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EMERGENCY PROTEST TODAY. ICE just murdered another person in Minneapolis.

Union Square. 4PM.

If you want to honor her and her work, mask more places, more frequently.

"Don’t let the bastards grind you down." RIP Alice Wong.

I listened to this recently - happily surprised that it totally holds up.

You're an interesting species. An interesting mix. You're capable of such beautiful dreams, and such horrible nightmares. You feel so lost, so cut off, so alone, only you're not. See, in all our searching, the only thing we've found that makes the emptiness bearable, is each other.

You're an interesting species. An interesting mix. You're capable of such beautiful dreams, and such horrible nightmares. You feel so lost, so cut off, so alone, only you're not. See, in all our searching, the only thing we've found that makes the emptiness bearable, is each other.

So much respect for the Pacers and Tyrese Haliburton.

INCREDIBLE. #pacers #haliburton

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In case you needed someone to tell you this:
You can do it.
You know what to do.
You are so smart.
You are doing your best.
I see how hard you're trying.
Keep going.
I am so proud of you.

Figure skating world championships were considered to be for men only until 1902, when Madge Syers showed up and took home silver and the ISU went "whooooops guess we need to segregate them."

It happened again in 1992 Olympic skeet shooting: Zhang Shan took gold and then they segregated the event.

WaPo using the word “repair” here certainly makes it sound valorous, doesn’t it.

For all the USPS's faults, Americans have to realize: It's one of the best postal services in the world, even after being kneecapped by DeJoy. Fight for our postal service, guys. I know I will. It is an essential public good.

Genuinely couldn't believe this figure until I saw the Financial Times confirm it using Meta's own financial reporting data

For THIS

$100 billion is genuinely the kind of money you could "do the impossible" with. Crack nuclear fusion. HIV vaccine. Universal flu vaccine

And they spent it on this

I admit that the first time I saw/heard her was via a short clip in the film Amélie but I was like, “omg who is THAT?”

YouTube video by Movieclips The Dark Knight (2008) - All Part of the Plan Scene | Movieclips

I’ve been thinking about this scene from The Dark Knight.

A giant plume erupting from Io’s Tvashtar volcano, extending 200 miles (330 kilometers) above the fiery moon’s surface. Credit: NASA/Johns Hopkins APL/SwRI

this is an active volcano erupting into space on jupiter’s moon io.

HOW CRAZY IS IT THAT WE CAN SEE THAT?

I've just been staring at this. Each one of those galaxies has billions of stars, and this photo is just a tiny piece of the night sky. Our brains simply cannot comprehend how big it all is, and how small we all are. 🤯

I'd guess most of my Asian American friends are comfortable with both depending on the context. At an AAPI film festival there's a strong feeling of solidarity. At a bar, we might lean into the differences between ethnicities, and toss barbed comments jokingly based on stereotypes at each other.

That’s interesting - is it that ppl prefer another term, or is it that they don’t like the idea of differentiation?

lol yes. I just tried to explain what a film camera is to my five year old nephew, not sure I succeeded.

Photo of a gold-colored point and shoot camera (Olympus Stylus Epic) and boxes for two rolls of black and white 35mm Kentmere film.

Don’t know if it’s the swirling doomsday vibes or a need for novelty or both but I dug this ancient, analog, and completely offline Olympus point and shoot camera out of a drawer and actually bought film for it. Now to see if it still works.

Title: "Participatory Disinformation The “Big Lie” during the 2020 Election and the January 6, 2021 Attack on the U.S. Capitol" This is a visual graphic explaining the dynamics between “political elites” and “audiences” in this phenomenon. Political elites are at the top of the graph, audiences at the bottom, with several arcing arrows from elites to audiences on the right, and from audiences to elites on the left, in a kind of clockwise motion, showing a cyclical process. The arcing arrows have labels, explained below. Political elites repeatedly spread the message of a rigged election, which set an expectation of voter fraud among their audiences. This became a “frame” through which events around the election were interpreted. Online “crowds” generated false/misleading stories of voter fraud, reinforcing the frame. Sometimes these stories were produced intentionally (with knowledge that they were false). But often they were generated sincerely, through misinterpretation. Activists and social media influencers helped amplify these stories, passing the content up to the political elites. Political elites echoed the false/misleading stories back to their audiences, reinforcing the frame, building a sense of collective grievance. As audiences echoed and reiterated this growing sense of grievance, violent language and calls to action increased. Political elites then began to mobilize and organize the audiences… into a series of rallies and protests. And one of these led to the violent attack on the Capitol on January 6.

Here's a graphic explaining how the Big Lie was seeded and mobilized into the events of January 6, 2021 through a kind of "participatory disinformation" process. Trump's "war on drugs" refrain could catalyze a similar kind of participatory propaganda and mobilization cycle.

You may not understand why, but the healthcare insurance and PBM contracts YOU have signed for Tesla, SpaceX , @X, along with CEOs of other big companies , have more impact on healthcare costs and quality of care in this country, than anything you can do with DOGE

Congratulations Momo!

Photo of Manhattan skyline at sunset from the Brooklyn/Greenpoint side. Buildings are in the distance across the water and silhouetted by the setting sun, which is also bathing the underside of some clouds in a golden glow. Sky is blue at the top of the photo but transitions to yellowy orange as it meets the setting sun behind the buildings. A pier is visible at the right, and a small bit of a railing can be seen at the bottom right of the photo.

A view of Manhattan at sunset from Greenpoint a couple of evenings ago.

A classic!

Photo of toast and a Dixie paper cup full of cooked egg whites sitting on a paper plate with a flower design

Nothing says good morning like a plate of toast and radioactive eggs.

Or, he could read the tons of research on this by scholars, media, etc.

That says, I’m going to need academics to do a better job communicating with the public. Some do. Many don’t. Folks can’t remain in the ivory tower speaking only to each other. Public facing work is vital, esp now.

Photo of CD sleeve for Kim Deal’s new album, with disc. Album cover is an illustration in a painterly style showing Kim standing on a circular floating platform in the ocean with her Stratocaster, her amps, and a flamingo.

Yesterday I walked into a little record store and asked the guy at the counter if he had the new Kim Deal record. He smiled, handed me a copy, and we briefly discussed the artwork and how it differs from the classic 4AD aesthetic. It’s literally been years since I’ve had an interaction like that.