Donald Trump's second term started just a few months ago, and there have been many radical changes in the United States and around the world. Like many other countries, the U.S. has been divided for almost a decade, and political hatred has increased, separating families and friends. Not many people agree with that, nor with the actions and attitude of the president. One of them is Heart co-founder and guitarist Nancy Wilson. In an interview with the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, she recalled that a few decades ago, it was embarrassing to be American due to the Vietnam War, but in her opinion, it is now even more embarrassing. "We were kind of embarrassed at that time to call ourselves American because of the dirty politics of the Vietnam War. To be as subtle as possible, it's more embarrassing (to be American) now. (...) (Barracuda) is even more relevant in the salacious billionaire culture with the grab-them-by-the-pussy mentality. These songs will be there long after we are gone.” "I think for women in the culture the pendulum will come back again, and there'll be another renaissance in the arts to push back against the oppression of the cranky old rich white guys. I hope I am alive to see that next revolution," Nancy Wilson said. Next Heart tour dates March 24 - Winnipeg, MB - Canada Life Centre 26 - Milwaukee, WI - Fiserv Forum 28 - Knoxville, TN - Thompson-Boling Arena 29 - Charleston, WV - Charleston Coliseum & Convention Center 31 - Buffalo, NY - KeyBank Center April 2 - Montreal, QC - Bell Centre 4 - Ottawa, ON - Canadian Tire Centre 5 - Quebec, QC - Videotron Centre 10 - Toronto, ON - Coca-Cola Coliseum 12 - Mashantucket, CT - Foxwoods Resort Casino 13 - Boston, MA - Agganis Arena 16 - New York, NY - Radio City Music Hall May 31 - Atlantic City, NJ - Hard Rock - Mark G Etess Arena June 1 - Vienna, VA - Wolf Trap 3 - Lexington, KY - Rupp Arena 4 - Detroit, MI - Fox Theatre 6 - Highland Park, IL - Ravinia Festival 7 - Hinckley, MN - Grand Casino Hinckley Amphitheater 10 - Evansville, IN - Ford Center 12 - St. Louis, MO - The Fabulous Fox 14 - Grand Prairie, TX - Texas Trust CU Theatre 15 - Cedar Park, TX - H-E-B Center at Cedar Park 17 - Sugar Land, TX - Smart Financial Centre 18 - Baton Rouge, LA - Raising Cane's River Center 20 - Birmingham, AL - Legacy Arena at the BJCC 22 - N. Charleston, SC - North Charleston Coliseum 24 - Jacksonville, FL - VuStar Veterans Memorial Arena 25 - Estero, FL - Hertz Arena 27 - Orlando, FL - Kia Center 28 - Hollywood, FL - Hard Rock Live August 27 - Allentown, PA - The Great Allentown Fair https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o7nmDLW2L4U&pp=ygUUaGVhcnQgYmFycmFjdWRhIDIwMjQ%3DThe post Heart’s Nancy Wilson says is embarrassing to be American now appeared first on Rock and Roll Garage.

