George Meanwell
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Art adjacent / under the anxiety of influence
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"The propaganda isn't working anymore because smart kids saw what's actually happening"
Fixed it for ya Hillary.
Fixed it for ya Hillary.
December 2, 2025 at 9:25 PM
"The propaganda isn't working anymore because smart kids saw what's actually happening"
Fixed it for ya Hillary.
Fixed it for ya Hillary.
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As a prof, I do not care how quickly a student can write an answer under the stress of a timer.
I care about what they actually know, learned, & can analyze. It didn't change my online course grades when I went from timed to untimed.
I care about what they actually know, learned, & can analyze. It didn't change my online course grades when I went from timed to untimed.
So here’s the thing: I, a certified Disabled™️ Person, do not actually care if anyone fakes for an extra 20 minutes on the test. I care deeply about how the fear of that very thing puts up flaming hoops disabled people have to jump through.
Maybe listen to disabled folk on this one.
Maybe listen to disabled folk on this one.
Balancing "no person with a disability should be denied accommodations" with "it's important to discourage non-disabled people from pretending to be disabled to take advantage of these accommodations" is really difficult and I don't have a great answer for what anyone should do about it.
December 2, 2025 at 10:08 PM
As a prof, I do not care how quickly a student can write an answer under the stress of a timer.
I care about what they actually know, learned, & can analyze. It didn't change my online course grades when I went from timed to untimed.
I care about what they actually know, learned, & can analyze. It didn't change my online course grades when I went from timed to untimed.
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Last week, ICE arrested and separated a father and son after a routine check-in. Six-year-old Yuanxin had just enrolled in the first grade at an elementary school in Astoria. Now he's in custody, alone. ICE won't say where. This cruelty serves no one. It must end.
December 2, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Last week, ICE arrested and separated a father and son after a routine check-in. Six-year-old Yuanxin had just enrolled in the first grade at an elementary school in Astoria. Now he's in custody, alone. ICE won't say where. This cruelty serves no one. It must end.
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First of all, one of the reporters on that story was in the Army infantry in Iraq
Q: So you didn't see any survivors after that first strike?
HEGSETH: I did not personally see survivors. The thing was on fire. This is called the fog of war. This is what you in the press don't understand. You sit in your air conditioned offices and plant fake stories in the Washington Post
HEGSETH: I did not personally see survivors. The thing was on fire. This is called the fog of war. This is what you in the press don't understand. You sit in your air conditioned offices and plant fake stories in the Washington Post
December 2, 2025 at 8:26 PM
First of all, one of the reporters on that story was in the Army infantry in Iraq
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Trump on Tim Walz: "I think the man is a grossly incompetent man. I thought that from the day I watched JD destroy him in the debate. I was saying, 'Who's more incompetent, that man or my man?' I had a man and he had a man. They were both incompetent."
December 2, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Trump on Tim Walz: "I think the man is a grossly incompetent man. I thought that from the day I watched JD destroy him in the debate. I was saying, 'Who's more incompetent, that man or my man?' I had a man and he had a man. They were both incompetent."
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Pete Hegseth's nameplate during today's cabinet meeting featured an unfortunate error.
(Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP via Getty)
(Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP via Getty)
December 2, 2025 at 8:18 PM
Pete Hegseth's nameplate during today's cabinet meeting featured an unfortunate error.
(Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP via Getty)
(Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP via Getty)
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Trump says, months after the Sept. 2 boat strike, he knows nothing about it:
"I still haven't gotten a lot of information, because I rely on Pete, but to me, it was an attack. It wasn't one strike, two strikes … Somebody asked me a question about the second strike. I didn't know the second strike."
"I still haven't gotten a lot of information, because I rely on Pete, but to me, it was an attack. It wasn't one strike, two strikes … Somebody asked me a question about the second strike. I didn't know the second strike."
December 2, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Trump says, months after the Sept. 2 boat strike, he knows nothing about it:
"I still haven't gotten a lot of information, because I rely on Pete, but to me, it was an attack. It wasn't one strike, two strikes … Somebody asked me a question about the second strike. I didn't know the second strike."
"I still haven't gotten a lot of information, because I rely on Pete, but to me, it was an attack. It wasn't one strike, two strikes … Somebody asked me a question about the second strike. I didn't know the second strike."
