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Matthew 6:5: "And when you pray, do not be like the hypocrites. For they love to pray standing in the synagogues and on the street corners to be seen by men. Truly I tell you, they already have their reward. But when you pray, go into your inner room, shut your door, and pray to your Father, who is unseen. And your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you."

Hmm. I guess I am late to the party.

I used to look forward to articles written by Matt Taibbi. He seemed to be a voice of clarity amidst an overloud clamor of mishmash and jiggery-pokery. In fact, his writing was one of the reasons I briefly subscribed to Rolling Stone a few years ago.

Maybe it's just me, but now he seems... different. Has he been infected with the same mindvirus¹ that is currently claiming the far right?

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¹ 𝘮𝘢𝘨𝘢𝘵𝘶𝘴 𝘱𝘰𝘭𝘺𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘤 𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘰𝘰𝘱𝘢𝘷𝘪𝘳𝘶𝘴

Goodbye Stranger

Supertramp

music.youtube.com/watch?v=u8pV

Now some they do and some they don’t
And some you just can’t tell

Some they will and some they won’t
and some it’s just as well 🎶🎶

I've been working on this all morning, and it's been giving me fits. But it's better than I've gotten for this target before. This is Markarian's Chain of galaxies. And just for fun I'm including the plate-solved image so you can see how many galaxies are actually present in the frame.

Code's eclectic music pick of the day:

One of my favorite guitarists. If you ever get a chance to see him live, take it. His playing is mesmerizing. And each time I've heard him live, the audience is silent, unlike so many other shows these days.

Not the most pristine recording, but here is Adrian Legg live playing "Midwest Sunday"

youtu.be/buvVkRtTVCQ

The talk-show hosts telling Russians what to believe - How Vladimir Putin’s regime uses TV to keep his people backing the war in Ukraine – even when things go wrong bbc.co.uk/news/resources/idt-4

And God said to Noah, "I have set my rainbow in the clouds, and it will be the sign of the covenant between me and the earth. Whenever I bring clouds over the earth and the rainbow appears in the clouds, I will remember my covenant between me and you and all living creatures of every kind."

Noah pondered for a moment, and said, "How emasculating! Can't you use something else?"

- Genesis 9:13-15, NAAV
(New American Alpha-Male Version)

Listening now: If you dig prog with a tinge of metal, this whole album is a treat.

"As the Waters Cover the Sea" by Umpfel.

youtu.be/SP_KJ98cFEA

Hey there. There are a lot of musicians on CoSo, with interesting new music on Bandcamp……and today is Bandcamp Friday where all proceeds so sales go 100% to the artist. So, live a little and show someone you appreciate their art.
Here is my latest release as a starting point, if you are curious.

sonnybillglover.bandcamp.com/a

You can’t make this up. Just 10 days after shooting down a bill to provide free lunch to low-income students, the North Dakota Senate approved legislation to give lawmakers more money for meal reimbursements.

They’re giving themselves free lunch, but not kids.

The legislation increases reimbursements for state employees, including lawmakers during interim legislative meetings, from $35 per day to $45 per day.

kfyrtv.com/2023/04/07/nd-lawma

Code's eclectic music pick of the day:

Lately I feel that my "eclectic" picks have been not very eclectic (I've been on a bit of a power pop jag) so will ask Spotify for some random choices from my personal playlists. 🙂

Here is "Pardon Me, I have to Go Now" by HANABIE 【花冷え。】 - お先に失礼します。

youtu.be/fuFbQ-Mewfw

This Bandcamp Friday I have released an EP to benefit my friend's GoFundMe for her cancer. Links to her GoFundMe are pinned to my profile.

kalliemarie.bandcamp.com/album

Morning all! Today's ear-worm. I woke up with this in my head and now can't get rid of it. 😂 youtube.com/watch?v=VdQY7BusJN Cyndi Lauper, Time After Time

Received email today from a reasonably well-known company/website. The title of the email article was "When life gives you a TikTok ban, make a Lemon8 account". So they seem to be promoting Lemon8 as an alternative to TikTok, since the fate of TikTok is "hanging in the balance."

The odd thing is that Lemon8 is owned by the very same parent company as TikTok, and which is based in China.

I guess I now have to try and understand their motives.

Code's eclectic music pick of the day:

"Calling Occupants of Interplanetary Craft" by Klaatu

youtu.be/jJ4IUjjVfng

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