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  1. #PopeLeoXIV described #AI as the #TowerOfBabel. Brings to mind the #Tarot card, #TheTower [Struck by Lightning]!

    "A variety of explanations for the images on the card have been attempted. For example, it may be a reference to the biblical story of the Tower of Babel, where God destroys a tower built by mankind to reach Heaven."

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Towe

    #TheTowerOfBabel #Hubris #Technofascism #AIDatacenters #Starlink

  2. For #ThursdayFiveList the theme is #TheTowerofBabel (5 songs in 5 different languages).

    I thought this was fun as a language lover! I speak 3, wish I could speak more. Here are my picks:

    Spanish- Natalia Lafourcade ‘Tú si sabes quererme’
    youtu.be/ABLT6hdgEek?si=v8Sh0A

    English- Sting ‘Englishman in New York’
    youtu.be/d27gTrPPAyk?si=HOsASd

    Portuguese- Banda do Mar ‘Mais Ninguém’
    youtu.be/61jSSF3Vu54?si=R1PeWp

    Korean- Jaurim, ‘2521’
    youtu.be/C_ezCY2jXCM?si=pBhGE1

    French- Stromae ‘Papoutai’
    youtu.be/oiKj0Z_Xnjc?si=MWM24l

  3. For #ThursdayFiveList the theme is #TheTowerofBabel (5 songs in 5 different languages).

    I thought this was fun as a language lover! I speak 3, wish I could speak more. Here are my picks:

    Spanish- Natalia Lafourcade ‘Tú si sabes quererme’
    youtu.be/ABLT6hdgEek?si=v8Sh0A

    English- Sting ‘Englishman in New York’
    youtu.be/d27gTrPPAyk?si=HOsASd

    Portuguese- Banda do Mar ‘Mais Ninguém’
    youtu.be/61jSSF3Vu54?si=R1PeWp

    Korean- Jaurim, ‘2521’
    youtu.be/C_ezCY2jXCM?si=pBhGE1

    French- Stromae ‘Papoutai’
    youtu.be/oiKj0Z_Xnjc?si=MWM24l

  4. For #ThursdayFiveList the theme is #TheTowerofBabel (5 songs in 5 different languages).

    I thought this was fun as a language lover! I speak 3, wish I could speak more. Here are my picks:

    Spanish- Natalia Lafourcade ‘Tú si sabes quererme’
    youtu.be/ABLT6hdgEek?si=v8Sh0A

    English- Sting ‘Englishman in New York’
    youtu.be/d27gTrPPAyk?si=HOsASd

    Portuguese- Banda do Mar ‘Mais Ninguém’
    youtu.be/61jSSF3Vu54?si=R1PeWp

    Korean- Jaurim, ‘2521’
    youtu.be/C_ezCY2jXCM?si=pBhGE1

    French- Stromae ‘Papoutai’
    youtu.be/oiKj0Z_Xnjc?si=MWM24l

  5. For #ThursdayFiveList the theme is #TheTowerofBabel (5 songs in 5 different languages).

    I thought this was fun as a language lover! I speak 3, wish I could speak more. Here are my picks:

    Spanish- Natalia Lafourcade ‘Tú si sabes quererme’
    youtu.be/ABLT6hdgEek?si=v8Sh0A

    English- Sting ‘Englishman in New York’
    youtu.be/d27gTrPPAyk?si=HOsASd

    Portuguese- Banda do Mar ‘Mais Ninguém’
    youtu.be/61jSSF3Vu54?si=R1PeWp

    Korean- Jaurim, ‘2521’
    youtu.be/C_ezCY2jXCM?si=pBhGE1

    French- Stromae ‘Papoutai’
    youtu.be/oiKj0Z_Xnjc?si=MWM24l

  6. For #ThursdayFiveList the theme is #TheTowerofBabel (5 songs in 5 different languages).

    I thought this was fun as a language lover! I speak 3, wish I could speak more. Here are my picks:

