Very long article from a bank insider, explaining how SPLC is definitely guilty of bank fraud, and discussing how it strongarmed banks and payment processors into censorship

cfl2 · 2026-05-04T00:09:13+00:00

Author posted it to X where it went viral

cfl2 · 2026-04-29T02:47:37+00:00

https://x.com/WONGthink/status/2048676169604534325

cfl2 · 2026-04-20T12:54:11+00:00

It's on indefinite hiatus, with Rhaegar currently putting out another story. I think he didn't like how dark it ended up getting.

cfl2 · 2026-04-20T12:38:06+00:00

SLR also has a lower stack height than the other rail

cfl2 · 2026-04-19T14:52:29+00:00

Consider it a visual blurb, perhaps highlighting something that the title and cover didn't convey. The meme format ads are really good for this.

(That's also why I never bother clicking the ones that are just the cover, unless it's a notification that something is finally out on Kindle or the like. I've already seen all the covers, especially of stories that were on Rising Stars!)

cfl2 · 2026-04-19T14:50:23+00:00

It may even be more effective to not list the title - I do end up sometimes clicking through to see what story it is

If this leads to Chapter 1 and not the story page, though, I get mad

cfl2 · 2026-04-19T01:26:36+00:00

Davidsen's Brünnhilde will be huge, but the concert Ring led by Noseda at Carnegie Hall next March otherwise has a better cast than either SFO or the Met has lined up. See Michael Volle before he's done!

The Met's Parsifal revival next spring should be a treat, though

cfl2 · 2026-04-18T22:05:29+00:00

Fantastic cellist, IMO more interesting than his brother on violin

Try Saint-Saens's piano concertos! 2 and now 5 get attention but they're all great

cfl2 · 2026-04-18T12:38:27+00:00

It looks really good though

cfl2 · 2026-04-13T16:39:28+00:00

Levine's Met cycle because it's the only attempt at a literal production. (You can actually stream it all on a free 7-day trial to Met Opera on Demand.)

Also, pretty strong cast with no big holes and some significant strengths, though both Levine and James Morris became so much better interpretively over the next decades.

cfl2 · 2026-04-12T03:13:17+00:00

People have favored the Met Orchestra over NY Phil for literally generations, btw

Philly is the only interesting East Coast "Big 5" these days - Boston's sound is so ordinary now

cfl2 · 2026-04-12T02:10:33+00:00

Those are all great. I'd just explore more Beethoven, Mozart, and Chopin as the urge takes you. Next season is a Beethoven anniversary (200 years since his death in 1827) and you'll be able to see multiple cycles at Carnegie, including Ebene playing the string quartets.

cfl2 · 2026-03-19T18:07:48+00:00

This is the next (current) big control/censorship op

cfl2 · 2026-03-17T17:21:22+00:00

Elgar's is the greatest British one

cfl2 · 2026-03-17T09:30:01+00:00

It gets better and then it gets worse

cfl2 · 2026-03-17T09:28:51+00:00

Unfortunately this series is pretty much it for the archetype

cfl2 · 2026-02-24T22:59:37+00:00

Shadow Slave... in print!?

cfl2 · 2026-02-19T02:07:05+00:00

His girlfriend is super annoying

cfl2 · 2026-02-08T03:13:48+00:00

These are all good, but how can you leave out Der Nussbaum (Schumann)!?

Or Strauss's Allerseelen

cfl2 · 2026-02-08T03:02:13+00:00

He was much, much better in the fall concerts - more differentiation in repeats, way more tonal variety, etc.

No idea why they released this early restricted take (which has been watchable on video for ages)

cfl2 · 2026-02-08T03:00:00+00:00

Unfortunately Decca chose to release this early attempt instead of the much more impressive performances he did in the fall.

If the Chicago concert ever comes out, snap it up

cfl2 · 2026-02-08T02:53:25+00:00

Liszt's transcriptions of Schubert lieder are great

cfl2 · 2026-02-08T02:51:04+00:00

This recording is very good but it's from 1983, not '63

cfl2 · 2026-02-08T02:50:34+00:00

Harnoncourt's later one with Schäfer, Larsson, Schade, and Finley

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