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Weird how opening spotify in a web browser with a decent ad blocker allows you to skip ads just like would happen if you had premium. Sure hope no one takes advantage of that.

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Sure hope nobody modifies the hosts file in C:\Windows\system32\drivers\etc to block Spotify ads in the app…

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PSST! HERE’S A TUTORIAL ON HOW TO BLOCK SPOTIFY ON WINDOWS!

gamercock

aw man I sure hope nobody learns to do that

that’s so messed up that people would do that

in fact, let’s spread it everywhere so everyone knows not to do that

and everyone knows exactly what to do so that they don’t do that

foolproof plan

smoldragonborn

@1000diodesinatrenchcoat

boystown

Ingrid Pollard - From the series Pastoral Interlude (1987)

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Stills from Paris by Meredith Monk and Ping Chong

https://youtu.be/mKYauPXLnos

hildeeveraert

My Ain Folk - Directed by Bill Douglas 1976

heartshop

wow why does this speak to me so much

contemporary-art-blog

Liza Lou, artist from New York. Fire, 2002

gacougnol

Yves Klein With Haryy Shunk, Janos Kender` Leap Into The Void 1960

laurbyboom

I’m going to be honest, this is probably the funniest thing a straight person has ever said

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But sir this is my emotional support hateful slur

topcat77

Better Red

Lisa Brice

apricops

It’s quite likely no coincidence that that most ‘mismanaged’ and least profitable social media site is also the one that turned out to be most amenable to the formation of actual communities

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To clarify, Tumblr is indeed horribly mismanaged, but notably, it’s mismanaged both in ways that harm us (e.g. doing little about pornbots, nazis, etc.) and ways that have greatly benefited us – not asking for real names, hiding our follower counts, a chronologically-sorted dashboard, etc. are big draws, but in the eyes of other social media monarchs, they look like unforgivable mistakes. If I don’t have to give my real name, that’s that much less information to sell to advertisers. If posts are listed chronologically, Tumblr can’t shove the posts of ‘influencers’ in front of me willy-nilly. Tumblr was a ‘success’ because it was too poorly managed to sufficiently atomize us, and so we actually had conversations and communities instead of being the best products for advertisers.