Alicia

The trailblazing transgender rights activist Miss Major has passed away at the age of 78.

Miss Major was a lifelong organizer and participant in the ballroom scene. She took part in the 1969 Stonewall Riots and was injured by the police — but she kept fighting.

As @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social would say, today is a good day to follow independent, worker-run news outlets:

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CULTURE VULTURES

This probably sounds minor to many of you but closing the commissaries will....not be taken lightly by the US all-volunteer standing military. The PX is everything (literally, as it's not just groceries!)

Ah yes the master of horror himself

I’m opening a movie theater in which I show recently released films that I ripped from the internet but the studios are welcome to opt out if they wish.

Blaseball (2020)

This is *amazing* so far. Do not read at night. Ursula Veron and @kjcharleswriter.com are pretty much tied at this point for writing books where I realize I *was* reading the book and now I'm five citations deep in a rabbit hole about the Angel of Mons or horrifying mine gases.

I just got a VERY interesting email that allies in congress were upset that so many of my readers were calling about the anti-trans provisions. I'm here to say: good. I won't let them throw our rights under the bus by cover of night.

All's that to say, keep up the calls. They're hearing you.

This is my regular reminder to everyone that jstor is open to the general public now; a free account there will give you access to 100 papers a year.

So exhausting..

you don’t have many first amendment rights as a federal employee, but it’s not *zero*

The MAGA Media Takeover Trump and his powerful friends are creating a dangerous moment for free speech.

My biggest concern about TikTok being sold to Trump-aligned American investors is that, at this point, there is far more cause for alarm from domestic surveillance than from foreign adversaries.

www.theatlantic.com/technology/2...

ZERO return. ZERO.

If you're familiar with what happened with ZA/UM you must understand this is the videogames equivalent of a che guevara t shirt

once again "ai" is just many underpaid overseas contractors in a trenchcoat and every once in a while sam altman pretends to be scared of its awesome power in order to drum up more funding

CONGRATULATIONS!!!

New episode of The AI Download is up- essential listening to understand what AI bias is what experts like Dr Avriel Epps are doing and encouraging from all of us to fix it!

book cover of "A Kids Book about AI BIAS" by Dr. Avriel Epps

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Oscarville, Georgia, is a former town now submerged beneath Lake Lanier in 1950.

It was once a majority-Black town in Forsyth County, known for a series of violent events and racially motivated riots in 1912 that led to the forced displacement of most Black residents from the county.

Sorry to be a genius but I just realized this is a double feature

If you regularly read the news and try to discuss it with another person you will sound more insane than a raving street preacher. Waving a big REPENT sign mumbling something about the bureau of labor statistics

Illo of a celestial person reaching up to grab a star. Based off the Pillars of Creation photo taken by the Hubble telescope in 1995. Drawn by gdbeeart in autumn 2021, photoshop.

Grasp, based off the Pillars of Creation photo taken by the Hubble telescope in the 90s

Ex-farm worker here.

We need to talk about this whole "But a living wage for farm workers would spike the cost of food!" thing.

Not true AT ALL.

Y'all don't understand how fast experienced farm workers are.

The average tomato picker pulls 650lbs per hour.

At $20/hr, that's $0.03/lb for labor.

It's official. The SAG strike is finally over. It took an entire year but now VAs have the AI protections they sought. This is a huge victory. Do not let anyone who isn't in the industry tell you otherwise.

he is everything

yes, it’s fascinating how whiteness functions as a credential in these kinds of stories. Legacy news “objectivity” often means that reporters of marginalized identities have their work questioned rather than viewed as an element of their expertise

SCOOP: Mamdani did something even we are forced to concede wasn't what it we are also making it sound like, to no tangible gain, for a college he didn't go to, 15 years ago. Our anonymous source is political activist Adolf Hitler

When I met Ryan Coogler several years ago, we were standing in a group of people chatting, when a woman with visible hearing aids walked up, and he casually began to sign the whole conversation so she could participate. She mouthed “thank you”. He nodded and just kept doing his thing.