Daniel!
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Just wanting the world to be a better place. Lover of rare and obscure books. Rambler-at-large.
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"Being stopped by police is a stressful experience that can go bad quickly. Here we describe what the law requires and also offer strategies ... The truth is that there are situations where people have done everything they could to put an officer at ease, yet still ended up injured or killed."
Know Your Rights | Stopped by Police | ACLU
Being stopped by police is a stressful experience that can go bad quickly. Here we describe what the law requires and also offer strategies for handling police encounters. We want to be clear: The bur...
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March 11, 2025 at 2:02 AM
"Being stopped by police is a stressful experience that can go bad quickly. Here we describe what the law requires and also offer strategies ... The truth is that there are situations where people have done everything they could to put an officer at ease, yet still ended up injured or killed."
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Jeff Bezos will be censoring progressive opinions at the Washington Post. He says so himself today.
So ditch the Post and support independent journalism:
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So ditch the Post and support independent journalism:
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February 26, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Jeff Bezos will be censoring progressive opinions at the Washington Post. He says so himself today.
So ditch the Post and support independent journalism:
Zeteo.com/subscribe
So ditch the Post and support independent journalism:
Zeteo.com/subscribe
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I am fantastic at conversations in which I am the sole participant
February 13, 2025 at 7:58 PM
I am fantastic at conversations in which I am the sole participant
#Novel Update:
27,642 words!
Finishing chapter 8 was slow yet exhilarating. I also took some time to assign tentative names and epigraphs to each planned chapter (44 presently). Closing in on 30k!!
#FirstBook #WritingUpdate
27,642 words!
Finishing chapter 8 was slow yet exhilarating. I also took some time to assign tentative names and epigraphs to each planned chapter (44 presently). Closing in on 30k!!
#FirstBook #WritingUpdate
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February 7, 2025 at 2:09 AM
#Novel Update:
27,642 words!
Finishing chapter 8 was slow yet exhilarating. I also took some time to assign tentative names and epigraphs to each planned chapter (44 presently). Closing in on 30k!!
#FirstBook #WritingUpdate
27,642 words!
Finishing chapter 8 was slow yet exhilarating. I also took some time to assign tentative names and epigraphs to each planned chapter (44 presently). Closing in on 30k!!
#FirstBook #WritingUpdate
#Novel Update:
We're at 24,063 words!
Not tons of progress, but the dialogue and character development from today's writing will carry through the rest of the story. I cried a bit with today's writing. (See Kermit below for reenactment)
#FirstBook #WritingUpdate
We're at 24,063 words!
Not tons of progress, but the dialogue and character development from today's writing will carry through the rest of the story. I cried a bit with today's writing. (See Kermit below for reenactment)
#FirstBook #WritingUpdate
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February 6, 2025 at 3:31 AM
#Novel Update:
We're at 24,063 words!
Not tons of progress, but the dialogue and character development from today's writing will carry through the rest of the story. I cried a bit with today's writing. (See Kermit below for reenactment)
#FirstBook #WritingUpdate
We're at 24,063 words!
Not tons of progress, but the dialogue and character development from today's writing will carry through the rest of the story. I cried a bit with today's writing. (See Kermit below for reenactment)
#FirstBook #WritingUpdate
#Novel update:
My daily sojourn to my writing place took three times as long as normal (2.5 hours) so I decided to outline the rest of the book and use what time I had productively. Excited to start chapter 8 tomorrow!
#FirstBook #WritingUpdate
My daily sojourn to my writing place took three times as long as normal (2.5 hours) so I decided to outline the rest of the book and use what time I had productively. Excited to start chapter 8 tomorrow!
#FirstBook #WritingUpdate
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February 5, 2025 at 2:48 AM
#Novel update:
My daily sojourn to my writing place took three times as long as normal (2.5 hours) so I decided to outline the rest of the book and use what time I had productively. Excited to start chapter 8 tomorrow!
#FirstBook #WritingUpdate
My daily sojourn to my writing place took three times as long as normal (2.5 hours) so I decided to outline the rest of the book and use what time I had productively. Excited to start chapter 8 tomorrow!
#FirstBook #WritingUpdate
A thought from my yearly re-read of Dr Du Bois's "The Souls of Black Folk" follows:
"...it is wrong to aid and abet a national crime simply because it is unpopular not to do so."
Food for thought
"...it is wrong to aid and abet a national crime simply because it is unpopular not to do so."
Food for thought
February 4, 2025 at 12:01 AM
A thought from my yearly re-read of Dr Du Bois's "The Souls of Black Folk" follows:
"...it is wrong to aid and abet a national crime simply because it is unpopular not to do so."
