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Devindra Hardawar

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Immigrant. Tech/movie πŸ‡¬πŸ‡Ύ guy. Engadget Editor. Filmcast co-host. ATL Film Critics Circle member. He/Him. devindra@devindra.org @devindra@mastodon.social

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Momoa’s ass versus a shark is something to behold. Also Chief of War is a fantastic show on top of that, never thought we’d see a series entirely filmed in Hawaiian

04.08.2025 04:14 β€” πŸ‘ 9    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I'm with Sam here.

04.08.2025 03:39 β€” πŸ‘ 34    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 0

Because that system also educated Americans and people with college degrees are less likely to vote for the GOP

04.08.2025 00:42 β€” πŸ‘ 328    πŸ” 62    πŸ’¬ 5    πŸ“Œ 2

It’s even better once you clock that she’s basically Batman

04.08.2025 03:56 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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This is what is happening right now.

04.08.2025 02:27 β€” πŸ‘ 12618    πŸ” 4686    πŸ’¬ 371    πŸ“Œ 220

(guy watching The Leftovers for the first time) umm none of this is food

04.08.2025 01:19 β€” πŸ‘ 596    πŸ” 54    πŸ’¬ 26    πŸ“Œ 2

Sooner or later someone is gonna have to teach these motherfuckers a lesson they won’t soon forget

04.08.2025 01:54 β€” πŸ‘ 50    πŸ” 8    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

if you want to have a nice and relaxing sunday, do not watch the new Hulu documentary on Hurricane Katrina. if you want to shake with rage and anger over the total failure of this nation's government and media establishment, watch the Hulu documentary on Katrina (this is a recommendation)

04.08.2025 00:38 β€” πŸ‘ 8711    πŸ” 1221    πŸ’¬ 223    πŸ“Œ 78

I don't think enough good things can be said about the people who worked hard to build the political pressure for his and everyone else's release, including senator van hollen. otoh there is no bottom to my contempt for the people who were urging the opposite course of action

03.08.2025 20:51 β€” πŸ‘ 2668    πŸ” 584    πŸ’¬ 16    πŸ“Œ 4
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It Was One of Our Most Beloved and Successful Genres. Who Killed It? The Naked Gun aims to resurrect what was once one of our most beloved sure-hit genres. Why did it ever go away?

slate.com/culture/2025...

Who Killed the Spoof Movie?

03.08.2025 22:15 β€” πŸ‘ 17    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 5    πŸ“Œ 0
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Sorry to be a genius but I just realized this is a double feature

30.07.2025 21:46 β€” πŸ‘ 636    πŸ” 135    πŸ’¬ 6    πŸ“Œ 0

Make another one of these you cowards

03.08.2025 20:52 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

It's just constant brutality lately. Nothing but respect to Jessica for reporting and writing on these bleak topics, and to everyone fighting for the rights of immigrants and refugees.

03.08.2025 20:50 β€” πŸ‘ 430    πŸ” 81    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

this warms the cockles of my heart. "These giants are standing tall against fossil fuels, rising up out of the ocean like a middle finger against CO2."

02.08.2025 19:34 β€” πŸ‘ 2611    πŸ” 623    πŸ’¬ 55    πŸ“Œ 31

This thread (and the multiple quotes) remind me of something: it is a lot harder to build something than it is to break it down.

There is no β€œDemocratic Stephen Miller” because turning off a hundred switches takes one person, but turning on one hundred programs is going to take thousands.

02.08.2025 13:42 β€” πŸ‘ 2407    πŸ” 480    πŸ’¬ 51    πŸ“Œ 27
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We Can Save Public Radio and Television Viewers and listeners like us.

"No matter where I lived, I knew this was guaranteed because after moving into a new place, we’d plug in our old box television, adjust the shitty little antenna just so, and voila, like magic, there was PBS. It was free."

