George S
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Also @ harmonygritz elsewhere. #HigherEd and #EdTech interests keep my blood boiling. Our fractured social networks remind me of the Battlestar Galactica diaspora. I am the other person you see wearing a mask in the store.
Arguably the biggest democracy referendum next month: Virginia is one of only three states where the state constitution says people should lose their right to vote FOR THEIR ENTIRE LIFE if they are convicted of any felony. This measure would allow anyone to vote after prison.
“It’s Time”: Virginians Will Decide Whether to Repeal Jim Crow-Era Lifetime Ban on Voting - Bolts
Voters will decide this year whether to end Virginia’s uniquely harsh felony disenfranchisement rules. They'll also vote on abortion, gay marriage, and redistricting.
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"Why are people voting in right wing govts globally?" - American who lived through inflation-based Trump second win
Having a cousin that is a pro athlete, reduces a Black boy's probability of being convicted of a crime. Not because the athlete is a role model. But because they have the means to help the young man avoid being convicted while innocent. But it's still not enough to overcome the level of US racism
Data Shows Affluent Black Kids Are More Likely to Be Incarcerated Than Poor White Kids
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It's finally here! Are you ready to join us in kicking off #BannedBooksWeek?! This year's event is too big for just one piece of art, so we have THREE! #LetBooksBe bannedbooksweek.org
i'd like to reiterate that if ai necromancy and no teacher is the key to a 5 on an ap exam, the exam is useless
Matt Seybold@mattseybold.bsky.social · yesterdayThis tiny school has been embraced by the Trump II coalition for a reason.
I hope @velshi.com devotes some time to this. That 1-hour format seems to be digging into his book conversations. (One exception was Exit Party a few days ago.) #BannedBooks #reading #libraries
Unite Against Book Bans@uabookbans.bsky.social · 23h agoBanned Books Week starts today! This year’s theme is: #LetBooksBe What do you think books should be? Share your answer in the comments: ✨ Let Books Be Free 🎉 Let Books Be Fun 🌎 Let Books Be Diverse 💡 Let Books Be Thought-Provoking ❤️ Let Books Be Themselves
Then somebody asked, “Which article made sure you never subscribed to The Atlantic?” And I said,
The Atlantic@theatlantic.com · 2d agoA GOP schism over the Texas candidate Bo French’s social-media post reveals the limits of the party’s defense of a color-blind meritocracy, @jonathanbchait.bsky.social argues.
BTW my favorite bit player in this was Joanne Jordan, recognizable from about a million TV episodes #Loophole #NoirAlley #TCMParty en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joanne_...
Joanne Jordan - Wikipedia
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Is that the hokiest ending of any #NoirAlley ever? #Loophole #TCMParty
I hate to interrupt the movie finale but holyyyy… White male exec resigns from #OpenAI, maybe now y’all will listen to the women forced out of #BigTech?
@carpenter22.bsky.social · yesterdaywww.theguardian.com/technology/2... OpenAI safety leader quits, warning AI company’s culture is ‘broken’
It’s always the same time of day in that police station, if the light from the Venetian blinds is any indication… #Loophole #NoirAlley #TCMParty
Saxophone alert! Femme fatale CONFIRMED! And twice as blond as Dorothy Malone ever was! #Loophole #NoirAlley #TCMParty
I’ll admit I wasn’t ready for a brunette Dorothy Malone. #Loophole #NoirAlley #TCMParty
The US president published a lawmaker’s cell phone number as he called for the passage of a bill making DST permanent.
Trump ramps up pressure on US Republicans to end US clock switching
The US president published a lawmaker's cell phone number as he called for the passage of a bill making DST permanent.
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A thoughtful, excellent write up by @richardconniff.bsky.social on the very sad situation @sternbergpaleo.bsky.social museum #paleontology #palaeontology #naturalhistory richardconniff.substack.com/p/another-na...
Another Nature Museum Faces Death
Kansas is killing a centerpiece of state and world history. Follow the money.
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🚨BREAKING: Tarrant County voters filed an emergency lawsuit Friday accusing Republican county officials of intentionally making it harder for Black and Hispanic residents to vote by eliminating dozens of Election Day polling places. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
Tarrant County voters sue to block GOP polling site cuts targeting minority voters
The lawsuit comes a month after the GOP-controlled Tarrant County Commissioners Court approved the cuts in a 3-2 vote despite intense opposition from residents and the court’s two Democratic commissio...
