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@rberger@hachyderm.io
2025-09-18 17:45:14

Here are the email addresses to make your voice heard at Disney/ABC:
👉General Issues: DisneyABCtv_Support@disney.com
👉Publicity / Corporate Comms: Ashley.r.kline@disney.com
👉Audience Information: cheryl.pratesa@abc.com
👉Investor Relations: alexia.quadrani@disney.com
👉Disney Advertising: Disney.Advertising@disney.com
If anyone needs sample language, here’s a starting point you can copy and paste:
Dear Disney/ABC Leadership,
Your decision to silence a comedian for a harmless joke while protecting and platforming voices that openly promote cruelty is indefensible. It reeks of hypocrisy, cowardice, and corporate complicity.
Suppressing humor while elevating propaganda is how fascism gains ground. You are helping it along.
This is a warning: every dollar I once spent on Disney subscriptions, merchandise, films, and parks will now be withheld. I will also be encouraging others to cancel, divest, and pressure your advertisers and shareholders until Disney/ABC adopts clear, viewpoint-neutral standards that respect all voices equally.
History will not remember kindly the corporations that bent to fear and power, silencing dissent while protecting division. Right now, Disney/ABC is on the wrong side of that history. Shame on you. We will remember!
Sincerely,
- From Rob Brezsny on a different Social Media platform
#BoycottDisney #JimmyKImmel #FreedomOfSpeech

@leftsidestory@mstdn.social
2025-10-10 00:30:07

Moody Urbanity - UP ⬆️
情绪化城市 - 上面 ⬆️
📷 Nikon FE
🎞️ Ilford HP5 Plus 400, expired 1993
#filmphotography #Photography #blackandwhite

Ilford HP5 Plus 400 (FF)

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A black-and-white photo of a wide city street flanked by buildings on both sides. On the left, a modern multi-story building features curved, layered architecture. On the right, a tall rectangular building has a more traditional design. The street includes crosswalks, traffic lanes, and a few vehicles, including a car and motorcycles. Trees line the road, and the top of the image is framed by silhouetted branches and leaves. Streetlights and traffic s…
Ilford HP5 Plus 400 (FF)

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A black-and-white image of a large industrial building with corrugated metal siding. Several flags mounted on poles flutter in the wind in front of the building. Chinese characters are visible on the upper facade and above the entrance, though partially obscured. The sky is clear, and the lighting suggests daytime. The image has a documentary feel, emphasizing the structure’s utilitarian design and the presence of national or institutional identity th…
Ilford HP5 Plus 400 (FF)
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A black-and-white photograph capturing a dramatic sky filled with textured clouds. On the left, partially hidden by dense tree foliage, are several multi-story buildings with rectangular windows—likely residential. Trees frame both sides of the image, creating a natural border. The sky dominates the scene with varying shades of gray, suggesting depth and movement. The grainy texture and lighting evoke a vintage, film-like aesthetic. The image feels int…
Ilford HP5 Plus 400 (FF)

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A black-and-white photo of a high-rise building under construction. The structure is mostly complete, with its framework and exterior visible. Multiple tower cranes surround the building, indicating active construction. The sky is partly cloudy, and the image has a grainy texture that adds to its industrial and dramatic tone. The scene conveys the scale and complexity of urban development, with towering machinery and architectural ambition.

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@hex@kolektiva.social
2025-10-20 08:05:15

Some leftists have criticized #NoKingsDay2 as useless. Though it was the largest protest in US history, it didn't change anything. I would go further to say that protests like these generally won't change anything. Dictators aren't forced to step down by 2% of the population coming out for one day. If they're forced to step down by protests, those protests are sustained. They are every single day. They are accompanied by general strikes.
We've been watching that happen all over the world. Portland in 2020 gave us a taste of that in the US. The George Floyd Rebellion was the type of resistance that actually brings down dictators like Trump. Occasional protests, no matter how large, can simply be ignored. That is precisely the reason the US developed a militarized police force in the first place. You need more, more than the largest protests in US history, more than Occupy, more than the resistance of the 60's and 70's, more than, and different from, anything we've seen in our lives.
And yet... Each protest has grown, and grown bolder. Some have grown more persistent. If you think of protest as the path to achieve change, you will lose. It is not. But it is a path to escalate. Some people, some otherwise comfortable white folks, came out for their first time. Some people got pepper sprayed for the first time. Some people questioned authority, stood up for the first time, and have had an experience that will radicalize them for the rest of their lives.
Protest is not useful in and of itself. It is training. It's making connections. Authoritarian regimes rely on the illusion of compliance, so visual resistance does actually undermine their power.
Liberals like to teach that non-violence is all about staying peaceful no matter what, that there's some way that morality simply overwhelms an enemy. I remember reading Langston Hughes' A Dream Deferred in high school. I said it was a threat. My teacher said, "you're wrong, he was a pacifist." Pacifism is a threat. If you can spit at me, beat me, shoot me, and I will not move, if I have the strength to absorb violence without flinching, without even rising to violence, what will happen when you push me too far?
What happens to a dream deferred?
Does it dry up
like a raisin in the sun?
Or fester like a sore—
And then run?
Does it stink like rotten meat?
Or crust and sugar over—
like a syrupy sweet?
Maybe it just sags
like a heavy load.
Or does it explode?
For peaceful resistance to work, there must be ambiguity. It must not be clear if or when the resistance will stop being peaceful. Peaceful resistance with no possibility of escalation is just cowardice.
My critique then is not so harsh as some other anarchists. If you think that protest alone will work, you're probably going to lose. If you are prepared to escalate, if you are prepared to absorb violence without flinching, then it could be possible for protest alone to topple the dictator. The cracks are already beginning to show.
And then what?
The problems that lead to the George Floyd uprising were never resolved. The problems that lead to Occupy where never resolve. The DAPL was built, protesters were maimed, it leaked multiple times (exactly as predicted). Segregation never went away, it only changed forms. The fact that immigrants have different courts and different rights means that anyone can be arbitrarily kidnaped and renditioned to an arbitrary country. We never did anything about the torture black site. FFS, people can still be stripped of their voting rights and slavery is still legal in the US. The people who control both parties in the US are killing our children and grand children with oil wars and climate change.
Toppling the dictator does nothing to resolve all of the problems that existed before him.
No, #NoKingsDay was absolutely not useless. #NoKings and related protests are extremely useful but they aren't sufficient. But, I think we still need to challenge the movement on two points:
How do you escalate after you're ignored or brutalized?
What do you demand after you win?
#USPol