Billy Gibbons started his musical career in 1967, joining The Moving Sidewalks, a band that had the chance to tour with Jimi Hendrix. Two years later, he formed the supergroup power trio ZZ Top alongside the bassist Dusty Hill and the drummer Frank Beard. Their line-up was the same for 51 years, until Hill's death in 2022. Gibbons is often listed as one of the greatest guitarists of all time and also as one of the most influential Blues Rock artists from the past decades. Although Blues and Rock are the kind of music he plays, he also likes other music genres, including Country music. He once even mentioned two players of that genre as some of the greatest singers of all time. The 2 Country singers that Billy Gibbons chose as the best of all time  Johnny Cash https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0VCQfyqw4M8&pp=ygUhwqBKb2hubnkgQ2FzaCBpIHdpdG5lc3NlZCBhIGNyaW1l The first one is Johnny Cash, who Gibbons placed in the position number 18 of the 19 best singers of all time list he did for Rolling Stone back in 2008. He was only in front of Bill Medley and behind artists like Paul Di'Anno (That's right, the Iron Maiden singer), Robert Plant, Sammy Hagar and Sheryl Crow. Curiously, Gibbons has been a fan of Johnny Cash since he was young, the first record he ever bought was by the Country musician. “Get Rhythm, by Johnny Cash, when I was five,” Billy Gibbons told Elmore Magazine. That single was first released as the b-side of  “I Walk The Line” in 1956. A few decades later, in 1995, Gibbons had the chance to write a song for Cash called "I Witnessed a Crime". During a Q&A session in 2017, he recalled how he first met Johnny face to face. "Johnny Cash and I met quite by a planned surprise arranged by our pal, producer Rick Rubin. Rick was in the process of producing one of his the great return to the studio albums. (He) asked if I would write a special song aimed directly with Johnny Cash in mind." "Johnny heard the song and immediately set about working up an arrangement which was on hand during our “surprise” encounter. The added bonus appeared when Johnny’s lovely and talented bride, June Carter Cash also made the showing to make for a warm and lively gathering resulting in an impromptu studio recording session delivering a memorable interpretation of the song created especially for Johnny. The entire affair remains a standout! Needless to say, a moment not soon forgotten. The song, “I Witnessed A Crime” sometimes appears on YouTube. Check it out…!" Hank Williams https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4WXYjm74WFI&pp=ygUNaGFuayB3aWxsaWFtcw%3D%3D The other Country music artist that Billy Gibbons said was one of the best singers of all time was Hank Williams. He placed the musician in the position number 15 on the Rolling Stone list. He was in front of Johnny Cash and other artists like Howlin' Wolf, James Brown, and Bill Medley. Gibbons didn't have the chance to meet Williams because the musician died in 1953 at the age of 29. But he is a good friend of his grandson Hank Williams III, who is also a musician. Talking about him in an interview with Classic Rock in 2022, the ZZ Top frontman "He’s another talent. He’s frighteningly the ghost of his grandfather [Hank Williams]. Good grief. He sounds like his grandad and he’s a living example to back up the idea of genetics skipping a generation. His old man [Hank Williams Jr] is really quite different from his dad. But come around to the generation after and it returns right to his granddad. He’s a great entertainer himself as well. He’s torn between keeping on the tradition and his real passion, which is grindcore to the end. That’s his true love. I was lucky enough to work with the New Orleans drummer Joe Fazzio, who holds down a spot with Hank and also played with Superjoint Ritual. He was telling me that they’d go out as a double bill, and Hank III would give his audience fair warning that the first half of the show would be to the delight of those who liked country music. Then he’d say: “We’re gonna take a small break now. Those who can’t take it better leave the building, cos we’re going to get real heavy.”The post The 2 Country singers that Billy Gibbons chose as the best of all time appeared first on Rock and Roll Garage.

Well King Chukky invited him. UTL COMMENT:- Side issue - Have a close look at King Chukky's HAND in the title photograph... zoom in to look.....WTF??? Is that normal!?

????????‍♂️ A mentally ill guy calls Palestinian protesters "Anti Semites" in New Zealand. UTL COMMENT:- Look at the evil in his face So he openly supports GENOCIDE. Ummmm OK. This is what it looks like to be brainwashed and believing everything on the TV.

The United States treated alleged Nazis better during World War II than the Trump administration treated Venezuelan migrants last week, a federal appeals judge told a Justice Department lawyer during a court hearing Monday.

A federal judge rejected the Trump administration’s bid to lift an order blocking deportations under an 18th-century law, saying that the people being removed should have a chance to challenge their designation as members of a dangerous Venezuelan gang.

Sparks flew during a closely-watched federal appeals court hearing Monday afternoon — with a Barack Obama-appointed judge tearing into the Trump administration’s plans to mass-deport alleged members of the Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua.

