#independent — Public Fediverse posts

“Fables” from Threnody, now available for Pre-Order on http://nihtgengapress.com, along with my two other volumes of poetry.

Thank you for supporting an independent poet! 🖤✨

#Poetry #Books #Independent

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NOW PLAYING == The Ralph Nader Show 8/29/26 Episode 653 - The People's Historian - Galvanizing #LaborDay

https://youtu.be/S2kEDJg23ng?si=_S7i2KydQISiPWqx

#news #uspol #politics #consumer #RalphNader #history #corporatecrime #SteveSkrovan #DavidFeldman #HannahFeldman #independent #activism #greenparty #education #LearnSomething #radio #vsn #progressive #left #publicradio #DiverseSpectrumOfTheLeft #SupportIndependentMedia #Resist #SupportPublicMedia

NOW PLAYING == The Ralph Nader Show 8/29/26 Episode 653 - The People's Historian - Galvanizing #LaborDay

https://youtu.be/S2kEDJg23ng?si=_S7i2KydQISiPWqx

#news #uspol #politics #consumer #RalphNader #history #corporatecrime #SteveSkrovan #DavidFeldman #HannahFeldman #independent #activism #greenparty #education #LearnSomething #radio #vsn #progressive #left #publicradio #DiverseSpectrumOfTheLeft #SupportIndependentMedia #Resist #SupportPublicMedia

NOW PLAYING == The Ralph Nader Show 8/29/26 Episode 653 - The People's Historian - Galvanizing #LaborDay

https://youtu.be/S2kEDJg23ng?si=_S7i2KydQISiPWqx

#news #uspol #politics #consumer #RalphNader #history #corporatecrime #SteveSkrovan #DavidFeldman #HannahFeldman #independent #activism #greenparty #education #LearnSomething #radio #vsn #progressive #left #publicradio #DiverseSpectrumOfTheLeft #SupportIndependentMedia #Resist #SupportPublicMedia

NOW PLAYING == The Ralph Nader Show 8/29/26 Episode 653 - The People's Historian - Galvanizing #LaborDay

https://youtu.be/S2kEDJg23ng?si=_S7i2KydQISiPWqx

#news #uspol #politics #consumer #RalphNader #history #corporatecrime #SteveSkrovan #DavidFeldman #HannahFeldman #independent #activism #greenparty #education #LearnSomething #radio #vsn #progressive #left #publicradio #DiverseSpectrumOfTheLeft #SupportIndependentMedia #Resist #SupportPublicMedia

NOW PLAYING == The Ralph Nader Show 8/29/26 Episode 653 - The People's Historian - Galvanizing #LaborDay

https://youtu.be/S2kEDJg23ng?si=_S7i2KydQISiPWqx

#news #uspol #politics #consumer #RalphNader #history #corporatecrime #SteveSkrovan #DavidFeldman #HannahFeldman #independent #activism #greenparty #education #LearnSomething #radio #vsn #progressive #left #publicradio #DiverseSpectrumOfTheLeft #SupportIndependentMedia #Resist #SupportPublicMedia

RE: https://mastodon.scot/@JackTheCat/117218254151687579

And another one goes down:

And, btw @staff : why is the account of @JackTheCat hidden on mastodonsocial?

#TheCanary #fascism #left #censorhsip #journalism #independent #independentmedia

https://www.europesays.com/uk/1187831/ Burnham blames Brexit for ‘decade of low growth’ in UK #AndyBurnham #Brexit #Britain #Burnham #Commons #EU #Europe #European #EuropeanUnion #GreatBritain #independent #keir #KeirStarmer #Labour #MrBurnham #TheIndependent #UK #UnitedKingdom

"a hypnotic rhythmic pulse for the atmospheric layering to cling onto, creating a mesmerising, quietly suspenseful slice of ambient electronica that locks you in and won't let go."
https://www.theslowmusicmovement.org/post/contrasting-sounds-hayloft-ambient-electronic

Find Contrasting Sounds in the Slowtronic Playlist:
https://www.submithub.com/link/slow-world-playlist

#ambient #electronic #music #alternative #independent #artist  

Pennsylvania confirms second death of child with measles after RFK Jr. told CDC director to delete numbers