@tiotasram@kolektiva.social
2025-10-02 10:55:31

Day 9: Eniko Fox
Edit: added a store link for Kitsune Tails.
We're back to videogames, and with another author who's on the fediverse: @…
Fox has developed a few games, but the one that I've played and love is Kitsune Tails. It's a sapphic romance take on Super Mario Bros. 3, and (critically for a platformer) it's got very crisp controls and runs smoothly. I think one thing a lot of indie platforms devs struggle with is getting those fundamentals right, because on the technical side they require very challenging things like optimization of your code and extremely careful input handling that go beyond the basic skills necessary to put together a game. From following her on Twitter and now the Fediverse, it's clear that Fox is a deeply competent programmer, and her games reflect that. Beyond the fundamentals, Kitsune Tails has a very sweet plot with a very cool twist in the middle, and without spoilers, that twist made both the levels and gameplay very difficult to design, but Fox rose to that challenge and put together a wonderful game. Particularly past the plot twist (but in subtle ways before it) Fox is able to build beyond SMB3 mechanics in ways that gracefully complement the original, and the movement in the game ends up being difficult but extremely satisfying, with an excellent skill/speed response allowing for both slower, easier approaches that work for a range of players and high-skill extremely-fast options for those who want to push themselves.
There have been plenty of people I follow with indie game projects that are kinda meh in the end, and I'll still boost them without much comment if they're decent. Fox' work is actually amazing, which is why if you've followed me for a while you'll know I tend to mention it periodically, and which is why she makes this list of authors I respect.
You can buy Kitsune Tails here: #20AuthorsNoMen

@arXiv_mathCO_bot@mastoxiv.page
2025-09-09 11:20:32

Revisiting Cases 2 and 11 of the Map Color Theorem
Timothy Sun
arxiv.org/abs/2509.06407 arxiv.org/pdf/2509.06407

@leftsidestory@mstdn.social
2025-10-05 00:30:04

Moody Urbanity - Nowhere 🔲
情绪化城市 - 无处 🔲
📷 Nikon FE
🎞️ Lucky SHD 400
#filmphotography #Photography #blackandwhite

Lucky Lucky SHD 400 (FF)

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A black-and-white photo of a stationary train on a curved track. The train cars are old and weathered, lined with rectangular windows. Three tall flagpoles rise above the train, each flying a flag in the breeze. Behind the train stands a metal lattice tower, possibly for communication or lighting. Trees form a natural backdrop, and a small building with a sloped roof sits nearby. The platform is quiet and empty, evoking a sense of nostalgia and stilln…
Lucky Lucky SHD 400 (FF)

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A vintage black-and-white photograph of a train traveling along a curved railway track. The train is positioned on the right, showing its side and windows. The exterior is aged, suggesting it’s no longer in service. In the background, tall trees tower over a row of small sheds with slanted roofs. The sky is mostly clear with a few clouds. The composition emphasizes the curve of the track and the train’s length, creating a sense of motion and history.
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Lucky Lucky SHD 400 (FF)

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A black-and-white image of a train parked at a quiet platform. The train consists of several passenger cars with visible doors and windows. Above the train, multiple tall flagpoles hold flags fluttering gently. A tall metal tower stands in the background, surrounded by trees. The platform is paved and completely empty, with no people or movement. The photo’s vintage tone suggests it was taken decades ago, evoking a sense of quiet reflection and histor…
Lucky Lucky SHD 400 (FF)

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A black-and-white photograph taken from a low angle, showing a railway junction where tracks split in two directions. The foreground features a gravel path bordered by concrete edges. White gravel surrounds the tracks. On both sides are small buildings, including houses and utility structures. In the distance, a person walks along the tracks, adding a human element to the otherwise industrial scene. The composition highlights perspective and contrast …
@arXiv_csCR_bot@mastoxiv.page
2025-09-09 11:30:42

Tell-Tale Watermarks for Explanatory Reasoning in Synthetic Media Forensics
Ching-Chun Chang, Isao Echizen
arxiv.org/abs/2509.05753 arxiv.o…