I'm not sure if this is actually indistinguishable from a sincere position or if people just have awful reading comprehension skills, but the responses to this have been a big bummer either way.

Just in: Seattle added 36,035 votes today, and Katie Wilson WON this batch by 3.5%. That means she netted 1,275 votes. She now trails Bruce Harrell overall by 9,908 votes, or 5.7%. (1/2)

I'm not sure if this is actually indistinguishable from a sincere position or if people just have awful reading comprehension skills, but the responses to this have been a big bummer either way.

Horror ppl should watch Hell-Bound Train (James & Eloyce Gist, 1930) on @criterionchannl.bsky.social. The Gists were Black evangelists & amateur filmmakers who used their films in their sermons. This film is a catalogue of sins. Even w/ no budget, it has surprisingly haunting moments throughout.

barely a metaphor lmao

You have to stop seeing the right as this big amorphous blob of BAD!ness. They are a fractured coalition with conflicting goals and motivations that are facing the challenge of getting things done when they are in power and can’t actually blame anything on The Libs

It’s certainly not out of the question in the way that he’s just an old figurehead like Biden. But I think the reality is simpler: Trump is largely sidestepped on domestic and procedural stuff by the institutional GOP, who have shut down the govt to fulfill a lifelong dream of dismantling welfare

Does anyone have recommendations for good writing about the Black church in the U.S. during the first half of the 20th century? I'd love to have a better grasp on these dynamics.

I'm hard-pressed to think of a non-Jewish Democratic politician who has spoken to Jews with more respect and empathy than Mamdani. The fact that many Jewish establishment orgs are going after him while staying relatively mum on resurgent Nazism is a disaster, both for American Jews and in general.

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It's alive!!!! Issue 129 of @culturalcritique.bsky.social -- on "Mourning Without End" -- is now live via @projectmuse.bsky.social and @uminnpress.bsky.social. Very grateful to all the contributors! (I wrote about death and laughter.) 📚 muse.jhu.edu/issue/55881 muse.jhu.edu/pub/23/artic...

Does anyone have recommendations for good writing about the Black church in the U.S. during the first half of the 20th century? I'd love to have a better grasp on these dynamics.

Preparing to teach Soylent Green (Robert Fleisher, 1973), I came across this ad for a bizarre promotional event where the actresses who play the "furniture" in the film—enslaved sex workers who are purchased along with a luxury apartments—appeared as "furniture girls" at an actual furniture store.

“.. in a group Signal chat, .. he wrote in part: ‘I fired 5 rounds and she had 7 holes. Put that in your book boys.’” @reuters.com #Chicago www.reuters.com/world/us/bor...

So cool:

It's also really interesting to compare this film created by the Black church to Micheaux's (deeply critical) representations of the church in Within our Gates (1920) and Body and Soul (1925).

Horror ppl should watch Hell-Bound Train (James & Eloyce Gist, 1930) on @criterionchannl.bsky.social. The Gists were Black evangelists & amateur filmmakers who used their films in their sermons. This film is a catalogue of sins. Even w/ no budget, it has surprisingly haunting moments throughout.

The biggest uncalled election is the SEATTLE mayoral race. Mayor Bruce Harrell leads Katie Wilson by 11,183 votes (or 8.2%), with 137K ballots counted. Why is this not over? Here's what we know. ⬇️

Michael Blake announces that he is running for Congress to unseat Ritchie Torres. “I will fight for Academics not AIPAC, Books in The Bronx not Bibi & Bombs, Groceries not Genocide.”

"Look, Mamdani's win is both the worst thing to ever happen and totally meaningless; his supporters are stupid rich kids and also dedicated communist-terrorist infiltrators; and, as I argue in this, my 12th op-ed on him, it's strange that we all keep talking about him so much."

Friends— here it is. Updated & expanded thanks to the space afforded to me in the @therumpus.net & the guidance of the brilliant @roxanegay.bsky.social’s edits. The win centers Muslims humanity — but what does that mean in a country that rejects that? therumpus.net/2025/11/05/z...

Oh my goodness

"Mamdani's win marks the end of civilization as we know it, and it's also a nothingburger."

Glad to see more people noting that, whatever divisions there may be on Palestine-Israel, the tradition of "sewer socialism" which Mamdani represents is actually a deeply Jewish tradition. forward.com/culture/7816...