    Spanish- Natalia Lafourcade ‘Tú si sabes quererme’
    youtu.be/ABLT6hdgEek?si=v8Sh0A

    English- Sting ‘Englishman in New York’
    youtu.be/d27gTrPPAyk?si=HOsASd

    Portuguese- Banda do Mar ‘Mais Ninguém’
    youtu.be/61jSSF3Vu54?si=R1PeWp

    Korean- Jaurim, ‘2521’
    youtu.be/C_ezCY2jXCM?si=pBhGE1

    French- Stromae ‘Papoutai’
    youtu.be/oiKj0Z_Xnjc?si=MWM24l

  7. #ThursdayFiveList theme #TheTowerOfBabel (each song a different language)

    Let's start with an English cover of a Jacques Brel song:

    David Bowie - Port Of Amsterdam
    youtube.com/watch?v=4uPZIG5BHD4

    And here's Brel himself:

    Jacques Brel - Le plat pays
    youtube.com/watch?v=rzeZcdW4Pbo

    And this is from that plat pays, dat vlakke land that was his:

    Noordkaap - Mensenzee (Het zou niet mogen zijn)
    youtube.com/watch?v=fHVTqoybDEs

    Talking of zee, meaning sea, let's have some Gaelic:

    Ingrid Henderson - Oran na Maighdinn Mhara (Song of the Mermaid)
    youtube.com/watch?v=NUzjytK_rfY

    And finally of course the obligatory Japanese song. Let's stay with the sea: star sand is the sand of some beaches in Okinawa, it's made of tiny star shaped creatures

    Saya - ぼくらは星砂 
    youtube.com/watch?v=LrVWZcfgXg4

    @Kingu

    #SongsInManyLanguages

  8. #ThursdayFiveList theme #TheTowerOfBabel (each song a different language)

    Let's start with an English cover of a Jacques Brel song:

    David Bowie - Port Of Amsterdam
    youtube.com/watch?v=4uPZIG5BHD4

    And here's Brel himself:

    Jacques Brel - Le plat pays
    youtube.com/watch?v=rzeZcdW4Pbo

    And this is from that plat pays, dat vlakke land that was his:

    Noordkaap - Mensenzee (Het zou niet mogen zijn)
    youtube.com/watch?v=fHVTqoybDEs

    Talking of zee, meaning sea, let's have some Gaelic:

    Ingrid Henderson - Oran na Maighdinn Mhara (Song of the Mermaid)
    youtube.com/watch?v=NUzjytK_rfY

    And finally of course the obligatory Japanese song. Let's stay with the sea: star sand is the sand of some beaches in Okinawa, it's made of tiny star shaped creatures

    Saya - ぼくらは星砂 
    youtube.com/watch?v=LrVWZcfgXg4

    @Kingu

    #SongsInManyLanguages

  9. #ThursdayFiveList theme #TheTowerOfBabel (each song a different language)

    Let's start with an English cover of a Jacques Brel song:

    David Bowie - Port Of Amsterdam
    youtube.com/watch?v=4uPZIG5BHD4

    And here's Brel himself:

    Jacques Brel - Le plat pays
    youtube.com/watch?v=rzeZcdW4Pbo

    And this is from that plat pays, dat vlakke land that was his:

    Noordkaap - Mensenzee (Het zou niet mogen zijn)
    youtube.com/watch?v=fHVTqoybDEs

    Talking of zee, meaning sea, let's have some Gaelic:

    Ingrid Henderson - Oran na Maighdinn Mhara (Song of the Mermaid)
    youtube.com/watch?v=NUzjytK_rfY

    And finally of course the obligatory Japanese song. Let's stay with the sea: star sand is the sand of some beaches in Okinawa, it's made of tiny star shaped creatures

    Saya - ぼくらは星砂 
    youtube.com/watch?v=LrVWZcfgXg4

    @Kingu

    #SongsInManyLanguages

  10. #ThursdayFiveList theme #TheTowerOfBabel (each song a different language)

