Coronada de gloria

And yet… here they are.

The World Cup always gives us one story we’ll never forget. 🇨🇻⚽

Somewhere in Cabo Verde, kids who never thought they’d see their flag in a World Cup knockout match are getting ready to watch their country face Argentina.

Screenshot via Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net on bluesky

Tldr Amnesty International, global human rights organisation, published a report called 'A growing threat: the anti-rights movement in the UK'. In it is detailed, amongst others, a whole bunch of transphobic groups and organisations, including Beira's Place, JK Rowling's trans exclusionary sexual violence support service. JK Rowling threw a shit fit and got Amnesty to take the report down by threatening libel. This was obviously not enough, because you can't appease a fascist, so now she's going to bankroll a bunch of lawsuits anyway through the JK Rowling Women's Fund.*

You can read an archived version of the report here, please save it and share it.

Late as fuck and bringing in the obvious "urban" rec that is Milo J's tiny desk featuring quena and flute in multiple songs played by Tamara Meschller. Also Lautaro Fernandez here plays the charango, an andine string instrument

Besides, a very famous andine folklore song popularized internationally by (oddly enough) Simon & Garfunkel is El Condor Pasa by Daniel Alomía Robles of Perú. Here's a modern take by Leo Rojas of Ecuador, who won, with this performance, 2011's germany's "got talent" while being an illegal inmigrant of the country. He also performs a version of the lonely shepherd on antara.

Although a more obscure yet curious phenomenon in this genre of music, andine sopranos sometimes replace the wind instrumentation that makes the genre distinct with their own voice, in an impressive display of range and technique. Here's Pura Alcantara of Perú performing Virgenes del Sol by Jorge Bravo de Rueda on Swedish Television (she even does percussion while singing!)