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Spelling Mistakes Cost Lives @darrencullen.bsky.social · Aug 7

Did a new one

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💢Marx was right.🕊 @paulwalker44.bsky.social · 2d

The repeated experiments of capitalism have not worked.

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Casey Wright @sg00001.bsky.social · 1d

Office of Degenerate Nazi Idiots.

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Casey Wright @sg00001.bsky.social · 1d

Shut the fuck up, fascist scum.

Casey Wright @sg00001.bsky.social · 2d

Ishmael Reed on his favorite Pynchon moment.

#booksky #reading #IshmaelReed #ThomasPynchon #AgainstTheDay #novel #writing

A screenshot of an article where people comment on their favorite Pynchon moments:

Ishmael Reed
Novelist

I don’t know why “Against the Day” hasn’t been banned. In one of the most remarkable scenes penned by an American writer, Pynchon cites events that the anti-woke crowd would want deleted. Referring to the Blacks and Filipinos, Mexicans and hillbillies who are present in that scene, the character Lew Basnight “gradually understood that what everybody here had in common was having survived some cataclysm none of them spoke about directly — a bombing, a massacre perhaps at the behest of the U.S. government.” Those with prominent media megaphones today are denying that such cataclysms took place.

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Casey Wright @sg00001.bsky.social · 2d

You should call yourself DONALD after your diapered dementia demon you worship. Department Of Nazis And Loser Dipshits.

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Kasey Gifford @kaseygifford.bsky.social · 7d

We should be asking this
c o n s t a n t l y.

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ICE must be destroyed 🏳️‍⚧️🏴 @miawong.bsky.social · 3d

We are going to win

Moreover, ICE must be destroyed

Gravel Influencer @gravelinfluencer.bsky.social · 4d

Earlier today I was listening to one of the hosts from Here and Now repeatedly ask a resident from Southeast Chicago whether throwing rocks at ICE was justified. And finally she just said, "They invaded our community. They have machine guns."

Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 4d

Wow. New Economist poll finds only 34% of Americans say ICE's use of force has been justified, vs 51% who say it's been excessive. And they oppose agents wearing masks by 52-35.

Yep, ICE is becoming a pariah agency, and that's gaining deep penetration in the culture:

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Casey Wright @sg00001.bsky.social · 3d

How's your AI wife treating you, dork?

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Jessica Ritchey @jmritchey.bsky.social · 3d

If I had explain American history in one sentence, I could do worse than "John Brown was hung for treason, but Robert E. Lee was not."

Jacobin @jacobinmag.bsky.social · 4d

John Brown’s raid on Harpers Ferry began on this day in 1859.

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Casey Wright @sg00001.bsky.social · 4d

They look like children that ate all the other children.

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Casey Wright @sg00001.bsky.social · 6d

Oh, hell yeah, David AIPACman. Make up absurd shit and duck out so you can ignore the comments calling you out. Real loser energy.

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Casey Wright @sg00001.bsky.social · 8d

Diane Keaton was a great talent. Annie Hall and Kay Adams are so perfectly rendered by her performances. La-di-da, la-di-da, la-la. Now I need to watch Looking For Mr. Goodbar.

#filmsky #movies #faretheewell #solong #TheGodfather

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Casey Wright @sg00001.bsky.social · 9d

Some people desperately desire to not engage with the art they encounter on any meaningful level.

Casey Wright @sg00001.bsky.social · 9d

When I do use google to search, I try to remember to add "-ai" at the end.

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Casey Wright @sg00001.bsky.social · 9d

'Ello guv'nor!

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Casey Wright @sg00001.bsky.social · 9d

Nice to get some good news.

M. Nolan Gray 🥑 @mnolangray.bsky.social · 10d

Ladies and gentlemen, we did it. SB 79 has been signed.

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Casey Wright @sg00001.bsky.social · 9d

Congrats! Just pre-ordered it (and Possession)!

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Casey Wright @sg00001.bsky.social · 9d

That's funny you bring up Big Trouble in Little China. When I was watching One Battle After Another, Bob reminded me so much of Jack Burton!

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Casey Wright @sg00001.bsky.social · 10d

Disney's The Nine Inch Nails.

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Justin LaLiberty @jlalibs.com · 14d

When will people realize that billionaires do not care about us, even if they want to appear to. Taylor is in a position to hire as many human artists as she pleases and is the rare creator that’s as in control of her art/product and its marketing as anyone ever has been, yet she chose AI.

Taylor Swift Fans Voice Disappointment Over Alleged AI Use In Videos To Promote New Album

Many fans have pointed out that using generative AI contradicts what Taylor has stood for as an artist in the past.

www.huffingtonpost.co.uk

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Casey Wright @sg00001.bsky.social · 11d

TRON (1982) is such an unusual film to me. I can enjoy movies on an almost purely aesthetic basis, and TRON always looks great (plus it has a cool score), yet I find it so irredeemably boring! Not looking forward to ARES, but I have to watch it.

#movies #filmsky #thingsthatsuckwaymorethantheyshould

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Boorke Gutslinger @bleaktheology.bsky.social · 11d

Tracing Antifa back to Weimar is definitely not the pwn he thinks it is.

Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 11d

"Antifa has been around in various iterations for almost 100 years in some instances, going back to the Weimar Republic in Germany."

- Jack Posobiec at Trump's roundtable on antifa

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Sham Jaff @shamjaff.bsky.social · 12d

It’s a "crisis" when immigrants "take jobs away", but "innovation" when machines do. Funny.

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Matt Zoller Seitz @mattzollerseitz.bsky.social · 12d

Die, industry, die

The Verge @theverge.com · May 26

Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry

Paul McCartne, Elton John and others signed an open letter.

buff.ly

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