it's worth noting that the quote they went out of their way to make look stupid was expressing a reasonable point — a restatement of the long-standing official US policy in fact! — and the quote they clean up and sanitize is expressing a deranged threat of war crimes in an illegal conflict
The real estate developer?
The whole point of the United States in my lifetime has been to "import the Third World" and mix all the good ideas of all the hopeful people who came here to work together to figure out a better life and damned if we are going to let some deranged fraudster and sex criminal wreck it
Seems like a good time to revisit this old @mariabustillos.com piece on the deeply conservative values at the heart of Harry Potter: www.theawl.com/2010/11/harr...
this is one of those mash-up Halloween costumes like Maorpheus
Also just read Michael Pollan’s new book and this section gets to the heart of why artificial consciousness will be so impossible to create www.wired.com/story/book-e...
rfk standing very normally in a steak and shake
leland palmer in the black lodge
How did I miss that @tomscocca.bsky.social has been serializing a novel? Very excited to dive in! www.indignity.net/tag/the-stai...
WELL WELL WELL NOT SO EASY TO FIND A PLAN TO TERMINATE A CONFLICT THAT DOESN’T SUCK SHIT HUH?
Three panel comic. Panel 1: baby monkeys in overalls jumping on a bed, having fun. Panel 2: one of the monkeys falls over the edge of the bed, reaching out as he falls. Panel 3: one of the other monkeys, now looking super buff and badass, grabs him by the arm to save him heroically. “Monkey Stronger Together.”
The Annual Fraggle Pazz & Jop poll
Nice to see Aranofsky is exactly who I thought he was
Variety headline: Darren Aronofsky’s AI Studio Used Artificial Intelligence Tools for Revolutionary War Animated Series — but Hired Human Actors to Voice Founding Fathers
Darren Aranofsky's new project is AI slop, but what do you expect him to do? Satoshi Kon tragically passed away in 2010, so Aranofsky has long been lacking in an actual artist to steal from
quote from Haruki Murakami: “I keep to this routine every day without variation. The repetition itself becomes the important thing; it’s a form of mesmerism. I mesmerize myself to reach a deeper state of mind. “But to hold to such repetition for so long—six months to a year—requires a good amount of mental and physical strength. In that sense, writing a long novel is like survival training. Physical strength is as necessary as artistic sensitivity.”
Not pictured: Haruki Murakami’s wife, or indeed whoever is cooking, cleaning, paying bills, running errands, doing the laundry, answering emails, etc
like yea his routine is goals, but let’s not lie to ourselves about all the invisible work others are doing to enable him to have that routine
All net proceeds of all these shirts, hoodies and onesies will go to aid organizations in Minnesota working to protect their neighbors from terror. Fuck ICE, stand with Minneapolis.
Do you honestly think people in the civil rights movement and other nonviolent movements faced no violence themselves? They practiced nonviolence because it works, because the oppressor wants a shooting war, which is the war it will win
Hot damn Mark Carney
Hey friends! We're bringing back one of our wishlists specifically looking for hand & foot warmers for the folks who have to be outside to protect the community! With temps plummeting in the Twin Cities, this is a quick & easy way to help!
@naomikritzer.bsky.social will be collecting again!
"If you've got an issue with me...
TAKE YOUR SHOT!
You've never seen...
THE LIKES OF ME!
I'm so...
UNPREDICTABLE!
So...
HETERODOX!"
Naming a police officer is not doxxing. We aren’t supposed to have secret police in America.
"What would it take for these freaks to voice objection to the actual fact of state terror happening right in front of their faces, rather than raising limp procedural qualms over Trump not having filed the proper paperwork to inflict it with sufficient bipartisanship?"
Just woke up even angrier. Impeach, convict, remove. Draft articles now. Either we have a representative government or we don’t. Do not shut up about this until there’s a vote.
An impossible “Would You Rather”
Some might disagree
Jordan Peterson: “And now no one talks about Beethoven”
Me, moderating, right leg tastefully draped over left: “Classical music may be diminished, but—”
Peterson: “The DOG. A St Bernard, they represent— <pausing, clearing throat> they represent rescue. And these…MARXISTS have taken him”
