TWH speaks with Holli Emore about the dynamics and opportunities of online rituals, and how their use may shift how Pagans think about and participate in ritual.
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Cities like Barcelona want to use crisis to allow people to rent properties at decent rates
Airbnb has revolutionised travel and since it was founded in 2008 hundreds of thousands of property owners have used the holiday accommodation platform to make ends meet, make a living and, in some cases, make a killing.
But while hosts, as they are known, are wringing their hands over the collapse of the travel industry and their loss of income, many city authorities are rubbing theirs at the prospect of thousands of holiday lets returning to the traditional rental market. Cities complain that the highly profitable holiday lets have driven up rents and forced out residents with the knock-on effect that local businesses no longer have a community to serve.
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This solo debut from the frontwoman of pop-punk stadium stars Paramore is a riot of lust, funk and femininity
Maturity is an often derided concept in a youth-facing art form. But when Simmer, a song about repressed feminist rage buoyed by creepy electronics – the lead track from Hayley Williams’s debut solo album – was released in January, it signalled an intriguing sea change in an artist previously known as a bouncy, flame-haired emo cheerleader.
The story of how Hayley Williams, now 31, went from leading angsty emo shoutalongs in the Tennessee pop-punk band Paramore to releasing these startling songs about rage, femininity and suicidal thoughts is one of the knottier yarns in contemporary American guitar music. Her trio-of-EPs album is now complete, with the final EP – and a physical album uniting all three – released last Friday.
Continue reading...Conspiracy theories linking 5G technology to coronavirus have resulted in dozens of phone masts across the UK being vandalised in recent weeks. Theories about the dangers of 5G had already been circulating, despite regulators confirming that the radiation levels of the new technology are well within safe boundaries. So how did the conspiracy incorrectly linking it to 5G start? And is 5G really dangerous? We explain why 5G has nothing to do with Covid-19
Continue reading...A street artist called Msale has taken it upon himself to create giant murals bringing public health messages directly to the overcrowded Mathare slum in Nairobi. With half a million people living in such 'a squeezed area' social distancing is quite impossible to achieve, says Msale, so he is providing information for people on how to keep safe in the 'simplest, clearest' way he knows
Systemic flaws within Glynn county’s district attorney offices led to a lack of action against the men involved in this ‘modern lynching’
In the days and weeks after Ahmaud Arbery was shot and killed, multiple Glynn county law enforcement officials failed to thoroughly investigate his death and, in one case, refused to allow police officers to make arrests, the Guardian has learned.
Related: Ahmaud Arbery is dead because Americans think black men are criminals | Benjamin Dixon
Continue reading...Campaigners call for redesign of transport system to help prevent bounce-back in air pollution
The government is expected to unveil a £250m investment in UK cycle lanes to encourage commuters to ride to work instead of using public transport, as part of the effort to prevent a resurgence of coronavirus.
Grant Shapps, the transport secretary, is expected to make the funding announcement during his appearance at the Downing Street coronavirus briefing on Saturday.
Continue reading...Once a week, we will be featuring an extraordinary animal account on Instagram! Their story, the adorable pictures, and pawesome videos! This week's spotlight goes to wild cat Fiona!
Fiona is insta-famous with a following of over 100k and we have a suspicion it has something to do with those stunning emerald eyes of hers! Seriously, every single picture of this cat is the most beautiful picture, it was terribly difficult to sum up their beauty into a short list.
Fiona isn't just a pretty face, she is a registered emotional support animal who has taken to Instagram to emotionally support the internet! Fiona's owners have created this beautiful idea called "Eterneva." Eterneva is a site in which you can turn your beloved pets ashes into diamonds that you can carry with you everywhere and every day.
Pretty beautiful idea! Now, prepare to be mesmerized by Fiona's eyes!
We know when you hear the words, "good boy/girl" you think of doggos. But we're here to change that perspective.
Dogs, as wonderful as they are, aren't the only good boys and girls in the domestic pet world and we've got the proof!
Cats. As crazy as they are sometimes, and sometimes just straight up jerks, cats can also hold tight onto that good boy/girl title.
Here are our honorable 21 good cats that deserve recognition! If you've got a good boy/girl at home we want to see them and hear their story in the comments below!
The talented Instagrammer, Chaz Hutton has found a creative way to describe the perils of life with a series of brutally honest graphs to make you chuckle.
We have gathered the funniest ones he created about animals.
