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Latest is out from "The Copagandists"! #jackwebb #dragnet #copaganda #lapd open.substack.com/pub/owensyme...

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All these Dems trying to court Musk aren't thinking big enough. They need to go after Trump! Think of the PR win for Dems to suddenly have *their guy* in office (and deporting thousands without due process while destroying higher education and fostering genocide...) This is gold I tell ya! #politics

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I know everyone’s looking for Elon stuff today but I’ve done a very deep dive on the history of the fluoride conspiracy theories RFK Jr is spouting and it’s quite a ride youtu.be/dJ0_412DLQs?...

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Musk is trying really hard to be our version of Hermann Goering, minus any claim to youthful piloting skill of course

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Having listened to the new @ifbookspod.bsky.social, I've determined what REALLY leaked from a lab in Wuhan: Donald Trump himself!

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Commercial mass media art has always been caught up in a cycle of innovation -> success -> imitation -> oversaturation. All #AI really does is accelerate this cycle to the point of ludicrous extremes, essentially making it so that any innovation will be *immediately* followed by a tidal wave of slop

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As a general rule, if you're not impressed with a classic piece of art (movie, book, whatever), give it a few years and try again. Odds are you don't know better than everyone else.

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The heartbreaking statement from Jonathan Joss’s husband about his death.

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New podcast episode of "The Copagandists" is up! This time we're covering the legacy of Highway Patrol, focusing particularly on its relationship to California politics. #highwaypatrol #chp #broderickcrawford #television #history #copaganda open.substack.com/pub/owensyme...

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Nietzsche Discovers AI Art existentialcomics.com/comic/605

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check out Lexi's movie y'all! must see pure martial arts action!!!

submitted 8 days ago • 16 comments

If I was on your podcast during the last month and haven't posted about it, please throw a shoe at me so I can fix that mistake immediately. The entire last month feels like a weird Twilight Zone trip and this here 👇🏼 is still true

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The worst episodes of KotH (a show I love) invariably involved the school system: administrators are always self-absorbed, teachers incompetent, students disinterested. Theyre truly awful. I hope the reboot avoids similar pitfalls & mines comedy from genuine veins rather than top soil stereotypes!

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i am so sorry to say i did it again (Andor s2 spoilers)

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Latest essay from "The Copagandists" is up! We're diving deep this time into the politics of "Highway Patrol" - which necessitated a lot more talk about "traffic carnage" than I initially expected! (Would love for Not Just Bikes to cover the politics at play here!) open.substack.com/pub/owensyme...

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The Education Vigilante - existentialcomics.com/comic/604

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