A Pennsylvania coroner has confirmed a second child measles death in the state. The measles deaths are the…
#NewsBeep #News #US #USA #UnitedStates #UnitedStatesOfAmerica #Health #cdc #HealthandHumanServices #independent #Pennsylvania #pennsylvaniadepartmentofhealth #Reuters #TheIndependent
https://www.newsbeep.com/us/836359/

Pennsylvania confirms second death of child with measles after RFK Jr. told CDC director to delete numbers

A Pennsylvania coroner has confirmed a second child measles death in the state. The measles deaths are the…
#NewsBeep #News #US #USA #UnitedStates #UnitedStatesOfAmerica #Health #cdc #HealthandHumanServices #independent #Pennsylvania #pennsylvaniadepartmentofhealth #Reuters #TheIndependent
https://www.newsbeep.com/us/836359/

SLAU - Here we are
NEW SLAU-SINGLE THIS FALL, short teaser
More Slau on Spotify. Video: EB © Slau 2026
#slau #denhaag #ICE #minneapolis #livemusic #Albumrelease #vinyl #Independent #indierockbands #indierockmusic #britpop #politics #usa #trump #Pretti #Good #antiice #noking
https://youtube.com/shorts/N6Jt2lxMCrs?si=_pi92gPTuE8WRaP2

SLAU - Here we are
NEW SLAU-SINGLE THIS FALL, short teaser
More Slau on Spotify. Video: EB © Slau 2026
#slau #denhaag #ICE #minneapolis #livemusic #Albumrelease #vinyl #Independent #indierockbands #indierockmusic #britpop #politics #usa #trump #Pretti #Good #antiice #noking
https://youtube.com/shorts/N6Jt2lxMCrs?si=_pi92gPTuE8WRaP2

SLAU - Here we are
NEW SLAU-SINGLE THIS FALL, short teaser
More Slau on Spotify. Video: EB © Slau 2026
#slau #denhaag #ICE #minneapolis #livemusic #Albumrelease #vinyl #Independent #indierockbands #indierockmusic #britpop #politics #usa #trump #Pretti #Good #antiice #noking
https://youtube.com/shorts/N6Jt2lxMCrs?si=_pi92gPTuE8WRaP2

SLAU - Here we are
NEW SLAU-SINGLE THIS FALL, short teaser
More Slau on Spotify. Video: EB © Slau 2026
#slau #denhaag #ICE #minneapolis #livemusic #Albumrelease #vinyl #Independent #indierockbands #indierockmusic #britpop #politics #usa #trump #Pretti #Good #antiice #noking
https://youtube.com/shorts/N6Jt2lxMCrs?si=_pi92gPTuE8WRaP2

SLAU - Here we are
NEW SLAU-SINGLE THIS FALL, short teaser
More Slau on Spotify. Video: EB © Slau 2026
#slau #denhaag #ICE #minneapolis #livemusic #Albumrelease #vinyl #Independent #indierockbands #indierockmusic #britpop #politics #usa #trump #Pretti #Good #antiice #noking
https://youtube.com/shorts/N6Jt2lxMCrs?si=_pi92gPTuE8WRaP2

Today is #BandCampFriday and it’s a great day to support your favorite #independent artists. Like and share their music and leave a review of their records perhaps on #Discogs - Some of these actions really costs nothing and makes a huge difference! https://mario-torre.bandcamp.com/album/stories-of-our-time

"star-bound ballads, weekend dance tracks and Afro-cosmic visions"
https://www.theslowmusicmovement.org/post/odd-okoddo-palagoma-afrofuturism

Find Odd Okoddo in the Slow World Playlist:
https://www.submithub.com/link/slow-world-playlist

#afrofuturism #music #alternative #independent #artist #kenya  

"star-bound ballads, weekend dance tracks and Afro-cosmic visions"
https://www.theslowmusicmovement.org/post/odd-okoddo-palagoma-afrofuturism

Find Odd Okoddo in the Slow World Playlist:
https://www.submithub.com/link/slow-world-playlist

#afrofuturism #music #alternative #independent #artist #kenya  

#MissKitty said she didn't have anything to say unless provoked until after #midterms. If you're in her district, it doesn't matter who you vote for cuz she is a #Republican so it doesn't matter. If the #Dem that's really a #Democrat but running as #Independent can't win, your rights are screwed.

