Professor Power

See, the thing is, I genuinely don't know if we can reasonably expect people to be able to evaluate and discern between sources - or even trust that anything is not simply AI generated or lies from their political enemy - at this point. :(

Text: "The Black Vampyre; Legend of St. Domingo" by Uriah Derick D'Arcy written in 1819. The story of an enslaved man in St Domingo (modern day Haiti) who was thrown overboard as his enslaver attempted to kill him. He not only survives, he lives forever, and marries one of his enslaver's descendants. Reminds me of "Sinners" in a way

Wanna hear a scary story?

The first American vampire was Black.

Seriously.

78 years before Dracula appeared in American literature, there was "The Black Vampyre" by Uriah D'Arcy.

It was written in 1819 as an antislavery critique and the effect the Haitian Revolution had on the States

AI Is Causing a Grim New Twist on the Dunning-Kruger Effect, New Research Finds New research shows how AI tools is making a Dunning-Kruger specimen out of everyone that uses them, no matter how smart.

"We would expect people who are AI literate to not only be a bit better at interacting with AI systems, but also at judging their performance with those systems,” Welsch added, “but this was not the case.” 🤦🤦🤦

futurism.com/artificial-i...

Portland dance group offers free Latin dance lessons at ICE facility 💃🏽

I hate this timeline.

Queer Reflections on Horror, with Zefyr Lisowski, Carmen Maria Machado, Addie Tsai, and Joe Vallese. Also me. Did I screencap this flier from Instagram? I'll never tell. (I did.)

Tonight, at 6 Eastern, I'm going to be on a panel on Queer Horror with several fantastic writers. Here's a flier, and here's a link: msu.zoom.us/j/93746727447

Review: All of Us Murderers by K.J. Charles #bookthreads #booksky

Review: All of Us Murderers by K.J. Charles

#bookthreads #booksky

As a male breast cancer survivor, I have a two word response to this and the second word is "you" and the first word is a word I try not to say too often publicly because I write and draw kids comics.

But yeah... those two words. In bold print. And large letters.

It is a Xmas film and is perhaps the most insidious and seductive form of 'xmas creep' out there. It's very compelling & I enjoy it, but it is absolutely a Xmas movie. It's even a variation on the most offensive xmas film trope - minority (((non-xtians))) finally learn the value of xmas!

Text reads: Working-class LGBTQ individuals’ experiences of belonging within the queer community Are you interested in sharing your personal experiences related to working-class LGBTQ experiences of belonging? Your insights will help us explore how socioeconomic background impacts belonging in the LGTBQ community. This study involves a 45-minute interview on Teams. You will receive a participant information sheet before the interview and a debrief afterwards. We are recruiting participants for a qualitative research study investigating belonging within the LGBTQ community from a working-class background. To take part you must: • Identify as both LGBTQ and working-class AND be comfortable discussing both these identities • Be over 18 years old • Speak fluent English • Have internet access For more information, please contract Mr Liam Greenbank (2411878@brunel.ac.uk) or Dr Sharon Xuereb (sharon.xuereb@brunel.ac.uk)

Researchers from Brunel University are recruiting participants for a trans-led study investigating working-class LGBTQ experiences of belonging.

Please email Liam Greenbank 2411878@brunel.ac.uk for more information.

#Trans #Transgender #NonBinary #TransResearch #ResearchSurvey #LGBTQResearch

Double shot of Johnny Walker on ice and the IAMX show.

Alex Rikleen Says Democrats Can’t Stay Quiet on Trans Rights — Assigned Rikleen spoke to Assigned Media about his candidacy challenging Massachusetts Senator Ed Markey in 2026.

NEW: This candidate for U. S. Senate entered the race because Democrats weren't speaking up about trans rights.

Read @evanurquhart.bsky.social's interview with Alex Rikleen, who is currently running for Senate in MA.

www.assignedmedia.org/breaking-new...

Ken Paxton sues maker of Tylenol over claims painkiller causes autism — Houston Chronicle Attorney General Ken Paxton is suing the makers of Tylenol, alleging they have deceptively marketed the drug as safe for pregnant Texans. “These corporations lied for decades, knowingly endangering mi...

Lord Jesus, we are living in Idiocraty. apple.news/AccFDXkjOS7y...

Scrap the Bathroom Ban 🚨This is urgent🚨 Bridget Phillipson, the Minister for Women and Equalities, has a decision to make. The EHRC, a regulator mired in controversy over anti-trans views, has sent a new draft Code of Prac...

