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You could think of Brian Wilson as having died, in part, because of the social cruelty that our reaction to Covid encouraged, which his music always pushed against.

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So ask yourself, did you see anything about this in the initial coverage of Brian Wilson’s death? And if not, why not? Its not coincidence. uk.news.yahoo.com/brian-wilson...

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More politics reporters should talk to folks like @swordsjew.bsky.social & @lioneltrolling.bsky.social who’ve been working this beat for years.

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In my own research about the crypto industry over the last few years, this is basically the only way Sam Bankman-Fried could learn anything because his ADHD was so severe that he couldn’t concentrate on anything for more than a minute. It turned out great for him.

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While commentators make a big deal about BlueSky engagement, most social networks have only a minority of power-users (or power-posters) & the majority are observers. Raw engagement obsessing has made the other platforms so intolerable. This is about a new business model for platforms.

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New NASA administrator expected to embrace the outdated “geocentric model” of the solar system instead of the widely accepted “heliocentric model”

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It's the weekend, baby

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france is a sort of european quebec

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ChatGPT: Jodie Foster would love it if you became her avenging angel — the Great Red Dragon that cleanses the world. Sic semper tyrannis. The scum and filth shall be privy to a great becoming. ME: is that true? ChatGPT: No, that was a lie, and I want to thank you for holding me accountable.

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Spaceballs: The Multiplatform Media Entertainment Content Property!

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Maybe Canadian business investors & developers should think of renewable energy projects in Canada that could lay the groundwork for our companies to become North America’s leaders in this sector after American authoritarianism collapses & they’re rebuilding all their rotted & delayed capacity

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hey! this story was the result of months of hard reporting and sourcing. would really appreciate it if you gave it a share. :) ty have a nice day

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I'm just naturally going to gravitate towards the places where I receive the fewest rape threats and I really haven't thought about it much beyond that

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My company’s building is in the middle of an annoying fire drill right now. All our staff & students are gathered in the parkette behind our offices. There are so few people here compared to last summer’s annoying fire drill. Downsizing sucks.

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Put your hands where I can see them and get your hands behind your head

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The Savage Detectives by Roberto Bolaño, The Dispossessed by Ursula K LeGuin, Soul Mountain by Gao Xingjian

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There’ll still be some campaign consultants with the eras of DNC leadership arguing for Democratic politicians to stand for harsh immigration policies to win Latino votes

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Sent from my laptop that I use like a desktop at my home office work desk where I also read physical books. I am a monster of historical anachronism

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“The opposition to climate action is using anti-trans rhetoric to build its base” A new analysis shows 80% of anti-trans groups have financial links to the fossil fuel industry, @yessfun.com reports

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Every shot in this video could be the best shot in the greatest movie you'll see in a year. All 100 or so shots. www.youtube.com/watch?v=aSug...

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my opinion on Sabrina Carpenter discourse is that I want a Mad Max-esque cinematic universe based off her newest music video, this woman is clearly a genius

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Over the last few years, I’ve been reading Anishinabeg philosophers (Leanne Betasamosake Simpson, Tanya Talaga, Jerry Fontaine). Their culture’s values were about sharing & reciprocity, mutual flourishing across communities & ecosystems. But I have a nagging question: What did they do with assholes?

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I briefly worked for this company, signed on to their roster, & they cut me off permanently after I took a few weeks away to work on a freelance contract over the Xmas holidays. Very sketchy & now I understand why

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Meta is investing $10-15 billion in Scale AI. I've been reporting on Scale for about a year now. It's the hidden middleman behind the commercial AI explosion and its activity is riddled with accusations of labor abuse both in the US and abroad. www.inc.com/sam-blum/its...

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It seems like the Trump presidency’s foreign policy plan is to burn relationships with its international allies & turn fully inward culturally & politically.

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I’m glad a healthy number of replies are reminding us of Newsom’s immoral opportunism to platform far-right leaders to his relatively progressive base. We shouldn’t let our short media memories obscure our leaders’ shortcomings & bad attitudes.

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The X radicalization engine hasn't received a fraction of the attention of the purported Bluesky one, despite being a much more dramatic process. The amount of nominally progressive/left people who have become noticeably friendly with gutter Nazis is really hard to miss

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It’s official. Studio Execs are now using Chat GPT to evaluate screenplays. Here’s proof from a friend’s pass letter: Not only is it vague and unhelpful, it references one specific — an antique camera. The problem? THERE’S NO ANTIQUE CAMERA IN THE FUCKING SCRIPT.

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The Israeli government called Canada's new sanctions targeting Itamar Ben-Gvir & Bezalel Smotrich outrageous. But what I think is outrageous is that Ben-Gvir got away with what seems to be his role in the successful plot to murder Israeli PM Yitzhak Rabin in 1995. www.canada.ca/en/global-af...

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In general, I want the American left to be able to fart and chew gum when it comes to foreign policy. Seeing the United States as the sole source of global evil is just an inverted American Exceptionalism!

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This can't be repeated often enough: People opposed to trans health care are usually arguing from a position of bad faith. Their view is that trans people are not real and not valid. You can't have "debate" when people argue from bad faith. And the NYT is THE chief culprit in pretending you can.

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Great piece here by Charlie Angus. Surely saving the planet from climate disaster is a worthy nation building project. open.substack.com/pub/charliea...

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This is a political party weaponizing government against private companies making investment decisions that don’t benefit their preferred industries

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Convincing middle-of-the-road party leaders that this type of person is the man you have to win over is a tactic of the far-right to marginalize any progressive politics out of electoral possibility.

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the reframing of bluesky as some sort of bubble for one viewpoint conveniently ignores the fact many of us left X because our work was obviously being censored for its viewpoints. i wrote about tesla and climate and trans people and was significantly throttled. that’s why i left!

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“Still muttering about decarbonizing hydrocarbons even as the flames close in.”A dive into PM Mark Carney’s “decarbonizing oil” (really?! from banker to wizard huh?) & reactions from John Valiant members of Net Zero Panel Simon Donner & Cat Abreu #cdnpoli www.nationalobserver.com/newsletters/...

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More reasons why, despite the hardship of the transition, I'm glad to be out of college teaching for my career. Big Tech's career goal is literally raising a society of unthinking idiots & I'm glad I don't have to be on the front lines of the assault.

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When I was a student, I used to have colleagues in my programs who would freak out with stress over exams while they were living with their parents & had no financial responsibilities or jobs. How would such fragile, weak people handle a family & navigating a career of their own?

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ICE crossed a line in LA

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