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I really appreciated this "All the streaming services is turning TV into a endless sea of slightly above mediocrity through immediately forgettable shows" take

slate.com/culture/2018/1…
Because I still watch *gasp* movies and I am behind on so many of the really great TV shows, I can sort through the mess. Not sure why one would sit through mediocrity. And when I face it--such as the vastly overrated and mostly stupid Black Mirror--I am done quickly.
Of course, what do I know. I still read books.
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This Day in Labor History: January 4, 1977. California congressman Augustus Hawkins introduces what became the Humphrey-Hawkins Act, which initially was a government employment guarantee. Let's talk about why we need this today!
As late as the mid-1970s, liberals believed another era of left-leaning government was around the corner. When Ted Kennedy fought to kill Richard Nixon’s milquetoast national health care plan, it was under the assumption that something much better would come soon.
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If I could have every Twitter follower read one book, it would be Charles Cobb's This Nonviolent Stuff'll Get You Killed. There is so much mythology about nonviolence that feeds into white liberal ideas about change.

amazon.com/This-Nonviolen…
Cobb gets into how guns were central to the whole civil rights movement, as armed self-defense was necessary for survival. Ideas of non-violence were in fact backed with the potential for lethal force. This truth challenges easy notions of what activism should look like.
The nonviolent-industrial complex has taken over so much of the air on proper paths of activism. And while I certainly have no problem with nonviolent activism, there are many paths and that must remain so.
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Against my better judgment, I'm going to weigh in on Louis CK.

CW: physical and sexual abuse.
There are two easy responses to CK's complaint that today's young are boring because their idea of rebellion is talking about pronouns.
First: I understand, to your generation, that Millennials are forever seventeen, but most of the people talking about pronouns are in their twenties and thirties, and they aged INTO it, you has-been.
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i am on a plane and already paid for the internet and this year has been ruff stuff so ok why not
1. The Boygenius EP. Here is a good piece on the band. nytimes.com/2018/09/11/art…
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1. I was offline for most of yesterday so I didn’t hear about the Sarah Jeong dumpster fire 🔥 until late in the day. I think I’m finally caught up. This thread will analyze what I’ve seen and provide links to various takes so you can see the range of views.
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***DON’T @ Jeong.***
I guarantee you that she doesn’t care what I think.

Don’t harass any of the writers of these pieces. It won’t accomplish anything.

Will get into how harassing people says more harasser than target later in thread.
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