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You really have to read this thread. The genius of Tom Stoppard, the fragility of memory, the magic of theatre — and the glorious stubbornness of a researcher who would not stop.
Eleven years ago, I wrote to Tom Stoppard to ask about this coup de théâtre from 1949. It took me down an unexpected rabbit hole - in memory of Stoppard, here's what I found.
November 30, 2025 at 2:42 PM
You really have to read this thread. The genius of Tom Stoppard, the fragility of memory, the magic of theatre — and the glorious stubbornness of a researcher who would not stop.
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In 1949, Albert Einstein wrote WHY SOCIALISM.
Here is an extract.
Here is an extract.
November 30, 2025 at 2:00 PM
In 1949, Albert Einstein wrote WHY SOCIALISM.
Here is an extract.
Here is an extract.
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it's not as simple as "hardware has gotten better, software has gotten worse" because a lot of companies making physical devices are lost in the wilderness from a design perspective, but a rule of thumb that anything that charges you monthly gets worse over time works pretty well
November 30, 2025 at 12:14 PM
it's not as simple as "hardware has gotten better, software has gotten worse" because a lot of companies making physical devices are lost in the wilderness from a design perspective, but a rule of thumb that anything that charges you monthly gets worse over time works pretty well
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Your voice -- your responses, your messaging that you will not pay for this garbage -- becomes the weapons workers in the industry need.
I guarantee you, every Reddit post, every huge Twitter thread, every article on a news site will be shared with management as an I TOLD YOU SO.
I guarantee you, every Reddit post, every huge Twitter thread, every article on a news site will be shared with management as an I TOLD YOU SO.
November 30, 2025 at 5:08 AM
Your voice -- your responses, your messaging that you will not pay for this garbage -- becomes the weapons workers in the industry need.
I guarantee you, every Reddit post, every huge Twitter thread, every article on a news site will be shared with management as an I TOLD YOU SO.
I guarantee you, every Reddit post, every huge Twitter thread, every article on a news site will be shared with management as an I TOLD YOU SO.
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Let me give some insight on this, as a producer in the dub industry who worked with major streamers, who's witnessed first-hand where this push for AI is coming from.
tl;dr: Only CEOs want this. Tell them how much you hate it. Be loud, email, call, @, post. You will kill this.
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tl;dr: Only CEOs want this. Tell them how much you hate it. Be loud, email, call, @, post. You will kill this.
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The only thing less human than these AI dub performances is the decision to sign off on them
A company this big can pay human actors a decent wage, not produce slop that intentionally removes the human element.
A company this big can pay human actors a decent wage, not produce slop that intentionally removes the human element.
November 30, 2025 at 4:55 AM
Let me give some insight on this, as a producer in the dub industry who worked with major streamers, who's witnessed first-hand where this push for AI is coming from.
tl;dr: Only CEOs want this. Tell them how much you hate it. Be loud, email, call, @, post. You will kill this.
🧵⬇️
tl;dr: Only CEOs want this. Tell them how much you hate it. Be loud, email, call, @, post. You will kill this.
🧵⬇️
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They're gonna French Toast his ass
France’s far-right leader hit by egg, days after flour attack
French far-right leader hit on the head with an egg
Jordan Bardella, leader of France’s far-right National Rally party, was hit on the head with an egg Saturday, just days after another incident in which a protester threw flour at him.
www.ctvnews.ca
November 30, 2025 at 12:59 AM
They're gonna French Toast his ass
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The president has illegally declared war to stop fentanyl trafficking from a country that does not traffic that drug, claiming its leader is trafficking drugs himself, the day after pardoning a former leader of a country who is a convicted drug trafficker.
Just to level set
Just to level set
November 29, 2025 at 4:47 PM
The president has illegally declared war to stop fentanyl trafficking from a country that does not traffic that drug, claiming its leader is trafficking drugs himself, the day after pardoning a former leader of a country who is a convicted drug trafficker.
Just to level set
Just to level set
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As Trump announces the closure of Venezuelan airspace in anticipation of a war, there is literally nothing about it on the CNN or New York Times homepages as of 11:50 AM ET
November 29, 2025 at 4:52 PM
As Trump announces the closure of Venezuelan airspace in anticipation of a war, there is literally nothing about it on the CNN or New York Times homepages as of 11:50 AM ET
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this is the solution to the "male loneliness epidemic" dudes need to either get butlers or become butler s
November 29, 2025 at 7:05 AM
this is the solution to the "male loneliness epidemic" dudes need to either get butlers or become butler s
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rich dudes got freakier after butlers fell out of fashion, like say what you will about having domestic servants but clearly it was some sort of moderating force on old rich dudes having a fancy man follow you around saying shit like "oh dear sir, that wouldn't be very becoming"
November 29, 2025 at 6:43 AM
rich dudes got freakier after butlers fell out of fashion, like say what you will about having domestic servants but clearly it was some sort of moderating force on old rich dudes having a fancy man follow you around saying shit like "oh dear sir, that wouldn't be very becoming"
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you would notice you're on occupied land if the 75,000,000 buffalo that used to roam freely here were still around
you would notice if you connected with nature and saw the sickness
you choose to remain ignorant, disconnected, and soulless
you would notice if you connected with nature and saw the sickness
you choose to remain ignorant, disconnected, and soulless
November 29, 2025 at 1:49 AM
you would notice you're on occupied land if the 75,000,000 buffalo that used to roam freely here were still around
you would notice if you connected with nature and saw the sickness
you choose to remain ignorant, disconnected, and soulless
you would notice if you connected with nature and saw the sickness
you choose to remain ignorant, disconnected, and soulless
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think trans artists tend to be multidisciplinary renaissance types bc we all know that no matter what we do we’re not getting famous or even respected for this shit
November 28, 2025 at 11:22 PM
think trans artists tend to be multidisciplinary renaissance types bc we all know that no matter what we do we’re not getting famous or even respected for this shit
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Today especially please remember:
It costs you *nothing* to repost the projects of trans women on this site. It's free. You can do it with just two clicks.
