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Patriotic Millionaires @patrioticmillionaires.org · 1d

At the height of the pandemic in 2020, the wealth of the world’s billionaires grew 54%.

That's not a design flaw of our system. It's the system working as it is currently intended to. www.theguardian.com/news/2025/oc...

Boom time for US billionaires: why the system perpetuates wealth inequality

As the super rich grow even richer, inequality expert Chuck Collins says the system is broken – but it can be fixed

www.theguardian.com

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Fold @fold.fm · 5h

Doing literally anything to help anyone makes a difference and is better than doing nothing at all.

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Fold @fold.fm · 6h

Great stuff USED to happen to us all the time because of social media. That all stopped circa 2021.

Fold @fold.fm · 17h

This much is clear: we must stop the military-industrial complex. Its goal is to have as many wars waging as possible all the time. To a hammer everything is a nail and we will annihilate each other until nothing is left. Weapons of war were never meant to be an industry. Can we still not see that?

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Fold @fold.fm · 23h

Hackers—mostly Russian—are constantly trying to break into our website. Fortunately our protections seem to keep them at bay. I guess they target everyone who looks vulnerable but there’s no prestige or real value in doing so that I’m aware of, unless its part of some high volume strategy.

Fold @fold.fm · 1d

Nigel Farage Is Our Prime Minister

Dave Hutchinson @hutchinsondave.bsky.social · 1d

‘Six words or _fewer_.”

A meme. There’s a skull at the top, followed by the words ‘WRITE A HORROR STORY IN SIX WORDS OR LESS’

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Fold @fold.fm · 1d

A while ago we stopped feeling that it is enough to make records & perform live. We’re more focussed on community work now. Music can play many roles in bringing about positive change. Being on social media less & more present in people’s lives does have a bigger impact, but fewer dopamine hits.

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Fold @fold.fm · 1d

Dune was originally going to be made by Alejandro Jodorowsky with a soundtrack by Pink Floyd and set designs by HR Geiger. It lives in my imagination at least.

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Fold @fold.fm · 1d

Also, we are deliberately shooting ourselves in both feet by:

1) Only releasing music (incl this EP) on Bandcamp & Ampwall—no streaming platforms esp Spotify, Apple & Amazon

2) Having deleted our Instagram, FaceBook & X profiles

With loss of visibility comes loss of income but things must change.

Fold @fold.fm · 1d

We are a little bit excited about our forthcoming EP, 10 Past Midnight. It is our most meta release to date for sure. One track is currently streamable over at Bandcamp where you can pre-order the release if you like.

Please do check it out.

fold.bandcamp.com/album/10-pas...

10 Past Midnight, by Fold

8 track album

fold.bandcamp.com

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Fold @fold.fm · 1d

We are a little bit excited about our forthcoming EP, 10 Past Midnight. It is our most meta release to date for sure. One track is currently streamable over at Bandcamp where you can pre-order the release if you like.

Please do check it out.

fold.bandcamp.com/album/10-pas...

10 Past Midnight, by Fold

8 track album

fold.bandcamp.com

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Anat Shenker-Osorio @anatosaurus.bsky.social · 3d

Resistance. Refusal. Ridicule. Those are the ingredients to bring down regimes and among them ridicule is arguably the most delicious. The emperor isn't just naked; his goon squad is afraid of an inflatable frog.
Portland is TOO FABULOUS FOR FASCISM.

competentposter @competentposter.bsky.social · 4d

wizard frog is insane

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Fold @fold.fm · 6d

Today is Bandcamp Friday btw so if you are thinking about pre-ordering this, now is the ideal time 🙌

NB the EP will be released exclusively on Bandcamp and Ampwall. We’re boycotting streaming platforms going forward, especially Spotify.

Fold @fold.fm · 6d

10 Past Midnight is a meta-celebration—in EP form—of our first album’s 10th anniversary, reflecting on where things stood then compared to now.

Pre-order & get the closing track now, a brand new remix of ‘She’ from the debut LP with Brooklyn’s long lost ‘6% poet.’

fold.bandcamp.com/album/10-pas...

