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Basslines and Protest Signs Part 69: Who is Q?
Basslines and Protest Signs is Brett Callwood’s column looking at the intersection of music and politics. This week talks about QAnon’s latest theory.
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Basslines and Protest Signs is Brett Callwood’s column looking at the intersection of music and politics. This week talks about QAnon’s latest theory.
Shows featured this week: 9-1-1, Debris, New Amsterdam, Murder Among the Mormons, grown-ish, Raya and the Last Dragon, Boogie
For some, being a social media influencer is about what sponsorships they can snag and being the prettiest person on their platform. However, these individuals use their presence to inspire, educate, and promote what they believe in or bring joy. Rachel Lindsay View this post on Instagram A post shared by Rachel Lindsay Abasolo (@therachlindsay) Rachel Lindsay originally stepped into the spotlight when she joined the 21st season of The Bachelor and then went on to be the first Black Bachelorette. As a Texas lawyer, she came into the public eye with a bold personality that she has used to… Read more »
Aside from the allegations against Armie Hammer, we got some great news for y’all today! Check it! – Biden Moves Quickly to Reverse Trump’s Transphobic Policy Wasting no time, President Biden signed an executive order this morning repealing the bigoted Trump-era policy that banned transgender people from the military. The ban was widely seen as transphobic and honestly, extremely unnecessary. From behind his desk in the Oval Office just before signing the order, Biden told the press, “This is reinstating a position that the previous commanders and, as well as the secretaries, have supported. And what I’m doing is enabling… Read more »
The idobi staff shoutout the music, the memes, and the wishes for a brighter future that kept us all going this year.
Embed from Getty Images Today the Federal Trade Commission, along with the attorneys general from 48 states and territories officially filed two antitrust lawsuits against Facebook. The FTC alleges the social media giant has systematically been engaging in anti-competitive practices. The lawsuit states, “After identifying two significant competitive threats to its dominant position—Instagram and WhatsApp—Facebook moved to squelch those threats by buying the companies, reflecting a view CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s expressed in a 2008 email, ‘it is better to buy than compete.’” Both targets of these lawsuits—Instagram and WhatsApp—were acquired by Facebook in 2012 and 2014 respectively with the FTC’s… Read more »
This week: His Dark Materials, Nurses, A Suitable Boy, Mr. Iglesias, The Great Christmas Light Fight, The Surgeon’s Cut, Dr. Seuss’ The Grinch Musical!, Small Axe “Alex Wheatle”, The Wilds, The Prom, I’m Your Woman, Pennyworth
This week: The Disney Holiday Singalong, CMA Country Christmas, His Dark Materials, 88th Annual Christmas in Rockefeller Center, Sound of Metal, Small Axe “Red, White and Blue”, Selena: The Series, Big Mouth, Mank, The Hardy Boys, The Great British Baking Show: Holidays, Euphoria
Egyptologist Kara Cooney takes our Rioters back to Ancient Egypt with stories about Cleopatra and the other Women Kings of Egypt. She also draws some incredible parallels from their society to today’s world.
This week: His Dark Materials, We are the Champions, Big Sky, Chicago Med, Holiday Home Makeover with Mr. Christmas, For Life, A Million Little Things, Trolls: Trollstopia, Voices of Fire, Animaniacs, The Pack, Small Axe, Between the World and Me, Dolly Parton’s Christmas on the Square, The 2020 AMAs