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i'm actually struck by how pete hegseth isn't just a cowardly man but a capital-c Coward. a guy who gets off on abusing and hurting people he thinks are weaker than him and then tries to run and hide when there might be consequences
December 2, 2025 at 1:45 PM
i'm actually struck by how pete hegseth isn't just a cowardly man but a capital-c Coward. a guy who gets off on abusing and hurting people he thinks are weaker than him and then tries to run and hide when there might be consequences
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Me first thing when I wake up
im so excited to go to sleep
December 2, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Me first thing when I wake up
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FIFA seriously needs to move the World Cup out of America. It is too dangerous to send players here.
December 2, 2025 at 2:50 AM
FIFA seriously needs to move the World Cup out of America. It is too dangerous to send players here.
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Imagine what it does to morale in the military to see the defense secretary hang an admiral out to dry to avoid responsibility for war crimes.
December 2, 2025 at 2:29 AM
Imagine what it does to morale in the military to see the defense secretary hang an admiral out to dry to avoid responsibility for war crimes.
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Trump admin drug interdiction policy:
Some we murder.
Some we let go home.
Some we pardon.
Some we murder.
Some we let go home.
Some we pardon.
December 2, 2025 at 2:50 AM
Trump admin drug interdiction policy:
Some we murder.
Some we let go home.
Some we pardon.
Some we murder.
Some we let go home.
Some we pardon.
You know the fact that every time I open the freezer door and see a blue ice pack and an orange ice pack I think I'm looking at freezies and my heart leaps up means that maybe I should buy some freezies
or creamsicles, for that matter
or creamsicles, for that matter
December 2, 2025 at 2:46 AM
You know the fact that every time I open the freezer door and see a blue ice pack and an orange ice pack I think I'm looking at freezies and my heart leaps up means that maybe I should buy some freezies
or creamsicles, for that matter
or creamsicles, for that matter
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there’s a scene in the new documentary where Elizabeth Taylor is talking about the stigma of AIDS and how she got involved in the movement and it’s fucking everything
August 10, 2024 at 3:21 PM
there’s a scene in the new documentary where Elizabeth Taylor is talking about the stigma of AIDS and how she got involved in the movement and it’s fucking everything
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The United States government had nothing to say to commemorate World AIDS Day, the first time the nation has withheld official recognition since the World Health Organization established the day in 1988. https://bit.ly/4ouze0S
December 1, 2025 at 11:37 PM
The United States government had nothing to say to commemorate World AIDS Day, the first time the nation has withheld official recognition since the World Health Organization established the day in 1988. https://bit.ly/4ouze0S
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And for World AIDS Day today, I’m reposting this important, sensitive, and profound essay. We all had, and have, our lists of love.
For World AIDS Day, which is Dec. 1 and which is being ignored by the Trump administration because they dislike the World Health Organization, other countries, science, and queer people, I'm reposting a piece I wrote earlier this year. (They also hate history.) www.vulture.com/article/hiv-...
The List Keepers
The AIDS crisis shattered Broadway, and the scope of the loss has never been fully accounted for. Some kept their own records.
www.vulture.com
December 1, 2025 at 11:09 PM
And for World AIDS Day today, I’m reposting this important, sensitive, and profound essay. We all had, and have, our lists of love.
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Did I weep during Bad Hats' NARNIA yesterday? (And with very sticky, marshmallowy fingers?) Don't worry about it.
But if you can brave the Distillery crowds, this show is such a treat.
www.theglobeandmail.com/culture/stag...
But if you can brave the Distillery crowds, this show is such a treat.
www.theglobeandmail.com/culture/stag...
Bad Hats’ Narnia is huge-hearted and Muppety – and packs a surprising emotional wallop
There’s not much that Bad Hats doesn’t get right in its musical adaptation of The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
www.theglobeandmail.com
December 1, 2025 at 11:51 PM
Did I weep during Bad Hats' NARNIA yesterday? (And with very sticky, marshmallowy fingers?) Don't worry about it.
But if you can brave the Distillery crowds, this show is such a treat.
www.theglobeandmail.com/culture/stag...
But if you can brave the Distillery crowds, this show is such a treat.
www.theglobeandmail.com/culture/stag...