    Let's start with an English cover of a Jacques Brel song:

    David Bowie - Port Of Amsterdam
    youtube.com/watch?v=4uPZIG5BHD4

    And here's Brel himself:

    Jacques Brel - Le plat pays
    youtube.com/watch?v=rzeZcdW4Pbo

    And this is from that plat pays, dat vlakke land that was his:

    Noordkaap - Mensenzee (Het zou niet mogen zijn)
    youtube.com/watch?v=fHVTqoybDEs

    Talking of zee, meaning sea, let's have some Gaelic:

    Ingrid Henderson - Oran na Maighdinn Mhara (Song of the Mermaid)
    youtube.com/watch?v=NUzjytK_rfY

    And finally of course the obligatory Japanese song. Let's stay with the sea: star sand is the sand of some beaches in Okinawa, it's made of tiny star shaped creatures

    Saya - ぼくらは星砂 
    youtube.com/watch?v=LrVWZcfgXg4

    @Kingu

    #SongsInManyLanguages

  11. #ThursdayFiveList theme #TheTowerOfBabel (each song a different language)

    Let's start with an English cover of a Jacques Brel song:

    David Bowie - Port Of Amsterdam
    youtube.com/watch?v=4uPZIG5BHD4

    And here's Brel himself:

    Jacques Brel - Le plat pays
    youtube.com/watch?v=rzeZcdW4Pbo

    And this is from that plat pays, dat vlakke land that was his:

    Noordkaap - Mensenzee (Het zou niet mogen zijn)
    youtube.com/watch?v=fHVTqoybDEs

    Talking of zee, meaning sea, let's have some Gaelic:

    Ingrid Henderson - Oran na Maighdinn Mhara (Song of the Mermaid)
    youtube.com/watch?v=NUzjytK_rfY

    And finally of course the obligatory Japanese song. Let's stay with the sea: star sand is the sand of some beaches in Okinawa, it's made of tiny star shaped creatures

    Saya - ぼくらは星砂 
    youtube.com/watch?v=LrVWZcfgXg4

    @Kingu

  12. #ThursdayFiveList by @Kingu, top-tier theme #TheTowerOfBabel (each song a different language), no-one-singing-their-native-language edition:

    FLASIC - Baba Yetu 🇰🇷 ➡️ 🇹🇿
    youtube.com/watch?v=zsdf-SEXYBo

    Cornelius - Chapter 8: Seashore and Horizon 🇯🇵 ➡️ 🇺🇸
    youtube.com/watch?v=bEEffwVJf9U

    Charles Aznavour - Vetchnaï Lioubov 🇫🇷 ➡️ 🇷🇺
    youtube.com/watch?v=Ja6_kJTa6BY

    ABBA - Fernando (the insanely fitting Spanish version) 🇸🇪 ➡️ 🇲🇽
    youtube.com/watch?v=KYQthjncZxk

    Sigur Rós - Untitled #4: Njósnavélin 🇮🇸 ➡️ 👽
    youtube.com/watch?v=_cP68B3gBAU

  13. #ThursdayFiveList by @Kingu, top-tier theme #TheTowerOfBabel (each song a different language), no-one-singing-their-native-language edition:

    FLASIC - Baba Yetu 🇰🇷 ➡️ 🇹🇿
    youtube.com/watch?v=zsdf-SEXYBo

    Cornelius - Chapter 8: Seashore and Horizon 🇯🇵 ➡️ 🇺🇸
    youtube.com/watch?v=bEEffwVJf9U

    Charles Aznavour - Vetchnaï Lioubov 🇫🇷 ➡️ 🇷🇺
    youtube.com/watch?v=Ja6_kJTa6BY

    ABBA - Fernando (the insanely fitting Spanish version) 🇸🇪 ➡️ 🇲🇽
    youtube.com/watch?v=KYQthjncZxk

