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  1. CF Signals: Inez Akker – No Pretzels Today [Equal]

    There are collaborations in contemporary techno that function through aesthetic compatibility, and others that operate through something far rarer: the controlled friction between two distinct sensibilities that ultimately strengthen each other. EQUAL014 clearly belongs to the latter category. The release brings together Fractious, a long-established figure within raw and hypnotic UK techno, and Inez Akker, the Spanish-rooted, Amsterdam-based artist whose approach to groove and emotional tension has been quietly solidifying within the Dutch underground scene since 2018.

    On one side, Fractious contributes the architecture of sustained pressure that has defined releases on labels such as Special Series, KD RAW, and RAW WORX — modulated synthesizers that seem to slide beneath the skin and percussion that advances like perfectly calibrated industrial machinery. On the other, Inez Akker introduces a different dimension altogether: one centered on internal groove propulsion, hypnotic storytelling, and a way of constructing movement that avoids immediate impact in favor of gradual psychological immersion. What makes the release compelling is that neither language attempts to overpower the other. Its strength emerges precisely from that unstable balance.

    Within that dialogue, “No Pretzels Today” stands out as a perfect demonstration of Akker’s sonic sophistication. The track opens with a vibration that feels simultaneously piercing and velvet-like, as though its roughest frequencies had been carefully refined into tactile surfaces. Everything unfolds with almost architectural precision: the percussion never crashes into the mix aggressively, but instead settles slowly into a warm and deeply absorbing texture.

    https://soundcloud.com/clubfuriess/cfs-inez-akker-no-pretzels-today-equal014

    The hypnotic induction develops gradually, delicately, almost invisibly. Nothing feels abrupt or forced; trance emerges like a silent infiltration of body and perception. Grooves move patiently while subtle modulations continuously reshape the internal space of the track, expanding it toward increasingly deep and abstract territories. There is an ongoing sensation of temporal distortion, as though the track itself were bending linear time through repetition and sustained tension.

    Then something even stranger begins to happen: the track opens perceptual fractures. Near Rosen-Einsteinian bridges slowly emerge between metallic layers, warm pulsations, and suspended resonances. Reality itself seems to reorganize around the groove — not through chaos, but through an extraordinarily refined hypnotic precision. “No Pretzels Today” does not seek impact through excess or violence; its power comes precisely from the opposite: absolute control, sensory depth, and a dark elegance that lingers long after the sound has faded.

    Without exaggeration, this is one of the most finely constructed tracks we have encountered in recent weeks.

    Artists: Fractious, Inez Akker
    Label: Equal
    Catalogue: EQUAL014

    Pre-Order: May 15, 2026
    Exclusive: May 29, 2026
    Release Date: June 12, 2026
    Support & Buy: Bandcamp

    Tracklist:
    1. Inez Akker – In need of novacaine
    2. Fractious – Conspicious
    3. Inez Akker – No pretzels today
    4. Fractious – Death of Truth

    Inez Akker

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    Fractious

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    Equal

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    Club Furies

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    #Amsterdam #Berghain #CFPremiere #clubFuries #ClubFuriesPremiere #Electrónica #Electronic #Electronica #Equal #Germany #GrooveTechno #HardGroove #HynoticTechno #InezAkker #MinimalTechno #Netherlands #Premiere #premiereCF #PremiereClubFuries #Spenge #techno
  2. SPD parliamentary group leader Matthias Miersch responded calmly to the critical remarks made by CDU Chairman Friedrich Merz. Merz had previously argued that th... news.osna.fm/?p=44356 | #news #chief #coalition #equal #key

  3. SPD parliamentary group leader Matthias Miersch responded calmly to the critical remarks made by CDU Chairman Friedrich Merz. Merz had previously argued that th... news.osna.fm/?p=44356 | #news #chief #coalition #equal #key

  4. SPD parliamentary group leader Matthias Miersch responded calmly to the critical remarks made by CDU Chairman Friedrich Merz. Merz had previously argued that th... news.osna.fm/?p=44356 | #news #chief #coalition #equal #key

  5. SPD parliamentary group leader Matthias Miersch responded calmly to the critical remarks made by CDU Chairman Friedrich Merz. Merz had previously argued that th... news.osna.fm/?p=44356 | #news #chief #coalition #equal #key

