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Courtney Milan

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She/her. I write books about carriages, corsets, and smartwatches. Mother of (emoji) dinosaurs 🦖🦕. 羽生結弦 fan. Fan of tea. Born at 332 ppm. This biography should not be taken as a complete description. courtneymilan.com

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Courtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 9h

I think we should confiscate all his wealth for this weird shit ALONE

Soraya Nadia McDonald @sorayanadiamcdonald.com · 9h

People paid $200 a ticket to listen to Peter Thiel do bog issue antisemitism for four lectures about his belief in the antichrist.

Lots of fools wishing to be relieved of their money, I guess.

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He believes the Armageddon will be ushered in by an antichrist-type figure who cultivates a fear of existential threats such as climate change, AI and nuclear war to amass inordinate power. The idea is this figure will convince people to do everything they can to avoid something like a third world war, including accepting a one-world order charged with protecting everyone from the apocalypse that implements a complete restriction of technological progress. In his mind, this is already happening. Thiel said that international financial bodies, which make it more difficult for people to shelter their wealth in tax havens, are one sign the antichrist may be amassing power and hastening Armageddon, saying: “It’s become quite difficult to hide one’s money.”

It’s because the antichrist talks about Armageddon nonstop. We’re all scared to death that we’re sleepwalking into Armageddon. And then because we know world war three will be an unjust war, that pushes us. We’re going hard towards peace at any price.

What I worry about in that sort of situation is you don’t think too hard about the details of the peace and it becomes much more likely that you get an unjust peace. This is, by the way, the slogan of the antichrist: 1 Thessalonians 5:3. It’s peace and safety, sort of the unjust peace.

Let me conclude on this choice of antichrist or Armageddon. And again, in some ways the stagnation and the existential risks are complementary, not contradictory. The existential risk pushes us towards stagnation and distracts us from it.

How does Thiel think Armageddon will happen?
Thiel rarely gives a definitive answer about who exactly the antichrist might be or how Armageddon might come about – a central point across his lectures is that nothing is written in stone or inevitable – but he does give the contours of what a global conflict that could lead to Armageddon might look like.

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D is tired, but there is coffee @grrlintersect.bsky.social · 16h

$45 means I get to be warm and clean and not sick about it if anyone is able to help with that

D is tired, but there is coffee @grrlintersect.bsky.social · 18h

I need to buy a new sweater before it gets cold and also some of the unscented detergent that doesn’t give me migraines and $45 would be enough for both if anyone is able to help
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Courtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 14h

I will check out my Costco

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Courtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 14h

I am putting this on the Courtney Can Have a Little Lox as a Treat But She Needs to Get her Book to her Editor First list.

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Courtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 14h

oooohhhhhhhhhhhh that looks AMAZING

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Courtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 14h

yeah

Courtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 14h

I have lived on the east coast for approximately 1.3 years of my life and 0.3 years of that I had no money and the other 1 year I had no time.

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Courtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 14h

It SOUNDS good

Courtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 14h

I am specifically referring to whitefish salad. What IS that. I want it.

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Courtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 14h

I love the responses to this thread because there are a number of things mentioned that I am definitely not NYC enough to have eaten, but now I want to eat them next time I am in NYC.

Erin Biba @erinbiba.bsky.social · 15h

Tell me your bagel order and I will tell you *based on NYC cultural expectations* if you have won or lost your election for political office in NYC.

Erin Biba @erinbiba.bsky.social · 16h

One of my favorite things about NYC is whenever anyone runs for office here they are required to disclose their bagel order.

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Faine Greenwood @faineg.bsky.social · 15h

this is what the AI bros sound like

sri (but spooky) @sri.plur.ca · 17h

yeah I built an AI that hangs out on your porch and drinks a six pack for you so you can write regexes at work

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Courtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 14h

I don't hate onions; they hate me!!!!

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Courtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 15h

(Also if I can get it, I want capers and tomato on this hypothetical bagel, but NO red onion.)

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Courtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 15h

I know I'm a loser, but: sesame bagel, toasted, plain cream cheese, lox

I already know the toasting does me in.

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Courtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 15h

I said what I said. We should not have laws that allow us to prosecute anyone. Not for any reason.

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David Shiffman, Ph.D. 🦈 @whysharksmatter.bsky.social · 20h

Friends, some advice if you plan on spending time outside in an animal costume, sharing for no particular reason:

-You will sweat a lot more than you think. Have water/snacks

-You cannot move well (the Left Shark guy is a trained experienced professional dancer). Don’t run or you’ll trip and fall.

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Courtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 16h

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#HistoricalRomance #Romance #Romancelandia #HEA #TurnerSeries

Courtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 16h

Courtney Milan’s critically acclaimed and New York Times bestselling Turner series is now available in one boxed set. This set contains three full-length books —Unveiled, Unclaimed, and Unraveled —a novella, Unlocked, and two short stories, Birthday Gift and Out of the Frying Pan.
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Image of The Turner Series box set by Courtney Milan. Image is of a white woman wearing dress with a white top and bright pink skirts with a background of rolling green hills. Includes the books: Unveiled, Unlocked, Unclaimed, and Unraveled.

Purple background with text that says:
The Turner series.
Three brothers who have overcome extraordinary odds just to survive are taking on their biggest challenge yet: happiness.
"Quite compelling and emotionally complex." - Book list

Collage of covers for The Turner Series books by Courtney Milan: Unveiled, Unlocked, Unclaimed, and Unraveled.

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Courtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 16h

I am so sorry for your loss.

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Ghostly Bree @mostlybree.kitrocha.com · 19h

They know they are ridiculous people and the thing they hate most is being laughed at. They want everyone terrified and intimidated by how MANLY and LETHAL they are, not laughing because they got got by a grating frog.

Laura Jedeed @laurajedeed.bsky.social · 23h

This video is everywhere because it's a hilarious visual refutation of Portland being on fire. You can't get a mass movement going without convincing the masses

so yes, this does do something actually

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This literally does nothing. You are not beating fascism by dressing up in inflatable suits and dancing

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Portland is leading the way. This is how you (non violently) beat Fascism. Humor and ridicule are key.

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Broti Gupta @brotigupta.bsky.social · 1d

so much of the american experience is being on hold with pharmacies for so long you decide it might just be easier to die

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Shepherd @neolithicsheep.bsky.social · 18h

What middle and upper class cis het white people need to understand is that they only have as many rights as the most vulnerable do. You have only the rights trans people and immigrants do.

Ryan Marino, MD @ryanmarino.bsky.social · 1d

Do you really have any rights if they are openly saying they will just make up reasons to detain you?

thematthill.bsky.social @thematthill.bsky.social · 3d

Wow. Greg Bovino admits on camera that his agents can detain people if you look scared, change your demeanor, or grip a steering wheel too tight.

As his unmasked agents walk around with large guns to scare you, they may arrest you just for that — even if you're a U.S. citizen.

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Courtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 17h

Thank you for asking!

Courtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 17h

Ideally, they need a place they can sit for a while to finish repairs. I'm not sure how long that is, but anything semi-long term would be welcome.

Courtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 18h

And thank you for asking!