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Writer/Producer. Appalachian Studies M.A. candidate. More to come later.
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Who faces the loses from ending fossil fuels? The rich: "In the U.S., 82% of the devaluation would hit the wealthiest 10% of households, and that loss... would amount to only 0.4% of the wealthiest households’ net worth." Big Money & the rich are blocking climate action for a rounding error.
"[Fossil Fuel interests] are trying to fool us because, for them, it is a bridge too far to agree to stop destroying the world and consequently make the rich less rich. No—we can’t make the rich less rich! That would be “degrowth,” a fate worse than climate change itself." - @doctorvive.bsky.social
New "The Magician's Nephew" trailer. I am here. I am seated. I am buying the limited edition popcorn bucket shaped like a lion's asshole or whatever.
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More than being fat THIS is the Carrie everyone's too cowardly to do. 2026 Carrie should be a goblin who says the most awful things & people would slowly understand there's no malice there & she's just repeating evil things she heard somewhere & despite their revulsion people still reach out to her.
a thing about carrie, the novel, is that carrie *is* weird and judgmental and unpleasant to deal with. characters have to suppress their irritation with her, and this is important because it's easy to reach out to someone who conforms to social norms. it's harder to do that to a girl who doesn't.
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Replying to @timclare.bsky.social
Many people - politicians, doctors, parents - see the neurodiversity movement & feel the threat it poses to their worldview. If some minds are different, if some of us are fucked by the school system as it stands - totally shamed & brutalised by its inadequacy - that requires radical change.
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Arizona and Virginia, both of which are governed by Democrats, are ending Medicaid coverage of care for trans youth, Transitics has learned. The bans, which go into effect on October 13th, mark the most significant Democratic capitulation to Trump's anti-trans demands yet. Cowards.
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The term was popularized by Wilhelm Marr in the 1880's, to racialize Jews and to cultivate the idea that he hated Jews on modern scientific racial grounds, not premodern theological grounds. No one *is* a Semite; the term was invented as part of racist pseudoscience. This is ahistorical nonsense.
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This is because most Gentiles assume Jews are just Christians without Christ, and miss the fact that there are a lot fewer of us and that being in community as one people, even with people you disagree with or even hate, is a big part of what it means to be Jewish. Peoplehood, not just religion.
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I heard the Pope has denounced AI, that's cool. How's he doing on not killing us again?
Underneath the "progressive" papacy of Pope Leo remains a deeply reactionary institution, one of the biggest enemies of trans rights worldwide. @sjklapecki.itch.io, who survived the Catholic Church's bigotry firsthand, goes in-depth on why it's time to see through the propaganda and face reality.
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My first job was as a grocery store cashier. Being forced to stand in place for 5-6 hours in no way inclined me towards friendliness. Our (the U.S.) obsession with making "menial" work as miserable as possible isn't rooted in anything other than vindictive cruelty.
TSA says it is removing chairs at document checks in airports, requiring staff to stand for their shift. TSA explained the reason as twofold: to ensure its employees meet its fitness standards and to create an amiable environment for travelers.
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*endless screaming*
So-called AI detection tools might be an even bigger scurge than AI. I was talking today with a student (a senior), who shared that they now have to spend time "dumbing down" their papers--shortening sentences, removing advanced vocab and punctuation--because otherwise they get flagged as "AI."
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Reminder that the conventional wisdom that came out of the AIDS crisis on this sort of thing is that yes it’s perfectly acceptable to out our people who harm our people and I won’t be fighting with you about it.
There's long been talk about Mullin but it's the first time I've seen it in the national press. www.advocate.com/politics/nat...
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The Netflix business model combines with distrust sown by shows like ‘Lost’ failing to pay off on their narrative promise
This "you get *Maybe* ten episodes so you better make do whatever you're trying to do IMMEDIATELY" shit is not good for storytelling. I am by no means the first to say it or even closest to it, but we are seriously losing the places where people get to try out weird shit and learn how to do things.…
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