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...and the people invested in reality and complexity are inclined to instinctively defend Walt Disney which further obfuscates actual critique. Something like this process undergirds a lot of conspiratorial gobbledygook imo
November 28, 2025 at 4:25 AM
...and the people invested in reality and complexity are inclined to instinctively defend Walt Disney which further obfuscates actual critique. Something like this process undergirds a lot of conspiratorial gobbledygook imo
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Feel like someone could get an essay out of the ideological implications of this kind of back and forth...a more or less left-wing critique of Walt Disney creates a stereotype, which eventually flanderizes so much that it no longer has any meaning or teeth...
November 28, 2025 at 4:25 AM
Feel like someone could get an essay out of the ideological implications of this kind of back and forth...a more or less left-wing critique of Walt Disney creates a stereotype, which eventually flanderizes so much that it no longer has any meaning or teeth...
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Feel like Evil Walt Disney went from something rooted in his actual personality and beliefs to just kind of an Epic Twisted thing by the 2000s...what if Walt FREAKIN Disney was like...an evil weirdo? Take that childhood...
November 28, 2025 at 4:13 AM
Feel like Evil Walt Disney went from something rooted in his actual personality and beliefs to just kind of an Epic Twisted thing by the 2000s...what if Walt FREAKIN Disney was like...an evil weirdo? Take that childhood...
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Far from being an eternal symbol of Pilgrims-and-Indians lies, Thanksgiving was, for a good portion of its history, a symbol of social reform and abolitionism
November 27, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Far from being an eternal symbol of Pilgrims-and-Indians lies, Thanksgiving was, for a good portion of its history, a symbol of social reform and abolitionism
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I want to watch this 👀
Post something random or you'll have an awful December
November 28, 2025 at 12:13 AM
I want to watch this 👀
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Miles, an Indigenous actor best known for her roles in “Northern Exposure,” “Smoke Signals,” “Wyvern” and “The Last of Us,” handed them her tribal ID from the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation in Oregon.
Yet, Miles recalled one agent calling it “fake.”
Yet, Miles recalled one agent calling it “fake.”
‘Northern Exposure’ actor gave ICE agents in Redmond her tribal ID. They called it ‘fake,’ she says
Indigenous actor Elaine Miles of "Northern Exposure" was detained by ICE at a Redmond bus stop. When she showed them her Tribal ID, they told her it was fake.
www.seattletimes.com
November 27, 2025 at 10:12 PM
Miles, an Indigenous actor best known for her roles in “Northern Exposure,” “Smoke Signals,” “Wyvern” and “The Last of Us,” handed them her tribal ID from the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation in Oregon.
Yet, Miles recalled one agent calling it “fake.”
Yet, Miles recalled one agent calling it “fake.”
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A couple people have reached out to me over the past month and apologized because they fell for some RW smears against me and realized that was unfair. Was massively appreciated. But also, reminded me that a lot of times people DO “uncancel” influencers in their minds. “Maybe you’re alright.”
Thinking a lot about “cancel culture” & how we need more precise language to describe what happens to influencers (short-term, usually goes away) vs, like, trans women kicked out of housing / jobs / support systems
Thinking how Natalie Wynn makes WAY more now than she did in 2020, for example
Thinking how Natalie Wynn makes WAY more now than she did in 2020, for example
November 28, 2025 at 12:41 AM
A couple people have reached out to me over the past month and apologized because they fell for some RW smears against me and realized that was unfair. Was massively appreciated. But also, reminded me that a lot of times people DO “uncancel” influencers in their minds. “Maybe you’re alright.”
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60th Anniversary of the debut of Gamera! Here's a scientifically accurate, educational diagram I did for the US disc releases.
November 27, 2025 at 3:48 PM
60th Anniversary of the debut of Gamera! Here's a scientifically accurate, educational diagram I did for the US disc releases.
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terry received the marijuana from his friend while said friend was in a murderous craze?
November 27, 2025 at 11:53 PM
terry received the marijuana from his friend while said friend was in a murderous craze?
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I saw it so now I have to share it like the Ring tape to save myself.
November 28, 2025 at 12:00 AM
I saw it so now I have to share it like the Ring tape to save myself.
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IMHO it's a direct result of moving to the loan model from subsidies for public higher education. "Take a loan to get a degree because you'll make so much more money that you'll pay off the loan easily" has done massive damage to higher ed.
May 14, 2025 at 1:32 PM
IMHO it's a direct result of moving to the loan model from subsidies for public higher education. "Take a loan to get a degree because you'll make so much more money that you'll pay off the loan easily" has done massive damage to higher ed.
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Instead, I think we are ill-served by the empty cynicism of 'go to college to get a job' rather than the notion that education is a form of self-improvement that produces a better, more capable version of yourself.
May 14, 2025 at 1:29 PM
Instead, I think we are ill-served by the empty cynicism of 'go to college to get a job' rather than the notion that education is a form of self-improvement that produces a better, more capable version of yourself.
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The thing is, I think it is valuable. Understanding the past more broadly helps in making decisions in the present. Being able to write and communicate effectively is useful. A basic understanding of How Science Works is important for workers and informed consumers.
The actual content is valuable.
The actual content is valuable.
May 14, 2025 at 1:29 PM
The thing is, I think it is valuable. Understanding the past more broadly helps in making decisions in the present. Being able to write and communicate effectively is useful. A basic understanding of How Science Works is important for workers and informed consumers.
The actual content is valuable.
The actual content is valuable.
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I think in part the higher education funding crisis and the LLM-teaching crisis actually strike at the same problem, which is that education doesn't work without a broad, society-wide sense that the *actual content* of education - not the credential - is valuable.
