Evan

Evan

@evanwiener.design

Product Designer, dad, Philly sports teams, psychology + tech, just lost my train of thought…

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What's a movie that "everyone has seen" that you haven't? Little Shop of Horrors - I didn’t like musicals, but I’m course correcting that.

Todd Coleman@toddcoleman.bsky.social

What's a movie that "everyone has seen" that you haven't? The Neverending Story

@kevinmkruse.bsky.social I can’t thank you enough for teaching so many through Twitter (and here) about the southern strategy. It just helped me inform some people I overheard talking about why I assume the Dixie Chicks changed their band name to just “The Chicks.”

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This knowledge made for a great brief quiet conversation informing them about some contexts of the term “Dixie” and how it can be associated with a history of the Dixiecrats and the evils of slavery-based economics. We briefly talked about how the Nazis chased away their family members.

I couldn’t resist name dropping you and whose 🗑️ movies and bullshit debate me bro tactics are ruining our diverse culture.

@kevinmkruse.bsky.social I can’t thank you enough for teaching so many through Twitter (and here) about the southern strategy. It just helped me inform some people I overheard talking about why I assume the Dixie Chicks changed their band name to just “The Chicks.”

I’ve always been a bit of a history geek and love to learn origin stories. I’m sure my 8 am post-civil war American history professor at Penn State Abington covered it. I amazingly never missed that class.

In retrospect, it took a surprisingly long time for YouTube to go from a seemingly harmless content sharing platform to massively scaled infomercial platform to radicalizing social engineering system.

@brianmbendis.bsky.social I once asked why you had young characters in your comics say Yiddish phrases, questioning that kids do that. Today I heard a mid-20s woman who was not a Caucasian Ashkenazi Jewish person say “Oy vey.” My first thought was “I was wrong for questioning Bendis.”

Baseball is tension, stress, and unpredictable chaos. I was convinced the Phillies would be in the World Series, but not convinced enough to put any money on it. 🤣

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And we have now progressed from data analysis to policy recommendations. I told her that we'd calculate the cash value of her candy haul, that I'd ask her to raid her piggy bank and donate 1/3 the candy cash value to a local food bank, and that I'd add on a 5X match.

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What would be even more awesome: Show it. Both Marvel and DC Studios do behind-the-scenes features to promote the shows and movies. Have a feature showcasing the original comic book art and contrast it w/ scenes & sequences from the movies/shows. That would create MORE interest. It'd be a win-win.

Cat Dad Mike@catdadmike.bsky.social

It's so frustrating when some of shows and films seem to have used the comics for storyboards. The original creative teams deserve more credit!

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“We should treat accessibility as something that is structural or baked in or part of the DNA, if we want to be successful” — says @marcysutton.com at #perfnow “Don’t treat it like trying to put chocolate chips into a cookie after it is baked” I love this framing!

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CNN is reporting that @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social referred to a voter he was meeting as “my man” at a campaign event today, even though the 13th Amendment to the United States Constitution has made it illegal to own human beings since 1865 and remains the law in states including New York

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remember folks, we cant have gun restrictions because if we do the federal government will occupy our streets, imprison people without due process, ship dissidents to foreign gulags and things of that nature

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New developments in the AI-ificaiton of the US government. In my view these are further steps toward building an evil computer that auto-funnels your tax dollars directly to the broligarchy. You be the judge. Here's the evidence 🧵

A thing that people liked most about Lincoln was that he was a collaborator, and even in the darkest of times he remained thoughtful. I’m curious what Honest Abe would think about some people using his name to promote their political agenda. Good luck America.

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And one final thought: Ozzy going out after giving an emotional final performance that raised a ton of money for charity is more spiritually uplifting and did more genuine good than anything any televangelist and religious grifter who railed against him ever did combined.

The courage and nerves of steel Ariel Elias has, and the wisdom to exploit the ignorant for giving her an opportunity to launch her career with a genuine viral moment makes the long legacy of Jewish comediennes and comedians proud. I hope she laughs all the way to the bank from YouTube ad revenue.

Ariel Elias@arielcomedy.bsky.social

A few years ago, I got a beer can thrown at me for not liking Trump, drank it, went viral, started touring, and now my special A Jewish Star comes out tomorrow at 8pm ET. I'll be in the live chat responding to comments because I never learn 💜 See ya then

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Third in line for the presidency, can marshal the votes of the bicameral congressional majority to pass just about any bill. “Helpless”

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

Mike Johnson on Texas floods: "In a moment like this, we feel just as helpless as everyone else does ... all we know to do at this moment is pray."

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Would it make more sense for Apple design to make your morning meds fill up the circle at the top, since it’s the top of the day? Asking for a friend.

I’m optimistic about the @jamesgunn.bsky.social Superman film. I never had a good year for music creation. But as my kids learn and perform everything from classical to punk to rock, I’m just now noticing the John Williams theme is structured for lyrics. You need listen carefully and sing them.