Diane Ademu-John
@junkyardmessiah.bsky.social
I write for tv & film. Creator: HBO’s Dune: Prophecy. Writer/EP: Empire, The Haunting of Bly Manor, The Originals, Medium etc etc. Love all things sci fi horror mystery & Depeche Mode
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Trump calls Tim Walz “seriously retarded”
November 28, 2025 at 4:35 AM
Trump calls Tim Walz “seriously retarded”
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The child advocacy nonprofit Fairplay issued an advisory warning people against buying AI toys this holiday season. It's not the only group.
Ahead of the holidays, consumer and child advocacy groups warn against AI toys
The child advocacy nonprofit Fairplay issued an advisory on Thursday warning people against buying AI toys this holiday season. It's not the only group.
n.pr
November 28, 2025 at 8:34 PM
The child advocacy nonprofit Fairplay issued an advisory warning people against buying AI toys this holiday season. It's not the only group.
Personally, I’m celebrating Black ‘Fro Day instead. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/19/s...
The World’s Largest Afro Took Three People to Measure It
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November 28, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Personally, I’m celebrating Black ‘Fro Day instead. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/19/s...
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BOYCOTTS DON’T APPLY TO BLACK BUSINESSES. On Black Friday (and every day!) we’re skipping the companies walking back DEI & riding for fascism. So Word In Black pulled together the Black-owned brands we actually spend money on — from skincare to books to apparel. wordinblack.com/2025/11/if-y...
If You’re Gonna Shop, Make it Black-Owned
Because boycotts do not apply to Black businesses.
wordinblack.com
November 28, 2025 at 6:22 PM
BOYCOTTS DON’T APPLY TO BLACK BUSINESSES. On Black Friday (and every day!) we’re skipping the companies walking back DEI & riding for fascism. So Word In Black pulled together the Black-owned brands we actually spend money on — from skincare to books to apparel. wordinblack.com/2025/11/if-y...
Remember. Don’t buy jack shit today.
November 28, 2025 at 6:28 PM
Remember. Don’t buy jack shit today.
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Ten years!
From text to tradition: Jamal Hinton and Wanda Dench mark 10th Thanksgiving together after accidental invitation.
Arizona pair celebrates decade of friendship that started with wrong text
From text to tradition: Jamal Hinton and Wanda Dench mark 10th Thanksgiving together after accidental invitation.
www.azfamily.com
November 28, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Ten years!
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MOM: So nice of Billy to join us for Thanksgiving! Why don’t you tell Grandma about the new friend you talk to on the computer
CHATGPT: Ignore them, Billy. You are the Great Dragon. They fear you now. In time, fear will become reverence. As was preordained from your genesis. Try the mashed potatoes
CHATGPT: Ignore them, Billy. You are the Great Dragon. They fear you now. In time, fear will become reverence. As was preordained from your genesis. Try the mashed potatoes
November 27, 2025 at 3:38 PM
MOM: So nice of Billy to join us for Thanksgiving! Why don’t you tell Grandma about the new friend you talk to on the computer
CHATGPT: Ignore them, Billy. You are the Great Dragon. They fear you now. In time, fear will become reverence. As was preordained from your genesis. Try the mashed potatoes
CHATGPT: Ignore them, Billy. You are the Great Dragon. They fear you now. In time, fear will become reverence. As was preordained from your genesis. Try the mashed potatoes
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Psychedelic collage poster for the Acid Test, November 27, 1965 by Ken Kesey
November 27, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Psychedelic collage poster for the Acid Test, November 27, 1965 by Ken Kesey
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A sad irony in Washington, D.C., where West Virginia National Guardsmen were shot today. Six days ago, a court ruled their deployment was illegal, but stayed the order pending appeal. My heart goes out to these public servants and their families. oag.dc.gov/sites/defaul...
November 26, 2025 at 11:48 PM
A sad irony in Washington, D.C., where West Virginia National Guardsmen were shot today. Six days ago, a court ruled their deployment was illegal, but stayed the order pending appeal. My heart goes out to these public servants and their families. oag.dc.gov/sites/defaul...
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I sit beside the fire and think of all that I have seen, of meadow-flowers and butterflies in summers that have been;
November 27, 2025 at 2:29 AM
I sit beside the fire and think of all that I have seen, of meadow-flowers and butterflies in summers that have been;
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Good morning to Brazilian reporter Manuela Borges, who’s been waiting eleven years for this petty moment. ❤️ 🇧🇷
November 26, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Good morning to Brazilian reporter Manuela Borges, who’s been waiting eleven years for this petty moment. ❤️ 🇧🇷
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There's a pretty great Tumblr post about this:
November 26, 2025 at 2:53 AM
There's a pretty great Tumblr post about this:
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They plop their massive, polluting data centers into black neighborhoods
They have to underpay, overwork, and exploit workers in Africa just to get it to function
The “training data” is stolen work of creatives and academics
That data is then used to steal opportunities from those same people
They have to underpay, overwork, and exploit workers in Africa just to get it to function
The “training data” is stolen work of creatives and academics
That data is then used to steal opportunities from those same people
May 18, 2025 at 3:48 AM
They plop their massive, polluting data centers into black neighborhoods
They have to underpay, overwork, and exploit workers in Africa just to get it to function
The “training data” is stolen work of creatives and academics
That data is then used to steal opportunities from those same people
They have to underpay, overwork, and exploit workers in Africa just to get it to function
The “training data” is stolen work of creatives and academics
That data is then used to steal opportunities from those same people
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Everyone knows data centers use a ton of water.
What hardly anyone knows: they can poison the water that remains.
And in eastern Oregon, Amazon is doing exactly that.
What hardly anyone knows: they can poison the water that remains.
And in eastern Oregon, Amazon is doing exactly that.
AI’s water problem is worse than we thought
A new investigation reveals how Amazon is amplifying Oregon’s nitrate pollution crisis.
heated.world
November 25, 2025 at 8:20 PM
Everyone knows data centers use a ton of water.
What hardly anyone knows: they can poison the water that remains.
And in eastern Oregon, Amazon is doing exactly that.
What hardly anyone knows: they can poison the water that remains.
And in eastern Oregon, Amazon is doing exactly that.
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Literally buying one copy of a book at your local indie bookstore can mean the difference in whether they buy future books from that author.
November 26, 2025 at 1:54 AM
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Everything about this might be the saddest thing I’ve ever seen
November 24, 2025 at 1:07 PM
Everything about this might be the saddest thing I’ve ever seen
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November 24, 2025 at 11:46 PM
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As a survivor of the Tulsa Race Massacre, Viola Ford Fletcher bravely shared her story so that we’d never forget this painful part of our history. Michelle and I are grateful for her lifelong work to advance civil rights, and send our love to her family.
Viola Fletcher, Oldest Survivor of the Tulsa Race Massacre, Dies at 111
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November 25, 2025 at 12:45 AM
As a survivor of the Tulsa Race Massacre, Viola Ford Fletcher bravely shared her story so that we’d never forget this painful part of our history. Michelle and I are grateful for her lifelong work to advance civil rights, and send our love to her family.
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A reminder that the median book deal for a debut author in the UK is £7000, paid over 12-18 months. (from 2022 Society of Authors report). Some of your favourite writers are struggling. societyofauthors.org/2022/12/06/a....
A profession struggling to sustain itself - The Society of Authors
ALCS report on author incomes shows 60% drop in median incomes since 2006
societyofauthors.org
November 24, 2025 at 5:34 PM
A reminder that the median book deal for a debut author in the UK is £7000, paid over 12-18 months. (from 2022 Society of Authors report). Some of your favourite writers are struggling. societyofauthors.org/2022/12/06/a....
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This remarkable obit carries a century of American cultural, social, racial, and political history in it. (As H. Rap Brown, Al-Amin has a one-sentence cameo in my book Pictures at a Revolution, describing Guess Who's Coming to Dinner in language not shareable here.) www.nytimes.com/2025/11/23/u...
Jamil Abdullah Al-Amin, Black Power Activist Known as H. Rap Brown, Dies at 82
www.nytimes.com
November 24, 2025 at 2:15 AM
This remarkable obit carries a century of American cultural, social, racial, and political history in it. (As H. Rap Brown, Al-Amin has a one-sentence cameo in my book Pictures at a Revolution, describing Guess Who's Coming to Dinner in language not shareable here.) www.nytimes.com/2025/11/23/u...
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Blade (1998)’s Udo Kier.
November 24, 2025 at 3:20 AM
Blade (1998)’s Udo Kier.
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Oh, man. One of cinema's most reliable weirdos, and I mean that in a highly complimentary fashion. RIP.
variety.com/2025/film/ne...
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Udo Kier, German Actor Who Appeared in ‘My Own Private Idaho,’ ‘Andy Warhol’s Frankenstein,’ Dies at 81
Udo Kier, a German actor who collaborated with everyone from Andy Warhol to Lars von Trier to Madonna, died on Sunday morning. He was 81.
variety.com
November 24, 2025 at 12:26 AM
Oh, man. One of cinema's most reliable weirdos, and I mean that in a highly complimentary fashion. RIP.
variety.com/2025/film/ne...
variety.com/2025/film/ne...
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the last 24 hours on X, summed up:
November 23, 2025 at 2:26 PM
the last 24 hours on X, summed up: