Marcaroni

i don't know if i've ever felt more hopeless than watching an elderly black man get dragged out of the room for calling out fascism while dozens of white people sat silently with their lollipop signs and watched and did nothing

seems especially bad if theyre losing the fairly middle of the road talk show guys on network tv

"Sometimes, when I look up at the stars, I feel a yearning.

What does it all mean?"

RIP George Lowe. You will always be our Space Ghost.

Also, more importantly, the streamer drama portion of this story barely matters! The problem Piker pointed to during the stream that got him suspended – a former CEO of a healthcare company that copped a record $1.7 billion in fines going on to dodge material consequences, walk away with $10 million in severance and $300 million in stock options, and become a US senator – is an issue of so much more consequence than Piker's word choice that these things are not remotely comparable. It is deranged that millions of people are getting their news from creators who act like a damn Twitch streamer using harsh language to state documented facts is where this story starts and ends, rather than in the halls of actual power. We’re all being robbed. It’s as clear as day. There was an (alleged) murder about it, and many people sided with the (alleged) murderer. Think about why political pundits and content creators might now be incentivized to muddy the waters, especially where healthcare is concerned. Think about how they might stand to benefit from your distraction, even as normal people’s material circumstances degrade by the day. Think about how platforms make themselves complicit by algorithmically incentivizing outrage and drama-of-the-day dogpiles over discussion that threatens the status quo. Anybody who frames this conflict in any other way – who suggests different stakes or a different central cast of characters – is either deeply unserious or outright lying to you. Do not listen to them. Odds are, they’re trying to rob you too.

hasan piker got banned from twitch for saying that if republicans were serious about fraud, they'd "kill rick scott," a senator who oversaw the largest healthcare fraud in US history. content creators feasted on the "kill" part, as opposed to the part that matters

aftermath.site/hasan-piker-...

"We call on the world to stop the injustice & stop the ethnic cleansing of the Palestinian people," says Oscar winner Basel Adra to applause from the audience. 'No Other Land' just won the Best Documentary Oscar.
Also a fantastic speech from fellow winner Yuval Abraham on "ethnic supremacy".

"No Other Land," the Palestinian-Israeli made film showing the destruction of the occupied West Bank's Masafer Yatta by Israeli soldiers, just won the Oscar for Best Documentary.

It can't get a distributor in the US.

Which tells you everything about censorship in the US.

Flow ✨✨
#Oscars #blender

"it takes balls to do that" vs "they put their whole pussy into that". balls is bravery. but pussy... pussy is passion

sporadically remembering that moment where trump shouts “you don’t have any cards to play” and zelenskyy shrugs and goes “i’m not playing cards, i’m serious.” incredibly funny.

Everyone after Flow won

AND 👏 THE 👏 OSCAR 👏 GOES 👏 TO !!!

‘IN THE SHADOW OF THE CYPRESS’ won Best Animated Short Film at the #Oscars 

See the full winners list: bit.ly/OscarWins25

Team Flow

Live action remakes exist to monetize audiences whose imaginations have died

Was just at a town hall with my Dem rep. Everyone was supremely pissed about Musk, Doge, king Trump, decimation of federal workers.

They want Dems who will fight tooth and nail. They want Dems who will be an impenetrable wall of opposition.

They don't want their Dems to be fucking George W Bush

#Flow wins Best Animated Film at the #Oscars

A graphic titled "2025 Economic Blackout Schedule" outlines planned consumer blackouts. The word "BLACKOUT" is displayed in bold black letters with a crossed-out shopping cart icon inside the letter "O." A calendar and clock emoji appear in the top right corner. The schedule lists: Total Blackout (Feb. 28): No purchases at all, with a recommendation to buy essentials in advance and shop local if necessary. Amazon Blackout (March 7-14): No purchases from Amazon. Nestlé Blackout (March 21-28): No purchases of Nestlé products, including Gerber, Perrier, Chefmate, Purina, and Friskies. Walmart Blackout (April 7-14): No purchases from Walmart or Walmart.com. A sad face emoji is next to Walmart's name. Total Blackout 2 (April 18): Another full no-purchase day with similar recommendations. At the bottom, three sections encourage people to: Spread the word – by sharing the information. Prepare – by purchasing necessities before the blackout days. Spend $0 – by avoiding purchases on blackout days and shopping local if necessary.

This will not be the first economic blackout or the last. But it's a place for new people to start, and for others to continue their boycott.

Eat. The. Rich.

The monsters- #aftg #neiljosten

The TL is bleak but Elvira, Mistress of the Dark, donated her Tesla to @npr

Yup and this is a thing you talk about in Library School! "You can save a patron's check-out history, in order to give them personalized suggestions, but then if the government comes asking 'hey who checked out The Anarchist Cookbook' with a warrant then you have that information to give. Soooooooo"

“It’s ok to make traumatic art if you’re working through your own trauma”

This restriction is repugnant. We live in a traumatic world. You don’t need to have met a suffering requirement to put a traumatic topic in your art.

Freddie Mercury didn't go into the studio and nail the vocals for "The Show Must Go On" in one take while dying of AIDS for you to despair and give up now. Take the time you need, but then get up and get back out there.

The show must go on.

You need a good sign like this every once in awhile that would make a motorcade agent veer off the road trying to interpret it.

buggs bunny meme “i wish all my dear muslims a very pleasant ramadan mubarak”

There is nothing more disgusting than an AI account posting images with much more feedback than real artist account

Fox News reported that JD Vance had to move to an “undisclosed location” due to protests at the Vermont resort where he’s skiing this weekend. For inflicting misery on the world and here at home in America, this is exactly the energy that should greet Vance wherever he goes for the rest of his days.

The foxes asked in the group chat how Neil was doing with the new freshmen, this is the photo they get as an answer (Neil got put in air jail after pissing off everyone that day.)
[ #aftg #aftgfanart #neiljosten #kevinday #andrewminyard ]

Friendly reminder that Joann Fabrics isn’t closing because it’s a bad business. It’s closing bc it was bought by a private equity firm. This is also what is happening to Hooters and what happened to US Toys R Us and Red Lobster. These companies are being dismantled intentionally.