    Sigur Rós - Untitled #4: Njósnavélin 🇮🇸 ➡️ 👽
    youtube.com/watch?v=_cP68B3gBAU

  14. #ThursdayFiveList by @Kingu, top-tier theme #TheTowerOfBabel (each song a different language), no-one-singing-their-native-language edition:

    FLASIC - Baba Yetu 🇰🇷 ➡️ 🇹🇿
    youtube.com/watch?v=zsdf-SEXYBo

    Cornelius - Chapter 8: Seashore and Horizon 🇯🇵 ➡️ 🇺🇸
    youtube.com/watch?v=bEEffwVJf9U

    Charles Aznavour - Vetchnaï Lioubov 🇫🇷 ➡️ 🇷🇺
    youtube.com/watch?v=Ja6_kJTa6BY

    ABBA - Fernando (the insanely fitting Spanish version) 🇸🇪 ➡️ 🇲🇽
    youtube.com/watch?v=KYQthjncZxk

    Sigur Rós - Untitled #4: Njósnavélin 🇮🇸 ➡️ 👽
    youtube.com/watch?v=_cP68B3gBAU

  15. #ThursdayFiveList by @Kingu, top-tier theme #TheTowerOfBabel (each song a different language), no-one-singing-their-native-language edition:

    FLASIC - Baba Yetu 🇰🇷 ➡️ 🇹🇿
    youtube.com/watch?v=zsdf-SEXYBo

    Cornelius - Chapter 8: Seashore and Horizon 🇯🇵 ➡️ 🇺🇸
    youtube.com/watch?v=bEEffwVJf9U

    Charles Aznavour - Vetchnaï Lioubov 🇫🇷 ➡️ 🇷🇺
    youtube.com/watch?v=Ja6_kJTa6BY

    ABBA - Fernando (the insanely fitting Spanish version) 🇸🇪 ➡️ 🇲🇽
    youtube.com/watch?v=KYQthjncZxk

    Sigur Rós - Untitled #4: Njósnavélin 🇮🇸 ➡️ 👽
    youtube.com/watch?v=_cP68B3gBAU

  16. #ThursdayFiveList by @Kingu, top-tier theme #TheTowerOfBabel (each song a different language), no-one-singing-their-native-language edition:

    FLASIC - Baba Yetu 🇰🇷 ➡️ 🇹🇿
    youtube.com/watch?v=zsdf-SEXYBo

    Cornelius - Chapter 8: Seashore and Horizon 🇯🇵 ➡️ 🇺🇸
    youtube.com/watch?v=bEEffwVJf9U

    Charles Aznavour - Vetchnaï Lioubov 🇫🇷 ➡️ 🇷🇺
    youtube.com/watch?v=Ja6_kJTa6BY

    ABBA - Fernando (the insanely fitting Spanish version) 🇸🇪 ➡️ 🇲🇽
    youtube.com/watch?v=KYQthjncZxk

    Sigur Rós - Untitled #4: Njósnavélin 🇮🇸 ➡️ 👽
    youtube.com/watch?v=_cP68B3gBAU

  17. Bit late to the party today for this week’s #ThursdayFiveList #TheTowerOfBabel - songs all in different languages - but here you go…

    Yaikatekara Dub - OKI
    song.link/i/1585863992

    Glósóli - Sigur Rós
    song.link/i/697319484

    Daffyd Y Garreg Wen - Cerys Matthews
    youtu.be/XdHVcUw8eQ0
    Traditional Welsh song, beautifully delivered

    Un Baiser D’enfant - Kate Bush (French version of The Infant Kiss)
    youtu.be/vnR-ifjqn_E

    Maknassy - Imed Alibi
    song.link/i/1617459500
    Absolutely astonishing track

  18. Bit late to the party today for this week’s #ThursdayFiveList #TheTowerOfBabel - songs all in different languages - but here you go…

    Yaikatekara Dub - OKI
    song.link/i/1585863992

    Glósóli - Sigur Rós
    song.link/i/697319484

    Daffyd Y Garreg Wen - Cerys Matthews
    youtu.be/XdHVcUw8eQ0
    Traditional Welsh song, beautifully delivered

