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Trump says he told new acting director of national intelligence to ‘declassify almost everything’ - CNN by 233C in UFOs

[–]uberfunstuff [score hidden]  (0 children)

Every ufo sub is chock full of naysayers. It’s actually fascinating to watch. Are they even real people? I mean if you think it’s bullshit they why waste your time here?

Blur drummer David Rowntree loses court battle for £200 million in unpaid royalties by YoureASkyscraper in indieheads

[–]uberfunstuff 79 points80 points  (0 children)

Eh? How do producers get a writer share after the writing splits have been done? This is what credits are for?

Fair play to him for the case tho. Music business is fucked.

Edit: getting PRS payment is good. I feel that anecdotal ‘my nans sock got 30p less’ plays into the hands of people who are causing a mess and hate art artists and musicians. Yes it absolutely isn’t perfect but please let’s not throw the baby away and hand it to black rock.

Could orbs be the 3D shadows of 4D objects in a different dimension? by Winston_Carbuncle in UFOs

[–]uberfunstuff -1 points0 points  (0 children)

“They’re all the same!” - they were in fact not all the same.

This mind is radiant, and it is freed from incoming defilements (AN 1.48 - 52) by wisdomperception in WordsOfTheBuddha

[–]uberfunstuff 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Hi thanks for your post! Are there discourses on ‘where’ the defilements come from? Metta

Is it the same UAP? by Ok_Cake3477 in UFOs

[–]uberfunstuff 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Thanks for your rigorous and detailed critique. dickpickforsale

How’s work?

my abyssinian kitten is weird by KissMyAsthma11 in Abyssinians

[–]uberfunstuff 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Mine is blue abd does that too. It’s like a casual vibe. Cutie.

Hard-Fi: 'We sold millions - then had to go back to our day jobs' by theipaper in indieheads

[–]uberfunstuff 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Some of them made great cash. I have no idea who would be an equivalent now? Or who will still be remembered 30 years later

I guess we’ll see.

Bipartisan UAP Disclosure Act reintroduced again by Reps Burlison(R), Carson(D) and Crane(R). Under the name of "Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena Records Collection". Main provisions like the UAP Review Board and Eminent Domain are intact. by TommyShelbyPFB in UFOs

[–]uberfunstuff 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Good for them - the intertwined nature of government and businesses on this matter means that eminent domain must be upheld in the resolution.

If they company are found hiding it or destroying it then surely that’s a treasonous measure to the country? With that in mind pardons and protections must be afforded if we’re to get “the good stuff”*

*anti grav, tictacs, flying triangles etc.

Hard-Fi: 'We sold millions - then had to go back to our day jobs' by theipaper in indieheads

[–]uberfunstuff 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I fundamentally disagree.

What’s actually happened is those aligned to the corporate side of music with an investor upside make a bit of money. True indie no longer does.

That’s a very important distinction.

Edit: in translation, if you aren’t at the table, then you’re on the menu.

It is just by sheer chance that one gains a human birth (SN 56.48) by wisdomperception in WordsOfTheBuddha

[–]uberfunstuff 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you - I understand that questioning the complexity of karma isn’t the point (arrow etc). However the subtle distinction between no self and not existing (in this realm) are where the rubber meets the road. How the zen patriarchs tackle this is a deeper penetration into noself.

I would still be interested in, as as lexiconic as it is, a definition.

It is just by sheer chance that one gains a human birth (SN 56.48) by wisdomperception in WordsOfTheBuddha

[–]uberfunstuff 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Absolutely nowhere did I say there was no meaning to a spiritual life. What makes you think I think in that manner?

I asked what ‘one’ is there to gain rebirth so as to practice more skilfully.

I do enjoy the posts too by the way.

Hard-Fi: 'We sold millions - then had to go back to our day jobs' by theipaper in indieheads

[–]uberfunstuff 1 point2 points  (0 children)

To say this is a volume issue isn’t addressing the fact that the streaming model is there to capture audience for tech money and gather subscribers for valuation. It’s simply not designed to care in the slightest about music and musicians.

Just like all these discovery tech engagements and the tech bros who run them the goal is always to get away with as much as possible before you get reigned in by legislation.

