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"Rock Lobster" is a song by American band #theB52s, written by their singer #FredSchneider and guitarist #RickyWilson. It was twice recorded and released as a #single, first by #DBRecords as their debut release in April 1978, and again the following year for the band's self-titled debut album on #WarnerBros (US) and #IslandRecords (Europe, Japan). The song launched the band's career and became one of their #signatureTunes. "#RockLobster" was well received by #critics.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vz65vonktMA

A quotation from Richard Steele

It’s a particular Observation I have always made, That of all Mortals, a Critick is the silliest; for by inuring himself to examine all Things, whether they are of Consequence or not, he never looks upon any Thing but with a Design of passing Sentence upon it; by which Means, he is never a Companion, but always a Censor. This makes him earnest upon Trifles; and dispute on the most indifferent Occasions with vehemence.

Richard Steele (1672-1729) Anglo-Irish writer, journalist, playwright, politician
Essay (1709-07-14), The Tatler, No. 29

More about this quote: wist.info/steele-richard/21787…

#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #richardsteele #appraisal #censor #condemnation #contention #critic #criticism #critics #focus #judgment #objections #sentence #trivia

https://www.disabilitynewsservice.com/labours-landmark-rules-on-right-to-try-are-worthless-and-empty-dwps-own-guidance-shows/. "Government #documents prove that the 'right to try' #reforms at the centre of Labour’s 'landmark' plans to push more #sick & #Disabled people into #employment are 'worthless' & 'a disgrace', disabled #critics have concluded." Absolutely scandalous, @ChrisMayLA6, @HarriettMB, @junesim63.

Flock Condemns False Child Predator Allegations, Yet Calls Critics Terrorists

https://ipvm.com/reports/flock-allegations-critics

#HackerNews #Flock #Condemns #False #Child #Predator #Allegations #Yet #Calls #Critics #Terrorists #news #technology #privacy #controversy

Flock Condemns False Child Predator Allegations, Yet Calls Critics Terrorists

https://ipvm.com/reports/flock-allegations-critics

#HackerNews #Flock #Condemns #False #Child #Predator #Allegations #Yet #Calls #Critics #Terrorists #news #technology #privacy #controversy

Flock Condemns False Child Predator Allegations, Yet Calls Critics Terrorists

https://ipvm.com/reports/flock-allegations-critics

#HackerNews #Flock #Condemns #False #Child #Predator #Allegations #Yet #Calls #Critics #Terrorists #news #technology #privacy #controversy

Flock Condemns False Child Predator Allegations, Yet Calls Critics Terrorists

https://ipvm.com/reports/flock-allegations-critics

#HackerNews #Flock #Condemns #False #Child #Predator #Allegations #Yet #Calls #Critics #Terrorists #news #technology #privacy #controversy

Flock Condemns False Child Predator Allegations, Yet Calls Critics Terrorists

https://ipvm.com/reports/flock-allegations-critics

#HackerNews #Flock #Condemns #False #Child #Predator #Allegations #Yet #Calls #Critics #Terrorists #news #technology #privacy #controversy

A quotation from Jean Kerr

While in some quarters it is felt that the critic is just a necessary evil, most serious-minded, decent, talented theater people agree that the critic is an unnecessary evil.

Jean Kerr (1922-2003) American author and playwright [b. Bridget Jean Collins]
Essay (1957), “One Half of Two on the Aisle,” Please Don’t Eat the Daisies

More about this quote: wist.info/kerr-jean/83366/

#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #jeankerr #critics #necessaryevil #stage #theater

A quotation from Joseph Addison

   If men of eminence are exposed to censure on one hand, they are as much liable to flattery on the other. If they receive reproaches which are not due to them, they likewise receive praises which they do not deserve. In a word, the man in a high post is never regarded with an indifferent eye, but always considered as a friend or an enemy. For this reason persons in great stations have seldom their true characters drawn till several years after their deaths. Their personal friendships and enmities must cease, and the parties they were engaged in be at an end, before their faults or their virtues can have justice done them. When writers have the least opportunity of knowing the truth, they are in the best disposition to tell it.
   It is therefore the privilege of posterity to adjust the characters of illustrious persons, and to set matters right between those antagonists who by their rivalry for greatness divided a whole age into factions.

