"We will not know our own injustice if we cannot imagine justice. We will not be free if we do not imagine freedom. We cannot demand that anyone try to attain justice and freedom who has not had a chance to imagine them as attainable." — Ursula K. Le Guin

Actual colors of the Moon

Part of the broader trend in the last decade of the physical book, journal, etc. the 'luxury' of elite schools and childhoods without computers, the tech billionaire compounds in remote locations instead of (sub)urban areas. You're truly wealthy if can you afford to avoid tech.

It's marketing 'glass' on the one hand but also: AI is too easy, you have to do it the most difficult way possible to make it valuable - the physical, real, and human becomes the new sign of prestige to stand out from the ease of the purely digital construction.

'Rather than using digital techniques, the new sequence was made by shooting large glass versions of the ‌Apple TV‌ logo, with physical motion and changing lighting used to create effects. Apple partnered with TBWA\Media Arts Lab to create the intro.' https://t.co/S5LV8uEv7b

Three months of confusion. One revelation: God was listening the whole time. Get the rest of the story on my page.

Practical effects, artistry is alive and well: "Apple TV’s colorful new branding was built with glass and captured in-camera" https://t.co/afCCn8cvD5

They should have just bought Anthropic.

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Another big endorsement for @andrewcuomo. And it only cost $959 million in tax breaks.

Congratulations, @AndrewCuomo. I know how hard you worked for this.

Rent is high. Groceries are impossible. But instead of taxing billionaires, the govt is pushing Bill C-12 to deport workers. Syed Hussan explains how migrant blaming is a strategy to distract us. Stop Bill C-12. Stop the scapegoating: https://t.co/qkNesRpNiH #StatusForAll

= enough to deliver 5 months of SNAP benefits to over 40 million people

Statement: CJPME is urging Canada to halt the export of military goods to the United Arab Emirates amid concerns that it may be diverting Canadian weapons to the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) paramilitaries in Sudan. The UAE, a destination for millions of dollars in Canadian

In addition to social science and history, the insights of speculative fiction authors are great sources for understanding US history, culture, and futures. https://t.co/0yQw7vDOhJ

I entirely agree, that trump is not an aberration. US history has always been leading to this point. It can be resisted and changed, it is not inevitable or permanent, but it is the trajectory US history set the nation on from the beginning. https://t.co/C9TpJ2v0s3

"In a society where every sphere of life has been subordinated to the logic of accumulation ... the exposure of corruption does not generate collective moral renewal. It confirms what everyone suspects: that there is no ethical order left to defend." https://t.co/7ZGB0lEdME

"The brazenness of Trump’s corruption and cruelty – the nepotism, the grift, the self-dealing, the open auctioning of government contracts and justice – does not shock us because it feels like an honest expression of what we already knew...."

Free states can resist attempts to block funding for healthcare, education, food, and housing by making those basic needs into universal basic rights protected by law. Meet everyone's basic needs, it's the right policy and a defense against fascist division and scapegoating.

"...top public servants have felt a need to separate themselves from the public. These civilian officials can now depend on the U.S. military to augment their personal security. But so many have made the move that they are now straining the availability of housing..."

"Stephen Miller soon joined a growing list of senior Trump-administration political appointees—at least six by our count—living in Washington-area military housing, where they are shielded not just from potential violence but also from protest."