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The people of Iran, Afghanistan, Yemen, Palestine, all need to be freed from their oppressive governments. No person, whether it be a child, LGBTQ+, or people of other faith, don't deserve to be executed. Truly stains of the Islamic community, I as a Muslim will stand up for all.
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Ethical artists only. Interacting with the art of morally bad people is a reflection of who you are. I have the worldview of a 15 year old
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this actually makes me want to cry.
Spotify just announced a feature that could either save the music industry or destroy it.
Starting as early as Q1 2027, Spotify Premium subscribers will be able to use AI to transform any participating artist’s song into a completely different version. Turn a folk ballad into a dance track. Make a hip-hop song sound acoustic. Generate a cover where one artist’s voice performs another artist’s song. Remix a pop hit into lo-fi study music. Create the version of your favorite song that only existed in your head until now.
The remixes will be uploaded directly to Spotify. They’ll appear in playlists. They’ll count toward the original song’s chart position. And most importantly the original artist will earn royalties every time someone listens to a fan-created remix of their work.
Spotify has already signed a landmark licensing deal with Universal Music Group the world’s largest record label. Negotiations with Sony Music and Warner Music are ongoing. The feature will cost an additional $4–$5/month on top of Spotify Premium. And analysts project 7–8% of American subscribers will adopt it by 2028.
This is not Suno or Udio generating music from text prompts. This is fans remixing real songs by real artists with the artists’ permission, on the world’s largest streaming platform, with royalties flowing back to the creators.
A music industry analyst who’s covered streaming economics for 15 years told her team something after reading the licensing agreement that reframed how she understood the future of recorded music.
“Spotify just turned 640 million listeners into 640 million potential remixers. The question isn’t whether people will use it they will. The question is whether paying artists for fan remixes solves the economics of streaming or creates a world where the original recording is worth less than the infinite remixes generated from it.”
Here’s what Spotify’s AI remix feature actually is, who wins, who loses, and why this might be the most consequential decision in the music industry since the launch of streaming itself 🧵
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disgusting
Spotify just announced a feature that could either save the music industry or destroy it.
Starting as early as Q1 2027, Spotify Premium subscribers will be able to use AI to transform any participating artist’s song into a completely different version. Turn a folk ballad into a dance track. Make a hip-hop song sound acoustic. Generate a cover where one artist’s voice performs another artist’s song. Remix a pop hit into lo-fi study music. Create the version of your favorite song that only existed in your head until now.
The remixes will be uploaded directly to Spotify. They’ll appear in playlists. They’ll count toward the original song’s chart position. And most importantly the original artist will earn royalties every time someone listens to a fan-created remix of their work.
Spotify has already signed a landmark licensing deal with Universal Music Group the world’s largest record label. Negotiations with Sony Music and Warner Music are ongoing. The feature will cost an additional $4–$5/month on top of Spotify Premium. And analysts project 7–8% of American subscribers will adopt it by 2028.
This is not Suno or Udio generating music from text prompts. This is fans remixing real songs by real artists with the artists’ permission, on the world’s largest streaming platform, with royalties flowing back to the creators.
A music industry analyst who’s covered streaming economics for 15 years told her team something after reading the licensing agreement that reframed how she understood the future of recorded music.
“Spotify just turned 640 million listeners into 640 million potential remixers. The question isn’t whether people will use it they will. The question is whether paying artists for fan remixes solves the economics of streaming or creates a world where the original recording is worth less than the infinite remixes generated from it.”
Here’s what Spotify’s AI remix feature actually is, who wins, who loses, and why this might be the most consequential decision in the music industry since the launch of streaming itself 🧵
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I’ve committed voter fraud and I’m turning myself in.
I illegally voted for Sherrod Brown literally hundreds of times using fake names and dead people
My name is Kenny Atkinson and I’m the head coach for the Cleveland Cavaliers. Please arrest me/force me to resign
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John Legend: "When Vivek Ramaswamy hears of an indicted child abuser who fled the state rather than face charges, instead of siding with the victim, he takes the side of the abuser…Do we want a man with this sort of depraved moral compass to lead our state?"
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He did it to himself.
@VivekGRamaswamy did it to himself.
Not the press. Not @amyactonoh. Not the base. Him.
"The Ad" was pure self-sabotage. He put Acton’s estranged mother on camera calling her a liar — the same mother who stayed with the stepfather charged with sexually abusing Acton as a kid and lost custody. Then spent millions to air it. DeWine called it deeply troubling. Even some of his own side winced. He doubled down anyway. That’s not strategy. That’s him. That's the real Vivek Ramaswamy.
The jet is the same "poker tell". Hundreds of thousands of campaign dollars on private aircraft for short hops around Ohio, a big chunk to a company whose address is a house he owns. He talks about long drives and being a regular guy. Voters notice the contradiction.
Data centers. He called the boom a good thing over and over. Then the local pushback hit and he flipped to "free electricity for nearby residents" and a day-one halt. He holds related stocks. Super PAC money came from that world. Looks reactive because it was.
H-1B comments. He blamed American culture for "venerating mediocrity" so companies hire foreign engineers. His own firms used the visas. MAGA noticed. He mostly ducks it now.
Axovant. He hyped the Alzheimer’s drug, took the company public, money changed hands, then the trial failed and the stock cratered. No charges, but the story is public. He called it one of his biggest failures. The optics still cost him.
Same pattern from 2024. Flip-flops (Trump, Jan. 6), attacking Nikki Haley’s daughter on TikTok (she called him "scum" ), denying on-record statements, paid Wikipedia edits, conspiracy-adjacent claims. Always the same instinct to overreach, then retreat or double down.
Other self-owns. He co-founded Strive in Columbus then HQ moved to Dallas. Suggested shutting some public colleges to help fund tax cuts. Awkward baseball swing video (mocked and deleted). Struggled to lift a kid at a rally. Heckled. Nearly 40% of 2026 spent outside Ohio by some flight tallies.
He keeps choosing the flashy or low move that feels good in the moment and then acts surprised when regular Ohioans don’t reward it. The ad was just the loudest version. Voters see it.
He did this.
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🚨 BREAKING: New poll shows Amy Acton beating Vivek Ramaswamy by 5 POINTS in Ohio.
She is running to ban Flock cameras statewide.
