#Grotesque

Chris Peckover

peckover

CHRISTMAS THREAD: We need to talk about why Gremlins works. It’s important for cinema. Because the horror in GREMLINS reeeeeally shouldn’t work. The movie sways cartoonish and zany all the

Jeff Sharlet

JeffSharlet

The beginning: In '15 I asked editors if I cld cover Trump as a convergence of strands w/in U.S. Right. Editors thought he was a joke. But in early '16

Gideon Rozner

GideonCRozner

Another day, another cash splash 'package', another tranche of debt that my great grandchildren will never pay off.As deserving as the entertainment sector is, where is the economic reform we

Eric Garland

ericgarland

Americans: I'd like you to remember that our National Anthem is not about triumph - it's about this feeling now. It's about survival. Let's look at the lyrics. Francis Scott

A.R. (Actually Republic) Moxon

JuliusGoat

There are those who will tell you our society's biggest problem is the lack of civility extended by those horrified by this, toward those who would cheer this.https://twitter.com/nytimes/status/1139525426433445889 anger is

Ariel Cohen-Goldberg

arielmc_g

By now you've probably seen the vitriol against "irregardless" being considered a "real word". I wanted to discuss the actual science (linguistics) behind words like this because quite frankly, it's

Paddy Docherty 3.5%

paddydocherty

A short thread on whether the honking great bellend @BorisJohnson can reasonably be called “a fascist”… #ToriesOut #BellendusMaximus #CummingsOut #FatbergOfDishonesty I have often posted about the creeping fascism

🖋Forest of Symbols♎️

AldousAsterion

Me too: 1 like, 1 movie.https://twitter.com/abou_rijal/status/1331093981686427648 Paterson (2016): The antithesis of Dead Poets Society. I have lived this life, working in a convenience store & writing poem fragments on register

Jeff Sharlet

JeffSharlet

I’ve been reporting on US & global rightwing movements for 20 years, 4 years on the Trump beat. I read Trumpism from a religious studies background, attentive to the myths,

Whores of Yore

WhoresofYore

This statue is by Roberto Fabelo. No one knows what its called, or what is actually going on here, but this piece of art is currently on display in Cuba.

Martin Rowson

MartinRowson

So, what all this means is that it's FINALLY time to announce the runners-up & WINNER of the Great #DrawMichaelGove Challenge (though you can see all the entries here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LJkH4jvrKNY).

Heresy Labs

heresysquad

Fascist noise musician/rape-promoter Boyd Rice is said to have been an influential mentor of Brian Warner aka Marilyn Manson. Both were ministers in the Church of Satan. Rice was close

McJulie is doing Mardi Gras

mcjulie

I found this Michael Gerson editorial inadvertently hilarious.https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/prominent-evangelicals-are-directing-trumps-sinking-ship-that-feeds-doubts-about-religion/2020/12/07/5ad8eb0c-38c3-11eb-9276-ae0ca72729be_

el gato malo

boriquagato

"school pods are unfair to poor kids"easy fix:1. open schools2. re-allocate funding from closed schools to the parents of affected children to let them shop for education/podsif you support neither,

Erik Loomis

ErikLoomis

This Day in Labor History: December 12, 1957. The AFL-CIO evicted four unions from the federation for corruption, most notably the International Brotherhood of Teamsters. Let's talk about corruption in

Jase Gehring

JaseGehring

This is a thread on ENDING TEMPORARY POSITIONS IN UNIVERSITY RESEARCH. I wrote this in response to some comments. I’m fleshing out my thoughts and shaping my opinions. I share

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