Food for thought
"...it is wrong to aid and abet a national crime simply because it is unpopular not to do so."
Food for thought
#Novel word count update:
22,097!!!
If my judgment is anything to measure from, I'm somewhere between a fifth to a fourth finished with the first draft, so I'm headed to a manuscript around 85k-105k words in length. It feels great!
#FirstBook #WritingUpdate
22,097!!!
If my judgment is anything to measure from, I'm somewhere between a fifth to a fourth finished with the first draft, so I'm headed to a manuscript around 85k-105k words in length. It feels great!
#FirstBook #WritingUpdate
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February 3, 2025 at 10:19 PM
#Novel word count update:
22,097!!!
If my judgment is anything to measure from, I'm somewhere between a fifth to a fourth finished with the first draft, so I'm headed to a manuscript around 85k-105k words in length. It feels great!
#FirstBook #WritingUpdate
22,097!!!
If my judgment is anything to measure from, I'm somewhere between a fifth to a fourth finished with the first draft, so I'm headed to a manuscript around 85k-105k words in length. It feels great!
#FirstBook #WritingUpdate
#Novel word count update:
17,975!!!
Figuring out my process with how to introduce my primary cast in a thorough, non-pace-shattering manner is a challenge, but it's fun all the same.
#FirstNovel #WritingUpdate
17,975!!!
Figuring out my process with how to introduce my primary cast in a thorough, non-pace-shattering manner is a challenge, but it's fun all the same.
#FirstNovel #WritingUpdate
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January 31, 2025 at 8:45 PM
#Novel word count update:
17,975!!!
Figuring out my process with how to introduce my primary cast in a thorough, non-pace-shattering manner is a challenge, but it's fun all the same.
#FirstNovel #WritingUpdate
17,975!!!
Figuring out my process with how to introduce my primary cast in a thorough, non-pace-shattering manner is a challenge, but it's fun all the same.
#FirstNovel #WritingUpdate
Lots of distractions and a slow day for my #FirstDraft but 1300 words isn't anything to scoff. Might get another 700 in before the end of the day to hit the magick 2k but even if not, progress is progress!
#Novel #FirstBook #Writing
#Novel #FirstBook #Writing
January 31, 2025 at 1:30 AM
Lots of distractions and a slow day for my #FirstDraft but 1300 words isn't anything to scoff. Might get another 700 in before the end of the day to hit the magick 2k but even if not, progress is progress!
#Novel #FirstBook #Writing
#Novel #FirstBook #Writing
14,217.
The number of words in my manuscript after eight days of work. I'm thrilled to finally be putting in the effort and getting this #writing journey underway!
#Novel #FirstDraft
The number of words in my manuscript after eight days of work. I'm thrilled to finally be putting in the effort and getting this #writing journey underway!
#Novel #FirstDraft
January 29, 2025 at 8:14 PM
14,217.
The number of words in my manuscript after eight days of work. I'm thrilled to finally be putting in the effort and getting this #writing journey underway!
#Novel #FirstDraft
The number of words in my manuscript after eight days of work. I'm thrilled to finally be putting in the effort and getting this #writing journey underway!
#Novel #FirstDraft
#Novel progress was good today, I now have a 4th chapter clocking in at 3.3k words for a first draft. A few weeks of comparable work and I'll be in possession of one very rough draft! #WritingProgress
January 28, 2025 at 7:59 PM
#Novel progress was good today, I now have a 4th chapter clocking in at 3.3k words for a first draft. A few weeks of comparable work and I'll be in possession of one very rough draft! #WritingProgress
#Novel update: turns out my last statement of being nearly finished with chapter three was inaccurate. 2400 words later, however... chapter 3 is in the books! #Writing #FirstNovel
January 28, 2025 at 1:59 AM
#Novel update: turns out my last statement of being nearly finished with chapter three was inaccurate. 2400 words later, however... chapter 3 is in the books! #Writing #FirstNovel
Novel update: somewhere approaching halfway through chapter three! Very exciting stuff, most progress I've made in a manuscript ever
#writing
#writing
January 25, 2025 at 10:18 PM
Novel update: somewhere approaching halfway through chapter three! Very exciting stuff, most progress I've made in a manuscript ever
#writing
#writing
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🚨🚨🚨BREAKING: 🚨🚨🚨 Trump fires at least 12 independent inspectors general in late-night purge www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
Trump fires at least 12 independent inspectors general in late-night purge
The dismissals could clear the way for the president to install loyalists in the crucial role of identifying fraud, waste and abuse in the government.
