I like how people call Trump mentally ill when he is completely consistent with who he has been since he first appeared within the public sphere, the only difference being orders of magnitude as the exact behavior he does now has been rewarded or excused by others every time.

You can judge any community system by how it treats automated content. If it's unrestricted, they're not building a system for people, they're building a system for attention, and they don't care what kind of attention they get.

That's Not What Unc Means You’d never know the meaning of unc or its origins in black culture if you looked to mainstream media.

wrote about unc, and the way that the internet works as an accelerator of cultural appropriation aftermath.site/unc-aave-afr...

Police say 8 children killed in Louisiana mass shooting The victims range in age from one to 14 years old. The shooting occurred around 6 a.m. on Sunday, according to Shreveport Police Chief Wayne Smith. He said a total of 10 people shot.

A gunman in Louisiana killed eight children in domestic-related shootings at two different homes early Sunday in the nation's deadliest mass shooting in more than two years, police in Shreveport said. https://to.pbs.org/4sP7Cpv

American Politics Is Already Inundated With AI Deepfakes. It’s Only Getting Worse. - The American Prospect These aren’t your 2024 deepfakes. Bad actors will go for broke using state-of-the-art AI tools to blunt voters’ confidence in elections.

AI-generated deepfakes pose a new risk in the 2026 midterm elections, threatening to undermine voters' confidence in reality and their faith in the political process.

A woman came to me after voting. She had some literature with her and said, "This was really confusing and I voted no. Did I do that right?"

After talking, she asked if she could change her vote. No, but she could go tell all her friends to vote yes and ensure they get to the polls on Tuesday.

Asked if she understood why many trans people felt Rowling's approach had become cruel and dehumanising, and contributed to them feeling unwelcome and unaccepted, Dugdale said: “I understand that and I've also heard JK Rowling and other people who hold a different position on these issues to me describe with a similar rawness how they've experienced being opposed for their views. And I just think, the days of these culture wars, about sitting in polar extremes from each other, should be behind us now." She added: "When you look at our renewed strategy, it is about navigating this turbulence; it's about listening, it is about engaging.

Asked about JK Rowling's opposition to trans rights, Dugdale said: "I have a huge respect for JK Rowling. I've had the pleasure of meeting her before and I think her story and how she came to be this prolific, incredible children's writer in this city as a single mum writing in a cafe is phenomenal and an inspiration to so many women across the world. "I think she's been a really powerful political advocate [for] improving the lot of single mums, making a case for tackling poverty and inequality in all its forms, and there is absolutely a place for her in public life to share her experiences and tell her story and make a difference." She called for "a bit of kindness, a bit of generosity of spirit, a willingness to get into the grey area to talk about these things calmly. To try and find common ground is the only path through this and it's one that I'm committed to."

If your starting point is that the lives and rights of trans and non-binary individuals are up for debate, and those seeking to erase them deserve to be listened to, then I would argue that you aren't actually as concerned about a rollback of rights as you claim.
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Gods the way TransplanarRPG hits those chords emotionally in all the most resonant, intentional, and meaningful ways. Every episode of this AP is somehow better than the last. A masterpiece. Best active AP in the space. You seriously need to watch/listen to their work. It's that good.

WE'RE FUNDED! I eschew coherence and give you: AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!

@valiantdorian.bsky.social
@oneshotnetwork.bsky.social , let's get some fun folks and build some worlds, eh?

And now we head: STRETCH GOAL-ward!

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Some of you are WAY too comfortable calling women in media "a terrible bitch" on posts that are LITERALLY about that morally-nuanced woman. Your resistance to thinking outside of a white supremacist and individualistic mindset is killing your ability to see complex characters and it shows!

Water is wet, and DHS’s ‘deportation fleet’ boondoggle expands under Markwayne DHS under the former “Senate’s Stupidest” Markwayne Mullin is still buying more planes for a supposed “deportation fleet” that only seems to fly around MAGA VIPs.

They don’t even really have the story right, because they are acting like the G650s were a new purchase with the expansion under Mullin. But those were brought under Noem! The new purchases under Mullin are two more 737s from Avelo. gillianbrockell.com/water-is-wet...

Let's help one of the creators of @badhouserpg.bsky.social get to safety! Fabian is relying on support from the TTRPG community to relocate while dealing with a terrible situation. If you've enjoyed the shows on Bad House like we have, please consider giving. Even small amounts ($1, $5, $10) add up!

I just casually wrote out what March was like and then looked at it again like "that was all one fucking month??" No wonder the tension headaches are back lmao.

