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Predator Badlands was so much fun. I think it's proof that even in the soul-sucking business of producing for franchises, taking risks (however small)and venturing into unfamiliar territory can be a rewarding experience. You don't have to rehash the same old story. #scifi #movies #writing

Mamdani giving a shout out to the Uzbek community was not on my bingo card. Katta raxmat #democracy

Amazon is helping fund a $300 million build of a ballroom for the White House.

Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.

They are not the same.

Today, I figured out how to assign a dedicated IP address to a device through my advanced router settings. Simple, but I feel kind of bada$$.

Now, after being acquired by Canva, they have taken down all purchasing options and are planning a mysterious "creative freedom" event on 10/30. The community is rightfully anxious of the seemingly inevitable "enshitification" either through some forced subscription, AI or both. #design #creativity

I've been using the Affinity suite of designer software for about five years now. It is an amazing piece of software and I recommended it to all my designer friends. It was an amazing value and incredible quality piece of software. Most importantly very fairly priced. One time fee!

Ursula K. Le Guin - Library of America

Ursula K. Le Guin, the inimitable author of SFF classics, a poet who won the admiration of Harold Bloom, and companion throughout her life to nearly two dozen cats, would have turned 96 years old today. Uncover her astonishing legacy, from the peaceful planet Haim to the wild shores of Klatsand.

When books were being pulled from Iowa classrooms, these teens started an after-school club to read them Three Iowa City West high schoolers founded a book club that reads some of the country's most frequently banned books after a state law removing books with sexual content was signed in 2023. Two years later, many of the books have been reshelved and parts of the law can't be enforced.

Three high schoolers founded a book club that reads some of the country's most frequently banned books after a state law removing books with sexual content was signed in 2023. Two years later, many of the books have been reshelved and parts of the law can't be enforced.

“i have friends everywhere” was EVERYWHERE

#NoKings Miami!

Pritzker: Throughout history we've learned that tyranny doesn't arrive with dramatic proclamations. Most times it comes quietly wrapped in the language of law and order, with fingers pointed at someone who doesn't look like you, promising safety while demanding that we sacrifice our neighbors.

This really is a GREAT sign!

Image of a man in 19th century American naval dress holding a large U.S. flag as a woman representing liberty prepares to place a laurel on his head. Words beneath read: We Owe Allegiance to No Crown

good work, good trouble today. | We Owe Allegiance to No Crown, by Philadelphian artist John Archibald Woodside. c. 1814 | courtesy, National Portrait Gallery #nokings

(around an image of the No Kings logo) IT’S OFFICIAL Nearly 7 million people have attended today's peaceful protests, which makes No Kings Day the biggest single-day protest against tyranny in American history! With more than 2,700 lawful and peaceful protests across all 50 states, No Kings Day was 14 times larger than both of Trump's presidential inaugurations (combined).

After a week of ridiculous Republican smears and Trump claiming that “very few people are going to be there,” you just made history. #NoKings

A demonstrator wearing a bright green inflatable frog costume at a packed No Kings rally in Washington, DC. The frog has red eyes, is wearing a blue neckerchief, and is holding an American flag. A little bit of a person's face is sticking out the clear window of the costume.

A person in an inflatable frog costume stands on a rectangular, cement flower pot above a crowd of #NoKings protesters. The frog is covered in decorative black spots and is wearing a blue bandana. Nearby, two people wearing seahorse costumes, one pink and one purple, stand next to each other holding hands while other people mill around them.

We’re in the middle of a nationwide frog costume supply chain crisis. Thanks, Trump.

Guy passing out constitutions who didn’t want me to show his face is where we are as a nation

Photos: Scenes from the No Kings Protests People gathered for pro-democracy protests across the country today.

People gathered for pro-democracy protests across the country today.

#NOKINGS

New York City, NY

"I can see it all" and "Fate of Ophelio" is such a great rhyme. She really is a lyrical genius.

New Yorker cartoons nail it again.

Ok. But was the mediocrity widely known? I don't read Weiss or Klein, and wasn't familiar with their writing, but after listening to the Coates episode of his podcast, my first reaction was "this is what counts as influential political punditry?" Not an iota of original thought or depth of inquiry.

“Terrible things are happening outside. Poor helpless people are being dragged out of their homes. Families are torn apart. Men, women, and children are separated. Children come home from school to find that their parents have disappeared.”

Diary of Anne Frank
January 13, 1943

Goodall transcribes field notes by lamplight in Tanzania’s Gombe Stream National Park c.1960

Jane Goodall’s final, urgent, message "Intelligent creatures don’t destroy their only home.”

Before her death, Jane Goodall left us all with a compelling message from her last interviews: While we’re the most 'intellectual animals' to ever walk the planet, "we’re not intelligent."

“Because intelligent creatures don’t destroy their only home.”

From our friends at @vox.com:

"If we lose hope, we're doomed."

We must continue Dr. Jane Goodall's mission and all fight for the future of the planet.

"I'm all for unifying and bridging gaps, but not at the expense or my neighbor's humanity. I just can't." Ta-Nehisi Coates

I used to warch/listen to Giant Bombcast for years and when this meme came about, i took special pride in knowing exactly who this was and was also puzzled as to why/how this happened.

Whatever you do, please don’t stop reading.

Read for joy. Read for education. Read for resistance. Read banned books. Read books by marginalized authors. Read about experiences that differ from your own.

Just. Keep. Reading.

IDF threatened to destroy Gaza building housing thousands of archaeological artifacts 'The Only Trace Left of Gaza's Archaeology' | After Contacting the French Government to Prevent an Israeli Strike, Gaza Archeologists Began Moving Items but Struggled Due to the Conditions in Gaza. 'W...

“Israeli Army Threatened to Destroy Gaza Building Housing Thousands of Archaeological Artifacts”: www.haaretz.com/middle-east-...

‘Demon Slayer: Infinity Castle’ opens to $70M at the domestic box office 💰

The biggest opening ever for an anime or an international film