kentropic

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All things excellent are as difficult as they are rare. - Spinoza, “Ethics”

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Every summer at the Pennsylvania state fair, teams compete to create life-size erotic butter sculptures. They call it Churning Man.

Every August, typeface designers flock to the middle of the desert for a week of sex & drugs, and they erect a large wooden word with all the spacing fucked up. They call it Kerning Man

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THE sentence of the day: A Macronist incumbent in the Marseille region came in 3rd in her seat. She just dropped out to support the left. She said, about why she's maneuvering to block the far-right: "Defeats happen, but you can never recover from dishonor."

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And they got one hell of a photo op out of it, too

Meanwhile eight states, seven Democratic trifectas (CA, CO, MA, ME, MI, MN, NM) and Vermont, took a lesson from the pandemic and made universal free school meals permanent.

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Saw this on mastodon and it is fantastic. AI in medicine

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... so God says "I sent you a fireman, I sent you a boat, I sent you a helicopter..."

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need more everett true comics imo

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“She was swift to acknowledge, however, that crime, violence and lack of dialogue weren’t particularly hot-button issues in [her town]. ‘In the village, at the moment, everything is fine. But when you see the news, we absorb it, you realise that it’s going badly everywhere.’” Imaginary problems.

‘We want our peace’: why is France’s far-right support such a rural affair?www.theguardian.com Media rhetoric about migrants and crime is rallying support for the National Rally in the countryside but, say city folk, the reality is different

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Oh yeah, these are going on the stop signs in the neighborhood

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I wrote this years ago for a week just like this one

How to Fight Disinformation — Part I: Firehosingwww.truthorfiction.com A practical guide to battling common disinformation and other hybrid warfare tactics.

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I don’t want to generalize too much but the place I see the most hope right now is from those that have been fighting the hardest for the longest time. Extended doomerism can be a luxury not afforded to those who have the most to lose.

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Remember as you enjoy your #July4 BBQ that people are working in dangerous heat to provide the food you enjoy. Tomorrow's projected high temperatures are: Bakersfield CA 111° Fresno CA 112° Coachella CA 116° Yuma AZ 113° #WeFeedYou

MAGAworld, in a nutshell.

“The ideal subject of totalitarian rule is not the convinced Nazi or the convinced Communist, but people for whom the distinction between fact and fiction and the distinction between true and false no longer exist.” ― Hannah Arendt, The Origins of Totalitarianism

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In London, all you need Is ‘Love Continuum’ by Yoni Alter. www.thisiscolossal.com/2024/07/yoni...

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Thought experiment: Imagine if Obama, after claiming an election had been stolen from him and being convicted of 34 felonies, was granted immunity by SCOTUS justices who had taken undisclosed luxury trips on George Soros' dime. The fact that you can't even imagine this scenario tells you something.

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And for those of us who have only known authoritarianism’s succour through supine legislatures, & a pliant judiciary, what SCOTUS decision enables in US is a familiar experience. The West talks of history’s lessons. We can speak to lived experience, negotiated daily, of absolute power’s violence.

commentary seems pointless. we are facing the construction of new kind of lawless, authoritarian-friendly governance in america, and i'm not sure what to say. it's what we do that matters.

“The obvious, logical path out of the mess President Biden created with his disastrous debate performance is for him to bow out with honor and endorse his young, vigorous and talented vice president to stand in his stead.” Hard to argue with that. Nobody in the world better qualified right now.

Read my latest, which has prompted three men to angrily email me:

The case for candidate Kamala Harriswww.thehandbasket.co She has name recognition, experience, and perhaps most importantly, money.

Outstanding history thread 🧵

2nd July 1863. Battle of Gettysburg. For perhaps the only time in the entire war the Confederates seem to be winning. Dan Sickles, commander III Corps, is ordered hold on Cemetery Ridge. For reasons unknown he advances. Broken, his men begin to flee. This is the moment on which the war depends /1

The incomparable @hcrichardson.bsky.social on yesterday's judicial coup d'etat. Even the case caption -- "Donald J. Trump v. United States" -- spells out the situation clearly.

July 1, 2024open.substack.com Today the United States Supreme Court overthrew the central premise of American democracy: that no one is above the law. It decided that the president of the United States, possibly the most powerful ...

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When Trump demonizes immigrants as takers and “not human beings,” he’s talking about ppl like my mom. She worked for years as a domestic worker to support our family. Classes at night for a while. She’s my hero. My mom isn’t “poisoning the blood” of America. She is the American story.

I know what I’m doing in Nov. because when I vote I’m not just voting for myself. I’m voting to protect my Dreamer friends. I’m voting to protect the farmworkers feed us. I’m voting for my mom & all the loving immigrant parents who left everything behind: zacharymueller.substack.com/p/as-a-gay-a...

As a Gay American and Son of Immigrants so Much of Who I am Is at Stake in 2024zacharymueller.substack.com June is always a really special time for me. In addition to marking Pride Month, June is also Immigrant Heritage Month. Both of these celebrations represent so much of who I am and the values I choose...

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Trump asked: will you accept the election and say that political violence is unacceptable? Why should I have to say that? I've said it before. Pelosi was to blame for January 6.

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Breaking: All Americans ages 6 months and older should receive one of the new Covid-19 vaccines when they become available this fall, scientific advisers to the CDC said on Thursday. www.nytimes.com/2024/06/27/h...

New Covid Shots Recommended for Americans 6 Months and Older This Fallwww.nytimes.com As the virus continues to mutate, scientific advisers to the C.D.C. are urging Americans to roll up their sleeves again for annual vaccinations.

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After month of public outcry, NYC libraries to get budget funding back — and reopen on Sundays

NYC libraries to get budget funding back — and reopen on Sundaysgothamist.com In November, the mayor's budget cuts forced libraries to close on Sundays. The issue has been a thorn in his side ever since.

The best way to develop your own voice is to read widely & voraciously - all the time, all forms & genres, including (especially) poetry. The best bits will stick in your writer’s ear, gradually informing & shaping your own language choices.

if u see this, quote-post with your tips for writers that no one gives anymore because they seem obvious (even though they're not)

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we live in an age in which we have near limitless storage for data. unfortunately at this time we must erase all works of culture to make room for the infinite sea of machine slop

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Glenn Reynolds voice from 2007: "Read the whole thing"

But this story won’t fit the preferred narrative myth of hardy pioneer cowboys eating their own bootstraps (or whatever), so down the memory hole it goes - along with all the other UBI success stories just like it.

Denver gave people experiencing homelessness $1,000 a month. Results showed that close to half of the participants secured housing, and nearly $600K saved in public service costs due to fewer ER visits & jail stays. They also saw improved mental health.

Denver gave people experiencing homelessness $1,000 a month. A year later, nearly half of participants had housing.www.yahoo.com Participants in Denver's basic income program received up to $1,000 a month. They became more housing secure and landed full-time jobs.

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If you needed a handy infographic on just how much journalistic malpractice is going on at everyone's favorite publications

The Venn diagram of people outraged over a pop star’s DUI bust & people confusing PROsecution with PERsecution in Trump’s criminal cases is a single perfect circle.

Similar to what @jbouie.bsky.social wrote about, here’s more pretending Democrats want a dictatorship in order to create a GOP dictatorship, this time from Claremont Institute americanmind.org/salvo/the-po...

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The "increase" in neurdivergent cases probably might also have just a wee bit to do with the fact that punishing your kids until they learned how to pretend to be "normal" isn't as popular as it used to be.