Obeying authoritarian regimes makes you complicit in them. She/her. Anarcho-Democratic Socialist. Autistic Zoomer Hippie Goth Punk and wannabe animator. INFP. Blocked by Tony Goldmark and proud. letterboxd.com/awesomereesee
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A lot of people @ing me saying “I liked it.” Lots of books aren’t good and are still likeable! HP is fun to read! It’s got plot and characters and stakes, and as for the plot holes and bigotry— plenty of other books, some of which we consider to be excellent, are rich in plot holes and bigotry 🧵
tpot/rationalism/effective altruism family tree in case anyone is confused
Every single thing you like and admire and find illuminating or thrilling about HP exists in other books, movies, & series EXCEPT the birth-to-death-scale entertainment-industrial infrastructure of merch and licensing
It’s so embarrassing when ppl say HP was important to their childhood so they can’t let it go. Did it open a love of books & you went on to devour millions more books? Or is it just that you took one step into total brand capture before your brain was fully formed & even now you wish to remain
Rowling is a shitbag but also! HP is NOT GOOD. This isn’t one of those mildly nuanced “oh but Polanski is a genius” situations — HP is derivative, mediocre, critically insubstantial, even with a generous poptimism handicap. Its single outstanding quality as a cultural artifact is its ubiquity.
I have infinitely more respect for a fullblown Walt-is-capitalist-Jesus / second home in Orlando-owning Disney Adult than I do for even the lowest-key Harry Potter casual gcn.ie/j-k-rowling-...
"Stay tuned for more details" -- Epstein survivor announces that survivors are creating their own list of Epstein-related abusers
Bye Warwick
I also know so many LGBTQ+ folks in Alabama who can't "just move" and abandoning them is NOT an option either! Finally, the furthest left person I know lives in central Alabama. Always makes me frustrated when center-left AT BEST folks say that red states deserve to be abandoned.
That everything about the "2" here (the colour, the font, the fact that it's ever so slightly tilted) makes it look like a zany comedy sequel, is especially funny
Colbert, on RFK Jr’s hearing. @colbertlateshow.bsky.social
Some thoughts about the Great Khan heading into Chicagoland's big Reverse Fort Sumter weekend.
this checks out
Imagine being a video game studio and you have Steven Spielberg approach you to direct a movie based on one of your most popular franchises (a war movie too) and the chance to make an amazing film and you turn him down. That is truly embarrassing.
I really, REALLY wish people would internalize the absolute stranglehold voter suppression and gerrymandering have over many red states with high BIPOC populations (who reliably vote blue) before consistently writing off these entire states and saying shit like “they deserved it”.
Seem to recall when the Biden admin was (misleadingly) accused of putting pressure on social media companies to change their editorial policies (most of which were rejected) we were told by a large segment of the population (and a few judges) that it was the worst violation of the 1st Amendment ever
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California, Oregon and Washington announced yesterday they’ve created their own health alliance, saying the CDC has become “a political tool that increasingly peddles ideology instead of science.” New York, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Delaware, Pennsylvania and Rhode Island have now done the same.
CBS News is giving up the power it has to hold “Face the Nation” interviewees to account. Following pressure from Trump, it has agreed not to edit interviews, even to remove false statements or propaganda uttered by political operatives and officials, or add explanatory context.
the strawberry-wanter has logged on
475 people arrested at Hyundai plant in Georgia – many of them South Korean – Hyundai should pull their manufacturing out of the US.
I make all the meals at my house. I had a Tuesday afternoon off unexpectedly and went home for lunch. My husband was cooking a whole ass pot of mashed potatoes! I would rather have walked in on this man naked with a strange woman. What do you mean he is capable of cooking? 17 years people
"they say you shouldn't do this" "they say you shouldn't do that" ok? well they don't even love you like i love you so
One of the few remaining serious journalists at Fox News asks a very good question about reports that Hegseth just had 10 *stealth fighters* deployed to Puerto Rico allegedly for "counter-narcotics."
I need a poolboy for moisturizing my double chin
🚨GREAT NEWS! California, Oregon, Washington and Hawaii have created their own health alliance, saying the CDC has become “a political tool that increasingly peddles ideology instead of science.” New York, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Delaware, Pennsylvania and Rhode Island have now done the same.