It’s upsetting for many to consider that humans may not be around one day. But it’s not shocking, given the damage that we’ve done to the planet through climate change and the fact that we’re the only species to create a nuclear bomb. Even if we don’t do ourselves in, the odds aren’t in our favor of the Earth not finding a way to eliminate the surface disturbance known as humanity. Studies show that since life began on Earth, 99% of species have ever lived have gone extinct.So, after the last human on Earth passes away, who will take over the mantle of being the apex predator and build Earth’s next great civilization? University of Oxford professor Tim Coulson has posited that a rather unorthodox species, the octopus, will take over after we’re gone. His new book, The Universal History of Us, outlines his thinking for the cephalopod takeover.What species will take over the Earth after humans are gone? A happy octopus swimming.via Canva/PhotosMost people would think that the great apes are our natural successors. Still, Coulson says otherwise. “Hominids such as chimpanzees and bonobos are intelligent animals with opposable thumbs, tool-using abilities, and, at least for short distances, the capacity to walk on two legs, traits shared with us,” Coulson told The European. “Despite these similarities, they would likely face extinction alongside humans, as they are equally exposed to threats in our shared environment.”Coulson says intelligent birds will fail to take over after humans because they “lack the fine motor skills needed to construct a civilization." However, octopuses have the physical, mental, and social possibilities to build a great society, especially without humans to thwart their efforts. “Their ability to solve complex problems, communicate with one another in flashes of color, manipulate objects, and even camouflage themselves with stunning precision suggests that, given the right environmental conditions, they could evolve into a civilization-building species following the extinction of humans,” Coulson said. “Their advanced neural structure, decentralized nervous system, and remarkable problem-solving skills make several species of octopus well suited for an unpredictable world.” A happy octopus swimming.via Canva/PhotosCoulson believes that octopuses could evolve to create a great civilization beneath the sea that rivals the world created by humans. With some help from evolution, they may also learn to adapt to life on land and take over where people left off. This may sound improbable, but 370 to 390 million years ago, the first sea creatures left the ocean to live on dry land. Further, some animals, such as dolphins and whales, started in the ocean, lived on land, and then returned to the sea after disruptions to their habitats. Could a similar disruption cause the octopus to look for a better life on the beach?Culum Brown, a professor in the School of Natural Sciences at Macquarie University, is skeptical that octopuses have it in them to make the big leap to the top of the evolutionary heap. “Despite all their tricks, octopuses are still working from a snail blueprint, and there’s only so much you can do with that toolbox. They are also highly constrained by their very short life-span,” Brown wrote in The Conversation.Photographer Wu Yung-sen has been deep sea diving and photographing marine life for four years. On a blackwater dive—unable to see the bottom and surrounded by impenetrable space—he chanced upon a rare larval Wunderpus octopus, totally transparent. pic.twitter.com/ogD0VguS3G— Massimo (@Rainmaker1973) February 23, 2025 Sydney Philosophy of Science Professor Peter Godfrey-Smith told Popular Mechanics that octopuses are also hindered by their social dynamics and lack of “intergenerational connections.” Given that they have yet to develop them over millions of years of evolution, Godfrey-Smith is doubtful they’ll occur “anytime soon.” It’s impossible to know what the future holds, but don’t be shocked if, one day, octopuses develop a superior civilization based on peace, love, and seaweed. “Random mutations, unforeseen extinction events, and population bottlenecks can all significantly influence the trajectory of evolution, making it challenging to determine whether another species will develop human-level intelligence or the inclination to construct cities,” Coulson told The European. “But could octopuses replace humans–and potentially also primates–if they were to die out? Absolutely. They could become the brains of the sea.”

Do you frequently find yourself feeling exhausted, maybe not physically, but mentally, emotionally, or existentially? Do you ever feel tired no matter how much sleep you get? When someone says, "You need to get some rest," what does that mean to you? Dr. Saundra Dalton-Smith has an explanation for that. The internal medicine physician explains in a TED Talk that sleep and rest are not the same thing—we have incorrectly conflated the two—and that there are actually 7 types of rest every human needs. Sleep takes care of some of our need for rest, but certainly not all, and our lack of these other kinds of rest may explain why so many of us feel so spent so much of the time. - YouTube youtu.be If you're feeling tired, wiped out, spent, or otherwise exhausted, take a look at these 7 kinds of rest and see what you might need to incorporate more of into your life.1. Physical restDr. Dalton-Smith says that physical rest can be passive or active. Passive rest is what we often think of as physical rest, like sleeping or napping. Active physical rest includes things like stretching, massage, yoga, or other things we do to restore and refresh our bodies. 2. Mental restIf you find your mind racing at night as you try to go to sleep, you may need some mental rest. Examples of mental rest include disconnecting from the constant mental stimuli of modern life, engaging in meditation and mindfulness exercises, using a notebook to spill your overflow of thoughts. Mental rest can be done in short spurts throughout the day or incorporated into your daily routine. We all need to give our minds and senses a break sometimes.Photo credit: Canva3. Sensory restWe live in a world of fairly constant sensory bombardment, and finding ways to relieve your senses can be a challenge. Dr. Dalton-Smith suggests sensory rest by turning off electronics, dimming lights, putting on comfortable clothes, embracing the stillness and quiet for a bit. Sitting in your car with the engine off an be a great place for sensory rest, as the car often blocks more sound than our homes do. Lying in a bathtub with your ears under the water is another way to create a sensory respite.4. Creative restWhen we are constantly dealing with problems that need to be solved, our creative energy can get drained. Creative rest means doing things that restore our creative energy and awaken the awe and wonder that lie at the heart of creativity. This kind of rest includes things like indulging in the beauty of nature, enjoying an artistic performance or creation, or even something as simple as doodling. It can also mean setting up spaces around you that inspire you. "Turn your workspace into a place of inspiration by displaying images of places you love and works of art that speak to you," suggests Dr. Dalton-Smith. "You can’t spend 40 hours a week staring at blank or jumbled surroundings and expect to feel passionate about anything, much less come up with innovative ideas." A little time enjoying nature's beauty can restore your creativity.Photo credit: Canva5. Emotional restSome of us face more emotional demands than others, but all of us need breaks from them once in a while. Emotional rest might look like saying no to requests that you know will be emotionally draining, talking to a trusted friend or loved one about things you're struggling with, journaling to unload some emotional weight you've been carrying, or stepping away from the urge to people please. Emotional rest might also include talking to a therapist or counselor (though sometimes that's actually hard emotional work). 6. Social restMuch is made about people being introverts or extroverts, but we all need social rest sometimes. Taking some time to be alone with no social expectations or obligations once in a while is healthy for everyone. But social rest can also mean recognizing which relationships in our lives drain us and which ones fill us up and choosing to engage with the latter. Keeping track of your social battery and doing what you need to do to recharge it is social rest. Meditation is one form of spiritual rest.Photo credit: Canva7. Spiritual restExistential exhaustion requires tapping into something deeper, which is where spiritual rest comes in. Dr. Dalton-Smith describes spiritual rest as "the ability to connect beyond the physical and mental and feel a deep sense of belonging, love, acceptance and purpose." Spiritual rest might look like prayer or meditation for those who connect with a higher power, but it can also look like volunteering in your community, communing with nature, spending purposeful time with loved ones, or otherwise connecting with your spiritual side.One thing that's clear in Dr. Dalton-Smith's explanations of different kinds of rest is that rest doesn't mean not doing anything. The purpose of rest is to restore and refresh, and that can actually mean doing something active. When we don't pay heed to the kinds of rest we need, we suffer. As Dr. Dalton-Smith says, ignoring those needs results in "a culture of high-achieving, high-producing, chronically tired, burned-out individuals."We definitely need sleep, but when sleep alone isn't restoring us, we need to examine what other kinds of rest we may be deficient in. Dr. Dalton-Smith even created a quiz to help people determine where they might want to look for better rest, which you can take here. You can also find more of Dr. Dalton-Smith's thoughts on rest in her book, "Sacred Rest: Recover Your Life, Renew Your Energy, Restore Your Sanity."

