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I wasn't able to stick around for the whole thing, just popped my head in for a couple minutes. I am _completely_ unsurprised that Kmele looks like he has a top-of-the-line streaming camera setup while Moynihan is apparently using a potato. I'm assuming that Ben salvaged his 3 pixels from the defunct Circuit City down the road.

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Kmele was super smooth and tactful in booting Ben Dreyfuss right when the show was transforming into the behind-the-scenes “Bonus Bites” section of a Jaws DVD

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Someone lend Moynihan some Mbps.

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Props to Kmele for dropping that knowledge about Obama’s mom. Didn’t know that!

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Matt joining, or no?

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Yeah!

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Hey, anyone know where I can get a link or transcript of the masters speech?

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For those who have not yet looked into the history surrounding the film, "The Woman King" which was briefly mentioned, here's a bit from the Wikipedia on The Kingdom of Dahomey which it's based around:

"The growth of Dahomey coincided with the growth of the Atlantic slave trade, and it became known to Europeans as a major supplier of slaves.[2] As a highly militaristic kingdom constantly organised for warfare, it captured children, women, and men during wars and raids against neighboring societies, and sold them into the Atlantic slave trade in exchange for European goods such as rifles, gunpowder, fabrics, cowrie shells, tobacco, pipes, and alcohol.[5][6] Other remaining captives became slaves in Dahomey, where they worked on royal plantations and were routinely mass executed in large-scale human sacrifices during the festival celebrations known as the Annual Customs of Dahomey.[2][6] The Annual Customs of Dahomey involved significant collection and distribution of gifts and tribute, religious Vodun ceremonies, military parades, and discussions by dignitaries about the future for the kingdom.

In the 1840s, Dahomey began to face decline with British pressure to abolish the slave trade, which included the British Royal Navy imposing a naval blockade against the kingdom and enforcing anti-slavery patrols near its coast. During this time period, Dahomey was also weakened by military defeat from Abeokuta, a Yoruba city-state which was founded as a safe haven for refugees escaping slave raids from Dahomey."

Hopefully some of this makes it into the film.

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You know it won't.

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Anyone catch this allegation of unethical reporting at the Atlantic from the curator of the Guggenheim basquiat exhibit? I don’t know anything about the Guggenheim drama but this looks interesting(?) https://twitter.com/chaedria/status/1569391345089007616

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Thank you to Moynihan for recommending Enemy Engagement. For those who shun FoxconnSweatshopTV+, it's also available on BezosPrime Video (I got it for free).

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Any chance of a recording release on the paid feed?

edit: NVM Recording at link. Kmele, your camera is nice. Glad my subscription helped get that beautiful smile out into the world. Tell those other two schlubs to get camera covers.

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I can't believe it's two thirds baseball caps up in here.

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What about if Michael applies same logic he does over Northern Ireland to eastern Ukraine.

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