the Boots Riley discourse on twitter isn't going far enough imo. if you're actually a leftist, you shouldn't even be *watching* movies and television. the only way to actually be a Marxist is to live in a big tank like a guild navigator in Dune so that you can spend 24 hours a day posting
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It's very funny to see all of the people talking about how academia has become too sensitive and is afraid to have real debates and then Warsh just comes out and basically admits that he'll have to say nice things about the economy because otherwise Trump will fire him
Every major news organization should be producing and promoting something along the lines of "Erratic and volatile president threatens to restart his war of aggression against Iran and order massive assault on civilian infrastructure, a possible war crime. Who will tell him no?"
If only there were some way for him to foresee and improve the stinkers
I mean, I can share some tips … and you could print up copies of my zine for them if you want to.
You’d think the mad-science kids would at least have AI on their radar as a dangerous and dystopian tech!
Ah crap. Where is it giving you the most trouble?
I find that I am able to teach against it, but only by making the class mainly about teaching against it for a few sessions.
Americans are more polarized in their trust in scientists than in virtually any other societal institution. — James N. Druckman.
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More, via Opinion Today:
opiniontoday.substack.com/p/260420-top...
I really hate that people make up these fake Magazine covers to try to promote disinformation. There really isn't any Bluesky Educational Series. And tricking people with disinformation should be a criminal offense, involve public shaming, and banned from Bluesky and also from holding public office.
Trump: "Millions of American small businesses, including corner stores. What is a corner store? I've never heard that term. I know what a corner store is but I've never heard it described-- a corner store. Who the hell wrote that?"
Screenshot of a Substack note by account 'JoJoFromJerz' that says: 'In a sane administration, the FBI Director doesn’t go on the morning news to prove he’s not a drunk, the Defense Secretary doesn’t quote Tarantino to prove he’s a man of God, and the President doesn’t take multiple cognitive exams to prove he’s not insane.'
None of this is normal.
Had to look at the comments to get today's Macanudo. (I haven't seen Project Hail Mary.)
Share one of your favorite TV characters who did not start out as a series regular.
Grapes should be getting smaller not bigger. This one was the size of a strawberry. Strawberries the size of apples. Apples the size of cantaloupes. When will the madness end! And none of them have flavor.
product image from amazon where one of the answers is "to be fully transparent as an AI"
Help I found this journal on amazon and the prompts in the image were clearly filled out by AI
new phone who dis
Washington can only pay attention to a scandal or two at a time, which means in the Trump age there are all sorts of should-be-big-deal scandals that don’t get the oxygen or media focus that they should.
I'll bet you've missed at least three of these: www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/five-trump...
Remember folks 4/20 was made up by Hallmark to get people to buy more marijuana cards
me: (casually) what is it with the influx of evil lately
I’ve been teaching college students to write in meter and rhyme this semester. They are good at it!
But I keep reminding them: this is 100% not a remunerative skill; no one will pay you for this; even within poetry circles you will find that a poem is not better just because it is a sonnet
Good morning poetry is not a commodity
Does “fully funded” include extravagant travel? Let me find my bucket list …
Cover of Lois Lane #80 featuring Lois leaving Superman. An anonymous former owner altered Superman into a beatnik with beret, goatee, and glasses saying "Hey, baby, cool off"
Close-up of Beatnik Superman shows artistry
Zhinxy's account may have been mysteriously suspended, but we cannot let Superman Day pass without her cherished copy of Lois Lane #80. It was altered by a previous owner so that the iconic Curt Swan superman is a beatnik saying "Hey, baby, cool off!" She would save it in a fire.
This is an observation about the structure of the Big Bird suit and the puppetry it involves
Leela “Why are you cheering Fry? You’re not rich!” Fry “True, but someday I might be rich. And then people like me better watch their step.”
Why are you, a person with a limited number of days allotted to you, not reading PG Wodehouse right now? Why am I?
Promoting. All royalties go to my local animal shelter!
