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Disneyland 1958 adventurelandia.tumblr.com/post/678211653…

The Loves of Alice Brandt, 1951
Uncredited artist
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Hotel Salyut.
Kyiv, Ukraine.
Built between 1976-1982
Architect: Avraam Miletsky et al.
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Cory Doctorow

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Mar 9

Today's Twitter threads (a Twitter thread).

Inside: The cruelty isn't the point; and more!

Archived at: pluralistic.net/2022/03/09/tur…

#Pluralistic 1/

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Tomorrow (Mar 10), I'm on a #RightToRepair panel in honor of the special "War on Repair" issue of @make: magazine:

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The cruelty isn't the point: The point is power.

https://twitter.com/doctorow/status/1501584385354649609

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Cory Doctorow

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Mar 9

When confronted with Texas's cruel, vicious trans bill - which allows the state to take children away from their parents if they allow their kids to get life-saving, gender-affirming medical treatments - it's easy to think that "the cruelty is the point." 1/

A roast turkey on a counter...

If you'd like an unrolled version of this thread to read or share, here's a link to it on pluralistic.net, my surveillance-free, ad-free, tracker-free blog:

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But as Jamie Gardner writes in @jacobin, "they're just assholes" doesn't have much explanatory power. Neither assholes nor trans people are modern innovations, so why is it that *this* law was introduced *now*?

jacobinmag.com/2022/03/gop-re… 3/

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Mar 9

“Not for sissies!”

1941 Captain Marvel ad for Mechanix Illustrated
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Bowlero Lanes & Lounge

Detroit

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Bowlero Lanes & Lounge

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Judi Dench in costume as Titania for a stage production of ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream,’ 1962. allhailthe70shousewife.tumblr.com/post/678206627…

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