Curtis
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Whenever I’m faced with unexpected setbacks that threaten to send me into into a spiral of despair or anger, I remember Conan O’Brien’s parting words at the end of his aborted run on The Tonight Show, and his admonition to center optimism and kindness…
June 4, 2025 at 2:34 AM
Whenever I’m faced with unexpected setbacks that threaten to send me into into a spiral of despair or anger, I remember Conan O’Brien’s parting words at the end of his aborted run on The Tonight Show, and his admonition to center optimism and kindness…
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if you care about trans people, do not watch the new jk rowling show. don’t even hate watch it or you will be funding this new intentionally transphobic organization. we cannot allow hateful people take away more of our rights
June 2, 2025 at 4:32 PM
if you care about trans people, do not watch the new jk rowling show. don’t even hate watch it or you will be funding this new intentionally transphobic organization. we cannot allow hateful people take away more of our rights
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Jonathan Joss--voice actor of John Redcorn from King of the Hill, and Ken Hotate from Parks and Rec--was killed in a homophobic hate crime today.
I'm so angry.
I'm so angry.
June 2, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Jonathan Joss--voice actor of John Redcorn from King of the Hill, and Ken Hotate from Parks and Rec--was killed in a homophobic hate crime today.
I'm so angry.
I'm so angry.
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the fact most reports are leaving out that he was killed protecting his husband during a homophobic hate crime where his dead dog's skull was placed in their mailbox as a threat is leaving some important details out i think
Jonathan Joss, the voice actor for John Redcorn in “King of the Hill,” has died after being shot by a neighbor in Texas. He was 59
'King of the Hill' Voice Actor Jonathan Joss Fatally Shot in Texas
Actor Jonathan Joss -- best known for his work in the animated series "King of the Hill" has died after being shot by a neighbor in Texas, TMZ has learned.
www.tmz.com
June 2, 2025 at 7:50 PM
the fact most reports are leaving out that he was killed protecting his husband during a homophobic hate crime where his dead dog's skull was placed in their mailbox as a threat is leaving some important details out i think
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I've had actual arguments with people about "Separating art from the artist." There's no separating this. Like Idk what to tell you, but trans people should be more important to you than like dobby the elf or whatever
J.K. Rowling is using her wealth attained from the "Harry Potter" series to create an organization dedicated to removing transgender people's rights "in the workplace, in public life, and in protected female spaces.”
🔗: bit.ly/3ZBRxYk
🔗: bit.ly/3ZBRxYk
May 29, 2025 at 3:16 AM
I've had actual arguments with people about "Separating art from the artist." There's no separating this. Like Idk what to tell you, but trans people should be more important to you than like dobby the elf or whatever
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he’s right and he’s right to say it
April 24, 2025 at 5:39 PM
he’s right and he’s right to say it
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Some thoughts on bad wizard books from my Insta story today
April 18, 2025 at 4:20 AM
Some thoughts on bad wizard books from my Insta story today
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Talk to your family, friends and neighbors about this attack on democracy.
Act now in a few clicks at resist.bot/petitions/PT....
#50501movement #PeoplesMovement #FiftyFiftyOne #ImpeachTrump #SAVEAct @polrev.bsky.social
#50501movement #PeoplesMovement #FiftyFiftyOne #ImpeachTrump #SAVEAct @polrev.bsky.social
April 11, 2025 at 2:32 AM
Talk to your family, friends and neighbors about this attack on democracy.
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This is driving me crazy too. Not long ago 10% universal tariffs were considered the worst-case scenario, something even Trump wasn’t crazy enough to impose. Now have those PLUS 125% tariffs on China. Together, these raise raise inflation by about as much as original “Liberation Day” tariffs did!
why is *every* newspaper/programme running with the headline "tariffs are paused" when they haven't been.
What's happened is that every country (except China) gets a flat rate of 10% for 90 days.
What's happened is that every country (except China) gets a flat rate of 10% for 90 days.
