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If you love a book, write a nice review. It gives the author encouragement for bad days when they want to take up scorpion petting. - @lianabrooks.bsky.social
#WriterSky #BookSky #KidLit
#WriterSky #BookSky #KidLit
May 26, 2025 at 12:00 PM
If you love a book, write a nice review. It gives the author encouragement for bad days when they want to take up scorpion petting. - @lianabrooks.bsky.social
#WriterSky #BookSky #KidLit
#WriterSky #BookSky #KidLit
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This is such an important point
This is corruption
This is corruption
April 24, 2025 at 4:01 PM
This is such an important point
This is corruption
This is corruption
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Thinking of all the people who told me that it was far too dangerous for Joe Biden to take extreme action to stop rising fascism because if he did so then if fascists got back to power, they too would be able to take extreme action.
Turns out when fascists aren’t stopped they just do it it anyway.
Turns out when fascists aren’t stopped they just do it it anyway.
April 16, 2025 at 10:47 AM
Thinking of all the people who told me that it was far too dangerous for Joe Biden to take extreme action to stop rising fascism because if he did so then if fascists got back to power, they too would be able to take extreme action.
Turns out when fascists aren’t stopped they just do it it anyway.
Turns out when fascists aren’t stopped they just do it it anyway.
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"The left went too far" in contemporary U.S. politics is almost always a lie and a very convenient way to rationalize moral failure. For example, "MeToo went too far" replaces "I do not care about sexual violence or its victims and I don't want to have to even feel bad about that"
April 13, 2025 at 6:03 PM
"The left went too far" in contemporary U.S. politics is almost always a lie and a very convenient way to rationalize moral failure. For example, "MeToo went too far" replaces "I do not care about sexual violence or its victims and I don't want to have to even feel bad about that"
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Members of Congress should never be allowed to trade stocks. Period.
April 9, 2025 at 10:35 PM
Members of Congress should never be allowed to trade stocks. Period.
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Am I the only one reading White House tweets in Bane’s voice in my head?
April 10, 2025 at 2:21 AM
Am I the only one reading White House tweets in Bane’s voice in my head?
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I'm seeing grown-ass adults marvel at how high stocks jumped today - they must think their mom actually vanished when she played "peek-a-boo."
April 9, 2025 at 8:10 PM
I'm seeing grown-ass adults marvel at how high stocks jumped today - they must think their mom actually vanished when she played "peek-a-boo."
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Every narcissist I've met follows the same pattern:
He burns down the house while we watch, paralyzed.
Then he saves the barn, and we feel grateful.
«He can't be that bad,» we say. «But don't provoke him, or he might burn the barn too.»
Later, he burns the barn anyway.
And the cycle repeats.
He burns down the house while we watch, paralyzed.
Then he saves the barn, and we feel grateful.
«He can't be that bad,» we say. «But don't provoke him, or he might burn the barn too.»
Later, he burns the barn anyway.
And the cycle repeats.
April 10, 2025 at 7:10 AM
Every narcissist I've met follows the same pattern:
He burns down the house while we watch, paralyzed.
Then he saves the barn, and we feel grateful.
«He can't be that bad,» we say. «But don't provoke him, or he might burn the barn too.»
Later, he burns the barn anyway.
And the cycle repeats.
He burns down the house while we watch, paralyzed.
Then he saves the barn, and we feel grateful.
«He can't be that bad,» we say. «But don't provoke him, or he might burn the barn too.»
Later, he burns the barn anyway.
And the cycle repeats.
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The reason DEI exists is so that competent, qualified people don't get passed over in favor of mediocre incompetent white men who had a well-connected buddy.
Or so that utter morons who share war plans on the group chat don't hire their brother and get away with it bc they're white dudes.
Or so that utter morons who share war plans on the group chat don't hire their brother and get away with it bc they're white dudes.
March 29, 2025 at 8:34 PM
The reason DEI exists is so that competent, qualified people don't get passed over in favor of mediocre incompetent white men who had a well-connected buddy.
Or so that utter morons who share war plans on the group chat don't hire their brother and get away with it bc they're white dudes.
Or so that utter morons who share war plans on the group chat don't hire their brother and get away with it bc they're white dudes.
