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The Luddites created & practiced what was called "collective bargaining through riot" which is probably one of the coolest phrases ever coined about any movement ever
December 31, 2025 at 3:44 PM
The Luddites created & practiced what was called "collective bargaining through riot" which is probably one of the coolest phrases ever coined about any movement ever
the previous owner of this book's notes are almost all in defense of evopsych, and i am shadowboxing in the margins
December 31, 2025 at 3:44 PM
the previous owner of this book's notes are almost all in defense of evopsych, and i am shadowboxing in the margins
There's the seed of a Graeberian exploration of bureaucratic violence in the premise of My hero Academia if horikoshi wasn't a spineless coward
December 10, 2025 at 5:00 PM
There's the seed of a Graeberian exploration of bureaucratic violence in the premise of My hero Academia if horikoshi wasn't a spineless coward
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Of all my little indulgences, what a pleasure it is to have a library of my own. Of the books that I want and want to reread. When half remember a quote, something Gandalf said to Thorin in the Unfinished Tales, what a joy to be able to get up and find it.
December 9, 2025 at 1:36 AM
Of all my little indulgences, what a pleasure it is to have a library of my own. Of the books that I want and want to reread. When half remember a quote, something Gandalf said to Thorin in the Unfinished Tales, what a joy to be able to get up and find it.
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the feds are literally terrorizing Black ppl in dc rn
August 27, 2025 at 4:31 PM
the feds are literally terrorizing Black ppl in dc rn
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insofar as all art is invariably tied to its production process, the only way sicko shit like i make gets made is the way i do it (supported directly by absolute freaks giving me money)
August 27, 2025 at 4:01 PM
insofar as all art is invariably tied to its production process, the only way sicko shit like i make gets made is the way i do it (supported directly by absolute freaks giving me money)
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year of our lord, NO. snake year. as in, the biblical snake, who is against god,
August 23, 2025 at 8:22 PM
year of our lord, NO. snake year. as in, the biblical snake, who is against god,
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"It is said that the history of peoples who have a history is the history of class struggle. It might be said, with at least as much truthfulness, that the history of peoples without history is a history of their struggle against the State."
—Clastres
—Clastres
August 21, 2025 at 8:45 AM
"It is said that the history of peoples who have a history is the history of class struggle. It might be said, with at least as much truthfulness, that the history of peoples without history is a history of their struggle against the State."
—Clastres
—Clastres
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The death of an empire is only a tragedy because of sunk cost.
August 20, 2025 at 6:10 PM
The death of an empire is only a tragedy because of sunk cost.
We got another one, folks
My friend surprised me with a copy of Hellwhalers from the @plusoneexp.bsky.social booth at GenCon which inspired me to pick up this copy of Moby-Dick at the thrift store today.
August 10, 2025 at 1:03 AM
We got another one, folks
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"I’m talking about the world as it is!"
No such thing, brother. The world is changing every minute, and a better world is possible.
No such thing, brother. The world is changing every minute, and a better world is possible.
December 6, 2024 at 10:47 PM
"I’m talking about the world as it is!"
No such thing, brother. The world is changing every minute, and a better world is possible.
No such thing, brother. The world is changing every minute, and a better world is possible.
Black Sword Hack (GM)
Star Wars 5e (Player)
CAIN (GM)
His Majesty the Worm (GM)
Star Wars 5e (Player)
CAIN (GM)
His Majesty the Worm (GM)
Share the last four games you’ve played and expose your gaming habits
Black Sword Hack (TTRPG)
Dungeon World (TTRPG)
Cosmic Dark (TTRPG)
Dungeon Crawl Classics (TTRPG)
Black Sword Hack (TTRPG)
Dungeon World (TTRPG)
Cosmic Dark (TTRPG)
Dungeon Crawl Classics (TTRPG)
Blades in '68
Apocalypse World: Burned Over
Impossible Landscapes (Cthulhu Dark)
In This World
Apocalypse World: Burned Over
Impossible Landscapes (Cthulhu Dark)
In This World
July 17, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Black Sword Hack (GM)
Star Wars 5e (Player)
CAIN (GM)
His Majesty the Worm (GM)
Star Wars 5e (Player)
CAIN (GM)
His Majesty the Worm (GM)
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if this actually goes hot you'll have protesters in different cities intentionally playing rope-a-dope with the fed army
get rowdy in one city until they're at saturation then go back indoors and let somebody 3000 miles away carry the torch
they CANNOT enact martial law on the entire country
get rowdy in one city until they're at saturation then go back indoors and let somebody 3000 miles away carry the torch
they CANNOT enact martial law on the entire country
June 7, 2025 at 10:28 PM
if this actually goes hot you'll have protesters in different cities intentionally playing rope-a-dope with the fed army
get rowdy in one city until they're at saturation then go back indoors and let somebody 3000 miles away carry the torch
they CANNOT enact martial law on the entire country
get rowdy in one city until they're at saturation then go back indoors and let somebody 3000 miles away carry the torch
they CANNOT enact martial law on the entire country
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The United States is currently a country where you can be kidnapped by secret police and shipped off to a slave labour concentration camp without ever being charged with a crime or getting a chance to argue your case in front of a judge.