02.08.2025 15:49 β€” πŸ‘ 8884    πŸ” 2457    πŸ’¬ 118    πŸ“Œ 117
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She owes a private school $27,000. Her daughter never attended. In a region with one of nation’s highest private school enrollment rates, there’s a side not often talked about: the lawsuits.

Sandy Spring Friends School can GO TO HELL

In the meantime, is there a Gofundme to pay off this bill? Bianca Johnson and her daughter are being robbed by these private school assholes.

www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/202...

03.08.2025 19:17 β€” πŸ‘ 122    πŸ” 47    πŸ’¬ 11    πŸ“Œ 2

This was in large part the impetus behind the Satanic Panic. People couldn't *handle* that 1. kids were being abused, and 2. that the abusers were people they knew. So they projected all that anxiety outward on an enemy people could agree upon, and turned it into "these Others are monsters."

03.08.2025 19:13 β€” πŸ‘ 342    πŸ” 113    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 2

The last Millennial.

03.08.2025 18:59 β€” πŸ‘ 1174    πŸ” 286    πŸ’¬ 23    πŸ“Œ 3
Quid pro quo
Cryptocurrency companies are reaping the benefits of their contributions to Trump and other pro-crypto politicians.
Company	Benefit	Contribution
Justin Sun and Tron	
SEC enforcement case stayed pending resolution
Criminal investigation possibly paused
$100 million to purchase $TRUMP memecoins
$75 million to purchase WLFI tokens from Trump-owned World Liberty Financial
$37.7 million to purchase $TRUMP memecoins (via HTX)
Listed USD1 for trading on HTX
Cumberland DRW	
SEC enforcement case dismissed with prejudice
$100 million investment into Trump-owned Trump Media & Technology Group
$100,000 to crypto-focused super PACs
Ripple	
SEC enforcement case stayed pending resolution
Joint request to return $75 million of previous SEC fine to Ripple
$73 million to crypto-focused super PACs
$5 million to Trump inauguration fund
Coinbase	
SEC enforcement case dismissed with prejudice
Relaunched bitcoin borrowing program previously shut down after SEC warnings
$75 million to crypto-focused super PACs
$1 million to Senate super PACs
$1 million to Trump inauguration fund
Sponsored Trump birthday military parade
Andreessen Horowitz	
Four Andreessen Horowitz employees installed in formal or informal positions of influence at the White House
$70 million to crypto-focused super PACs
$5.35 million to Trump super PACs

Quid pro quo Cryptocurrency companies are reaping the benefits of their contributions to Trump and other pro-crypto politicians. Company Benefit Contribution Justin Sun and Tron SEC enforcement case stayed pending resolution Criminal investigation possibly paused $100 million to purchase $TRUMP memecoins $75 million to purchase WLFI tokens from Trump-owned World Liberty Financial $37.7 million to purchase $TRUMP memecoins (via HTX) Listed USD1 for trading on HTX Cumberland DRW SEC enforcement case dismissed with prejudice $100 million investment into Trump-owned Trump Media & Technology Group $100,000 to crypto-focused super PACs Ripple SEC enforcement case stayed pending resolution Joint request to return $75 million of previous SEC fine to Ripple $73 million to crypto-focused super PACs $5 million to Trump inauguration fund Coinbase SEC enforcement case dismissed with prejudice Relaunched bitcoin borrowing program previously shut down after SEC warnings $75 million to crypto-focused super PACs $1 million to Senate super PACs $1 million to Trump inauguration fund Sponsored Trump birthday military parade Andreessen Horowitz Four Andreessen Horowitz employees installed in formal or informal positions of influence at the White House $70 million to crypto-focused super PACs $5.35 million to Trump super PACs

