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Short, title-less, often half-baked. Published anyway.

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David Garrett, one of the organizers, says the goal is to push for the release of all of the files and make sure they are properly redacted to protect Epstein’s victims, not witnesses or co-conspirators.

May is AANHPI Heritage Month

this isn’t only limited to Asian Americans, any minority or oppressed group can reflect on their own journey…

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When we first built social media, one of the goals was to democratize information and knowledge. Then Mark and Elon came along shitting all over the place and we thought thank god there’s still professional journalism. Now this. 🤡

Chess influencer and grandmaster Nemo Zhou @akaNemsko posts a video of a man swearing and flipping her off because he lost a chess game to her at a convention

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She was way too nice but I can understand, don’t wanna antagonize an emotionally unstable male who felt entitled to her time and attention and blamed her to his own lack of skills. What a loser.

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Did someone say starter packs?

go.bsky.app/Dc2ob4U

BTW for anyone unaware, this is AI. Mujirushi has pretty strict brand guide. I know coz i had worked with them.

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  1. Did you read The Future?

BTW reading The Payback now, I get the feeling the debt police is just regular police for black folks. ACAB.

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Top comment is about a recent paper: arxiv.org/abs/2603.20617

TL;DR: companies are financially incentivized to automate as much as they can and it is very hard to change this. But when one company automates and lays off workers, that affects all other companies…

Worth a read.

Speaking of Hollywood bullshit, did you know there’s still an unwritten rule in Hollywood that movies must include at least one sympathetic white character?

They’re inserted into stories about Black liberation to center white audience comfort.

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Anyone remember renting DVDs and having watch parties? Nothing beats watching a stoner movie together w/ stoned friends 🤣

Harold & Kumar was so far ahead of its time that we somehow still haven’t caught up to it.

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A stoner movie about two Asian American men that doesn’t turn them into walking stereotypes but centers who they are as people and their dynamic with each other. It was great representation, the first of its kind for Asian Americans, and yeah it’s funny as hell. tv.apple.com/us/movie/har…

Before Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle became a cult classic, Kal Penn said his manager got calls from Hollywood executives after the movie flopped in theaters. “See? We told you. 2 Asian American men can’t open a studio film.”

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David Garrett, one of the organizers, says the goal is to push for the release of all of the files and make sure they are properly redacted to protect Epstein’s victims, not witnesses or co-conspirators.

May is AANHPI Heritage Month

this isn’t only limited to Asian Americans, any minority or oppressed group can reflect on their own journey…

In reply to Bluesky post

When we first built social media, one of the goals was to democratize information and knowledge. Then Mark and Elon came along shitting all over the place and we thought thank god there’s still professional journalism. Now this. 🤡

Chess influencer and grandmaster Nemo Zhou @akaNemsko posts a video of a man swearing and flipping her off because he lost a chess game to her at a convention

In reply to Bluesky post

She was way too nice but I can understand, don’t wanna antagonize an emotionally unstable male who felt entitled to her time and attention and blamed her to his own lack of skills. What a loser.

In reply to Bluesky post

Top comment is about a recent paper: arxiv.org/abs/2603.20617

TL;DR: companies are financially incentivized to automate as much as they can and it is very hard to change this. But when one company automates and lays off workers, that affects all other companies…

Worth a read.

Speaking of Hollywood bullshit, did you know there’s still an unwritten rule in Hollywood that movies must include at least one sympathetic white character?

They’re inserted into stories about Black liberation to center white audience comfort.

In reply to Bluesky post

Anyone remember renting DVDs and having watch parties? Nothing beats watching a stoner movie together w/ stoned friends 🤣

Harold & Kumar was so far ahead of its time that we somehow still haven’t caught up to it.

In reply to Bluesky post

A stoner movie about two Asian American men that doesn’t turn them into walking stereotypes but centers who they are as people and their dynamic with each other. It was great representation, the first of its kind for Asian Americans, and yeah it’s funny as hell. tv.apple.com/us/movie/har…

Before Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle became a cult classic, Kal Penn said his manager got calls from Hollywood executives after the movie flopped in theaters. “See? We told you. 2 Asian American men can’t open a studio film.”