Joseph Addison (1672-1719) English essayist, poet, statesman
Essay (1711-06-26), The Spectator, No. 101

More about this quote: wist.info/addison-joseph/83215…

#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #josephaddision #assessment #biography #condemnation #criticism #critics #factions #flattery #greatman #greatperson #greatness #history #loyalists #perspective #posterity #praise #divisiveness

German Interior Minister Alexander Dobrindt (CSU) sharply distanced himself from Chancellor Angela Merkel's immigration policy.In an interview with the Sunday e... https://news.osna.fm/?p=40015 | #news #afdechoes #breaks #civic #critics

#FBI: #Kremlin hit squad targeting Putin’s opponents

#HitSquad exposed when employee arrested in #Colombia in Feb

Report follows #murders & mysterious #deaths of over 20 #Putin #critics since he came to power in 1999

5 #European governments said Russia had likely killed opposition leader Alexei #Navalny with frog toxin called #epibatidine in 2024

#Death squad, called Center 795, created in Dec 2022

https://kyivindependent.com/kremlin-hit-squad-targeting-putins-opponents-exposed-by-fbi-investigation-shows/

#Assassinations #RussianTerrorism #RussianAggression #RussianMurders

#FBI: #Kremlin hit squad targeting Putin’s opponents

#HitSquad exposed when employee arrested in #Colombia in Feb

Report follows #murders & mysterious #deaths of over 20 #Putin #critics since he came to power in 1999

5 #European governments said Russia had likely killed opposition leader Alexei #Navalny with frog toxin called #epibatidine in 2024

#Death squad, called Center 795, created in Dec 2022

https://kyivindependent.com/kremlin-hit-squad-targeting-putins-opponents-exposed-by-fbi-investigation-shows/

#Assassinations #RussianTerrorism #RussianAggression #RussianMurders

#FBI: #Kremlin hit squad targeting Putin’s opponents

#HitSquad exposed when employee arrested in #Colombia in Feb

Report follows #murders & mysterious #deaths of over 20 #Putin #critics since he came to power in 1999

5 #European governments said Russia had likely killed opposition leader Alexei #Navalny with frog toxin called #epibatidine in 2024

#Death squad, called Center 795, created in Dec 2022

https://kyivindependent.com/kremlin-hit-squad-targeting-putins-opponents-exposed-by-fbi-investigation-shows/

#Assassinations #RussianTerrorism #RussianAggression #RussianMurders

#FBI: #Kremlin hit squad targeting Putin’s opponents

#HitSquad exposed when employee arrested in #Colombia in Feb

Report follows #murders & mysterious #deaths of over 20 #Putin #critics since he came to power in 1999

5 #European governments said Russia had likely killed opposition leader Alexei #Navalny with frog toxin called #epibatidine in 2024

#Death squad, called Center 795, created in Dec 2022

https://kyivindependent.com/kremlin-hit-squad-targeting-putins-opponents-exposed-by-fbi-investigation-shows/

#Assassinations #RussianTerrorism #RussianAggression #RussianMurders

Critics say Ottawa's sustainable jobs plan offers no new support for energy

https://misryoum.com/us/world-news/critics-say-ottawas-sustainable-jobs-plan-offers-no/

The Carney government's plan to protect jobs in the energy sector amounts to a list of existing policies that critics say aren't focused enough on those at risk of losing work. Previously called the 'just transition,' the new federal sustainable...

#Critics #say #Ottawas #sustainable #jobs #plan #offers #new #support #for #energy #US_News_Hub #misryoum_com

#JDVance has threatened his #critics with #deportation via a GIF image. One #Republican congressman even suggested that an undocumented immigrant be thrown out of a helicopter, Pinochet style. Faced with criticism over one such taunting post, Kaelan Dorr, a White House propagandist, announced: “The arrests will continue. The memes will continue.”

#Trump #RepublicanParty #socialmedia #propaganda #ruthless #inflammatory #viral #incitement #sadism #extremism #radicalization #demented #sickness

#Trump could potentially use such #information to advance his political agenda by policing #immigrants & punishing #critics, Democratic lawmakers & critics have said. #Privacy advocates, #student #unions & #labor rights organizations have filed lawsuits to block data #access, questioning whether the government could #weaponize people’s personal information.

