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Canada's unemployment rate ticked up to 6.7% in February | CBC News Canada's economy lost 84,000 jobs in February while the unemployment rate edged up to 6.7 per cent, Statistics Canada said on Friday, a setback for the labour market and one of the worst monthly job ...

"Canada has seen 'almost no job growth' over last 12 months.."

i feel like my entire life, everyone talks about the importance of "creating jobs" and "the economy" and yet we constantly fail miserably at doing anything except produce more billionaires

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The Death of Spotify: Why Streaming is Minutes Away From Being Obsolete Jimmy Iovine just called the Death of Spotify. He might be right.

Already (re)started my physical media collection. Vinyl records and cassettes are superior to streaming.

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The only data centers I support are libraries.

lil xan goes to washington by @ekkoastral.bsky.social out now on every platform that sells your data to advertisers

No son, they are not "magically delicious." The workers made them delicious. This is a slogan meant to mystify the social conditions of labor

Just added another incredible album:
Ragana - You Take Nothing

Music i added to my collection today, on bandcamp day, the most bandcampiest day of the year:

•Wrong Odds - Psycho
(Thunder Bay On)
•Street Play - Lycanthropy
(LA, Cali)
•Skinny Girl Diet - Ideal Woman
(London, UK)
•Bad Waitress - Too Many Bad Habits, Plan B, Pre Post-Period Blues
(Toronto ON)

More bands i wanna add to my list of favs:

Joan Smith & the Jane Does
Acid King
Makeshift Art Bar
Bratmobile
Margaritas Podridas
Slowhandclap
Latter
Tripper
Skinny Girl Diet

Bandcamp Friday Returns This Friday, February 6

Bandcamp Friday is on! The platform waives their share of revenue and gives it all to the artists.

Go buy an album or some albums!

My latest favourites:

Die Spitz
Ekko Astral
Street Play
Slaughterhouse
Shrewd
Necking
Bad Waitress
DITZ
Babe Haven
No Right

daily.bandcamp.com/features/ban...

the internet was a mistake

Rich people everywhere are propped up by the people they hire who are trying to keep their own jobs by preventing the employer from constantly stepping on rakes.

Something Soft

Me ha molado mucho el disco de Mhaol. Es una banda irlandesa de post-punk, bastante rítmica y con mucha distorsión. Diría que en este género lo que más me ha gustado de este año.

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every fucking day is new evidence that a.i. is a literal anti-life equation.

Ekko Astral - "horseglue" [Official Music Video] YouTube video by Ekko Astral

they’re calling it “horseglue” sunday

just had the realization that the type of person who enjoys making ai art is someone who prioritizes it’s consumption, while those who dislikes ai art is someone who values the act of creating art

I love this good boy so much!

Im glad i dont use Threads because everyone on Threads is embarassed to say they use Threads

I WILL PAY MORE FOR NO AI TOOLS STOP ADDING AI TOOLS

Photo of Zack De La Rocha of Rage Against The Machine

My brain read this in his voice

hi, musical artist here! please replace your streaming with plays on a different platform or buy the artists’ music on bandcamp instead of just canceling your spotify and then consuming less music! the latter only hurts artists. k thanks

i should be able to click a button at the beginning of a sports season that says “i’m normal” and i don’t get served any ads for crypto or gambling

If you enjoy old fashioned rock n' roll (and, once again, you absolutely should) then Joan Smith & The Jane Does is just the thing for you! @joanersmith.bsky.social #RocknRoll @horseshoetavern.bsky.social #LiveForLiveMusic

Holy shit shes on bluesky too! If youre in toronto in december she has a couple of shows lined up go support the band!!!

@joanersmith.bsky.social

One of my favourite artists. I didnt know he was on Bluesky! Check him out!

@gnarledbranch.bsky.social

The cd format of the album "Normalize" by Joan Smith & The Jane Does. A painting can be seen hanging in the background by Toronto Artist David Irvine.

Physical media is superior to streaming in every way.

Just got my cd from Joan Smith & The Jane Does that i ordered off Bandcamp. Love this band.

(The painting in the background is by Toronto artist David Irvine known as The Gnarled Branch online)

I will never know what Salesforce is or does, and that’s a promise

Almost every major news story this week is about how the entire economy is now gambling, scams, bribes and theft.

🚲🥗🚗 Small choices matter, but big change happens when systems support them.

WRI Climate ranked 19 climate-friendly behaviors to show which ones cut the most emissions and why policies & businesses must make them accessible.

See the list 👉 bit.ly/4q0pWvC