George Jefferson, protagonist, minor antagonist, and anti-hero on The Jeffersons. George is played by Sherman Hemsley on the American television sitcoms All In The Family. Dear reader. Thank you for taking the time to check out this alt text! As you may or may not know, this is a ridiculous joke. I know full well who the person is in the photo, and that I've added the bio of a different person entirely. That's the joke. It's a gag about people having a similar name, which I can mix up in a comedic way. Also, I was dropped on the head as a baby. Several times.

Thomas Jefferson (1743–1826) was an American statesman, philosopher, and Founding Father who authored the Declaration of Independence, served as the third U.S. president, advanced religious liberty, expanded the nation through the Louisiana Purchase, and shaped early American political ideals

part of the problem for schumer and other centrists is that they think ICE is awesome *on the merits.* Like, they aren't compromising on ICE funding; they actually love deportations, believe that lawlessness at the border or whatever nonsense is a real problem. 1

house extended affordable care act subsidies with 17 gop votes. www.usatoday.com/story/news/p...

a series of symptoms by which we might diagnose someone with a Borg complex: Makes grandiose, but unsupported claims for technology Uses the term Luddite a-historically and as a casual slur Pays lip service to, but ultimately dismisses genuine concerns Equates resistance or caution to reactionary nostalgia Starkly and matter-of-factly frames the case for assimilation Announces the bleak future for those who refuse to assimilate Expresses contemptuous disregard for past cultural achievements Refers to historical antecedents solely to dismiss present concerns

In this short essay, @lmsacasas.bsky.social provides a useful checklist for recognizing the Borg complex, and for
deconstructing “manufactured inevitability.” A sort of guide for responding to the “banality of evil” as wonderfully captured by Arendt.

open.substack.com/pub/theconvi...

Ugh…need an editor

I can’t really take credit; I am very much influenced by feminist STS and the writings of Phil Agre. My book gets hailed as media studies, but i am very much influenced by sociolinguistics and information studies.

Happy 55th Birthday to the BEAUTIFUL Regina Hall 🎁🎈🥳🎂🎉

That fineness done sat down in her like sleep in a weary toddler’s eyes

Let’s chat!

Chic - Hangin' (Official Video) YouTube video by Carlos Henrique Gomes Siqueira

the song hangin' by chic possibly one of my favorites youtube.com/watch?v=-zAN... has this incredible dialogue at the beginning

> uh hey theodore
> like what are we gonna do tonight man
> theodore? you ain't hangin out with me
> callin me no theodore

so much to be said about the language of implication and how a safe space is formed when an identity can be formed outside of white society. i think queer people can relate to this

Mitch McConnell: ‘We’re in a very, very dangerous world right now’ The Republican Senator on his plans to spend the last two years of his term fighting back against an increasingly isolationist GOP

“We’re in a very, very dangerous world right now, reminiscent of before WWII. Even the slogan is the same. ‘America First.’ That was what they said in the ’30s.”

— Mitch McConnell fell and hit his head so hard, the scales fell from his eyes. www.ft.com/content/11d2...

FUCK HIM!!!! HE IS A HUGE REASON FOR WHY SHIT IS HAPPENING THE WAY IT IS!!!!!

I celebrated the day my beard finally connected too

Ok, I laughed.

You know what. For the endless wonder and laughs he created and his iconic impact mr. Bean at least deserves some dome

Cory Booker loves him a passé blanc.

me? tall, Black & sleepy

…and killing his aesthetic/style thru rhythm. That’s disco too

a kairotic memory of life blooming amidst/within/through pain and devastation. that's disco

Not at all!

Niggas who don't know how to keep a woman are holding circle jerk sessions trying to tell Klay how to keep a woman.

Wild part about this is, even men have told these goofballs "if you make sure she knows she's safe, she will give you the world." They can't. They aren't safe themselves.

Why is startup culture always “I am inventing a coffeeproof phone you can put in your coffee cup to keep it warm with cell radiation” and never “I’m inventing a new library wholesaler to replace the single company that is shutting down and sending libraries into crisis”

These are excuses—lazy and poor ones at that. If proper moderation was actually a priority BlueSky would treat it like one.

On BlueSky moderation…a topic I’m always interested to read about…

"it's not in the stored training data just the entire training data set"

a football player with the word patriots on his shirt ALT: a football player with the word patriots on his shirt

WHEW

OpenAI used song lyrics in violation of copyright laws, German court says MUNICH (Reuters) -OpenAI's chatbot ChatGPT violated German copyright laws by reproducing lyrics from songs by best-selling musician Herbert Groenemeyer and others,​ a court ruled on Tuesday, in a clos...

“OpenAI argued its AI models didn’t store/copy specific training data but, rather, reflected what they learned based on the entire training data set. Since the output was generated as a result of user inputs (prompts), it wasn’t the defendants, but the respective user who would be liable for it.”

workshops for gaza Writing and Resistance: A Conversation with Robert Jones Jr. and Kiese Laymon, moderated by Deesha Philyaw. December 14, 2025 6pm eastern virtual on zoom

We're hosting "Writing and Resistance" a workshop and conversation with KIESE LAYMON, ROBERT JONES, JR. and DEESHA PHILYAW on Dec. 14! All proceeds will go to the Sameer Project. Join us!

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