Democratizing the arts looks like universal income, low-barrier grants for both emerging and working artists, well-funded municipal arts & recreation programs, vibrant third spaces, and a well-funded public school system with progressive curriculum.

Not a free pass for corporate-owned slop engines.

i hope you get better soon

The others are known but everyone should watch testament of ann lee too. #Letterboxd #LastFourWatched

Striking: GOP Senator Roger Wicker just came out strongly against new ICE detention center in Mississippi. The story of the moment is brewing opposition in red areas (see piece and thread below)

I don't think Bezos is one of your visionary secret man-behind-the-curtain lever-pullers among the oligarch class. I think he bought the Post out of vanity and is gutting it mostly to placate Trump. But gutting the Post to placate Trump is still a way to prosecute the larger class agenda

Bezos isn't destroying the Washington Post because it isn't profitable. He's destroying the Washington Post because he's calculated that a robust free press threatens the ability of his class to warp society around their interests

Oooh this clarifies something I have been grappling with since heated rivalry. I think the lines blur when they get adapted because TV production is still such a male space. Yes women writers in kdramas but director/crew still tends to be very male. But the lines hold in the book space.

the hamlet we saw there. one if my fondest memories

I need people to understand that it’s not just Epstein, it’s the entire rape culture that existed before and after him at every socioeconomic level. That’s why Epstein, who I’ve never thought was particularly smart or interesting, was able to pull this all off—he recognized how abuse functions

I can’t fully articulate how big this feels to me but what people are doing now to pay people’s rents directly is ASTOUNDING and radical to see.

Minnesota has one of the most robust nonprofit industrial complexes in the country & Minneapolis has a HUGE nonprofit social service ecosystem.

not an alcaraz fan either. though that is the most irrational of my dislikes lol.

True. I am indifferent to all of them so there was no world in which i would enjoy the results but sincaraz meant i would watch the finals.

The australian open semi final results are so blah.

They do it all the time. And did it consistently in his first term. If he appeared in public without saying some wild shit, they presented it as a shift and him becoming “presidential”. The media has a love for him that goes beyond sane-washing.

Mary Jo's voice is so sore. They really should have given her the day off

Many mainstream Dems - Obama included - helped establish and reinforce the fascist system we are seeing in full flourish today. The point is not to excoriate the Democratic Party but to understand that handing them another election won't be enough to "save democracy". The party must (be) change(d).

There is a difference between people who see the goal as electing Democratic politicians and people who see the goal as trying to stop the violence against our neighbors and friends.

There is, we hope, significant overlap between the two goals.

that was fun

stay safe both of you

This random online comment from 2018 remains one of the last half-century's most important works of political commentary. crookedtimber.org/2018/03/21/l...

Do not say anything here you don't want read back to you in court.

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My first Cassavetes today. Gena Rowlands is magnificent in Opening Night.

This. Like every Indian I talk to knows exactly who Usha is.

I love that the AO starts on a long weekend here.

same. i have stopped binge watching in general even for stuff that has completed because i want to spend time with things.

Love this angle of Bryan Mbeumo's goal

A collage of 6 images on a lilac background. Dark blue text reads “Whimsical Fantasy”. The books are Howl’s Moving Castle by Diana Wynne Jones; Hogfather by Terry Pratchett; Nettle & Bone by T. Kingfisher; The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern; Wildwood Dancing by Juliet Marillier; and The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of Her Own Making by Catherynne M. Valente

Injecting some whimsical fantasy vibes into your Friday 💫

100%. If you want an alternative slogan you can go with "Abolish ICE before they kill again."

They have no job other than to terrorize citizens and now murder them. It isn't a real job. Other departments already did the "job" they're supposedly doing. And they are purposefully choosing untrained violent people because this is the job! Abolish is median position. Has to be. It's a layup!