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"Why should a man be scorned if, finding himself in prison, he tries to get out and go home? Or if, when he cannot do so, he thinks and talks about other topics than jailers and prison-walls? The world outside has not become less real because the prisoner cannot see it." -Tolkien, "On Fairy-Stories"
now so often used: a tone for which the uses of the word outside literary criticism give no warrant at all. In what the misusers are fond of calling Real Life, Escape is evidently as a rule 10 | Page very practical, and may even be heroic. In real life it is difficult to blame it, unless it fails; in criticism it would seem to be the worse the better it succeeds. Evidently we are faced by a misuse of words, and also by a confusion of thought. Why should a man be scorned if, finding himself in prison, he tries to get out and go home? Or if, when he cannot do so, he thinks and talks about other topics than jailers and prison-walls? The world outside has not become less real because the prisoner cannot see it. In using escape in this way the critics have chosen the wrong word, and, what is more, they are confusing, not always by sincere error, the Escape of the Prisoner with the Flight of the Deserter. Just so a Party-spokesman might have labelled departure from the misery of the Führer's or any other Reich and even criticism of it as treachery. In the same way these critics, to make confusion worse, and so to bring into contempt their opponents, stick their label of scor not only on to Desertion, but on to real Escape, and what are often its companions, Disgust, Anger, Condemnation, and Revolt. Not only do they confound the escape of the prisoner with the flight of the deserter; but they would seem to prefer the acquiescence of the "quisling" to the resistance of the patriot. To such thinking you have only to say "the land you loved is doomed" to excuse any treachery, indeed to glorify it. For a trifling instance: not to mention (indeed not to parade) electric
May 7, 2025 at 5:20 AM
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lizzielizliz.bsky.social
On 4 May 1961, the Freedom Riders left Washington, D.C., in two buses and headed to New Orleans.

They faced violence, resistance, and arrests.

This interracial group aimed to challenge segregation in interstate bus travel and public facilities. 💙

#MomSky
#Voices4Victory
May 4, 2025 at 9:28 PM
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I implore you to look at Saturn through a telescope: defector.com/i-implore-yo...
I have long been obsessed with that delta between the thing and the image. Therein lies wonder. I am told by my parents, though I do not remember, that when they took me to my first baseball game after having only seen it on television, and we emerged from the concourse into the upper deck and gazed out on the impossible greenness of the field, I said, with awe in my voice, "It's real." Seeing Saturn was something like that. It's the difference between seeing a whale and knowing they exist. It's the difference between having sex and watching pornography. (For the record, I would also recommend to readers of this blog that they have sex before they die. However, if I were given the choice between the two right this moment, I'd pick Saturn.)
May 2, 2025 at 10:18 PM
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jamellebouie.net
he goes on and on about the “feminization” of society and a “maternal surveillance system” and it’s like, are you mad your mom told you to clean your room once?
May 1, 2025 at 5:04 PM
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theguardian.com
Péter Erdő is a strong candidate to be the next pope – and that’s reason to be fearful | Alex Faludy
Péter Erdő is a strong candidate to be the next pope – and that’s reason to be fearful | Alex Faludy
The archbishop is traditionalists’ preferred candidate for a reason: his papacy would wind back the progress made under Pope Francis, says British-Hungarian journalist Alex Faludy
www.theguardian.com
April 25, 2025 at 6:41 AM
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gwillow.me
One of the most clarifying things I've seen in the past few weeks is "de-escalate all conflict that is not with the enemy."
April 9, 2025 at 1:45 AM
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quinnae.com
When I advise "log off" I don't mean "never use social media for anything." Here we see a clear instance of Booker doing classic politics--the kind old enough to be dramatised in black-and-white movies--that got strategically posted to social media. The *event* started offline. That's the key.
April 2, 2025 at 4:44 AM
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themountaingoats.bsky.social the Mountain Goats @themountaingoats.bsky.social · Apr 1
there aren't any words for how much I hate the people doing this. I wish every harm upon them, it is right and just to pray for such harm
screenshot from a news item about the cuts being undertaken in services: "Mr. Kennedy is also eliminating entire but lesser known parrts of his department, such as the Administration for Community Living, which supports programs that help older Americans and people with disabilities live independently. Advocates for disability rights say the cuts could deprive the most vulnerable Americans of housing, personal care and other services."
April 1, 2025 at 8:51 PM
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jamellebouie.net
what booker is doing right now is an example of what i mean when i say things like “we need more ambition right now.” there is room in american politics right now for people with ambition to take big stands and reap the rewards. he’s doing it!
April 1, 2025 at 8:24 PM
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exceedhergrasp1.bsky.social
Worth sharing with alt text. Brian Eno's response to the Quaker arrests.
Brian Eno 2h. On the Arrest of Young People at a Quaker Meeting House Last night, six young people were arrested by police during a peaceful gathering at a Quaker Meeting House. They had assembled to talk, reflect, and organise around two issues of overwhelming moral gravity: the climate emergency, and the continuing destruction in Gaza. That the police chose to forcibly enter a Quaker space-a site known throughout history for its deep commitment to peace and nonviolence—is both alarming and telling. These young people were not disrupting the peace. They were enacting it. We live in a time where the greatest threats to our future go unchallenged by those in power, while those who speak out are increasingly met with suspicion, hostility, and force. When the state begins to treat moral concern as criminal intent, we should all be paying close attention. The people arrested last night were not extremists. They were citizens who care-young people who see the interconnected crises of climate collapse and human suffering and refuse to turn away. They gathered not in violent defiance, but in peaceful conscience. I stand with them. I believe their voices are not only valid, but vital. If the institutions meant to protect us cannot bear to hear these voices, then it is not the protesters who are disrupting order—it is the silence of those who look away. - Brian Eno
March 29, 2025 at 7:40 PM
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williesha.bsky.social
Department of Homeland Security contacted a local news station about Doroudi, so my colleague Patrick updated this for
@al.com. www.al.com/politics/202...
Tuberville backs detaining of Alabama doctoral student Homeland Security says posed ‘security concerns’
Alireza Doroudi "is a nerd. All he does is study and is literally trying to fulfill his dream," his lawyer said.
www.al.com
March 28, 2025 at 4:19 AM
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busbyj2.bsky.social
New Yorker cartoon.
March 27, 2025 at 11:03 PM
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walkerbragman.bsky.social
When this presidency ends—and it will end—we need a Rooseveltian plan to not only undo the damage he did, but build bigger than we’ve ever built before.

