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A curatorial journalist who pontificates on Culture, Entertainment, Education, Books, Politics, Health, Sports, Media, & Food. A cool nerd.
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Omar's Posting Schedule: 8-10 Posts Daily, 6am-6pm EST, avg 1/hr
Sunday: Food
Monday: Education/Literature
Tuesday: Politics
Wednesday: Health/Fitness/Sports
Thursday: Media/Technology
Friday: Music/Culture
Saturday: Arts/Entertainment
The goal is to make this pod appointment drop ins
Sunday: Food
Monday: Education/Literature
Tuesday: Politics
Wednesday: Health/Fitness/Sports
Thursday: Media/Technology
Friday: Music/Culture
Saturday: Arts/Entertainment
The goal is to make this pod appointment drop ins
Happy Sunday SME Bluesky Fam! Let's try to make this the best first day of your best week ever!
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November 16, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Happy Sunday SME Bluesky Fam! Let's try to make this the best first day of your best week ever!
Keeping it Real: One of the sure fire ways to prevent some of this is to limit the amount of screen time your kids have. Starve the beast at the source.
#sme #business #media #Sora #GenerativeAI #ABCNews
#sme #business #media #Sora #GenerativeAI #ABCNews
What parents need to know about Sora, the generative AI video app blurring the line between real and fake
OpenAI's Sora app creates lifelike AI-generated videos in seconds. Experts say it's a powerful but risky tool for kids, raising new safety and privacy concerns.
abcnews.go.com
November 13, 2025 at 8:26 PM
Keeping it Real: The problem isn't the app. The problem is ALWAYS bad actors who exploit the app. And there are thousands of scenarios where this can go wrong.
#sme #media #sora #OpenAI #nytimes
#sme #media #sora #OpenAI #nytimes
OpenAI’s New Video App Is Jaw-Dropping (for Better and Worse)
www.nytimes.com
November 13, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Keeping it Real: I'm a fan of some Artificial Intelligence. I believe Sora has the potential to do some good. It also has huge blindspots, because again, I'm certain that folks who look like me aren't programming it.
#sme #media #socialmedia #Sora #TheGuardian
#sme #media #socialmedia #Sora #TheGuardian
OpenAI launch of video app Sora plagued by violent and racist images: ‘The guardrails are not real’
Misinformation researchers say lifelike scenes could obfuscate truth and lead to fraud, bullying and intimidation
www.theguardian.com
November 13, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Keeping it Real: I'm a fan of some Artificial Intelligence. I believe Sora has the potential to do some good. It also has huge blindspots, because again, I'm certain that folks who look like me aren't programming it.
#sme #media #socialmedia #Sora #TheGuardian
#sme #media #socialmedia #Sora #TheGuardian
Dear Lord-
Today, I'm reminded that there are times when I often look back and thank God that it went his way and not mine. Trust in your faith. These words I humbly submit to you. Amen.
Good morning family. Let's make it a great day. Go find some good trouble!
#inspirationalvitamin
Today, I'm reminded that there are times when I often look back and thank God that it went his way and not mine. Trust in your faith. These words I humbly submit to you. Amen.
Good morning family. Let's make it a great day. Go find some good trouble!
#inspirationalvitamin
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November 13, 2025 at 11:09 AM
Dear Lord-
Today, I'm reminded that there are times when I often look back and thank God that it went his way and not mine. Trust in your faith. These words I humbly submit to you. Amen.
Good morning family. Let's make it a great day. Go find some good trouble!
#inspirationalvitamin
Today, I'm reminded that there are times when I often look back and thank God that it went his way and not mine. Trust in your faith. These words I humbly submit to you. Amen.
Good morning family. Let's make it a great day. Go find some good trouble!
