Top 10 tips for 2025
Today I learned that states can propose amendments to the US constitution. In Article V, if 2/3 of states agree, the government is constitutionally required to hold a convention to discuss amendments to the Constitution (focused on a single topic they propose). ¾ of states still have to ratify any new amendments proposed. I feel like people have forgotten about this, and it kind of seems like a cheat code to pass amendments.
This map shows state legislature control currently. Republicans have 29, Democrats have 19. 2 are split. If Republicans gained 5 states (not an easy task) they could force a constitutional convention.
Kazakhstan could technically join the European Union, if it was willing to, as it has a corner in Europe.
Russia would probably interfere though.
Top 10 tips for 2025
The Fall Line is a cool thing in the Southeast United States, where the land has a stark transition from soil types. The geography also changes from Piedmont (rolling hills, deciduous trees) to coastal plain (more flat, more pine trees) because of this. I’ve observed this in real life, it kind of splits North Carolina (and all the other states with it) into distinct sections, like the east vs the central part. It’s especially stark in Georgia, where the large majority of the population lives north of the line.
It also has determined where many large cities are. Richmond, Philadelphia, Wilmington, Raleigh, Columbia, Baltimore, Washington DC, Fredericksburg, Rocky Mount, Fayetteville, Augusta, Macon, Montgomery, and Tuscaloosa are all on the Fall Line. One reason for this is because there are a lot of waterfalls on the line as it transitions, they built the cities on the coastal side (before the waterfalls) so ships could still get there.
I’m gonna try to make one post every day about something I’m interested in, like this.
I told my uncle about this because they visited there, they actually went to one of the $1 houses to see if it was a scam. It turns out they’re actually a great deal, if you’re willing to put in the work to make them livable.
Apparently you can get run down houses for $1.05 in Italy, and fix them up and live there. Pretty hype.
There’s nothing like running 13 miles during the golden hour in the North Carolina countryside…
Apparently you can get run down houses for $1.05 in Italy, and fix them up and live there. Pretty hype.
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Oh snap… They’re actually gonna win…
Syria going crazy again was NOT on my geopolitical list for this year…
The rebels likely aren’t gonna get much further than Aleppo but this means the war is probably gonna start back again. Just what we need, more chaos in the Middle East…
It happened AGAIN 
Scratch forumers watching as their community, built up over like 7 years, disintegrates in 48 hours from an April Fools joke:
This year’s Replay:
Totals:
21415 minutes of listening
431 artists
217 albums
Top artists:
KB (2101 minutes, 9.8% of total listening)
Zauntee (1890 minutes, 8.8% of total) ← in their top 1000 listeners
Hunterdrinkswater (1176 minutes, 5.5%)
Secret! (1137 minutes, 5.3%) ← in their top 1000
Mainetoowavy! (1028 minutes, 4.8%) ← in their top 500 listeners
1K Phew (904 minutes, 4.2%)
Vennisay (874 minutes, 4%) ← in their top 1000
Lecrae (799 minutes, 3.7%)
808 Beezy (745 minutes, 3.4%) ← in their top 500
Garko (637 minutes, 2.9%)
In total, these artists made up 52.7% of my total overall listening.
Top artists by month:
Jan - KB
Feb - 1K Phew
Mar - KB
Apr - Zauntee
May - Zauntee
Jun - Mainetoowavy!
Jul - Mainetoowavy!
Aug - Garko
Sep - Hulvey
Oct - Hunterdrinkswater
Nov - Hunterdrinkswater
I really like this list because it shows how I shifted over the year. Listening to KB reminds me of January, and Zauntee reminds me of the spring. Same with all the other artists and their respective seasons.
See the comments for my top songs and albums!
It’s that time of year again! My Apple Music Replay is here!
First off, some milestones:
10,000 minutes listened to in total - reached on Aug 22
7500 minutes in total - June 8
5000 minutes in total - April 6
500 songs listened to - July 25
250 songs listened to - March 16
250 artists listened to - Aug 1
100 artists listened to - April 27
Top songs this year:
Notre Dame by HEAVENONEARTH - 50 plays
Praise by WHATUPRG - 43 plays
Digital by HEAVENONEARTH - 42 plays
Rings by HEAVENONEARTH - 39 plays
Praise God by Kanye West - 37 plays
To see the full top 10, check the original edit.
Top artists:
Kanye West (my top artist from last year) - 4921 minutes
WHATUPRG - 909 minutes
Jay-Z - 807 minutes
NF - 777 minutes
Travis Scott - 693 minutes
Top albums:
Donda by Kanye West (My 3rd top album from last year) - 228 plays
HOPE by NF - 155 plays
Jesus Is King by Kanye West - 153 plays
The Life of Pablo by Kanye West (My top album from last year) - 131 plays
Astroworld by Travis Scott - 112 plays
I want to say, in pretty much the last half of this year my music tastes have had a massive swing from normal rap over to Christian rap. I almost never listen to normal rap anymore. (I have listened to maybe 30 minutes of Kanye in the last 4 months, if you want proof.) So all the normal rap songs you see here are relics from the first half of the year.
My replay from last year: https://wasteof.money/posts/63878f12a895053a0c8ceab6
Edit: I listened to 16000 minutes this year btw
South Koreans waking up not knowing the most important national political event in the last 50 years started and ended overnight: