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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 26d

STEWART: “Comedy doesn’t change the world, but it’s a bellwether— we’re the banana peel in the coal mine… authoritarians are the threat to comedy, music, art, thought… progress.”

Nailed it.

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Seth Cotlar @sethcotlar.bsky.social · Sep 13

Some of the high quality content Zuckerberg’s platform is algorithmically shoveling into the brains of American consumers. This story is 100% made up, in case that wasn’t obvious.

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Tears on Stage: Bob Dylan Pauses Mid-Song After Learning of Charlie Kirk's Passing
It was meant to be just another night on tour — a full arena, the crowd hanging on every lyric — until Bob Dylan suddenly stopped mid-song.
He stepped back from the mic, his eyes shining under the stage lights. The band went completely silent.
"They just told me.." Dylan's voice trembled. "Charlie
Kirk has passed."
For a long, heavy moment, no one moved. Then Dylan whispered, "This one's for him," and began playing a raw, stripped-down version of Blowin' in the Wind.
Fans were overcome with emotion as the song became a quiet prayer.
What Dylan said after the final chord - his last words to the audience - left the world in stunned silence.
F.u.ll s.t.o.ry be.lo.w

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L @banalplay.bsky.social · Sep 12

This is simply untenable. There is no way forward with media and political classes captured by the right. Every time someone commits a crime you have to pray it's not an undesirable or it's purge time, then when it turns out to be themselves again they just shrug and wait for the next one.

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Karen K. Ho @karenho.bsky.social · Sep 13

every time I see a notable media person say something odd about the notable person who was killed this week, I remember how working at CJR taught me many white journalists find it easier to sympathize and empathize with right wing individuals than non-white journalists they actually work with

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Tuttle Tuttle Toil & Trouble 🎃 @katekilla.bsky.social · Sep 13

I shouldn't be shocked, but I'm still always brought up short to realize how many people think "civility" means "white people speaking in relatively calm voices" no matter what vile shit they say.

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · Sep 13

"…and Magda Goebbels made a great strudel.”

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Zoe Gardner @zoejardiniere.bsky.social · Sep 13

The reporting on Charlie Kirk’s killer in the UK & US highlights again how fundamentally ill equipped mainstream media is to report on political violence in the digital age.

They do not know anything about online far right meme culture & it’s starting to do real harm. #r4today

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Nick Feik @nickfeik.bsky.social · Sep 13

More straight-up censorship.
Children’s hospital staff can’t talk about the dangers of war to children because …“safety”.

Hospital's children in war event cancelled amid safety fears

Melbourne's Royal Children's Hospital says a symposium on the effect of war on children has been cancelled due to safety fears, but some doctors say pressure from a group opposing antisemitism is to b...

www.abc.net.au

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vidyarrrr @vidyarajan.bsky.social · Sep 13

Same 🌷🌷

The Ass is the father of the legs @internethippo.bsky.social · Sep 13

What's your secret to being online all the time without contracting computer madness? For me it's being pure of heart

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skooks @skookses.bsky.social · Sep 11

Entergy CEO: We're giving up on our 2030 climate goals. But we're still hopeful for 2050 because Meta will do... something. Magic maybe? www.nola.com/news/busines...

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Diamond Hands: Master Bag Holder @birdrespecter.bsky.social · Sep 11

The greatest minds in history are on the case

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Senate Gabe @senategabe.bsky.social · Sep 11

These people are on another planet.

NY Times Editorial Board: America Mourns Charlie Kirk

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vidyarrrr @vidyarajan.bsky.social · Sep 11

The mask offness of these last few years we are living thru a terror era

may @maysuser.name · Sep 11

charlie kirk has received infinitely more sympathy and support from liberals than every single trans person, immigrant, and palestinian combined

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vidyarrrr @vidyarajan.bsky.social · Sep 11

🤮🤮🤮

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Myles McNutt @memles.bsky.social · Sep 8

I want to know what Deadline thinks live-action means.

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vidyarrrr @vidyarajan.bsky.social · Sep 5

Honestly sometimes I get so confused how ppl in the lap of wealth in the west can still be such...18th century racists. The woman in this article sounds as if she's a page from a colonial pamphlet titled sthing like"The Angery Savage skull is designed to Ravaage her Milky Skin and Tendere Heart"

WIRED @wired.com · Sep 3

When her son died in utero, a venture capitalist went to extremes to punish her surrogate. www.wired.com/story/the-ba...

The Baby Died. Whose Fault Is It?

When her son died in utero, a venture capitalist went to extremes to punish her surrogate.

www.wired.com

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Nick Feik @nickfeik.bsky.social · Sep 4

It’s ludicrous and insulting to suggest that the richest university in Australia can’t afford the two part-time wages to run Meanjin.
Also: did they even try to save it? Donation drive? Philanthropic efforts? Offering it to another institution?
No.
The university council shut it down intentionally.

Crikey @crikey.com.au · Sep 4

Exclusive: Australia’s second-oldest literary journal, Meanjin, is being shut down today for "financial" reasons, Crikey can reveal.

Literary journal Meanjin to close after 85 years of publishing

Meanjin, a mainstay of Australia's cultural landscape and the nation's second-oldest literary publication, is shuttering after Melbourne University Publishing decided to cease financial support.

www.crikey.com.au

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vidyarrrr @vidyarajan.bsky.social · Sep 2

Ty!

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vidyarrrr @vidyarajan.bsky.social · Sep 2

❤️

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vidyarrrr @vidyarajan.bsky.social · Sep 1

Some comments from strangers sweeping into my DMs as Crisis Actor ended and making me feel a little 🤯😭...I appreciate the reach out so much. Making any art can feel like a yell in the dark, but hybrid stuff like this? Grateful the subjects we care bout translated so viscerally for many. 💕💕

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vidyarrrr @vidyarajan.bsky.social · Sep 1

Some comments from strangers sweeping into my DMs as Crisis Actor ended and making me feel a little 🤯😭...I appreciate the reach out so much. Making any art can feel like a yell in the dark, but hybrid stuff like this? Grateful the subjects we care bout translated so viscerally for many. 💕💕

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vidyarrrr @vidyarajan.bsky.social · Sep 1

🤮🤮🤮

Purplepingers ☭ @purplepingers.bsky.social · Sep 1

Albo: “there are some good Nazis”

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Ruby Quail @quail.bsky.social · Aug 31

Coming down from like the high of working on crisis actor, and like, the limerence for all the wonderful people I worked with is real tough right now.

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vidyarrrr @vidyarajan.bsky.social · Aug 29

More great responses to CRISIS ACTOR. Giddy tht crowds have been so enthused, moved and thoughtful by this experimental freak child we loved making. Only 6 tickets left for the whole season.

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vidyarrrr @vidyarajan.bsky.social · Aug 29

More great responses to CRISIS ACTOR. Giddy tht crowds have been so enthused, moved and thoughtful by this experimental freak child we loved making. Only 6 tickets left for the whole season.

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