When you think about it, vaccination - exposing the body to (a less harmful version of) the sickness - sounds like a very alternative medicine concept. Couldn't we reframe vaccination just as something like "exposure therapy"?
March 28, 2025 at 12:57 PM
When you think about it, vaccination - exposing the body to (a less harmful version of) the sickness - sounds like a very alternative medicine concept. Couldn't we reframe vaccination just as something like "exposure therapy"?
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I wrote this poem over a year ago. Seems like now is a good time to post it again.
March 27, 2025 at 5:39 AM
I wrote this poem over a year ago. Seems like now is a good time to post it again.
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“The 5 things Pete Hegseth did last week”
- Shared classified attack plans on an unsecured commercial chat application.
- Denied doing it.
- Denied the plans were classified.
- Denied the plans were plans.
- Attacked the journalist who proved he was lying.
- Shared classified attack plans on an unsecured commercial chat application.
- Denied doing it.
- Denied the plans were classified.
- Denied the plans were plans.
- Attacked the journalist who proved he was lying.
March 27, 2025 at 12:34 PM
“The 5 things Pete Hegseth did last week”
- Shared classified attack plans on an unsecured commercial chat application.
- Denied doing it.
- Denied the plans were classified.
- Denied the plans were plans.
- Attacked the journalist who proved he was lying.
- Shared classified attack plans on an unsecured commercial chat application.
- Denied doing it.
- Denied the plans were classified.
- Denied the plans were plans.
- Attacked the journalist who proved he was lying.
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Unidentified men grabbing someone off the street and putting her in a car because she wrote an op-Ed. This as flatly authoritarian as anything we’ve seen in this country in a very long time.
Video of the international student at Tufts being arrested by "federal authorities" in Massachusetts has been released and it's terrifying.
They're not even uniformed officers. Just secret police thugs in hoodies and masks.
From WCVB: youtu.be/PuFIs7OkzYY
They're not even uniformed officers. Just secret police thugs in hoodies and masks.
From WCVB: youtu.be/PuFIs7OkzYY
March 26, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Unidentified men grabbing someone off the street and putting her in a car because she wrote an op-Ed. This as flatly authoritarian as anything we’ve seen in this country in a very long time.
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“We are currently clean on OPSEC” accidentally sent to a journalist is an all time classic.
March 26, 2025 at 12:39 PM
“We are currently clean on OPSEC” accidentally sent to a journalist is an all time classic.
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“I insist on being shocked. I am never going to become immune. I think that’s a kind of failure to see so much of it that you die inside. I want to be surprised and shocked every time.”
― Toni Morrison
― Toni Morrison
March 26, 2025 at 11:33 PM
“I insist on being shocked. I am never going to become immune. I think that’s a kind of failure to see so much of it that you die inside. I want to be surprised and shocked every time.”
― Toni Morrison
― Toni Morrison
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I only hear Paula singing “After Everything I’ve Done for You (That You Didn’t Ask For)” when reading this.
youtu.be/xtKtmXzeyqs
youtu.be/xtKtmXzeyqs
After Everything I've Done for You (That You Didn't Ask For) - "Crazy Ex-Girlfriend"
YouTube video by racheldoesstuff
youtu.be
March 27, 2025 at 7:06 AM
I only hear Paula singing “After Everything I’ve Done for You (That You Didn’t Ask For)” when reading this.
youtu.be/xtKtmXzeyqs
youtu.be/xtKtmXzeyqs
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#CloudAct Anbieter (Cloud) müssen US-Behörden auf Anfrage Zugriff auf alle Daten auf ihren Servern geben. Auch, wenn die Server in Europa stehen. US-Regierung ermöglicht das.
Angesichts der Marktstellung von Google, Microsoft ist dies als direkter Angriff auf europäischen Datenschutz zu werten
Angesichts der Marktstellung von Google, Microsoft ist dies als direkter Angriff auf europäischen Datenschutz zu werten
March 26, 2025 at 6:36 AM
#CloudAct Anbieter (Cloud) müssen US-Behörden auf Anfrage Zugriff auf alle Daten auf ihren Servern geben. Auch, wenn die Server in Europa stehen. US-Regierung ermöglicht das.
