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malaiseforever.bsky.social
reading slaughterhouse 5 for the first time and i was absolutely knocked senseless by this passage, which is so true and relevant that it feels like it was pulled from a history book
“America is the wealthiest nation on Earth, but its people are mainly poor, and poor Americans are urged to hate themselves. To quote the American humorist Kin Hubbard, 'It ain’t no disgrace to be poor, but it might as well be.' It is in fact a crime for an American to be poor, even though America is a nation of poor. Every other nation has folk traditions of men who were poor but extremely wise and virtuous, and therefore more estimable than anyone with power and gold. No such tales are told by the American poor. They mock themselves and glorify their betters. The meanest eating or drinking establishment, owned by a man who is himself poor, is very likely to have a sign on its wall asking this cruel question: 'if you’re so smart, why ain’t you rich?' There will also be an American flag no larger than a child’s hand – glued to a lollipop stick and flying from the cash register. Americans, like human beings everywhere, believe many things that are obviously untrue. Their most destructive untruth is that it is very easy for any American to make money. They will not acknowledge how in fact hard money is to come by, and, therefore, those who have no money blame and blame and blame themselves. This inward blame has been a treasure for the rich and powerful, who have had to do less for their poor, publicly and privately, than any other ruling class since, say Napoleonic times. Many novelties have come from America. The most startling of these, a thing without precedent, is a mass of undignified poor. They do not love one another because they do not love themselves.”
October 26, 2025 at 6:01 PM
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maiamindel.bsky.social
It's 1828. The United States has adopted the highest tariff rate of the century for insane and idiotic reasons.

It's 1929. The United States has adopted the highest tariff rate of the century for insane and idiotic reasons.

It's 2025. The United States has adopted the highest tariff rate of the ce
April 2, 2025 at 11:57 PM
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ryogarocket.bsky.social
One of the D&D adventures I wrote, "15 Seconds to Curtain," is a Muppet-themed adventure featuring an elderly ettin that insults people.

Now I have a proper miniature for him.

#dungeons&dragons #muppets #miniaturepainting
A painted miniature of an ettin - a two-headed giant from Dungeons & Dragons - with Statler and Waldorf's heads
March 14, 2025 at 7:32 PM
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climatenews.bsky.social
“It’s now been raining non-stop for 24 hours in Los Angeles. UCLA recorded an incredible 300 mm (12 inches) of rain in that time period. An estimated 5.6 trillion gallons of water has fallen across California in the past two days.

The rain is not done yet.”

- @wxnb.bsky.social
February 6, 2024 at 8:49 AM
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tomtomorrow.bsky.social
need a new genre of advice for tesla owners. tesla owners told not to jump in an active volcano. tesla owners told not to drink drano. tesla owners told not to stick a fork in an electric socket.
February 6, 2024 at 1:13 PM
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brycecovert.bsky.social
"This is what disability advocates have said all along, not that it usually sinks in: The able and the disabled aren’t two different kinds of people but the same people at different times." nymag.com/intelligence...
Tom Scocca: Unraveling My Medical Mystery
The strangest things happen to other people’s bodies. Then they began happening to my own.
nymag.com
January 3, 2024 at 5:20 PM
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xlix.me
Through the city’s veins, the rain cascades,
In the night’s quietude, our secret escapades.
February 6, 2024 at 10:37 AM
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joonloons.bsky.social
Do not go gentle into that good night
December 1, 2023 at 6:36 PM