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"The pittance #Spotify offers artists is well known. While having a huge catalog of recorded music at my fingertips is wonderful for me as a consumer, it also means that niche artists such as #Oneida are functionally competing for my attention not just with Beyoncé, but with Elvis and the Beatles.

#Music is both art and a #commodity. The rise of streaming has pushed music even further toward commodity status, nudging people away from close, attentive #listening."

theverge.com/2025/1/16/2434442

The Verge · What Spotify took from us by giving us everythingBy Elizabeth Lopatto

When I see top a #humanrights #lawyer like Toby Cadman being so unflappable in the face of bait journalism & refreshingly blunt about what #internationallaw actually says, it reminds me why I have infinite admiration for these men & women who hold the #ruleoflaw as sacred. It terrifies me so greatly that the rule of law has become a #commodity, brandable as a #woke product & therefore entirely dispensable. May the #ICC be successful in bringing #justice to #Palestine! channel4.com/news/theres-a-str

Channel 4 News · ‘There’s a strong evidential basis’ for ICC to grant arrest warrants for Netanyahu, says criminal law expertWe spoke to barrister Toby Cadman, who specialises in international criminal and human rights law.

typical occasion in the #Netherlands . Breaks my heart seeing people treat plants as a commodity. buying and let them die slowly by not giving a shit about their needs. most of the decorative plants are not even local, so I don't hesitate to call a situation that I observe "plant slavery"
the roots of this one were all broken, perhaps in the process of pulling this gorgeous palm out of its tiny prison pot, so I could not save it, only apologize in front of her for the human beings' cruelty.