Its JakePittsOfficial if you wanted to find it
I was watching his old vlogs he did, from like 4 years ago
it got me thinking
So i was watching one of his streams earlier and someone mentioned how BVB and him have inspired them to start playing guitar, or bass, or whatever and he said something like "you guys say that we inspire you and that amazes me. See, if you really get after this and do a lot with this, you can inspire the next generation, and they inspire the next generation, and so on." and it just got me thinking because like, i wrote a song, yall saw Raise Hell (if you didnt self promo here it is https://www.mychemicalromance.com/news/raise-hell-3517406 ) and I really like the whole sound i have planned for it. But see i dont ahve anything to put that sound in it other than my voice and shitty programs that my Chromebook allows but now i really really want to like, start a band or at least start sharing shit ive made.
My dad has a bass guitar in his garage and he said he'd clean it up and let me use it and now i want to do that. I gotta stick with it though.
I randomly get inspiration to write a song or a melody and sometimes ill just start recording and let shit flow and usually it isnt good but like, sometimes it is. Trial and error.
Raise hell was just an awesome thing that came to mind almost fully put together. I had the chorus and the intro playing in my head before they were written.
The rest just pulled together as i was typing the lyrics down.
Im watching this video and he walked up to the stage and its fucking huge. I know what being up on a stage like that feels like, though technically not as a show. It was just hype at the end of a stay away camp week.
Still.
I liked that feeling. It was terrifying as all fucking hell but like as soon as i got my ass over the stage fright and actually danced to the music playing i was losing my fucking mind.
It was so fun and so cool and such an amazing feeling.
I really want to get out there
I want to play music
I want to show off my art
I want to express myself and let other people see it.
I couldnt fucking care less about what people think of me. Honestly. As long as i have those few good friends i know wont leave me, Im good.
I really, really reallly really want to be up on a stage, singing my fucking heart out to a song i wrote and hearing people sing it back to me.
Its not even the self-hype or whatever its called, its just the yearn to share the shit ive made.
I really want that.
I want that so badly.
Now I just gotta figure out how the hell to do that.
This album shook me to my core. From the day simmer was released to present day, where the album has been out for over 24 hours it's meant the world to me. Hayley said herself that this was about her, and how not everyone was going to be able to relate to all the songs, but I relate to pretty much all of them and they all resonate deeply within my soul. There is no bad song on the album.
Talking about a few song (not all):
Watch Me As I Bloom is actually starting to motivate me (something that happens once in a blue moon). It hasn't fully motivated me yet, but with more plays I have a feeling it will. I can perfectly imagine that as a closer to her shows, and feels like a great wrap up to the album's symbolism so the final song can be relaxed and beautiful
The lyrics with Simmer mean the world to me (my mom actually wants to get one of the lyrics tattooed, and she doesn't have any tattoos) and the song sounded so different and unique. It was a perfect song to lead the album. The music video, which lead to a three part series, was outstanding.
Dead Horse was unapologetic with every single line, airing out everything from Hayley's last relationship. It's also one of the biggest bops on the album
I really slept on Why We Ever. I don't know why, but it took the full album to be out in order for me to fully appreciate it. The way it transitions into the pure piano speaks to my soul
Sugar On The Rim is vouge at it's finest and I expect a mosh pit of gays at every show not hitting each other and just vouging. Not to mention Hayley's lower register really comes out, which I love.
The flower theme throughout the whole process was amazing, and I'm absolutely living for it. I truly believe that there is nothing Hayley can't do and I am completely in love with her and her music. I want to talk about more songs but this is already really long so I'm going to leave it off here. This album is a 10/10 and I need it on vinyl haha
How many tales of mistaken identity end with accidentally stealing someone's car for 45 minutes? This guy noticed something was off after he noticed the car seats. Good thing there weren't any kids in them. People make incredibly stupid mistakes all the time, like this woman who had groceries delivers and failed all over the place.
When someone believes their own BS a little too hard, their ego starts to spiral out of control and before you know it, this ridiculous individual believes they're a genius. Maybe they're still riding a developmental achievement like being an "early reader" or they just took a bogus online test that told them their IQ is a thousand. Either way the internet is swimming with absurd individuals who believe they're geniuses and they're here to ruin jokes and brag about themselves.
Someone on AskReddit got a fun and enlightening thread going about the various things that school taught us, that we later learned were false. Better to learn that those tidbits of "knowledge" were false, late than never at all.
Check out another recent AskReddit thread that we ran, which focused on the most awkward questions students asked in sex ed.
This week is a bit scattered, but it’s SCATTERED AWESOME, so who are we to complain? We’ve got some great book deals, delightful new art, and some behind-the-scenes photos for the making of the trailer! April Fool’s Redux Last week’s prank of a re-release of the Peace Talks trailer with “improved” visual effects was ridiculously [...]