2 + 2 = 5
New documentary on George Orwell looks excellent — and could not be more timely.
youtu.be/acKIDBKyx9c
New documentary on George Orwell looks excellent — and could not be more timely.
youtu.be/acKIDBKyx9c
ORWELL 2+2=5 - Official Trailer - In Select Theaters October 3
YouTube video by NEON
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August 20, 2025 at 8:15 PM
2 + 2 = 5
New documentary on George Orwell looks excellent — and could not be more timely.
youtu.be/acKIDBKyx9c
New documentary on George Orwell looks excellent — and could not be more timely.
youtu.be/acKIDBKyx9c
The trailer for Ira Sachs' new film Peter Hujar's Day was released this morning!
youtu.be/Rzp8uw-t-eA
youtu.be/Rzp8uw-t-eA
PETER HUJAR'S DAY - Official Trailer
YouTube video by Janus Films
youtu.be
August 12, 2025 at 4:46 PM
The trailer for Ira Sachs' new film Peter Hujar's Day was released this morning!
youtu.be/Rzp8uw-t-eA
youtu.be/Rzp8uw-t-eA
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anti-doomer sentence of the day: "Globally, roughly a third more power is being generated from the sun this spring than last"
www.newyorker.com/news/annals-...
www.newyorker.com/news/annals-...
4.6 Billion Years On, the Sun Is Having a Moment
In the past two years, without much notice, solar power has begun to truly transform the world’s energy system.
www.newyorker.com
July 9, 2025 at 8:37 PM
anti-doomer sentence of the day: "Globally, roughly a third more power is being generated from the sun this spring than last"
www.newyorker.com/news/annals-...
www.newyorker.com/news/annals-...
Lynda Carter!!
Reminder that I AM LATINA AND PROUD. I am the product of immigration - my grandmother was undocumented and entered the country from Mexico as a baby. My mother was a fierce, gorgeous Latina woman of Mexican and Spanish descent.
June 12, 2025 at 1:06 AM
Lynda Carter!!
Forty years ago, a lot of big stars made a lot of flimsy excuses for playing gigs in apartheid South Africa’s segregated resort Sun City. From 1985:
youtu.be/9fR2r8Qlyyk
youtu.be/9fR2r8Qlyyk
Artists United Against Apartheid - Sun City
YouTube video by Little Steven
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June 6, 2025 at 10:33 PM
Forty years ago, a lot of big stars made a lot of flimsy excuses for playing gigs in apartheid South Africa’s segregated resort Sun City. From 1985:
youtu.be/9fR2r8Qlyyk
youtu.be/9fR2r8Qlyyk
I’m very disappointed to see that Craig Brewer’s new film will star Vichy rapper Snoop Dogg — who in 2017 called anyone performing at any of the Trump1 inaugural parties a “Tom”: (cont’d)
Malcolm X understood what was wrong about Snoop Dogg's show celebrating Trump | Opinion
Black Civil Rights leaders had warned that a person’s popularity does not equate to genuine leadership.
www.jsonline.com
June 6, 2025 at 10:29 PM
I’m very disappointed to see that Craig Brewer’s new film will star Vichy rapper Snoop Dogg — who in 2017 called anyone performing at any of the Trump1 inaugural parties a “Tom”: (cont’d)
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Aircraft carriers of the world
USA
UK
France
Ukraine
USA
UK
France
Ukraine
June 1, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Aircraft carriers of the world
USA
UK
France
Ukraine
USA
UK
France
Ukraine
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OPINION: There are at least 34 documented stories of transgender saints’ lives, three of which had widespread popularity in medieval Europe.
religionnews.com/2025/05/28/c...
religionnews.com/2025/05/28/c...
Christianity has long revered saints who would be called ‘transgender’ today
(The Conversation) — There are at least 34 documented stories of transgender saints’ lives, three of which had widespread popularity in medieval Europe.
religionnews.com
May 31, 2025 at 1:30 PM
OPINION: There are at least 34 documented stories of transgender saints’ lives, three of which had widespread popularity in medieval Europe.
religionnews.com/2025/05/28/c...
religionnews.com/2025/05/28/c...
