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Martin Tsai

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critique de cinéma. mots dans los angeles times, a.v. club, the wrap, awards watch, sight and sound etc. camarade de national critics institute et power of diverse voices. membre de galeca, aaja et nlgja. il/le ouvert au travail: [email protected]

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Martin Tsai @martintsai.bsky.social · Apr 18

a personal essay three decades in the making: some thoughts on "the wedding banquet," and gaysian representation, then and now:

How Andrew Ahn's The Wedding Banquet improves on the original - INTO

What Andrew Ahn's remake gets right

www.intomore.com

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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 47m

For thousands of years, Indigenous people stewarded their forests with fire.

Burns encourage more variation in the forest landscape, which leads to greater biodiversity — but there are hard limits.

How indigenous practices can help protect forests

The Post followed cultural burning practices, an Indigenous tradition now permitted under California law and used to help protect forests from wildfires.

www.washingtonpost.com

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Maladroithe @maladroithe.bsky.social · 5h

When you’ve pissed off WeRateDogs so much they’re calling you “fucking losers” on Main you have absolutely lost all merit in the court of public opinion

weratedogs v
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BORDER PATROC
ICE AGENTS KILL DOG
DURING UNLAWFUL SEARCH, REFUSE TO RENDER AID, AND LEAVE WITHOUT IDENTIFYING THEMSELVES

weratedogs This is Chop. He was shot and killed by masked assailants in plain clothes who go by ICE.
Unsurprisingly, they did not care enough to help the family as they tried to save him. Even more unsurprising, they did not find any evidence of the migrants they were there to terrorize in the first place.
Do not open your door for these fucking losers. Rest easy Chop
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CBP Office of Professional Responsibility:
202-344-1808
JointIntake@cbp.dhs.gov
El Paso Border Patrol Sector:
915-834-8400
fpfelpaso@cbp.dhs.gov
Rep. Veronica Escobar (El Paso):
915-541-1400
veronica.escobar@mail.house.gov

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Mia Farrow @miafarrow.bsky.social · 49m

In 1962, author Roald Dahl’s beloved 7-yr-old daughter, Olivia, tragically died from measles, This devastating loss left an indelible mark on Dahl, propelling him into a lifelong crusade to raise awareness about the importance of childhood vaccinations.
ifeg.info/2025/10/12/r...

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Anonymous @youranoncentral.bsky.social · 1h

Young Republicans / TPUSA MAGAs proven to be actual genocidal racist-incel-trolls, a very shocking and unforeseen development.

www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

‘I love Hitler’: Leaked messages expose Young Republicans’ racist chat

Thousands of private messages reveal young GOP leaders joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape.

www.politico.com

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MadAsHell-NeverTrumper 🌊💙🌈 @janl99.bsky.social · 10h

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NY Times Pitchbot @nytpitchbot.bsky.social · 4h

Young Republicans say they love Hitler. But what does that tell us about their politics?

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Martin Tsai @martintsai.bsky.social · 2h

r.i.p.

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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 1d

If you read only one democracy story today, make it this one. While legacy media largely skipped the Texas redistricting hearing, Democracy Docket's Jen Rice was there for all 10 days. Her coverage stands out and sheds insight into how the GOP operates -- not only in TX -- but nationally.

In a Federal Courtroom in Texas, Republicans Were Desperate to Keep Details of their Gerrymander Under Wraps

Read about the fight for democracy from activists, elected officials, legal experts and others.

www.democracydocket.com

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Martin Tsai @martintsai.bsky.social · 23h

“Introduce yourself using only one food you refuse to eat, one movie you’ll never watch again, and one song you can’t stand”

Food: escargot

Film: "sixteen candles"

Song: "i knew you were trouble"

Vlad Antifa Țepeș @porcupunk.bsky.social · 1d

“Introduce yourself using only one food you refuse to eat, one movie you’ll never watch again, and one song you can’t stand”

Food: cooked carrots

Film: Come and See

Song: Вставай, страна огромная..

Sarah Manvel with a🪝for a 🖐️ @cairdiul.bsky.social · 1d

“Introduce yourself using only one food you refuse to eat, one movie you’ll never watch again, and one song you can’t stand”

Food: canned tuna fish

Film: Grease. I was horrified by its sexism from my first viewing at a sleepover and I remain correct

Song: Brown Eyed Girl. The worst

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Sandieglo @sandieglo.bsky.social · 1d

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Martin Tsai @martintsai.bsky.social · 1d

1. he doesn't even look white
2. dead eyes

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Martin Tsai @martintsai.bsky.social · 1d

well,

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BigRuckus8 @bigruckus8.bsky.social · 1d

Are they going to leave like all the rich people never leave?

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Rick does Math and Stuff @mathandstuff.bsky.social · 1d

"Let's give the police veto power over our elections" says the idiot now in charge of CBS News.

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Peter Shulman deplores the Competitive Sycophancy @petershulman.bsky.social · 1d

The easiest bluff ever to call. They'll be racking up overtime like they always do.

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Joe "Damn Right I'm Antifa" Bacon @josephebacon.bsky.social · 2d

New York cops say they will quit if Zohran wins?
Fine!
Quit!
And do what you really want--join ICE, beat and kidnap people of color...

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Michael Batey @mbatey.bsky.social · 2d

When you’re accustomed to impunity, accountability feels like oppression

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Mike Barney Lisan al Gaib @officialjplosman.bsky.social · 2d

I think it’s fine when elements of the security forces disloyal to the elected government purge themselves, actually

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Craig @crrrrrraig.bsky.social · 2d

Falls under the "Don't Threaten Me With a Good Time" category.

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Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 1d

They've been quiet-quitting ever since.

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Nifferama @nifferama.bsky.social · 2d

They threatened it in San Francisco when we elected a progressive DA before they recalled him a couple of years later. All that happened was the police stopped doing their jobs and protest and they’ve never restarted doing their jobs since.

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Jacob Shamsian @jayshams.bsky.social · 1d

The Wall Street Journal reports that Ghislaine Maxwell had a meeting with an unknown person in her new prison camp, during which the entire prison was on lockdown.

Inmates say she's getting unusually favorable treatment by the prison.

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Jemaine Clement @jemaineclement.bsky.social · 1d

Shh, don't wake them up.

www.sciencedaily.com/releases/202...

Scientists unearth a 112-million-year-old time capsule filled with ancient insects

Researchers have unearthed South America’s first amber deposits containing ancient insects in an Ecuadorian quarry, offering a rare 112-million-year-old glimpse into life on the supercontinent Gondwan...

www.sciencedaily.com

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Stephen Taggart @scarecrow237.bsky.social · 4d

Think of all those major corporations that are still around today that supported the Nazi Party in the 1930s and '40s. Yeah, fascism is profitable. And the NYT wants to get in at the start for the current fascist dictatorship.

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[Ghost]🌀 @leftytheghost.bsky.social · 5d

Oh no, we certainly can't have people teaching about anti-fascism, that's too provocative towards fascists!

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