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Nemanja Protic

@nemanjabb.bsky.social

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Likes words + pictures. Still here (in academia, thinking about contemporary lit, visual culture, & politics of aesthetics). Coined the phrase "It's Adam & Eve, not Adam & Jeeves" as a [bad] argument against labour exploitation. Salting the vibes.

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Nemanja Protic @nemanjabb.bsky.social · Jan 2

Hey, do you know I sometimes write little fictions? Here's one:

Mary Beton, Mr. Bennett, and Ms. Brown: A Tragicomedy (The Prologue)

Bent double, like old beggars under sacks, Knock-kneed, coughing like hags, we cursed through sludge— The soldier, labouring through a winter’s march, Still sees to-morrow dressed in robe…

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Clara Jeffery @clarajeffery.bsky.social · 19h

We will need Nuremberg-like trials

LongTime🤓FirstTime👨‍💻 @longtimehistory.bsky.social · 22h

ICE secretly kidnap autistic boy during bathroom break—never notify parents.

Mother reported him missing a week ago—turns out ICE had him detained the whole time.

He was helping sell fruit and asked to go to the restroom—by the time she was done helping a customer he was gone.

Houston, Texas

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Nemanja Protic @nemanjabb.bsky.social · 23h

Fuck, this is powerful stuff.

Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 1d

UNTIL IT’S DONE, Ep. 4: Sylvia Rivera

In the 1970s, queer New Yorkers had been pushed to the margins of NYC. Our trans neighbors faced immense cruelty. But in Sylvia Rivera, they found a champion.

As we combat Trump’s politics of darkness, her legacy can light the path forward.

Nemanja Protic @nemanjabb.bsky.social · 23h

🙌

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Gwendolyn Ann Smith @gwensmith.com · 23h

Fuck, man. This is water in a desert.

Thank you, @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social. I’m rooting for you.

Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 1d

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Animation Obsessive @ani-obsessive.bsky.social · 1d

From: Labyrinth Labyrinthos (1987), dir. Rintaro, Madhouse

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Anne Denoon @annedenoon.bsky.social · 1d

...Weatherby George Dupree!

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Nemanja Protic @nemanjabb.bsky.social · 1d

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James Acaster issues a wrestling challenge

YouTube video by ChortleUK

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Cheryl Lynn Eaton @cheryllynneaton.bsky.social · 1d

I love when celebrities use their FU money like this. Not only is it the right thing to do, but it's messy (in a good way) and entertaining.

Stereogum @stereogum.bsky.social · 1d

“BEZOS SUPPORTS THIS GOVERNMENT,” Neil Young writes. “IT DOES NOT SUPPORT YOU OR ME.”

www.stereogum.com/2325956/neil...

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Nemanja Protic @nemanjabb.bsky.social · 1d

I am pretty good at explaining Kant and Derrida and Deleuze. Does that come in handy?

Nemanja Protic @nemanjabb.bsky.social · 1d

How does one go about making money off of a looming financial disaster? Asking for a friend.

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NightMar on Hicks Street, Part 4: The Rabbit’s Revenge @histoftech.bsky.social · 2d

“Concerns over an AI bubble bursting have grown lately, with analysts recently finding that it’s 17 times the size of the dotcom-era bubble and four times bigger than the 2008 financial crisis.”

Hang onto your butts. This “correction” is gonna hurt.
futurism.com/artificial-i...

Bank of England Warns of Impending AI Disaster

The Bank of England has sounded the alarm, warning of an intensifying risk of a "sudden correction" due to an AI spending frenzy.

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Nemanja Protic @nemanjabb.bsky.social · 1d

Republicans literally using kidnapper tactics to get what they want.

a man in a military uniform says are we the baddies

Alt: a man in a military uniform says are we the baddies

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Nemanja Protic @nemanjabb.bsky.social · 1d

Thank you, sir!

Nemanja Protic @nemanjabb.bsky.social · 1d

Oh man this looks good.

Hey #Toronto peeps, is there a good cheesesteak place in the city? (Asking as someone who has *never* had one!)

Lisa Grimm Grinning Ghosts Come Out to Socialise @lisagrimm.com · 1d

When you realize you are going by Passyunk Ave at dinner time, you get a cheesesteak. I don’t make the rules.

Nemanja Protic @nemanjabb.bsky.social · 1d

The common thread behind the choice of banned books, it seems to me, is that the choice has been made by an ignorant asshat.

Jamie Bradburn @jbcurio.bsky.social · 1d

The banned book display at River Bookshop in Amherstburg

Nemanja Protic @nemanjabb.bsky.social · 2d

What a wonderfully animated scene. Depth, shading, movement. A+!

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Nemanja Protic @nemanjabb.bsky.social · 2d

As a matter of fact, this makes me feel opposite of content.

Nemanja Protic @nemanjabb.bsky.social · 2d

Stick to Epstein stuff, WSJ.

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Oliver Willis @owillis.bsky.social · 2d

its very much "all the crooks in gotham have too much sense to stand up to the joker but guys like two-face are just insane enough to do it"

Elizabeth Spiers @espiers.bsky.social · 2d

One of the things that's terrifying about what's happening now is the number of Republicans who won't stand up to Trump because they're cowards who are terrified of backlash. MGT strikes me as just unhinged enough to not be sensitive to that, which turns out to be a liability for them.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d

Marjorie Taylor Greene on CNN (!): "I'm getting phone calls from people that are saying if the ACA tax credits expire, they aren't gonna be able to have health insurance. They're going to have to drop it."

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Sarah Weinman @sarahweinman.com · 2d

I *really* want more reporting on this because the book was pretty heavily vetted by lawyers in advance of publication….

Maris Kreizman @maris.bsky.social · 2d

This is so damn scary. The book claimed that Jeffrey Epstein was the one who introduced Donald and Melania. Now the CEO of Harper UK is out.

Jay Rayner @jayrayner1.bsky.social · 3d

In other news Charlie Redmayne, the long serving CEO of HC in the UK, resigned yesterday.

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Nemanja Protic @nemanjabb.bsky.social · 2d

May as well put it on the moon for all the good these things do.

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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 2d

The worst part about the AI bubble popping is how many average people will be affected by the economic fallout. People will lose their job, kids will go hungry, and families will lose their homes. Yet these billionaire bastards won't feel a thing other than a decline in their net worth.

Kat Tenbarge @kattenbarge.bsky.social · 2d

One of the crazy things about the AI bubble bursting is that consumer sentiment toward AI has always leaned skeptical to outright negative but it’s an industry propped up by pure billionaire greed, sycophancy, and childish fantasy

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Nemanja Protic @nemanjabb.bsky.social · 2d

Tell me more about cancel culture, conservatives.

Maris Kreizman @maris.bsky.social · 2d

This is so damn scary. The book claimed that Jeffrey Epstein was the one who introduced Donald and Melania. Now the CEO of Harper UK is out.

Jay Rayner @jayrayner1.bsky.social · 3d

In other news Charlie Redmayne, the long serving CEO of HC in the UK, resigned yesterday.

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Maris Kreizman @maris.bsky.social · 2d

This is so damn scary. The book claimed that Jeffrey Epstein was the one who introduced Donald and Melania. Now the CEO of Harper UK is out.

Jay Rayner @jayrayner1.bsky.social · 3d

In other news Charlie Redmayne, the long serving CEO of HC in the UK, resigned yesterday.

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Nemanja Protic @nemanjabb.bsky.social · 2d

“These books are medicinal” 😂