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Crucial Track for May 24, 2025

"Tightrope (feat. Big Boi)" by Janelle Monáe

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What’s a hidden gem you wish more people knew about?

Tightrope by Janelle Monáe is a wonderful track on a great album.

I really enjoy this track because it has a lot of energy and range. Janelle has a great voice and you just get this feeling that you kind of have to dance no matter how low things can get. I feel that this is a great companion to "Under Pressure" by David Bowie and Queen.

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Crucial Track for May 26, 2025

"Un-Break My Heart" by Toni Braxton

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What song reminds you of your first heartbreak?

I actually don't have one specific to my first heartbreak but there is not that brings up that feeling and it's Un-Break My Heart by Toni Braxton. I think she's very talented and I don't hear a lot of talent with her voice in popular music.

But then again, I don't listen to a lot of popular music that isn't given to my by my family.

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Crucial Track for May 25, 2025

"Under Pressure" by Queen & David Bowie

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Woke up and felt the whole world was on top of me.

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The Alto Knights, 2025 - ★★

Looking back on this, I'm wondering if it's possible to make murder boring. This movie has all the parts for something great but looking back on it, I don't really know how to feel about the work overall.

De Niro plays two characters that looks two similar. It's almost as if Superman and Clark Kent were in the same room. I guess the director wanted to showcase that they were a lot alike but doing things in completely different ways.

Life if short, money is tight, watch something else, and call it a night.

The Stepford Wives, 2004 - ★★★

I went back and saw this film after watching Companion to get a feel for the two different movies. The movie really feels a little bit out of time. It has jokes that are still funny and poke fun at some many things that should be made fun of.

There are messages and jokes and just a lot of little things that I really enjoyed.🎬

Companion, 2025 - ★★★

This movie concept has been done before. What it comes down to is the execution and I feel the cast does a wonderful job of really bringing it <q>to life</q>.

My favorite part of this movie is actually the side characters and not the relationship between the protagonist and her boyfriend.

🎬

The Gutter, 2024 - ★★½

It's a lot of little jokes that you've seen in other places and stitches together here for your entertainment. I chuckled at a couple of the jokes but I don't think I can recommend this movie to most unless you want to watch a movie with dirty jokes and bowling.

Don't think. Just watch.🎬

What's in a title

I have configured my blog index to only show posts with titles. At first, I was a little hesitant, but I think it makes for a better experience when I'm reading it. I also found that I do not hesitate as much make microposts.

I got the code from Loura who has written about it on her blog.

Here are the steps I used to make my Micro.blog hosted blog list only the titled posts on my homepage and still paginate correctly. Note: This does require editing your blog theme.

She’s got an amazing site and you should check it out.

Looks like the McRib is coming back soon!

I’m currently boycotting McDonalds anyway. I’ve been playing with look up all the companies that backed Trump and correlating how healthy the food is. Maybe there is a connection between them.

China has cancelled 12,000 metric tons of US pork imports, marking the largest cancellation since the pandemic's onset, amidst escalating trade tensions. This move deals a blow to American pork producers, who face high tariffs, hindering their competitiveness in the crucial Chinese market. The National Pork Producers Council highlights the impossible competition due to these tariffs.

Passing Data into SVG Linked Parameters Workaround

I wanted to share this link for a while. I do not know if I will be able to use it in the future, but I am hoping that someone else will find it inspiring.

Sometimes, something new interacts with one of these older ideas and leads to something interesting. This article is about one such case: a hacky technique that allows us to pass some data from CSS to SVG and use it to adjust colors or almost anything else.