Crypto.com	
SEC investigation ended with no action
$10 million to Trump PACs
Business partnership with Trump-owned Trump Media & Technology Group
Gemini	
SEC enforcement case stayed pending reslution
SEC investigation ended with no action
$4.9 million to crypto-focused super PACs
$2.6 million to Trump super PACs
Kraken	
SEC enforcement case dismissed with prejudice
Relaunched staking services which were shut down as part of a February 2023 SEC settlement
$1 million to Trump super PACs
$1 million to Trump inauguration fund
$1 million to crypto-focused super PACs
Circle	
SEC approved IPO
Favorable stablecoin regulation
$1 million to Trump inauguration fund
$1 million to crypto-focused super PACs
Robinhood	
SEC investigation ended with no action
$2 million to Trump inauguration fund
ConsenSys	
SEC enforcement case dismissed with prejudice
$800,000 to crypto-focused super PACs
Binance	
SEC enforcement case dismissed with prejudice
Reported talks with US Treasury Department to remove compliance monitor
Former Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao seeking pardon
Listed USD1 for trading
$2 billion investment from MGX denominated in USD1
Reported Trump family talks to acquire stake in Binance US

Crypto.com SEC investigation ended with no action $10 million to Trump PACs Business partnership with Trump-owned Trump Media & Technology Group Gemini SEC enforcement case stayed pending reslution SEC investigation ended with no action $4.9 million to crypto-focused super PACs $2.6 million to Trump super PACs Kraken SEC enforcement case dismissed with prejudice Relaunched staking services which were shut down as part of a February 2023 SEC settlement $1 million to Trump super PACs $1 million to Trump inauguration fund $1 million to crypto-focused super PACs Circle SEC approved IPO Favorable stablecoin regulation $1 million to Trump inauguration fund $1 million to crypto-focused super PACs Robinhood SEC investigation ended with no action $2 million to Trump inauguration fund ConsenSys SEC enforcement case dismissed with prejudice $800,000 to crypto-focused super PACs Binance SEC enforcement case dismissed with prejudice Reported talks with US Treasury Department to remove compliance monitor Former Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao seeking pardon Listed USD1 for trading $2 billion investment from MGX denominated in USD1 Reported Trump family talks to acquire stake in Binance US

I've been tracking the quid pro quo between Trump and the cryptocurrency industry at www.followthecrypto.org/quidproquo

03.08.2025 14:32 β€” πŸ‘ 623    πŸ” 194    πŸ’¬ 13    πŸ“Œ 12

Enclosed walls, so easy to sound treat!

03.08.2025 19:25 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Perfect podcasting and streaming nook

03.08.2025 19:21 β€” πŸ‘ 32    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 5    πŸ“Œ 0
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Forget eggsβ€”the cost of coffee is skyrocketing, and folks are noticing.

I heard it was coming, so I stocked up weeks ago, but my supply won’t last forever. Trump’s Brazil tariffs are to blame.

03.08.2025 16:08 β€” πŸ‘ 2141    πŸ” 891    πŸ’¬ 291    πŸ“Œ 199

Baldwin was such a titan as a writer and a thinker.

03.08.2025 17:31 β€” πŸ‘ 58    πŸ” 7    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
@zei squirrel
TikTok has now hired Mossad asset "former" Israeli rape-army "proud Zionist" Erica Mindel to directly run their censorship. They are paying her over 371 thousand dollars a year, over 30K a month, to sit in an office in New York censoring posts and banning accounts for Israel

@zei squirrel TikTok has now hired Mossad asset "former" Israeli rape-army "proud Zionist" Erica Mindel to directly run their censorship. They are paying her over 371 thousand dollars a year, over 30K a month, to sit in an office in New York censoring posts and banning accounts for Israel

Who wants to join me in a good void scream

03.08.2025 09:50 β€” πŸ‘ 157    πŸ” 39    πŸ’¬ 8    πŸ“Œ 4

The only sexy oil and gas product is Hexus from Ferngully

03.08.2025 16:33 β€” πŸ‘ 24    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

The goal is to destroy the US and turn it into a feudal oligarchy sound crazy but it's true

03.08.2025 16:36 β€” πŸ‘ 1624    πŸ” 334    πŸ’¬ 116    πŸ“Œ 36

If people would stop calling everything a romcom that has even one hint of romance in it they wouldn’t be so caught off guard when the movie is sad or ends sad. Romantic Drama is a category. I can’t keep telling you guys this! You have to get it by now.

