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To bring his iconic films to life, director James Whale had to fight Hollywood censors, Wall Street, and Adolf Hitler (yes, really) ... my new video about his incredible life goes live now, join us for the live premiere! youtu.be/2hU9jiUTFLo
October 26, 2025 at 7:01 PM
To bring his iconic films to life, director James Whale had to fight Hollywood censors, Wall Street, and Adolf Hitler (yes, really) ... my new video about his incredible life goes live now, join us for the live premiere! youtu.be/2hU9jiUTFLo
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Mahers vicious racism and Islamophobia has been on full display for decades now, the reality is that way too many American liberals and centrists are happy and comfortable with that racism; and they are all happy to abandon any number of women to ensure a Muslim man doesn’t become mayor.
Always told liberals Bill Maher was a racist piece of shit, especially against Muslims and Arabs, and we were ignored for years.
www.yahoo.com/news/article...
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Bill Maher Slams Mamdani And Endorses Cuomo But Admits 'Maybe He Was A Little Too Handsy'
The "Real Time" host also said Zohran Mamdani was born in a country "where they kill homosexuals" and brought up the 1993 World Trade Center bombing.
www.yahoo.com
October 26, 2025 at 2:26 AM
Mahers vicious racism and Islamophobia has been on full display for decades now, the reality is that way too many American liberals and centrists are happy and comfortable with that racism; and they are all happy to abandon any number of women to ensure a Muslim man doesn’t become mayor.
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“Putting your political opponents in jail because they are your opponents—not because of what they did—is the heart of tyranny. It is an obviously impeachable offense,” says @chrislhayes.bsky.social on the indictment of NY AG Tish James on Trump-ordered charges.
October 10, 2025 at 12:10 AM
“Putting your political opponents in jail because they are your opponents—not because of what they did—is the heart of tyranny. It is an obviously impeachable offense,” says @chrislhayes.bsky.social on the indictment of NY AG Tish James on Trump-ordered charges.
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what if I told you that taking accountability for your actions was traditionally considered a load-bearing feature of masculinity?
“I voted for none of this."
Prominent influencers, including Theo Von, Joe Rogan, and Andrew Schulz, are starting to distance themselves from the president they helped propel to the White House.
Story: www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
Prominent influencers, including Theo Von, Joe Rogan, and Andrew Schulz, are starting to distance themselves from the president they helped propel to the White House.
Story: www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
October 6, 2025 at 8:35 PM
what if I told you that taking accountability for your actions was traditionally considered a load-bearing feature of masculinity?
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Such a beautiful man.
This from @realgdt.bsky.social talking about 'Frankenstein' is so good.
October 8, 2025 at 10:57 PM
Such a beautiful man.
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TFW you paid $1400 to see Beckett’s most famous work without knowing anything about it
October 8, 2025 at 9:26 PM
TFW you paid $1400 to see Beckett’s most famous work without knowing anything about it
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WATCH: @chrislhayes.bsky.social explains precisely why Mike Johnson is stalling the new Dem rep's swear-in over the Epstein vote: "Right now, Johnson can pressure the four Republican signers to change their minds. He has time to do it—as long as he keeps Adelita Grijalva out of Congress."
October 9, 2025 at 12:56 AM
WATCH: @chrislhayes.bsky.social explains precisely why Mike Johnson is stalling the new Dem rep's swear-in over the Epstein vote: "Right now, Johnson can pressure the four Republican signers to change their minds. He has time to do it—as long as he keeps Adelita Grijalva out of Congress."
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The current paradigm of "AI"— all of its, e.g., embedded values, design, cultural deployment, & structural affordances— has been repeatedly demonstrated to harm both critical skills development & the structure & maintenance of the relational social fabric.
That sounds pretty anti-pedagogical, to me
That sounds pretty anti-pedagogical, to me
“One of the negative consequences AI is having on students is that it is hurting their ability to develop meaningful relationships with teachers, the report finds. Half of the students agree that using AI in class makes them feel less connected to their teachers.”
Rising Use of AI in Schools Comes With Big Downsides for Students
A report by the Center for Democracy and Technology looks at teachers' and students' experiences with the technology.
www.edweek.org
October 8, 2025 at 8:16 PM
The current paradigm of "AI"— all of its, e.g., embedded values, design, cultural deployment, & structural affordances— has been repeatedly demonstrated to harm both critical skills development & the structure & maintenance of the relational social fabric.
