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Zelenskyy is a better representative of the values that America stands for than America itself under its current regime.
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God has no hands but ours.
We are here for a reason. Not by accident. Not by mistake. We chose this time, this place, this life.
But what will we do with it?
The world is loud, full of fear and division. It wants to pull us into its drama, make us forget why we’re here. But we are not here to fight battles that were never ours. We are not h…
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My dad called me this afternoon to tell me that the field between our houses was covered with robins, that it wasn’t just one robin that arrived as a sign of spring but a whole field full.
What he didn’t say was that birds were my mom’s thing. She would have been the one to notice. He did in her stead and made sure to bring them to my notice, too.
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I love talking Vulture's annual stunt awards with Brandon Struessnig. Lots of fun stuff this year about FURIOSA, THE FALL GUY, those ads during the Oscars that featured stunt performers, and more.
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You really can’t understand our current moment without understanding the history of the American South.
Because you better believe that the bad guys understand it.
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This is the best short speech about Trump's desecration of our democracy since he's re-entered office.
Read it, absorb it, but most of all, share it.
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Put a chick in it and make it gay!
When it’s cold enough to see the melody
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Not sure if I’m supposed to say this here, but here goes:
Lamenting the loss of what once was on another site, I love “following” people here simply because I cannot get emails on the regular from all the ones whose wonderful work I want to see.
I also love that there is no follower/following count here (at least that I can see—I’m inept at such things). Who cares?
I also noticed recently that I can’t see how many likes, etc. there are on a note without a further step.
I know this place is for lo…
MICKEY 17 is, sadly, not very good. It's neither funny nor fun nor exciting, the central metaphor is unbearably belabored, and the movie jettisons all the interesting ideas from the book in favor of tedious timeliness.
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A reminder: Vladimir Putin could end the war in Ukraine right now, just by ordering his soldiers to go home. No need for treaties or negotiations.
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Norway has just decided to increase its support to Ukraine for 2025 from 35 to 85 billion Norwegian kroner ($7,81 billion). Compared to the size of the population, the Norwegian aid equals $483 billion from the USA.
Tusen takk, Norge!
I agree with a lot of your points here but I think you (and Timpf) are underselling many of the motivations underlying the culture wars. This isn't just about superficial status posturing, popularity contests, and meaningless culture war idiocies that are stoked by our political leaders (although those elements are often present too). There are actual, tangible, real world, harmful effects occurring because of so many of these ideas and attitudes, and combatting those effects is important.
When parent get upset about gender ideology being taught in schools it's not just because politicians inflamed the discourse. It's because they are justifiably concerned about how it will influence their kids.
When campaigns are waged against affirmative action in universities, it's not just because the campaigners want to stoke racial grievances, but because they can point to actual groups being discriminated against.
When average citizens speak out against CRT, it's not just because they're worked up over another culture war battle that our leaders want to score points over, but because they recognize the divisions and grievances it is sowing in society.
I'm all for people trying to look past our differences and for us all to disagree more civilly, but I don't think we should downplay the fundamental issues that are at the core of why we are arguing so much. There are some very toxic and harmful ideas that are being taught, spread, and promoted, and we should not be papering them over as if they are of no more significance than the latest fashion trend.
