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slate @pleasebegneiss.bsky.social · 4h

seeing lots of flags at full staff. seems nobody in my town respects diane keaton

A Dead Weird Carnie @ecarney.bsky.social · 3h

I found out about Diane Keaton's passing by logging on to a streaming service and seeing one of her titles promoted as an in memoriam.

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A Dead Weird Carnie @ecarney.bsky.social · 6h

I mean, how could they not?

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Elizabeth Bisbee @bisbee4148.bsky.social · 6h

💔 I am finding the deliberately evil acts of this administration relentless and impossible to process. Exec Branch has become a violent mob of proud sadists. That so many Americans tacitly approve or can’t be bothered to object leaves me with a deep, aching sense of betrayal by my own country.

Sara Partridge, Ph.D. @sarapartridge.bsky.social · 11h

There are reports that the *entire* office of special education at the US Dept of Education has been cut. These hardworking folks ensure kids with disabilities get equal access to a quality education.

America’s children deserve better than this.

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A Dead Weird Carnie @ecarney.bsky.social · 6h

I'm sure the ADL will agree they were just caught up in a moment of excitement.

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A Dead Weird Carnie @ecarney.bsky.social · 13h

We live in an era when misinformation and disinformation are more elaborate and ubiquitous than ever before, and yet people are staunchly unwilling to admit they've been misled about anything, ever.

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A Dead Weird Carnie @ecarney.bsky.social · 13h

"Everything is AI generated these days. It doesn't mean it's fake."

Fuck this, I'm going back to bed.

Cohen is a Ghost @skullmandible.bsky.social · 16h

"even if it's AI, it's at least true" hard to overstate the damage this stuff is doing to people's brains. we're gonna be cleaning the slop out of archives for decades

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Corey Atad @coreyatad.com · 1d

agreed! and mostly for the better, imo

it’s a cinephilia less interested in classiness, more open to underground work, genre, etc, and i’ve noticed younger cinephiles jumping far more quickly into experimental stuff

Oscar Goff @theoscargoff.bsky.social · 1d

In general I think there’s been a major shift in the past 20ish years where people went from learning about films in books and review sites to Letterboxd/social media and podcasts, which has reshapes the canon in pretty dramatic ways.

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A Dead Weird Carnie @ecarney.bsky.social · 1d

I know it likely wasn't the intention, but I chose to read the screenshot less as a criticism of Democrats themselves and more of those who would shoot down any criticism of them by insisting that the opposition party is entirely powerless.

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A Dead Weird Carnie @ecarney.bsky.social · 1d

Wait is that why I can't find a decent job?

A Dead Weird Carnie @ecarney.bsky.social · 1d

Tell him if he doesn't like it, wait five minutes.

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A Dead Weird Carnie @ecarney.bsky.social · 1d

Ryan Murphy must be stopped. I've been saying this for years.

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A Dead Weird Carnie @ecarney.bsky.social · 1d

I've tried and the responses I get are akin to, "Well, I don't know what that priest or journalist did. Maybe they were breaking the law. Who am I to question law enforcement?"

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A Dead Weird Carnie @ecarney.bsky.social · 1d

We're seeing horrible videos, the city is burning down because of amphiba.

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A Dead Weird Carnie @ecarney.bsky.social · 1d

Pretty neat that I'm still capable of being shocked.

It's like if a uniformed Nazi was photographed setting fire to the Reichstag but the other Nazis just went right ahead with their plan to blame the communists.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Bondi: "We've been living through a horrific cycle of political violence in this country ... night after night antifa wrecks havoc on the streets of our cities. In Minnesota, a gunman murdered a state lawmaker and her husband."

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cait (and adonis) @cait.bsky.social · 1d

"well what are the Democrats supposed to do" I don't know! They're supposed to know! I'm not the one who sought and obtained a political position that would require me to know what to do when the ruling party attempts to install the President as a dictator!

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A Dead Weird Carnie @ecarney.bsky.social · 1d

Right, it's not financial self-interest that drives spending on conservative causes; it's short-sightedness. The case can easily be made that improved transit and affordable housing improve returns on investment over the long-term, but whether the wealthy have patience to listen is another matter.

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A Dead Weird Carnie @ecarney.bsky.social · 1d

This is part of what I mean when I say we need to be building networks of real social support, and I don't see it happening. We show up for protests together and we promote one another's mutual aid funds, but I don't see much evidence of people helping new activists to actually make a living.

Siebznet @siebzy.bsky.social · 1d

As a Dem campaign staffer, at the end of every race, there was always this "oh we'll help you get jobs" bullshit and it literally never amounted to anything. It was super demoralizing, but the right does it very well.

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A Dead Weird Carnie @ecarney.bsky.social · 1d

But then, when Democrats spend money, for instance, on social media influencers, they get yelled at *from the left* for trying to manipulate the public into supporting, you know, the only viable alternative to the Republican Party.

Matthew Sheffield @matthew.flux.community · 1d

The most galling fact about obsolete Democratic spending is that instead of helping build up a center-to-left ecosystem, 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐜𝐢𝐨𝐮𝐬𝐥𝐲 𝐟𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭-𝐰𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐦𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐚.

Most Dem ads go to local TV news. They are putting billions of dollars in the pockets of Fox, Sinclair, Nexstar, etc!

WTAF

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Matthew Sheffield @matthew.flux.community · 1d

The most galling fact about obsolete Democratic spending is that instead of helping build up a center-to-left ecosystem, 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐜𝐢𝐨𝐮𝐬𝐥𝐲 𝐟𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭-𝐰𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐦𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐚.

Most Dem ads go to local TV news. They are putting billions of dollars in the pockets of Fox, Sinclair, Nexstar, etc!

WTAF

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A Dead Weird Carnie @ecarney.bsky.social · 1d

It's so strange to me that Republican lawmakers can go on television and acknowledge that they're only able to maintain power by excluding some people from representation, and their supporters never seem to consider whether that reflects poorly on the party.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Thune: "If the Democrats had won the majority, they probably would've tried to nuke the filibuster. And then you'd have four new senators from Puerto Rico and DC, you'd have a packed Supreme Court, you'd have abortion on demand ... "

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A.R. Moxon @juliusgoat.bsky.social · 1d

Lord give us the Democrats that Republicans warn us about.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Thune: "If the Democrats had won the majority, they probably would've tried to nuke the filibuster. And then you'd have four new senators from Puerto Rico and DC, you'd have a packed Supreme Court, you'd have abortion on demand ... "

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A Dead Weird Carnie @ecarney.bsky.social · 1d

I'm not an expert and have no specific data to back this up, but it seems to me that Democrats spend a shit ton of money trying to assess whether or not their positions are mainstream, while Republicans focus on spending money to MAKE their positions mainstream.

Matthew Sheffield @matthew.flux.community · 1d

You may not realize this, but Democrats have *more money* available to them than Republicans do.

But Republicans are fucking masters at efficiency and network marketing. They maximize every dollar.

Democratic organizations keep hiring the same failed consultants. They need new blood.

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