#law #InfoSec #NationalSecurity #surveillance #Palantir #AbuseOfPower

'What a #joke': #Critics #blast #ADL as it #downplays Musk's #NaziSalute as '#awkwardgesture'

"Billionaire #ElonMusk gave what appeared to be a #fascist #salute Monday while making a #speech at the post-inauguration #celebration for #President #DonaldTrump at the #CapitalOne Arena." #PBSNews wrote in a #post on #X.

https://www.rawstory.com/elon-musk-salute/

'What a #joke': #Critics #blast #ADL as it #downplays Musk's #NaziSalute as '#awkwardgesture'

"Billionaire #ElonMusk gave what appeared to be a #fascist #salute Monday while making a #speech at the post-inauguration #celebration for #President #DonaldTrump at the #CapitalOne Arena." #PBSNews wrote in a #post on #X.

https://www.rawstory.com/elon-musk-salute/

'What a #joke': #Critics #blast #ADL as it #downplays Musk's #NaziSalute as '#awkwardgesture'

"Billionaire #ElonMusk gave what appeared to be a #fascist #salute Monday while making a #speech at the post-inauguration #celebration for #President #DonaldTrump at the #CapitalOne Arena." #PBSNews wrote in a #post on #X.

https://www.rawstory.com/elon-musk-salute/

'What a #joke': #Critics #blast #ADL as it #downplays Musk's #NaziSalute as '#awkwardgesture'

"Billionaire #ElonMusk gave what appeared to be a #fascist #salute Monday while making a #speech at the post-inauguration #celebration for #President #DonaldTrump at the #CapitalOne Arena." #PBSNews wrote in a #post on #X.

https://www.rawstory.com/elon-musk-salute/

'What a #joke': #Critics #blast #ADL as it #downplays Musk's #NaziSalute as '#awkwardgesture'

"Billionaire #ElonMusk gave what appeared to be a #fascist #salute Monday while making a #speech at the post-inauguration #celebration for #President #DonaldTrump at the #CapitalOne Arena." #PBSNews wrote in a #post on #X.

https://www.rawstory.com/elon-musk-salute/

'#Dehumanization': #Critics #blast reported #Trump #plan to #boot #Trans #people from #military on Day 1.

They would be #medically #discharged, which would determine that they were #unfit to #serve."

https://www.rawstory.com/critics-react-trump-trans-military/

How some #Texas #parents and #historians say a new #state #curriculum #glossesover #slavery and #racism.

#Education #officials claim #materials are “#ageappropriate” but #critics argue they #omit #keycontext and #oversimplify #history.

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Texas #Education #Conservatives #Extremism #Fascism #Censorship #RepublicanParty #Hategroups #AntiSemitism #Homophobia #Misogyny #Racism #Transphobia #WhiteSupremacy #Xenophobia #ThePartyOfHate

https://www.texastribune.org/2024/11/18/texas-curriculum-history-social-studies-slavery-racism/

The videos posted to Facebook all have the same look and feel: The subject looks directly at the camera, joins his hands in a sampeah – a #Cambodian gesture of respect – and apologizes.

Examples from last month – Cambodian #journalist Mech Dara and overseas #activist Hay Vanna – were just the latest additions to a long list of activists and #critics forced by #threats or legal action to recant and pledge their loyalty to the ruling #CambodianPeoplesParty (CPP).

Those are some of the most high-profile instances. Several other opposition activists told #RadioFreeAsia that they were forced to pledge allegiance to the ruling party to maintain the safety of their family or to avoid politically motivated criminal charges.

https://www.rfa.org/english/cambodia/2024/11/17/cambodia-opposition-defections/

#AsianMastodon #PoliticalBlackmail #Censorship #Coercion #Cambodia #Dissenters #WarOnActivists #TootSEA #AsiaNews #SouthEastAsia #Defectors

#ConvictedFelon #DonaldTrump #Hilariously #SelfOwns While Trying To #Attack #VicePresident #KamalaHarris.

The #former #president ranted about a "#dumb #president" and you know what happened.

The #GOP #nominee gave off big #projection #vibes with his latest #attempted #attack on #Democratic #rival #KamalaHarris, #mocked #critics.

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/donald-trump-self-own-rally-comment_n_6707a648e4b0c34b3eb9f649

#GeorgeTakei among #critics of #ChappellRoan #election #comments: “If you’re a #highprofile figure in the #LGBTQ+ #community, you need to #takeastand”

"#Bothsidesing it when our #community us under direct #attack from the #GOP is an #irresponsible #CopOut"

— You go George!

