BREAKING: Boston University's English department (my dept) recently voted to approve new learning outcomes for the English major, including an anti-AI provision that requires students to “craft and revise writing that is sustained, original, and generated without the assistance of AI."

DK Renders! (Sculptober 2024 & 2025) #b3d

Love this poem about WALL-E by Michele Rosario, from the latest issue of @rattlepoetry.bsky.social 🤖

Love this poem about WALL-E by Michele Rosario, from the latest issue of @rattlepoetry.bsky.social 🤖

This is the hill I will die on forever: children are whole-ass humans, and should be accorded individual civil rights as such Parents are caretakers, not owners

Alejandra Caraballo@esqueer.net · 2d ago

Every time one of these stories comes out, it's shown that the parents were actually abusive. There is an asymmetry where the parents are given a platform by Christian nationalist orgs and Fox News while the state cannot discuss any details due to privacy. So the narrative is set by the parents.

Deadline this Friday! Submit your application to become the next Editor(s) of JCMS: Journal of Cinema and Media Studies online here: buff.ly/T3CIob3.

Cis people do not understand how much trans people's rights have regressed in just 5 years. 5 years ago, there were none of these restrictions. 19 states banned legal recognition 21 states have bathroom bans 8 states ban gender marker changes on DLs 25 ban gender affirming care for trans youth

New PFP! I commissioned a cartoon version of myself 💕

New PFP! I commissioned a cartoon version of myself 💕

The fact we have an executive class that doesn't know what to do with the Looney Tunes or The Muppets really sums up what a joyless, barren world they inhabit.

DiscussingFilm@discussingfilm.net · last wk.

There are currently no active conversations for a full ‘MUPPET SHOW’ series revival. Disney, The Muppets Studio and Point Grey Pictures have had difficulties with deciding on a premise for the series that they can all agree on. (Source: Deadline)

obsessed with this poem by CAConrad. the empire will tax your soul! I prefer the forests making blankets from themselves!!

My DisNet presentation has been finalized. We're talking Emoji Blitz 💕

The sad thing is, its only going to get worse. This is what these dems are saying before the ad spend cranks up. Just wait until the debates, the ads, the consultants sweep in. Buckle up everyone.

Alejandra Caraballo@esqueer.net · last wk.

No matter how much you throw trans people under the bus, you are still going to get attacked. All you've done is betray a vulnerable minority, anger your base, and made the issue front and center.

the most famous high school trans athlete in Texan history is by a significant margin Mack Beggs, who pretty clearly would have made everyone happier had he wrestled other boys like he wanted to, and that would also have been better for safety and for fairness

In addition to the bad framing he also buys into salience by saying “that’s right” when the interviewer says it’s an important issue in Texas. Your opponents are picking on kids, in this case trans kids who are suffering and dying from discrimination. Lead with that or get a new career.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · last wk.

Talarico: "I oppose trans athletes playing in girls' sports if it endangers safety or fairness"

Like many Republicans, Roger Marshall pretends to be a Christian while ignoring Jesus' teachings. "Heal the sick, raise the dead, cleanse those who have leprosy, drive out demons. Freely you have received; freely give. Do not get any gold or silver or copper to take with you..." - Matthew 10:8-9

Don Moynihan@donmoyn.bsky.social · last wk.

Senator Roger Marshall is up for re-election (gift link) www.nytimes.com/2026/09/08/u...

Like many Republicans, Roger Marshall pretends to be a Christian while ignoring Jesus' teachings. "Heal the sick, raise the dead, cleanse those who have leprosy, drive out demons. Freely you have received; freely give. Do not get any gold or silver or copper to take with you..." - Matthew 10:8-9

Don Moynihan@donmoyn.bsky.social · last wk.

Senator Roger Marshall is up for re-election (gift link) www.nytimes.com/2026/09/08/u...

In 2026, there are 26 Dems running for Congress, Senate, Governor, or Statewide Office who have made anti-trans votes or statements. Iowa, New York, Ohio, and Texas lead the pack in anti-trans Democrats. Your EITM candidate guide for this election cycle. Subscribe to support our journalism.

The Guide To Anti-Trans Democrats In The 2026 Elections, By State

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As always, music is essential. And this is absolutely DELIGHTFUL on its own merits too (h/t @cherrypoppunk.bsky.social who brought this to my feed.)

Crimson Mayhem@crimsonmayhem.bsky.social · 2w ago

Introducing the BEEP BEEP Choir from Coyote vs ACME!!

I can't emphasize enough how much a comedic choir adds to action-oriented comedy movies 🍿

Crimson Mayhem@crimsonmayhem.bsky.social · 2w ago

Introducing the BEEP BEEP Choir from Coyote vs ACME!!

Three years into the genocide, children in Gaza watch The Lion King together 💔

New study on transgender women hiring discrimination paints an incredibly bleak picture. If you can't stealth and don't pass your callbacks plummet 32% This is only at the resume stage, back when I was still trying I was getting callbacks all the time. I was ghosted or experienced death by panel

Three years into the genocide, children in Gaza watch The Lion King together 💔

What the hell, @eff.org ??? This is not transformative use. First of all, use of copyrighted work *still requires permission and the associated fees.* Second, AI models are not transforming anything! They are vacuum and regurgitate machines with no actual intelligence. So disappointed by this!

Electronic Frontier Foundation@eff.org · 2w ago

Training AI models on copyrighted works is "squarely what transformative use is," EFF’s Tori Noble told @reason.com - these are "general purpose tools" and "exactly the kind of creation that copyright is designed to foster."

thinking about all the young people who left ban states and came to New York for care, and now

Chris Geidner@chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 2w ago

BREAKING: The U.S. Department of Justice announced on Friday that it reached an “agreement” with Mount Sinai Health System in which it will “cease providing” gender-affirming medical care to minors and dedicate $2 million to providing care to those “suffering harmful consequences” of such care.

Wile E. Coyote is doing a reddit AMA right now for Coyote vs ACME and strictly answering through signs, and it's genius.

when writers block hits, just ask yourself any number of three questions and then the words will just start flowing: 1. what are the rules i’ve already established? 2. where do my characters want to go next? 3. which of my fetishes haven’t made it into this draft yet?

The most vulnerable essay I’ve ever written. What if you get a @nytimes.com (!!!) review for yr debut novel, but Janet Maslin uses Rate My Professor to deduce you’re an ugly loser? If you’re me, you let it haunt & haunt you. 🙏 to @exactingclam.bsky.social. www.exactingclam.com/issues/no-22...

Looks like the fascists at my Alma Matter are doing their level best to create another Entartete Kunst...

Dr. Jennessa Hester 🍒@cherrypoppunk.bsky.social · 4mo ago

First off, much of the Greek canon has been struck from the curriculum. This includes The Odyssey and The Iliad (by Homer), Republic (by Plato), and basically everything by Sappho. I wonder if Nolan's Odyssey adaptation will be banned from film studies courses once it's released?

It's honestly so funny that these people say they want to "defend western civilization" and then they turn around and ban THE ODYSSEY!! . Just goes to show that those roman statue pfp guys believe in nothing.

Dr. Jennessa Hester 🍒@cherrypoppunk.bsky.social · 4mo ago

First off, much of the Greek canon has been struck from the curriculum. This includes The Odyssey and The Iliad (by Homer), Republic (by Plato), and basically everything by Sappho. I wonder if Nolan's Odyssey adaptation will be banned from film studies courses once it's released?