From the #vss365 jukebox, this is Talking About the Passion by R.E.M. off their classic 1983 album #Murmur. "Not everyone can carry the weight of the world." https://t.co/kY0q3YndQE

I read What We Can Know by Ian McEwan. I have liked most of his books, or at least the several I have read. This one also was good but it never fully captured me.

From the #vss365 jukebox, this is a version of the traditional lullaby All the Pretty Horses by Current 93, with vocals by Nick Cave: Blacks and bays and #dapples and greys all the pretty little horses https://t.co/lNIyfE3To6

From the #vss365 jukebox, this is Kirsten Supine by Swans off the 2014 album To Be Kind: May planets crash, may God rain ash To #sear our skin, to fold us in Kneeling close, seeking hands Our blood is warm, but what comes next? https://t.co/CCwcP5bUXq

From the #vss365 jukebox, this is a live performance of Hell-On by Neko Case: Nature can't amend its ways Boils along and then replays Despite #heartfelt springtimes of regret The storms she still cries for days Have mercy on the natural world https://t.co/kG8tyuKNz1

Don’t be fooled. This place is an anti-free speech hell hole now.

From the #vss365 jukebox, this is A.L.C. by Dry Cleaning off the album New Long Leg: A #wonky parking job For cheap chocolate mousse Things are changing Things are changing You, you foiled beast https://t.co/nApnxeG2EL

From the #vss365 jukebox, this is #Stoop Kid by Car Seat Headrest. https://t.co/KAdil9Cab7

From the #vss365 jukebox for #slapdash, this is Careless by FKA Twigs featuring daniel caesar. https://t.co/UumaX1ECeh

Tried cherimoyas. It is kinda of a custardy sweet and sour fruit. Not my thing. My wife loved it. #RandomReview

From the #vss365 jukebox, this is Damn U by Prince & the New Power Generation: Damn this #kooky love affair All I ever want to do is play in your hair Two people crazy in love Into one another like a hand in a glove Damn this kooky love affair https://t.co/AqGybj9UO4

From the #vss365 jukebox, this is LIVE RIGHT by Joey Valence & Brae: So, I go out, bust some dance moves Got a car full of friends, so I can't move Do a cartwheel off a building I don't really care 'cause I'm gonna land it Invincible, #unmissable https://t.co/7t1o9a9Igd

This is the kind of shithole platform you are on if you’re reading this. Happy Friday.

From the #vss365 jukebox, this is Special #Delivery by Meghan Trainor. I bit of empty calorie musical candy for a Friday. https://t.co/Rdl3msXuu8

From the #vss365 jukebox, this is Venus in Furs by The Velvet Underground and Nico: Downy sins of streetlight fancies Chase the costumes she shall wear Ermine furs #adorn the imperious Severin, Severin awaits you there https://t.co/otb7zGKB5h

My country is excellent at celebrating what it does well (or thinks it does well), but very bad at honestly examining what it does poorly.

From the #vss365 jukebox, this is #Symphony by Lamp off the 2014 album Yume, ゆめ. Lamp is a Japanese indie pop band comprised of guitarist Taiyo Someya and vocalists/multi-instrumentalists Yusuke Nagai and Kaori Sakakibara. https://t.co/3iVFUTdSej

From the #vss365 jukebox, this is Ankle Deep by Tom Petty: The field hand hit the switch and stumbled Outside the big engine roared and rumbled The stolen horse #spooked and tumbled She didn't speak for a week, just kinda mumbled https://t.co/k4DiwaNDAQ

From the #vss365 jukebox, this is Red Flag to Angry Bull by Guerilla Toss off the albums You're Weird Now. An #oddball song from an oddball record. Some B-52 vibes. https://t.co/Jpxdiq2dy1

I watched the HBO documentary The Alabama Solution. It is a sobering look at the prison-industrial complex and the dehumanizing and physical/mental abuse of prisoners. Told with the aid of cell phone interviews and video footage from the inside. Worth watching.