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scrambled eggs all over my face, what is a boy to do? (he/him/they/them) scottish 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 free palestine 🇵🇸 trans rights 🏳️‍⚧️ I lurch back and further between opinionated and earnest left-wing politics takes, asoiaf, and shitposting so much you'll get whiplash

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lewys @generalquixote.bsky.social · 9m

ahh!! you frightened me

lewys @generalquixote.bsky.social · 3h

His whole story is about finding meaning after disability. The story doesn’t hold back on the hard truths, it’s honest: yes it sucks, yes it’s hard, life isn’t going to be what you thought it was and you can’t do what others can do and what you wanted. But there is still so much you can do.

lewys @generalquixote.bsky.social · 3h

It’s okay! But yes as a disabled person who has struggled with suicidal thoughts my whole life, it is one of my favourite passages for that exact reason, it speaks to me and more than most things convinces me life is worth living. One of the reasons I love asoiaf so much, and Bran in particular.

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Dan Sohege @danielsohege.bsky.social · 7h

Just remember folks, sometimes it isn't just okay to speak ill of the dead, it's pretty much mandatory, and funny as hell. Somewhere Watkins will now be becoming well acquainted with.

lewys @generalquixote.bsky.social · 6h

Well yes!

lewys @generalquixote.bsky.social · 8h

Westerosi society, and even so much of our own, is about how a life disabled, or a life "broken" (in all the different ways one can be broken and scarred), is not worth living, but GRRM tells us that life is better than no life at all, life can still be fulfilling. You must fight for it!

lewys @generalquixote.bsky.social · 8h

no because that rat is genuinely beautiful unlike him

lewys @generalquixote.bsky.social · 8h

‘The stone is strong, Bran told himself, the roots of the trees go deep, and under the ground the Kings of Winter sit their thrones. So long as those remained, Winterfell remained. It was not dead, just broken. Like me, he thought. I'm not dead either.’

‘At the edge of the wolfswood, Bran turned in his basket for one last glimpse of the castle that had been his life. Wisps of smoke still rose into the grey sky, but no more than might have risen from Winterfell's chimneys on a cold autumn afternoon. Soot stains marked some of the arrow loops, and here and there a crack or a missing merlon could be seen in the curtain wall, but it seemed little enough from this distance. Beyond, the tops of the keeps and towers still stood as they had for hundreds of years, and it was hard to tell that the castle had been sacked and burned at all. The stone is strong, Bran told himself, the roots of the trees go deep, and under the ground the Kings of Winter sit their thrones. So long as those remained, Winterfell remained. It was not dead, just broken. Like me, he thought. I'm not dead either.’

lewys @generalquixote.bsky.social · 8h

It is hard yes, and the series makes no bones about that, life is cruel and dark and terrible, but what is the alternative? And that relentless darkness makes the rays of light shine all the brighter when they come.

lewys @generalquixote.bsky.social · 8h

Westerosi society, and even so much of our own, is about how a life disabled, or a life "broken" (in all the different ways one can be broken and scarred), is not worth living, but GRRM tells us that life is better than no life at all, life can still be fulfilling. You must fight for it!

lewys @generalquixote.bsky.social · 8h

"Death is so terribly final, while life is full of possibilities."

That really is what it is all about, and one of the through-lines of this series, which defies the idea that asoiaf is "grimdark" or "nihilistic". It is about that where there is life, even in the darkest of times, there is hope.

ASOIAF Read Through @asoiafreadthru.bsky.social · 12h

A GAME OF THRONES: TYRION I

#asoiaf #asongoficeandfire
#agameofthrones #agot
#tyrionlannister #tyrion
#tyrionI

“There is nothing Lord Eddard can do for the boy in any case.”

“He could end his torment,” Jaime said. “I would, if it were my son. It would be a mercy.”

“I advise against putting that suggestion to Lord Eddard, sweet brother,” Tyrion said. “He would not take it kindly.”

“Even if the boy does live, he will be a cripple. Worse than a cripple. A grotesque. Give me a good clean death.”

Tyrion replied with a shrug that accentuated the twist of his shoulders. “Speaking for the grotesques,” he said, “I beg to differ.

“Death is so terribly final, while life is full of possibilities.”

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Magic: the Simpsoning @magicthesimpsoning.bsky.social · 12h

People who are dismissive of this work's artistic value are wrong

ASOIAF Read Through @asoiafreadthru.bsky.social · 12h

A GAME OF THRONES: TYRION I

#asoiaf #asongoficeandfire
#agameofthrones #agot
#tyrionlannister #tyrion
#tyrionI

“There is nothing Lord Eddard can do for the boy in any case.”

“He could end his torment,” Jaime said. “I would, if it were my son. It would be a mercy.”

“I advise against putting that suggestion to Lord Eddard, sweet brother,” Tyrion said. “He would not take it kindly.”

“Even if the boy does live, he will be a cripple. Worse than a cripple. A grotesque. Give me a good clean death.”

Tyrion replied with a shrug that accentuated the twist of his shoulders. “Speaking for the grotesques,” he said, “I beg to differ.

“Death is so terribly final, while life is full of possibilities.”

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Voryn Dagoth Ur 👻 @dagothurthegod.bsky.social · 1d

Chiitan is about to sever the thread of prophesy.

