Papa Shon
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Why did the modern Civil Rights Movement start in Montgomery? Because there was an activist network in the city that had been working for decades — Rosa Parks but also E.D. Nixon and Jo Ann Robinson — that had already scored some small victories, particularly with voter registration.
Democracy, more than anything is a practice. I always think that the Civil Rights Movement succeeded because from the Civil War black Americans built institutions: universities, fraternities and sororities, churches, that engaged them in democratic practice.
generally speaking, and with the glaring exception of november 2024, the more directly democratic an institution has been, the better it has checked Trump (eg grand and petit juries); the more elite and insular, the less effective (the Senate, the Supreme Court, big business)
September 18, 2025 at 1:50 AM
Why did the modern Civil Rights Movement start in Montgomery? Because there was an activist network in the city that had been working for decades — Rosa Parks but also E.D. Nixon and Jo Ann Robinson — that had already scored some small victories, particularly with voter registration.
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Jorbit Vivas tries to run on Ronald Acuña Jr.
July 19, 2025 at 12:11 AM
Jorbit Vivas tries to run on Ronald Acuña Jr.
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#Baltimore Mayor #BrandonScott invested in 42 summer youth camps, 29 literacy programs, extended the rec center hours to 11 p.m, planned block parties, opened the pools for safe fun, & opened several schools up for summer classes. Crime is down 62%. 🔥🔥 www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/202...
Baltimore is seeing the city’s fewest homicides in 50 years. Here’s why.
Multiple people have taken credit for the historic drop that mirrors a national decrease in violent crimes. Baltimore Mayor Brandon Scott says it’s due to a community-based approach to gun violence.
www.washingtonpost.com
July 5, 2025 at 8:29 PM
#Baltimore Mayor #BrandonScott invested in 42 summer youth camps, 29 literacy programs, extended the rec center hours to 11 p.m, planned block parties, opened the pools for safe fun, & opened several schools up for summer classes. Crime is down 62%. 🔥🔥 www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/202...
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June 30, 2025 at 11:31 PM
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Samurai Jack is a classic. And it's fueled by its rich images -- the backgrounds, animation and visual storytelling.
Genndy Tartakovsky was sick of dialogue. He wanted to take a risk on a visual series, and Cartoon Network supported it. We explore:
animationobsessive.substack.com/p/the-visual...
Genndy Tartakovsky was sick of dialogue. He wanted to take a risk on a visual series, and Cartoon Network supported it. We explore:
animationobsessive.substack.com/p/the-visual...
May 27, 2025 at 2:29 AM
Samurai Jack is a classic. And it's fueled by its rich images -- the backgrounds, animation and visual storytelling.
Genndy Tartakovsky was sick of dialogue. He wanted to take a risk on a visual series, and Cartoon Network supported it. We explore:
animationobsessive.substack.com/p/the-visual...
Genndy Tartakovsky was sick of dialogue. He wanted to take a risk on a visual series, and Cartoon Network supported it. We explore:
animationobsessive.substack.com/p/the-visual...
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Bluesky acct watching Popeye: Exactly which biochemical process is supposedly responsible for this reaction to spinach? Your response?
December 31, 2024 at 9:38 PM
Bluesky acct watching Popeye: Exactly which biochemical process is supposedly responsible for this reaction to spinach? Your response?
Been thinkin a lot...
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December 10, 2024 at 8:02 PM
Been thinkin a lot...
youtu.be/nignmGXUr24?...
youtu.be/nignmGXUr24?...
Why are Twitter users incapable of NOT interactin with clickbait/ragebait?
December 6, 2024 at 6:43 PM
Why are Twitter users incapable of NOT interactin with clickbait/ragebait?
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“Don’t feed the trolls” also extends to bad opinion pieces in papers of record.
They run them bc people react to them the most.
If we stop linking to bad columns and instead post thinkers we find valuable (& generate convo around it), incentives change.
It’s not easy and takes constant practice!
They run them bc people react to them the most.
If we stop linking to bad columns and instead post thinkers we find valuable (& generate convo around it), incentives change.
It’s not easy and takes constant practice!
December 2, 2024 at 6:19 PM
“Don’t feed the trolls” also extends to bad opinion pieces in papers of record.
They run them bc people react to them the most.
If we stop linking to bad columns and instead post thinkers we find valuable (& generate convo around it), incentives change.
It’s not easy and takes constant practice!
They run them bc people react to them the most.
If we stop linking to bad columns and instead post thinkers we find valuable (& generate convo around it), incentives change.
It’s not easy and takes constant practice!
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71,000 people.
71,000 people have raised their hands and said, "We will stand by our pan this Thanksgiving and not burn down our homes."
71,000 people have raised their hands and said, "We will stand by our pan this Thanksgiving and not burn down our homes."
November 27, 2024 at 2:41 PM
71,000 people.
71,000 people have raised their hands and said, "We will stand by our pan this Thanksgiving and not burn down our homes."
71,000 people have raised their hands and said, "We will stand by our pan this Thanksgiving and not burn down our homes."
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It’s all happening on X, the Everything App
November 26, 2024 at 9:58 PM
It’s all happening on X, the Everything App
My pain is immeasurable.
November 24, 2024 at 1:41 PM
My pain is immeasurable.
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they played swag surf at Harvard/Yale
November 23, 2024 at 5:08 PM
they played swag surf at Harvard/Yale
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Potato distributors allegedly used a pricing app to collude and raise prices nearly 50% over 2 years.
This is the EXACT practice that Biden & the Khan FTC have attacked, but voters just threw them out because... the price of food is too high
This is the EXACT practice that Biden & the Khan FTC have attacked, but voters just threw them out because... the price of food is too high
Lawsuits target ‘potato cartel’ enabled by price data aggregators
Frozen potato producers are the target of multiple new federal lawsuits alleging that companies have been coordinating their prices through third-party data providers to form a “potato cartel.” Com…
thehill.com
November 22, 2024 at 12:53 PM
Potato distributors allegedly used a pricing app to collude and raise prices nearly 50% over 2 years.
This is the EXACT practice that Biden & the Khan FTC have attacked, but voters just threw them out because... the price of food is too high
This is the EXACT practice that Biden & the Khan FTC have attacked, but voters just threw them out because... the price of food is too high
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Please just block folks. They heard we were having fun over here and they know their existence depends on our attention. Please just block. Don't argue, don't repost, just block and ignore.
November 20, 2024 at 12:00 PM
Please just block folks. They heard we were having fun over here and they know their existence depends on our attention. Please just block. Don't argue, don't repost, just block and ignore.
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FAMILY, use this to block bots & more off your skyline.
Thank me later.
Thank me later.
November 19, 2024 at 6:54 PM
FAMILY, use this to block bots & more off your skyline.
Thank me later.
Thank me later.
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ATL teams constantly hurt my soul thank god Imma Bama fan😔
November 18, 2024 at 1:00 AM
ATL teams constantly hurt my soul thank god Imma Bama fan😔
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The brilliance of gamifying blocking is that it simultaneously minimizes the antisocial practice of pile ons from Twitter but also deprives trolls of oxygen. The ultimate result is a healthier ecosystem. We should standardize the blocked-by-to-follower ratio as a measure of toxicity.
November 17, 2024 at 2:30 AM
The brilliance of gamifying blocking is that it simultaneously minimizes the antisocial practice of pile ons from Twitter but also deprives trolls of oxygen. The ultimate result is a healthier ecosystem. We should standardize the blocked-by-to-follower ratio as a measure of toxicity.
