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Dave T-W

Lol, linkedin. No. Science minister who bleats on about "woke ideology" in HE?

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@rasterweb Yes, when Vanish stain remover did an amazing job at showing how life is for a family with an autistic teen.

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@LouisIngenthron I've also reconciled that there's a sort of Soap opera element to Yellowstone, which I'm prepared for as I'm hoping for the critique alongside, same as Succession. Maybe The Wire too. That was another show that really took a long, novelistic view on American society and culture.

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@LouisIngenthron I went with Bass Reeves, which is it's own story and not yet concluded. Then 1883 which I felt was self-contained and I would have skipped 1923 if that was rubbish. That series was conceived after some flashbacks in Yellowstone. 1923 in theory you could watch on it's own, but runs nicely on. It's pending a Season 2 conclusion for 3 main character arcs so if that's going to be annoying for you I'd wait. There's enough generational gap between 1923 and 2023 that it doesn't clash or poduce spoilers.

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Despite accusations that the shows celebrate "might is right", "manifest destiny" and "the law of the gun", I found them to be highly critical on those as principles.
1883 is unflinching in recognising the insanity and horror of the Oregon Trail.
1923 shows the brutality of expansion where power and authority can be bought.
I'm only just started on Yellowstone, but already it's shaping up to be as cutting as Succession was.
Music and photography is excellent, attention to detail and Production Design, and it's easy to get swept up in the cowboy romance.

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Dave T-W

Further to the last toot:
The Bass Reeves series led me to the related , 1923 and 1883 shows. They're also interesting as they demonstrate the continued cultural divide, and deconstruct many myths of American identity and .

This post from earlier in the year explains it better than I can.
slate.com/culture/2023/02/yell

(Bonus points to that writer for making the connection to Hannah Arendt)

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D. Elisabeth Glassco

U.S. Deputy Marshal Bass Reeves was the most feared lawman of the old West. Standing a muscular 6‘2“ tall, he was was relentless and absolutely formidable. Alive or on a stretcher, Reeves always got his man, no matter how long it took, or how arduous the task. No sensible outlaw messed with him. But some fools had to find out the hard way.

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To read uninterrupted:
open.substack.com/pub/400years

Image: “Bass Reeves,” by James Loveless.

#BlackMastodon #histodons @blackmastodon@a.gup.pe @BlackMastodon@chirp.social

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Anton Gerashchenko

Putin's quotes from the so-called "direct line" have been placed on the screens of Moscow streets.

They look especially relevant on the facade of the shopping center Oceania - a full namesake of the state of Oceania in George Orwell's novel 1984. A totalitarian regime where all disasters are explained to the population by the machinations of "enemies".

Astonishing symbolism.

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Dave T-W

@Deglassco I started watching the Bass Reeves TV show recently, fascinating portrayal of a time and place that's not well represented. The other Taylor Sheridan shows (proceeding through 1923 after 1883) also show a dark side to America's myths.

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@oldrawgabbit Ugh, horrible to see.

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@Thebratdragon @golgaloth Old advert for White Horse whiskey. Must have been bonkers concept even at the time, surely?!

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@emmalbriant Will they have an Archaeology course? Asking for a friend.

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Dave T-W

Good news yesterday on one family medical issue that's been a concern all year.

But with many other burdens it doesn't feel much lighter. This year has continued the incremental increase in shittiness and next year promises the same.

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@jon It has been 0 days since the last nonsense.

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Jon Worth

!!! Translate the acquis communautaire using ChatGPT to speed up Albania’s accession to the EU?

1) You’re going to need loads of humans checking the output
2) If Rama thinks this is what’s slowing Albanian accession he’s barking up the wrong tree

euractiv.com/section/politics/

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Dave T-W

@BenjaminHCCarr The fact that this case has gone all the way to the Supreme Court tells you how broken the justice system is.

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The algorithm threw me up a nice little video on everyone's favourite Wes Anderson movie, Grand Budaoest Hotel. In the end (especially at the end) it hit a deeper personal note on grieving for the past whilst reconciling a loss of the present.
youtube.com/watch?v=r736QGoIoX

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Björn Brembs

Let's be honest, universities use their social media profiles only for broadcasting, i.e., advertisements.

What does it say about our universities if corporations like IBM, Apple or Sony find X so revolting they stop advertising there, but our universities do not find X revolting enough to leave?

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SellaTheChemist

@brembs I have tried and tried to get UCL to leave Twitter. They won’t. They tell me they stand to lose too many followers. It’s pathetic. And setting up an instance of Mastodon presents “an institutional risk”. The position is nauseating. @MatteoCarandini @chrischirp @SusanMichie @jonbutterworth @helenczerski and more have all left Twitter but our Deans and Vice Provosts remain as pusillanimous as ever. So much for UCL being “a radical university”.

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Annie Hsh 👾🖖☕

Posting this once again, to call myself out.

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