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profmcb Nov 10, 2024

5 days after The Election Disaster & I’m still hoping I wake up. I keep thinking one thing: this isn’t “America” anymore. What was a 50/50 split of beliefs & opinion has morphed into Red State, popular vote nightmare that will be dragged into autocracy over the next 4 years. I’m praying the House stays Dem but if not maybe some Republicans have the spine to stand up to a rapist fascist Felonious POTUS.

profmcb Jul 9, 2024

Required reading for Democratic delegates, fellow Dems & anyone “sitting on the fence.” Carville nails it: https://www.nytimes.com/2024/07/08/opinion/biden-democratic-nominee.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare&sgrp=c-cb

Opinion | James Carville: Biden Won’t Win. Democrats Need a Plan. Here’s One.

Democrats need a new presidential nominee and can’t rig things for any one candidate. Here’s an idea for how to move forward.

The New York Times

profmcb Sep 29, 2023

"Language matters. The way we talk about things affects how we think & feel about them. So when journalists regurgitate purposefully reductive language...viewers & readers consume & parrot it...they’re doing the bidding of people in power & diminishing the work that they claim to love." RE "CONTENT" https://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/27/movies/emma-thompson-writers-strike-content.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

Emma Thompson Is Right: The Word ‘Content’ Is Rude

The term may be popular in an age of blurring lines between platforms, but the Hollywood strikes have shown how the phrase can devalue creative work.

The New York Times

profmcb Aug 18, 2023

Ashamed to be an Ex-Arkansan (again) bc of Sarah Sanders; UofA is going to give AP Credit anyway:
https://news.yahoo.com/arkansas-gov-sarah-huckabee-sanders-164859610.html

Yahooist Teil der Yahoo Markenfamilie

profmcb Jul 24, 2023

#elonmusk X'd out the bird...plus this:
"In 1999, he co-founded X.com, an online bank, and later merged it with another start-up to create PayPal. In 2017, he said that he repurchased the X.com domain from PayPal."
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/23/business/elon-musk-twitter-logo.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare
#twitter #musksucks #Xcruciating

Elon Musk Changes Twitter’s Logo to an X

The tech billionaire replaced the company’s blue bird silhouette with “X,” a term for what he has described as an “everything app.”

The New York Times

profmcb Jun 17, 2023

If a #FormerRealityTVStar isn't convicted BEFORE NOV. 5, 2024, use this Fact Check to debunk the inevitable lies of his campaign claims: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/13/us/politics/trump-indictment-documents-fact-check.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

Fact Check: Trump’s Misleading Defenses in Classified Documents Case

The former president drew misleading comparisons to others, misconstrued the classification process and leveled inaccurate attacks at officials.

The New York Times

profmcb May 28, 2023

“There is no time in our history in which the humanities, philosophy, ethics and art are more urgently necessary than in this time of technology’s triumph. Because we need to be able to think in nontechnological terms if we’re going to figure out the good and the evil in all the technological innovations. Given society’s craven worship of technology, are we going to trust the engineers and the capitalists to tell us what is right and wrong?“
— Leon Wieseltier, Liberties
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/27/opinion/english-humanities-ai.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

Opinion | Don’t Kill ‘Frankenstein’ With Real Frankensteins at Large

As A.I. grows, this is no time to discard the humanities.

The New York Times

profmcb Apr 16, 2023

Been on here a few days & already see Mastodon’s not the “alt-Twit” i thought it’d be…not enjoying random lady crotch shots. #alternativestoTwitter #xratedmastodongroups

profmcb Apr 11, 2023

i ran 3 LA after-hours clubs in '80-82 whose clientele included members of X, Germs, Weirdos, Plugz, Circle Jerks, Blasters, Los Lobos, Minutemen, GoGos, et al.
#somethingsaboutme #X #GoGos #Germs #Weirdos #Plugz #CircleJerks #Blasters #LosLobos

profmcb Apr 8, 2023

Nina Hagen's mgr asked me to manage Red Hot Chili Peppers in '80s - i had my own band so i declined (also didn't/don't like their music)
#somethingsaboutme #introductions #NinaHagen #RHCP