Saint Paul’s Market celebrates first birthday

The food hall has welcomed over 300k visitors in its first year and celebrations will take place across…
#Birmingham #UnitedKingdom #UK #GB #England #Headlines #News #Europe #EU #Britain #FoodHall #GreatBritain #independent #JewelleryQuarter #SaintPaulsMarket
https://www.europesays.com/uk/1184640/

https://www.europesays.com/uk/1184640/ Saint Paul’s Market celebrates first birthday #Birmingham #Britain #England #FoodHall #GreatBritain #independent #JewelleryQuarter #SaintPaulsMarket #UK #UnitedKingdom

#Independent:
"
ChatGPT has gone offline in a major outage.

Visitors to OpenAI’s chatbot saw an array of strange behaviour – including the site attempting to download an unusual file.
"
"OpenAI said it was aware of the problem, had found a way to fix it and was currently looking to understand whether it had worked. Shortly after, however, it said that it was “still experiencing degraded performance”."

https://www.independent.co.uk/tech/chatgpt-down-openai-not-working-b3044260.html

3.9.2026

#AI #ChatGPT #Codex #KI #OpenAI

#Independent:
"
ChatGPT has gone offline in a major outage.

Visitors to OpenAI’s chatbot saw an array of strange behaviour – including the site attempting to download an unusual file.
"
"OpenAI said it was aware of the problem, had found a way to fix it and was currently looking to understand whether it had worked. Shortly after, however, it said that it was “still experiencing degraded performance”."

https://www.independent.co.uk/tech/chatgpt-down-openai-not-working-b3044260.html

3.9.2026

#AI #ChatGPT #Codex #KI #OpenAI

#Independent:
"
ChatGPT has gone offline in a major outage.

Visitors to OpenAI’s chatbot saw an array of strange behaviour – including the site attempting to download an unusual file.
"
"OpenAI said it was aware of the problem, had found a way to fix it and was currently looking to understand whether it had worked. Shortly after, however, it said that it was “still experiencing degraded performance”."

https://www.independent.co.uk/tech/chatgpt-down-openai-not-working-b3044260.html

3.9.2026

#AI #ChatGPT #Codex #KI #OpenAI

#Independent:
"
ChatGPT has gone offline in a major outage.

Visitors to OpenAI’s chatbot saw an array of strange behaviour – including the site attempting to download an unusual file.
"
"OpenAI said it was aware of the problem, had found a way to fix it and was currently looking to understand whether it had worked. Shortly after, however, it said that it was “still experiencing degraded performance”."

https://www.independent.co.uk/tech/chatgpt-down-openai-not-working-b3044260.html

3.9.2026

#AI #ChatGPT #Codex #KI #OpenAI

#Independent:
"
ChatGPT has gone offline in a major outage.

Visitors to OpenAI’s chatbot saw an array of strange behaviour – including the site attempting to download an unusual file.
"
"OpenAI said it was aware of the problem, had found a way to fix it and was currently looking to understand whether it had worked. Shortly after, however, it said that it was “still experiencing degraded performance”."

https://www.independent.co.uk/tech/chatgpt-down-openai-not-working-b3044260.html

3.9.2026

#AI #ChatGPT #Codex #KI #OpenAI

Happy Birthday USerlandia 🎉🎂

https://friendica.world/display/84b6ef2b-206a-997e-cac6-267345556112

Happy Birthday USerlandia 🎉🎂

https://friendica.world/display/84b6ef2b-206a-997e-cac6-267345556112

Happy Birthday USerlandia 🎉🎂

https://friendica.world/display/84b6ef2b-206a-997e-cac6-267345556112

Happy Birthday USerlandia 🎉🎂

https://friendica.world/display/84b6ef2b-206a-997e-cac6-267345556112

Happy Birthday USerlandia 🎉🎂

https://friendica.world/display/84b6ef2b-206a-997e-cac6-267345556112

#MissKittyPolitics #AI #Research #Independent #News is where I want to get most of my information. Even #AlJazeera has slept terribly. I post out of #Guardian and #Times from mainstream and that's it on purpose. Others may leak in, like #Politico once in a while. But #Indie news! Boop boop 💃🏻💃🏻💃🏻

10 Independent Pro-Democracy C...

SLAU - Here we are
NEW SLAU-SINGLE THIS FALL, SHORT TEASER
More Slau on Spotify. Video: EB © Slau 2026
#slau #denhaag #ICE #minneapolis #livemusic #Albumrelease #vinyl #Independent #indierockbands #indierockmusic #britpop #politics #usa #trump
https://youtube.com/shorts/N6Jt2lxMCrs?si=_pi92gPTuE8WRaP2