I have just used @transactualuk.bsky.social template letter, with some personalisations, to send to my MP to Scrap the Bathroom Ban.
The Trans community should NOT be excluded. Let's not go back to segregation.
Will you send to your MP too?

actionnetwork.org/letters/scra...

"I DON'T NEED YOU TO FUCKING REWRITE WHAT I'VE JUST WRITTEN!"

I think maybe the adapters fundamentally just do not understand the queerness of Anne Rice neutralizing the genitalia of her vampires. So they aged up Claudia seemingly to heteronormatively rape her, turned Lestat into a trickster bi disaster, & the whole thing into a tacky telenovela.

Ruined it.

And my Gd, I thought it was bad enough to simply omit my favourite pairing from the books - Armand & Daniel - but boy are they really shitting on it.

And, to add vaguely Judeophobic insult to injury, a 'joke' in S2 E3 that the Mossad are "better funded" than the Talamasca, which, honestly, is actually doubtful, especially if we're including the global holdings of the millenia-old secret org.

It's almost impressive how the new IWTV series manages to 'gay up' a couple characters whilst making the whole thing infinitely less queer (& compelling) than the books.

So, so, SO disappointing.

‘Very clear’: Labor rules out exemption for AI giants to take content for free The Albanese government has shot down a proposal from the Productivity Commission, which had tech company backing, that would exempt them from copyright laws.

"The Albanese government has ruled out granting tech companies an exemption to copyright laws that ... would have allowed them to mine their content to train artificial intelligence models for free."

Excellent news for all of us whose work is being stolen by AI.

www.smh.com.au/politics/fed...

I read this in French and definitely recommend it. Glad to see it now available in English.

Hebrew calligraphy in dark green stretches in lines across the image. Negative space makes room for a simple representation of an inflatable frog costume with a blue bandana. That shape consists of the English translation of the Hebrew, in a lighter green, and in much smaller text. -- Famously, the Egyptian tyrant causes Egypt to be overrun with frogs because he refuses to free the Hebrew people, but there are additional details that make this a fun one to ponder. For one, the Hebrew says "the frog came up" - ONE frog - even though the rest of the time it says "frogs." So there are a few explanations rabbis have come up with to explain this. One is that a single frog multiplied to create swarms. A more creative explanation is that there was a singular giant frog who traveled and brought destruction. Jewish social media was sharing videos of the Portland Frog protester with the caption, "One Big Frog! One Big Frog!" Of course the frog protesters did multiply, and many were seen in crowds all over the world on "No Kings" Day. This calligraphic work takes the verses addressing the frog plague and combines them to form a simple rendering of the Portland Frog protester. The frog figure itself is made up of the English translations of the Hebrew around it. At the bottom left my signature is in the shape of a lily pad.

"Tzefardea Tzedek" (Frog of Righteousness)

As soon as the Portland Frog became a meme, Jewish social media blew up with jokes about the 2nd Passover plague - tzefarde'a (frogs) - and the Rabbinical commentary around it. I knew I had to make a calligraphy piece encompassing all of it. (more in alt.)

why do nazis keep showing up

🏳️‍⚧️ Share transhealth.org so that people know where and how they can still access care
🏳️‍⚧️ Center and follow local organizers like Massachusetts Trans Political Coalition
🏳️‍⚧️ Sign Keshet’s Jewish Pledge to Affirm the Dignity of Trans, Nonbinary, and Intersex People: keshetonline.org/jewish-pledge

Why J. D. Vance Just Called an Israeli Parliament Vote ‘Stupid’ and an ‘Insult’ And why it matters for the future of U.S.-Israel relations

Last week, an Israeli far-right politician boycotted Trump's Knesset speech. This week, the far right voted symbolically to annex the West Bank, against Trump's wishes. The Israeli settler right is at war with Trump's Middle East agenda, and the conflict is only going to grow. My latest (gift link):

I can't be bothered. Haven't Jewish women suffered enough?

Nobody Knows What UK Law on Toilet Access is The lawlessness of the government's response to For Women Scotland v The Scottish Ministers.

This is 100% correct. Including as to the chaos the Gender Critical Ideological Movement so beloved of Labour has now descended into as their facade of respectability crumbles like the Berlin Wall.

www.liberalcurrents.com/nobody-knows...