Samuel Webster
@samuelwebster.com
Artist, dramaturg, knowledge worker
BA(Hons)/MA Writing/B Teach/M Theatre
Ph D. Candidate
BA(Hons)/MA Writing/B Teach/M Theatre
Ph D. Candidate
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March 7, 2025 at 2:25 PM
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You can have the cops come beat the shit out of your students to prove you’re not a filthy commie and they’ll still do this to you and all you’ll have done is show everyone what a pathetic little coward you are. Might as well do the right thing the first time
March 7, 2025 at 8:09 PM
You can have the cops come beat the shit out of your students to prove you’re not a filthy commie and they’ll still do this to you and all you’ll have done is show everyone what a pathetic little coward you are. Might as well do the right thing the first time
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BREAKING: In response to our lawsuit, the National Endowment for the Arts will no longer force grant applicants to certify that they won't promote "gender ideology."
This is a big step toward defeating the NEA's unconstitutional censorship.
This is a big step toward defeating the NEA's unconstitutional censorship.
March 7, 2025 at 11:46 PM
BREAKING: In response to our lawsuit, the National Endowment for the Arts will no longer force grant applicants to certify that they won't promote "gender ideology."
This is a big step toward defeating the NEA's unconstitutional censorship.
This is a big step toward defeating the NEA's unconstitutional censorship.
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History buffs will know that every authoritarian leader eventually converges on some version of: "I *am* the state. I can not break the law, I am the law, the law is instantiated in me."
Our march to authoritarianism so far has been excruciatingly by-the-book. Hitting every beat. No surprises.
Our march to authoritarianism so far has been excruciatingly by-the-book. Hitting every beat. No surprises.
February 15, 2025 at 7:03 PM
History buffs will know that every authoritarian leader eventually converges on some version of: "I *am* the state. I can not break the law, I am the law, the law is instantiated in me."
Our march to authoritarianism so far has been excruciatingly by-the-book. Hitting every beat. No surprises.
Our march to authoritarianism so far has been excruciatingly by-the-book. Hitting every beat. No surprises.
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“We must especially beware of that small group of selfish men who would clip the wings of the American eagle in order to feather their own nests.” -FDR, 1941
February 15, 2025 at 8:18 PM
“We must especially beware of that small group of selfish men who would clip the wings of the American eagle in order to feather their own nests.” -FDR, 1941
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“The thing that I can’t get over is that the actual richest man in the world directed my fucking firing. I make $50k a year and work to keep drinking water safe. The richest man in the world decided that was an expense too great for the American taxpayer.”
Yesterday many thousands of federal employees were terminated. This is a Reddit thread for federal employees that got laid off.
From the fednews community on Reddit
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February 15, 2025 at 11:24 PM
“The thing that I can’t get over is that the actual richest man in the world directed my fucking firing. I make $50k a year and work to keep drinking water safe. The richest man in the world decided that was an expense too great for the American taxpayer.”
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Stop fucking saying he blamed “DEI,” which is some abstract, non-tangible idea. He is blaming people of color having jobs he thinks they aren’t qualified for. He’s blaming race. He’s being racist every time he says it. Journalists need to get fucking backbones, my word.
January 30, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Stop fucking saying he blamed “DEI,” which is some abstract, non-tangible idea. He is blaming people of color having jobs he thinks they aren’t qualified for. He’s blaming race. He’s being racist every time he says it. Journalists need to get fucking backbones, my word.
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want to scream this from the rooftops!!!
The Holocaust was legal. We had a law prof teach a whole course on this. Ppl who conflate what is lawful with what is right are easy to manipulate and control.
January 31, 2025 at 12:08 AM
want to scream this from the rooftops!!!
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If only there were a shorter English word for "makes misleading claims".
January 31, 2025 at 3:56 AM
If only there were a shorter English word for "makes misleading claims".
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This culture war bullshit is aimed not at the few people who may have encountered cultural diversity measures in their workplace but those who hear these words and imagine that white people everywhere are being denied jobs in favour of totally unqualified non whites & women
January 31, 2025 at 4:26 AM
This culture war bullshit is aimed not at the few people who may have encountered cultural diversity measures in their workplace but those who hear these words and imagine that white people everywhere are being denied jobs in favour of totally unqualified non whites & women
Can someone tell #academic publishers that we would much prefer a pdf with page numbers than an #ebook for research based publications? (Or maybe push for an ebook standard that registers page numbers (relative to print) for annotations? I'm sick of (Smith 2018 para 56)...
January 27, 2025 at 11:21 PM
@alextalamo.bsky.social talamooooooooo
January 23, 2025 at 6:14 AM
@alextalamo.bsky.social talamooooooooo
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These are all great ideas, I hope this guy runs for President someday.
In his farewell address, Biden calls for:
An end to dark money
18 year term limit on Supreme Court Justices and ethics reform
A ban on stock trading in Congress
Amending the Constitution to say no president is immune from crimes committed in office
An end to dark money
18 year term limit on Supreme Court Justices and ethics reform
A ban on stock trading in Congress
Amending the Constitution to say no president is immune from crimes committed in office
January 16, 2025 at 3:05 AM
These are all great ideas, I hope this guy runs for President someday.