#inspirationalvitamin
My Take: If they are proud of the work they're going, they need to show their faces. It's simple as that for me. Actions have consequences and they are electing to do this job. (Article Gifted)
#sme #NationalPolitics #ICE #TheAtlantic
#sme #NationalPolitics #ICE #TheAtlantic
Why They Mask
Veteran ICE officers know face coverings are a bad look. But they’re not coming off anytime soon.
www.theatlantic.com
November 11, 2025 at 8:54 PM
My Take: If they are proud of the work they're going, they need to show their faces. It's simple as that for me. Actions have consequences and they are electing to do this job. (Article Gifted)
#sme #NationalPolitics #ICE #TheAtlantic
#sme #NationalPolitics #ICE #TheAtlantic
My Take: If a true audit was done here, I suspect we'll see a lot of self-dealing or eye-brow raising connections. (Article Gifted)
#sme #NationalPolitics #foreignaffairs #ICE #TheAtlantic
#sme #NationalPolitics #foreignaffairs #ICE #TheAtlantic
ICE’s Mind-Bogglingly Massive Blank Check
Congress has appropriated billions with few strings attached, creating a likely windfall for well-connected firms.
www.theatlantic.com
November 11, 2025 at 8:10 PM
My Take: If a true audit was done here, I suspect we'll see a lot of self-dealing or eye-brow raising connections. (Article Gifted)
#sme #NationalPolitics #foreignaffairs #ICE #TheAtlantic
#sme #NationalPolitics #foreignaffairs #ICE #TheAtlantic
My Take: Cruelty and hitting those numbers is the point. Gotta meet their quotas to justify the jobs and keep the spigot flowing. (Article Gifted)
#sme #NationalPolitics #Immigration #The19th
#sme #NationalPolitics #Immigration #The19th
Child care worker detained by ICE inside a Chicago day care as children watched
Raids inside day cares had been off limits until this year, when, on his first day in office, President Donald Trump removed that protection.
19thnews.org
November 11, 2025 at 7:39 PM
My Take: Cruelty and hitting those numbers is the point. Gotta meet their quotas to justify the jobs and keep the spigot flowing. (Article Gifted)
#sme #NationalPolitics #Immigration #The19th
#sme #NationalPolitics #Immigration #The19th
My Take: And yet too many of these Brown folks voted for The Shit Show thinking that he wasn't talking about them and theirs. That proximity to whiteness is one hell of a drug. (Article Gifted)
#sme #NationalPolitics #foreignaffairs #immigration #TheAtlantic
#sme #NationalPolitics #foreignaffairs #immigration #TheAtlantic
Hundreds of Thousands of Anonymous Deportees
Amid the president’s fast-moving deportation campaign, the stories of most people being swept up are missed.
www.theatlantic.com
November 11, 2025 at 5:54 PM
My Take: And yet too many of these Brown folks voted for The Shit Show thinking that he wasn't talking about them and theirs. That proximity to whiteness is one hell of a drug. (Article Gifted)
#sme #NationalPolitics #foreignaffairs #immigration #TheAtlantic
#sme #NationalPolitics #foreignaffairs #immigration #TheAtlantic
My Take: I agree with this. And because I do, I realize that this argument works both ways. Those foreign affairs issues faced by those other countries are problems they created and they need to deal with. (Article Gifted)
#sme #NationalPolitics #foreignaffairs #TheAtlantic
#sme #NationalPolitics #foreignaffairs #TheAtlantic
Blaming Foreigners for American Failings Won’t Fix Them
Railing against Ukraine, Israel, and other outsiders is easy. Solving problems at home is not.
www.theatlantic.com
November 11, 2025 at 5:43 PM
My Take: I agree with this. And because I do, I realize that this argument works both ways. Those foreign affairs issues faced by those other countries are problems they created and they need to deal with. (Article Gifted)
#sme #NationalPolitics #foreignaffairs #TheAtlantic
#sme #NationalPolitics #foreignaffairs #TheAtlantic
My Take: Wouldn't it be something if these same law firms did this for anti-Black, anti-Latino or anti-Muslim issues. But we know that's not going to happen. (Article Gifted)
#sme #education #antisemitism #legal #WSJ
www.wsj.com/us-news/law-...
#sme #education #antisemitism #legal #WSJ
www.wsj.com/us-news/law-...
Exclusive | Law Firms Build Free Legal Assistance Network to Combat Antisemitism
A coalition of large law firms is launching an initiative to provide free legal services to Jewish people facing harassment.
www.wsj.com
November 10, 2025 at 7:55 PM
My Take: Wouldn't it be something if these same law firms did this for anti-Black, anti-Latino or anti-Muslim issues. But we know that's not going to happen. (Article Gifted)
#sme #education #antisemitism #legal #WSJ
www.wsj.com/us-news/law-...
