Category Archives: books
#KHEMFEST 2026, Coming To Newark, September 25th -26th
#Lanterns #LanternsTheOfficialPodcast | Episode 3, ” #OutKast” | #Lanterns1x3 #HBO #HBOMax
You can see #Lanterns swinging for the fences because the (Black) folk behind it are also behind #Lost and #Watchmen. I still think #Watchmen remains the #HBOMax superhero standard, but #Lanterns is really trying! #LanternsTheOfficialPodcast
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#Forbes / #CBSNews / #404Media.co: #AI Companies Are Buying—And Destroying—Antique Books (And Buying Dead Companies’ Internal Data). Here’s Why.
https://www.404media.co/podcast-amazon-is-destroying-rare-books-to-train-ai
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fahrenheit_451
AUGUST 26th UPDATE:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=88HZHPiZ2XY
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This reminds me of what John Henrik Clarke used to say:
FROM AI:
Dr. John Henrik Clarke famously stated that Europeans “not only colonized most of the world, they colonized *information about* the world.”
He argued that Western historians and institutions systematically distorted, omitted, or reinvented global history to justify colonialism and erase African civilizations.
Core Ideas of Clarke’s Critique
Control of Narrative: European powers controlled how history was taught, placing Europe at the center of human progress while reducing Africa to a continent without history.
Institutional Erasure: Mainstream academic and religious structures stripped people of color—especially Africans—of their actual contributions to science, religion, and philosophy.
Deconstructing Eurocentrism: Clarke dedicated his life to Pan-African studies, teaching that to understand global oppression, one must study how European frameworks deliberately excluded non-Western realities.
#DemocracyNow! / #ChristianeAmanpourPresentsTheExFiles: “#RegimeChange” Author #MaggieHaberman on #DonaldTrump’s Imperial Presidency, #EpsteinFiles [TruthSocial Access] & War on Iran
The best thing I did this summer was to read both of her books. Those two volumes–which I think should be read in order–are very clear about how America works when the most free people decide to act.
#NewRockstars #ScreenCrush / #HeavySpoilers / #EmergencyAwesome / #BeyondTheTrailer: #Lanterns1x1 #Lanterns, Episode 1 BREAKDOWN and ENDING EXPLAINED #KyleChandler #AaronPierre
Liked these ones–especially the first three posted here, because they’re more like “Beginning Explained” videos!
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#HeavySpoilers / #NewRockstars / #ScreenCrush / #EverythingAlways: #AVENGERSDOOMSDAY OFFICIAL TRAILER Breakdown | Comic Easter Eggs, #XMen, #DoctorDoom Vs #Thor & #SteveRogers
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#MarvelStudios Full Panel Coverage | #D23 2026!
Thank You, #WardChurchill (1947-2026)
#TheAtlantic: Post-Literate: The End of #Reading Is Here (The Fading of #Literacy/#CriticalThinking/#ReadingComprehension)
Uh-oh…..
https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/2026/08/reading-crisis-postliterate-age/687618
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AUGUST 20th UPDATE: Another view (?):
https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/why-books-here-stay-ted-conferences-yqise
Drums in the Global Village 