Jack Draper III
@jackdraper3.bsky.social
Author, Saudade in Brazilian Cinema (Intellect Books)
Editor, Woman-Centered Brazilian Cinema (SUNY Press)
Translator, The Black Man in Brazilian Soccer (UNC Press)
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Editor, Woman-Centered Brazilian Cinema (SUNY Press)
Translator, The Black Man in Brazilian Soccer (UNC Press)
⚽️🎬🎶🇧🇷
Mission Impossible (2025) and Empire Strikes Back (1980) shot comparison
November 8, 2025 at 11:01 PM
Mission Impossible (2025) and Empire Strikes Back (1980) shot comparison
This GQ interview is symbolic of Graham Platner as a man w/ mixed feelings about his military past. He still thinks it makes sense to go fight in Iraq for adventure even though he himself thought the war was wrong. (The economic excuse some suggest doesn't jibe w/ what he says was his motivation.)
October 29, 2025 at 12:37 AM
This GQ interview is symbolic of Graham Platner as a man w/ mixed feelings about his military past. He still thinks it makes sense to go fight in Iraq for adventure even though he himself thought the war was wrong. (The economic excuse some suggest doesn't jibe w/ what he says was his motivation.)
I get where he's coming from, I feel the same way about these guys
October 26, 2025 at 5:00 AM
I get where he's coming from, I feel the same way about these guys
You can't legitimately be a "mediator" in a conflict when you tell one side they'll be obliterated if they don't comply with ceasefire conditions while saying nothing about any consequences whatsoever for the other side for failing to comply. This is a campaign for domination, not mediation.
October 22, 2025 at 2:17 AM
You can't legitimately be a "mediator" in a conflict when you tell one side they'll be obliterated if they don't comply with ceasefire conditions while saying nothing about any consequences whatsoever for the other side for failing to comply. This is a campaign for domination, not mediation.
In this 2-1 ruling, the 2 don't even agree with the 1 on the underlying facts. A judge in the majority describes Trump’s calling up of the NG against the will of state & local authorities as "proportionate", while the dissenting judge calls Trump’s description of the situation as "false pretenses"
October 20, 2025 at 10:43 PM
In this 2-1 ruling, the 2 don't even agree with the 1 on the underlying facts. A judge in the majority describes Trump’s calling up of the NG against the will of state & local authorities as "proportionate", while the dissenting judge calls Trump’s description of the situation as "false pretenses"
Hmmm...the one group of 24- to 35-year-olds we're supposed to treat as "kids", but the other group of 14- to 16-year olds we're supposed to treat as "adults". I wonder why? 🤔
October 16, 2025 at 10:40 PM
Hmmm...the one group of 24- to 35-year-olds we're supposed to treat as "kids", but the other group of 14- to 16-year olds we're supposed to treat as "adults". I wonder why? 🤔
Microsoft Copilot AI on this...
October 15, 2025 at 3:41 AM
Microsoft Copilot AI on this...
"They make a desert and call it peace."
- Tacitus
📷: AFP, NBC
- Tacitus
📷: AFP, NBC
October 10, 2025 at 10:59 PM
"They make a desert and call it peace."
- Tacitus
📷: AFP, NBC
- Tacitus
📷: AFP, NBC
If comparing ourselves to China makes anyone feel bad, you can always compare ourselves to ourselves over time (same source)
August 30, 2025 at 10:21 PM
If comparing ourselves to China makes anyone feel bad, you can always compare ourselves to ourselves over time (same source)
An 89 year old woman, one of the 474 people arrested by London police today for demonstrating with signs that read "I oppose genocide. I support Palestine Action"
(BBC News, 8.9.25)
(BBC News, 8.9.25)
August 10, 2025 at 1:59 AM
An 89 year old woman, one of the 474 people arrested by London police today for demonstrating with signs that read "I oppose genocide. I support Palestine Action"
(BBC News, 8.9.25)
(BBC News, 8.9.25)
Amazing how quickly someone out there will generate apocryphal quotes for a famous person. The guy has barely been pope a week and already this completely fake quote is being shared around.
May 16, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Amazing how quickly someone out there will generate apocryphal quotes for a famous person. The guy has barely been pope a week and already this completely fake quote is being shared around.
"Serei militante até o caixão, se puder."
Companheiro Pepe (1935-2025)✊
Companheiro Pepe (1935-2025)✊
May 14, 2025 at 12:49 AM
"Serei militante até o caixão, se puder."
Companheiro Pepe (1935-2025)✊
Companheiro Pepe (1935-2025)✊
"If I had two lives, I would live both of them to support you in your struggles, because it is the most magnificent way to love life that I've been able to find in my almost 80 years..."
--Pepe Mujica to the Uruguayan people in 2015
#RIPPepeMujica (1935-2025)
--Pepe Mujica to the Uruguayan people in 2015
#RIPPepeMujica (1935-2025)
May 13, 2025 at 8:39 PM
"If I had two lives, I would live both of them to support you in your struggles, because it is the most magnificent way to love life that I've been able to find in my almost 80 years..."
--Pepe Mujica to the Uruguayan people in 2015
#RIPPepeMujica (1935-2025)
--Pepe Mujica to the Uruguayan people in 2015
#RIPPepeMujica (1935-2025)
"Violence is a palindrome" - Fernando Carvall
[socos = punches]
[socos = punches]
March 30, 2025 at 4:02 AM
"Violence is a palindrome" - Fernando Carvall
[socos = punches]
[socos = punches]
Who could possibly derive joy from a business doing badly other than Walz?
March 29, 2025 at 12:04 AM
Who could possibly derive joy from a business doing badly other than Walz?
"[T]hese rightless people are indeed thrown back into a peculiar state of nature...they appear as the first signs of a possible regression from civilization." --Hannah Arendt
March 28, 2025 at 6:19 PM
"[T]hese rightless people are indeed thrown back into a peculiar state of nature...they appear as the first signs of a possible regression from civilization." --Hannah Arendt
“In the system of the nation-state, the so-called sacred and inalienable rights of man show themselves to lack every protection and reality at the moment in which they can no longer take the form of rights belonging to citizens of a state.”
--Giorgio Agamben
--Giorgio Agamben
March 28, 2025 at 5:46 PM
“In the system of the nation-state, the so-called sacred and inalienable rights of man show themselves to lack every protection and reality at the moment in which they can no longer take the form of rights belonging to citizens of a state.”
--Giorgio Agamben
--Giorgio Agamben
Reuters shot, AP chaser:
1) "Exclusive: DOGE staffer 'Big Balls' provided tech support to cybercrime ring, records show"
2) "Judge blocks DOGE from accessing sensitive information at US agencies"
1) "Exclusive: DOGE staffer 'Big Balls' provided tech support to cybercrime ring, records show"
2) "Judge blocks DOGE from accessing sensitive information at US agencies"
March 26, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Reuters shot, AP chaser:
1) "Exclusive: DOGE staffer 'Big Balls' provided tech support to cybercrime ring, records show"
2) "Judge blocks DOGE from accessing sensitive information at US agencies"
1) "Exclusive: DOGE staffer 'Big Balls' provided tech support to cybercrime ring, records show"
2) "Judge blocks DOGE from accessing sensitive information at US agencies"
¡Que se vayan todos!
March 14, 2025 at 10:38 PM
¡Que se vayan todos!