10 Past Midnight, by Fold

8 track album

fold.bandcamp.com

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Fold @fold.fm · 6d

10 Past Midnight is a meta-celebration—in EP form—of our first album’s 10th anniversary, reflecting on where things stood then compared to now.

Pre-order & get the closing track now, a brand new remix of ‘She’ from the debut LP with Brooklyn’s long lost ‘6% poet.’

fold.bandcamp.com/album/10-pas...

10 Past Midnight, by Fold

8 track album

fold.bandcamp.com

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Fold @fold.fm · 7d

www.youtube.com/watch?v=vw3K...

Medical Aid for Palestinians: I Know

YouTube video by Medical Aid for Palestinians

www.youtube.com

Fold @fold.fm · 9d

Yep. Not much cheese at the end of the streaming tunnel.

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Fold @fold.fm · 9d

We have a track that has been streamed 1,094,423 times in the past few months across a bunch of platforms including TikTok. How much do you think we were payed for that?

1. $1,000
2. $100
3. $5.35

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Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 10d

The Israeli military targets hospitals and multistorey buildings as it intensifies its offensive to seize Gaza City.

‘Horrific’: Israel bombs hospitals, residential towers amid Gaza onslaught

The Israeli military targets hospitals and multistorey buildings as it intensifies its offensive to seize Gaza City.

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Fold @fold.fm · 10d

My brother’s got a new project, it sounds amazing 🙌 Based in Canada.

mil0.hearnow.com

Why

Our first single now out on all streaming platforms

mil0.hearnow.com

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Fold @fold.fm · 12d

Painful news. Rest in Power Assata Shakur.

markjonesespn.bsky.social @markjonesespn.bsky.social · 12d

R.I.P. Assata Shakur 🙏🏽❤️✊🏽

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Words to Win By @wordstowinby.bsky.social · 13d

Check out Fold's new release 'Resistance, Refusal, Ridicule' featuring the one and only @anatosaurus.bsky.social!

"This isn't just a protest song; it's a masterclass in musical and linguistic strategy, a grooving blueprint for pushing back against dominant narratives."

Fold Drop Potent Call to Action with 'Resistance, Refusal, Ridicule'

Leeds collective Fold have never shied away from using their music to engage with the world around them, consistently amplifying humanitarian perspectives and offering critical reflections. Their late...

www.broken8music.com

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Fold @fold.fm · 14d

”Make Them Pay demands three key things from our government:

Tax the super-rich
Protect workers, not billionaires
Make polluters pay”

Another nail-on-the-head campaign from @equalitytrust.bsky.social. I’ve written to my MP, will you do the same?

actionnetwork.org/letters/tell...

Tell your MP to vote against disability cuts

I used the @equalitytrust tool to tell my MP why they have to support Make Them Pay! Tell yours now: https://actionnetwork.org/letters/tell-your-mp-to-make-them-pay

actionnetwork.org

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Fold @fold.fm · 19d

Love the RNLI.

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Fold @fold.fm · 19d

Here’s a positive piece about my former London borough’s ongoing efforts to galvanise community against the tide of isolation, atomisation and austerity from one of our favourite orgs @equalitytrust.bsky.social

Spreading this as mainstream media does not.

equalitytrust.org.uk/news/blog/re...

Reporting Inequality, Amplifying Voices in Brent - Equality Trust

This blog was written by guest writer Riham Lotfi as part of our place-based organising work and community reporting project in Brent. Becoming a Brent Community Reporter has been more than just a rol...

equalitytrust.org.uk

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Fold @fold.fm · 20d

Dear @jeremycorbyn.bsky.social & @zarahsultana.bsky.social,

Please, please, please fix this rift before it gets any worse. We can’t afford to lose the only positive political momentum we’ve seen in countless years.

We love you both and we know you can do this, whatever it takes.

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Fold @fold.fm · 23d

A new law could give millions of us better rights at work, but corporate lobbyists & politicians are trying to gut it. Tell the Government: protect workers, not profits!
you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/uk...

UK Government: Keep your promise to protect workers

Zero hours contracts, unfair ‘fire and rehire’, waiting months or even years to be able to access benefits – the world of work in our country is weighted against actual workers. It’s billionaire bosse...

you.38degrees.org.uk

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