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Crypto Leaders Call For Infusion Of 20 Million Dopes To Stabilize Market
Crypto Leaders Call For Infusion Of 20 Million Dopes To Stabilize Market
BOSTON—Stressing that the move would help keep digital currencies liquid through the coming year, crypto leaders called for an infusion of 20 million dopes Thursday to stabilize the market. “We’re cal...
theonion.com
December 1, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Crypto Leaders Call For Infusion Of 20 Million Dopes To Stabilize Market
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"According to data from Media Radar, The New York Times took in more than $20 million in advertising revenue from fossil fuel companies from Oct 2020 to Oct 2023, twice what any other outlet earned from the industry" - @amywestervelt.bsky.social, Matthew Green & @joeygrostern.bsky.social
#NYT
#NYT
December 1, 2025 at 4:21 PM
"According to data from Media Radar, The New York Times took in more than $20 million in advertising revenue from fossil fuel companies from Oct 2020 to Oct 2023, twice what any other outlet earned from the industry" - @amywestervelt.bsky.social, Matthew Green & @joeygrostern.bsky.social
#NYT
#NYT
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Every year since 1988, the United States has recognized World AIDS Day — until now.
Why not? Maybe because the Trump administration doesn’t want to acknowledge that its foreign aid cuts led to nearly 150,000 deaths from AIDS, according to Boston University researchers.
Shameful.
Why not? Maybe because the Trump administration doesn’t want to acknowledge that its foreign aid cuts led to nearly 150,000 deaths from AIDS, according to Boston University researchers.
Shameful.
Trump Administration Will No Longer Commemorate World AIDS Day
www.nytimes.com
December 1, 2025 at 10:02 PM
Every year since 1988, the United States has recognized World AIDS Day — until now.
Why not? Maybe because the Trump administration doesn’t want to acknowledge that its foreign aid cuts led to nearly 150,000 deaths from AIDS, according to Boston University researchers.
Shameful.
Why not? Maybe because the Trump administration doesn’t want to acknowledge that its foreign aid cuts led to nearly 150,000 deaths from AIDS, according to Boston University researchers.
Shameful.
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Kelly: He runs around on stage talking about lethality and the warrior ethos.. That’s not the message that should be coming from the Secretary of Defense… He runs around on a stage like he’s a 12 year old playing army. It’s embarrassing.
December 1, 2025 at 9:12 PM
Kelly: He runs around on stage talking about lethality and the warrior ethos.. That’s not the message that should be coming from the Secretary of Defense… He runs around on a stage like he’s a 12 year old playing army. It’s embarrassing.
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Unified Theory of "Everyone Is Twelve" has broken Bluesky containment
Kelly: He runs around on stage talking about lethality and the warrior ethos.. That’s not the message that should be coming from the Secretary of Defense… He runs around on a stage like he’s a 12 year old playing army. It’s embarrassing.
December 1, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Unified Theory of "Everyone Is Twelve" has broken Bluesky containment
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Scoop: They tried to bury this news on Black Friday, but, well...
Trump crypto partner Alt5 Sigma told the SEC its auditor quit in Nov.
We called the auditor.
He resigned in August.
That's the second SEC filing with an apparent conflict that Alt5 Sigma has made in recent weeks.
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Trump crypto partner Alt5 Sigma told the SEC its auditor quit in Nov.
We called the auditor.
He resigned in August.
That's the second SEC filing with an apparent conflict that Alt5 Sigma has made in recent weeks.
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Trump Crypto Partner Alt5 Sigma May Have Violated SEC Rules After Another Filing Discrepancy
Alt5 Sigma told regulators its accountant resigned in November, while he says he notified the company three months earlier.
www.forbes.com
December 1, 2025 at 9:19 PM
Scoop: They tried to bury this news on Black Friday, but, well...
Trump crypto partner Alt5 Sigma told the SEC its auditor quit in Nov.
We called the auditor.
He resigned in August.
That's the second SEC filing with an apparent conflict that Alt5 Sigma has made in recent weeks.
1/
Trump crypto partner Alt5 Sigma told the SEC its auditor quit in Nov.
We called the auditor.
He resigned in August.
That's the second SEC filing with an apparent conflict that Alt5 Sigma has made in recent weeks.
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Sharing this in honor of World AIDS Day. There is not one media corporation that would do this in 2025. I remember watching this as a kid and I think it really helped our generation to view AIDS as something that can happen to anyone, not as a moral failure like the they tried to tell us.
VHS Find: 1992 Nickelodeon Special "A Conversation with Magic" about HIV & AIDS
YouTube video by NerdyGirlFilms
youtu.be
December 1, 2025 at 7:14 PM
Sharing this in honor of World AIDS Day. There is not one media corporation that would do this in 2025. I remember watching this as a kid and I think it really helped our generation to view AIDS as something that can happen to anyone, not as a moral failure like the they tried to tell us.