April 10, 2025 at 11:41 AM
This is driving me crazy too. Not long ago 10% universal tariffs were considered the worst-case scenario, something even Trump wasn’t crazy enough to impose. Now have those PLUS 125% tariffs on China. Together, these raise raise inflation by about as much as original “Liberation Day” tariffs did!
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People say twitter/online isn't real life, but it certainly gave a clearer view of what to expect from the incoming trump admin than the media did. You could pretty obviously see who he was surrounding himself with.
The business community wanted Trump because no one told them that he's a senile old man surrounded by nazis. The media instead sold a fake version of Trump that was a genius businessman. The reality has been somewhat startling to them!
There are pages and pages of this stuff. Hard to overstate how badly the White House is torching potential for economic activity rn.
www.dallasfed.org/research/sur...
www.dallasfed.org/research/sur...
April 1, 2025 at 6:00 PM
People say twitter/online isn't real life, but it certainly gave a clearer view of what to expect from the incoming trump admin than the media did. You could pretty obviously see who he was surrounding himself with.
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Nobody is more ridiculed and oppressed than the white Christian conservative. A demographic that has been the dominant political force in this country the entire 47 years I’ve been alive.
What can I do to please God so much that he allows me to never hear from these people again
March 31, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Nobody is more ridiculed and oppressed than the white Christian conservative. A demographic that has been the dominant political force in this country the entire 47 years I’ve been alive.
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When elite, "serious" civil society institutions (ahem, foundations) talk about "polarization," somehow it always ends up meaning those mean liberals not wanting to socialize with people who don't share their values, rather than on the people who want to roll back half a century of civil rights law.
This is what everyone always means when they complain about "polarization"
www.thepublicdiscourse.com/2025/03/97338/
www.thepublicdiscourse.com/2025/03/97338/
March 27, 2025 at 1:47 PM
When elite, "serious" civil society institutions (ahem, foundations) talk about "polarization," somehow it always ends up meaning those mean liberals not wanting to socialize with people who don't share their values, rather than on the people who want to roll back half a century of civil rights law.
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The core "ideology" of political liberals for decades has basically been "let's do stuff that helps people." They've often fallen short in the application of it, but that's been the core belief.
The Right built out more ideological lore, but the core belief was "we should rule."
And so.
The Right built out more ideological lore, but the core belief was "we should rule."
And so.
Conservatism succumbed to fascism as easily and rapidly as conservatives long (and inaccurately) warned liberalism would succumb to communism.
the complete collapse of conservatism as an ideological formation in the west feels like it should probably be more remarked on.
March 28, 2025 at 5:18 AM
The core "ideology" of political liberals for decades has basically been "let's do stuff that helps people." They've often fallen short in the application of it, but that's been the core belief.
The Right built out more ideological lore, but the core belief was "we should rule."
And so.
The Right built out more ideological lore, but the core belief was "we should rule."
And so.
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Always look to see what the tech bros want for their own kids: small class sizes with human teachers, human tutors with expert content knowledge, cell phone restrictions in classrooms, high per pupil spending, the arts and humanities--and much more they say is too costly for public schools.
The tech world is pushing AI into everything and telling us it's both the way of the future and inevitable. Meanwhile, in the tech world:
Parents in Tech Want Their Kids to Go Into the Arts Instead
Hands-on jobs that demand creativity are seen as less vulnerable to artificial intelligence.
bostonglobe.us11.list-manage.com
March 13, 2025 at 12:54 PM
Always look to see what the tech bros want for their own kids: small class sizes with human teachers, human tutors with expert content knowledge, cell phone restrictions in classrooms, high per pupil spending, the arts and humanities--and much more they say is too costly for public schools.
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Every House Republican just voted to defund Medicaid. Reminder: there are no moderate Republicans in Congress, and stop pretending there are.
February 26, 2025 at 1:18 AM
Every House Republican just voted to defund Medicaid. Reminder: there are no moderate Republicans in Congress, and stop pretending there are.
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🔥 @aoc.bsky.social : “The numbers don’t add up. $880 BILLION is a devastating cut to Medicaid, and an attack on Medicare. Anyone who votes for this budget is voting to cut Medicaid and gut health care for Medicare recipients in 🇺🇸.”
Full: www.instagram.com/reel/DGg7cr0...
Full: www.instagram.com/reel/DGg7cr0...
February 25, 2025 at 11:41 PM
🔥 @aoc.bsky.social : “The numbers don’t add up. $880 BILLION is a devastating cut to Medicaid, and an attack on Medicare. Anyone who votes for this budget is voting to cut Medicaid and gut health care for Medicare recipients in 🇺🇸.”
Full: www.instagram.com/reel/DGg7cr0...
Full: www.instagram.com/reel/DGg7cr0...
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I’m going to again post my stance on Trump and fascism from my campaign site. A lot of local Dems seemed spooked by this kind of talk, told me to “fight the far right as a private citizen and don’t attract attention to us.” But how much better would Dems be polling if they were talking this way?
February 22, 2025 at 10:01 PM
I’m going to again post my stance on Trump and fascism from my campaign site. A lot of local Dems seemed spooked by this kind of talk, told me to “fight the far right as a private citizen and don’t attract attention to us.” But how much better would Dems be polling if they were talking this way?
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My dad was tortured by the Gestapo for 4 days and thrown in a concentration camp for being in the Norwegian Resistance. Growing up, he would tell me things he learned in the Resistance. I thought, I'm never going to need this stuff. Here's some of those things #Thread
November 19, 2024 at 6:51 PM
My dad was tortured by the Gestapo for 4 days and thrown in a concentration camp for being in the Norwegian Resistance. Growing up, he would tell me things he learned in the Resistance. I thought, I'm never going to need this stuff. Here's some of those things #Thread
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Also, I am really tired of the idea that we have to choose between caring about class and caring about racism, sexism, transphobia, etc. This is not hard:
Wokeness Is Not to Blame for Trump
How a misdiagnosis of the 2024 election has calcified into self-defeating conventional wisdom.
nymag.com
February 18, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Also, I am really tired of the idea that we have to choose between caring about class and caring about racism, sexism, transphobia, etc. This is not hard:
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the church that ken paxton is a founder of had a pastor fired due to a "moral failure" and no one was interested in looking any deeper into it
www.christianpost.com/news/stonebr...
www.christianpost.com/news/stonebr...
Stonebriar Community Church fires associate pastor for undisclosed ‘moral failure’
Stonebriar Community Church, a non-denominational megachurch in Frisco, Texas, that attracts around 3,000 weekly attendees and thousands more online, has fired its longtime associate pastor of
www.christianpost.com
February 13, 2025 at 2:56 PM
the church that ken paxton is a founder of had a pastor fired due to a "moral failure" and no one was interested in looking any deeper into it
www.christianpost.com/news/stonebr...
www.christianpost.com/news/stonebr...
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e.g., Gateway Church is the ninth-largest megachurch in America, with a weekly attendance about 10% larger than Harvard's student body. its founding pastor was outed as a pedophile last year. you didn't know its name or that that was a scandal before i mentioned it.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gateway...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gateway...
Gateway Church (Texas) - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
February 13, 2025 at 7:02 AM
e.g., Gateway Church is the ninth-largest megachurch in America, with a weekly attendance about 10% larger than Harvard's student body. its founding pastor was outed as a pedophile last year. you didn't know its name or that that was a scandal before i mentioned it.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gateway...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gateway...
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we are absolutely deluged with media about the world of faculty meetings and student protests at elite universities but know essentially nothing about the country's largest megachurches
February 13, 2025 at 7:00 AM
we are absolutely deluged with media about the world of faculty meetings and student protests at elite universities but know essentially nothing about the country's largest megachurches