ROGERS IS TRUMP'S LITTLE PUPPET! STOP THE CORRUPTION LIES AND CHAOS! KICK REPUBLICANSst OUT OF THE SENATE!
🇺🇸🗽⚖️🗳️💙
#michigan #Detroit #warren #sterlingheights #annarbor #trump #vote #maga #repunlicans #congress #senate #election #november #democrats #independent

i have added our 2024 offshoot album "A Haunting at Sea" to Subvert!

https://www.subvert.fm/afraid-to-wake/a-haunting-at-sea

If you are into progressive ambient psychedelia or something, it might just float your boat.

I will add more music when I get the chance - there are a further two albums in this vein to complete!

Take a listen and let me know what you think!

#music #ambient #progressiverock #subvert #independent #mellotron

https://www.fogolf.com/1318247/harry-kane-describes-surreal-golf-trip-with-donald-trump-2/ Harry Kane describes ‘surreal’ golf trip with Donald Trump #Donald #DonaldTrump #DonaldTrumpGolf #EnglandFootballTeam #Footballer #Golf #HarryKane #Independent #indy #news #PalmBeach #president #SurrealExperience #TheIndependent #trump #TrumpGolf

Ukraine update from Giorgio Provincialli:

What Russia can not claim, it destroys.
Desperate cruelty revealed in targeting civilian cathedrals and theatres. Since Russia can not rule Ukraine, they are trying to erase the culture and history of Ukraine.

Share the friend link to bypass the paywall and help the world learn better: https://medium.com/@giorgioprovinciali/burning-cathedrals-losing-ground-russia-trades-territory-for-terror-aa9da7b01522?sk=0051cb532ef8e7d1767685e629d8868d

#ukraine #journalism #heroes #independent #news #press #war #russia #russiaisATerroristState #warcrimes #complicit #USA #trump #maga #cruelty #greed #billionaires #sociopaths #shame #fiends #evidence

Rav x KB x Scuare – SKIN
#EXO #EXOCIETY #HipHopRap #KillBill #KillBill:TheRapper #Rav #Scuare #bedroomrap #experimentalhiphop #hiphop #independent #independenthiphop #indierap #melancholy #rap #undergroundhiphop #UnitedStates
CC BY (#CreativeCommons Attribution) #ccmusic
https://exocietymusic.bandcamp.com/album/skin

Ellie Leonard: "Jeffrey Epstein and Sarah Ferguson had a long and very deep friendship that played out over several years, including her financial and relationship missteps, things she said to the tabloids, and the roller coaster of her mental health. These are their emails, written with the original typos."

https://ellieleonard.substack.com/p/the-fergie-emails-part-1 #Epstein #EpsteinFiles #Fergie #SarahFerguson #DOJ #CoverUp #investigation #independent #media #journalism

“the recording’s intimacy draws you into the space until you’re sitting cross legged on the factory floor. It’s a delicate and charming neoclassical listen."
https://www.theslowmusicmovement.org/post/jelena-ćirić-snorri-hallgrímsson-cécile-lacharme-oliver-patrice-weder-tramuntana-tapes-i

Companion Playlist:
https://www.submithub.com/link/slow-neoclassical-playlist

#neoclassical #liverecording #alternative #music #independent #artist

Platform-independent experiment shows tweaking X’s feed can alter political attitudes

-> wesentlich ist hier #platform #independent;

https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1107227

-> vgl. #Studie https://www.derstandard.at/1347492368535/facebook-kann-wahlverhalten-tausender-beeinflussen

-> vgl. #CambridgeAnalytics: #Datenskandal
n the 2010s, personal #data belonging to millions of #Facebook users was collected by British consulting firm #Cambridge A#nalytica for political advertising without informed consent.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Facebook%E2%80%93Cambridge_Analytica_data_scandal

#Fedistammtisch #Daten #DatenAnalyse #Skandal

Viogression – Thaumaturgic Veil Review

By Angry Metal Guy

By: Nameless_n00b_602

For every well-known, successful band, countless similar acts haven’t caught the same break or enjoyed the same recognition.1 For every Thou, there’s an Indian; every Abigail Williams, a Crepuscle; and every Obituary, a Viogression. One of the original but unsung stalwarts of death metal’s earliest days, Viogression formed in 1988 and released a well-received debut, Expound & Exhort, in 1991. The 1992 follow-up, Passage, failed to meet expectations, leading the band to take a three-decade hiatus. Their third full-length, 2022’s 3rd Stage of Decay, was praised for its old-school core and modern flair. Three years and a major lineup shuffle later, they return with their fourth full-length and first self-release, Thaumaturgic Veil. Promising a transcendent discourse on the interconnectivity of infinity and individuality, can this new version of Viogression maintain its momentum and deliver?

