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Milkweed Live : Canisia Lubrin : The World After Rain | Milkweed Editions Canisia Lubrin returns to Between the Covers for a live conversation in downtown Portland, at Powell’s Bookstore, about her latest poetry collection The World After Rain. A private book, that Canisia ...

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this was way more prevalent when i was still on tiktok but it feels like people are getting really weird about alcohol, coffee, anything that might make you happy--even in innocuous amounts! feels like we're re-engineering puritanism as a method of maintaining control (over ourselves, each other)

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The papers are here from the printer ❤️ they were delayed by the snow. It may take some time for our team to get them out all over the city.

whether you use this quitting porn app or not, these app developer bros profit off people’s vulnerabilities and do not care about exposing your info

Be extremely cautious about additional footage circulating after news has already broken. Verify, verify, verify. Do not share AI.

Donate to Support Gene Park's Cancer Surgery and Treatment, organized by Gene Park Hi, my name is Gene Park. I’m a games critic at The Washington Post, and I’… Gene Park needs your support for Support Gene Park's Cancer Surgery and Treatment

hey guys, just to confirm this is my fundraiser. i didn't want to ask for help, but i do need it.

my cancer is back. i am going through a lobectomy next week, the same surgery Walter White undergoes. i can't express how grateful i am. thank you so much everyone.

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Bandcamp Bans AI Music AI music has become a big problem on streaming services. Remember the AI-generated psych-rock band the Velvet Sundown and the AI-generated metalcore band Broken Avenue racking up streams on Spotify? R...

Bandcamp has banned AI music.

The company has released a statement which includes the following: "Music and audio that is generated wholly or in substantial part by AI is not permitted on Bandcamp."

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The ending *really* undoes a lot of what propelled the film. For example, what was Marty’s relationship like with his daughter? Where is she, and where are his grandchildren, given the success of this film and story about their grandfather’s early life?

It’s not a bad film (that’s not an endorsement it’s just true). Saying it’s not bad doesn’t mean it doesn’t have issues. Calling it bad would be too easy.

We need to be better about saying that things are good, skillfully made, well-performed, and *still* have issues.

The ending makes the film wayyyyy more contrived.

The thing w/ MARTY SUPREME is that it portends the increase of projects that will express a particular type of longing for rote performances of masculinity positioned as cutting edge when they’re really meh.

Sry, but being a dad does not automatically “fix” broken men 🤷🏿‍♂️

MARTY SUPREME was… a solid sports film as an art object. Timmy’s performance was quite strong, and Odessa was great.

The navel-gazing and the hubris the oozes out of that film is grotesquely American.

The O’Leary casting is also fucking terrible.

ICE is targeting Hmong families in St. Paul as they go door to door looking for people to kidnap. they’re asking “do you have any Asian neighbors”

this book right here. major framing text for a project I’ve been working on for years.

being “good” on these things means something so much different than before.

It’s quite ironic that Michael B. Jordan is up against him in this cycle. I say that because MBJ has made a career of playing an insanely driven athlete, yet he may lose out to someone else playing an… insanely driven athlete.

So, I usually try to watch all the Oscar nominated (also Cannes, TIFF, Berlin) films that I can see each cycle.

I’ll use this thread to track some thoughts on them 🧵 🎞️

Giving Po**market free press? Yiiiikes.

Stellan’s performance was far and away the best. Also, SENTIMENTAL VALUE is my personal best picture choice.

Golden Globe thread…

Very happy for Teyana but no (with love)

s/o to jen for this important journalistic work. thx!!

and especially with the wbc coming up, the league and teams absolutely need to be asked about this ongoing situation.

the politics of how all this converges in baseball are quite significant; the teams and league will not be able to avoid it.

Inside ICE Air: Flight Attendants on Deportation Planes Say Disaster Is “Only a Matter of Time” Current and former flight attendants for GlobalX, the private charter airline at the center of Trump’s immigration crackdown, expressed concern about their inability to treat passengers humanely and t...

“‘If a fire occurs in the cabin ... don’t check on the immigrants. Just make sure that you and the guards and the people that work for the government get off," one flight attendant was told.

“It was as if the detainees’ lives were worthless,’” said another.

Our #3 most-read story of 2025:

Dr. Janell Green Smith, a midwife who advocated for Black maternal health, dies of childbirth complications Dr. Janell Green Smith, a South Carolina midwife and advocate for Black maternal health, has died due to complications during childbirth.

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It's important to note that this means that only 8% of the top 100 GROSSING films are directed by women. It doesn't mean that 92% of all films are directed by men. It means the films by women are not making as much money. But the directors are there and making films.

I wrote this before grok even existed

Early Career Researcher Network An inclusive, researcher-led network for UK-based early career researchers working in the humanities and social sciences

2025 has been a rotten year for most early career postdoctoral researchers, especially in Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences.

For a better 2026, check out (or repost) this short thread on a free resource for UK-based SHAPE PhDs within 10 years (excluding career breaks) of the doctorate. 1/3

oooh, i’m intrigued.