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Maattu Blairada Nikto @mjmbca.bsky.social · 19h

Pretty cool of Governor Walz to take time out from being on the cover of “Born in the U.S.A.” to share this important message.

Governor Tim Walz @governorwalz.mn.gov · 22h

Can’t believe I have to say this, but in Minnesota you will continue to have the freedom to get your COVID and flu shots.

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Maattu Blairada Nikto @mjmbca.bsky.social · 20h

The girlfriend of one of the founders of Antifa is from Canada. You wouldn’t know her.

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Maattu Blairada Nikto @mjmbca.bsky.social · 20h

This is Toronto.

Maattu Blairada Nikto @mjmbca.bsky.social · 20h

It’s kind of strange that this hasn’t been deleted yet, considering how many people have pointed out that this photo was taken at Police Headquarters in Toronto twelve years ago.

Eric Alterman @ericalterman.bsky.social · 2d

Ice Fishing in Portland

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Maattu Blairada Nikto @mjmbca.bsky.social · 20h

If it helps, here in Toronto, we know this is Toronto.

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Maattu Blairada Nikto @mjmbca.bsky.social · 1d

The worst thing about Portland is the dementors.

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Maattu Blairada Nikto @mjmbca.bsky.social · 1d

I mean, Newsom is in office and not defending those rights already, right? That’s what this thread is about.

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Maattu Blairada Nikto @mjmbca.bsky.social · 1d

If the Democrats were to nominate a candidate that notably didn’t care about the rights of specific marginalized communities, they would be broadcasting that they also won’t fight for those rights, and they would deserve to lose every vote that that would cost them.

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Maattu Blairada Nikto @mjmbca.bsky.social · 1d

“If you really care about trans rights, you’ll help us elect this Democrat.”

But that Democrat doesn’t care about trans rights.

“Listen, I’m sick of your purity tests.”

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Maattu Blairada Nikto @mjmbca.bsky.social · 1d

But surely, saying “Your rights should be sacrificed so a party that won’t stand up for you can win the next election” is a great way to build a coalition.

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

Trans rights are civil rights. If you aren't willing to die on the hill of trans rights, then you aren't willing to die on the hill of Black rights. Of Jewish rights. Of disabled rights. Of gay rights. Of anyone's rights. Human rights.

the tallest stone @talleststone.bsky.social · 1d

I hate to say it but the majority of the country is not going to die on the hill of trans rights. We can’t protect ANY groups if we can’t win a national election, so purity tests only serve to make specific groups feel triumphant. That’s not “erasing” them; it’s long-horizon strategy.

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Maattu Blairada Nikto @mjmbca.bsky.social · 1d

Okay.

Maattu Blairada Nikto @mjmbca.bsky.social · 1d

You’ve created a great learning opportunity for yourself here, and I sincerely hope you make the most of it.

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Maattu Blairada Nikto @mjmbca.bsky.social · 1d

Well, it’s a good thing that the answer is clearly in a drawer in an FBI office somewhere.

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Maattu Blairada Nikto @mjmbca.bsky.social · 1d

I guess somebody must have told him that Amelia Earhart was hot.

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Maattu Blairada Nikto @mjmbca.bsky.social · 1d

“Per a priority request from the Executive Office of the President of the United States, please search any areas where papers or physical media records may be stored, to include both open or closed cases, for records responsive to Amelia Earhart.”

Trump’s on the case, everybody.

CNN @cnn.com · 1d

The Trump administration has ordered FBI employees in Washington, DC, to immediately search their workstations and digital media for any records pertaining to the disappearance of Amelia Earhart, a law enforcement source told CNN.

FBI employees ordered to immediately search for records related to Amelia Earhart, source says | CNN Politics

The Trump administration has ordered FBI employees in Washington, DC, to immediately search their workstations and digital media for any records pertaining to the disappearance of Amelia Earhart, a la...

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Maattu Blairada Nikto @mjmbca.bsky.social · 1d

It just so wonderfully underscores “even the good guy among these men failed.”

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Maattu Blairada Nikto @mjmbca.bsky.social · 1d

For my money, the shot of Ewan McGregor, James Cosmo and the shadow of Eileen Nicholas in this clip is the heart of the film, not to mention a tremendous cameo from Cosmo. youtu.be/m3H0N7FFIOA?...

T2: Trainspotting (2017) - Renton Returns to Home in Scotland

YouTube video by Fabian Dimas Pratama

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Maattu Blairada Nikto @mjmbca.bsky.social · 1d

It’s rare that a story with four protagonists ends with the reveal that none of them were actually the protagonist, is I guess my point. It’s a wonderful subversion of storytelling and masculinity alike.

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Maattu Blairada Nikto @mjmbca.bsky.social · 1d

At any rate, I think it takes a certain artistic courage to round up the four iconic characters from the film that propelled all five of you into stardom and say “These four men are despicable losers and you should walk away from this sequel feeling bad for all of them.”

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Maattu Blairada Nikto @mjmbca.bsky.social · 1d

Benny, as always, thank you, my good friend.

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Maattu Blairada Nikto @mjmbca.bsky.social · 1d

There’s an uneasy feeling of “Who am I supposed to sympathize with?” during the first act of this film, before it becomes obvious that the answer is “the neglected family members and naive young women who have built actual lives in their wake.”

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Maattu Blairada Nikto @mjmbca.bsky.social · 1d

Yeah, you are!

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Maattu Blairada Nikto @mjmbca.bsky.social · 1d

It was just a brilliant take on how to do a sequel to the original film. The script drew from multiple sources, including Welsh’s sequel novel, but the film did well to acknowledge that the way you do a sequel to “Trainspotting” is to show that nothing really worked out for anyone involved.

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Maattu Blairada Nikto @mjmbca.bsky.social · 1d

I was very reluctant to watch “T2 Trainspotting” when it first came out, and I was so glad to discover that it ended up being a movie specifically about how all of the iconic male characters from the first movie were now too old with basically nothing to show for it.

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