Hundreds of Jewish protesters and their supporters have occupied the Congress of the United States, chanting "Ceasefire now!" in reference to the ongoing slaughter of people in Gaza.

Video from Jewish Voices for Peace:

https://www.instagram.com/reel/CyjQqr4g9kc/

Background:

https://crimethinc.com/Galilee

https://crimethinc.com/Palestine2023

TIL that, according to a study, we spend a total of 3.5 months of our lives hitting the snooze button and 57% of Americans are snoozer, and even more in UK, with 70% of Brits are snoozer [source, comments]

Qualityland is coming 🥊🦘

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https://mapofmetal.com/

or this guide to electronic music:

https://music.ishkur.com/

TIL that Stephen King was so disappointed with Stanley Kubrick’s “The Shining”, that he teamed up with director Mick Garris in 1997 to remake the film into a miniseries that is more true to the novel than the original film. [source, comments]

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https://everynoise.com/  has no chronologcal order but is "only" a collection of music genres and their proximity to other genres

https://musicmap.info/  however has folk and classical at least as a starting point from where it, once again, continues into a focus development of rock/electronic musik

for classical composers a former minister also found this study: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11192-022-04331-8
it has some nice network graphs on similarity, but no history development or some sorts

Song of the day 🛏🙏🏽: https://spotify.link/oY5ylb5G3Db

Any Canadians out there? Is it that bad?

TIL an average 12-ounce (354-ml) cup of decaf coffee still contains about 5.4 mg of caffeine [source, comments]

TIL of Bobby Sands. A member of the IRA, Sands was elected to Parliament in 1981 while serving a 14 year prison sentence after bombing a furniture company. Before serving in Parliament, however, he starved to death due to a hunger strike he organized. [source, comments]

TIL Michelin started reviewing restaurants so people would travel farther and wear out their tires, increasing their sales. [source, comments]

Song of the day 🛫💎: https://spotify.link/ztfZV0G94Db