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THREAD. Every year, I tell the story of Ezell Gilbert. It's the story of one of the most remarkable cases in U.S. history, and you’ve probably never heard of it. The story of what the U.S. government did to him is vital for understanding the current moment we are in.
January 2, 2026 at 6:36 PM
THREAD. Every year, I tell the story of Ezell Gilbert. It's the story of one of the most remarkable cases in U.S. history, and you’ve probably never heard of it. The story of what the U.S. government did to him is vital for understanding the current moment we are in.
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America's richest 10% now hold 60% of the nation's wealth.
The bottom half of America? It holds just 6%.
Wealth inequality is eating this country alive.
The bottom half of America? It holds just 6%.
Wealth inequality is eating this country alive.
December 27, 2025 at 7:01 PM
America's richest 10% now hold 60% of the nation's wealth.
The bottom half of America? It holds just 6%.
Wealth inequality is eating this country alive.
The bottom half of America? It holds just 6%.
Wealth inequality is eating this country alive.
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Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has stated that the 1918 flu pandemic was caused by a lab virus from vaccine research, a defective influenza vaccine. Let’s analyze what a lie this is. First, in 1918, 107 years ago, virology was in its infancy
December 27, 2025 at 11:42 PM
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has stated that the 1918 flu pandemic was caused by a lab virus from vaccine research, a defective influenza vaccine. Let’s analyze what a lie this is. First, in 1918, 107 years ago, virology was in its infancy
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In his recent conversation with Black Girl Nerds, Delroy Lindo offered a rich, introspective look into his transformative performance in Ryan Coogler’s latest film Sinners.
Delroy Lindo on Crafting Delta Slim, Navigating Genre, and the Spiritual Lineage from 'Da 5 Bloods' to 'Sinners' | Black Girl Nerds
Delroy Lindo offered a rich, introspective look into his transformative performance in Ryan Coogler’s latest film Sinners.
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December 18, 2025 at 1:40 AM
In his recent conversation with Black Girl Nerds, Delroy Lindo offered a rich, introspective look into his transformative performance in Ryan Coogler’s latest film Sinners.
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The photos of those Haitian refugees was his first big break, as they earned him the Robert Capa Gold Medal award, which catapulted his career. But at the moment he took the images, he and the other men on the boat thought they were going to die.
He had this to say about the experience:
He had this to say about the experience:
December 18, 2025 at 2:43 AM
The photos of those Haitian refugees was his first big break, as they earned him the Robert Capa Gold Medal award, which catapulted his career. But at the moment he took the images, he and the other men on the boat thought they were going to die.
He had this to say about the experience:
He had this to say about the experience:
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Amazon is helping fund a $300 million build of a ballroom for the White House.
Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.
They are not the same.
Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.
They are not the same.
October 30, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Amazon is helping fund a $300 million build of a ballroom for the White House.
Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.
They are not the same.
Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.
They are not the same.
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I looked it up once. SNAP takes 2% of the US budget and 93% of the money goes to the actual poor people instead of to the bureaucracy. So it's kind of like if you paid $1000 in taxes, you spent $20 on the poor of which they got to keep $18.60, and you spent $166.66 on the military.
SNAP is probably the most effective federal dollar we spend in terms of long term domestic economic outcomes.
that isn’t why you should support it; you should support it because it is a moral imperative to feed the hungry.
but it’s why even a growth-oriented ghoul shouldn’t oppose it.
that isn’t why you should support it; you should support it because it is a moral imperative to feed the hungry.
but it’s why even a growth-oriented ghoul shouldn’t oppose it.
October 27, 2025 at 2:34 AM
I looked it up once. SNAP takes 2% of the US budget and 93% of the money goes to the actual poor people instead of to the bureaucracy. So it's kind of like if you paid $1000 in taxes, you spent $20 on the poor of which they got to keep $18.60, and you spent $166.66 on the military.
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ICYMI: Drop everything and spend 13 minutes with Amy Sherald--with her singular vision and talent, with her clarity about her central place in the jagged American story. You will be stirred by it all. www.cbsnews.com/video/amy-sh...
Artist Amy Sherald: The 60 Minutes Interview
Amy Sherald spent years painting in obscurity, and almost died from a rare heart condition. Now 52, the artist behind Michelle Obama's official portrait is one of America's most celebrated painters.
