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Good morning everyone! I hope you all are recovering nicely from the coalescing forces of Halloween festivities and government mandated time changes. My weekly playlist is particularly chill this week, you can listen to it here. Tonight, there is a lovely indie-folk bill over at The East Room with
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Addressing the Unaddressable
♟️ 4D chess · Addressing Strain's death · Lily-white unions · East Bank come up · Much more!
Lipstick On a Pig
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It's halvening again...
🪙 Bitcoin supply and beers · Bills in the balance · Bus programs expand · Much more!
I don't need your Civil War...
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The Swift Effect is all bark and no bite
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