That sounds pretty anti-pedagogical, to me
That sounds pretty anti-pedagogical, to me
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If we can embrace the Israeli destruction of Gaza City, surely we can take the next step and accept the armed occupation of our own cities.
by Bari Weiss
by Bari Weiss
October 4, 2025 at 7:13 PM
If we can embrace the Israeli destruction of Gaza City, surely we can take the next step and accept the armed occupation of our own cities.
by Bari Weiss
by Bari Weiss
Darkness does not exist; only light exists.
Darkness is the name we give to a relative lack of light.
Cold does not exist; only heat exists.
Cold is the name we give to a relative lack of heat.
Evil does not exist; only Goodness exists.
Evil is the name we give to a relative lack of Goodness.
Darkness is the name we give to a relative lack of light.
Cold does not exist; only heat exists.
Cold is the name we give to a relative lack of heat.
Evil does not exist; only Goodness exists.
Evil is the name we give to a relative lack of Goodness.
October 4, 2025 at 7:05 AM
Darkness does not exist; only light exists.
Darkness is the name we give to a relative lack of light.
Cold does not exist; only heat exists.
Cold is the name we give to a relative lack of heat.
Evil does not exist; only Goodness exists.
Evil is the name we give to a relative lack of Goodness.
Darkness is the name we give to a relative lack of light.
Cold does not exist; only heat exists.
Cold is the name we give to a relative lack of heat.
Evil does not exist; only Goodness exists.
Evil is the name we give to a relative lack of Goodness.
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They’re kicking Black men out of the military over beards. Three out of five Black servicemen have pseudofolliculitis barbae which is a painful skin condition caused by shaving.
This is blatant discrimination.
This is blatant discrimination.
October 1, 2025 at 8:12 PM
They’re kicking Black men out of the military over beards. Three out of five Black servicemen have pseudofolliculitis barbae which is a painful skin condition caused by shaving.
This is blatant discrimination.
This is blatant discrimination.
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Burr’s “‘ey I’m just a schlub, just one of the guys on the job site” stage persona is so effect that it’s easy to forget that he grew up an upper-middle class son of a dentist and his favorite hobby is piloting helicopters. He has no idea who “we” are and never has.
who among us has not hacked up a journalist with a bone saw or hung a college activist from their ankles until death
Bill Burr Defends Performing at Controversial Riyadh Comedy Festival: “They’re Just Like Us”
The actor-comedian details his experience at the event: "Definitely one of the top three experiences I've ever had ... I think it's going to lead to a lot of positive things."
www.hollywoodreporter.com
October 1, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Burr’s “‘ey I’m just a schlub, just one of the guys on the job site” stage persona is so effect that it’s easy to forget that he grew up an upper-middle class son of a dentist and his favorite hobby is piloting helicopters. He has no idea who “we” are and never has.
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The language of non-consent around AI is really telling. "It's too late to be scared." "It's here whether we want it or not." "You'll have to learn to work with it." "You can't fight the inevitable."
All just variations of "you're not allowed to say no." Creepy technology made by creepy people.
All just variations of "you're not allowed to say no." Creepy technology made by creepy people.
‘It’s too late to be scared’: readers on the controversial rise of AI ‘actors’
‘It’s too late to be scared’: readers on the controversial rise of AI ‘actors’
The birth of AI ‘actor’ Tilly Norwood has caused a backlash in Hollywood and has sparked conversation from Guardian readers
www.theguardian.com
October 1, 2025 at 3:37 PM
The language of non-consent around AI is really telling. "It's too late to be scared." "It's here whether we want it or not." "You'll have to learn to work with it." "You can't fight the inevitable."
All just variations of "you're not allowed to say no." Creepy technology made by creepy people.
All just variations of "you're not allowed to say no." Creepy technology made by creepy people.
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It's even worse than we thought
"(Energy use doesn't scale linearly), for instance, a six-second AI video clip consumes four times as much energy as a three-second clip."
"(Energy use doesn't scale linearly), for instance, a six-second AI video clip consumes four times as much energy as a three-second clip."
