I just watched this on Nebula yesterday. Somehow it made her death all the more devastating to me today. Go watch it. Dolly was special, and Lindsey did a real special job bringing out a whole, complex picture of the woman.
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Practice spirituality; love more. Here for a healing, pluralistic, & human community. I block toxic folks. Christian. Husband. Father. he/him ace 🏳️🌈 Building EmdashJS for writers (saying for years it’s coming soon). https://aaronhuggins.com/social-media
Here's some wild news from the leader of Pete Hegseth's denomination: Doug Wilson Says Mamdani Voters 'Should Lose Their Citizenship' publicwitness.wordandway.org/p/doug-wilso...
Doug Wilson Says Mamdani Voters ‘Should Lose Their Citizenship’
Doug Wilson, a Christian Nationalist pastor in Idaho and a self-described “paleo-Confederate,” wants to strip the citizenship of anyone who voted for New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani.
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I've always said there are legit uses for machine learning in science. That's great! Go for it! But I will likely never be interested in the consumer-facing generative and LLM bullshit that's linked with fraud, cheating, theft, right-wing ideology, deskilling, and even murder & suicide.
I think about this every time I see somebody in denial over a failed verbal sparring on the internet.
Anyway, if you like Freakazoid!, surprise! I've got a few pages about its creation in my upcoming book about Batman: The Animated Series and 90s animation, I AM THE NIGHT. Pre-orders available now: us.macmillan.com/books/978125...
My favorite might be "Toby Danger," directed by former Batman: The Animated Series co-creator Eric Radomski (who, after BTAS and entering a new era of WB animation, was fairly eager to leave the company.) It's a fantastic Jonny Quest parody. www.youtube.com/watch?v=--Qi...
Freakazoid - Flying Islands and Sidewalks
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Freakazoid! introduced a lot of people to the kind of fourth-wall breaking humor that would become ubiquitous in animation just a few years later. A founding part of Kids' WB, it's a cult classic that constantly teased its own impending cancellation.
One of most heartbreaking things about Hank Green turning to LLMs is that he gets to do science communication full-time to a massive audience and is well-resourced. He doesn't need to cut corners or outsource his thinking. Meanwhile, there are so many people doing amazing work with zero resources.
So, Goodwill admits to their donation funneling and price gouging, but spins it as a net good. Fuck Goodwill. I don’t shop secondhand to buy a bunch of crap, or to resell the good stuff. They’re making quality secondhand goods inaccessible to poor folks. youtube.com/watch?v=UKyp...
How Goodwill Actually Works
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The greatest magic trick of them all is *lying*. The reason you can't figure out that coin vanish even after the conjurer performs it three times in a row is that they *didn't* do the same trick three times in a row! 1/
That was a spectacular Spider-Man movie. You might even say amazing. Sensational, even. A little uncanny just how good. A little xtra love was poured into this one. Best Spider-Man movie I’ve ever seen!
You Ready?
ALT: You Ready?
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Plenty on this list I already knew, plenty more I did not. Men, please get caught up on these horrors and please stop giving other men a pass. Maybe also go get a healthy sense of doubt… the benefit of such a thing is for jurors to dispense. Not for broad, general categories of men.
Heya, inspired by this great TT account, let’s talk about famous male abusers who haven’t been canceled nearly has hard as female celebrities who don’t smile enough! www.tiktok.com/@ianllightfo...
I don’t want to be too sensationalist about this but also I’m the least violent person in the world and I think if someone said this to my face I’d hit them
No longer content with pillaging intellectual work and dismembering our environment (already critically weakened), AI companies are now hellbent on destroying books galore including rare editions. Shut down these nefarious enterprises already.
Canadians and Northern USers, you would be shocked how well these work! Please, please, if you have the time and the money, make one.
Here’s instructions on building your own Corsi-Rosenthal box.
Somehow I wasn’t subscribed even though I listen occasionally. Fixed it.
It is the official stance of @fafo.fm that we will not have DHH or RMS on as guests.
Well, I’m pretty sure I get to post about leatherworking today. My certainty is at around 80%. We shall see if my kids let me stitch today.
A thread on how Christianity and Christians cultural norm of exclusion, gatekeeping, and othering has infected the culture at large but especially the political left. As a Christian, I’ve seen first hand how much we “No True Scotsman”… I like to call it kilting. It’s bad, and we need to stop.
Yup. This has been incredibly gaslighting and frustrating to (leftist!) Jews who’ve been trying to say: hey, the online left sure is adopting a lot of Nazi memes and rhetoric about Jews and get told “you’re lying/Zionists because bigotry is incompatible with leftism.” It’s giving “real Christians”
My revenge body is for younger me who couldn’t just go to therapy and get a diagnosis for ADHD. Hey kid, I know it was hard but stop stuffing your face with food there are other coping mechanisms oh god no not the caffeine stop self-medicating with coffee you don’t want to make your anxiety worse…
Belgium: *winning* Me: *folds arms, grunts* Good.
Roy Kent's Intense Growl
ALT: Roy Kent's Intense Growl
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Those of us unsurprised by the Platner news, please refrain from gloating or smugness. Please remember that another person’s (or more) suffering and trauma is the subject here. Be angry, sure. Better yet, be loud at your electeds if they chose badly, but SUPPORT SURVIVORS.
Update: first attempt had failures, I’m coming on with another attempt later this month. I need to fix the stitching and go with a gluing method that has fewer fumes. Renia Aquilim 315 should do the trick.
I’m nervous and excited. Tomorrow I will be constructing an experimental cup sole for my sneaker. It’s my own design inspired by a rubber cup sole, but using a technique involving leather strapping. No idea how well it will hold up. If it works, it’s basically a way to Goodyear welt it.
One thing about a bartender: they can spot a Type
AOC not getting behind Graham Platner looks like a chess move now.
Normally I stay out of football online… But fuck FIFA, fuck Trump, fuck political meddling in sports, fuck the greed and private equity in sports… fuck all of it. Sports are for the people. Especially association football. Soccer is for us. Get the fuck out of our games.
This is bone-chilling. A conservative hedge fund manager wants to require little girls to pass genital inspections for their “safety.” And it’s only for girls’ sports. There’s a clear link between transphobia and child sexual abuse.
We’re currently fighting an initiative in Washington State that has genital exams as part of the enforcement mechanism. www.kuow.org/stories/tran...
Ryan Stollar has died. As a child liberation theologian and a longtime advocate for survivors of childhood abuse & religious trauma, Ryan was a light to many. He made the world a better place and will be profoundly missed. I am heartbroken. May he rest in peace.
i just received confirmation from a private source that @rlstollar.bsky.social has gone to be w the ancestors. a stalwart warrior for children & homeschool alumni, he will be deeply missed. my heart aches so much. be at peace, my dear dear friend.
🚨 A new episode of Game Changer is out now on Dropout — featuring players: Brennan Lee Mulligan, Vic Michaelis, and Aabria Iyengar and... 🤫