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@nickkristof.bsky.social to Secretary of State Marco Rubio, after Rubio denied deaths due to USAID grant cutoffs: "The only debate is whether to measure the dead in the thousands, tens of thousands or hundreds of thousands." 🎁 www.nytimes.com/2025/05/31/o...
Opinion | Really, Secretary Rubio? I’m Lying About the Kids Dying Under Trump?
www.nytimes.com
May 31, 2025 at 1:56 PM
@nickkristof.bsky.social to Secretary of State Marco Rubio, after Rubio denied deaths due to USAID grant cutoffs: "The only debate is whether to measure the dead in the thousands, tens of thousands or hundreds of thousands." 🎁 www.nytimes.com/2025/05/31/o...
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"Masked security forces captured an opposition leader in the coastal province of New Jersey as regime officials continue their months-long crack-down against pro-democracy elements in the embattled United States. The arrest comes as the regime issued calls for summary detentions without trial."
HAPPENING NOW: Newark Mayor Ras Baraka was just taken into custody while protesting outside the Delaney Hall ICE detention center
May 9, 2025 at 10:10 PM
"Masked security forces captured an opposition leader in the coastal province of New Jersey as regime officials continue their months-long crack-down against pro-democracy elements in the embattled United States. The arrest comes as the regime issued calls for summary detentions without trial."
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I realize I’m just shouting into the wind here, but: please, please, please stop posting screenshots without links, or summarizing breaking news events without links. There’s a serious problem with unsourced assertions all over the world right now, don’t be part of the problem.
May 9, 2025 at 9:46 PM
I realize I’m just shouting into the wind here, but: please, please, please stop posting screenshots without links, or summarizing breaking news events without links. There’s a serious problem with unsourced assertions all over the world right now, don’t be part of the problem.
Alan Lightman in the Atlantic.
The Dark Ages Are Back
Americans must insist on academic freedom, or risk losing what makes our nation great.
www.theatlantic.com
May 5, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Alan Lightman in the Atlantic.
Happy May Day comrades!
May 2, 2025 at 2:06 AM
Happy May Day comrades!
“[Maher] is indeed an expert in fake laughter. If you’ve ever heard the sweetened, over-enthusiastic studio audience guffaws that accompany his weekly monologues, it’s undeniable that nobody is more familiar with fake laughs.”
Send in the clown: Bill Maher turns pro-Trump
Maher, the comic who once fancied himself a fearless political truth-teller, is now wobbling under the weight of his own ego.
thehill.com
April 19, 2025 at 4:39 AM
“[Maher] is indeed an expert in fake laughter. If you’ve ever heard the sweetened, over-enthusiastic studio audience guffaws that accompany his weekly monologues, it’s undeniable that nobody is more familiar with fake laughs.”
“the researchers used lasers to precisely deliver tiny doses of light to select cone cells in the human eye. First, they mapped a portion of the retina to identify each cone cell as either an S, M or L cone. Then, using the laser, they delivered light only to M cone cells.”
Only Five People Have Seen This New Impossible Color
Researchers discover a new color outside the range of human color vision, but you have to laser your retinas to see it
www.scientificamerican.com
April 19, 2025 at 12:01 AM
“the researchers used lasers to precisely deliver tiny doses of light to select cone cells in the human eye. First, they mapped a portion of the retina to identify each cone cell as either an S, M or L cone. Then, using the laser, they delivered light only to M cone cells.”
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Mitt Romney said Trump mob threats of violence against their families changed Republican senators' impeachment votes...
...and no one paid attention.
...and no one paid attention.
April 17, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Mitt Romney said Trump mob threats of violence against their families changed Republican senators' impeachment votes...
...and no one paid attention.
...and no one paid attention.
Gabe Sherman.
How a “No-Scalps Policy” Is Shaping Trump’s Consequence-Free Second Term
The more the media reports on the president’s norm busting and law flouting, the more he digs in. It’s already created an administration essentially immune to traditional accountability journalism.
www.vanityfair.com
April 16, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Gabe Sherman.
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Lots of signs that tourism business in the US is absolutely cratering. International tourism is only part of that. But just remarkable that you see Secretary of State saying stuff like this.
April 16, 2025 at 12:21 PM
Lots of signs that tourism business in the US is absolutely cratering. International tourism is only part of that. But just remarkable that you see Secretary of State saying stuff like this.