9 April, 2017

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Ben Harper: Both Sides of the Gun George Saunders: CivilWarLand in Bad Decline

“Unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot, nothing is going to get better. It’s not.”
–Dr. Seuss, The Lorax

1 April, 2017

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FX, Tom Hardy, Edward Hardy and Steven Knight: Taboo George Packer: The Unwinding

“The opposite of love is not hate, it’s indifference. The opposite of art is not ugliness, it’s indifference. The opposite of faith is not heresy, it’s indifference. And the opposite of life is not death, it’s indifference.”
–Elie Wiesel

26 March, 2017

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Amp Fiddler: Waltz of a Ghetto Fly Ray Kurzweil: The Singularity Is Near

“Everything is perfect as is.”
–My new mantra

18 March, 2017

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Amadou & Mariam: Sou Ni Tile J. D. Vance: Hillbilly Elegy

“It all basically comes down to do you want to fuck them or not.”
–A close Hollywood friend/producer, who’s a very good guy

11 March, 2017

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Endemol UK, Charlie Brooker: Black Mirror Season 4 Frantz Fanon: The Wretched of the Earth

“Freedom is never given; it is won.”
–A. Philip Randolph, a civil rights activist.

11 February, 2017

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HBO, Issa Rae and Larry Wilmore: Insecure Michael D. Coogan, Pheme Perkins, Carol A. Newsom and Marc Zvi Brettler: The New Oxford Annotated Bible

“If every economic issue is framed as a struggle between a hard-working white middle class and undeserving minorities then workers of all shades will be left fighting for scraps while the wealthy withdraw further into their private enclaves.”
–President Obama

5 February, 2017

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BBC, Written By Peter Berry, Directed By Iain B. MacDonald: The Last Enemy Zakes Mda: The Heart of Redness

“History cannot be deleted like web pages.”
–Angela Davis at the Women’s March in D.C.