  6. “Rubens, for instance, takes a gross pleasure in female flesh, rendering it truthfully from lack of imagination and analysis. Idealist painters like Bourgereau awake to the divergence between Nature and their academic standards of Beauty, falsify the facts in order to delude themselves. The greatest, like Rembrandt, paint a gallant, a hag, and a carcass with equal passion and rapture; they love the truth as it is. They do not admit that anything can be ugly or evil; its existence justifies itself. This is because they know themselves to be part of an harmonious unity; to disdain any item of it would be to blaspheme the whole.” library.hrmtc.com/2026/04/30/r #academicStandards #aleisterCrowley #analysis #anyItem #asItIs #awake #beauty #blaspheme #book #carcass #deludeThemselves #disdain #divergence #doNotAdmit #equal #Evil #existence #facts #falsify #femaleFlesh #forInstance #gallant #greatest #grossPleasure #hag #harmoniousUnity #idealistPainters #inOrderTo #justifies #knowThemselves #lackOfImagination #liberLegis #love #nature #NewComment #paint #passion #PeterPaulRubens #quote #rapture #Rembrandt #rendering #takes #TheBookOfTheLaw #truth #truthfully #ugly #whole #WilliamAdolpheBouguereau
  7. If genuine #naturists don’t show what #naturism really looks like, others will define it for us. Those who twist #nudity into erotic display will continue to dominate the conversation, & the meaning of #naturism will keep being abused. Respectful sharing is how we reclaim the narrative & show the world that #nudity is #natural, #equal & #free.

    #NoClothes #ClothesFree #Nude #Naked #NudityIsNormal #NudityIsNotErotic #NudityIsNatural

  8. If genuine #naturists don’t show what #naturism really looks like, others will define it for us. Those who twist #nudity into erotic display will continue to dominate the conversation, & the meaning of #naturism will keep being abused. Respectful sharing is how we reclaim the narrative & show the world that #nudity is #natural, #equal & #free.

    #NoClothes #ClothesFree #Nude #Naked #NudityIsNormal #NudityIsNotErotic #NudityIsNatural

  9. If genuine #naturists don’t show what #naturism really looks like, others will define it for us. Those who twist #nudity into erotic display will continue to dominate the conversation, & the meaning of #naturism will keep being abused. Respectful sharing is how we reclaim the narrative & show the world that #nudity is #natural, #equal & #free.

    #NoClothes #ClothesFree #Nude #Naked #NudityIsNormal #NudityIsNotErotic #NudityIsNatural

  10. The #Trump admin Monday will terminate multiple #CivilRights #settlements aimed at ensuring #transgender #students’ rights to #equal opportunity to an #education, forcing school ofcls to choose whether to comply with the govt’s interpretation of federal anti-#discrimination laws or to abide by conflicting state statutes.

    The terminations…are an escalation of the admin’s efforts to enforce Trump’s #ExecutiveOrder that the govt recognize only a person’s sex assigned at birth.

    #law #LGBTQ

  11. If genuine #Naturists don’t show what #Naturism really looks like, others will define it for us. Those who twist #nudity into erotic display will continue to dominate the conversation, & the meaning of #Naturism will keep being abused. Respectful sharing is how we reclaim the narrative & show the world that #nudity is #natural, #equal & #free.

    #NoClothes #ClothesFree #Nude #Naked #NudityIsNormal #NudityIsNotErotic #NudityIsNatural

  12. If genuine #Naturists don’t show what #Naturism really looks like, others will define it for us. Those who twist #nudity into erotic display will continue to dominate the conversation, & the meaning of #Naturism will keep being abused. Respectful sharing is how we reclaim the narrative & show the world that #nudity is #natural, #equal & #free.

    #NoClothes #ClothesFree #Nude #Naked #NudityIsNormal #NudityIsNotErotic #NudityIsNatural

  13. If genuine #Naturists don’t show what #Naturism really looks like, others will define it for us. Those who twist #nudity into erotic display will continue to dominate the conversation, & the meaning of #Naturism will keep being abused. Respectful sharing is how we reclaim the narrative & show the world that #nudity is #natural, #equal & #free.

    #NoClothes #ClothesFree #Nude #Naked #NudityIsNormal #NudityIsNotErotic #NudityIsNatural

  14. In each unhidden form rests the dignity of #honesty, the courage of presence, the beauty of #impermanence unveiled. To stand unclothed is to stand #equal, bathed in light, softened by wind, cradled by silence. Here, #nakedness is not absence but abundance, a flowering of pure being.

    #Nude #Naked #NoClothes #ClothesFree #Nature #Photography #Apple #iPhonePhotography #NaturePhotography #Mukyōhō #Zenbuddhism #HadakaShizenyoku #NakedHiking

  15. In each unhidden form rests the dignity of #honesty, the courage of presence, the beauty of #impermanence unveiled. To stand unclothed is to stand #equal, bathed in light, softened by wind, cradled by silence. Here, #nakedness is not absence but abundance, a flowering of pure being.

