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Faxe MacAran CR: God's Own Country by M. Reyes
Faxe MacAran CR: God's Own Country by M. Reyes
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PhD, Physiologist, Science Advocate/Educator, Social Dancer Hopeless Nerd, Massive Geek, Total Dork Pronouns: He/They Truthwatcher
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Faxe MacAran CR: God's Own Country by M. Reyes reposted
COMING UP: Preliminary hearing before magistrate judge Faruqui in the criminal case of former FBI agents charged with false statements to Congress and obstruction. Things could get very interesting... I'm here in the media room for @lawfaremedia.org. Follow along!
While you were sleeping: DOJ files superseding complaint, adds obstruction counts in case against former FBI agents Nikki Floris and Bradley Benavides Preliminary hearing set for today at 11 am. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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Replying to @matthew.flux.community
Trumpism has succeeded because his side draws up a passionate core and supplements it with gigantic media presence. There is no alternative to this. Goody-two-shoes "let's participate in democracy together" crap goes nowhere. You can only defeat fascist power with progressive power. /end
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This, but also, as a liberal I believe in freedom and human rights for all people, all around the world. That translates into rooting interests in elections where freedoms and rights are on the ballot, as they often are.
I just think Matt's wrong about this. We're at a point in our technological development where a ton of problems spill over national borders--if Flavio Bolsonaro burns down the Amazon, that will flood houses in Miami.
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Everyone who is saying "Dems in red states have to throw trans people under the bus to win" -- no. They don't. When they do that, we just start with no winning options on the table. It gives in to the fascist premise that we get to decide some groups don't get rights. THIS is what I want to see.
Kansas Dem Sen. nominee Adam Hamilton on trans rights: “I don’t think we should take a small group of people and bully them, pick on them, and hurt them. I understand one thing really clearly when it comes to transgender people, and that is Jesus told me I was to love my neighbor as I love myself”
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Replying to @purplezebrav.bsky.social
As long as the author isn’t being harassed to answer, which is not ever okay, then the Morrison quote is just another version of “stop having fun in a way different from what I enjoy,” with an occasional added “no using pop culture as a teaching tool because I don’t like it.” Either way, dick move.
Faxe MacAran CR: God's Own Country by M. Reyes reposted
Faxe MacAran CR: God's Own Country by M. Reyes reposted
Faxe MacAran CR: God's Own Country by M. Reyes reposted
Faxe MacAran CR: God's Own Country by M. Reyes reposted
“The culmination of my life’s work may have been targeted by an AI-assisted censorship tool & terminated by a politically-motivated AI hallucination” If you care in any way about science, you need to read this thread from my friend Kelton Minor.
Together with other scientists I’m suing the 🇺🇸 US National Institutes of Health for violating our 1st Amendment rights & censoring our health science. I’m ready to shine a light on the darkest days. Buckle up, read on. This gets pretty wild… THREAD
For my Brakebills alums, "You can never fully control external circumstances, they may even be actively hostile, but you can control the ones inside you. And one hand is plenty." www.instagram.com/reel/Dbn4NJ4...
Faxe MacAran CR: God's Own Country by M. Reyes reposted
Faxe MacAran CR: God's Own Country by M. Reyes reposted
y’all aren’t gonna believe this shit* www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/...
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Will any reporter ask the President of the United States to name the five specific states where he alleges that public school teachers are deciding -- all on their own initiative, over the objections of the parents -- to force their children into gender-affirming surgeries? Seems like a big story?
Trump: "We have 5 states where your child goes off to school as Tim and comes back as Tammy 3 or 4 days later. It's true. And teachers make a decision. 'Goodbye Timmy I love you so much, I'll see you later.' And you say, 'Where's my son? My son is in the hospital.' Can you imagine?"
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Reminder that trad pub authors aren’t eligible to unionize in the United States. They can certainly throw their weight around at a certain level and demand their contracts include protections…for them. New authors don’t have that power. From exploitative to worse!
For @wired.com, I spoke with workers about the quiet push to experiment with AI tools from book publishing executives at the Big Five. www.wired.com/story/book-p...
Faxe MacAran CR: God's Own Country by M. Reyes reposted
Faxe MacAran CR: God's Own Country by M. Reyes reposted
Faxe MacAran CR: God's Own Country by M. Reyes reposted
the year is 2030 and i no longer consume anything that isn't personalized to me. every game, every book, every movie extends to the limits of my own imagination and no further. i haven't been surprised in five years. i cry softly, in bewilderment, if i see a word i don't know
maybe i'm old fashion but the coolest thing about video games is being taken to new worlds that i hadn't thought up and experiencing something exciting that the artists behind the game want to show me
Faxe MacAran CR: God's Own Country by M. Reyes reposted
Faxe MacAran CR: God's Own Country by M. Reyes reposted
Blogged angry today. It is bad for Democrats, and bad for democracy, when a few centibillionaires decide to take ownership of all mass media outlets. We can all see that, right? Your political message does not matter if your target audience cannot hear it. davekarpf.beehiiv.com/p/your-polit...
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we have TWO WEEKS and less than $500 before this is funded!!! tell your friends!! tell your enemies!! tell your high school besties and your d&d group!!
a fresh monday, a fresh reminder that @verybigcomics.com is kickstarting and if we reach a stretch goal then LOB-STAR with me on pencils and inks gets another issue!!! so go back it!! pretty please!!! www.kickstarter.com/projects/ver...
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ALSO the incredible YULE team (including me!) has cooked up a real special seasonal smorgasbord of spooky scary sequential stories! how about that!! www.kickstarter.com/projects/sid...
Trans right or we bites.
Mom wanted me to get a buzz cut when I was 7. I was never allowed long hair like my sisters, but that was just *too* short. I started crying in the barber chair. The barber threatened to hold me down and shave my head, so I bit him. Never did get my girl hair, but I never got a buzz cut, either.
Faxe MacAran CR: God's Own Country by M. Reyes reposted