@vanbadham.bsky.social Hey Van, quick research question for stuff I'm working on in translation/adaptation... Could you tell me if you used one specific translation of La Dama Boba (and if so, which one) or multiple? Or did you translate It yourself?
January 14, 2025 at 3:36 AM
@vanbadham.bsky.social Hey Van, quick research question for stuff I'm working on in translation/adaptation... Could you tell me if you used one specific translation of La Dama Boba (and if so, which one) or multiple? Or did you translate It yourself?
@i-am-mx-hayden.bsky.social hey I know you
January 12, 2025 at 4:00 AM
@i-am-mx-hayden.bsky.social hey I know you
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I wish more people understood that ChatGPT and all its brethren are exactly the same as fortune tellers or spirit mediums throughout history: they spit out generic ideas and guesses based on information you offer, and if they happen to hit pay dirt, you're a lifelong convert.
December 23, 2024 at 5:13 PM
I wish more people understood that ChatGPT and all its brethren are exactly the same as fortune tellers or spirit mediums throughout history: they spit out generic ideas and guesses based on information you offer, and if they happen to hit pay dirt, you're a lifelong convert.
I'm clearly not good at this whole micro.blogging thing... I think I lost it as twitter lost its charm.
December 24, 2024 at 4:22 PM
I'm clearly not good at this whole micro.blogging thing... I think I lost it as twitter lost its charm.
@mariekehardy.bsky.social Hey Marieke, I'm doing research into translation/adaptation practices in theatre and was just wondering if you could confirm No Pay? No Way? was based on your translation (as per cityhub.com.au/no-pay-no-wa...) and, if not, if you worked from a specific translation?
No Pay? No Way! - REVIEW
Italian writer, activist, satirist and social commentator, Dario Fo wrote Non Si Paga, Non Si Paga! in 1974, when Italy was in the throes of political
cityhub.com.au
December 24, 2024 at 4:20 PM
@mariekehardy.bsky.social Hey Marieke, I'm doing research into translation/adaptation practices in theatre and was just wondering if you could confirm No Pay? No Way? was based on your translation (as per cityhub.com.au/no-pay-no-wa...) and, if not, if you worked from a specific translation?
This goes for Sydney trains over Christmas/NYE too. Their demands are quite reasonable for shift workers.
If you see anyone talking about how the Amazon strike could disrupt the flow of packages:
December 19, 2024 at 10:43 PM
This goes for Sydney trains over Christmas/NYE too. Their demands are quite reasonable for shift workers.
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If you see anyone talking about how the Amazon strike could disrupt the flow of packages:
December 19, 2024 at 4:12 PM
If you see anyone talking about how the Amazon strike could disrupt the flow of packages:
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This is living in my head rent free.
It's broke me, to be honest.
How are we so bad at this?
It wasn't a sneaky test that revealed something else while they subjects were answering a different question either. They knew they were being tested.
#Auspol
theconversation.com/97-of-adult-...
It's broke me, to be honest.
How are we so bad at this?
It wasn't a sneaky test that revealed something else while they subjects were answering a different question either. They knew they were being tested.
#Auspol
theconversation.com/97-of-adult-...
97% of adult Australians have limited skills to verify information online – new report
How would you tell if information in a post is true or false? Our study tested the ability of 2,115 adult Australians to verify information online.
theconversation.com
December 19, 2024 at 8:43 PM
This is living in my head rent free.
It's broke me, to be honest.
How are we so bad at this?
It wasn't a sneaky test that revealed something else while they subjects were answering a different question either. They knew they were being tested.
#Auspol
theconversation.com/97-of-adult-...
It's broke me, to be honest.
How are we so bad at this?
It wasn't a sneaky test that revealed something else while they subjects were answering a different question either. They knew they were being tested.
#Auspol
theconversation.com/97-of-adult-...
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The world's richest man managed to take $190 million away from a *child cancer research center* with his posts yesterday. Funding now stripped in the new bill.
December 19, 2024 at 10:22 PM
The world's richest man managed to take $190 million away from a *child cancer research center* with his posts yesterday. Funding now stripped in the new bill.
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Thanks to Elon Musk and Donald Trump, Republicans cut $190 million for pediatric cancer research from the funding bill.
Congrats to DOGE on their first victory.
Congrats to DOGE on their first victory.
December 19, 2024 at 9:43 PM
Thanks to Elon Musk and Donald Trump, Republicans cut $190 million for pediatric cancer research from the funding bill.
Congrats to DOGE on their first victory.
Congrats to DOGE on their first victory.
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Way to eliminate that wasteful government spending, sir!
Republicans Cut Child Cancer Research From Funding Bill After Musk's Meddling
Republicans removed funding for child cancer research from a new version of a bill to fund the government after Elon Musk torpedoed the previous deal.
www.rollingstone.com
December 19, 2024 at 10:35 PM
Way to eliminate that wasteful government spending, sir!