Bye-bye Spotify
Catch me outside, with a bat
Growing up a Mexican kid in LA, every party had piñatas. I’m pretty sure even white kids got them.
Because swinging a bat at something strung up from the nearest tree or pole or whatever, while both blindfolded and dizzy, is great training for beating on domestic terrorists.
Am I’m saying we should treat los pendejos cosplaying as federal cops, aka 🧊🧊🧊, like this?
Baby, I’m not gonna tell you how to get your exercise. But batting practice is a great upper body workout.
Which brings me to a decision I made about La Vida Más Chévere de Childfree Latinas. It’s no longer available on Spotify.
Spotify has been running ICE ads on its free, ad-supported music side. I don’t know for certain if they’re going to run them on podcasts, or if podcasters are able to opt out of them.
In the end, it doesn’t matter. The CEO is also investing in AI weapons. And now there’s their partnership with Netflix, as they continue their speedrun attempt to overtake YouTube.
Enough! I don’t want any part of that.
So for the less than 15% of you who listened to the show on Spotify: thanks for the downloads, but you can’t do that anymore.
If you’re looking for an alternative, I’d recommend trying Overcast instead. It’s a great interface built from the ground up by people who actually care about podcasting. And it’s available on Android, too.
It’ll take a little while for the older episodes to disappear from the platform. But as of today, no new episodes will be released there.
Fuck Spotify. Fuck ICE.
And while we’re at it: Free Palestine. Free Congo. Free Sudan.
Thanks for coming to my TED talk! I’ll let you know when I give a real one.