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January 25, 2025 at 4:42 AM
🚨🚨🚨BREAKING: 🚨🚨🚨 Trump fires at least 12 independent inspectors general in late-night purge www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
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BREAKING: 'I'm slipping.' 288-page diary describes Antioch school shooter's plan to kill 'at least 10 people' www.newschannel5.com/news/newscha...
'I'm slipping.' 288-page diary describes Antioch school shooter's plan to kill 'at least 10 people'
An online diary apparently kept by the Antioch High School shooter shows he idolized some of the world’s most notorious mass murderers and had a goal of killing “at least 10 people."
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January 23, 2025 at 7:44 PM
BREAKING: 'I'm slipping.' 288-page diary describes Antioch school shooter's plan to kill 'at least 10 people' www.newschannel5.com/news/newscha...
First draft of chapter one is in the books (ba dum 🥁). 70% of the effort is forcing myself to put something down without trying to edit mid-sentence, 20% of the effort is typing, 10% is having the idea. Very excited, about 3% of the way to a full first draft! #writing
January 22, 2025 at 11:10 PM
First draft of chapter one is in the books (ba dum 🥁). 70% of the effort is forcing myself to put something down without trying to edit mid-sentence, 20% of the effort is typing, 10% is having the idea. Very excited, about 3% of the way to a full first draft! #writing
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⚡️ JUST NOW — NASHVILLE: 3 students shot inside ANTIOCH HIGH, one self-inflicted… www.facebook.com/share/18Gj6T...
January 22, 2025 at 5:43 PM
⚡️ JUST NOW — NASHVILLE: 3 students shot inside ANTIOCH HIGH, one self-inflicted… www.facebook.com/share/18Gj6T...
I've known this for a while, but now with such a clear illustration from the past few hours it's worth pointing out: Trump and all who support him hate Jesus Christ, and they hate the idea of Christianity. Christian Nationalists of the US and the world over are evil. #MercyNotSacrifice
January 22, 2025 at 5:44 PM
I've known this for a while, but now with such a clear illustration from the past few hours it's worth pointing out: Trump and all who support him hate Jesus Christ, and they hate the idea of Christianity. Christian Nationalists of the US and the world over are evil. #MercyNotSacrifice
Took some time to listen to @emilyherring.bsky.social appearance on The Young Idealist and discuss some aspects of Henri Bergson's life and philosophical contributions. It was really wonderful listening, and now I'm excited to get my hands on Dr. Herring's book and give it a read 📖
January 21, 2025 at 7:26 AM
Took some time to listen to @emilyherring.bsky.social appearance on The Young Idealist and discuss some aspects of Henri Bergson's life and philosophical contributions. It was really wonderful listening, and now I'm excited to get my hands on Dr. Herring's book and give it a read 📖
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My friend’s little girl is currently battling cancer and their family is financially struggling. I don’t normally reach out for help, but please share, repost, comment to boost, donate if you can 💕
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Donate to Support Brielle's Fight Against Burkitt's Lymphoma, organized by Sara Meixner
Our journey began August 7th of this year when Brielle’s biological F… Sara Meixner needs your support for Support Brielle's Fight Against Burkitt's Lymphoma
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January 19, 2025 at 10:12 PM
My friend’s little girl is currently battling cancer and their family is financially struggling. I don’t normally reach out for help, but please share, repost, comment to boost, donate if you can 💕
www.gofundme.com/f/support-br...
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In honor of the continued collapse of the American empire (sorry liberals, we've never been a democracy), I'm coining a new term for the occasion: Oligomachus, battle with (against) the few #AmericanDecline
January 19, 2025 at 4:39 PM
In honor of the continued collapse of the American empire (sorry liberals, we've never been a democracy), I'm coining a new term for the occasion: Oligomachus, battle with (against) the few #AmericanDecline
The only thing keeping me sane is the eventual release of Monster Hunter Wilds
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January 19, 2025 at 2:59 PM
The only thing keeping me sane is the eventual release of Monster Hunter Wilds
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Good thing Trump didn't do a real crime like [checks notes] protest genocide or be Black
Huh gee I've *never* had a prosecutor recommend, or a judge issue, a sentence of Unconditional discharge to any of my clients
January 10, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Good thing Trump didn't do a real crime like [checks notes] protest genocide or be Black
Finally took the first step into writing the story which has been swimming in my head for the past three years. 600 words down, untold more to go!
#writing
#writing
January 6, 2025 at 2:41 AM
Finally took the first step into writing the story which has been swimming in my head for the past three years. 600 words down, untold more to go!
#writing
#writing