CIRCLE WITH A DOT

@etherdiver Putting the downloaded flacs on repeat of Demifiend's Umbram, https://demifiend.bandcamp.com/album/umbram, was exactly what was needed for a day of fierce tabular data entry work. Thanks.

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Welcome to the week. Here's some new music to get you thru it! Relentless industrial metal, unusual post rock, classic pop/rock, a drinking song for protesters & instrumental eclecticism!https://www.etherdiver.com/2026/05/15/opm-illusions-of-time/Includes work from Fedifriend @Traiken #OPM #OtherPeoplesMusic #Music #MusicDiscovery #Industrial #Metal

"The Health and Human Services Department is moving hundreds of senior career staff to a new civil service classification that will make it easier to fire them."https://www.politico.com/news/2026/05/15/rfk-civil-service-job-protections-00925102#HHS #OMB #Project2025 #CDC #OPM #workers #WorkersRights #USpol