If you think it can't happen to you, why do you think that?
If you think it can't happen to you, why do you think that?
It sure looks like they’re going all in on the “the executive branch can ignore court orders if it thinks the court lacks jurisdiction” thing
April 4, 2025 at 10:50 PM
The United States is currently a country where you can be kidnapped by secret police and shipped off to a slave labour concentration camp without ever being charged with a crime or getting a chance to argue your case in front of a judge.
If you think it can't happen to you, why do you think that?
If you think it can't happen to you, why do you think that?
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I genuinely don't understand how anyone can look at the current moment and think "Abolish ICE" was anything but completely correct.
ICE cannot and should not exist. Period.
ICE cannot and should not exist. Period.
April 5, 2025 at 1:35 AM
I genuinely don't understand how anyone can look at the current moment and think "Abolish ICE" was anything but completely correct.
ICE cannot and should not exist. Period.
ICE cannot and should not exist. Period.
While I appreciate a lot of the insights within Climate Leviathan, I can't help but feel like the conclusion would have been more poignant if the authors knew that Climate X is just the means and ends of anarchism.
February 6, 2025 at 4:29 AM
While I appreciate a lot of the insights within Climate Leviathan, I can't help but feel like the conclusion would have been more poignant if the authors knew that Climate X is just the means and ends of anarchism.
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If the government makes an error, and a bad thing happens, and the government blames the bad thing on the corrupting influence of racial minorities, then you are being ruled by Nazis. Do I actually need to explain this?
January 30, 2025 at 5:05 PM
If the government makes an error, and a bad thing happens, and the government blames the bad thing on the corrupting influence of racial minorities, then you are being ruled by Nazis. Do I actually need to explain this?
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"You cannot buy the revolution. You cannot make the revolution. You can only be the revolution."
Ursula K. Le Guin / The Dispossessed
Ursula K. Le Guin / The Dispossessed
January 29, 2025 at 12:47 PM
"You cannot buy the revolution. You cannot make the revolution. You can only be the revolution."
Ursula K. Le Guin / The Dispossessed
Ursula K. Le Guin / The Dispossessed
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Still can't get over this. PEPFAR is one of the best things the US has ever done, and we're doing this. Monstrous.
This will kill so many people living with HIV who depend on PEPFAR programs to stay on their HIV treatment driving further HIV drug resistance.
www.nytimes.com/2025/01/24/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/01/24/u...
Trump Pauses Disbursements to Program Supplying H.I.V. Treatment Worldwide
Pepfar, which is estimated to have delivered lifesaving treatment as many as 25 million people in 54 countries, faces a funding delay of as long as 180 days.
www.nytimes.com
January 24, 2025 at 10:36 PM
Still can't get over this. PEPFAR is one of the best things the US has ever done, and we're doing this. Monstrous.
Time to start #dungeon25 if that's even a thing!
January 24, 2025 at 2:02 AM
Time to start #dungeon25 if that's even a thing!
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the weirdest part about trump being elected is that it always makes people finally say things that have always been true
trump is a fascist who is irreparably harming the world. its horrific. but the one positive i guess is that some people finally *get* it
if only that could happen without him
trump is a fascist who is irreparably harming the world. its horrific. but the one positive i guess is that some people finally *get* it
if only that could happen without him
Everyone should live the next four years with the assumption that the Federal Government at best doesn’t care if you live and at worst actively wants you dead
January 23, 2025 at 3:44 PM
the weirdest part about trump being elected is that it always makes people finally say things that have always been true
trump is a fascist who is irreparably harming the world. its horrific. but the one positive i guess is that some people finally *get* it
if only that could happen without him
trump is a fascist who is irreparably harming the world. its horrific. but the one positive i guess is that some people finally *get* it
if only that could happen without him
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my siblings in christ, you read the art within your own political framework, and all that somesuch; it's you, it's always been you; like yeah the tv is made with an underlying set of beliefs but you're the radicals stop doubting your own power
Expecting any television show to have radical politics will only lead to disappointment
January 18, 2025 at 5:41 PM
my siblings in christ, you read the art within your own political framework, and all that somesuch; it's you, it's always been you; like yeah the tv is made with an underlying set of beliefs but you're the radicals stop doubting your own power
Does anybody have strong opinions on the reading order of Elric of Melnibone? I've read "Elric of Melniboné" first, and I'm told Fortress of the Pearl comes next chronologically, but I'm open to being swayed.
December 8, 2024 at 10:31 PM
Does anybody have strong opinions on the reading order of Elric of Melnibone? I've read "Elric of Melniboné" first, and I'm told Fortress of the Pearl comes next chronologically, but I'm open to being swayed.