Like the good doctor, Vickie Franks, Viogression stitches together the genre’s most recognizable touchstones, but parts of themselves peek through, distinct from their influences. Sole remaining founder and vocalist, Brian DeNeffe, exhumes Obituary and Pestilence for his unintelligible rasps and howls, but employs impressive gutturals and layered screams of his own on “Vulnus Sclopetarium” and “Summon.” Guitarists Lief Larson and Johnathon Ibarra evoke the doomy vibe and disorienting, whip-crack tempo shifts of Autopsy and Asphyx (“Jinx,” “Light Extinguisher”), but the western dust on “Superposition” belongs to Viogression alone. An uncharacteristically twangy chorus and heavy distortion build an atmosphere for a clean, soulful guitar to cut through. Larson, Ibarra, and drummer Erik Schultek halve and double their tempos on “Renumeration” to create a pace both consistent and in flux. Punky album high point, “Pummeled,” sees DeNeffe acting as a rare counterpoint for a jazz-infused solo.2 These moments showcase the band’s excellent synthesis of influence and individuality when the stitches hold and the heart pumps strongly.

But the stitches don’t always hold; Thaumaturgic Veil suffers from indiscretionary inclusion, or poor compositional choices. Bassist Jason Hellman provides Cannibal Corpse-esque hooks (“Jinx,” “Travesty öv Darkness”) and a palpable heft to the album, but his performance often feels like parody. The opening basslines of “Superposition” and “As the Light Fades” plod and meander in ways that recall the tongue-in-cheek parts of Green Day’s catalogue. A recurring nasally guitar tone tries to instill unease but is instead repetitive and annoying (“Jinx,” “As the Light Fades”). “Eaten by Flies” invokes Polka and, like “Superposition” and “Summon,” is paratactical in its lyrical delivery, imitating amateur slam poetry. This disharmonious construction hamstrings Viogression’s ability to cultivate the philosophical and contemplative tone their subject matter requires.

Even with more consistent songwriting, Thaumaturgic Veil would still feel stitched together and disjointed. The album presents less as a coherent work and more as a series of vignettes. Each proper track (save closer, “Light Extinguisher”) is paired with an intro, giving the sensation of moving from painting to painting in a gallery rather than viewing one grand tapestry. It’s an interesting idea, but it fails for three reasons. First, these intros don’t bleed into their songs. I struggled to find a correlation in these pairings, whether musically, thematically, or lyrically. Second, without stronger connective tissue, these intros only add bloat to a relatively lean record.3 Third, and most damning, they prohibit the listener from building any momentum throughout Thaumaturgic Veil. This start-stop-start-stop structure makes the album feel twice as long as it is and turns every spin into a test of endurance.

While I can applaud the ambition of Thaumaturgic Veil, the execution ultimately falls short. “Pummeled,” “Renumeration,” and “Vulnus Sclopetarium” show that Viogression has the chops to write and perform a great, concise album, but uneven songwriting quality and an interrupted flow mar what could have been a prime offering from the old guard. Either of these flaws in isolation would have been manageable, but taken together, their impact compounds. There’s potential here, and with tighter threading and a more cohesive structure, I have no doubt Viogression could achieve the recognition they deserve.

Rating: 2.0/5.0
DR: 5 | Format Reviewed: 320 kb/s mp3
Label: Self-Released
Websites: viogression.info | Bandcamp | Instagram | Facebook
Releases Worldwide: July 11th, 2025

#20 #2025 #AbigailWilliams #Asphyx #Autopsy #Autospy #CannibalCoprse #CannibalCorpse #Crepuscle #DeathMetal #GreenDay #Independent #Indian #Jul25 #Obituary #Pestilence #Review #Reviews #SelfRelease #ThaumaturgicVeil #Viogression