RFK: "There's five hundred million Arabs in the world. And yet they don't produce science. They don't win the Nobel Prize. They don't win the Fields Prize. They don't win the Wolf Prize. They don't produce literature."
I'm about a month away from hitting a big, big, super big deadline,
which is always when I'm most likely to start dragging my feet.
So I would like thank,
from the bottom of my heart,
Several youtube megadramas for choosing to unfold right when I needed the 8 hour commentary videos end over end.
This article does not discuss one major reason why chocolate in the West got worse - Ghana and Ivory Coast, the two African countries that are the biggest suppliers of cacao globally, got organised and started demanding fair prices for it.
www.reuters.com/world/africa...
I had a suspicion when I kept hearing upbeat bubbly women pitching 'the interests' of speculative markets and AI on NPR-
(Which, bad. Bad NPR. I know you lost fed funding but jeez.)
-But now I'm certain now that Techbros are actively pushing women out there to shill their snake oil.
A wrong lesson to take from the Brazilian elections is that voting can defeat fascism. That's not true at all. Democracy is an incredibly frail system and the US almost took over the country through it.
ORGANIZED PEOPLE DEFEATED FASCISM
It's another day, so let's talk about this.
First of all, Lula didn't win the election alone. He won because more than half of the country FREAKED THE FUCK OUT and built a popular movement that organized several actions both irl and online.
"The Art of Over the Garden Wall" is being reissued in an expanded edition ❤️
Regular edition >> www.catsuka.com/shopping/ind...
Deluxe edition >> www.catsuka.com/shopping/ind...
Mom: 'I was telling [care person] all about how you hate Taylor Swi-'
Me: 'I DON'T HATE TAYLOR SWIFT! I JUST DON'T THINK FANCIFUL PHILANTHROPY EXEMPTS YOU FROM PROPER TAXATION!!!'
Hunger's Bite was nominated for a Teen Readers' Choice award, and voting is open! It's intended only for voters aged 13-19 (not sure I have any following me) but if you are a teen or have a teen in your life, I'd love to have your vote!
www.storycon.org/vote
help me beat john green
We made a book!
RURAL INDEXING: A COLLECTION OF AMERICAN BUILDINGS, SIGNS, AND SYMBOLS arrives from Rizzoli in March 2027.
Our favorite themes and subjects from the thousands of places we've visited since 2010—450+ photos, many never published before.
Preorder:
linktr.ee/ruralindexingproject
NEXT SUNDAY, LIGHTBOX PEEPS!!
Come over to my book signing, it’s happening a couple blocks away from Lightbox Expo!
1-3pm on October 25th, I’ll have signed books at The Open Book in Pasadena (at the Paseo) 📚 👻
I'm so tired all the time and my tummy hurts no matter what I eat and I keep getting headaches-
'It's stress'
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Oh no. No. Don't tell me that. That's not something I can fix. Can't I just take a tums or something?
A ‘POISON IVY’ series is in the works at HBO.
• Lauren LeFranc (‘The Penguin’) is in talks to write the series
• It would not be set in Matt Reeves' Batman universe
(Source: Deadline)
We knew this was coming, but it still hurts. This studio meant a lot (of different things) to a lot of people over the years, and my heart goes out to employees past and present dealing with big feelings.
EA shutters BioWare and carves through other teams months after after Saudi-led buyout
An internal email obtained by Vertical Slice states EA is also "bringing together" Respawn and DICE to work on a new shooter.
More and more places are now using non-charcoal based food dyes and colorings, thankfully, but obviously check your meds, check interactions and be wary! 💖
PSA FOR THE GAYS (and others tbh)
be careful this halloween season if your cocktails are colored black. they may be using activated charcoal, which will make several medications less effective, INCLUDING PrEP.
This. And speaking of which, the Arizona Comic Book Arts Festival (AZCAF) opened up registration a couple days ago. It's $70 bucks for a table. Come hang with us. azcomicartfest.com/table-applic...
fwiw i now table exclusively zinefests and small comic shows that are in the city i live in.
table fee is usually 50-100 bucks. i usually make 200-350 from a one day event.
Hello every non-techie webcomics person who gets scared to even touch their website. PLEASE contact your host and make sure they're ready to patch this.
details leaked. this vulnerability is a full unauthenticated unconditional remote code execution exploit against any service running on a PHP version from 5.4 until latest
yeah if anything deserves CVSS 11, this is it. this is CATACLYSMICALLY bad.
'why aren't my friends talking to me?'
'are they mad at me?'
'are they tired of me?'
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'maybe they are asleep.'
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...
...
'no. they probably all just hate me now.'
I think the Ellison's made a mistake with their stupid merger/owning Tiktok/consuming all media-
-in that we all know their names now and that's a dangerous thing for families full of manchildren babies.
The smartest thing a rich person can do is be unknown by the public.
I know journalists largely have no control over the headlines they get.
And outlets just really super need the clicks.
But man.
Sometimes.
(A lot more lately, it seems like.)
I see a headline and go 'was there... NO other news?'
This is a thing I think about a lot, that your data (privacy, texts, DNA, voiceprint, image, all of it) are only as safe as your most credulous, least thoughtful contact makes them.
Seems suboptimal!
With the advent of “AI personal assistants” like Meta’s Muse, you’re being cheerfully asked not just to give up your own data, but also the information of your friends, family, and virtually anyone else you’ve ever come in contact with.
Read more from @janus.bsky.social: buff.ly/aQhWEgZ