    Un Baiser D’enfant - Kate Bush (French version of The Infant Kiss)
    youtu.be/vnR-ifjqn_E

    Maknassy - Imed Alibi
    song.link/i/1617459500
    Absolutely astonishing track

  19. Bit late to the party today for this week’s #ThursdayFiveList #TheTowerOfBabel - songs all in different languages - but here you go…

    Yaikatekara Dub - OKI
    song.link/i/1585863992

    Glósóli - Sigur Rós
    song.link/i/697319484

    Daffyd Y Garreg Wen - Cerys Matthews
    youtu.be/XdHVcUw8eQ0
    Traditional Welsh song, beautifully delivered

    Un Baiser D’enfant - Kate Bush (French version of The Infant Kiss)
    youtu.be/vnR-ifjqn_E

    Maknassy - Imed Alibi
    song.link/i/1617459500
    Absolutely astonishing track

  20. Bit late to the party today for this week’s #ThursdayFiveList #TheTowerOfBabel - songs all in different languages - but here you go…

    Yaikatekara Dub - OKI
    song.link/i/1585863992

    Glósóli - Sigur Rós
    song.link/i/697319484

    Daffyd Y Garreg Wen - Cerys Matthews
    youtu.be/XdHVcUw8eQ0
    Traditional Welsh song, beautifully delivered

    Un Baiser D’enfant - Kate Bush (French version of The Infant Kiss)
    youtu.be/vnR-ifjqn_E

    Maknassy - Imed Alibi
    song.link/i/1617459500
    Absolutely astonishing track

  21. Kingu's #ThursdayFiveList theme is #TheTowerOfBabel "so we can all discover strange tongues and familiar feelings and watch our tower reach the sky."

    Screaming Dead - Tower Of Babel
    youtube.com/watch?v=weVS8BJ5Pd
    Going literal for the opening to this multi-lingual odyssey with this banger from UK horror punk outfit, the Screaming Dead. (It was this, or Skyscraper by Bad Religion for this spot.)

    Korpiklaani - Saunaan
    korpiklaani.bandcamp.com/track
    About the pleasures of staying up all night drinking in the sauna. Also, listen to Olli Vanska's violin work.
    Lyrics: lyricstranslate.com/en/korpikl

    Epileptics - Suicide Season (prod. M¥KKA)
    epileptics.bandcamp.com/track/
    I'm still into that one Mexican trap artist to an unhealthy degree

    Ritualmord - Spår
    ritualmord.bandcamp.com/track/
    Rough machine translation of the Swedish lyrics:
    "My whole body screams no
    But it's just the feelings that bother me
    It's just me who hears me out here
    It's just me who bothers me in here
    How can we talk about what we do not understand?
    Do we have to pretend there are no tracks?
    Do we need to open more wounds?"

    Worhs - À vivre à mort
    worhs.bandcamp.com/track/vivre
    French black metal song that I'm going to go ahead and call as being about being trans, particularly the last verse, which begins "I was the sister of the man who killed me".

    But the first couplet is my favourite:
    «J'ai vu un vice
    Et m’y suis plongée >
    ("I saw a vice and I dived into it.")

  22. Kingu's #ThursdayFiveList theme is #TheTowerOfBabel "so we can all discover strange tongues and familiar feelings and watch our tower reach the sky."

    Screaming Dead - Tower Of Babel
    youtube.com/watch?v=weVS8BJ5Pd
    Going literal for the opening to this multi-lingual odyssey with this banger from UK horror punk outfit, the Screaming Dead. (It was this, or Skyscraper by Bad Religion for this spot.)