Angesichts der Marktstellung von Google, Microsoft ist dies als direkter Angriff auf europäischen Datenschutz zu werten
Angesichts der Marktstellung von Google, Microsoft ist dies als direkter Angriff auf europäischen Datenschutz zu werten
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School Bully Shocks Nerds With Further Lunch-Money Demands
March 23, 2025 at 2:56 PM
School Bully Shocks Nerds With Further Lunch-Money Demands
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This is an example of how nostalgia for the old days is simply nostalgia for when you were younger.
The idea that America was a post-racial society in the 1970s/1980s only makes sense if you were literally a child at that time and couldn’t observe what any adult was experiencing.
The idea that America was a post-racial society in the 1970s/1980s only makes sense if you were literally a child at that time and couldn’t observe what any adult was experiencing.
March 23, 2025 at 3:13 PM
This is an example of how nostalgia for the old days is simply nostalgia for when you were younger.
The idea that America was a post-racial society in the 1970s/1980s only makes sense if you were literally a child at that time and couldn’t observe what any adult was experiencing.
The idea that America was a post-racial society in the 1970s/1980s only makes sense if you were literally a child at that time and couldn’t observe what any adult was experiencing.
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Has to be rough for Elon to know that his popularity is inversely correlated with his public exposure. People thought this guy was a genius before he started posting in earnest
March 22, 2025 at 1:25 AM
Has to be rough for Elon to know that his popularity is inversely correlated with his public exposure. People thought this guy was a genius before he started posting in earnest
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We expected 2,000 people out in GOP-held Greeley, Colorado.
11,000 people showed up.
Something special is happening, folks. Now is the time to organize in every dimension possible and get to work.
11,000 people showed up.
Something special is happening, folks. Now is the time to organize in every dimension possible and get to work.
Overflow crowd for Bernie/AOC rally in Greeley, CO — the small one today, big one is in Denver later
March 21, 2025 at 9:23 PM
We expected 2,000 people out in GOP-held Greeley, Colorado.
11,000 people showed up.
Something special is happening, folks. Now is the time to organize in every dimension possible and get to work.
11,000 people showed up.
Something special is happening, folks. Now is the time to organize in every dimension possible and get to work.
"If there's a community that you want around you, all you have to do is be its founder." – Josh Johnson
March 22, 2025 at 9:19 AM
"If there's a community that you want around you, all you have to do is be its founder." – Josh Johnson
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“This is one reason why conservatives (and fellow travelers like Arnade) hate liberalism so much: free choice disproves their biological essentialism.”
Most Men Don't Want To Be Heroes (And That's Okay)
Despite the self-pity of some, there has never been a better time to be a man.
www.liberalcurrents.com
March 17, 2025 at 12:51 PM
“This is one reason why conservatives (and fellow travelers like Arnade) hate liberalism so much: free choice disproves their biological essentialism.”
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Vučić greift das Volk mit verbotenen Waffen an, weil es Freiheit und Recht verlangt. Warum arbeitet - ausser
@republik.ch @woz.ch - kein Medium die engen Beziehungen zur SVP auf? Köppel wurde gerade vom Regime für seine Propagandaverdienste ausgezeichnet. Wo sind all' die Extremismus-Experten hin?
@republik.ch @woz.ch - kein Medium die engen Beziehungen zur SVP auf? Köppel wurde gerade vom Regime für seine Propagandaverdienste ausgezeichnet. Wo sind all' die Extremismus-Experten hin?
March 16, 2025 at 8:25 PM
Vučić greift das Volk mit verbotenen Waffen an, weil es Freiheit und Recht verlangt. Warum arbeitet - ausser
@republik.ch @woz.ch - kein Medium die engen Beziehungen zur SVP auf? Köppel wurde gerade vom Regime für seine Propagandaverdienste ausgezeichnet. Wo sind all' die Extremismus-Experten hin?
@republik.ch @woz.ch - kein Medium die engen Beziehungen zur SVP auf? Köppel wurde gerade vom Regime für seine Propagandaverdienste ausgezeichnet. Wo sind all' die Extremismus-Experten hin?
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Hello, I’m a disruptor, very smart, here to create efficiency. I’m just going to drill holes in the bottom of this boat to see which parts of the hull are mission-critical.
March 12, 2025 at 10:19 AM
Hello, I’m a disruptor, very smart, here to create efficiency. I’m just going to drill holes in the bottom of this boat to see which parts of the hull are mission-critical.