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Sooooo important

Bodycam video contradicts ICE claims in fatal shooting of U.S. citizen Ruben Ray Martinez in Texas Video of last year's fatal shooting of Ruben Ray Martinez obtained by CBS News appears to contradict claims that Martinez was shot by an ICE agent because he "accelerated" and "intentionally ran over"...

DHS claimed "an ICE agent had fired 'defensive shots' into Martinez's vehicle after Martinez 'intentionally ran over' another agent."

But body cam video now "shows that Martinez's vehicle, a blue Ford Fusion, was stationary or going at a very low rate of speed when he was fatally shot."

Important read
“Truth, Trust and, Humanitarian, Action in the Age of Harmful Information”
www.ifrc.org/sites/defaul...

A beaded poppy in the process of being made it is outlined in white pearl beads in the centre is a black circular bead, and surrounding that our bugle beads and a seed bead as the pistols

Making something that is controversial in the poppy community.

This is the anti-war poppy also known as the peace poppy.

I do not support war. I am only one person and cannot make noticeable changes, but I can still use my voice and art to speak out.

Tonight is the night for the kick off party! If you love music, supporting a grassroots community, go!

I sadly cannot go, Im on day 4 of being quite ill.

Drown A Goat, by Joan Smith & the Jane Does track by Joan Smith & the Jane Does

Happy International Women's Month!
Every day I will post a woman artist/musician or woman fronted band.

Day 7 - Bluesy rock from Ontario
Joan Smith and The Jane Does
joansmithandthejanedoes.bandcamp.com/track/drown-...
if u missed the last 7 days, I will be making a post on substack tomorrow.

Yeah, i ended up scheduling posts only on threads.
The fact that I have to post on more than one place because tweeps went in different directions … sigh.

I mean, it just goes to show that blanket statements about appearance and gender tropes are in fact — outdated

Strange Currencies, by Louisa Stancioff track by Louisa Stancioff

Happy International Women's Month!
Every day I will post a woman artist/musician or woman fronted band.

Day 6 -haunting REM cover
Strange Currencies - Louisa Stancioff
louisastancioff.bandcamp.com/track/strang...
Fun fact most of the posts for this theme have a bandcamp link
That was intentional 😉

Really great band

RGV XIV, by RARE GROOVE VAMPS 14 track album

might fit as well …

raregroovevamps.bandcamp.com/album/rgv-xiv

Can you grow an audience on Bandcamp? Your crash course on features that are for you, the band, and you the music fan.

Apparently the piece I wrote about Bandcamp almost 2 years ago is getting more traction so I figured I would post it again.
I talk about why Bandcamp is the digital record store for music fans and little neat ways to get more out of your music fan experience
open.substack.com/pub/nikkieat...

Tomorrow,
For Bandcamp Friday
I will post Bandcamp Music Fan Accounts.
I have 112 Music Fan Accounts that I follow.
How many do you follow?

Sand, by BRUTUS track by BRUTUS

Happy International Women's Month!
Every day I will post a woman artist/musician or woman fronted band.

Day 5- Metal? Metalcore? Alternative? I love Brutus and will happily fight you to agree with me.
Sand - Brutus
wearebrutus.bandcamp.com/track/sand

Dougie would get his wish to dismantle Toronto more for his buddies if that happened

Well well well. Take a look around...

ICE is using mass surveillance on American citizens, activists : NPR www.npr.org/2026/03/04/n...

A soft-landing manual for the second gilded age By the summer of 1945, West Berlin had been reduced to rubble. Allied bombing, the Soviet ground assault and Hitler's insistence on Götterdämmerung had destroyed roughly a third of the city's buildings and left most of the rest damaged. There was no functioning government, no reliable electricity, no clean water

What matters is how much unnecessary suffering we allow between here and there, and whether the new normal we settle into is one worth living in.

www.joanwestenberg.com/a-soft-land...

Nikki’s thought of the day.

Im at home sick with a sinus cold and a MS flare up because someone went to work really sick and didnt where a mask.
I wear masks on public transit, in large gatherings.
But I guess I have to wear a mask everywhere because people who are sick refuse to mask up.

Don't Like You Anymore, by Tanika Charles from the album Reasons To Stay

Happy International Women's Month!
Every day I will post a woman artist/musician or woman fronted band.

Day 4- Some serious soul and from Toronto Canada!
Don’t Like You Anymore - Tanika Charles
tanikacharles.bandcamp.com/track/dont-l...

So Fucked, by Pussy Gillette from the album Permanent Trash

Happy International Women's Month!
Every day I will post a woman artist/musician or woman fronted band to celebrate women.

Day 3 - Garage/Punk with killer bass lines
So Fucked - Pussy Gillette
pussygillette.bandcamp.com/track/so-fuc...

US says Kuwait accidentally shot down 3 American jets “The cause of the incident is under investigation,” says U.S. Central Command.

Kuwait accidently shot down 3 American Jets.
www.politico.eu/article/us-k...

Speak To Me / Running, by Michelle David & The True-tones 2 track album

Happy International Women's Month!
Every day I will post a woman artist/musician or woman fronted band to celebrate women.

Day 2 - some serious soul!
Speak To Me - Michelle David and The True Tones
michelledavidandthetruetones.bandcamp.com/album/speak-...

Women from Sweden, Canada, UK, USA, Belgium, Japan, and even a Filipino band based in Qatar.
From pop, electronica, house, rap, metal, hardcore punk/metal, soul
yeah, some might say it's like Everything And The Kitchen Sink of genres.....

I already have 19 tracks selected. I am so excited

Thou - “In the Pines” (Leadbelly cover)”, by Black Flags Over Brooklyn from the album Riffs for Reproductive Justice

in my rabbit hole of checking my music for tracks for this month, I revisited a compilation and then there was THIS
Best Lead Belly Cover
That will change tomorrow
If you do not like death/black metal probably not a good cover for you ;)
blackflagsoverbrooklyn.bandcamp.com/track/thou-i...

My dudes
This month is gonna be epic with a post of a woman artist/musician/woman fronted band to celebrate
women are THRIVING
This isn't gonna be a memory lane thing.
This is me getting you out of your nostalgia
it's global, not genre specific.
Miss my posts?
Every Sunday I will post on Substack

CUT OUT, by NØ MAN from the album ERASE

Happy International Women's Month
Every day I will post a woman artist/musician/woman fronted band to celebrate that women are indeed THRIVING.
To kick off the first day - some hardcore punk out of Washington DC
Day 1
NØ MAN - Cut Out
nomanband.bandcamp.com/track/cut-ou...

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