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this isn't a Russian poem, this is not somewhere else but here,
our country moving closer to its own truth and dread,
its own ways of making people disappear.
-Adrienne Rich, What Kind of Times Are These
#everynightapoem
it's necessary to talk about trees.
our country moving closer to its own truth and dread,
its own ways of making people disappear.
-Adrienne Rich, What Kind of Times Are These
#everynightapoem
it's necessary to talk about trees.
November 27, 2025 at 7:24 PM
this isn't a Russian poem, this is not somewhere else but here,
our country moving closer to its own truth and dread,
its own ways of making people disappear.
-Adrienne Rich, What Kind of Times Are These
#everynightapoem
it's necessary to talk about trees.
our country moving closer to its own truth and dread,
its own ways of making people disappear.
-Adrienne Rich, What Kind of Times Are These
#everynightapoem
it's necessary to talk about trees.
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All the sacred rights of humanity are violated by insisting on blind obedience.
— Mary Wollstonecraft, A Vindication of the Rights of Woman
— Mary Wollstonecraft, A Vindication of the Rights of Woman
March 1, 2025 at 3:55 AM
All the sacred rights of humanity are violated by insisting on blind obedience.
— Mary Wollstonecraft, A Vindication of the Rights of Woman
— Mary Wollstonecraft, A Vindication of the Rights of Woman
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'The oppressor would not be so strong if he did not have accomplices among the oppressed.'
Simone de Beauvoir
Simone de Beauvoir
October 19, 2025 at 9:17 AM
'The oppressor would not be so strong if he did not have accomplices among the oppressed.'
Simone de Beauvoir
Simone de Beauvoir
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Finally, a perfect job for ChatGPT
I am curious about the entire infrastructure within the White House now that probably exists just to tell Trump he's great at everything. He probably believes he's doing great in the polls because they told him that. Not an excuse for ignorance, of course, but it must be a whole office for this work
September 23, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Finally, a perfect job for ChatGPT
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You may be thinking "How can an entire political party be organized around the policy of taking from everyone and giving to the rich? No one would vote for them." Well that's where Lying comes in
July 4, 2025 at 2:54 AM
You may be thinking "How can an entire political party be organized around the policy of taking from everyone and giving to the rich? No one would vote for them." Well that's where Lying comes in
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"Was it really this dumb in 2003" guys they renamed french fries
June 19, 2025 at 2:30 PM
"Was it really this dumb in 2003" guys they renamed french fries
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"imperialism consists exclusively of those acts which the empire i am in charge of does not do" is a pretty natural definition of empire for an emperor who got his throne by condemning imperialism
May 19, 2025 at 12:21 AM
"imperialism consists exclusively of those acts which the empire i am in charge of does not do" is a pretty natural definition of empire for an emperor who got his throne by condemning imperialism
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If you found out a person in your group of friends was torturing and starving people in their basement with the money you gave them, would you continue associating with them and giving them money? Or would you turn them in to the authorities?
This is a thought exercise unrelated to current events.
This is a thought exercise unrelated to current events.
May 12, 2025 at 2:53 PM
If you found out a person in your group of friends was torturing and starving people in their basement with the money you gave them, would you continue associating with them and giving them money? Or would you turn them in to the authorities?
This is a thought exercise unrelated to current events.
This is a thought exercise unrelated to current events.
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I feel like the "the Pope can't be right or left wing because the church is very old" discourse misses that the church is indeed a very conservative institution, but it's also a *moral universalist* institution, and universalism and conservatism are increasingly at odds right now
May 9, 2025 at 3:11 PM
I feel like the "the Pope can't be right or left wing because the church is very old" discourse misses that the church is indeed a very conservative institution, but it's also a *moral universalist* institution, and universalism and conservatism are increasingly at odds right now
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BREAKING: Google Earth updated their images of Gaza. Compare.
Being against this is not “antisemitic” or “pro-terrorist”. It’s pro-human.
Sincerely,
A Jewish American.
Being against this is not “antisemitic” or “pro-terrorist”. It’s pro-human.
Sincerely,
A Jewish American.
May 9, 2025 at 3:38 PM
BREAKING: Google Earth updated their images of Gaza. Compare.
Being against this is not “antisemitic” or “pro-terrorist”. It’s pro-human.
Sincerely,
A Jewish American.
Being against this is not “antisemitic” or “pro-terrorist”. It’s pro-human.
Sincerely,
A Jewish American.
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I am in a lab with George Soros’ most elite scientists and we are designing a pope who is even more woke
April 22, 2025 at 12:30 AM
I am in a lab with George Soros’ most elite scientists and we are designing a pope who is even more woke
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In case anyone is wondering how the preschooler's Velvet Underground obsession is going:
This morning she excitedly told me that we were listening to "Waiting For My Mom"
This morning she excitedly told me that we were listening to "Waiting For My Mom"
April 16, 2025 at 11:39 AM
In case anyone is wondering how the preschooler's Velvet Underground obsession is going:
This morning she excitedly told me that we were listening to "Waiting For My Mom"
This morning she excitedly told me that we were listening to "Waiting For My Mom"
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Only one attempt needs to succeed, though
Comelec says 'millions' of hacking attempts failed to breach website
Comelec says 'millions' of hacking attempts failed to breach website
Comelec chairman George Garcia thanked its IT personnel for securing its website against hackers.
abs-cbn.com
April 9, 2025 at 11:33 AM
Only one attempt needs to succeed, though
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The richest 3 people have more money than the poorest 4 billion.
