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?? That's not what DEI means. How is it that they confuse people about these concepts so easily?

It's the last panel of the comic "Judgment Day" (Al Feldstein & Joe Orlando) from EC Comics in 1953. In the comic, an astronaut in a space suit confronts apparent racism & segregation among aliens on an alien planet. In this final panel, our hero is revealed to be a Black man. Controversy ensued.

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IDGAF if it "was never real," it crosses THE line. Anyone able but not trying to remove him is complicit in a planetary threat and must themselves be removed. 2/2

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A "blowhard" is someone who dominates conversations & takes credit for others' accomplishments. This is someone who puts the entire planet at risk of nuclear Armageddon. 1/2

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You said "or" but I'm sure you meant "on" or "and" 🤤

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I ain't complaining. Credibly threatening (probably nuclear) annihilation of a civilization and risking global nuclear armageddon is a whole different beast from his usual loathsome antics.

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Sure, yes. Agreed and conceded. But I don't know about you, but I'm eyeballing a particular culture today, and I think every other culture worth its salt is on the same page as me. There are a few issues that just... aren't relative or negotiable. Paradox of tolerance and all that.

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It's good to look back sometimes and see that we've come a long way.

The last panel of the comic "Judgment Day" (Al Feldstein & Joe Orlando) published by EC Comics in 1953. In the comic, an astronaut in a space suit confronts apparent racism & segregation among aliens on an alien planet. In this final panel, our astronaut hero is revealed to be a Black man! Text: "And inside the ship, the man removed his space helmet and shook his head, and the instrument lights made the beads of perspiration on his dark skin twinkle like distant stars..."

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the free market can't accurately valuate everything after all: who knew? (besides all the great thinkers who orthodox economists have been ignoring forever)

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It does, and that seems like a cultural-values problem. Those are transmitted largely from parent to child. So I can't help but feel like this is related to the devaluation of parenthood and the dismantling of the proverbial village.

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Maybe. But, you can believe in the goodness of at least one, and so can I. & then we can believe in each other's. & then one more & one more. Eventually almost all of us'll be linked. If only we could do something about the outliers without compromising our shared basically-good principles though 🥴

I'm not in America. I'm in one of the countries it's threatening. If I were American, I'd be at my rep's office today. Are you?

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At this point it has nothing to do with that old lunatic. Credibly threatening anyone with nuclear annihilation must be THE red line for ALL of us. Anyone with influence who isn't taking drastic action should be considered complicit in potential nuclear war and treated accordingly.

For anyone with any degree of influence/power over the situation, a failure to take drastic action is morally equivalent to pressing the big red button yourself. Trump is untouchable by us, but not by some. Nevermind the dementia-riddled, narcissistic old lunatic: time to go after his handlers.

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Consider the level of the threat. Failing to try to prevent nuclear annihilation of a civilization/world is just as morally unjustifiable as pressing the button yourself. Time to take appropriate action against the people with influence/power who are not taking drastic action to put a stop to this.

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People may care or not about Trump's antics. BUT credibly threatening Iran w nuclear annihilation is on a totally different level. I'm not OK. Doubt I'm alone, but we need a WAY more forceful reaction from his handlers & opposition. Lack of action = complicity. Time for action against them too.

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yeah no I am painfully alarmed, how about the rest of you? I'm totally burned out on caring about Trump's antics, but a credible threat of nuclear annihilation of Iran or anyone else is on a completely different level, and I'm not okay, and I don't think I'm alone in that.

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Seems like he wants to. I keep telling myself that TACO but I've still got a terrible pit in my stomach, in utter disbelief it's even a remote possibility. The military leadership wouldn't have let it happen but Hegseth fired a bunch of non-loyalist brass last week.

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They definitely don't sound like Trump, that's for sure. Even the misspellings are wrong. But I couldn't say who they DO sound like: I can't be the only one who avoids hearing Vance's voice, let alone reading his words.

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Ouais, it's like an Australian asking a Canadian if they can lend a "rubber." Maybe a little less spicy.

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Easter proper, that is. Eggs and bunnies are about spring fertility and renewal; they have nothing to do with Jesus.

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Ope, you missed the subtext. He subtly but distinctly acknowledged that Easter & the Resurrection aren't the same holiday. Often conflated, but Easter is named after the Pagan goddess of fertility, while the Resurrection is Christian. These days Easter is a cultural celebration of spring renewal.

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Dang, I see what you did there and appreciate that careful wording. Smooth as always, please keep it up. Happy Easter! 🌷🐣

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💯 Not saying he's dead, just observing: the spelling, wording, & sentence structure do NOT sound like him. He got "strait" right, but "rain" wrong. Some of his sentences have multiple clauses that fold in unusual ways: I don't think he's capable of that. And he's crass, but he doesn't usually swear.

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But the Dow was over 50,000! Externalities VASTLY dwarf the recorded economy. This included.

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C'est sûr, mais icitte en Alberta, les chances de jaser en français, c'est pas mal rare. Faut les attraper quand ça passe! 🏃‍♀️

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Ulysses is famously of its own place and time though. It would have been so much easier to read for people who caught all its more local references, no? Needing footnotes really takes away from that kind of experience. I'm sure its original target audience found themselves on a hook throughout.

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OK but it's a textbook 😂

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N'empêche, c'est pas une raison pour te répondre en anglais, quand même 😅 désolée

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💯 he was clear. Top effort, top results. It's partly just a muscle issue anyway. I was fluent when I was a kid, but haven't spoken French aloud in decades & sound a little like him now: it feels like muscle atrophy. I have to speak slowly and my mouth and throat struggle to make the right shapes.

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Yeah, I don't think the strong accent diminishes this in the least. It's more than a genuine effort, he really pulled it off. It's a heartfelt answer to a question, properly in French, from a tin can, in zero g, in space. Outstanding. A true Canadian, A+++ 💯🥇

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Alfredo Sánchez-Tójar @asanchez-tojar.bsky.social · 01/04/2026

Real question: why would finding the airman make them cancel everything? Trump isn't going to personally repatriate the guy.

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Melissa Barber @mbarber.bsky.social · 30/03/2026

Today, MSF is going public with something we've been fighting behind closed doors for months: Gilead will not sell us their new HIV drug, lenacapavir. The sticking point isn't even price, they just refuse to sell. Open letter linked + explainer 🧵1/ www.doctorswithoutborders.org/latest/gilea...

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Gilead refuses to sell groundbreaking HIV prevention drug to MSF

Blocking humanitarian organizations from accessing a medical breakthrough puts vulnerable people across the world in danger.

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Georgina @ironecho.bsky.social · 30/03/2026

We complain so much about our systems' shortcomings & failures, but we don't take it seriously when people propose alternative systems that wouldn't have those kinds of problems. Why are we taking THIS system seriously? It's driving us off a cliff! Stop listening to status quo-ers.

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Georgina @ironecho.bsky.social · 29/03/2026

Canada came SO close to breaking 50 C in 2021. It recorded 49.6 C and a whole town burned down (and hasn't come back). en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lytton,...

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Lytton, British Columbia - Wikipedia

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Georgina @ironecho.bsky.social · 29/03/2026

Ooh ooh, now do crimes of the powerful and legalized crime. People are not wrong, it's just that the crime they're perceiving is legalized.

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Jo Wolff @jowolff.bsky.social · 28/03/2026

Independent scholar implies the existence of …

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Georgina @ironecho.bsky.social · 28/03/2026

I think about that ALL THE TIME. Not in those words, though. That was a clever turn of phrase.