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matt @therockisdead.bsky.social · 1d

Two counter-points to this nonsense:

1. I do not believe that comedy has “transformative power”. I think it’s just comedy.

2. If you did to engage in “social transformation”, why not do it for free?

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matt @therockisdead.bsky.social · 1d

This guy pretty much says “What’s the big deal? It’s not like I went to IRAN!”

Seriously, read it.

The Guardian @theguardian.com · 2d

I have been criticised for being part of the Riyadh comedy festival. This is why I did it | Omid Djalili

The headlines focus on money, but the gigs were great and I think there are different ways to achieve progress. Art, especially comedy, can be part of that, says stand-up comedian, Omid Djalili.

www.theguardian.com

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matt @therockisdead.bsky.social · 3d

This film and the Scott Adkins vehicle ’One Shot’

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Movies with titles that reference a production technique used in the movie

[UNOFFICIAL] Now Playing on Criterion 24/7 @upnextcriterion.bsky.social · 4d

Now playing (12:00 PM PST):
"The Cranes Are Flying" (1957)
By Mikhail Kalatozov
Runtime: 97 min.

matt @therockisdead.bsky.social · 7d

You can consider it all you like, who’s gonna organise it?

Karl (sad trombone noise enthusiast) @brainnotonyet.bsky.social · 7d

a general strike may be one of the only ways that this works in this country to slow down the fascist consolidation going on. I know a lot of people think that they’re impossible to pull off in a country as geographically large as America but with planning, it could be and should be considered.

Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 7d

important for us in the US to note: even a solidly right wing government can't ignore this.

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Michael Hobbes @michaelhobbes.bsky.social · 7d

Being a podcaster costs $40 for a decent mic and $18 per month for hosting. The hard part is having something interesting to say. Get a degree in that!

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matt @therockisdead.bsky.social · 7d

The only way forward for peace in Palestine is to recognise Hamas as a legitimate party to negotiations, and any commentator that treats that as some unthinkable taboo should simply be treated as deeply unserious.

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matt @therockisdead.bsky.social · 7d

It was always going to happen

Patrick McCray @patrickmccray.bsky.social · 7d

When the goal is just to destroy everything...

www.wsj.com/tech/wikiped...

Why Conservatives Are Attacking ‘Wokepedia’

A crusade is growing against Wikipedia, which says it is intent on keeping a neutral point of view.

www.wsj.com

matt @therockisdead.bsky.social · 7d

That looks like a 49 year old man, what the hell are you talking about

George Hahn @georgehahn.com · 8d

Holy shit. Russ Vought is 49. I seriously thought this mutherfucker was in his late 60s. Further proof that being a monster will age you hard.

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matt @therockisdead.bsky.social · 8d

The dole!

matt @therockisdead.bsky.social · 8d

I am currently on Jobseekers and so am spending exclusively cash in Dublin, and it is genuinely next to impossible.

Steven W. Thrasher is finishing The Overseer Class @thrasherxy.bsky.social · 8d

"NO CASH ACCEPTED" is a global crisis. I have seen this on three continents now. It's anti-poor, anti-youth, anti-immigrant and pro-surveillance. I had thought it was an American problem, then a Western one, but surveillance capitalism is taking over even the smallest transactions globally.

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matt @therockisdead.bsky.social · 8d

Think you’re spot-on about the branding. Publically-owned supermarkets are a genuinely brilliant idea

matt @therockisdead.bsky.social · 11d

I can’t help but feel there is far too much optimism around this whole thing, predicated on the notion that Trump and Hegseth have fucked up or gone too far.

What makes anybody think that the military is about to stop Trump rather than fold to him?

Timothy Burke @bubbaprog.xyz · 11d

if i were a would-be dictator whose only civilian check on power had been consumed by total-complete partisan loyalty, something i would definitely do is call an unprecedented in-person meeting of the only people who could stop me and then proceed to illustrate why they should stop me

matt @therockisdead.bsky.social · 11d

Tony Blair emerging from the fog like a long-dead zombie just to interfere in Gaza is frankly stomach-churning. He should do us all (including himself) a favour and never appear in public ever again.

