the fellowship of the arts: thread

I’m. So. Tired. I don’t just want you to pay attention to Chicago because I want you to understand our plight. I want you to see how hard people are fighting and know wtf you’re made of. We’re not just fighting for this place. This is for all of us.

My kids say this sometimes and really don't remember why. 😂

"[If you] hold yourself out as a professional, you have a responsibility beyond yourself. If you see something that is a social risk -- 'good heavens, this thing will kill thousands' -- you must do something, you must do something." --William LeMessurier youtu.be/um-7IlAdAtg?...

As is many a millennial theater child's experience, I was cast in the Diary of Anne Frank as Margot. I was lucky that our director made us be immersive. That play meant everything, and we were taught that it should be everything, because it was everything for the Frank family

Well, at least the Cubs pulled through. Jesus.

Obligatory: Yankees suck! Also as a Cubs/Red Sox fan, I'd like to announce that this is at least the 4th gray hair Chapman has personally given me.

surveillance and censorship are not about safety. they're about control.

VPNs are a basic privacy and security tool that millions of people (and almost every major company) use. Banning them is a profoundly stupid idea that needs to be swept into the dustbin of history. Let's make it happen www.cnet.com/tech/service...

After 18 years of friendly banter, my Mets friend is now living in the same town as me. We have a wager that the loser will have to cook the winner a meal of their choice, so tonight's game is going to be a nail biter. Come on, Cubs. Don't let me down! (It's also my birthday so...)

💯 The difference is that the American public isn't familiar with youth trans healthcare, whereas everyone has taken Tylenol in their life, so it's easier to spot the propaganda for the general public. Listen to trans experiences. Don't listen to fascists trying to erase whole groups of people.

I have taken the Tylenol that was in the medicine cabinet and which they think probably is the reason you like trains forgive me but that’s bullshit you got autism from your dad

joining the war on autism on the side of autism

I'm showing my sibling-in-law "Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Ring" for the first time tonight. Wish me luck!

STEWART: “Comedy doesn’t change the world, but it’s a bellwether— we’re the banana peel in the coal mine… authoritarians are the threat to comedy, music, art, thought… progress.” Nailed it.

Being from Indiana and living close to Boston has made my feed very confusing tonight.

I'm also just going to say here that if you are someone who has lost everything and had to start over from scratch, as I have several times including with young kids, you will find that there is a resilience to carrying on. Build a better world. Fight for it. Come what may.

The key problem with what Ezra Klein says here is that he fails – or is unwilling – to grapple with the fundamental reality of the political conflict: The movement that dominates today’s Right fully rejects the very idea of “living here with each other” as equals. That’s their defining position.

This is a good thread to read if you are new to protesting!

Dear god, am I old?

I feel like giving one dude the power to take away citizen passports if he thinks they supported foreign terrorists seems like a bad idea? Especially when this administration likes to conflate speaking out against genocide as support for a terrorist organization. www.congress.gov/119/bills/hr...

I have 3 whole ass social groups for whom I only use social media and my phone to ask if there are any plans for the weekend. I listen and give hugs when needed. I also save my good stories for only them.

Rising political violence — including those who exploit it to pit communities against one another — is among the most dire threats to our democracy and our safety. This is utterly horrifying. And I’m terrified about what may follow.

they used to have picnics at lynchings. they’d take photos, smiling in front of the dead body hanging from the tree.

Really good time NOT to post. This isn’t going to play out well, and the internet is forever, even if you delete.

Happy gotcha day, Sasha!

Don’t ever change, Tom Morello.

cringe reddit atheism is now an act of resistance

Dinner tonight! From the only space where I still use the NYT... Have a free recipe! cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/1026... #dinner #recipes

If you do want to hurt Google’s power, start moving off its services and push your politicians so they realize this is an issue they should be working on. Move to Proton, Qwant/Ecosia, and Vivaldi to start. More options here: disconnect.blog/getting-off-...

My 16 and 18 year olds grew up with an Ubuntu machine and are very grounded when it comes to their devices now. Years of having to handtype out apt commands because they hadn't figured out how to copy/paste changes a child and what they feel is important. 🤪 But they grew up knowing no rm -rf /...

I'm wide awake because for the first time ever, my eldest isn't going to be a part of any household back to school shenanigans. This isn't a bad thing -- she's making the right decision for her health this year. But man, after 10 years of photos with her brother I sure am feeling emotional

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My face reading and researching about Graham Platner today.

I was telling people that he was planning to do this during the primaries, and the again when he negotiated this position for his endorsement of Trump and people told me I was spending too much time on the internet and "stop calling them work camps"

I am sickened by the relentless demonisation of refugees. No refugee underfunded a school. No refugee closed a hospital. No refugee took away support from the sick and disabled. We need solutions not scapegoats. Stop blaming refugees and tax the rich instead!

Vim would never

We are very far off the cliff here folks. 🇺🇸

Yes, but so must we, I guess.

My brother recently had a company eat his paycheck without warning (needs 30 days in our state) from an error on their end that they still haven't fixed a month later.... And he hasn't heard back from the AG after making a report on MA. Why the fuck are folks concentrated on immigrants???

Democracy is not a spectator sport. If we want to see this stop, it’s up to us to stop it! #resist #speakout #lesstalkmorerock #jemmy

Frost: Trump traveled this nation and lied to everyone, told people the reason you can't pay your rent is because of that trans kid . The reason that you can't afford your healthcare is because of that immigrant. They want us to look at each other and blame our neighbors instead of blaming them.

“Jimenez Rosa’s time in custody ended with her alone, wet and begging for help at The Cheesecake Factory in the Burlington Mall, after ICE agents released her into the rainy street outside the detention facility Wednesday night. She was 30 miles from home, with no phone and a broken spirit.”

reposted this today because the inverse is also true: if you abandon trans people right now, you are abandoning civil rights period. if you can't stand up for trans people when it matters, no one should, or will, ever trust you when the bullseye moves to the next target.

@histoftech.bsky.social Am obit of interest that you might have seen already. Gift link: www.nytimes.com/2025/08/20/b...

Good morning to everyone but fucking Gavin Newsom.