#sme #education #antisemitism #legal #WSJ
www.wsj.com/us-news/law-...
My Take: WELP! (Article Gifted)
#sme #Education #Foreignaffairs #Israel #nytimes
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/09/w...
#sme #Education #Foreignaffairs #Israel #nytimes
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/09/w...
Israeli Academics Find Themselves Isolated Despite Gaza Cease-Fire
www.nytimes.com
November 10, 2025 at 7:17 PM
My Take: WELP! (Article Gifted)
#sme #Education #Foreignaffairs #Israel #nytimes
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/09/w...
#sme #Education #Foreignaffairs #Israel #nytimes
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/09/w...
November 10, 2025 at 11:24 AM
Dear Lord-
Today, I'm reminded that we can't negotiate the comfortability of others when we have very little skin in the game. These words I humbly submit to you. Amen.
Hello family. Let's make it a great day. Go find some good trouble, some necessary trouble!
#inspirationalvitamin
Today, I'm reminded that we can't negotiate the comfortability of others when we have very little skin in the game. These words I humbly submit to you. Amen.
Hello family. Let's make it a great day. Go find some good trouble, some necessary trouble!
#inspirationalvitamin
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November 10, 2025 at 11:17 AM
Dear Lord-
Today, I'm reminded that we can't negotiate the comfortability of others when we have very little skin in the game. These words I humbly submit to you. Amen.
Hello family. Let's make it a great day. Go find some good trouble, some necessary trouble!
#inspirationalvitamin
Today, I'm reminded that we can't negotiate the comfortability of others when we have very little skin in the game. These words I humbly submit to you. Amen.
Hello family. Let's make it a great day. Go find some good trouble, some necessary trouble!
#inspirationalvitamin
My Take: Meanwhile in the land of other problems, this Administration truly does hate education.
#sme #education #departmentofeducation #specialneeds #USAToday
#sme #education #departmentofeducation #specialneeds #USAToday
Education Department wipes out special ed office in shutdown layoffs, union says
The Education Department laid off nearly everyone at the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services.
www.usatoday.com
November 3, 2025 at 7:35 PM
My Take: Meanwhile in the land of other problems, this Administration truly does hate education.
#sme #education #departmentofeducation #specialneeds #USAToday
#sme #education #departmentofeducation #specialneeds #USAToday
My Take: I'm not a Mamdani fan, but I agree with him on this. These kids are 3 or 4. Let them be kids. Expose them to kids who are different. Hell, most can't do basic shit and grow up with terrible social skills. (Article Gifted)
#sme #education #newyork #brillianttoddlers #WSJ
#sme #education #newyork #brillianttoddlers #WSJ
How Brilliant Toddlers Became the Center of Attention in New York’s Mayoral Race
Zohran Mamdani’s proposal to scale back the city’s coveted gifted-and-talented program is sparking controversy in America’s largest school district.
www.wsj.com
November 3, 2025 at 5:08 PM
My Take: I'm not a Mamdani fan, but I agree with him on this. These kids are 3 or 4. Let them be kids. Expose them to kids who are different. Hell, most can't do basic shit and grow up with terrible social skills. (Article Gifted)
#sme #education #newyork #brillianttoddlers #WSJ
#sme #education #newyork #brillianttoddlers #WSJ
My Take: We are a not bright country of folks. I simply don't see the need for this unless you're in a terrible school district or want access to others of influence. But if you have the means, those things shouldn't be an issue any way. (Article Gifted)
#sme #education #parenting #WSJ
#sme #education #parenting #WSJ
These Parents Are Willing to Pay Up to $15,000 to Get Their Kids Into High School
Getting into high school—private and public—is more competitive than ever. Parents are paying up.
www.wsj.com
November 3, 2025 at 4:52 PM
My Take: We are a not bright country of folks. I simply don't see the need for this unless you're in a terrible school district or want access to others of influence. But if you have the means, those things shouldn't be an issue any way. (Article Gifted)
#sme #education #parenting #WSJ
#sme #education #parenting #WSJ