Even if it's not something that interests you, it might be something that interests one of your followers.
Just fucking repost, okay?
It costs you *nothing* to repost the projects of trans women on this site. It's free. You can do it with just two clicks.
Even if it's not something that interests you, it might be something that interests one of your followers.
Just fucking repost, okay?
November 28, 2025 at 10:59 PM
Today especially please remember:
It costs you *nothing* to repost the projects of trans women on this site. It's free. You can do it with just two clicks.
Even if it's not something that interests you, it might be something that interests one of your followers.
Just fucking repost, okay?
It costs you *nothing* to repost the projects of trans women on this site. It's free. You can do it with just two clicks.
Even if it's not something that interests you, it might be something that interests one of your followers.
Just fucking repost, okay?
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today, both Americas come together
November 28, 2025 at 1:09 AM
today, both Americas come together
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The appropriation of others' labor value literally *defines* the bourgeoisie (petite or grande).
Even the classic examples of doctors/lawyers/etc. aren't p.b. anymore in modern capitalist society. Most are employees of capitalists who own their firms/practices.
Artists? Certainly not.
Even the classic examples of doctors/lawyers/etc. aren't p.b. anymore in modern capitalist society. Most are employees of capitalists who own their firms/practices.
Artists? Certainly not.
One of the simplest ways to see that creators aren’t bourgeois is that we don’t, as creators, appropriate other peoples’ labor.
We do labor that we can eventually make money from, we don’t make money from exploiting others. It’s the exploitative relation that characterizes the bourgeoisie.
We do labor that we can eventually make money from, we don’t make money from exploiting others. It’s the exploitative relation that characterizes the bourgeoisie.
Honestly, people calling creators the "petite bourgeoisie" makes me want to snap.
We're working folk. And we work really hard. For next to nothing.
We're not lounging around eating bonbons. We're trying to figure out how we're going to be able to pay rent next month.
We're working folk. And we work really hard. For next to nothing.
We're not lounging around eating bonbons. We're trying to figure out how we're going to be able to pay rent next month.
November 28, 2025 at 1:56 AM
The appropriation of others' labor value literally *defines* the bourgeoisie (petite or grande).
Even the classic examples of doctors/lawyers/etc. aren't p.b. anymore in modern capitalist society. Most are employees of capitalists who own their firms/practices.
Artists? Certainly not.
Even the classic examples of doctors/lawyers/etc. aren't p.b. anymore in modern capitalist society. Most are employees of capitalists who own their firms/practices.
Artists? Certainly not.
If you don’t think authors are victims of wage theft every bit as much as any other worker you really live in a fantasy
November 28, 2025 at 2:53 AM
If you don’t think authors are victims of wage theft every bit as much as any other worker you really live in a fantasy
My stance on piracy as a creator and purveyor of live theater is VERY COMPLICATED but my stance on piracy in the realm of print media is NOT COMPLICATED. Don’t fucking steal from authors! Just don’t do it!
November 28, 2025 at 2:50 AM
My stance on piracy as a creator and purveyor of live theater is VERY COMPLICATED but my stance on piracy in the realm of print media is NOT COMPLICATED. Don’t fucking steal from authors! Just don’t do it!
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It's happened again... An e-commerce site called Tokyo Tiger has stolen my art and is selling t-shirts and putting ads on IG/X with my artwork.
Do not buy from them.
These are not licensed products. They are stolen.
Do not buy from them.
These are not licensed products. They are stolen.
November 27, 2025 at 3:46 AM
It's happened again... An e-commerce site called Tokyo Tiger has stolen my art and is selling t-shirts and putting ads on IG/X with my artwork.
Do not buy from them.
These are not licensed products. They are stolen.
Do not buy from them.
These are not licensed products. They are stolen.
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Because people are treating it like a juicy spectacle and not like a significant failure of journalism and a condemnation of the industry.
November 26, 2025 at 10:05 PM
Because people are treating it like a juicy spectacle and not like a significant failure of journalism and a condemnation of the industry.
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Republicans are purposely and strategically incompetent on antiterror; they hope for violent attacks they can frame as terrorist, to justify accelerating the terrorist violence they’re already enacting against the US civilian population.
2/ nor can we forget Thomas Fugate, the 22 year old Trump campaign worked appointed as the lead counter terrorism coordinator at DHS.
November 27, 2025 at 12:23 PM
Republicans are purposely and strategically incompetent on antiterror; they hope for violent attacks they can frame as terrorist, to justify accelerating the terrorist violence they’re already enacting against the US civilian population.
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This shooting is clearly an isolated incident. The fact we haven't seen more, in a country that has regular mass shootings, is a testament to how much resettled Afghans want to be here.
November 27, 2025 at 5:28 AM
This shooting is clearly an isolated incident. The fact we haven't seen more, in a country that has regular mass shootings, is a testament to how much resettled Afghans want to be here.
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At a certain point, all the Nuzzi/Lizza/RFK/Sanford/whatever stuff starts to feel like we're all being forced to participate in some weird fetish of the media elite.
November 24, 2025 at 8:04 PM
At a certain point, all the Nuzzi/Lizza/RFK/Sanford/whatever stuff starts to feel like we're all being forced to participate in some weird fetish of the media elite.
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Guys let’s all hold hands and simply decide not to listen to James Carville
November 24, 2025 at 8:34 PM
Guys let’s all hold hands and simply decide not to listen to James Carville