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Hep @diplomoto.bsky.social · 1h

10000%. Was just in Lisbon and there are whole streets and plazas where there are nothing but hundreds of men loitering about with their cell phones, doing nothing. Where are the women? Avoid at all costs.

Hep @diplomoto.bsky.social · 1h

Excellent thread for anyone interested in an *accurate* portrayal of the history of cinema and the whitewashing of DW Griffith

Movies Silently @moviessilently.bsky.social · May 23

DW Griffith directed BIRTH OF A NATION (1915), a virulently racist film (and neither his first nor his last one of those) that saw racist violence follow wherever it was screened.

So, naturally, there are film bros and gals who think we should "ignore the racism" and keep it in the canon.

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Hep @diplomoto.bsky.social · 3h

Yes! Jackie Chan vs. Billy Bob Thornton! And I'd pay good money to see Sandra Bernhard vs. Harvey Weinstein....

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Ragnarok Lobster @eclecticbrotha1.bsky.social · 1d

So many similarities to GOP candidate Nixon dispatching Kissinger to sabotage LBJ's Vietnam talks, initiating a horrendous Cambodian bombing campaign after winning the 1968 election - only to sign essentially the same deal in 1973 that LBJ had put together 5 years earlier.
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Hep @diplomoto.bsky.social · 14h

There was a win for the anti-data center folks against Amazon in Tucson recently. Keep it up!

Hep @diplomoto.bsky.social · 14h

1999 was peak civilization.. and I think I knew it then

Hep @diplomoto.bsky.social · 16h

She would never EVER. What a disgrace to her legacy.

The Guardian @theguardian.com · 16h

Vivienne Westwood headlining Riyadh fashion week would be against her values, says granddaughter

Brand defends decision to show in Saudi Arabia alongside Stella McCartney as ‘a way to encourage dialogue’ Vivienne Westwood’s granddaughter has said her brand’s decisions “do not align with the values or wishes” of the late designer, as it announced it would headline Riyadh fashion week despite Saudi Arabia’s human rights record. The fashion house has defended its decision to show in the Gulf petrostate this week alongside Stella McCartney as “a way to encourage dialogue” and “build understanding” and insisted its presence is not an endorsement of the Saudi regime. Continue reading...

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Hep @diplomoto.bsky.social · 16h

Jesus get that insufferable sadistic toad to pay up will you??

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 17h

WASHINGTON (AP) - Supreme Court rejects Alex Jones' appeal of $1.4 billion judgment for calling Sandy Hook school shooting a hoax.

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Hep @diplomoto.bsky.social · 16h

This Errol Morris film was SO GOOD and as an extra bonus I learned quite a lot about naked mole rats too! They hold the keys to many secrets, I reckon. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fast,_C...

Fast, Cheap & Out of Control - Wikipedia

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Hep @diplomoto.bsky.social · 16h

I wonder if all the raw footage still exists somewhere. Would be fun to re-edit b/c I always thought the end product could have (SHOULD HAVE) been so much better than when I watched at the cast + crew screening......

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George Conway 🇺🇸🚫👑🐸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 1d

"Authoritarianism, it's a cancer. The symptoms are here, today... We thought it couldn't happen here... and now the disease is growing, metastasizing in America. But there is a cure—it requires you. On October 18, Americans will stand up, peacefully, for what makes America, America." nokings.org

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Jonathan M. Katz @katz.theracket.news · 1d

There were at least two ceasefires under Biden! In which more than five times as many living Israeli hostages were released in exchange for 240 Palestinians! Has everyone forgotten this?

Coffee Indiana @coffeeindiana.bsky.social · 1d

Also, ceasefires have happened under prior Presidents! The day he gets Palestine their own country he can be told he's the most special boy deserving of a shiny prize.

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Chris Kluwe @chriswarcraft.bsky.social · 1d

Honestly, it needs to go further than this.

We need to confront the fact that democracy and wealth hoarding cannot coexist. Allowing people to amass the resources of a small state/country allows them to act as such, which is inimical to a shared society of “one person, one vote.”