There are few things more nerve-wracking than going on a first date. But when you have a big group of supportive girlfriends who are there to help you pick out your outfit and do your hair and makeup, you know everything is gonna be okay. And that was just the case for Auburn University student Avery (@averyy_ayers), who was featured in her friend Erin's (@erinv.logerinv.log) sweet video that captured her girl squad rallying around her to put her at ease and make her feel beautiful for her first date.In the video, Erin documents how 8 girls crammed into a tiny dorm room to help Avery prep. "first date YAY!!!", she captioned the post. See on Instagram The video begins with Avery trying on a number of different outfits for her friends, who all offer their opinions on if it is 'the one' or not. After trying on at least 5 different outfits (that got the 'thumbs up' or 'thumbs down' from the group), there is a clear winner: a colorful, floral smocked dress that she paired with sandals.The girls are having a blast together, dancing and playing games while Avery continues to get ready. The fun and relaxed atmosphere helped put her nerves at ease. Next, one of her girlfriends has Avery sit in a chair to do her makeup. Then another friend does her hair using a curling wand to give her pretty waves. Once her look is complete, she gives her friends a twirl and they all clap for her. Getting Ready Canadian GIF by Shay Mitchell Giphy The camera follows Avery as she leaves the dorm room and goes into the stairwell to make her way downstairs to meet her date, her nerves clearly ramping up. She meets her date outside, who is sitting on a bench waiting for her with flowers. He also put some effort into his outfit to look nice, rocking a white short sleeve button down and khakis. When he sees her, he stands up and goes to give her a hug. Of course, her girl squad is watching from the dorm, and she turns around and waves to them, showing the flowers with a big smile. Give I Love You GIF by Jimmy Arca Giphy And viewers are loving the support of Avery's friends and her date's sweet efforts, too. "The vibes of a freshman college student living in the dorm rooms with all her best friends are immaculate! This is perfect!" one wrote. Another commented, "FLOWERS ON THE FIRST DATE? YESS SIR ???." Another wrote, "And he put effort into his outfit / looks so put together too!" And another viewer shared, "this is so girlhood ❤️? i can tell by her smile that she is just the BEST person to be around!! hope it went well! :)"Thankfully, Avery did not leave viewers hanging. She gave multiples responses when asked in the comment section how the date went. Spoiler alert: it was a total success. When one viewer commented, "We need an update", she responded, "date was 10/10". And when another commented, "She has such joy. It is beautiful. How did this work out for her?", she also replied, "it went great!!"