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Architect of myth, Reluctant Producer, Professional Social Media Loudmouth. I make movies when people give me money. juyaa.media

Om Malik, a longtime technology writer, founder of Gigaom, and a partner at True Ventures, died on Wednesday at 59 (Om Malik/On my Om) https://om.co/2026/06/24/1966-2026/http://www.techmeme.com/260625/p50#a260625p50#a260625p50
‘Bad Fairies’ Starring Cynthia Erivo & Ncuti Gatwa Adds Voice Cast – Annecy https://deadline.com/2026/06/bad-fairies-adds-voice-cast-serrana-su-ling-bliss-1236963665/?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub Posted into Deadline Hollywood @deadline-hollywood-Deadline
Move over, Cursor. This AI video startup is having its own breakout moment https://www.businessinsider.com/higgsfield-revenue-500-million-as-it-raises-a-series-b-2026-6?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub Posted into Tech @tech-BusinessInsider
A group of men, many wearing traditional West African attire including flowing boubous and kufi caps in shades of blue, green, and white, standing together outdoors, apparently gathered for Islamic prayer. One man in the center, Zohran Mamdani is wearing a blue Arsenal football jersey. Trees and a light-colored building are visible in the background.
T-shirt depicting a frog with a flamethrower in front of large fall leaves. Text above and below reads: "I Love the Fall Of My Enemies"
close up of a Guy in a blue and white track suit wearing a medal shouting and showing his middle finger. Below that a wide shot revealing that he is third on the podium and dousing himself in champagne
Headline from TV Guide. It reads: "Star Trek: Starfleet Academy Bosses Caused Chaos After Rewritimg the Finale Weeks Before Filming It"
We should begin this in high school and ALL citizens and residents should be made to participate in the public service at a local level for a minimum period of time every month.
Leadership positions should be rotated into and at some levels randomized. You shouldn't be able to take national level positions without a record in local service PLUS having mandatory education standards in governance/law/economics/etc.
Personally, I think e need to move to an actual meritocratic system based on actual public service and not a bag of handpicked sycophants parachuted into constituencies whose entire record is "paved a road in the month before the election". More power should be in the hands of local governments and communities. The relationship should be parallel governance not a single heirarchy.
Jamaica is in need of DEEP systemic reform. We aren't going to advance without it. Wasting time watching these people trace and defend foolishness. Not a serious discussion on policy. Our "democracy" is a scam and they know it. Too much power is entrenched in 63 people. Our vote is reduced to a largely binary choice of candidates who we have no say in.
A photo of Twitter's home page in chrome on a CRT monitor circa. 2009. It displays several barely legible tweets.
That said, I think that it has succeeded as a work of art in provoking this conversation. I don’t think there is one right way to approach things like satire/parody/etc. we really only have these vague rules to go by. Anyway, this reaction is pop culture digesting this work so only time will tell and I’m glad we are interrogating it.
I think he is right and brave for saying it. Doing the right thing DESPITE consequences is bravery. Being morally correct does not excuse us from all consequences and we shouldn’t be clamoring for that. In a world where every line is getting erased we should be upholding certain things.
While personal biases always exist, if one is to present as taking an objective (as humanly possible) approach to journalism, I don’t belive that you can ask the public to trust that and engage in such a personally targeted statement like that. Miller is an awful awful person but the statement fundamentally colors any kind of reporting that journalist might do through that personal statement.