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Academic, award-winning writer, editor, TTRPG creator, primate. Not necessarily in that order. He/him. Unceded territory of Vancouver, BC. 🏳️‍⚧️🇵🇸 Production Designer at #BlackwaterDnD https://linktr.ee/EricMichaelJohnson
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Bigots and authoritarians beware! Viktor Orbán tried to outlaw Pride in Hungary. This is the response.

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28 Weeks Later I hadn’t seen before. It was kind of a narrative mess. An obviously American production on British soil, they brought in Jeremy Renner to protect some kids we just met. The rest of the budget went to Idris Elba brooding in fatigues and a bunch of CGI explosions. Daddy issues abound.

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Just rewatched 28 Days Later. Most of the novel ideas from this movie seem derivative now. I remember seeing this in the theater in 2002 and everyone I knew saw the anti-military commentary as a response to the Iraq War. It probably wasn’t. Cillian Murphy looks like a baby in this.

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This gross old man was Jeffrey Epstein’s lawyer and has recently argued that the age of consent laws are too high.

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Lest we forget.

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Chuck Schumer and every other centrist Democrat that hasn’t risen to this moment should be very afraid right now.

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crush your enemies, see them driven before you, and hear the lamentations of their consultants

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With the polls now closed and 46% of precincts reporting, @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social holds a strong lead in the New York mayoral primary. I predict he’ll be the winner given that ranked choice strongly favors Lander voters choosing Mamdani second. Cuomo can finally be returned to the trash heap.

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Major decision out of the Northern District of California. AI training on copyrighted material is fair use under the copyright act. This will have major implications for the AI industry and artists having their work stolen by AI companies. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

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Excellent piece by Johns Hopkins political scientist Sarah E. Parkinson. “In an era of media fatigue, #Andor provides a useful vehicle to think seriously about what it means and takes to challenge power and offers realistic scenarios to consider the moral imperatives involved.”

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I hear that every character from Succession has endorsed Andrew Cuomo.

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At the same time that companies are censoring “political” speech to protect their brands, the FTC now says advertisers *can’t* avoid platforms for political reasons. Censorship, it seems, is only a problem when it affects conservative outlets.

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Because being opposed to space fascism is now too political. 🤦🏻

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There is plenty of need for the skills PhDs have outside of academia, but doctoral programs are not preparing students for those careers. This makes higher education seem like a Ponzi scheme in which students are brought in as low-paid workers to support tenured faculty and offered false promises.

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We’re cooked. AI has already become indistinguishable from reality.

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Last night’s #LastWeekTonight was a banger! It makes Mountainhead look like a documentary. AI slop is causing huge problems around the world and things will only get worse. Also, here’s a cute AI-generated image of a cat in a sombrero carving a chainsaw statue of @lastweektonight.com’s John Oliver.

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This is the relevant section of the 1973 War Powers Act. It states clearly that a President can only use the Armed Forces to engage in hostilities with another country when there is a Congressional declaration of war, specific authorization, or in response to an attack. There is no ambiguity here.

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With respect, didn’t your boss (Bill Clinton) order bombings of Iraq in 1993 and again in 1998 without consulting Congress? Obama carried out more than 500 drone strikes, including one targeting a U.S. citizen. The power to unilaterally bomb a country is horrific and should apply to ALL Presidents.

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Meme of unknown provenance, but absolutely spot on. #Andor

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Never in my life did I expect to watch a Tucker Carlson interview and agree with most of the points he raised. We truly live in the Upside Down.

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In 1919, anarchist and women’s rights activist Emma Goldman was deported alongside 248 other “radical aliens” during the first Red Scare, following her arrest two years earlier for speaking out against World War I. The situation today is significantly worse and likely to deteriorate further.

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“Look, we both know why you are here,” the agent told me. He identified himself to me as Adam, though his colleagues referred to him as Officer Martinez. When I said that I didn’t, he looked surprised. “It’s because of what you wrote online about the protests at Columbia University,” he said.

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Three New York City-based board game cafes have ratified their union contract, securing a laundry list of protections for workers represented by @tabletopwu.bsky.social.

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We are incredibly honoured to have both Godkiller: Balance and Wayward Autumnal recognized across multiple categories at this year's Rainbow Roll Fest! We are so grateful, and huge congrats to all the other nominees!

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WHOA THANK YOU

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A Reconciliation Ecologist's Testimony at a People's Hearing by my friend @leafwarbler.bsky.social. reconciliationecology.beehiiv.com/p/a-reconcil...

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