Big universal programs and mandates. Pack the SCOTUS. Kill Buckley v. Valeo and Citizens United v. FEC. New anti-trust laws aimed at Amazon. Etc.
ericblanc.bsky.social Eric Blanc @ericblanc.bsky.social · Mar 28
Trump's executive order tonight has illegally cancelled union contracts for 67% of the federal workforce & 75% of unionized federal employees — roughly 700,000 union workers

This may be the single biggest attack on the labor movement in American history
March 28, 2025 at 4:58 AM
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esqueer.net
All of these countries have issues travel warnings for trans people visiting the US.

Austria
Denmark
France
Germany
Ireland
Norway
Slovakia
Slovenia
The Netherlands

The US is not safe for trans people. Do not come.

metro.co.uk/2025/03/25/f...
March 25, 2025 at 7:36 PM
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theonion.com
‘I Messed Up At Work Again,’ Crestfallen Michael Waltz Texts Wife, National Geographic Editorial Staff
‘I Messed Up At Work Again,’ Crestfallen Michael Waltz Texts Wife, National Geographic Editorial Staff
March 25, 2025 at 9:00 PM
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iwriteok.bsky.social
can you imagine the emojis Douglas MacArthur would've used if we'd had the technology?
March 25, 2025 at 6:02 AM
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chelseagsummers.bsky.social
This is just to say

I have texted
the war plans
that were in
the Defense Department
and which
you were probably
saving
for people with a security clearance
Forgive me
they were delicious
so sweet
and so cold
March 24, 2025 at 6:00 PM
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stuforreal.bsky.social
Turn down the radio. Turn off the television. Listen. Listen to the birds. They're talking mad shit about you, loser
March 23, 2025 at 5:23 PM
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bbcnews-world-rss.bsky.social
Astronauts Butch and Suni finally back on Earth
Astronauts Butch and Suni finally back on Earth
Dolphins circled their capsule after it landed off the coast of Florida.
www.bbc.com
March 19, 2025 at 6:24 AM
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jricole.bsky.social
Letter from a Palestinian Political Prisoner in Louisiana: Mahmoud Khalil
Letter from a Palestinian Political Prisoner in Louisiana: Mahmoud Khalil
Note from Juan Cole: I used to write letters to totalitarian governments on behalf of Amnesty International complaining about their detention of political prisoners for mere thought crimes. One of the worst offenders was Communist Czechoslovakia, which…
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March 19, 2025 at 4:20 AM
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sunrisemvmt.bsky.social
18-year-old Simon right before @schumer.senate.gov called the cops on him: "I'm sick and tired of doing the work that senators are supposed to do."

This is shameful. Senator Schumer needs to step aside.
March 14, 2025 at 10:11 PM
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March 15, 2025 at 10:49 PM
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militarynewsua.bsky.social
❗️Mass protests against Orban are taking place in 🇭🇺Budapest. Hungarian Opposition Leader Peter Magyar: "Spring is here, the spring of the Hungarians, and together we will end Orban's winter."
March 15, 2025 at 5:38 PM