I am simply unable to resist the lone tree.
To me, it is a symbol of strength, independence, and stubbornness, representing a determination to grow and flourish despite so many factors being against it.
Living on the Edge art print -- https://2-steve-henderson.pixels.com/featured/living-on-the-edge-steve-henderson.html?product=art-print
"whilst Yoshida alternates his electric piano playing between cosmic textures and scurrying, urgent improvisation"
https://www.theslowmusicmovement.org/post/phi-psonics-new-pyramid-gondwana
Find Phi-Sonics adding some spiritual vibes to the Slow Jazz Playlist:
https://www.submithub.com/link/slow-jazz-playlist
The #Trump admin Wednesday asked #SCOTUS to allow the president to remove a pair of #independent #regulators whose cases have broad implications for at least two dozen other agencies, including the #FederalReserve Board, & for how the federal govt operates.
Trump has moved aggressively to seize greater control of the bureaucracy, ousting independent #watchdogs & removing the two #Democrats on the #FTC, which protects #consumers from deceptive practices & monopoly #power.
#Trump asks #SCOTUS to let him break the #law AGAIN – this time by illegally firing #independent #regulators
The cases test the boundaries of #PresidentialPower & involves Gwynne Wilcox of the National #Labor Relations Board #NLRB & Cathy A. Harris of the Merit Systems Protection Board #MSPB.
#AbuseOfPower #ActivistCourt #PartisanCourt #Corruption #WatchdogAgencies #whistleblowers
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/04/09/trump-supreme-court-fire-independent-regulators/
"augmented by symbiotic field recordings that bring some of that fresh air and fauna into your listening space and which act as the perfect backdrop for his minimal guitar meditations"
https://www.theslowmusicmovement.org/post/michael-scott-dawson-guitar-solo-we-are-busy-bodies
Find more alt-folk in the Slow Folk Playlist:
https://www.submithub.com/link/slow-folk-playlist
#ambient #americana #ambientamericana #fieldrecordings #canada
#independent #artists #slow #music
A federal appeals court blocked #Trump from removing #Democratic members from 2 federal #labor boards on Monday, setting aside its earlier ruling.
The decision by the US Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit further complicates a pair of cases that are emerging as key tests of Trump's efforts to bring under his control #FederalAgencies meant to be #independent from the White House.
#law #labor #AbuseOfPower #tyranny #autocracy #authoritarianism
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-appeals-court-blocks-trump-removing-democrats-labor-boards-2025-04-07/
"It's an intimate and charming tune that makes you give thanks for the repeat button."
https://www.theslowmusicmovement.org/post/flyte-emily-and-me
Find Flyte in fine company over at the Slow Indie-Folk Playlist:
https://www.submithub.com/link/slow-indie-folk-playlist
There are scores of versions of She Moved Through The Fair but my friend David told me he likes mine best. And I believe him because today my friend Martin told me David said the same to him. If you already love the song you probably won't prefer mine because it's very different. Different chords, different time signature. I came to it not knowing the song so well.
https://robindoody.bandcamp.com/track/she-moved-through-the-fair
#independent #folk #music
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PS. There’s also an Irish server at mastodon.ie.
"It's a cosmic, questioning blend of woman and machine, past and present, real and imagined from this curious, boundary nudging soul"
https://www.theslowmusicmovement.org/post/sachi-s-mirror-coral-miracle-church-self-release
Find sachi's mirror in freak friendly company over at the Slow Psyche Playlist.
https://www.submithub.com/link/slow-psyche-playlist
"Whether it's her musing or perfectly judged scatting, she just digs that bit deeper and worries less what everyone else sounds like." https://www.theslowmusicmovement.org/post/eliana-glass-good-friends-call-me-e
Find Eliana Glass adding some vocal warmth to the Slow Jazz Playlist:
https://www.submithub.com/link/slow-jazz-playlist
"a start to finish listen both vocally and musically, with the vibes and vision tuned in that much tighter to Holley’s singular, on point and pointed lyrics" - https://www.theslowmusicmovement.org/post/lonnie-holley-tonky-jagjaguwar
Find Lonnie Holley in many places but also The New Age of New Age Playlist:
https://www.submithub.com/link/the-new-age-of-new-age-playlist
"exploring the horizontal stargazing, universal consciousness pondering end of the Americana spectrum"
https://www.theslowmusicmovement.org/post/quiet-cowboy-becoming-a-memory-declared-goods
Find Quiet Cowboy in the Slow Folk Playlist:
https://www.submithub.com/link/slow-folk-playlist
The new details of the final hours of the occupation of Hamilton Hall on April 30 were among the key revelations of the 335-page report, which was written by a group within the senate, a #Columbia policymaking body that includes faculty members, students & administrators, with faculty in the majority. The senate is #independent from the administration & has been critical of its #protest response.
https://www.gulfchannels.com/169506/ Visekari | Episode 116- (2025-04-01) | ITN #9.00NewDrama #ChanukaPrabuddha #Dilukshi #Entertainment #independent #itn #Itn9.00 #ItnDrama #JagathRasnayaka #Kuwait #KW #lanka #lankan #MaheshiMadusanka #network #NewTeledrama #NimanthiPorage #programmes #SandaniFernando #SandaruwanJayasinghe #sinhala #SinhalaDrama #sri #SriLankaDrama #SrilankaTeledrama #television #TharindiFernando #tv #Visekari #VishwaKodikara #Wisekari #YashWeerasinghe
#DOGE Is Trying to Gift Itself a $500 Million Building, Court Filings Show
The documents reveal a DOGE affiliate is attempting to transfer the headquarters of an #independent think tank, the United States Institute of Peace, to the government at no cost.
#takeover #usip #thinktank #Musk
https://www.wired.com/story/doge-takes-control-usip-office-building/
"It's a fine slice of liquid, D&B powered dream pop"
https://www.theslowmusicmovement.org/post/blorgpulkfplorksickle-in-the-meadows-he-saw-trees-of-white-flowers-self-release
Find blorgpulkfplorksickle in the energetic End of Week Freak Playlist:
https://www.submithub.com/link/end-of-week-freak
Habt einen wunderschönen Sonntag mit unserem Interview auf Radio Orange. Viele Grüße auch an die anderen ausstrahlenden Sender in Linz und St. Pölten 
https://cba.media/703697 Danke, Konrad für das angenehme Interview. #poesiepop #independent #radio #interview #flickentanz
I just learned that The Movie DB isn't owned by a billionaire tech bro, unlike The Internet Movie Db which is part of Amazon
So I'll be making a best effort to use that going forward
