@meznak.bsky.social
Knowledge and hobby omnivore. Kinda good at lots of things, really decent at a couple. Forest dweller. Critter dad. Estoy aprendiendo #español
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Thank you.
Fascism is here. We are not “getting closer” or “in danger of.”
This matters because it frames our discussion: We aren’t trying to prevent it, we’re trying to defeat it. It’s not taking over our institutions, it’s taken them over.
Otherwise, we’re always behind, fighting a past we’ve already lost.
This matters because it frames our discussion: We aren’t trying to prevent it, we’re trying to defeat it. It’s not taking over our institutions, it’s taken them over.
Otherwise, we’re always behind, fighting a past we’ve already lost.
August 12, 2025 at 12:51 AM
Thank you.
Ditto, Wil. Thank you for sharing.
I'm having a rough go of it lately, and have been thinking: everyone is going through something, and you have no idea what it is, or how it's affecting them.
Quote post this is if you're going through something, and maybe we'll all realize that we aren't as alone as we feel right now.
Quote post this is if you're going through something, and maybe we'll all realize that we aren't as alone as we feel right now.
August 3, 2025 at 9:26 PM
Ditto, Wil. Thank you for sharing.
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This Memorial Day weekend, the best way to honor the soldiers who gave the ultimate sacrifice is to honor and protect the freedoms and the democracy they died for.
May 25, 2025 at 3:01 PM
This Memorial Day weekend, the best way to honor the soldiers who gave the ultimate sacrifice is to honor and protect the freedoms and the democracy they died for.
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No one can make you angry. No one can make you upset. That's a choice you make. You're responsible for your own emotions.
May 8, 2025 at 4:06 AM
No one can make you angry. No one can make you upset. That's a choice you make. You're responsible for your own emotions.
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This is about all of us. Never forget that.
May 4, 2025 at 10:02 AM
This is about all of us. Never forget that.
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Calling ASD a “disease” is stigmatizing and without basis. Tracking people with ASD in a database is fascistic and terrifying.
April 23, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Calling ASD a “disease” is stigmatizing and without basis. Tracking people with ASD in a database is fascistic and terrifying.
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Stop wasting time thinking about the monsters that may or may not be up ahead. Focus on the moment.
March 29, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Stop wasting time thinking about the monsters that may or may not be up ahead. Focus on the moment.
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When you look at the list of institutions they want to defund: libraries, museums, the Smithsonian, public schools, PBS, NPR, archives, you can clearly see that the real threat to an authoritarian regime is an informed and educated public
March 29, 2025 at 4:44 PM
When you look at the list of institutions they want to defund: libraries, museums, the Smithsonian, public schools, PBS, NPR, archives, you can clearly see that the real threat to an authoritarian regime is an informed and educated public
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I've been thinking a lot about that bumper sticker which says "everything looks like a conspiracy theory when you don't understand how anything works" and folks it's pretty obvious to me that the people in power right now have absolutely no desire to understand how anything works.
March 6, 2025 at 4:09 PM
I've been thinking a lot about that bumper sticker which says "everything looks like a conspiracy theory when you don't understand how anything works" and folks it's pretty obvious to me that the people in power right now have absolutely no desire to understand how anything works.
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I mean, she does have a point here.
February 14, 2025 at 5:33 PM
I mean, she does have a point here.
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What a month this week has been.
Lemon, it's Tuesday.
This is a gentle reminder to relax your shoulders and unclench your jaw. Stay informed, but give yourself a break from the fire hose. You may not realize how intensely disregulating the constant stream of bad news and horror is until you do.
Lemon, it's Tuesday.
This is a gentle reminder to relax your shoulders and unclench your jaw. Stay informed, but give yourself a break from the fire hose. You may not realize how intensely disregulating the constant stream of bad news and horror is until you do.
February 4, 2025 at 6:59 PM
What a month this week has been.
Lemon, it's Tuesday.
This is a gentle reminder to relax your shoulders and unclench your jaw. Stay informed, but give yourself a break from the fire hose. You may not realize how intensely disregulating the constant stream of bad news and horror is until you do.
Lemon, it's Tuesday.
This is a gentle reminder to relax your shoulders and unclench your jaw. Stay informed, but give yourself a break from the fire hose. You may not realize how intensely disregulating the constant stream of bad news and horror is until you do.
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Yes. You want to support musicians? BUY their work. Buy their merchandise. They need money to live! Streaming gives them almost no money! Musicians make more awesome music for you when they aren't literally starving!
I make $20 every six monthsish on the combined streams of all four of my albums on all streaming sites. At Bandcamp I make about $10 every time I sell an album, physical or download. Use Spotify if you want, but if you like living artists making a living, buy something from them where they get paid.
Who would have foreseen that by effectively stealing music from artists by stopping paying out on songs that have less than 1000 streams in the past 12 months would result in a first ever annual profit for Spotify?
In related news: PLEASE USE BANDCAMP
In related news: PLEASE USE BANDCAMP
February 4, 2025 at 9:44 PM
Yes. You want to support musicians? BUY their work. Buy their merchandise. They need money to live! Streaming gives them almost no money! Musicians make more awesome music for you when they aren't literally starving!