03.08.2025 15:07 β€” πŸ‘ 28    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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David Byrne came to my band’s show at a gay bar in Bed-Stuy and sang This Must Be The Place with us and I still haven’t processed it

02.08.2025 14:49 β€” πŸ‘ 9548    πŸ” 1920    πŸ’¬ 256    πŸ“Œ 268
When the cryptocurrency entrepreneur Eric Schiermeyer heard that President Trump was holding small group dinners with major donors, he saw opportunity.
Mr. Schiermeyer reached out to a lobbyist with connections in Mr. Trump’s orbit, who arranged for him to attend a dinner with the president at his private Mar-a-Lago club on March 1 in exchange for donations to a pro-Trump PAC called MAGA Inc. totaling $1 million.
The personal and corporate donations were among dozens of seven- and eight-figure contributions to MAGA Inc. from crypto and other interests revealed in a campaign finance filing on Thursday night that hinted at the access Mr. Trump accords those willing to pay.
At the dinner, Mr. Schiermeyer, who had never given a federal political donation before, presented an idea for a cryptocurrency called β€œU.S.A. Token” that would be distributed to every citizen, according to interviews and a flier he distributed to attendees that sets out details of the proposal. He hoped it could be su

When the cryptocurrency entrepreneur Eric Schiermeyer heard that President Trump was holding small group dinners with major donors, he saw opportunity. Mr. Schiermeyer reached out to a lobbyist with connections in Mr. Trump’s orbit, who arranged for him to attend a dinner with the president at his private Mar-a-Lago club on March 1 in exchange for donations to a pro-Trump PAC called MAGA Inc. totaling $1 million. The personal and corporate donations were among dozens of seven- and eight-figure contributions to MAGA Inc. from crypto and other interests revealed in a campaign finance filing on Thursday night that hinted at the access Mr. Trump accords those willing to pay. At the dinner, Mr. Schiermeyer, who had never given a federal political donation before, presented an idea for a cryptocurrency called β€œU.S.A. Token” that would be distributed to every citizen, according to interviews and a flier he distributed to attendees that sets out details of the proposal. He hoped it could be su

Cryptocurrency interests, which have benefited from the Trump administration’s dismantling of a yearslong government crackdown and from the Trump family’s financial interest in the industry, appear to have been the most generous industry, accounting for nearly $45 million in donations to MAGA Inc.An affiliate of the exchange Crypto.com gave $10 million, while the crypto services company Blockchain.com donated $5 million. The venture capitalists Marc Andreessen and Ben Horowitz, who are heavily invested in crypto, gave $3 million each. Ondo Finance, which has a partnership with the Trump family’s crypto company, donated $2.1 million to MAGA Inc., on top of $1 million to Mr. Trump’s inauguration.

Cryptocurrency interests, which have benefited from the Trump administration’s dismantling of a yearslong government crackdown and from the Trump family’s financial interest in the industry, appear to have been the most generous industry, accounting for nearly $45 million in donations to MAGA Inc.An affiliate of the exchange Crypto.com gave $10 million, while the crypto services company Blockchain.com donated $5 million. The venture capitalists Marc Andreessen and Ben Horowitz, who are heavily invested in crypto, gave $3 million each. Ondo Finance, which has a partnership with the Trump family’s crypto company, donated $2.1 million to MAGA Inc., on top of $1 million to Mr. Trump’s inauguration.

The scale of Trump's pay-for-access scheme outlined by the @nytimes.com is mindblowing. Crypto contributions resulting in business deals with the Trump family crypto businesses, oil companies buying influence and later reaping benefits from friendly policies, and a $1 million pardon.

03.08.2025 14:09 β€” πŸ‘ 2213    πŸ” 864    πŸ’¬ 44    πŸ“Œ 77

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