US threatens ICC, warning 'If they [prosecute] Israel, we're next!' (youtu.be)
Uvalde school shooting victims' families announce $2 million settlement with Texas city and new lawsuits (www.cbsnews.com)
The Ready Room: "Lagrange Point" (Blu del Barrio and Jonathan Frakes interview) (www.startrek.com)
Direct YouTube link
Sodium-ion batteries in the USA. Beating China at their own game! (youtu.be)
13 Harvard University students who participated in pro-Palestinian encampment will not get degrees (www.cbsnews.com)
Alt-Country/Americana: Dublin Blues. Guy Clark. (www.youtube.com)
If Townes Van Zandt is the Bob Dylan of highly literate country-adjacent songwriters, his buddy Guy Clark is the Springsteen. Maybe a little less transcendently brilliant, but more straightforward about the human condition, you might say “efficiently poetic” maybe, and with a better ear for what will sell and a less publicly...
Number One Popstar - Dance Away the Pain (youtu.be)
CPS Protest, and Lord Walney’s protest crackdown (www.youtube.com) Akan
Allah-Las - Ela Navega (youtu.be)
The Downward Spiral Of Trent Reznor (CW: drugs, addiction and loss) (www.youtube.com)
Mini docu
Alt-Country/Americana: Townes Van Zandt - Pancho & Lefty (Live in Austin, 1975) (www.youtube.com)
Casual live performance from an old documentary. A few minor lyrical tweaks for those who know the song well, but a lovely performance from probably the iconic Texas troubadour.
Song of the Day: Booty by Erykah Badu (youtu.be)
my god the snare sound is magnificent
A criticism of the linux foundation expenses and why you shouldn't support them (www.youtube.com)
Our Shirts Are Garbage | Climate Town (www.youtube.com)
Alternative Invidious link
The Judybats - She Lives (In a Time of Her Own) [alternative rock/psychedelic rock] (1967 original/1990 cover) (The 13th Floor Elevators cover) (www.youtube.com)
Louis Cole - Things Will Fall Apart [Orchestral Funk, 2024] (youtube.com)
Louis Cole (KNOWER) collaborates with the Metropole Orchestra again. Banger of a song with great orchestration IMO.
How boomers will "hand over the reins" to the younger gens - YouTube (youtube.com)
CW: The Wonders of Dexedrine [VHS] (youtu.be)
Why It’s So Difficult to Build Subways in Rome | Half as Interested (7:18) (www.youtube.com)
Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door - DF Switch Review - Brilliant Visuals... At 30FPS (www.youtube.com)
Chinese Man - We've Been Here Before (Full Album) (www.youtube.com)
The Legality of Israel/Palestine Protests on Campus (www.youtube.com)
One Time Pads (a futureproof encryption mechanism that cannot be cracked with supercomputers) (www.youtube.com)
Bernie: The Podcast | Episode 6 - Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (www.youtube.com)
Burning Sun: Exposing the secret K-pop chat groups - BBC World Service Documentaries (youtu.be)
