Tag: freedom
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Into the Fediverse
For those who already know about the Fediverse, I can be followed at @index@heathenstorm.com As for those who don’t (likely most reading this), an explanation: The Fediverse is a decentralised, federated network of independent social platforms that communicate using the ActivityPub protocol. Each individual instance runs according to its own community rules, hosting anything from…
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Detaching from SocMed
It has become the fashion for folk to announce, very publicly and performatively, their departure from current Social Media accounts. Moving on to other sites, or even switching off entirely, due to changes of company ownership and the incessant swing of the political pendulum. Protesting against the new regime, they isolate themselves against loss of…
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Infidels to the World
With everything else going on these past weeks, it’s quite possible some may have missed the BBC World Service “In the Studio” report on Tehran-formed Black Metal infidels TRIVAX. Reporter Sahar Zand deftly places the band’s emergence on the international stage in context with the Iranian “Woman, Life, Freedom” movement. A people tyrannised by decades…
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Into the Sixth Decade
With a full half-century now behind me, it seems appropriate to mark the moment and look ahead to what remains of the future. My birthdays always bring with them a twinge of melancholy, and this year has been no different. These past months have been weary to body and soul, stressful for many reasons obvious…
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Battles on the brink of War
The dust has settled on the English leg of the DIOCLETIAN tour. Five dates of utter devastation across the country. Filling venues to capacity almost every night, with those who missed out eager for more. Ending the tour with the debut UK performance of ABRAXXUM was an inspired conclusion, but each and every show delivered…
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Against all Opposition
“They paid the ultimate price for their freedom, and we become their voice.” With the eyes of the world focused on Middle East escalation last weekend, it was with timely prescience that TRIVAX unveiled their video ‘Against all Opposition’. Released mere hours before missiles took flight, it presents a scathing critique of the Iranian regime.…
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