Montana Supreme Court Rules Its Constitution Entirely Protects Trans Citizens In Landmark Ruling The ruling will have enormous impacts for transgender residents in the state.

1. In a landmark ruling, the Montana Supreme Court has declared that the constitution, one of the most progressive in the nation, entirely protects transgender people.

The ruling is even insulated from SCOTUS decisions, due to how state constitutions work.

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Happy #NationalLibrarianDay! Visit your local librarians and let them know how much of a difference they make in your community.

City Council, we demand half a percent of the overall city budget for libraries! In response to the NYC FY2026 Budget, adopted this June, the Brooklyn Public Library, the New York Public Library, and the Queens Public Library released a joint statement thanking City Leaders for in...

Please send a letter to the city council to allocate 0.5% of the city expense budget to our public libraries. This takes 30 seconds.
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The idea for this game came to me back in 2023 after watching season 2 of the Wheel of Time. This is a game about connection, and vulnerability, and the responsibility of power. I can’t wait to get it in y’all’s hands. Make sure you follow to help us get there!!

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Dave Chappelle is somehow shocked to be the GOP's anti-trans idol The "team TERF" comedian claims Republicans "weaponized...what I was doing."

Dave Chappelle is happy to make tens of millions of dollars on anti-trans comedy routines, but now apparently draws the line at Republicans turning those jokes into policy.

Disney Layoffs Hit Marvel Studios Hard The Academy Award-winning artists behind some of Marvel's biggest hits are among the casualties from company wide staff reductions.

Devastated to hear the entire Marvel Studios’s Visual Development team has been let go. This was my old home but more importantly, the home of so many incredible artists and peers.

Absolutely heartbreaking 😔
Sending all my impacted peers my love and support. Please reach out if you need anything!

For anyone in the U.S. who needs to remember this, taxes are due tomorrow (4/15) end of day!! Go git ‘er done!!

What are you supposed to do when your whole job market collapses?

The film industry in Los Angeles seems to be experiencing an extinction-level event, killed by production tax rates, corporate greed, and inflexible leaders.

I used to take comfort that I could always go back, but that is not true.

Fun fact. You can make language & communications your special interest and you can master vocabulary and tone and yes, even body language if you have the time & resources and after dumping all your stats into this skill you will STILL be told you're "bad at communication"...

Get off of substack.

I will not share your substack link. I won't share it even if you disguise it as a different URL.

There are good alternatives. No, it's not easy, but your readership won't be rated as lower than that of a human trafficker and rapist.

The most bad-ass rebuttal from Tite Kubo, the author of Bleach.

The same week the NYTimes was devoting its significant resources to producing this ridiculous piece about Lauren Sanchez Bezos's call for rich people to not worry and be happy, Ryan Hass, an independent journalist in Oregon, was investigating this horrifying story about a death in an Amazon plant.

Just asking y’all who are sane seriously, when you see me providing value, do you also get that I am a mad person, very mentally ill? It seems you separate those parts of me when I see you say things that disparage this group I’m very much part of but allege to support me. Take me as a whole.

Over 1,000 major names in Hollywood signed an open letter opposing the Warner Bros/Paramount merger.

This includes Denis Villeneuve, J.J. Abrams, Bryan Cranston, Mark Ruffalo, Joaquin Phoenix, Damon Lindelof, Noah Wyle, Glenn Close, Jane Fonda, David Fincher, Ted Danson & more

This is a seascape painting. A river going down to the sea through a mud flat. The is a boat moored that is sitting on the mud. In the fore ground is a painting inspired from the view

Pants still wet on this #new #PleinAirApril #seascape.

#BlueSkyArtShow #art #Clevedon #somerset #watercoloronpaper

it's just so sad to me how successfully we've been propagandized into thinking that there is no way (and no reason) to control or regulate the contents of any culture industry. like freedom of speech means why even try to do anything about roblox or fortnite or disney. WONDER WHO THAT BENEFITS HUH

A GIF from the movie Prey. The GIF features Naru, a young Comanche woman, screaming furiously in a dark forest. She is streaked with glowing neon as particles float around her. At the bottom of the GIF is the logo for Hulu and the movie Prey. Alt: A GIF from the movie Prey. The GIF features Naru, a young Comanche woman, screaming furiously in a dark forest. She is streaked with glowing neon as particles float around her. At the bottom of the GIF is the logo for Hulu and the movie Prey.

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Grab your popcorn and join us for a special screening of Prey (2022) ✨TONIGHT✨ (4/11) at 8pm ET in our Discord! Prey is an incredible film that inspired Arc 4 and our Journey™ through Kesseki.

All server members are welcome to participate. Join us at: discord.gg/THa2j9sE!