John Rogers @johnrogers.bsky.social · 1d

“No Kings” is great , but we really don't get a functioning democracy back until we internalize, bone deep, the instinctive response to this and every other statement like it: “I don’t care what that rich guy thinks.”

Make it your morning affirmation. Say it ten times at the top of every hour.

The Independent @the-independent.com · 1d

Elon Musk calls for US troops to be sent to San Francisco for war on drugs: ‘It’s the only solution’

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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 1d

yearly reminder to people insisting that we view Christopher Columbus as "a man of his time" that *the people responsible for the Spanish Inquisition* thought Columbus was out of pocket

Thomas Lecaque @tlecaque.bsky.social · 1d

Christopher Columbus was dragged back to Spain in chains by a crusading knight, convicted of tyranny and immeasurable cruelty, pardoned by Isabella but banned from returning to Hispaniola.

Fuck Columbus.

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Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 1d

Palestinian families awaiting return of imprisoned relatives are shocked to learn they will be deported.

‘Inhumane’: 154 freed Palestinian prisoners forced into exile by Israel

Palestinian families awaiting return of imprisoned relatives are shocked to learn they will be deported.

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The American Prospect @prospect.org · 1d

Trump promised he would protect Social Security, but his new commissioner doesn’t even know what Social Security is. The White House has shuttered regional Social Security offices, and wait times are skyrocketing as the agency is stripped for parts. From Robert Kuttner: trib.al/RCKbEFM

More Sneak Attacks on Social Security

Today on TAP: It's hard to kill America's most loved program outright—so Trump is strangling it by stealth.

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Peter Jukes @peterjukes.bsky.social · 1d

So it now appears the woman Farage and Gill were so close to has a direct link not only to Putin’s “Man in Ukraine” Medvedchuk, but his predecessor as President, Medvedev

These are top Russian agents.

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Hep @diplomoto.bsky.social · 3d

Can we call him « Himmlette? »

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Hep @diplomoto.bsky.social · 4d

Repubs say they are RIFing fed workers from « Democrat » preferred agencies. So I guess keeping Ebola in check is basically an antifa priority.

Sheryl Gay Stolberg @sherylnyt.bsky.social · 4d

BREAKING: Friday night massacre underway at CDC. Doznes of "disease detectives," high-level scientists, entire Washington staff and editors of the MMWR (Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report) have all been RIFed and received the following notice:

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Senator Amy Klobuchar @klobuchar.senate.gov · 4d

There it is: $20 billion for Argentina at the same time they’re taking markets away from our farmers.

But no $ for health insurance for Americans?

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Alt CDC (they/them) @altcdc.altgov.info · 4d

RIFed:

Several CDC staff currently working on an Ebola outbreak overseas.

You know — the ones literally helping contain and prevent it from spreading. (Like, to the U.S.)

Trust us: dying from Ebola is a MISERABLE way to die.

Ebola disease

WHO fact sheet on Ebola: key facts, definition, transmission, symptoms, diagnosis, treatment, prevention, WHO response.

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Texas Observer @texasobserver.org · 5d

Big news in the Robert Roberson case, which we covered here:

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North West Bylines @northwestbylines.co.uk · 6d

My people are brave, but our dreams are shattered - A look into the struggles faced by the Al-Madhoun family in Gaza
northwestbylines.co.uk/lifestyle/hu...

‘Our daily life is like hell’: A look into the struggles faced by the Al-Madhoun family in Gaza

The Al-Madhoun family in Gaza are struggling to stay alive, and really need our help

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Hep @diplomoto.bsky.social · 5d

We dressed you in a pith helmet and khakis at your first fitting and you busted out a couple of extemporaneous goose steps...and I though omg, he's really like that! You were very kind and chill, not at all pretentious and I wish more actors possessed those traits.

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Hep @diplomoto.bsky.social · 5d

Chuck D and Coolio! Billy Barty! Robert EVANS! It was wild to work on, so much fun. But then Joe Eszterhas decided HE had to edit the film and then Hiller took his name off of it.....

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