
Jacob Beitner 🇺🇸🍉
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Jacob Beitner 🇺🇸🍉
@Jacob_Beitner
American, Humanist, DemSoc, Antizionist, Atheist, Urbanist, full time Mamdani glazer, compsci major, history buff, ally to all peoples
Boston, MA, USA Katılım Aralık 2024
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@TheHughAnthony Triggered by people being from the wrong part of the world.
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There are more Indians than English in Australia
Polymarket@Polymarket
NEW: India-born residents have officially become Australia’s largest migrant group, overtaking the English for the first time.
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@darwintojesus Satan only kills like 10 people in the Bible. God kills 24,000,000.
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My husband and I got an early access screening to Animal Farm, an animated adaptation of George Orwell's novel made by Angel Studios.
Incredibly well done. They do a perfect job of reminding viewers that Marxism always has and always will fail.
In theaters May 1st! #AnimalFarmPartner
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@Schroonman @NYCMayor Oh no, not activists! They’re trying to circumvent an illegal brocade? The should be illegally arrested by the country doing the illegal blockade in another country’s sovereign waters.
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@NYCMayor Um, you left out the part where it states that the boat is part of an Anti-Israel activist flotilla that intends to attempt to circumvent the blockade of Gaza. This is nothing but s dangerous PR stunt by CAIR and others.
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Last night, Israeli forces intercepted and boarded a humanitarian aid flotilla bound for Gaza in international waters off the coast of Greece — unlawfully detaining more than 175 people, including several New Yorkers.
My team has been in direct contact with State and Federal partners as we work to confirm the whereabouts and conditions of these New Yorkers.
This is a brazen violation of international law. Those detained must be released.
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@Ahmed_Nashwan_ Here’s a picture I took of Beit Hanoun from across the Israeli border. This kind of destruction in not only barbaric, but it cannot be allowed as normal for a country to inflict.

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‘INVINCIBLE’ creator Robert Kirkman explained why they swapped Tech Jacket’s gender in the TV series:
"One of the downsides of Invincible is Cory Walker and I were like 23 and 21 when we started that book, and your default when you’re not really paying attention is yourself, Every time we introduce another character, 'Oh look! It’s another white male! Who knew?' It’s just a shortcoming that we hadn’t quite noticed and done our due diligence to correct."
Via @IGN


