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Ian H 💚🇬🇧🏳️‍🌈🇪🇺 @muchechops.bsky.social · 7h

Huge increase in #Hate-Crime 😭😭😭

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Louie Stowell @louiestowell.bsky.social · 7h

One of the things about this study is that a lot of baby and toddler books are written in house, by editors. So the study reveals the whiteness of editorial in kidlit even if not explicitly. But, big picture, this trend is unacceptable. I remember so many promises www.theguardian.com/books/2025/o...

‘Catastrophic decline’ in Black representation in children’s books

A report by charity Inclusive Books for Children found that of the 2,721 books surveyed, only 51 featured a Black main character, down by 21.5% since 2023

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Tom Coates @tomcoates.bsky.social · 12h

A friend sent me this article and genuinely it’s f***ing insane and I can strongly recommend reading it. 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.

futurism.com

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Neal Curtis @nihilcurtis.bsky.social · 12h

Do you see that press conference where Jack Posobiec (well known white supremacist and neo-Nazi) told Trump and the world that antifa go all the way back to Weimar Germany, thereby saying those that opposed Nazism then were the bad guys? Quite extraordinary.

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Neal Curtis @nihilcurtis.bsky.social · 12h

Mei Ehara is my J-pop jam.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Vz6...

mei ehara【関学文総軽音KGLMC】

YouTube video by KGLMC関学文総軽音

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Neal Curtis @nihilcurtis.bsky.social · 13h

Watch this!

Mark Bray @mark-bray.bsky.social · 1d

Spoke with cnn while sitting on the floor of my hotel room hallway bc my family were asleep in the other room.

6a E Mark.mp4 - 6a E Mark - Frame.io

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Neal Curtis @nihilcurtis.bsky.social · 14h

A haka tautoko is a very specific form. 'Tautoko' means to support, and is a very specific piece of Māori protocol (tikanga). You can also have waiata tautoko, which are songs. These are all formal ways in Māoridom to show support, agreement and solidarity. Not doing them is insulting.

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WeRateDogs @weratedogs.com · 15h

This is Manolo. His family invited strangers to spend time with him on his last day. His mom said, "This was such a perfect way to celebrate the life of a dog who truly loved spending time with people and their dogs. Run free and fast forever, Manolo. I will never stop missing you." 14/10 for all

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James Medlock @jdcmedlock.bsky.social · 16h

“I’ll declare war on you if you don’t give me the peace prize” is an incredible bit

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Neal Curtis @nihilcurtis.bsky.social · 15h

No, this was the new MP, Oriini Waipara. The haka that went viral earlier was by another Māori MP, Hana-Rawhiti Maipi-Clarke. Our colonial government still likes to suppress these things, so each haka serves many purposes. 🙂

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Neal Curtis @nihilcurtis.bsky.social · 19h

Hard to imagine Jared Leto wasn't the worst thing about this film.

Neal Curtis @nihilcurtis.bsky.social · 1d

Film review:
Tron: Ares trawls the megalomania and vacuous egoism of tech billionaires.
It is depressing, dumb and artistically worthless.
It also asks us to believe the good tech corp will defeat the bad tech corp, and this assumes the viewers are as stupid as the film.

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Comic Philosophy @comicphilosophy.bsky.social · 21h

Following great examples of care ethics in comics (@kellysue.bsky.social #fmlcomix and @jedmackay.bsky.social #moonknight), here is a deep dive on care ethics:
comicphilosophy.com/index.php/20...
I was previously critical of X-Manhunt, but use it here to show a lot of the positive aspects of caring

Homepage of comicphilosophy.com, showing post and cover of Marvel X-Manhunt Omega Vol 1, issue #1, 2025, variant cover by Edwin Galmont (Egal)

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Les G @lesgates.bsky.social · 1d

How much was that tax cut to landlords worth again? 🤔

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Neal Curtis @nihilcurtis.bsky.social · 1d

Brownlee shouting "No, not that" to a wahine Māori doing a haka in parliament is everything that's wrong with this place trying to belittle and silence everything that's good about this place. #NZpol

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Chris Packham @chrisgpackham.bsky.social · 1d

Hello , here's your #FoxOfTheDay shared by @siemphoto !

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te pua o te rēinga (🫴🏼🎃) @cucumber.bsky.social · 1d

the powerful are petrified of wahine māori and the haka.

got emotional watching this wee clip of oriini kaipara in the house.

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Neal Curtis @nihilcurtis.bsky.social · 1d

Film review:
Tron: Ares trawls the megalomania and vacuous egoism of tech billionaires.
It is depressing, dumb and artistically worthless.
It also asks us to believe the good tech corp will defeat the bad tech corp, and this assumes the viewers are as stupid as the film.

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Neal Curtis @nihilcurtis.bsky.social · 1d

The call goes out from fascist allegiant police to "Pepper the Frog".

Danny K @dannykpolitics.bsky.social · 4d

WATCH: ‘Portland Frog’ pepper balled by ICE agents

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Pavel @spavel.bsky.social · 1d

The real economy is already in a deep recession. The fake AI economy is a smokescreen. And now I'm afraid that the government will throw any amount of money at it to keep it from popping.

The AI bubble is the only thing keeping the US economy together, Deutsche Bank warns

According to a research note recently sent to clients by Deutsche Bank, the AI boom is currently helping the US economy avoid a recession but it cannot...

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Justin Baragona @justinbaragona.bsky.social · 1d

Incredible.

Jack Posobiec references the earliest version of antifa -- the anti-fascists in the Weimar Republic who were opposed to the Nazi Party -- as the bad guys.

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Neal Curtis @nihilcurtis.bsky.social · 1d

I just came across this French comic, Hothead Paisan: Homicidal Lesbian Terrorist, written and drawn by Dianne DiMassa from 1991 to 1998. #comics

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Neal Curtis @nihilcurtis.bsky.social · 1d

Ambient electronic lounge jazz

cover of Jeremy Dower, Sentimental Dance Music for Couples

Neal Curtis @nihilcurtis.bsky.social · 1d

Piano playing with a capital "P"
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Yuja Wang plays "Flight of the Bumblebee" [HD]

YouTube video by MrOsomatsu

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Neal Curtis @nihilcurtis.bsky.social · 1d

Drumming with a capital "D"!
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Top 5 Drum Moments | Larnell Lewis

YouTube video by Perk Choppz Drums

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Neal Curtis @nihilcurtis.bsky.social · 1d

On enforcing "conservatism" in US higher education that is not conservative.

Eric Goldman @ericgoldman.bsky.social · 1d

From @sivav.bsky.social :

The education "compact" is "like an invitation to borrow money from the mob, with substantial control & future penalties assured... Any university leader who signs on to this compact would...do deep & permanent harm to the US & the world"

newrepublic.com/article/2013...

Why This Essay Could Cause the University of Virginia to Shut Down

How Linda McMahon’s latest “compact” would do deep and permanent harm to American higher education

newrepublic.com

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