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Eavesdropping Meta #glasses won't be any more popular than panopticon Meta glasses. One hopes. But they're gonna keep trying, one wearable at a time—so stay alert. As Mike says (slight spoiler), Meta has long since lost our #trust. So why trust this tech? That's rhetorical, don't go there.
Mike Elgan@mikeelgan.bsky.social · 2d agoEven without a camera, you can't trust Ray-Ban Meta Glasses. Here's why. www.computerworld.com/article/4228...
I'm fascinated from afar by the Manhattan Institute, home away from home for John McWhorter and such.
Christopher Mathias@letsgomathias.bsky.social · 3d agoI reached out to Manhattan Institute, where Rufo derives so much of his legitimacy as a "senior fellow," to see if it has any comment about him pushing "The Indian Question." No response, will let ya know if that changes talkingpointsmemo.com/news/chris-r...
Can magazines be hanged in effigy? Let’s try it on The Atlantic.
Erin Keane@erinkeane.bsky.social · 3d agoI was raised by a nurse with an associates degree and a steel mill electrician. I am not denigrating the value and dignity of blue collar work when I ask how many elite national media staffers are raising future bricklayers themselves. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/1...
My dad had the same “best fork in the house” and now I’ve got one, but it’s not the fork he had. His is lost in the mists of time…
leon@leyawn.bsky.social · 4d agoat my parents house my dad has a specific fork that only he is allowed to use. and now that i've recently gotten my own special fork i get it. (holding my fork like bilbo with the one ring) after all, why not? why shouldn't i use it
NEW: DHS agents tracked people observing ICE arrests, photographed them, ran their plates, pulled personal information, and added them to a Palantir database, according to newly unsealed court filings. w/ @regret.bsky.social
ICE Has Been Dumping Protester Photos Into a Palantir Database
DHS agents not only tracked and intimidated people observing ICE activity in Maine, but stored information about them in a Palantir-built database, newly unsealed court filings say.
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Sharing because it's Python-esque (as in Monty Python, youngsters) and I think this Pope would be down with it. (I don't get an AI vibe but correct me if need be)
AGAIN, we told the Nikki Haleys, Vivek Ramaswamys, Harmeet Dillons, Usha Vances, et. al where their white adjacency games would lead to. The majority of Desi Americans understand the reality. They understand Wilkerson's "Caste" and how a familiar system works here. These outliers?
Indiana Jones: You Have Chosen Poorly
ALT: Indiana Jones: You Have Chosen Poorly
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Christopher Mathias@letsgomathias.bsky.social · 3d agoNew: Chris Rufo & his co-host devoted a podcast to "The Indian Question," framing Desi people as a problem to be solved. Their "solution?" Mass expulsion. For those allowed to remain: an “assimilation hazing process” w/ instances of “vulgar, defamatory racism" talkingpointsmemo.com/news/chris-r...
“Users will soon be able to engage, for instance, with Count Dracula’s rat-eating manservant, Renfield, through a new interactive story.”
Audible Will Soon Let You Use AI to Talk to a Book Character - CNET
Amazon's audiobook service is rolling out new AI-powered features to make listening to stories more interactive.
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Irony has arisen from the dead, if you recall that 1984 was one of the ebooks Amazon recalled back in 2009. They just can’t help messing with Orwell.
Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 3d agoIrony is already dead. This is just overkill.
Ahead of a pivotal midterm election defined by concerns around surging rent and gas prices, student debt is emerging as an affordability issue some voters say is being overlooked.
Soaring Student Loan Bills Add to Voters’ Affordability Squeeze
More than 9 million Americans are at least one year behind on their payments.
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Last month, “a 20-year-old Haitian man in Springfield, Ohio, walked into oncoming traffic after the Trump administration ended his Temporary Protected Status and ICE fitted him with an ankle monitor.” His name was Pierre Damas Bel.
Ruth Delgado@heylookitsruth.bsky.social · 5d ago“To the ICE agent who took away my mother: I hope it was worth it,” wrote Samuel Gonzalez Terrones before taking his own life. This is the reality of what mass deportation looks like. Not only impacting those who are detained but also leaving a path of destruction for the family they leave behind.