Jamaal
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This is a good thread. 🙁
1/ The US Government has quietly removed a memorial to Black soldiers who died in World War II from the Netherlands American Cemetery in Margraten, South Limburg. The move follows a complaint from the right-wing Heritage Foundation to the American Battle Monuments Commission. ⬇️
November 10, 2025 at 5:20 PM
This is a good thread. 🙁
I tried to use it for PowerPoints (a useful-ish tool that is the bane of my existence) with similar results - baffling formatting choices and bad summaries.
What am I supposed to use it for? To summarize my emails? Too long, wrong. To write things? Too long, wrong. To plan trips? Planning is FUN and why would I outsource that? I played with it a bit six months ago, it was meh.
Also, I hate its enshittification of search results with my whole soul.
Also, I hate its enshittification of search results with my whole soul.
November 8, 2025 at 4:02 PM
I tried to use it for PowerPoints (a useful-ish tool that is the bane of my existence) with similar results - baffling formatting choices and bad summaries.
I would strongly dispute this - lots of companies were proudly anti-woke in the period between the end of the Civil War and the mid 1960's, they just used slightly different language...
November 7, 2025 at 2:40 PM
I would strongly dispute this - lots of companies were proudly anti-woke in the period between the end of the Civil War and the mid 1960's, they just used slightly different language...
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glancing through this, it basically follows that path of ilan wurman's "scholarship," ignoring the actual text and legislative record in favor of the basic assertion that the plain meaning of the text *can't* be true.
24 states have filed a brief at the Supreme Court in support of the Trump administration's effort to curb birthright citizenship, suggesting that it is not correct to say the issue is "settled and beyond debate."
www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
October 24, 2025 at 6:49 PM
glancing through this, it basically follows that path of ilan wurman's "scholarship," ignoring the actual text and legislative record in favor of the basic assertion that the plain meaning of the text *can't* be true.
Tv Tropes has contributed to so many bad conversations and podcast episodes...
A) Rest in piss, the way this website tried to factor down narrative like math caused incalculable damage to media literacy for a generation
B) Enshittification is my favorite TV Trope
B) Enshittification is my favorite TV Trope
TV Tropes is blocking access to the site not only if you have ad blockers on but location tracking off unless you want to subscribe to their $5 a month/$25 a year subscription plan. Even people who have turned their ad blockers off are reporting the site isn’t working. This all seems like a bad idea
October 24, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Tv Tropes has contributed to so many bad conversations and podcast episodes...
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Kieron Gillen said it better and with a cool horse alien
October 24, 2025 at 1:10 PM
Kieron Gillen said it better and with a cool horse alien
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You Can Kill a Democracy Without a Dictator www.nytimes.com/2025/10/24/o...
With a gift link because I think it is very important for people to understand this:
With a gift link because I think it is very important for people to understand this:
Opinion | You Can Kill a Democracy Without a Dictator
www.nytimes.com
October 24, 2025 at 12:50 PM
You Can Kill a Democracy Without a Dictator www.nytimes.com/2025/10/24/o...
With a gift link because I think it is very important for people to understand this:
With a gift link because I think it is very important for people to understand this:
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The lecture is free. In person and live streaming.
The Alchemy Lecture 2025
Sound—at the Interregnum
Glen Coulthard
Canisia Lubrin
Madeleine Thien
Immanuel Wilkins
Date: October 30, 2025
Time: 5 - 8 p.m. (Reception: 5 - 6 p.m.)
Venue: Tribute Communities Recital Hall, CIBC Lobby (Location) YorkU
Event type: Hybrid – in person and online
Sound—at the Interregnum
Glen Coulthard
Canisia Lubrin
Madeleine Thien
Immanuel Wilkins
Date: October 30, 2025
Time: 5 - 8 p.m. (Reception: 5 - 6 p.m.)
Venue: Tribute Communities Recital Hall, CIBC Lobby (Location) YorkU
Event type: Hybrid – in person and online
October 24, 2025 at 12:36 AM
The lecture is free. In person and live streaming.
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There's a lot of abstract talk about nazis right now and I just want to bring it back to concrete reality for a second:
Those motherfuckers tried to murder MY GRANDPARENTS.
Those motherfuckers tried to murder MY GRANDPARENTS.
October 22, 2025 at 7:48 PM
There's a lot of abstract talk about nazis right now and I just want to bring it back to concrete reality for a second:
Those motherfuckers tried to murder MY GRANDPARENTS.
Those motherfuckers tried to murder MY GRANDPARENTS.
Will the good news ever stop? Collapsing under the weight of so much good news! I'm looking forward to the dogs with bees in their mouths (and when they bark they shoot bees at you)!
“.. internal strategy documents viewed by The New York Times reveal that Amazon executives believe the company is on the cusp of its next big workplace shift: replacing more than half a million jobs with robots.”
@nytimes.com $AMZN
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/21/t...
@nytimes.com $AMZN
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/21/t...
October 21, 2025 at 8:35 PM
Will the good news ever stop? Collapsing under the weight of so much good news! I'm looking forward to the dogs with bees in their mouths (and when they bark they shoot bees at you)!
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An easy one: Any comics film adaptation that exists without the original creator being able to pay off their house is a moral failure
Do you have any extremely niche, but serious, ethical stances?
October 17, 2025 at 10:10 PM
An easy one: Any comics film adaptation that exists without the original creator being able to pay off their house is a moral failure
It's very hard to read headlines about the 'late' D'Angelo. Although he always stood as a bridge between the past and present of black rock/funk/r&b, he always felt like an artist of this moment - someone who would emerge once a decade or so to give us art that moved us.
