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Selling out used to be shameful and gross. What happened?

But why say more?

STEWART: “Comedy doesn’t change the world, but it’s a bellwether— we’re the banana peel in the coal mine… authoritarians are the threat to comedy, music, art, thought… progress.”

Nailed it.

The right to speak our minds and to disagree with each other - to disturb, even - is at the very heart of what it means to be a free people. It is not to be denied. Not by violence, not by the abuse of governmental power, nor by acts of corporate cowardice. As a Guild, we stand united in opposition to anyone who uses their power and influence to silence the voices of writers, or anyone who speaks in dissent. If free speech applied only to ideas we like, we needn't have bothered to write it into the Constitution. What we have signed on to - painful as it may be at times - is the freeing agreement to disagree. Shame on those in government who forget this founding truth. As for our employers, our words have made you rich. Silencing us impoverishes the whole world. The WA stands with Jimmy Kimmel and his writers.

WGA Statement on ABC’s Decision to Pull Jimmy Kimmel Live!

The Last Days Of Social Media | NOEMA Social media promised connection, but it has delivered exhaustion.

The Last Days Of Social Media: Social media promised connection, but it has delivered exhaustion.

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dusky forest scene - a little less than half of the painting is sky, with a full moon almost dead center that creates a silvery white cast through the clouds around it. a swath of dark trees - which are surrounded by a low fog - cuts through the middle of the painting. below this line is grass/moss, rocks, shorter trees (with one felled, bare tall tree on the bank), and a pond made bright and golden by the moon above. two trees grow on the left side of the pond, dark silhouettes that reach the top of the painting.

Hjalmar Munsterhjelm's Metsälampi Kuutamossa (Forest Pond in Moonlight), oil on canvas, 1888

Hawaii announced they are joining California, Oregon, and Washington’s West Coast Health Alliance which will provide their own science-based vaccine guidelines and make vaccines accessible to everyone.

The new American dream is to wake up from this nightmare.

Behind the scenes of Lawrence of Arabia (1962)

Mine in today’s New Yorker. Greetings from America’s High-Capacity Server Coolant Reservoirs, formerly the “Great Lakes.” Read my cartoon-filled rant about this at open.substack.com/pub/paulnoth...

Special Areas; Roadless Area Conservation; National Forest System Lands The U.S. Department of Agriculture is initiating an environmental impact statement (EIS) and rulemaking concerning management of inventoried roadless areas on approximately 44.7 million acres of Natio...

US government wants to open 50 million acres of national forest land to road paving and logging.

It’s a shout into the void, but please write a comment to the government against this.

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Today’s Daily Cartoon, by Brendan Loper. #NewYorkerCartoons

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YouTube video by Piero Piccioni #PieroPiccioni100 - A Starless Night (Anniversary Edition) - The Story of Cinema Italiano

A Starless Night (Anniversary Edition) - The Story of Cinema Italiano

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YouTube video by Black Sabbath - Topic Planet Caravan (2012 - Remaster)

R.I P Ozzy Osborne

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Jaws (1975) 50 Year Anniversary

Steven Spielberg Cinematography: Bill Butler Camera Operator: Michael Chapman Key Grip: Guy Polzel Dolly Grip: David Fay Grip: Vito Carenzo Second Grip: Tony DeGeorge Lamp Operator: Jake Jarrell Photo by: Louis Goldman

“Superman is too woke!”

Literally the first page of the first ever appearance of Superman:

A bill should have one or two pieces of legislation that address a SINGLE problem. And no way should a bill have to be 1,000 pages

There should be a law/rule against these massive bills. There should never be a bill that’s stuffed up to the gills with multiple legislations that have nothing to do with one another— that officials use as a vehicle to sneak through malicious acts.

Was the success of Iron Man in 2008 a common good ultimately, or did it destroy everything down the tracks of Hollywood's future?

If Jeff Bezos can afford to rent Venice for a $50 million wedding, he can afford to pay his fair share in taxes.

An advance look at “On Parade,” David Plunkert’s cover for next week's issue. #NewYorkerCovers

Tesla Takedown in Boston.

I think you should know that Trump put the same gold-framed painting of Reagan in the Oval Office as can be seen in the office of the colonel in the movie “MacGruber.”

-$1.5T in new tax cuts predominantly for the rich
-$700B in Medicaid cuts
-$500B in Medicare cuts
-$300B in SNAP cuts
-Leasing public lands to Big Oil
-Ending IRS Direct File
-Ending clean energy tax credits
-Banning AI regulation in the states

The oligarchy's wish list.

If you’re having a bad day, just scream “Bubbles” as loud as you can. It will cure you instantly, I guarantee it.

Signed Dr. Mowgli.

It’s not called ‘deportation’ when the person is from the country. The word is ‘banishment’. The party that is so sensitive to free speech, preserving the purity of words, and concepts ironically can’t even get the fundamentals straight.