    #Nude #Naked #NoClothes #ClothesFree #Nature #Photography #Apple #iPhonePhotography #NaturePhotography #Mukyōhō #Zenbuddhism #HadakaShizenyoku #NakedHiking

  16. In each unhidden form rests the dignity of #honesty, the courage of presence, the beauty of #impermanence unveiled. To stand unclothed is to stand #equal, bathed in light, softened by wind, cradled by silence. Here, #nakedness is not absence but abundance, a flowering of pure being.

    #Nude #Naked #NoClothes #ClothesFree #Nature #Photography #Apple #iPhonePhotography #NaturePhotography #Mukyōhō #Zenbuddhism #HadakaShizenyoku #NakedHiking

  17. A defining feature of #Mukyōhō is its rejection of #gender distinctions. It teaches that ‘#gender’ is a human-created duality with no relevance in #Zen. #Nakedness represents absolute #equality; whether one has a #penis or #vulva is meaningless. All beings are seen as fundamentally #equal, without the need for classification. This radical approach extends to language, social roles, & interactions, ensuring that #enlightenment isn’t hindered by societal labels or imposed identities.

  18. A defining feature of #Mukyōhō is its rejection of #gender distinctions. It teaches that ‘#gender’ is a human-created duality with no relevance in #Zen. #Nakedness represents absolute #equality; whether one has a #penis or #vulva is meaningless. All beings are seen as fundamentally #equal, without the need for classification. This radical approach extends to language, social roles, & interactions, ensuring that #enlightenment isn’t hindered by societal labels or imposed identities.

  19. A defining feature of #Mukyōhō is its rejection of #gender distinctions. It teaches that ‘#gender’ is a human-created duality with no relevance in #Zen. #Nakedness represents absolute #equality; whether one has a #penis or #vulva is meaningless. All beings are seen as fundamentally #equal, without the need for classification. This radical approach extends to language, social roles, & interactions, ensuring that #enlightenment isn’t hindered by societal labels or imposed identities.

  20. The report said #Finland & the other Northern European countries’ steady ranking on top is related to a combination of wealth, its #equal distribution, having a #welfare state that protects people from the risks of #recessions, & a healthy life expectancy.

    Finnish President Alexander Stubb reacted Thursday to his country being in first place again, saying: “I do not think there is a magic potion, but it helps to have a society which strives towards #freedom, #equality & #justice.”

  21. #equal : agreeing in quantity, size, quality, degree, value, etc.

    - French: égale

    - German: gleich

    - Italian: uguale

    - Portuguese: igual

    - Spanish: igual

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  22. Today, on International Women's Day, I'm celebrating all the graceful, long-suffering & loving #women in my life, especially my wife, mother & sister, & those who already left to a better place, especially my dear granny, aunties, & MIL.😍🙏
    My thoughts also go out to men who fear #equal #opportunities (such as the elite in Japan, see NHK documentary below abt how their top university has only 20% women students in our 21st century!?): genuine competition is a panacea for stunted development! #IWD

  23. Who is the real terrorist today? The Middle East is on Fire because of One crooked manchild. We are #People We are #Family We are #Equal And We All Want To Live in Peace #RiseUp & #Protest #StopTheWars #SaveOurChildren

  24. Who is the real terrorist today? The Middle East is on Fire because of One crooked manchild. We are #People We are #Family We are #Equal And We All Want To Live in Peace #RiseUp & #Protest #StopTheWars #SaveOurChildren

  25. Der #EqualPayDay (kurz EPD; deutsch Tag der #gleichen #Bezahlung), der #internationale #Aktionstag für #Entgeltgleichheit zwischen #Frauen und #Männern, macht auf den bestehenden #GenderPayGap aufmerksam und wird in #zahlreichen #Ländern an #unterschiedlichen #Tagen begangen. Der Aktionstag markiert #symbolisch die #Lohnlücke zwischen Frauen und Männern. (wikipedia)
    In #Deutschland ist dieses Jahr am 27. Februar 2026 der #Equal #Pay #Day!

    equalpayday.de/

  26. 💰️ Heute ist #Equal Pay Day: Bis heute haben viele Frauen in diesem Jahr aufgrund der ungleichen Bezahlung quasi umsonst gearbeitet.😤„Der #GenderPayGap von aktuell 16% und der #QueerPayGap sind Ausdruck struktureller Diskriminierung und müssen beendet werden", so Tiam Breidenich von der #GEW.

  27. CW: uspol

    Trump FCC investigates The View, reportedly says “fake news“ will be punished

    FCC recently issued equal-time warning to late-night and daytime talk shows.


    arstechnica.com/tech-policy/20 #equal-time-rule #fcc #policy #the-view