October 15, 2025 at 1:56 AM
It's very hard to read headlines about the 'late' D'Angelo. Although he always stood as a bridge between the past and present of black rock/funk/r&b, he always felt like an artist of this moment - someone who would emerge once a decade or so to give us art that moved us.
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Lauryn Hill just shared a moving tribute to the late D’Angelo:
October 15, 2025 at 1:06 AM
Lauryn Hill just shared a moving tribute to the late D’Angelo:
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George Floyd would have turned 52 today. 2 years ago his brother Philonise Floyd, and his sister-in-law, Keeta Floyd, joined The Real News to share their memories of a deeply beloved and loving man taken too soon, and their fight for police accountability and racial justice.
Three years later, George Floyd's family members are still fighting for justice
Philonise and Keeta, brother and sister-in-law to George Floyd, say their memories of a deeply beloved and loving man taken too soon continue to fuel their fight for police accountability and racial j...
therealnews.com
October 14, 2025 at 9:39 PM
George Floyd would have turned 52 today. 2 years ago his brother Philonise Floyd, and his sister-in-law, Keeta Floyd, joined The Real News to share their memories of a deeply beloved and loving man taken too soon, and their fight for police accountability and racial justice.
Here are a few - Resurrections (other than Krakoa) are mostly a bad idea, especially the big ones. Wolverine was more interesting when he was less unbeatable. The X-franchise is one of the few Marvel properties that don’t really need to have the illusion of change to have long-lasting appeal.
What's an opinion about X-Men that'll get you sent to jail? Is Jean really interesting or really boring? Should Logan have stayed dead? Do you think a certain x-mens outfit is positively horrendous even though people seem to love it?
The Brood Saga is better than Dark Phoenix imo 🤷
The Brood Saga is better than Dark Phoenix imo 🤷
October 14, 2025 at 9:33 PM
Here are a few - Resurrections (other than Krakoa) are mostly a bad idea, especially the big ones. Wolverine was more interesting when he was less unbeatable. The X-franchise is one of the few Marvel properties that don’t really need to have the illusion of change to have long-lasting appeal.
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Yes, I am aware of the fascism, but it is also #PortfolioDay. So here's a brief respite. Hi! I'm Cheryl Lynn Eaton. I write comics. I talk about comics. I LOVE comics. Here's some of my work (credits in the ALT tags):
October 14, 2025 at 9:09 PM
Yes, I am aware of the fascism, but it is also #PortfolioDay. So here's a brief respite. Hi! I'm Cheryl Lynn Eaton. I write comics. I talk about comics. I LOVE comics. Here's some of my work (credits in the ALT tags):
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RIP Drew Struzan - a man whose talent and imagination etched onto so many minds throughout the last 40+ years.
His art & posters are some of the first visuals I think of when I think about cinema - an invitation to watch these stories and worlds.
A massive loss 💔
His art & posters are some of the first visuals I think of when I think about cinema - an invitation to watch these stories and worlds.
A massive loss 💔
October 14, 2025 at 3:10 PM
RIP Drew Struzan - a man whose talent and imagination etched onto so many minds throughout the last 40+ years.
His art & posters are some of the first visuals I think of when I think about cinema - an invitation to watch these stories and worlds.
A massive loss 💔
His art & posters are some of the first visuals I think of when I think about cinema - an invitation to watch these stories and worlds.
A massive loss 💔
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Happy birthday, to the originals' original, Thelonious Monk, whose music and life I've been dwelling upon for a couple of years now.
October 10, 2025 at 1:07 PM
Happy birthday, to the originals' original, Thelonious Monk, whose music and life I've been dwelling upon for a couple of years now.
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the only appropriate response will be to triple down on supporting the targeted groups rather than to do what so many people usually do which is to run away from them.
President Donald Trump's threatened crackdown on the finances and activities of liberal non-profits and groups opposed to his agenda is a multi-agency effort with top White House aide Stephen Miller playing a central role, according to officials.
www.reuters.com/legal/govern...
www.reuters.com/legal/govern...
www.reuters.com
October 9, 2025 at 11:50 AM
the only appropriate response will be to triple down on supporting the targeted groups rather than to do what so many people usually do which is to run away from them.
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Everyone is trying to have a normal Saturday night and the president's top advisor is on X announcing that civil war is necessary
October 5, 2025 at 1:09 PM
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I don't have a hot comics take.
Uplift your peers, celebrate your friends.
that's it.
Uplift your peers, celebrate your friends.
that's it.
October 4, 2025 at 12:59 AM
I don't have a hot comics take.
Uplift your peers, celebrate your friends.
that's it.
Uplift your peers, celebrate your friends.
that's it.
Someone needs to find those ghosts that were pulling people from those apartments!
The apartments acted alone, pulling the adults and children out of them without anyone’s else’s participation
October 4, 2025 at 8:16 PM
Someone needs to find those ghosts that were pulling people from those apartments!
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From Park Hill to the Wu-Wall, the creativity and resilience of Shaolin Island built a movement that changed culture. I felt that same spirit today with local artists, faith leaders, Liberian entrepreneurs, and the legendary Chef Shaw-Nae Dixon + Mitchell “Divine” Diggs.
October 4, 2025 at 8:12 PM
From Park Hill to the Wu-Wall, the creativity and resilience of Shaolin Island built a movement that changed culture. I felt that same spirit today with local artists, faith leaders, Liberian entrepreneurs, and the legendary Chef Shaw-Nae Dixon + Mitchell “Divine” Diggs.
Intriguing...
October 4, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Intriguing...