Mamdani arrives to his mayoral inauguration at City Hall in a motorcade of NYC taxi cabs—workers he went on hunger strike with in 2021.
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Mamdani arrives to his mayoral inauguration at City Hall in a motorcade of NYC taxi cabs—workers he went on hunger strike with in 2021.
I thought they'd swear Mayor Mamdani in at a normal people hour today, but no, absolute immediate strike of midnight the People's Republic of New York City began
2025 was a very difficult year for me: I was basically blacklisted from the US workforce. But I can still write. Folks have asked me how they can help. If my writing has meant anything to you, here are four concrete ways you can help me to keep on doing it…
This is how I learned Mark Ruffalo is a skootch away from being an EGOT
"Academics literally cannot make genAI go away" we also can't make underage drinking go away and we're not advocating for installing bar carts in every classroom.
the most important thing about making art is the blood
When we say "no, everything hasn't been digitized," I need you to understand that we really mean is that virtually nothing has been digitized. This is because the realm of primary sources that historians use is incomprehensibly large.
Doctor watching medical drama: "That detail is wrong."
Regular viewers: Interesting!
Cop watching crime drama: "That detail is wrong."
Regular viewers: Interesting!
Historian watching history drama: "That detail is wrong."
Regular viewers: It iS NoT A DoCuMeNtArY!
‘Social media is not real life’ Ok, then why are all the world’s wealthiest and most powerful men desperate to own and control it? Why did the fact that another country owned a popular social media app necessitate congressional hearings and provoke bipartisan national security fears?
Take a journey through time down a new NSF COLDEX ice core borehole just completed by the team in #Antarctica!
If you’re at #AGU25 stop by the COLDEX booth in the Exhibit Hall to talk to COLDEX team members from across the 15-institution center funded by NSF! @agu.org Follow us on IG @ coldex_stc
GOUACHE????
This is Charles Clyde Ebbets, the photographer who took the iconic “Lunch atop a Skyscraper” picture. Look at this fearless, dapper fuck wearing spats, suspenders, and a tie 850 feet above the ground. Absolute legend.
The human cost of AI: the real people, hired as "data labellers" and other euphemisms (after signing non-disclosure agreements) paid a pittance, and enduring immense harm in the process.
A devastating anatomy of how tech companies exploit, dehumanize, and ultimately replace human beings.
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In my head, I’ve moved from questioning whether we will win to wondering how far we can go.
The Epic of Gilgamesh is historically significant as the world's first Yaoi
At this point, it has become part of my job to budget time for fighting my way around glitches in every single editing program I use, every single time I use them
iOS keyboards no longer even work???
But we should definitely give the tech oligarchs unlimited power over all aspects of life 🙏🏻😌
Wow: Lemkin Institute for Genocide Prevention (named for Holocaust survivor Raphael Lemkin, who coined term "genocide") calls Clinton's remarks "genocide denial."
"Young people in the US are not stupid or gullible. They simply reject genocide – something the Secretary might consider doing as well."
Cover art of the book "The Overseer Class: A Manifesto" by Steven W. Thrasher. The cover is a black and white woodcut, with the title appearing over the images of three African American faces. To the left, is a face without eyes, in profile. To the right, is a man in a suit with no eyes looking forward. In the center is a police officer with eyes. Inside of him is a Black man on his knees, appearing to have been whipped. They all tower over raised fists.
Coming May 19, 2026 from Amistad Books and HarperCollins
THE OVERSEER CLASS:
A Manifesto
by Steven W. Thrasher
cover art by Jamaal Barber
Available for pre-order now www.harpercollins.com/products/the...
I am so scared. MORE
If we can only have art from people who "aren't in it for the money" that means we can only have art from privileged middle-class dilettantes. Making art being a viable career is responsible for nearly all worthwhile art, and if it's not a viable career any more we will get drastically less of it.
I'm no purist when it comes to participating in things we all know are bad. I try to reduce my harm but I'm an honest hypocrite.
I won't judge you for still using Spotify, just try this rad alternative. I'm listening to music from Dar es Salaam. Where will you listen to? radio.garden/listen/furah...
Windows four-pane logo. Upper left red square labeled “sanguine”, upper right green square “melancholic”, lower left blue square “phlegmatic,” lower right yellow square “choleric”
where my nerds at
Sex history is fascinating stuff and knowing it is an effective inoculation against modern puritanism
For accurate science, follow the advice of your healthcare provider, &/or
@cidrap.bsky.social
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@peterhotezmdphd.bsky.social
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this guy is betting on a future with accountability for today’s crimes, so we should too
Idk what "Strong Floor No Ceiling" is supposed to mean but it sounds like worshipping a parking lot, which is a common American pastime
This day in Labor History: November 28, 1901. A strike among Cuban cigar workers in Tampa, Florida collapsed after workers inspired by the Cuban revolutionary Jose Martí sought to create a cross-racial organization to resist employer oppression and fight for Cuban nationalism!!!
