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  • Global Value of Music Copyright Hits New All-Time High, Nearly Doubling in a Decade to $47.2bn in 2024 — Pivotal Economics

    Global Value of Music Copyright Hits New All-Time High, Nearly Doubling in a Decade to $47.2bn in 2024 https://pivotaleconomics.com/undercurrents/music-copyright-2025 more ›

  • The algorithmic atelier

    Generative AI does not represent a break from this tradition, but its most democratic evolution. By acting as a digital atelier, a conceptual machine, and an intertextual loom, AI allows for an ‘operational elevation’ where humans can focus more on… more ›

  • Al Roker Entertainment Presents The Injustice Files – Sundown Towns (Discovery ID)

    Don’t let the sun set on you in a sundown town. That’s what signs at the city limits of all-white communities warned when African-Americans were not allowed to live there or even visit after the sun set. This method of… more ›

  • Planet Money: How Black hair care grew Black power

    Listen: https://ift.tt/BEQs6Ic The Afro is one of the most iconic hairstyles of the last century. And one of its main ingredients was a hair product – Afro Sheen. But Afro Sheen did so much more than make Black afros shine.… more ›

  • The year of technoligarchy

    In 2025, Trump brought tech executives into power to dismantle regulators and write their own rules. But the instabilities they’re creating may be their downfall. https://www.citationneeded.news/the-year-of-technoligarchy/ more ›

  • A$AP Rocky – Punk Rocky (Official Video)

    LISTEN TO ‘PUNK ROCKY’ HERE: https://ift.tt/DO0GqIv PRE-SAVE/PRE-ADD ‘DON’T BE DUMB’ HERE: https://ift.tt/PEC0q9M FOLLOW A$AP ROCKY: FACEBOOK: https://ift.tt/KU5ibDm INSTAGRAM: https://ift.tt/Af95Itu TIKTOK: https://ift.tt/oLWC7Kg TWITTER: https://ift.tt/tU1805J WEBSITE: https://awge.com #ASAPROCKY #PUNKROCKY #DONTBEDUMB — more ›

  • The Powers That Be: Daily: The Making of an Interventionist

    Listen: https://ift.tt/I8PWAqH Julia Ioffe joins Peter to discuss Trump’s turn from isolationism to interventionism in the wake of the Venezuela raid. Drawing on Trump’s first term, Ioffe explains how earlier risk-free strikes taught him that he could attack foreign targets… more ›

  • Treat AI Like a Public Utility

    It seems increasingly likely that artificial intelligence will mean major changes to the economy and daily life. We need a public jobs program for displaced workers, and we should regulate AI as a public utility. https://jacobin.com/2025/07/artificial-intelligence-regulation-public-utility more ›

  • 3 clues to understanding your brain | VS Ramachandran

    http://www.ted.com Vilayanur Ramachandran tells us what brain damage can reveal about the connection between celebral tissue and the mind, using three startling delusions as examples. TEDTalks is a daily video podcast of the best talks and performances from the TED… more ›

  • Baby, This is Keke Palmer: Your Favorite Artist’s Favorite Artist with Anderson .Paak

    Listen: https://ift.tt/gQAfGbt Keke kicks it with Anderson .Paak for a real hang on new music, his directorial debut, and watching his kids make music of their own. He breaks down how a song he wrote years ago just became another… more ›