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Simon St.Laurent
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"Enraged hermit" aspiring to chaotic good. Tech, gardening, politics, Quakerism, Green, and more. Cis, he/his. Also @[email protected]
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I'm a fan of "Ah but did you know this word also appears... in this totally different context, proving the connection between these seemingly unrelated stories?" and it's like, the word for 'door'
November 29, 2025 at 10:23 PM
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Save us from people with a hazy memory of a sermon based on something someone who couldn't read Hebrew cooked up out of an entry from Strong's Concordance
November 29, 2025 at 9:34 PM
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And I don't know if the answer is: everyone is too traumatized to do work and we need to reinvent society. Or if it's more like: generations are losing their cognitive abilities and willpower due to destructive technologies. Or: we all have post-viral brain damage. Or: all of the above.
November 28, 2025 at 11:34 PM
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👵🏻Support our troops!

🧔🏿‍♂️Yes! I'm with you! Should we increase VA funding and improve medical coverage and service?

👵🏻No, not like that!

🧔🏿‍♂️Increase pay?

👵🏻Not like that either!

🧔🏿‍♂️Expedited family green card processing?

👵🏻No!

🧔🏿‍♂️Increase housing benefits?

👵🏻Look, I'm just still mad at Kaepernick, OK?!
November 29, 2025 at 4:31 PM
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It's also worth noting that romanticizing the rule of law means adopting a wholly false perspective around what the law is, who it targets, who it privileges, and how it functions—or I suppose it could just be an embrace of that hierarchy, which is also... a problem.
November 29, 2025 at 1:47 AM