it is absolutely true that lincoln tried not to get too far afield of public opinion on slavery, calibrating his positions and actions according to what he thought was the mainstream. but it is important to note that at no point did lincoln ever disavow or deny his *sincerely held antislavery views*

Abu Dhabi, Sunday 4th, 5.30pm - join @hindmezaina.bsky.social and I for the first Collected Histories event at @ 421 Arts Campus: Short film screenings followed by a workshop on personal archives and documentation (additionally facilitated by @jonburr.bsky.social) www.collectedhistories.com/events

Co-hosting this with @jisoliman.bsky.social on May 4, new project we’re working on. Will screen: DON’T GET TOO COMFORTABLE (Shaima Al Tamimi) WHERE AM I FROM? (Nouf Aljowaysir) STILL PROCESSING (Sophy Romvari) THE FLOWERS STAND SILENTLY, WITNESSING (Theo Panagopoulos) www.421.online/whats-on/col...

RIP Ken Bruen

Anyway, I only do factual jokes now: A horse goes into a pub The barman screams "Holy shit, it's a fucking horse" and eventually has to call the fire brigade to remove it. He's bringing a civil case for damages against the owner of the horse.

Tribute To Great Roy Ayers on The AndYouDontStop Radio Show March 7 2025 16 years running weekly since 2009? Get Our App rstvapp.com my

A new listing and a new venue added to our March spreadsheet: OutSavvy - Eden – 10th anniversary screening French house club night - Thursday 13th March 2025 at Walthamstow Trades Hall. Find event and ticket information here - www.outsavvy.com/event/23756/...

bunch of employees who work at the government facility where they keep ET wet freaking out because they need five things for the email but all they did last week was spray water on ET

i hate when a murder is "grisly". show some restraint

We’ll never rest again until… every Nazi dies. #Antifa

I just got it.

(arms crossed) "These trains don't seem to be running on time after all, aha!"

My kid and every kid in her class is sponging off the government because the school makes sure everyone sits down for breakfast 15 minutes before class starts so the kids who need it don't feel different than the ones who don't.

I'm a pretty good procrastinator but this is the professional-grade way to avoid finishing your novel

This weekend's London rep cinema highlights (17-19 Jan): At the River I Stand @Black Cultural Centre Islington For The Nile Is My Genesis: Sudanese shorts @ICALondon Gilda @picturehouses Halcyon Days: Radical Short Films of the 1990s (LSFF) @CurzonSoho Life Is Sweet @RiversideLondon Full list ⬇️

Dubai ⬇️ FREE short film screening and discussion around the theme 'Lifelines' - urban and social experiences in Dubai with the always engaging @hindmezaina.bsky.social and Todd Reisz on Sat 25 Jan, 6pm, Jameel Arts Centre jameelartscentre.org/whats-on/nig...

Bird flu has the chance to the funniest thing ever right now.

Treat Threads and Facebook the same way you treat Twitter. As a parking place. Do not post there. The only reason I am on Facebook is for Groups (Buy Nothing and Village Voice) and Marketplace (but you can use Offer Up and Craigslist for that.

For the first time, I regret my "It is currently the year 2024" tattoo.

National Suicide Prevention Hotline Call: 0800 689 5652 (UK) 1-800-273-8255 (USA) 1.833.456.4566 (Canada)

“MAD’s ingenious plan for a more efficient government” MAD magazine, december 1979

Listen to more Willie Nelson

Merry Christmas to all

I hope we can make digitization into something like a maker space in libraries-- you can bring things over and walk away with a URL or a thumbdrive.

I'm not good at anything. I dont do anything. I dont know anything. But I know this: Certain forces are out of control

Make like a tree and fall where no one can hear you

Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson made her Broadway debut in & Juliet this weekend in a one-night-only performance. She fulfilled a childhood dream. Love this! 💕

Requiem for a Dream Ellen Burstyn

Whoever keeps screaming “Executive Producer Dick Wolf” in Central Park, please stop. These guys stop working like fainting goats when they hear that.

the jokes have gone on long enough - it’s time we pulled together as a nation and helped the NYPD crack the CEO murder case. the simplest way to do this is through the process of elimination, so i’ll start: it was not me

I don't know who needs to know this, but Pro Publica has an online thing that will format a letter to your US health insurance company to demand the records behind a claim denial. (which the insurance is then legally required to provide in most cases) projects.propublica.org/claimfile/

instructive to read NYT on the "torrent of hate" after yesterday, how that flood expresses "frustration" at a "system" that can even be "Kafkaesque." affect, it seems, is suspect, dangerous, boiling out of control; it must be reined in, interpreted, perhaps elevated with a literary analogy or two

This is correct. Medical insurance is a profit-making scheme made possible by the mass denial of healthcare.

In the spirit of the cinematic season, we’ve made our last spreadsheet of 2024 open-access and FREE to all! For year-round access, gift yourself (or a film-loving friend) membership for as little as £2.50 per month - less than the price of a coffee! www.repcinema.com/post/reperto...

I’m not going to take any of Wordlebot’s passive aggressive bullshit at the Thanksgiving table this year.

Look, we are not unspectacular things. We’ve come this far, survived this much. What would happen if we decided to survive more? To love harder? —Ada Limon, The Carrying

The incomparable Ada Limón in the December issue of Poetry magazine. While Everything Else Was Falling Apart. #poetry

One of fascism's main tactics is to physically and mentally exhaust you. To flood the zone with outrageous bullshit, to make you bite on a dozen pump-fakes — so that when the real shot comes, you're too worn out to react. We need to pace ourselves. It's only been a week. Alert fatigue is dangerous

thinking about Jeff Bezos’ professed love for The Remains of the Day—a novel partly about how easy it is to support fascism by not paying enough attention to what’s actually happening around you—and how he thought it was a story about carpe diem, don’t let your life go to waste, etc

We stan the memory and legacy of Comrade Hoskins!

This absolutely sucks.

Reminder that the Speaker of the House does not necessarily have to be a Member of the House of Representatives

I’m kinda sad Bluesky is going to fix this someday. It’s kinda why I like it here.