Crazy Japanese mascot Chiitan attacking Vivec Morrowind with Sunder

lewys @generalquixote.bsky.social · 12h

I opened the quotes to the above tweet and the first thing I saw was someone quoting Anne Frank and I broke down in tears, so that's where I am at today

lewys @generalquixote.bsky.social · 12h

You don't really have to search very hard for historical parallels here do you

Sophie Sherry @sophiesherry.bsky.social · 1d

During a military-style raid on a building in Chicago’s South Shore, one resident heard a knock on his door.   It wasn’t the feds — it was a mom and her 7-year-old daughter, pleading for help.

He let them hide in his unit for the next 3 days.

chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...

Neighbor shielded 7-year-old during South Shore federal raid: ‘I didn’t want them to take her’

During the Sept. 30 raid one tenant protected a terrified girl and her mom. Remnants at the complex, including a detailed map of all the units, offer clues to what authorities may have known before th...

chicago.suntimes.com

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Jim Daley @jimdaleywrites.bsky.social · 13h

“Terrible things are happening outside. At any time of night and day, poor helpless people are being dragged out of their homes….Families are torn apart; men, women and children are separated. Children come home from school to find that their parents have disappeared.”
—Anne Frank, 1943

Sophie Sherry @sophiesherry.bsky.social · 1d

During a military-style raid on a building in Chicago’s South Shore, one resident heard a knock on his door.   It wasn’t the feds — it was a mom and her 7-year-old daughter, pleading for help.

He let them hide in his unit for the next 3 days.

chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...

Neighbor shielded 7-year-old during South Shore federal raid: ‘I didn’t want them to take her’

During the Sept. 30 raid one tenant protected a terrified girl and her mom. Remnants at the complex, including a detailed map of all the units, offer clues to what authorities may have known before th...

chicago.suntimes.com

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Tristan Grayford @tristangrayford.scot · 14h

An internal police basically only accountable to one man and ignoring the law, disappearing families considered undesirable by a racist regime, children sheltered by neighbours frightened they'll be next.

The myth of the "land of the free" is dead.

Sophie Sherry @sophiesherry.bsky.social · 1d

During a military-style raid on a building in Chicago’s South Shore, one resident heard a knock on his door.   It wasn’t the feds — it was a mom and her 7-year-old daughter, pleading for help.

He let them hide in his unit for the next 3 days.

chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...

Neighbor shielded 7-year-old during South Shore federal raid: ‘I didn’t want them to take her’

During the Sept. 30 raid one tenant protected a terrified girl and her mom. Remnants at the complex, including a detailed map of all the units, offer clues to what authorities may have known before th...

chicago.suntimes.com

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oblivion.txt @oblivion-txt.bsky.social · 13h

Alive and kicking, are you? Welcome back.

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Jamal abu hashem🇵🇸 @jamalzuhir.bsky.social · 17h

Honestly, it’s exhausting that people think Gazans should only ask for help to survive to eat, to stay alive but not to dream, to study, or to rebuild their lives. Wanting education, safety, and a future isn’t greed. It’s being human.

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flyingrodent @flyingrodent.bsky.social · 1d

And this shit is on top of all the lobby journos tacitly agreeing to never again talk about the conclusions of the Chilcot Report

flyingrodent @flyingrodent.bsky.social · 1d

I would urge the public to notice that the Epstein scandal to Epstein death happened roughly 2016-2019 and to *put two and two together about what has happened here*, not least because there are now articles about how Britain is being run by the Tony Blair Institute for Change.

flyingrodent @flyingrodent.bsky.social · 1d

Of course he did. When did people know this, and why is it news now, rather than previously, given its unlikely nobody knew about this.

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flyingrodent @flyingrodent.bsky.social · 1d

Of course he did. When did people know this, and why is it news now, rather than previously, given its unlikely nobody knew about this.

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Larkettto @larkettto.bsky.social · 1d

You live in the genocide capital of the world. Your prosperity is guaranteed by worldwide misery. Even your "middle of the road" presidents are all war criminals and murderers. You choose to ignore all the suffering caused by your "middle" and pretend that it's ok, because you personally are ok

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The Ass is the father of the legs @internethippo.bsky.social · 1d

We've strategically placed mediocre hacks at the top of every political and business organization, let's see what happens next

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onion person @junlper.beer · 1d

setting aside the fact that they just don’t know what jokes are, this gives a big insight into the mind of white nationalists. they are deeply paranoid about the idea of being percieved as anything other than Epic Stoics

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Mel @thegatesofmel.blacksky.app · 1d

Calling these things “mistakes” is disingenuous and lazy. A 45 year old fragrance in a bottle that is scented like the fucking fragrance is not a damn drug and everyone knows that. www.nbcnews.com/news/asian-a...

Indian immigrant fights deportation after police mistake perfume labeled 'Opium' for the narcotic

Kapil Raghu, 28, was arrested in May after an officer in central Arkansas spotted the rollerball perfume bottle in his car during a routine traffic stop.

www.nbcnews.com

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josh (oldfriend99) @oldfriend99.bsky.social · 3d

"I was working in the lab late one night"

Let me stop you right there. I am not listening to a song about work