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Entertainment #TV #Music #Allies #Representation #Culture

https://www.nme.com/news/music/george-takei-among-critics-of-chappell-roan-election-comments-if-youre-a-high-profile-figure-in-the-lgbtq-community-you-need-to-take-a-stand-3798378

#Florida #voters who #oppose the state's 6-week #abortionban say they are being #visited by #police

#Critics accuse #Fascist #Florida #Governor #RonDeSantis of seeking to #intimidate #supporters of a #prochoice #referendum

https://www.salon.com/2024/09/08/florida-oppose-the-states-6-week-abortion-ban-say-they-are-being-visited-by-police/

#Florida #voters who #oppose the state's 6-week #abortionban say they are being #visited by #police

#Critics accuse #Fascist #Florida #Governor #RonDeSantis of seeking to #intimidate #supporters of a #prochoice #referendum

https://www.salon.com/2024/09/08/florida-oppose-the-states-6-week-abortion-ban-say-they-are-being-visited-by-police/

#Florida #voters who #oppose the state's 6-week #abortionban say they are being #visited by #police

#Critics accuse #Fascist #Florida #Governor #RonDeSantis of seeking to #intimidate #supporters of a #prochoice #referendum

https://www.salon.com/2024/09/08/florida-oppose-the-states-6-week-abortion-ban-say-they-are-being-visited-by-police/

#Florida #voters who #oppose the state's 6-week #abortionban say they are being #visited by #police

#Critics accuse #Fascist #Florida #Governor #RonDeSantis of seeking to #intimidate #supporters of a #prochoice #referendum

https://www.salon.com/2024/09/08/florida-oppose-the-states-6-week-abortion-ban-say-they-are-being-visited-by-police/

[Video] #AngelaRayner #hitsback at #critics after #Ibiza #clubbing #uproar

“You’ve got to have #downtime... I’m #workingclass, I like a #dance.”

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #UK #Entertainment #Music #DJ #Politics #Representation #Culture

https://www.independent.co.uk/tv/news/angela-rayner-ibiza-club-sky-news-b2607409.html

What are #straightwashing and #ciswashing? The worrying #trends #undermining #LGBTQ+ #progress.

In recent years #film #critics have introduced the term “straightwashing” to highlight the #marginalisation of the #LGBTQ+ #community in #Hollywood, #television, #literature and in #history.

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Entertainment #TV #Movies #Music #Books #History #Hate #Bigotry #Homophobia #Transphobia

https://www.thepinknews.com/2024/08/12/what-is-straightwashing-gay-characters-hollywood-films-was-cole-porter-gay/

#USArmy #Confirms #TroyNehls Is #Ineligible for the #Combat #Badge He Proudly #Wears: #StolenValor

He told his #critics to “go ask the #Army” about his #CombatInfantrymanBadge. So we did — and it wasn’t good news for Nehls.

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Texas #Conservatives #Extremism #Fascism #StolenHonor #StolenValor #RepublicanParty #ThePartyOfHate

https://www.notus.org/house/army-confirms-troy-nehls-ineligible-combat-badge

#RyanWalters’s latest #gambit #fails as #critics #outnumber #supporters at #Oklahoma #education #meeting.

Local #parents and #LGBTQ+ #advocates say the #Fascist #ultraconservative #politician is trying to #silence #criticism.

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Oklahoma #Education #Conservatives #Extremism #Fascism #Religion #RepublicanParty #Hate #Bigotry #Violence #Genocide #Discrimination #Homophobia #Transphobia #ThePartyOfHate #EmptyThePews

https://www.advocate.com/news/ryan-walters-critics-outnumber-supporters

#RyanWalters’s latest #gambit #fails as #critics #outnumber #supporters at #Oklahoma #education #meeting.

Local #parents and #LGBTQ+ #advocates say the #Fascist #ultraconservative #politician is trying to #silence #criticism.

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Oklahoma #Education #Conservatives #Extremism #Fascism #Religion #RepublicanParty #Hate #Bigotry #Violence #Genocide #Discrimination #Homophobia #Transphobia #ThePartyOfHate #EmptyThePews

https://www.advocate.com/news/ryan-walters-critics-outnumber-supporters

#RyanWalters’s latest #gambit #fails as #critics #outnumber #supporters at #Oklahoma #education #meeting.

Local #parents and #LGBTQ+ #advocates say the #Fascist #ultraconservative #politician is trying to #silence #criticism.

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Oklahoma #Education #Conservatives #Extremism #Fascism #Religion #RepublicanParty #Hate #Bigotry #Violence #Genocide #Discrimination #Homophobia #Transphobia #ThePartyOfHate #EmptyThePews

https://www.advocate.com/news/ryan-walters-critics-outnumber-supporters

#RyanWalters’s latest #gambit #fails as #critics #outnumber #supporters at #Oklahoma #education #meeting.

Local #parents and #LGBTQ+ #advocates say the #Fascist #ultraconservative #politician is trying to #silence #criticism.

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Oklahoma #Education #Conservatives #Extremism #Fascism #Religion #RepublicanParty #Hate #Bigotry #Violence #Genocide #Discrimination #Homophobia #Transphobia #ThePartyOfHate #EmptyThePews

https://www.advocate.com/news/ryan-walters-critics-outnumber-supporters

#RyanWalters’s latest #gambit #fails as #critics #outnumber #supporters at #Oklahoma #education #meeting.

