Not only did they absolutely beg for this, they made it so that “merit” was synonymous with being white so now you’re stuck with precisely the kind of moron who believes that. www.politico.com/news/magazin...
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Playwright, Screenwriter, Photographer, man-about-town. Here, Queer, Not going anywhere. www.duncanpflaster.com https://newplayexchange.org/users/1657/duncan-pflaster https://linktr.ee/duncanpflaster
Helen of Troy had a wandering glance; Sappho's restriction was only the sky; Ninon was ever the chatter of France; But oh, what a good girl am I!
Overheard Young woman: Ugh, my spelling has gotten so bad since using ChatGPT. Her mother: Really? I only use ChatGPT to *learn* things.
You guys go on ahead, I’m going to hang out here for awhile ☺️ Armchair Books, Edinburgh's Old Town
Nice to log in to GayBinge.Tv and see your movie immediately featured
Everyone's trying to see The Odyssey on the biggest screen possible- It's apparently a new influencer trend called IMAXxing. #FilmSky
Just fyi, "Someone to Fall Back On" by JRB is not a romantic song, it's about an incel singing to the girl he's not dating telling her that if she'd only really notice him, she'd see he's pathetic but someone to settle for because he really likes her or whatever
You can actually budget all you want and stop eating out, but it doesn’t change the fact that people don’t just make enough money for this economy anymore.
Turns out that food companies were only checking their food because the government told them to, which is exactly why we need government regulations.
While we are in this Greek Mythology moment, may I remind you that Emma Thompson is adapting Pat Barker’s take on The Iliad, and she’s struggled to get it made bc the focus on what acts of war against women and survival thereafter actually look like (the core of Barker’s narrative) is too intense.
Emma Thompson adapting feminist retelling of Iliad for big screen
The actress told the Hay Festival she is writing a film version of Pat Barker’s The Silence of the Girls to draw attention to sexual abuse in war zones
thetimes.com
Thinkinge of askinge Chat GPT a questioun about your plannes, thoughtes, ideas? Trye a tarot deck ynstead. Cheaper, bettir for the environment, bettir resultes, not evil.
That thing when you get into a hilarious influencer too late when they're already doing collabs to shill products
Clock!Twink is in this John Cena movie and I don't know how I feel about him in modern clothes
@hodgman.bsky.social I'm listening to your E Pluribus Motto episode on Ohio and was thrilled to hear the Dunkleosteus get a shout-out! My name is Duncan, so I have a fondness for them. At the NY History Museum the fossil is hanged from the ceiling, so I can pose with the sign. Also, this mug.
If anyone would like to see a short video of a very happy piglet munching on some small cubes of cheese, this is your lucky day.
American Gods kind of ate the lunch of The Long Dark Teatime of the Soul, but in retrospect, maybe Douglas Adams' take was better?
This story is crazy. It would appear Trump admin officials rigged their nationally televised high school civics contest to keep a young man from a Sikh family out of the finalists. www.notus.org/national/ame...
Suspicion and Doubt at the National Civics Contest
America’s finest young scholars competed to mark their country's birthday. It led to a disputed finish in the age of mistrust.
notus.org
His father-in-law (and the grandfather of the white appearing baby he’s holding) is Dinesh D’Souza, who was born in India and first set foot in the US at the age of 17.
Last chance for Incel Vanya today at 3pm, at The Tank in NYC!