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TobiDec 14, 20234 min readThe Inertia of Depression I'd been there for hours, I think. Inexplicably, unable to move under some great weight of indescribable terror.
TobiNov 29, 20234 min readGeneration Silenced: Spotify's New Royalty ThresholdConsider the tracks that fall short of Spotify’s new royalty model, the number of artists that will be financially disenfranchised is huge,
TobiNov 21, 20233 min readFacing Up When Your Whole World is BlackIntroduction: Paint it Black “I see a red door And I want it painted black No colors anymore I want them to turn black” There is, in my...