But the problem (according to those richest people) is the poor people.
But the problem (according to those richest people) is the poor people.
April 9, 2025 at 10:40 AM
The richest 3 people have more money than the poorest 4 billion.
But the problem (according to those richest people) is the poor people.
But the problem (according to those richest people) is the poor people.
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It's a big mistake people make that they think phrases like "be a man" or "man up" mean something like "don't be a woman".
In reality it means "don't be a child". You become a man when you stop acting like a baby who only cares about himself. Whining about women is the exact opposite of that.
In reality it means "don't be a child". You become a man when you stop acting like a baby who only cares about himself. Whining about women is the exact opposite of that.
March 21, 2025 at 9:09 PM
It's a big mistake people make that they think phrases like "be a man" or "man up" mean something like "don't be a woman".
In reality it means "don't be a child". You become a man when you stop acting like a baby who only cares about himself. Whining about women is the exact opposite of that.
In reality it means "don't be a child". You become a man when you stop acting like a baby who only cares about himself. Whining about women is the exact opposite of that.
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The History of Political Authority
existentialcomics.com/comic/595
existentialcomics.com/comic/595
March 24, 2025 at 4:27 PM
The History of Political Authority
existentialcomics.com/comic/595
existentialcomics.com/comic/595
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I am for the prisoners at the bar, and shall apologize for it only in the words of the Marquis Beccaria: “If I can but be the instrument of preserving one life, his blessing and tears of transport, shall be a sufficient consolation to me, for the contempt of all mankind.”
—John Adams
—John Adams
“One young man sobbed when a guard pushed him to the floor. He said, ‘I’m not a gang member. I’m gay. I’m a barber.’ I believed him. *** He “began to whimper,” as his head was roughly shaved, “folding his hands in prayer as his hair fell.” He “asked for his mother & cried as he was slapped again.”
What the Venezuelans Deported to El Salvador Experienced
Exclusive photos of the arrival of Venezuelan detainees deported from the U.S.
time.com
March 23, 2025 at 1:04 AM
I am for the prisoners at the bar, and shall apologize for it only in the words of the Marquis Beccaria: “If I can but be the instrument of preserving one life, his blessing and tears of transport, shall be a sufficient consolation to me, for the contempt of all mankind.”
—John Adams
—John Adams
What I've found in my brief experience consulting AI is it'll say wrong or doubtful things with as much confidence as it says what's correct.
Real people will at least give you qualifying phrases or at least the shifty eyes or whacko vibe.
With AI it's like talking to an idiot or a cult leader.
Real people will at least give you qualifying phrases or at least the shifty eyes or whacko vibe.
With AI it's like talking to an idiot or a cult leader.
March 23, 2025 at 1:22 AM
What I've found in my brief experience consulting AI is it'll say wrong or doubtful things with as much confidence as it says what's correct.
Real people will at least give you qualifying phrases or at least the shifty eyes or whacko vibe.
With AI it's like talking to an idiot or a cult leader.
Real people will at least give you qualifying phrases or at least the shifty eyes or whacko vibe.
With AI it's like talking to an idiot or a cult leader.
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I will blow the DJ who can downshift the poolside meth vibe to a bossa nova, some Stan Getz, a little reggae, or even Al Green or Barry White.
March 15, 2025 at 6:53 PM
I will blow the DJ who can downshift the poolside meth vibe to a bossa nova, some Stan Getz, a little reggae, or even Al Green or Barry White.
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It hasn't been lost on me that anti-war activists are still protesting the Gaza War just as actively since Trump's election but the mainstream media has stopped giving their protests attention now that it hurts Trump instead of Biden.
Seems like has been very little coverage of protests happening in the U.S.--not necessarily an intentional media blackout (although possibly), but the result of a longstanding stance in legacy media that protests aren't worth covering, activists aren't credible sources (but somehow CEOs are), etc.
March 20, 2025 at 6:08 PM
It hasn't been lost on me that anti-war activists are still protesting the Gaza War just as actively since Trump's election but the mainstream media has stopped giving their protests attention now that it hurts Trump instead of Biden.
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Aside from the obvious direct harm, what's so irritating is that a handful of spoiled ignorant assholes are breaking things that we all built together. They weren't content to own almost everything, they had to wreck what little they didn't own. It's vandalism on a mass scale and has to be punished
March 4, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Aside from the obvious direct harm, what's so irritating is that a handful of spoiled ignorant assholes are breaking things that we all built together. They weren't content to own almost everything, they had to wreck what little they didn't own. It's vandalism on a mass scale and has to be punished