Grief comes in different shapes and sizes for us all. For me, it often hits later than I expect and comes in waves.
Getting out of my head about it and making sure those who remain know that they're loved helps.
Getting out of my head about it and making sure those who remain know that they're loved helps.
February 1, 2025 at 8:29 PM
Grief comes in different shapes and sizes for us all. For me, it often hits later than I expect and comes in waves.
Getting out of my head about it and making sure those who remain know that they're loved helps.
Getting out of my head about it and making sure those who remain know that they're loved helps.
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Luigi is my favorite Mario bros character. Some people might balk at that and wring their hands, but Luigi is a hero. More people should be like Luigi. The Mario Bros character.
February 1, 2025 at 5:13 AM
Luigi is my favorite Mario bros character. Some people might balk at that and wring their hands, but Luigi is a hero. More people should be like Luigi. The Mario Bros character.
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Reminder: They're trying to demoralize you, and they're doing a great job of it. Part of resisting is making time for joy despite the attempts to make you feel this is not the time for it. Love your people. Dig the art that speaks to you. Go to the places where life flows into you. You deserve joy.
February 1, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Reminder: They're trying to demoralize you, and they're doing a great job of it. Part of resisting is making time for joy despite the attempts to make you feel this is not the time for it. Love your people. Dig the art that speaks to you. Go to the places where life flows into you. You deserve joy.
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This is what the government did with 120K+ Japanese Americans in 1942.
I know. I was there in those camps.
I know. I was there in those camps.
January 31, 2025 at 7:11 PM
This is what the government did with 120K+ Japanese Americans in 1942.
I know. I was there in those camps.
I know. I was there in those camps.
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If you are having thoughts of harming yourself or taking your own life, please….call 988 to speak to someone now. Please.
January 31, 2025 at 7:45 PM
If you are having thoughts of harming yourself or taking your own life, please….call 988 to speak to someone now. Please.
10000% truth. Once you have the sale, stfu.
The biggest mistake salespeople make is they keep on talking after they have closed the deal.
It doesn't take long for buyers remorse to set in.
It doesn't take long for buyers remorse to set in.
January 31, 2025 at 5:41 AM
10000% truth. Once you have the sale, stfu.
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Fun fact! When the Nazis were looking for templates for their horrible fucking laws, guess where they went looking! Yes! That's right! The US Jim Crow laws!
So, yes. Fucking Jim Crow, yes.
So, yes. Fucking Jim Crow, yes.
I just wish #yall would signal boost the Black people who are telling you this is Jim Crow more than you signal boost the non-black people who are saying it's Nazi Germany.
I know why you won't though. . .
I know why you won't though. . .
January 30, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Fun fact! When the Nazis were looking for templates for their horrible fucking laws, guess where they went looking! Yes! That's right! The US Jim Crow laws!
So, yes. Fucking Jim Crow, yes.
So, yes. Fucking Jim Crow, yes.
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Yes, this administration is dangerous and cruel, but they are also shockingly dim and incompetent.
Opportunities are everywhere.
Make everything as hard as possible. Resist every demand. Refuse entry without a warrant. Don’t take the buyout. Their problem solving skills are 📉
Opportunities are everywhere.
Make everything as hard as possible. Resist every demand. Refuse entry without a warrant. Don’t take the buyout. Their problem solving skills are 📉
January 30, 2025 at 2:35 AM
Yes, this administration is dangerous and cruel, but they are also shockingly dim and incompetent.
Opportunities are everywhere.
Make everything as hard as possible. Resist every demand. Refuse entry without a warrant. Don’t take the buyout. Their problem solving skills are 📉
Opportunities are everywhere.
Make everything as hard as possible. Resist every demand. Refuse entry without a warrant. Don’t take the buyout. Their problem solving skills are 📉
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Elon Musk is a Nazi. Full stop. Substack is supporting and endorsing a Nazi, days after that Nazi told the world he was proud to be a Nazi.
Decent people have got to leave Substack. Please. I'll follow you wherever you go, and I'm happy to give you my money wherever you land.
Decent people have got to leave Substack. Please. I'll follow you wherever you go, and I'm happy to give you my money wherever you land.
Substack comes out in favor of Elon. read.substack.com/p/the-fight-...
The fight for free speech in 2025 and beyond
On Substack’s ongoing commitment to freedom of the press
read.substack.com
January 29, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Elon Musk is a Nazi. Full stop. Substack is supporting and endorsing a Nazi, days after that Nazi told the world he was proud to be a Nazi.
Decent people have got to leave Substack. Please. I'll follow you wherever you go, and I'm happy to give you my money wherever you land.
Decent people have got to leave Substack. Please. I'll follow you wherever you go, and I'm happy to give you my money wherever you land.
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I can't recall a single point in my life where I've been scared of a trans person.
Unfortunately, I can think of many, many times that I've been scared FOR trans people.
Unfortunately, I can think of many, many times that I've been scared FOR trans people.
January 29, 2025 at 3:36 AM
I can't recall a single point in my life where I've been scared of a trans person.
Unfortunately, I can think of many, many times that I've been scared FOR trans people.
Unfortunately, I can think of many, many times that I've been scared FOR trans people.