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matt @therockisdead.bsky.social · 13d

Only on first listen, but Geese on their new album sound like the band I’ve been waiting for

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Dr Hannah Murray @hlmurray.bsky.social · 13d

If you don’t want to do your job, you can leave! People are desperate to teach at universities, let them do it!

Richard B. Simon @rbsimon.bsky.social · 13d

A student told me Thursday that another prof had told the class to post their work into an AI LLM, to be graded and commented on by the AI. The other students were all offended. Which is good. They should be offended.

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matt @therockisdead.bsky.social · 13d

Even by Leahy’s standards, this is insane thing to say at this current juncture in history.

Aidan Fitzmaurice @fancyvegaspro.bsky.social · 13d

This piece opens with "It’s hard to escape the conclusion that Maria Steen should really be on the ballot paper for the presidential election"

It goes on to say "There is a danger that we are moving towards a situation where anyone who holds socially conservative views is excluded from public life"

If conservatives like Maria Steen want to make an impact, they need to do three things better

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matt @therockisdead.bsky.social · 14d

Not sure what total panic would achieve, but it does seem like America has slipped into “left-wingers are terrorists which means we can legally murder them, and will” relatively without fuss.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 14d

Trump says he’s authorized Hegseth to use “Full Force” against Antifa in “War ravaged” Portland

At the request of Secretary of Homeland Security, Kristi Noem, I am directing Secretary of War, Pete Hegseth, to provide all necessary Troops to protect War ravaged Portland, and any of our ICE Facilities under siege from attack by Antifa, and other domestic terrorists. I am also authorizing Full Force, if necessary. Thank you for your attention to this matter!

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matt @therockisdead.bsky.social · 14d

2-1 Liverpool stoppage time winner incoming

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Casement’s Leftovers @casementsleftovers.bsky.social · 15d

“He’s just a walking tumour. He’s hatred with legs.”

We read Leo Varadkar’s new book so you don’t have to. Out on all podcast apps now.

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Casement’s Leftovers @casementsleftovers.bsky.social · 16d

NEW EPISODE ALERT.

Leo Varadkar — neoliberal prince of darkness, lover of packed lunches, and all-round messy bitch — has written a memoir. Helen and Matt read it so you (and Glen) don't have to. And you really, really don't have to.

Available on all good podcast apps now.

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matt @therockisdead.bsky.social · 17d

It’s worth reading if you want to understand how we got to a point where Enoch Powell’s argument that multiculturalism will inevitably breed racial tensions has become mainstream liberal opinion.

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David Wearing @davidwearing.bsky.social · 17d

It's alarming how many people need to hear this: racism is not the natural and inevitable response to the presence of (the wrong number of) racialised Others. It is a learned response, and as such it is contestable and replaceable.

This is anti-racism 101. Entry level stuff.

Paul Brand @paulbrand.bsky.social · 17d

This is first time I’ve heard the govt making the Labour argument for controlling immigration.

Mahmood argues that controlling our borders is good for race relations, because uncontrolled immigration is feeding far right rhetoric and tensions.

Expect to hear a lot more of that.

matt @therockisdead.bsky.social · 17d

Really enjoying this. Slobodian takes the ideology of the Far Right seriously, in order to attempt to understand it. It is an extremely welcome change from the dismissiveness we usually see.

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matt @therockisdead.bsky.social · 18d

Honestly, Trump’s inevitable death will permit a whole lot of people to quietly and gradually shed the shame of ever having voted for him

Sean Casten @seancasten.bsky.social · 20d

Saving America from Trump and preserving our democracy explicitly requires that people who voted for Trump change their mind. Which in turn requires that those who didn’t vote for Trump show grace and empathy to those whose change of heart came from being hurt by the guy they voted for…

matt @therockisdead.bsky.social · 19d

Everyone say congrats!

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