Researchers Just Found Something Extremely Alarming About AI's Power Usage
The carbon footprint of generative AI-based tools that can turn text prompts into videos is far worse than we thought.
futurism.com
October 1, 2025 at 2:34 AM
It's even worse than we thought
"(Energy use doesn't scale linearly), for instance, a six-second AI video clip consumes four times as much energy as a three-second clip."
"(Energy use doesn't scale linearly), for instance, a six-second AI video clip consumes four times as much energy as a three-second clip."
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CHICAGO / SUBURBS
If you want to know what it's looked like at the ICE facility in Broadview (Chicago), this brilliant photo essay from @almacampos.bsky.social & @pgoyette.bsky.social at @southsideweekly.bsky.social is a very good place to start.
If you want to know what it's looked like at the ICE facility in Broadview (Chicago), this brilliant photo essay from @almacampos.bsky.social & @pgoyette.bsky.social at @southsideweekly.bsky.social is a very good place to start.
We Want Them Back: Protest and State Violence at Broadview ICE Facility
Hundreds protested outside Broadview ICE in Illinois, resisting Operation Midway Blitz and denouncing raids, deportations, and state violence.
southsideweekly.com
September 30, 2025 at 9:38 PM
CHICAGO / SUBURBS
If you want to know what it's looked like at the ICE facility in Broadview (Chicago), this brilliant photo essay from @almacampos.bsky.social & @pgoyette.bsky.social at @southsideweekly.bsky.social is a very good place to start.
If you want to know what it's looked like at the ICE facility in Broadview (Chicago), this brilliant photo essay from @almacampos.bsky.social & @pgoyette.bsky.social at @southsideweekly.bsky.social is a very good place to start.
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They're using chemical weapons & deploying snipers against citizens.
They're using chemical weapons & deploying snipers against citizens.
They're using chemical weapons & deploying snipers against citizens.
They're using chemical weapons & deploying snipers against citizens.
They're using chemic
They're using chemical weapons & deploying snipers against citizens.
They're using chemical weapons & deploying snipers against citizens.
They're using chemical weapons & deploying snipers against citizens.
They're using chemic
September 30, 2025 at 9:43 PM
They're using chemical weapons & deploying snipers against citizens.
They're using chemical weapons & deploying snipers against citizens.
They're using chemical weapons & deploying snipers against citizens.
They're using chemical weapons & deploying snipers against citizens.
They're using chemic
They're using chemical weapons & deploying snipers against citizens.
They're using chemical weapons & deploying snipers against citizens.
They're using chemical weapons & deploying snipers against citizens.
They're using chemic
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Despite the fact that Charlie Kirk is not in this documentary, our distributor, a major national movie chain, got cold feet and pulled out.
Jeffrey Epstein: Bad Pedophile had Donald Trump in it, so they were out.
Jeffrey Epstein: Bad Pedophile had Donald Trump in it, so they were out.
September 25, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Despite the fact that Charlie Kirk is not in this documentary, our distributor, a major national movie chain, got cold feet and pulled out.
Jeffrey Epstein: Bad Pedophile had Donald Trump in it, so they were out.
Jeffrey Epstein: Bad Pedophile had Donald Trump in it, so they were out.
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Friday was the 50th anniversary of the The Rocky Horror Picture Show release, which bombed at the time but quickly became perhaps the biggest, most durable cult classic in history, spanning generations in appeal.
So, let's do the time warp again, folks!
www.washingtonpost.com/entertainmen...
So, let's do the time warp again, folks!
www.washingtonpost.com/entertainmen...
a close up of a woman 's face with the words how bout that written below her
Alt: a close up of a man 's face with the words how bout that written below him - Frankfurter played by Tim Curry from Rocky Horror, released 9/26/75
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September 28, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Friday was the 50th anniversary of the The Rocky Horror Picture Show release, which bombed at the time but quickly became perhaps the biggest, most durable cult classic in history, spanning generations in appeal.
So, let's do the time warp again, folks!
www.washingtonpost.com/entertainmen...
So, let's do the time warp again, folks!
www.washingtonpost.com/entertainmen...
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A huge win for trans people in California: the state legislature passed five bills protecting our rights!
Now it's time to call on Governor Gavin Newsom to sign them. Contact him before October 12th: transfamilysos.org/action-neede...
#TransRights #TransYouth #TransCalifornia
Now it's time to call on Governor Gavin Newsom to sign them. Contact him before October 12th: transfamilysos.org/action-neede...
