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Only Normal Person

@onlynormalperson.bsky.social

Zach M. Trying to do something to help. I like movies and videogames. I hang with Pittsburgh DSA and Food Not Bombs when I get out of my apartment, which is not often enough. He/Him.

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Robert Evans (the Only Robert Evans)@iwriteok.bsky.social · 24h ago

when I was a much younger man I had a habit of trying to convince conspiracy theorists I met of even crazier theories. if they denied the moon landing, I'd try to convince them the moon itself was a hoax, etc. Starting to worry that might have done lasting harm.

Jared Holt@jaredlholt.bsky.social · yesterday

Macklemore says “free Palestine” and the ADL applauds him losing gigs for it. Kanye West puts out a song called “Heil Hitler” the org can’t be bothered to have an opinion on it. Instead, they insert themselves into the concert venues to do trainings on hate symbols.

In addition, the ADL has been working to put together a "best practices" guide which will include training venue workers on anti-Semitic symbols, statements and other totems. Those materials will be available to workers at both of Ye's shows.
Peter@notalawyer.bsky.social · 2d ago

underrated part of El-Sayed’s messaging strategy seems to be shaming journalists who ask dumb questions that play into right-wing frames. you can’t answer these in a way that satisfies them, but you can make it embarrassing enough that you impose a toll on asking.

Abdul El-Sayed: "Weijia, with all due respect, this is the third time you've asked about a Twitch streamer ... their whole game is to make us fight culture wars so that we don't pay attention to the fact the president has made $2.2 billion ... "
gwen howerton@kissphoria.bsky.social · yesterday

AT&T Stadium reportedly is one of the venues that opposed Macklemore being on Ed Sheeran's bill. Worth noting that AT&T is hosting Kanye West in November.

Prem Thakker ツ@premthakker.bsky.social · 2d ago

New: Macklemore says Robert Kraft — who owns Gillette Stadium, where Macklemore & Ed Sheeran were to perform later this month — called Sheeran. Kraft rallied other owners together behind an ultimatum for Sheeran: if Macklemore stays on the tour, you won't be allowed in our venues.

I'm not sure how to start this. So I'm going to speak from the heart and share the truth. Ed Sheeran and his team have made the decision to remove me from The Loop tour. But before I get into it, I want to say something that should be obvious. In this moment I think it matters. I am not a victim. Ed Sheeran is not a victim. Pink is not a victim. We have careers, money, opportunities, safety and audiences around the world. Whatever consequences any of us face for what we say, we get to go home to our families. The victims are the Palestinian people. The men, women and children who have been killed, starved, displaced and forced to live through unimaginable violence. More than 20,000 children have been killed in Gaza alone. People are being killed today, and people will be killed tomorrow. I want to make sure that as I tell this story, we don't lose sight of that. Ed is my friend. I've known him for 13 years. We've shared late nights, studio sessions and stages. He has this infectious magic about him that I've grown to love. I consider him a brother. And because of that, we've had some difficult conversations this past week. The type of talks rooted in love and respect for one another that still end in a place of fundamental disagreement. Nothing I'm writing here is out of spite or because I want to tear down his character. But as I told Ed multiple times on the phone, our friendship can't change my responsibility to tell the truth about what happened. Last Monday, in the middle of all the media attention surrounding Pink and what I said at MetLife, Ed told me that Robert Kraft called him. We were scheduled to play Gillette Stadium later this month, which is owned by the Kraft Group. Ed told me that Kraft said I would not be allowed to perform in his stadium. Ed also told me that Kraft had rallied some of the other stadium owners and collectively they gave him an ultimatum: if Macklemore stays on the tour, you will not be allowed to play in our venues. Ed was in …
Kevin@reginageorgebush.bsky.social · 3d ago

Ralph Nader failed so comprehensively that American socialism now actually operates on the Democratic Party entryist model Republicans have been mostly-falsely shrieking about for decades

Scott Lemieux@lemieuxlgm.bsky.social · 3d ago

It's wild to me that advocates for 3rd party politics will still vociferously defend Ralph Nader's 2000 ratfucking campaign, which was so obviously catastrophic to any non-nihilist that it has permanently saddled the Greens with candidates who are total non-entities or worse than that...

Nathan Goldwag @goldwagnathan.bsky.social · 3d ago

"ungrateful leftists are why we always lose!" "no! unprincipled shitlibs are why we always lose!" Kids, we're all locked into this wild ride together, and we're all going down into the deep dark together too.

Nathan Goldwag @goldwagnathan.bsky.social · 3d ago

The root of why so many discourses about voting On Here are so toxic is that the people who actually decide most elections have basically zero involvement in them, and on some level we all understand that.

Brendel@brendelbored.bsky.social · 3d ago

Just read the story the quote is from and it’s about him doing a small budget film about suffering and loss all shot on location and I honestly hope it works out because Zack Snyder indie auteur is incredibly funny

Every Film Now@everyfilmnow.bsky.social · 3d ago

Zack Snyder says he had no interest in making comic book movies like Marvel. “[Marvel is] like an amusement park ride, right? The ups, the drops, the kind of cruising part, and then another drop. At the end, you’re like, ‘Wow, that was crazy, that was awesome.’” #ZackSnyder #Marvel

Anders Puck Nielsen@anderspucknielsen.dk · 3d ago

Those who say that AI is going to destroy humanity within the next few years owe it to the rest of us to explain how. What exactly is it that the machines will be doing? (That includes engineers from Anthropic who quit their job because they are scared of the technology they produced.)

Nicholas Grossman@nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 3d ago

The evil AI copied itself onto the internet! No stoping it now! That's just Skynet or Ultron. Those stories rely on magic, and the audience suspends disbelief because the plot is cool. Makes no sense for AI that needs giant datacenters or live connections to them. Can we deal with reality, please?