Everything I see from Pritzker makes me think “this guy seems like what we need” which is why I’m totally unsurprised that most libs are excited for Gavin Newsom
LISTEN to Gov. J.B. Pritzker warning: Authoritarians thrive on your silence. Be loud for America.
A decade ago, the Heritage Foundation went full meltdown about how Obama was an imperial president when he had issued about the same number of executive orders -- though he had reached it after six years, not six months.
Crimes of war aren't a distraction from other crimes they're just more crimes
Modern TV should have standalone episodes where two characters who hate* each other are forced to work together to survive. *""Hate"" "You remember back there, when I told you I hated you, and you told me you hated me?" "Vividly." "I just wanted you to know… I meant every word of it." "So did I."
this is still the single greatest intro ever made for an animated series, an absolute masterpiece on every level
I think about this set of @lronmexico.bsky.social tweets from 2023 and laugh to myself when I remember them and think they should be preserved for prosperity
Finally, the action that Trump voters demanded -- defending the rights of poor helpless airlines to screw over their whiny little passengers.
I could go on a date tonight but I’ll probably just watch a movie with my cat and complain about not having a boyfriend.
I feel like many "important thought leaders" are missing in their "critiques" of "blueskyism" is that the point of social media is to socialize, not to glaze the powerful.
Today we learned that in June the US economy lost jobs for the first time since 2020. We haven’t seen this kind of net job loss since - well, since the last time Trump was in charge.
When Schumer gave Trump everything he wanted back in March, the logic was that Republicans would be so unpopular by now, they'd be willing to stand up to Trump.
Many of the people still active on Twitter and bashing Bluesky were declaring "Twitter is not real life" daily in 2019-2020. Text-based social media has always been distinct and in many ways unrepresentative. But the actual frustration they have is with forums that empower progressives/leftists.
Just passed a semi north of Des Moines with “No Kings” scrawled into the dirt on his trailer… ✊🏻
if you are 16-24 DO NOT GET A JOB. DRAIN YOUR PARENTS BANKS DRY
Text of New York's COVID vaccine executive order is out. - It allows physicians and nurses to prescribe vaccines to anyone 3 & over - It expands pharmacists’ authority to administer vaccines to children under 18 - For the first time, pharmacists can prescribe vaccines off-label to anyone 3 & over
I just visited Naval Station Great Lakes that Trump is letting DHS use as they prepare to invade Chicago. The Navy cooperated and took the time to answer our questions. Trump’s DHS locked the doors and fled. That’s not how you act when you’re doing something legal.
WSJ reports RFK Jr has instructed HHS to link autism with Tylenol use during pregnancy and folate deficiency.
A platform where Jamelle Bouie is one of the most influential and respected people is one that is going to cause discomfort for a certain kind of liberal (or person who thinks they are liberal). Yes, Bouie is black, but what these people really reject is strong criticism of America's status quo.
Twitter and now Bluesky have given prominence to academics and others with credentials and expertise whose views are more power-challenging/power-balancing/left than the Times editorial/Democratic leadership/other center-left power centers. That's the tension here.
plump heathcliff
they’re going to flavor blast me tomorrow
phil collins has been singing about waiting for this moment for all his life for almost all his life
We should have a Bluesky main character of the day that everyone is nice to, just pick someone and shower them with appreciation.
as a child some of you were never rescued and breastfed by an obliging she-wolf and it shows
For the health of your back in middle age, avoid risky activities such as: - Standing - Sitting - Lying down
There has not been one single Republican administration in my lifetime that's created more jobs than a Democratic administration. Since I've been alive.
My BIL has two kids on the spectrum and he said "So many parents are angry and sad and desperately looking for anything to blame for their child's unfair struggles and RFK and the right are cashing in on misery and fear and we're the prop"
Hunter Schafer wearing this Sailor-Moon-deconstructing-back-into-ribbons ass outfit
Wendy’s will be punished someday. God never intended hamburgers to be square.
They want to build stuff *FOR THEMSELVES* They couldn’t give a hoot in hell about building for the public good, unless it somehow ends up back in their pockets
Zuckerberg saying Meta intends to spend at least 600 billion in the US Zuckerberg at the end caught on a hot mic
the thing about the median voter having a completely incoherent set of policy views is that "this person is really likable" can get you extremely far those same voters will often be happy to go "well, sure, I like 'em, give 'em a shot"
I think what RFK Jr. meant to say was “the CDC director refused to put kids' health at risk when I told her to, so I fired her."
