Andrew A 🍉

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If you still think that the fascism in our society is coming entirely from reactionary and socially conservative people, and not from self declared liberals who support/ turn a blind eye to actual genocide, then you are part of the problem.

New York Times post reads: "Breaking News: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Israel intends to take control of all of Gaza, bucking the Israeli military's advice and warnings that expanding operations could endanger hostages being held there and kill more Palestinian civilians."

It was never about the hostages.

This.

Every time I take one of my periodic breaks (even just a day), it’s impossible to get caught up on content (and I follow less than 1000 accounts).

And when I am here? Guilty as charged.

Batman slaps Robin meme Robin: but isn't fantasy escapism? Batman: all fiction is escapism

These two parties -- the Dems and Republicans or the Liberals and Conservatives -- they are all part of the neoliberal project that is throwing us all towards fascism. Nor or later, that's the track that both are on.

"There's never been a Swerve Strickland before, and when im done there will never be another one again"

This tired line again.

It’s the responsibility of the candidate to earn votes.

It’s not the fault of the voters if their personal red lines are crossed by candidates.

It’s not a zero sum game. “Democratic” politics now is LARPing the “first they came for” poem and laughing at who got got first

“No touching!”

Dungeons & Disableds A tabletop Role-Playing Actual-Play Show where a bunch of nerdy disabled players sit at a virtual table and play Dungeons and Dragons with our Dungeon Master, Steve Saylor.

I need you to do me a favour.

I have a show called Dungeons & Disableds, a TTRPG Show with disabled players playing disabled characters and telling great stories.

If this appeals to you in the slightest, it would be so appreciated if you could subscribe to the show.

dungeonsanddisableds.com

It's definitely worth a watch for the simple truth that bigots always find a new target

@marcmaron.bsky.social

Calling out the fraud grifting

Make American Grift again(sorry Israel aka ZioNazi mafia)

The fuck is this headline?

SMDH.

Reminder:

‘Worrying’ levels of screen time means young people losing confidence to socialise in person, minister warns – UK politics live Culture secretary Lisa Nandy says ‘majority of young people spend all, or almost all, of their free time alone in their bedrooms, online’

This is not caused primarily by "screen time".

It's been caused by the mass eradication of third places for young people in basically every city over the past three decades - and a society that's hostile to the concept of teens socialising in public spaces.

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LISA: MOM, I KNOW YOUR INTENTIONS ARE GOOD, BUT AREN'T THE POLICE A PROTECTIVE FORCE THAT MAINTAINS THE STATUS QUO FOR THE WEALTHY ELITES?

LISA: DON'T YOU THINK WE OUGHT TO ATTACK THE ROOTS OF SOCIAL PROBLEMS INSTEAD OF JAMMING PEOPLE INTO OVERCROWDED PRISONS?

[ Marge staring blankly]

MARGE, AS A COP: LOOK, LISA-- IT'S McGRUFF THE CRIME DOG

This Simpsons episode is 30 years old.

The heat between MVP & Speedball is real! #AEWDynamite

To be fair I took a pretty big swing (see what I did) there.

An Omar Vizquel gold glove winning performance of preventing my body from getting any nutrients at all.

If it doesn’t, I’m on a Cal Ripken Jr. level streak of not breaking said fast until noon.

The sheer amount of low hanging fruit here that I could use to be petty would feed my tiny human for a month.

Ok, a week. But still…

Fine; someone show this list to Triple Paul, stat.

(But seriously. Don’t.)

WHERE IS THE FUTURE WE WERE PROMISED IN 1985?!?!?!?!?

Generative AI by definition is conformity. It is an averaging of anything you ask of it - quite literally guessing what the most likely version of a thing might be. It is, by definition, mainstream, as is everything it creates old and deeply ideological, as every model trains on similar data.

When the sausage itself is so plain and more of the same, how it gets made is definitely more intriguing.

JK Rowling fucking sucks at her very core.

It’s disturbing (complimentary) to actually feel a little bit optimistic and good about tech for once!

If I can get my own shit together, this is a fantastic road map to building a MUCH better online experience, not to mention a creative one not being beholden to certain platforms.

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My brain is clearly a little bit broken. I’m listening to Jason Mantzoukas’ episode of Yes, Also and while it’s the expected awesomeness in my ear holes, basically ALL of it could be applied to pro wrestling and I can’t stop thinking about things through this lens…

AI filmmaking and storytelling is punk rock. It’s hip hop. It’s counterculture. It’s a new type of creativity. It’s a new medium. It’s hated by the mainstream film and art establishment. It resists ideology. It ignores gate keeping. It’s uncomfortable. It’s scary. It’s viral. It’s accessible. It’s refreshing. It’s welcoming. It’s here.

AI filmmaking is peeing. It’s pooping. It’s throwing up. It’s a new kind of liquid coming out. It’s hated by the establishment. It’s what goes in the toilet. It’s wet. It’s what’s in the bathroom.

The West changes its tune on Gaza just in time? Last week, consensus shifted within Canada’s opinion-makers (journalists, politicians, pundits).

"And so, after nearly two years of torturing Gaza, the global Western braintrust had a moment last week and decided that they had to change course in its rhetoric to ultimately, save ourselves."

My latest ...

noraloreto.substack.com/p/the-west-c...

This is all coordinated with the regime. It's all theatre. CBC The National reported the Canadian drop was a "one-off". That means Canadian forces partook in a PR scheme to give the appearance that aid is being delivered while the policy of starvation remains. It's not the first time.