    Korpiklaani - Saunaan
    korpiklaani.bandcamp.com/track
    About the pleasures of staying up all night drinking in the sauna. Also, listen to Olli Vanska's violin work.
    Lyrics: lyricstranslate.com/en/korpikl

    Epileptics - Suicide Season (prod. M¥KKA)
    epileptics.bandcamp.com/track/
    I'm still into that one Mexican trap artist to an unhealthy degree

    Ritualmord - Spår
    ritualmord.bandcamp.com/track/
    Rough machine translation of the Swedish lyrics:
    "My whole body screams no
    But it's just the feelings that bother me
    It's just me who hears me out here
    It's just me who bothers me in here
    How can we talk about what we do not understand?
    Do we have to pretend there are no tracks?
    Do we need to open more wounds?"

    Worhs - À vivre à mort
    worhs.bandcamp.com/track/vivre
    French black metal song that I'm going to go ahead and call as being about being trans, particularly the last verse, which begins "I was the sister of the man who killed me".

    But the first couplet is my favourite:
    «J'ai vu un vice
    Et m’y suis plongée >
    ("I saw a vice and I dived into it.")

  23. Kingu's #ThursdayFiveList theme is #TheTowerOfBabel "so we can all discover strange tongues and familiar feelings and watch our tower reach the sky."

    Screaming Dead - Tower Of Babel
    youtube.com/watch?v=weVS8BJ5Pd
    Going literal for the opening to this multi-lingual odyssey with this banger from UK horror punk outfit, the Screaming Dead. (It was this, or Skyscraper by Bad Religion for this spot.)

    Korpiklaani - Saunaan
    korpiklaani.bandcamp.com/track
    About the pleasures of staying up all night drinking in the sauna. Also, listen to Olli Vanska's violin work.
    Lyrics: lyricstranslate.com/en/korpikl

    Epileptics - Suicide Season (prod. M¥KKA)
    epileptics.bandcamp.com/track/
    I'm still into that one Mexican trap artist to an unhealthy degree

    Ritualmord - Spår
    ritualmord.bandcamp.com/track/
    Rough machine translation of the Swedish lyrics:
    "My whole body screams no
    But it's just the feelings that bother me
    It's just me who hears me out here
    It's just me who bothers me in here
    How can we talk about what we do not understand?
    Do we have to pretend there are no tracks?
    Do we need to open more wounds?"

    Worhs - À vivre à mort
    worhs.bandcamp.com/track/vivre
    French black metal song that I'm going to go ahead and call as being about being trans, particularly the last verse, which begins "I was the sister of the man who killed me".

    But the first couplet is my favourite:
    «J'ai vu un vice
    Et m’y suis plongée >
    ("I saw a vice and I dived into it.")

  24. Kingu's #ThursdayFiveList theme is #TheTowerOfBabel "so we can all discover strange tongues and familiar feelings and watch our tower reach the sky."

    Screaming Dead - Tower Of Babel
    youtube.com/watch?v=weVS8BJ5Pd
    Going literal for the opening to this multi-lingual odyssey with this banger from UK horror punk outfit, the Screaming Dead. (It was this, or Skyscraper by Bad Religion for this spot.)

    Korpiklaani - Saunaan
    korpiklaani.bandcamp.com/track
    About the pleasures of staying up all night drinking in the sauna. Also, listen to Olli Vanska's violin work.
    Lyrics: lyricstranslate.com/en/korpikl

    Epileptics - Suicide Season (prod. M¥KKA)
    epileptics.bandcamp.com/track/
    I'm still into that one Mexican trap artist to an unhealthy degree

    Ritualmord - Spår
    ritualmord.bandcamp.com/track/
    Rough machine translation of the Swedish lyrics:
    "My whole body screams no
    But it's just the feelings that bother me
    It's just me who hears me out here
    It's just me who bothers me in here
    How can we talk about what we do not understand?
    Do we have to pretend there are no tracks?
    Do we need to open more wounds?"

    Worhs - À vivre à mort
    worhs.bandcamp.com/track/vivre
    French black metal song that I'm going to go ahead and call as being about being trans, particularly the last verse, which begins "I was the sister of the man who killed me".

    But the first couplet is my favourite:
    «J'ai vu un vice
    Et m’y suis plongée >
    ("I saw a vice and I dived into it.")