But who would actually write such a ridiculous thi--

"Look, Mamdani's win is both the worst thing to ever happen and totally meaningless; his supporters are stupid rich kids and also dedicated communist-terrorist infiltrators; and, as I argue in this, my 12th op-ed on him, it's strange that we all keep talking about him so much."

Preparing to teach Soylent Green (Robert Fleisher, 1973), I came across this ad for a bizarre promotional event where the actresses who play the "furniture" in the film—enslaved sex workers who are purchased along with a luxury apartments—appeared as "furniture girls" at an actual furniture store.

What we know, 3pm on Wednesday: [In 4 parts] —CA's Prop 50 wins —VA Dems flip Gov, LG, AG —Dems defend NJ-Gov —Dems gain leg seats in VA & NJ —Dems win NJ & VA trifectas —Mamdani wins —PA Dems win state supreme court —ME anti-mail voting measure loses —GA Dems flip 2 statewide offices

For @techpolicypress.bsky.social I laid out a tech agenda for Mayor-elect zohrankmamdani.bsky.social that resists surveillance and extraction while advancing his goals for affordability, dignity, and justice.

HA

It’s almost like if people tell you that to win you have to turn your back on poor people, or Muslims, or trans people, or immigrants, you can just say, “no, that’s immoral, we’re not doing that,” and keep doing good old fashioned organizing and campaigning and things will be ok

The Nontheatrical Student Essay Award is a collaboration between the SCMS Nontheatrical Film and Media SIG and AMIA. Submissions for this year's award are due by February 15th! https://loom.ly/mHUZlzk

ICE isn’t going after the worst of the worst. This morning, they took a preschool teacher without a warrant IN FRONT OF CHILDREN in my district. #ice #chicago

It also just makes so apparent how Democrats have been gaslighting us all. They've been doing this whole "we're doing the best we can!" schtick and now it's like, "no motherfuckers, this is what doing the best you can looks like!"

lol nothing to see here folks

European countries want Brazil to increase forest conservation (it certainly can). But some of the world's best opportunities to spare & restore carbon in native forests—while displacing the least food production—actually lie in Europe. Our analysis shows this: www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

Mamdani: "My message to I.C.E. Agents and to everyone across this city is that everyone will be held to the same standard of the law. If you violate the law, you must be held accountable."

Thank you, New York City. Together we made history. Now let’s get to work. transition2025.com

I knew it would take less than a day for a tiktok dj to make something.

I wrote about House filmmaker Nobuhiko Ôbayashi's nouvelle vague-inspired biker movie His Motorbike, Her Island, in which young people tend to be more jealous of (and possibly even attracted to) motorbikes than people. New Blu-ray on Cult Epics loaded with extras. @seattlecritics.bsky.social

LINA KHAN is on Mamdani’s transition team???????? LET’S GOOOOOO

Great resource for public scholars to pitch their writing here ⬇️

Really looking forward to Dr. Alice Lovejoy's talk tomorrow on her book about Eastman Kodak and its Tennessee chemical plant: calendar.uga.edu/event/eastma...

I genuinely hope this gives film students some swagger. Mamdani’s videos are impeccable—just immeasurably better than Cuomo’s AI slop—and the videographer is a genuine film nerd. That shit works!

Especially universities, their boards, and administrators. They saw it as an opportunity to "clean house." Make no mistake about that.

I am so looking forward to the kind of shift we saw around gay marriage happening for trans rights. I genuinely believe it will happen soon.

This needs more attention: Zohran SPLIT the straights with Cuomo. ALL of his margin was from LGBTQ+ voters. Every Dem who ever said “we should abandon the transes” needs this shoved down their fucking throat with a ramrod.

Agree. Mamdani is a powerful example of this. He did not make his support for Palestine central to his campaign, but his insistence on sticking to his core beliefs when asked to repudiate them, but also reassuring those who were fearful, actually helped demonstrate his sincerity and values.

We've all waited so long to hear a politician say this. Far too long.

basically every 2024 truism is dead. Trump did not build a lasting multiracial coalition or turn young men into committed Republicans. You don’t need to cave on trans rights to win. The pundits have nothing left to tell you.