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Like many I felt abandoned by the artists and musicians during the Covid debacle but then I discovered that there were some people speaking out and also losing work because of their stance. Such a relief ! Overseas there was actress Gina Carano who I had just watched in Mandalorian 1 (didn't watch next series because they kicked her out), Pete Parada, former drummer with The Offspring got kicked out because of his stance and is now in a band called 'The Defiant' which comprises of other musicians who said no to the mandates. At some point I bumped into https://freethenationmusic.com/musicians/ which was also a great relief. Also Clifton Duncan, an actor who lost his career via the mandates in New York and now does wonderful podcasts. Some of the most interesting spokespeople are also artists, Sasha Latypova who used to work for the pharma industry is an amazing painter and I believe pathologist Ryan Cole is also a poet. We need the artists to speak out. Their communication comes at us from a different angle. Actor Tim Robbins, started speaking out, hooray, more relief. I just heard a Sampa the Great song (Zambian Australian singer) with guest artist Joey Bada$$. Rap isn't my top genre but love the words in this ' they want us to hush that's why they got us masked up' from 'Mask On' https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-KgeqmIj4KU

The animator @FunctionGain made a tribute to Jikkyleaks, the whistleblowing 'lab mouse' via twitter

https://twitter.com/i/status/1705695504900801015 which summarised the mouse's scientific revelations and exposure of corruption. For those who love the Arts in their many forms it gives us hope to see these people because art is meant to provoke, seek the truth, remind us of our humanity, make us laugh, cry and inspire us, not give us propaganda and predictable rubbish.

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The great heat of tribulation that the world has gone through, certainly bought out the purest of the gold...they are all priceless....the survivors and the heroes...those who paid the ultimate sacrifice for their families and jobs....eveyone has learned never to trust the criminals in every field ever again....it still makes me cry....

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