Local #parents and #LGBTQ+ #advocates say the #Fascist #ultraconservative #politician is trying to #silence #criticism.

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Oklahoma #Education #Conservatives #Extremism #Fascism #Religion #RepublicanParty #Hate #Bigotry #Violence #Genocide #Discrimination #Homophobia #Transphobia #ThePartyOfHate #EmptyThePews

https://www.advocate.com/news/ryan-walters-critics-outnumber-supporters

A #WestVirginia ‘#WomensBillofRights’ is an #genocidal #effort to #suppress #transgender #people, #critics say.

Dozens of #speakers #condemned the #bill while only a handful spoke in favor of it during the 45-minute hearing in the #House #chambers at the #StateCapitol.

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #WestVirginia #Conservatives #Extremism #Fascism #Religion #Movies #RepublicanParty #Hate #Bigotry #Violence #Genocide #Discrimination #Transphobia #ThePartyOfHate

https://apnews.com/article/defining-transgender-rights-west-virginia-dba5c48fc3e3e6e7a8b9f8b391851668

#Alberta #Premier #DanielleSmith says new #transgender #youth #policy arriving this fall, #critics call it #damaging.

The #premier #lied and insisted her government is #lookingout for #transgender #individuals.

#Hogwash

https://rdnewsnow.com/2024/02/01/alberta-premier-smith-says-new-transgender-youth-policy-arriving-this-fall-critics-call-it-damaging-2/

A #preacher defended his #criminally charged colleague and threatened his #congregation

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aJI9E3fAmJE

#Pastor #JeremyPfeil of Accelerate Church in #Amarillo, #Texas warned his congregation that anyone who associated with #critics of his criminally charged buddy #JamesRandolph would be “sniped and taken out.”

#Cyclists #CallOut #Transphobic #Critics: “We #Refuse to be Falsely #Presented as #Victims”

#KristenChalmers said she was “painted as a #victim in a #narrative #manufactured to fuel #transphobia” after the #Illinois #State #Cyclocross #Championships.

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Entertainment #Sports #Cycling #Hate #Bigotry #Discrimination #Transphobia #TERFS #TERFFails

https://www.bicycling.com/news/a46119015/cisgender-cyclists-rallying-behind-their-transgender-competitors-kristen-chalmers/

The #RightWing #Website Behind the ‘#Inhumane’ #Outing of an #Alabama #Mayor.

#1819News, an 'investigative #journalism” outlet, is taking heat after a local #pastor #killed #himself. But its #CEO is firing back on #critics: “We did our #job.”

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Alabama #Outing #Conservatives #Extremism #Fascism #Media #RepublicanParty #Hate #Bigotry #Violence #Genocide #Discrimination #Transphobia #ThePartyOfHate

https://www.thedailybeast.com/the-right-wing-website-behind-the-inhumane-outing-of-an-alabama-mayor

#Biden-#Backed #Bill May Be Used to #Censor #LGBTQ, #Reproductive #Health #Content

“#KOSA would cut off another vital avenue of #access to #information for #vulnerable #youth,” #critics of the bill #wrote.

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Conservatives #Extremism #Hategroups #RepublicanParty #Hate #Bigotry #Violence #Genocide #Discrimination #Transphobia #ThePartyOfHate
https://truthout.org/articles/biden-backed-bill-may-be-used-to-censor-lgbtq-reproductive-health-content/

#Biden-#Backed #Bill May Be Used to #Censor #LGBTQ, #Reproductive #Health #Content

“#KOSA would cut off another vital avenue of #access to #information for #vulnerable #youth,” #critics of the bill #wrote.

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Conservatives #Extremism #Hategroups #RepublicanParty #Hate #Bigotry #Violence #Genocide #Discrimination #Transphobia #ThePartyOfHate
https://truthout.org/articles/biden-backed-bill-may-be-used-to-censor-lgbtq-reproductive-health-content/

Today I should like to offer a shout-out to the Vietnamese alphabet, which stands as an eternal reproach to everyone who claims that you can in fact sprinkle too many accents on your conlang.

#conlang #diacritics #critics-of-diacritics

Lawyers Barred by Madison Square Garden Found a Way Back In - MSG Entertainment resorted to #facialrecognition technology to kick out #legal #foes, but some have undermined the ban using a law passed to protect #theater #critics in 1941. #TheGarden https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/16/technology/madison-square-garden-ban-lawyers.html #surveillance #privacy #legalresearch