Not really into X, unless you mean the band. I write about lit, hist, & stuff & teach @NYUEnglish. Missing me one place search another: @ https://xitter.cf/t.co/ByjiEqpwhZ.
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"i would not want t be bach. mozart. tolstoy. joe hill. gertrude stein or james dean / they are all dead." -- Bob Dylan, 1965.
I'm going to be in Abu Dhabi in Nov. for the first time since 2022, there for @NYUAbuDhabi alumni weekend. So I'm revisiting capstone videos for classes of 2015 and 2020, who will hit their 10- and 5-year anniversaries. Still blown away by these people. youtube.com/watch?v=mqNcZtgB…
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I don’t know why this has me cheesing so hard, but I think I just love seeing New Yorkers happy, man. Finally, a leader whose charm and aura are so real and wholesome that everyone wants a moment with him. Our city deserves this.
"literal" i'm in tears
Superman is NOT an immigrant.
He’s a literal alien from another planet. Crash-landed here as a baby. No passport. No visa. No green card.
People calling him an “immigrant” are confusing metaphor with reality.
Yes—writers have used Superman as a symbol for the immigrant experience…
But that doesn’t make him one.
Let’s not rewrite the character just to score points.
Metaphor ≠ fact.
#Superman #DCComics #TruthJusticeAndLogic #ComicBookFacts #KalElNotAnImmigrant #ClarkKent #ImmigrationDebate #StopTheStretch
Parents: start by teaching your children the difference between literal and figurative.
No, that’s not what I said at all.
Superman is an extraterrestrial, not an illegal alien. Big difference.
The term “illegal alien” refers to human immigration law: people crossing borders without legal documentation.
Superman didn’t immigrate to Earth. He was sent here as a baby from another planet, no passport, no intention, no legal system to process it. That makes him sci-fi alien, not someone violating immigration policy.
The point I made is that people are misusing metaphor. Saying Superman “is an immigrant” is poetic, not literal.
So no, I’m not saying he’s “illegal.” I’m saying he’s not an immigrant at all.
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Republicans are celebrating the passage of the largest Medicaid cut in U.S. history to pay for the largest tax break for billionaires in American history.
51,000 Americans will die each year so that the top 1% can get a $1 trillion tax break.
This bill is a death sentence.
Hard to believe @BasedMikeLee is the same person who released this statement in 2016: washingtonpost.com/video/pol…
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As you can see in the video, Sen. Padilla clearly identifies himself. DHS still wrote this post falsely claiming that he did not.
Senator Padilla chose disrespectful political theatre and interrupted a live press conference without identifying himself or having his Senate security pin on as he lunged toward Secretary Noem.
Mr. Padilla was told repeatedly to back away and did not comply with officers’ repeated commands. @SecretService thought he was an attacker and officers acted appropriately.
Secretary Noem met with Senator Padilla after and held a 15 minute meeting.
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Cuomo going full racist Islamophobe out of pure desperation. What a pathetic loser.
Mel Bochner, "Beach Boys--'100%'" (1967), on Wilson as "genius": "It takes a special word to describe the rare, mindblocking, blinding talents of this 24-year old. 'Good Vibrations' is a three-minute and thirty-five second record. It took seven months to record."