#TransRights #TransYouth #TransCalifornia
Action Needed: Urge Governor Newsom to Sign Five Critical Trans Rights Bills
TransFamily Support Services is proud to co-sponsor five critical trans rights bills that have officially passed the California Legislature. This is a major victory—one made possible through a powerfu...
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September 26, 2025 at 6:47 PM
A huge win for trans people in California: the state legislature passed five bills protecting our rights!
Now it's time to call on Governor Gavin Newsom to sign them. Contact him before October 12th: transfamilysos.org/action-neede...
#TransRights #TransYouth #TransCalifornia
Now it's time to call on Governor Gavin Newsom to sign them. Contact him before October 12th: transfamilysos.org/action-neede...
#TransRights #TransYouth #TransCalifornia
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Call Gavin Newsom's office like you called ABC/Disney/Sinclair/Nexstar
A huge win for trans people in California: the state legislature passed five bills protecting our rights!
Now it's time to call on Governor Gavin Newsom to sign them. Contact him before October 12th: transfamilysos.org/action-neede...
#TransRights #TransYouth #TransCalifornia
Now it's time to call on Governor Gavin Newsom to sign them. Contact him before October 12th: transfamilysos.org/action-neede...
#TransRights #TransYouth #TransCalifornia
Action Needed: Urge Governor Newsom to Sign Five Critical Trans Rights Bills
TransFamily Support Services is proud to co-sponsor five critical trans rights bills that have officially passed the California Legislature. This is a major victory—one made possible through a powerfu...
transfamilysos.org
September 28, 2025 at 5:50 AM
Call Gavin Newsom's office like you called ABC/Disney/Sinclair/Nexstar
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Sex can advance plot, can deepen character, and, deliciously, be set dressing. Consider, the time-honored and noble tradition of playing porn on huge TVs in gay bars, it's *absolutely* necessary because it keeps the riff raff out.
A TikTok from this film industry account was posted about how an industry survey of Gen Z media consumers found that a near supermajority of young people thought television and cinema had too much sexual content. These were the comments.
September 24, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Sex can advance plot, can deepen character, and, deliciously, be set dressing. Consider, the time-honored and noble tradition of playing porn on huge TVs in gay bars, it's *absolutely* necessary because it keeps the riff raff out.
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SO when you grow up in an abusive home, you often don't realize it's abusive.
Because there's a culture of silence.
One way many people recognize abuse for the first time is in talking to other people who are horrified and you realize how bad it is. How abnormal.
Social media is huge for this.
Because there's a culture of silence.
One way many people recognize abuse for the first time is in talking to other people who are horrified and you realize how bad it is. How abnormal.
Social media is huge for this.
Children are in fact people & as such do deserve basic human rights just the same as every other person, and that includes the right to the freedom of information & the freedom of association and that 75% of parents worldwide disagree does not make me wrong in saying our youth deserve liberation
Should kids use social media? Global opinion has shifted, new poll finds
The survey asked respondents in 30 countries about banning children under 14 from social media.
www.newsobserver.com
September 20, 2025 at 2:37 PM
SO when you grow up in an abusive home, you often don't realize it's abusive.
Because there's a culture of silence.
One way many people recognize abuse for the first time is in talking to other people who are horrified and you realize how bad it is. How abnormal.
Social media is huge for this.
Because there's a culture of silence.
One way many people recognize abuse for the first time is in talking to other people who are horrified and you realize how bad it is. How abnormal.
Social media is huge for this.
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I'm beginning to think the endless right-wing focus on letting comedians make transphobic, sexist, violent, racist jokes without professional consequences wasn't about protecting the freedom to make jokes.
September 18, 2025 at 9:19 PM
I'm beginning to think the endless right-wing focus on letting comedians make transphobic, sexist, violent, racist jokes without professional consequences wasn't about protecting the freedom to make jokes.
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taking a stance against simulated "non consent" in porn is idiotic and leads always to having some dipshit appointed to arbitrarily decide what acts between adults "can't be consented to," and therefore can't be depicted. I'll give you a hint: they will be gay.
September 20, 2025 at 2:58 AM
taking a stance against simulated "non consent" in porn is idiotic and leads always to having some dipshit appointed to arbitrarily decide what acts between adults "can't be consented to," and therefore can't be depicted. I'll give you a hint: they will be gay.