So Sayeth Black Lord:

Breaking: Arkansas Democrats just flipped a Republican seat It's the ninth red-to-blue pickup in a special election in Trump's second term

JUST IN: Democrat Alex Holladay has flipped a GOP-held seat in *Arkansas*.

Republican Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders tried hard to delay this race and wanted the seat to stay vacant for 8+ months, but the courts told her to hold it today. If she was worried, she was right to be.

Our full recap:

Marcus Smart looks like he got hit by a car

And they did it at the request of the Republican attorney general, who is on the ballot.

Why is the Lakers starting lineup announced like the guy hates his job?

When we talk about Baby Boomers not getting off the stage: In 1997, the US president was born in 1946.

In 2007, the US president was born in 1946.

In 2017, the US president was born in 1946.

And next year in 2027? The US president will have been born in 1946.

NOT JUST THIS:

Two other Democratic lawmakers in North Carolina who sided with the GOP to overturn vetoes of major bills (e.g. anti-trans legislation) are also losing in their primaries so far to progressive challengers.

This could be a major night in NC.

Wow: In the early vote, it's a blow-out *so far*.

Rodney Sadler, the progessive pastor and activist, leads state Representative Carla Cunningham 75% to 18%.

(Stay tuned as we see how the Election Day vote compares, but that's an ominous start for the incumbent.)

Context:

This is fucking ridiculous. He has been looking for an excuse to set her free.

No part of what they’re complaining about makes any sense

Indiana's new it's illegal to be homeless law now waiting for the guy who said he thinks interracial marriage should be returned to the states to sign it law is so cruel

(How cruel is it)

It's so cruel even the IN sheriff "union" opposes it, for taking up too many cells in their jails

They want Jesus to come down and kill everyone they hate.

Now what do you think they'll do when Jesus doesn't show?

Circumstances have changed, and Im trying to raise 6000 USD.

I have an ongoing 20% off sale in my shop and a ko-fi.

I currently have emergency commissions up on ko-fi

I know times are tough for everyone, so all I can ask for is shares.

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What privacy? Meta's smart glasses are filming unwitting naked people Meta's Ray-Ban smart glasses are a privacy nightmare, with footage of naked people, sensitive information, and violent acts captured and seen by Meta's AI and an army of employees.

Buried lede: Meta sends all your nudes to Kenya where humans annotate it and feed it to AI

Kid came home with a 3D printed ICE whistle one of her classmates gave out to everyone and knew exactly what to do and what it is used for. I'm happy she has one, but I'm sad she needs to.

My 9 year old does active shooter drills and knows the government is kidnapping her friends and their parents

"Alligator Alcatraz" is a major scandal on every level -- corruption, human rights abuses, blatant violations of the law.

hard to believe just a decade ago the US had to couch all its imperialist wars in layers of metaphor & faux-human rights concerns, and now got literal cartoon villains just being like “We are bombing Iran to initiate the Human Instrumentality Project”

Republicans are watching this and laughing their asses off and taking notes for the general

everything here was by design to delay and frustrate voters who often only have a short window of time in their workday to vote

Iwao Takamoto was one of the Disney greats. Films like Sleeping Beauty owe a lot to his meticulous lines.

The studio was a kind of home for him -- it was a big change. Just before, he'd been in the camps. We explore the story:
animationobsessive.substack.com/p/takamoto-a...

If I have a connection in Atlanta, a Saints-related thing. Otherwise, the most comfortable outfit I can put on.

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At some point we will have a conversation about the bogus claim that running a financially successful company equips you for leadership more broadly.

From Walt Disney's Mickey Mouse Vol. 3: The Captive Castaways Mickey, covered in chains, looks down at a tube that rolled over to him, Opium written on the side. Mickey: Good gosh! Opium!

The data tells you that the Middle East is the calmest region in the world, where nothing newsworthy ever happens