I can't fix anyone else until I fix myself first and I have no intention of fixing myself.
The idea that there are people who are interested in the Magnificent Ambersons but like, an AI version of it, is so funny. That's two different groups of people. And their dogs are trained to attack each other
Sad to say my ideological opponents have all been diagnosed with Dumbshit Disease, a disorder I made up that makes their ideas bad
I’m just here for the dopamine so if ya sass me ya blocked
Nothing says, "Hey international companies, bring your manufacturing to the US" like arresting 475 workers at a Hyundai (70% of whom are South Korean).
I’m absolutely certain that if Graham Linehan is not stopped, he is going to seriously injure or kill a woman.
What keeps haunting me about this idiotic "let's fix The Magnificent Ambersons with AI!" proposal is that the whole reason the footage vanished is because the studio didn't value & protect Welles' edit. The part that's missing & will always be missing is what _he_ would have done. You can't AI that.
this happened to me
#ANewHope 🙏
You had your chance to remove and bar him from the presidency after Jan 6. And you chickened out.
As a 40 year old man I know that buying nunchucks as a self defense weapon wasn't a smart idea but as a 40 year old man with a concussion I also know that they will do their job.
RFK Jr. spits out a mouthful of asbestos and takes a swig from his sewage bottle. "I can already see children getting healthier," he gurgles, a bone from a roadkill bat lodged in his larynx. "The spike in measles deaths is a sign their mitochondrial vitality is spiking." His left ear drops off.
*sees I am never on any one’s skircle* In order to advance into the inner circles, I must become what I despise: a reply guy.
bad news everyone, numbers are woke now
conservatives have gotten so fascistic they’re too far gone for the NRA lol
I’ll pluck a heart out and eat it raw.
I wrote something for GQ about how Armani impacted menswear. It's easy to forget, but when menswear transitioned to slimmer silhouettes in the early 2000s, baggy clothes were derided as "sloppy" and "middle aged." Over the years, people have revisited campaigns like these 🧵
Up in the clouds, a city of smiles spun endless tales. Yet all wonders demand a shadow to hold them.
what a terrible time to be sentient
NEW YORK (AP) — Anthropic agrees to pay authors $3,000 per book in landmark settlement over pirated chatbot training material.
In 1988, it was illegal to sell a coffee mug without one of these cats on it
obviously what Trump wants to do is horrifying but Republicans losing the NRA over trans people is genuinely one of the funniest possible political outcomes
lol is this because people kept pointing out that Nate only has a Bachelor's Degree or because doctor's kept telling him to stop giving his amateur epidemiology takes during Covid?
by my count, this makes seven confirmed no true bills from grand juries, plus three other felony cases dismissed (two gun cases, one assault of a federal officer), plus two cases downgraded from felony assault on federal officers to misdemeanor
I’m seeing reports that they have settled at $3,000 per work, and if so, I need to see the settlement amount
I would guess that somebody or several somebodies took significant personal risks to get that North Korea clusterfuck story published
need everyone to see this one-star review of a dog trainer
i need you to understand that if you spend money on harry potter stuff, it is being used to harm me personally and people i care about. that is the trade off you're making.
– Graham Linehan: "It's sissy porn." – Julia Faure Walker KC: "You must be more familiar with it than me." – Graham Linehan: "Oh, I am — I really am."
The plan? We have the dog trainers yell racial slurs to scare the dogs so the dogs get PTSD about hearing racial slurs so the dog owners will be disencouraged from using racial slurs thereby ending racism
Jon Gruden landed on his feet I guess
This is a generational talent at work
they've created this entire delusional bubble cult and they have no choice but to keep setting cash on fire until it all collapses in a glorious fireball these are men without ideas building a simulacrum of innovation, all propped up by grifters cashing in on the front end of the hype cycle
This painting is now available on Patreon! I opened 150 slots for a brand new print tier! Link in bio!
(overhearing the young folk gush over Deltarune and Silksong, I slowly wobble over with my cane) Hey, if you like those games, you should try out Earthbound and Symphony of the Night. They're old, but gold! 👴 (the youth politely acknowledge me before shuffling me away)
try that on a small clown
Hey @support.bsky.team @safety.bsky.app I think your tagging probably isn't supposed to be visible. Just wanted to let you know!
Older women, making eye contact and smiling maniacally, as they pass you by without saying a word.