Morning Comrades! I am still getting my ass kicked from the side effects of this second covid vaccine shot so please bear with me if I drop the occasionally spelling mistake etc in here. Proofreading isn’t my strong suit on the best of days, as I am sure some of you have picked up on.
Before I get into a couple bigger - understatement of the year at this point - I am extremely to announce that a new collab will drop this Friday, this time with my friend and brilliant artist / shit stirrer Rhek that some of you may know from his brand Cold World Frozen Goods. Doing collabs is always one of the funnest parts of this Black Lodges thing and I got to say that they have suffered over this pandemic. It is one of these unexpected breakdowns I’ve not experienced before but it’s a thing and with that I am even more happier this is finally happening. The supporting comrades of this newsletter will be getting an early bird email with their discount code on Thursday, with the general release being on Friday. There will be a black t-shirt and a limited edition ( 20 pieces ) Long Sleeve available.
A few days ago, the Guardian dropped this bombshell and whilst the suspicion of this type of government sponsored / developed and sold malware has always existed, it’s remarkable when hard evidence is laid out and independently fact-checked. We have always known that should you require privacy, owning any smart device essentially eradicates this notion. There is damn strong reason why many meetings I may have participated in do not allow any smart devices within a 100 meters of them and even so, privacy is still more of an illusion than a reality. At this point this leak essentially leads to around 50`000 individuals around the globe whose phones have been infected with this malware, but as Edward Snowden so aptly put it, this could be 50 million for all we know. Fact is, that a government sponsored entity is selling this capability on the open market only confirms our most dystopian fears and additionally, only represents the tip of the iceberg. They are afraid, they do not work for us our our interests and they will do whatever it takes to control and spy on us. I am going to leave you with a couple of clips that explain the details and scope well enough but I urge you to pay attention to this and draw the necessary conclusions and turn them into action.
A few notes on the Spotify Weekly Playlists, I had to do some house cleaning today on them and decided to delete a bunch from 2019 and 2020- fret not, they still exist just as two separate playlist from now. If you followed any of the old ones, just add these to your playlists and hit shuffle. These things are huge, no repeats and should make you happy without end.
On that note, next week will be the 100th playlist. Should we all do a collaborative one or continue with the regular program? Thoughts?
With that, here is a smaller than usual selection of hot shots and the fuckening. At the time of writing Bezos hasn’t taken off in his dick shaped rocket and I don’t know whether or not the ghost of Marx will make that thing explode, so we’ll save that for tomorrow then. I’ll drop whatever didn’t make it in here into the Telegram Channel.