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Fury as 'white female Mamdani' mayor who has never owned a car takes away lane of road from motorists to stop the route 8 bus she rides from being late trib.al/03ipTp4
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@tacowasa2nd I wish the US government was controlled by Israel. The embarrassing truth is that they choose to do this.
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I find it absolutely ironic that in a show that is supposedly about SUPERHEROES, about people who are meant to rise above normal human weakness and stand as symbols of hope, one of its central characters, Atom Eve, goes and has an abortion. And from everything that’s implied, that was Mark’s child.
His kid. And he didn't even get a say. He was apparently… absent. And her response to that situation is basically, “Well, this is hard, so I’m just going to end it.”
Let that sink in for a second.
This is a character who is framed as compassionate, empathetic, morally grounded. A HERO. The kind of character we’re supposed to admire, look up to, maybe even feel inspired by.
And yet when faced with the responsibility of protecting the most innocent, defenseless life imaginable—her own unborn child—she doesn’t rise to the occasion. She doesn’t fight through it. She doesn’t struggle and overcome. She doesn’t even try to embody that heroic ideal. She folds. Immediately. Because it’s difficult. Because she might have to do it alone. Because it would change her life.
That’s it. That’s the line where her “heroism” just completely folds.
And I’m supposed to sit here and accept that? I’m supposed to still see her as a hero after that? I’m supposed to root for her like nothing happened?
No. Absolutely not.
Because at that point, what even is the definition of a hero anymore? If someone who has the power to save lives on a massive scale can casually decide that the most vulnerable life imaginable isn’t worth protecting, then what are we even doing here? What’s the message? That heroism only applies when it’s convenient? That saving lives is optional depending on your personal circumstances?
And before anyone jumps in with the usual defenses because I already know they’re coming...save it.
I don’t care about the “context.” I don’t care about the “emotional complexity.” I don’t care about the essays explaining why it was “a deeply human decision” or “a realistic portrayal of struggle.” I’ve heard it all before. It’s the same recycled talking points every time something like this comes up.
People bending over backwards, twisting themselves into knots, doing Olympic-level mental gymnastics just to justify something that completely undermines the very foundation of what these characters are supposed to represent.
And that’s really the bigger issue here, isn’t it?
This isn’t just about one character. This is about what modern “superhero” storytelling has become. Shows like Invincible don’t just tell stories—they go out of their way to tear down the idea of heroism itself. They take pride in it. They revel in it. There’s this smug, almost arrogant tone of “Look how mature we are because we’re deconstructing everything you used to love.”
And what does that “deconstruction” look like?
Ultra-violence. Endless gore. Heads exploding like water balloons. Limbs getting ripped off. Blood sprayed across the screen like it’s trying to win an award for how shocking it can be. And then on top of that, moral decisions that completely gut the idea of heroes being something aspirational.
It’s like the show is actively allergic to sincerity. Like it can’t stand the idea of heroes being genuinely good, genuinely selfless, genuinely inspiring. Everything has to be twisted, darkened, or dragged through the mud in the name of being “realistic.”
Being cynical doesn’t make something deep. Being brutal doesn’t make something meaningful. And tearing down ideals doesn’t make you smarter than the people who still believe in them.
It just makes the whole thing feel hollow.
And I look around and I still see people watching this. Still praising it. Still calling it “peak superhero storytelling.” And I honestly don’t get it. I really don’t.
Why?
What are you getting out of this?
Is it the shock value? The gore? The constant subversion for the sake of subversion? The characters making decisions that completely contradict the idea of what a hero is supposed to be?
Because from where I’m sitting, it just looks like people have been conditioned to accept this kind of thing as “normal” for the genre now. Like this is just what superheroes are supposed to be broken, compromised, morally inconsistent, and wrapped in layers of blood and cynicism.
And if that’s the case, then yeah… I’ll pass.
Go ahead. Defend it. I know some of you will. Go ahead and stutter through your explanations. Pull out the think pieces. Do your triple-axel somersaults of mental gymnastics to explain why this is actually brilliant, why it’s “nuanced,” why it’s “important storytelling.”
Convince yourself that this is what heroism looks like now.
But don’t expect me to buy into it.
Because to me, this isn’t bold storytelling. It’s not deep. It’s not inspiring.
It’s just another example of a genre losing sight of what made it worth caring about in the first place and expecting the audience to applaud while it happens.

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@GwensLover1337 @ShitpostReels Obviously he’s under exaggerating.
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NYC lost 114K New Yorkers across all income levels to other cities last year: study trib.al/6SUAllR

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@incontextmedia Wow she really sucks. After stalling for so long, she gives one of the worst responses I’ve heard.
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@AcylManany @mehdirhasan When did he defend these countries for this?
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@mehdirhasan Your perception is simple, anyone who sides with the RSF is an enemy. Yet you accept Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Turkey, and others arming and defending the Sudanese Armed Forces while they kill, rape, and terrorize civilians. That is pure hypocrisy.
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“We are a responsible global player” says a representative of the government that is currently funding and arming the RSF in Sudan.
Clash Report@clashreport
Senior UAE official Reem Al Hashimy on Iran: We are everything that they’re not. We used our oil wealth to build an economic powerhouse. They used theirs for nuclear programs, missiles, drones, proxies. We became a responsible global player; they are a pariah state. They underestimated us.
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@Pontifex The pope is really out here absolutely lovemogging the majority of American Christians.
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No one is excluded from God’s love! With our unique pasts, mistakes, and sufferings, each one of us remains precious in the Lord’s eyes. Jesus revealed this to us in His every encounter, gesture, and word. He loved us to the very end, showing us that he believed in the power of love to change even the hardest of hearts. #ApostolicJourney #EquatorialGuinea
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@GovKathyHochul Anyone else feeling like the intifada isn't globalized enough?
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Иностранные друзья, если вы увидите русские аккаунты с 🐍 в никнейме или описании, то будьте осторожны. Это символ инцелов в России
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