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October 26, 2025 at 6:39 PM
ICYMI: Drop everything and spend 13 minutes with Amy Sherald--with her singular vision and talent, with her clarity about her central place in the jagged American story. You will be stirred by it all. www.cbsnews.com/video/amy-sh...
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In 1975, after decades of illegally surveilling & sabotaging left-wing movements in the US (and assassinating people abroad) the Senate painstaking wrote out the government's playbook for destroying movements.
In January, the first commercial and streamlined version of this report hits bookstores.
In January, the first commercial and streamlined version of this report hits bookstores.
The Church Committee Report
After fifty years, this shocking report—released in a single, readable volume for the first time—is still the most accurate account of US government spying on its own citizens., The Church...
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October 21, 2025 at 1:44 AM
In 1975, after decades of illegally surveilling & sabotaging left-wing movements in the US (and assassinating people abroad) the Senate painstaking wrote out the government's playbook for destroying movements.
In January, the first commercial and streamlined version of this report hits bookstores.
In January, the first commercial and streamlined version of this report hits bookstores.
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My response to the NYT’s “moderate to win” argument: The data shows the strategy is tapped out. Being seen as moderate by voters doesn’t boost votes, replacing every progressive with moderates would net 0 seats, and the graveyard of defeated D incumbents if full of moderates, not progressives.
The New York Times Argues “Moving to the Center Is the Way to Win.” But the Data Shows the Strategy Is Tapped Out.
Democrats already run moderates in nearly every swing district. It's not enough. A data-driven response to the case for centrism as a core electoral strategy.
data4democracy.substack.com
October 20, 2025 at 10:17 PM
My response to the NYT’s “moderate to win” argument: The data shows the strategy is tapped out. Being seen as moderate by voters doesn’t boost votes, replacing every progressive with moderates would net 0 seats, and the graveyard of defeated D incumbents if full of moderates, not progressives.
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OPINION: "Proponents of vouchers call “choice” freedom, but real freedom is not abandoning public responsibility," Louise Smith writes. "It is building a society where every child, regardless of income or geography, can attend a great public school."
Opinion | Don’t Derail Mississippi’s Education Momentum
Louise Smith writes that Mississippi should commit more to public school improvements rather than school voucher and choice programs.
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October 18, 2025 at 3:30 PM
OPINION: "Proponents of vouchers call “choice” freedom, but real freedom is not abandoning public responsibility," Louise Smith writes. "It is building a society where every child, regardless of income or geography, can attend a great public school."
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🎁 Books make beautiful gifts...!!
Photo and artwork by printmaker Fiona Watson, one of the many fantastic printmakers interviewed in the new book 'Reframing Women Printmakers'
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Photo and artwork by printmaker Fiona Watson, one of the many fantastic printmakers interviewed in the new book 'Reframing Women Printmakers'
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September 21, 2025 at 5:59 AM
🎁 Books make beautiful gifts...!!
Photo and artwork by printmaker Fiona Watson, one of the many fantastic printmakers interviewed in the new book 'Reframing Women Printmakers'
🧡🧡🧡
Photo and artwork by printmaker Fiona Watson, one of the many fantastic printmakers interviewed in the new book 'Reframing Women Printmakers'
🧡🧡🧡
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nicholas sammond, who wrote the book on vestigial minstrelsy (literally, BIRTH OF AN INDUSTRY), has an excellent essay in DESEGREGATING COMICS about herriman's secret identity and his use of blackface as détournement
September 24, 2025 at 3:07 AM
nicholas sammond, who wrote the book on vestigial minstrelsy (literally, BIRTH OF AN INDUSTRY), has an excellent essay in DESEGREGATING COMICS about herriman's secret identity and his use of blackface as détournement
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Queen of Spades, 1909, by Margaret Macdonald, one of the defining artists of Art Nouveau and the Glasgow School #WomensArt
September 7, 2025 at 4:14 AM
Queen of Spades, 1909, by Margaret Macdonald, one of the defining artists of Art Nouveau and the Glasgow School #WomensArt
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Here’s the clip of CM Padilla bragging about reducing the size of a 100% affordable housing project in her district and increasing the amount of parking while arguing against the transit oriented upzoning bill SB 79.
(ED 1 is an affordable housing program in LA.)
(ED 1 is an affordable housing program in LA.)
August 27, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Here’s the clip of CM Padilla bragging about reducing the size of a 100% affordable housing project in her district and increasing the amount of parking while arguing against the transit oriented upzoning bill SB 79.
(ED 1 is an affordable housing program in LA.)
