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The current world is so similar to pre WW2 era world. Bunch of crazy people elected using populism and false promises. They are getting crazier day by day. They polarise their own people by praising some of them and declaring others as unwanted. Warmongers manipulate them by using their egos. This shit is derailing so fast I wish there are some "hidden agendas". This shit is going south so fast.

There's a web comic called beanytuesday. Way back in 2018 (almost 7 years ago to the day), he did a series of intentionally poorly drawn 2018 election candidates. One of them has had an enduring legacy. No, not ol' Hills. Gen Z loves to meme this one. It's newly relevant.

Many audiophiles in China can't stand the warm bass and dark tone of OG 007, then some people replace the OG 007 earpads with kennerton thror earpads to make 007 sound more transparent and neutral. The Japanese official website says that 007s earpads are sound absorbing, which improves quietness and refine the sound...It also looks like a reverse operation for current stax tuning but stax did it themselves, this makes thror 007 VS 007s very interesting... And according to my experience in making earpads, the use of different cloth on the inside of the earpads will warm the tone, although to different extents, so I'm also curious, if 009/009s are replaced with 007s earpads, will it alleviate some wonky or bright problems and make the sound more natural.

The Beach Boys - Surfs Up ex. full

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Where It All Begins by The Allman Brothers Band (1994) https://album.link/mdpnmkzjtgzb7 Example: I am not sure I knew this existed, much less that it was really good. A great set of guitar forward tunes.

Corporate media is a bit like fast food. In small quantities it won't hurt you, but if that's all you eat, you're gonna get very sick very quickly. By the same token, if it's all you watch, you're gonna end up with a very distorted worldview. Keep in mind though that other people's corporate news doesn't exactly contain less bs and propaganda than ours, it's just different bs and propaganda. You kinda have to cross-check, fact-check, and put two and two together, and then you might end up with something resembling an accurate view. Or not, it's honestly hard these days. I don't think the US public will tolerate boots on the ground in Iran, but Washington is certainly salivating at the thought of bombing them back into the stone age, and is more than happy to let Bibi do the dirty work. Iran is both weak and vulnerable, and the mental image of Hamas getting their hands on a nuke is all the justification they need. At the same time, the mullahs have certainly learned the Libya lesson, nukes are their lifeline and they're gonna try their best to hang onto it, any and all negotiations for them are simply a way to buy more time. It'll be ugly, but probably not as ugly as our worst fears make it. And Iran is not exactly popular in Sunni countries either. (In before eating my words in 3... 2...)

I really hated the whole bums rush to go to war after the tower attacks. Too many good men died or were injured. My younger son did a tour of duty in Iraq. My older son had a complete meltdown over it. He didn't want him to die in that "shithole". We all breathed a sigh of relief when he came home. I firmly believe in holding government accountable. If war can be avoided, it should be. Old guys in suits aren't the ones out there fighting. When it was me wearing the uniform, it was different than when your kids are the ones on the line. I guess I now know how my dad felt when I enlisted. Let's hope cooler heads prevail.