Music and links

[flamingsword]

What are y’all listening to that’s good this week?

I have been listening to music with deep lyrics and lo-fi this week. Lo-fi is so calming, y’all, I want to make a hygge playlist out of warm cozy music, I think.

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Trans people got jokes, y'all. Don't believe the haters.

This month’s theme on fancake is Team As Family, and I feel like I need to get off my butt and drop a million recs. I should do that tomorrow or possibly tonight when I'm done knitting.

https://www.whitehouse.gov/publicserviceloanforgiveness/
https://studentaid.gov/debt-relief-announcement/ Student loan forgiveness stuff I'm researching for a friend.

Skirt I really want to buy because it has The Seine At Lavacour by Monet, one of my favorite paintings on it. I need a million moneys. :/

I have been told that if I want books in the style of Terry Pratchett, that I should try Tanya Huff. Anybody else got suggestions for PTerry-esque books? I am intensely interested in having more politically-aware satire.

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[wingedcatgirl]

Music we've mainly been listening to lately is whatever they link in one of our hangout Discords, which we've assembled into a convenient playlist for worktime shuffling. (If you look very closely, you can see the day I had a mind virus for one specific artist 🤭)

As for things we found this week in particular, though, I show you to HYPERFIXATION, a depressinglariously relatable song about executive dysfunction.

[flamingsword]

HAHAHAHAHAAaaaa! That is a great song about executive dysfunction!! I should share that around!

[ex_flameandsong751]

in order for me to recognize Prince Charles as King Charles I'll first require 2 letters from different psychiatrists who have been treating his king status for over a year if not more, stating that he is indeed a king and that it isn't a fetish or a fad or him faking it

-DIES- I needed that, thank you.

[flamingsword]

You are very welcome! Have a pretty blue lobster pic, from the newsletter of a historian I follow. They are real, if very rare.

[ex_flameandsong751]

Thank you! Blue is my favorite color.

[sabotabby]

in order for me to recognize Prince Charles as King Charles I'll first require 2 letters from different psychiatrists who have been treating his king status for over a year if not more, stating that he is indeed a king and that it isn't a fetish or a fad or him faking it

AHAHAHAHA

What are y’all listening to that’s good this week?

Mainly Elizabeth Sandifer's "Last War In Albion" soundtrack, which is pure nostalgia for me.

I have been told that if I want books in the style of Terry Pratchett, that I should try Tanya Huff. Anybody else got suggestions for PTerry-esque books? I am intensely interested in having more politically-aware satire.

Welp, you need to read Space Opera by Catherynne M. Valente. More Douglas Adams than Terry Pratchett but definitely funny politically-aware satire with a strong omniscient narrative voice. A washed-up neo-glam musician has to compete in a galactic Eurovision contest to stop aliens from deeming humanity non-sentient and blowing it up.

[flamingsword]

Ooh! I am down with both that playlist and things that are like Douglas Adams. Thanks!

I have never seen a Eurovision competition, is it basically a battle of the bands kind of thing? Not that it matters I guess, I’m probably going to read it anyway.

[sabotabby]

I don't think you need to watch Eurovision to get the book, but you should watch Eurovision anyway because it's amazing. Basically like a Battle of the Bands if everyone involved was incredibly gay??? The rules are that countries can't vote for themselves, so all kinds of political intrigue happens around who votes for who.

[ex_flameandsong751]

There was also that Icelandic band with the BDSM gear onstage, which I was very happy about, though it would have been epic if they did "Jaja Ding Dong" and they were a year too early for that.

[motorharp]

I've been listening my inner voice saying I'm doing my best for my friend and it's ok to take a step back when I'm feeling overwhelmed. Not that that is something you could listen to, but I'm pretty proud of it. :)

[flamingsword]

Respecting your own boundaries is self-care. I am proud of you, too!

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https://www.thebrighterside.news/post/geneticists-finally-discover-the-cause-of-lupus

https://www.bbc.com/news/health-62797777

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