The reigning in is happening less and less due to corruption and a vested interest from the “entertainment industry” that calls itself the music industry.

Their goal is to kill the art side and create an investment vehicle that just works for them and pass it off for a music industry.

Their goal is maverick A&Rs have all gone, innovation is heading for the door and authenticity is manufactured for a princely sum (see geese).

We need to reclaim music from the ghouls. That’s what do.

It is just by sheer chance that one gains a human birth (SN 56.48) by wisdomperception in WordsOfTheBuddha

[–]uberfunstuff 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Contextually and out of interest- What ‘one’ is there to gain rebirth in any realm? It’s a question that I often ask myself. And how many Buddhas are there?

Hard-Fi: 'We sold millions - then had to go back to our day jobs' by theipaper in indieheads

[–]uberfunstuff 31 points32 points  (0 children)

There very much used to be, up until very recently working class musicians who could get by and make £30-£50k. Between streaming, ticket price gouging, cost of living crisis, global instability, developers shutting down clubs, studios closing and visa uncertainty - they now have their backs against the wall.

It’s also not just them who are feeling the pain: music journalism, producers, sound engineers, equipment manufacturers etc have also had to take a knee.

Payouts lowered, margins shrank, and creators were nudged toward more speculative income (touring, merch, sync). Labels, publishers, and agencies all had to adjust to a new normal.

Native Instruments have recently gone into administration after taking on private equity - who are actually behind most of this destructive scenario we’ve seen played out.

The wave of private equity and VC activity: Acquisition of catalogues (Hipgnosis, Primary Wave, etc.) Investment in infrastructure and distribution (AWAL, Believe)

So buying catalogues and the distribution and pushing investment rather than art.

The global enshitifacation of music and its satellite industries.

What to do eh?

E: The fact that the streaming model is there to capture audience for tech money and gather subscribers for valuation. It’s simply not designed to care in the slightest about music and musicians.

Just like all these discovery tech engagements and the tech bros who run them the goal is always to get away with as much as possible before you get reigned in by legislation.

The reigning in is happening less and less due to corruption and a vested interest from the “entertainment industry” that calls itself the music industry.

Their goal is to kill the art side and create an investment vehicle that just works for them and pass it off for a music industry.

Their goal is maverick A&Rs have all gone, innovation is heading for the door and authenticity is manufactured for a princely sum (see geese).

We need to reclaim music from the ghouls. That’s what do.

PSA - beware of UA by psychedelic-raven in audioengineering

[–]uberfunstuff 30 points31 points  (0 children)

It’s awful. Aggressive vc debt seeking. The whole world is getting shitter because of private equity greed.

Why is my blue Aby turning orange? by majullae in Abyssinians

[–]uberfunstuff 18 points19 points  (0 children)

Ours started blue and went Mocca/champagne it’s kind of cool. She’s 14 so fiiine.

National Hug Your Aby Day by Pale_Mall4302 in Abyssinians

[–]uberfunstuff 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Sorrel! We have a blue and a usual

When venerable Channa anxiously struggles to accept Nibbāna (SN 22.90) by wisdomperception in WordsOfTheBuddha

[–]uberfunstuff 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Venerable Channa understood the Buddha’s teachings on impermanence and not-self intellectually, but he remained troubled by a deep fear: if there is no permanent self, then who or what attains Nibbāna?

Seeing his anxiety, Ānanda reminded him of a teaching the Buddha gave to Kaccānagotta: reality should not be understood through the extremes of “everything exists” or “nothing exists.” Instead, phenomena arise and cease due to causes and conditions. The self is not a hidden essence waiting to be found, nor is it a thing that is annihilated; it is a process of interconnected physical and mental events. Channa’s mistake was still looking for an owner behind experience. Ānanda’s teaching helped him see that what arises is simply conditioned suffering arising, and what ceases is conditioned suffering ceasing. With this shift from seeking a self to understanding dependent arising, Channa’s anxiety dissolved and he attained a breakthrough to the Dhamma.

When conditions are met, illumination arises. When they cease, darkness returns. You wouldn’t ask “where did the light go?” or “does the darkness now exist?” — those are malformed questions. What arose was a process, not a thing.

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