11 PM EDT April 13, 2023:

Steve Miller Band - "Living In The USA" From the album Sailor (October 1968)

Last song scrobbled from iTunes at Last.fm

Great album covers are a dime a dozen, but great album *backs* that actually surpass their front covers are more rare. The back to the Steve Miller Band’s Sailor is one of the best of this breed.

And one of his immaculate first five, musically

Capitol ST 2984 if you were wondering.

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[possibleplatypus]

[genuinelyshallow]

We will not forget those who supported Palestine. You are in our prayers❤️

[hussyknee]

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[lordzannis]

Yeah they failed to menchen it

Hey so I still see people utterly baffled by how religious fundies (still a majority in America and moreso its senate) react on certain issues so uhhh is it actually not common knowledge what the antichrist is all about? You guys know his defining characteristic is ending war, right? That he’s foretold to unite the world under his leadership by preaching global peace and solving basically every single problem in the world? So you know when you try to talk to these people about equality and togetherness they literally believe that’s what makes you an agent of the devil right???

[wearenotjustnumbers2]

These two kids are Hamza (the oldest) and Qusai (the youngest).

Their mother shares this video and bids them goodbye. They were both killed by Israeli bombardment 5 days ago. She says:

[Two days before Hamza and Qusai were killed, hamza asked me: "mom, when we die, where will I go?" And I told him: "you will be a bird in heaven, my love." He said: "and Qusai?" "Just like you inshallah."

And indeed, two days later, he left and took his brother with him. It's like he was preparing me for saying goodbye to both of them. Heaven is more beautiful than any place on this Earth, habibi. We will meet and be reunited one day, me, your dad and you two].

Our kids don't deserve to die already thinking about what will happen to them, they don't deserve to die already terrified, anticipating their death because the world failed them and decided their lives mean nothing. We are not numbers. Remember their names and their stories.

[tieflingkisser]

Body-cam video shows Illinois officer fatally shooting Black woman in face

White deputy Sean Grayson shot Sonya Massey, who called police in fear of a home intruder, after boiling water dispute

Massey, whom her daughter confirmed was paranoid-schizophrenic, had called police because she thought someone was trying to break into her home. When police arrived, they began looking into Massey’s home with flashlights, a neighbor, Cheryl Evans, told the Guardian. Evans wondered why police had not knocked on her door, as they typically have done in the past when searching for suspects. Eventually, Grayson, who is white, and his partner entered the home where they began speaking to Massey. After an initial discussion and request for Massey’s driver’s license,Grayson spotted a pot of boiling water on the stove and ordered Massey to remove it to avoid starting a fire. In doing so, Massey asks the officers – who visibly distance themselves from her as she goes to handle the pot – why they moved away from her. “Where you going?” she asks them. “Away from your hot steaming water,” Grayson answers, with a laugh, before Massey responds: “Away from the hot steaming water? Oh, I’ll rebuke you in the name of Jesus.” With his gun drawn, Grayson closed the distance between himself and Massey, who was beginning to kneel behind a counter with her hands up. “You better fucking not, I swear to God I’ll fucking shoot you right in your fucking face,” Grayson warned. Massey can be heard saying, “I’m sorry,” as Grayson continues to advance. “I’m sorry,” she says again as Grayson fires three shots, striking her with a bullet below the eye that exited from the back of her neck. As Massey lay dying on her kitchen floor, Grayson says he’ll go get his medical kit to render aid. “That’s a headshot. She’s done,” Grayson says before going to get the med kit. As the pair stand there with their guns still drawn, Grayson says: “I’m not taking a bullet out of her fucking head,” then points out that the water from the pot had reached his feet. “What else can we do?” Grayson asks his partner. “I’m not taking hot boiling water to the fucking face.”

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Massey’s death carries on a troubling legacy of racial violence in Springfield: Massey’s family said she is a descendant of William Donnegan, a Black man who was lynched by a white mob but survived during the city’s infamous 1908 race riots that took 17 Black lives over a two-day period in mid-August of that year. As a result of the violence and carnage, a group of white and Black Americans banded together to create the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP). Massey’s family said that the irony of having to reach out to the NAACP for help after her killing is not lost on them.

[nando161mando]

"Stop the genocide. 15,000 children are dead because of you. You're a murderer."

@codepink-for-peace activists confronted US Vice President Kamala Harris on "Jimmy Kimmel Live!"

They were forcefully removed, assaulted, and illegally detained by the show's security.

[rastronomicals]

10:22 AM EDT May 4, 2024:

Steve Miller Band - "Living In The USA" From the album Sailor (October 1968)

Last song scrobbled from iTunes at Last.fm

Great album covers are a dime a dozen, but great album *backs* that actually surpass their front covers are more rare. The back to the Steve Miller Band’s Sailor is one of the best of this breed.

And one of his immaculate first five, musically

Capitol ST 2984 if you were wondering.

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[angel-cryptid]

RECOUNT 2024: YET ANOTHER THREAD

please spread and check the original thread:

[thepurplebones]

[batfambrainrotbeloved]

I love being in my writing research era

[dinosaursr66]

My dad bought me this LP when he was in his early 40’s. He asked a new employee fresh out of Princeton to pick something out for his 13 year old son while they were in a record store. My dad was extraordinary.

SONG OF THE DAY - May 13, 2023