(ED 1 is an affordable housing program in LA.)
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Japanese artist Uemura Shōen, 'Woman Waiting for The Moon to Rise', 1944 #WomensArt
August 26, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Japanese artist Uemura Shōen, 'Woman Waiting for The Moon to Rise', 1944 #WomensArt
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We were going to do another big marketing stunt for THE TOXIC AVENGER UNRATED. Instead, Toxie, whose life was upended by crushing medical bills, has joined forces with Undue Medical Debt to erase at least $5 million in un-payable medical debt for those who need it most.
Learn more:
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‘The Toxic Avenger’ Partners With Undue Medical Debt to Erase at Least $5 Million in Medical Debt
It’s the final week of marketing and promotion for The Toxic Avenger, and the teams here at Cineverse and Bloody Disgusting have decided to do something a little different. Rather than spending the re...
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August 27, 2025 at 4:14 PM
We were going to do another big marketing stunt for THE TOXIC AVENGER UNRATED. Instead, Toxie, whose life was upended by crushing medical bills, has joined forces with Undue Medical Debt to erase at least $5 million in un-payable medical debt for those who need it most.
Learn more:
Learn more:
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Happy b’day, “Give Me the Night” — the iconic LP released by George Benson 45 yrs ago today
“After a month in the studio,” he said, “I’d packed my bags when Quincy [Jones] called & said they had one more song for me. I wanted to go home but he insisted: “Man, it’s a good song. It won’t take long.”
“After a month in the studio,” he said, “I’d packed my bags when Quincy [Jones] called & said they had one more song for me. I wanted to go home but he insisted: “Man, it’s a good song. It won’t take long.”
August 9, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Happy b’day, “Give Me the Night” — the iconic LP released by George Benson 45 yrs ago today
“After a month in the studio,” he said, “I’d packed my bags when Quincy [Jones] called & said they had one more song for me. I wanted to go home but he insisted: “Man, it’s a good song. It won’t take long.”
“After a month in the studio,” he said, “I’d packed my bags when Quincy [Jones] called & said they had one more song for me. I wanted to go home but he insisted: “Man, it’s a good song. It won’t take long.”
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'Woodland Elves VII' c.1920, octagonal bowl by Daisy Makeig-Jones (1881-1945), pioneering UK ceramics designer for Wedgwood, best known for her 'Fairyland Lustre' series #womensart
August 2, 2025 at 5:43 AM
'Woodland Elves VII' c.1920, octagonal bowl by Daisy Makeig-Jones (1881-1945), pioneering UK ceramics designer for Wedgwood, best known for her 'Fairyland Lustre' series #womensart
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“Social housing is a key part of solving homelessness
Cancelling over 1500 new social housing builds is both fiscally and socially irresponsible, given homelessness is on the rise”
- DR BEX JUL 24
Cancelling over 1500 new social housing builds is both fiscally and socially irresponsible, given homelessness is on the rise”
- DR BEX JUL 24
Social housing is a key part of solving homelessness
Cancelling over 1500 new social housing builds is both fiscally and socially irresponsible, given homelessness is on the rise
drbex.substack.com
July 24, 2025 at 5:41 AM
“Social housing is a key part of solving homelessness
Cancelling over 1500 new social housing builds is both fiscally and socially irresponsible, given homelessness is on the rise”
- DR BEX JUL 24
Cancelling over 1500 new social housing builds is both fiscally and socially irresponsible, given homelessness is on the rise”
- DR BEX JUL 24
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Since at least the time of Greek philosophers, many writers have discovered a deep, intuitive connection between walking, thinking, and writing.
Why Walking Helps Us Think
Since at least the time of Greek philosophers, many writers have discovered a deep, intuitive connection between walking, thinking, and writing.
www.newyorker.com
July 25, 2025 at 1:01 AM
Since at least the time of Greek philosophers, many writers have discovered a deep, intuitive connection between walking, thinking, and writing.
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A video of some of our materials. You can browse our collection FREE here: Materials Library www.instituteofmaking.org.uk/materials-li...
July 8, 2025 at 11:44 AM
A video of some of our materials. You can browse our collection FREE here: Materials Library www.instituteofmaking.org.uk/materials-li...
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Inuk artist Peggy Ekagina, Fox shaman transformation (c. 1960), stone carving #womensart
July 7, 2025 at 4:23 AM
Inuk artist Peggy Ekagina, Fox shaman transformation (c. 1960), stone carving #womensart