May 14, 2025 at 1:29 PM
I think in part the higher education funding crisis and the LLM-teaching crisis actually strike at the same problem, which is that education doesn't work without a broad, society-wide sense that the *actual content* of education - not the credential - is valuable.
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Help a trans woman out!
I'm not a fan of doing this but my endocrinologist has pushed my appointment forward and the price has gone up, and I'm still struggling to find anywhere that will actually hire me
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Support Amber
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November 27, 2025 at 8:37 PM
Help a trans woman out!
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SNURGLARY
COMMITTED
BY SNIEVES
COMMITTED
BY SNIEVES
Thieves have stolen €90,000 worth of fine French snails destined for some of the country’s most prestigious restaurants
Thieves take €90,000 of snails meant for Michelin-starred restaurants
French police are on the trail of ‘experienced’ criminals who stole a whole year’s worth of produce from Jean-Mathieu Dauvergne’s L’Escargot des Grands Crus
www.thetimes.com
November 27, 2025 at 9:41 PM
SNURGLARY
COMMITTED
BY SNIEVES
COMMITTED
BY SNIEVES
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The part about the Supreme Court case reminds me of an incident w/ my local bookstore in Waterloo where his “A Short History of Indians in Canada” was placed in the Native Studies section instead of lit even though it was a collection of fictional short stories.
Now we know how fictional they are.
Now we know how fictional they are.
November 27, 2025 at 4:15 PM
The part about the Supreme Court case reminds me of an incident w/ my local bookstore in Waterloo where his “A Short History of Indians in Canada” was placed in the Native Studies section instead of lit even though it was a collection of fictional short stories.
Now we know how fictional they are.
Now we know how fictional they are.
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This is the correct take. Stewing in white supremacist propaganda is bad for your thinking. And if think you are so savvy that it won’t impact you, you are the exact kind of mark they are slowly converting (I’m looking at you, centrist pundits).
It’s really funny how a generation will roll its eyes at parents who watch Fox News but doesn’t see why being immersed in Twitter is having the same effect. Lots of serious people show up on Fox News too but that shouldn’t be your primary source on the news.
November 27, 2025 at 10:05 AM
This is the correct take. Stewing in white supremacist propaganda is bad for your thinking. And if think you are so savvy that it won’t impact you, you are the exact kind of mark they are slowly converting (I’m looking at you, centrist pundits).
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i did a lot of policy research around "the obesity epidemic" in undergrad and grad school and like this isn't really an abstract consideration lol
November 27, 2025 at 4:27 PM
i did a lot of policy research around "the obesity epidemic" in undergrad and grad school and like this isn't really an abstract consideration lol
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idk there were plenty of studies showing that if you make produce easier to buy (like, subsidize the bodega to carry it) than the surrounding population will increase their produce intake by about one serving a day, or at least there were like ten years ago.
The market does provide it. The reason private stores aren't selling fresh produce nearby is that not enough ppl want it (or rather, want it badly enough to pay what it actually costs to produce and deliver)--even when the federal govt is helping cover the bill via EBT.
Poor ppl have agency, too!
Poor ppl have agency, too!
People need food. Market won’t provide it. Government should. It’s literally the whole point.
November 27, 2025 at 4:26 PM
idk there were plenty of studies showing that if you make produce easier to buy (like, subsidize the bodega to carry it) than the surrounding population will increase their produce intake by about one serving a day, or at least there were like ten years ago.
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One of my more bleak political thoughts these days is...should we just throw out our own conspiracy theories purely as a tactical/strategic matter?
At this point, a not insignificant part of the public just seems to LIKE conspiracy theories, and wants to hear them from politicians and advocates.
At this point, a not insignificant part of the public just seems to LIKE conspiracy theories, and wants to hear them from politicians and advocates.
tempted to go full conspiracy theorist with this tbh
I'd say this is a new twist on an old classic but the CIA has been manufacturing killers for decades so it's really just the same old twist on the same old classic
November 27, 2025 at 3:57 PM
One of my more bleak political thoughts these days is...should we just throw out our own conspiracy theories purely as a tactical/strategic matter?
At this point, a not insignificant part of the public just seems to LIKE conspiracy theories, and wants to hear them from politicians and advocates.
At this point, a not insignificant part of the public just seems to LIKE conspiracy theories, and wants to hear them from politicians and advocates.
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I am genuinely wondering about this, and have been for a while.
Are we at a point where there is a "conspiracy bloc" that wants to just hear conspiratorial speculation in political discourse, and is that something we will have to cater to? Do we respond with left leaning conspiracy theories?
Are we at a point where there is a "conspiracy bloc" that wants to just hear conspiratorial speculation in political discourse, and is that something we will have to cater to? Do we respond with left leaning conspiracy theories?
November 27, 2025 at 3:57 PM
I am genuinely wondering about this, and have been for a while.
Are we at a point where there is a "conspiracy bloc" that wants to just hear conspiratorial speculation in political discourse, and is that something we will have to cater to? Do we respond with left leaning conspiracy theories?
Are we at a point where there is a "conspiracy bloc" that wants to just hear conspiratorial speculation in political discourse, and is that something we will have to cater to? Do we respond with left leaning conspiracy theories?
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Not this again. Big publishers start turning a profit long before a book earns out.
November 27, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Not this again. Big publishers start turning a profit long before a book earns out.
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This is excellent news for Trump's plan to invade Venezuela. But then again, I guess Whiskey Pete sees the whole "winning hearts&minds"-stuff as cringe and gay, anyway
CIA statement about the Afghan man identified as the gunman who shot two National Guardsmen in Washington
November 27, 2025 at 3:53 PM
This is excellent news for Trump's plan to invade Venezuela. But then again, I guess Whiskey Pete sees the whole "winning hearts&minds"-stuff as cringe and gay, anyway