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3) The effort is the juice! The effort is the high! Mastery of a skill is an unparalleled buzz. "Having written" is nice yes, we all joke about that, but *the making is the pleasure*. Men who've never experienced that, trying to steal it because ironically *they do not know its value*, is a sin.
December 10, 2025 at 5:17 AM
3) The effort is the juice! The effort is the high! Mastery of a skill is an unparalleled buzz. "Having written" is nice yes, we all joke about that, but *the making is the pleasure*. Men who've never experienced that, trying to steal it because ironically *they do not know its value*, is a sin.
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2) That adrenaline dump, the release when you're done, or where I was today, looking at my watch, thinking I was running out of time but only an hour had passed, in complete flow state, just hacking away at sentences, solving problems, and we both said: "Why would you give that up?"
December 10, 2025 at 5:14 AM
2) That adrenaline dump, the release when you're done, or where I was today, looking at my watch, thinking I was running out of time but only an hour had passed, in complete flow state, just hacking away at sentences, solving problems, and we both said: "Why would you give that up?"
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A lot of time and effort has gone into survey research around what is the best protest sign slogan, message, wording etc and to be frank the research is pretty clear the most effective things you can do at a protest are express joy and express camaraderie, don't overthink it
October 16, 2025 at 1:25 AM
A lot of time and effort has gone into survey research around what is the best protest sign slogan, message, wording etc and to be frank the research is pretty clear the most effective things you can do at a protest are express joy and express camaraderie, don't overthink it
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The Focus Poster by Wendy Macnaughton and Courtney Martin
October 16, 2025 at 2:02 AM
The Focus Poster by Wendy Macnaughton and Courtney Martin
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angry every day that of all countries the U.S. thinks it has the moral standing to say who should or should not have nuclear weapons. ask the 38,000 children who died at Hiroshima and Nagasaki if the U.S., of all nations on the earth, has any right to pose as a moral arbiter here
June 22, 2025 at 8:22 PM
angry every day that of all countries the U.S. thinks it has the moral standing to say who should or should not have nuclear weapons. ask the 38,000 children who died at Hiroshima and Nagasaki if the U.S., of all nations on the earth, has any right to pose as a moral arbiter here
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Im just starting to dig into the just-released "Make America Healthy Again" children's health report (link below). I'll live-skeet my impressions, which are already very complicated. (1/n)
static01.nyt.com/newsgraphics...
static01.nyt.com/newsgraphics...
static01.nyt.com
May 22, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Im just starting to dig into the just-released "Make America Healthy Again" children's health report (link below). I'll live-skeet my impressions, which are already very complicated. (1/n)
static01.nyt.com/newsgraphics...
static01.nyt.com/newsgraphics...
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something to think about
What Tom Holland’s historic lip-sync showcase taught us about stormwater management
Grab your umbrella and your tights.
neorsd.medium.com
May 7, 2025 at 5:18 PM
something to think about
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on this date eight years ago, Tom Holland wowed Zendaya on Lip Sync Battle with his cultural critique of impervious surface stormwater runoff.
May 7, 2025 at 1:53 PM
on this date eight years ago, Tom Holland wowed Zendaya on Lip Sync Battle with his cultural critique of impervious surface stormwater runoff.
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“Griffen concedes” as if he had a %#!? choice. Will never ever forget these assholes. He shouldn’t be able to eat a fried shrimp in this state ever again. No one should help his wife find the right size at any store. May his grandkids grandkids only ever have middle school.
May 7, 2025 at 2:41 PM
“Griffen concedes” as if he had a %#!? choice. Will never ever forget these assholes. He shouldn’t be able to eat a fried shrimp in this state ever again. No one should help his wife find the right size at any store. May his grandkids grandkids only ever have middle school.
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if you see him on the streets, no you didn’t. Social death for all.
www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
IT’S OVER: Republican Jefferson Griffin Concedes in North Carolina Supreme Court Race
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
May 7, 2025 at 2:42 PM
if you see him on the streets, no you didn’t. Social death for all.
www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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If you have a dictionary that you don't show love
Oh, yes, son, we're talking to you.
Oh, yes, son, we're talking to you.
April 11, 2025 at 1:48 PM
If you have a dictionary that you don't show love
Oh, yes, son, we're talking to you.
Oh, yes, son, we're talking to you.
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ignore the bog of hands reaching out to pull you down into this feeling of worthlessness, they are fake. they are an illusion. the only truth is that we are ALL the greatest, and the real journey is simply an internal one where we finally arrive at knowing this
April 11, 2025 at 2:56 AM
ignore the bog of hands reaching out to pull you down into this feeling of worthlessness, they are fake. they are an illusion. the only truth is that we are ALL the greatest, and the real journey is simply an internal one where we finally arrive at knowing this
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There has been a lot of chatter today about Zelenskyy's meeting with Trump, some regarding this moment when White House correspondent Brian Glenn asked if the Ukrainian president plans to wear a suit. I want to address idea in this thread. 🧵
March 1, 2025 at 1:00 AM
There has been a lot of chatter today about Zelenskyy's meeting with Trump, some regarding this moment when White House correspondent Brian Glenn asked if the Ukrainian president plans to wear a suit. I want to address idea in this thread. 🧵
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The biggest reason why I dislike the idea of respectability in dress is because it conflates the *appearance* of virtue with *actual* virtue. Wearing a suit doesn't make you respectful, intelligent, or capable, just as wearing a leather jacket doesn't make you rugged.
March 1, 2025 at 1:00 AM
The biggest reason why I dislike the idea of respectability in dress is because it conflates the *appearance* of virtue with *actual* virtue. Wearing a suit doesn't make you respectful, intelligent, or capable, just as wearing a leather jacket doesn't make you rugged.
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Freddie Mercury didn't go into the studio and nail the vocals for "The Show Must Go On" in one take while dying of AIDS for you to despair and give up now. Take the time you need, but then get up and get back out there.
The show must go on.
The show must go on.
February 28, 2025 at 9:26 PM
Freddie Mercury didn't go into the studio and nail the vocals for "The Show Must Go On" in one take while dying of AIDS for you to despair and give up now. Take the time you need, but then get up and get back out there.
The show must go on.
The show must go on.
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If you've been meaning to try my books, nows the time. Walk with me.
My FIRST BUNDLE is available now! The first book in 4 of my different series on sale for $5*!
Sale ends in 3 days!
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(link includes 2025 Birthday Bundle) #booksky #romancesky #romancelandia #blacksky
My FIRST BUNDLE is available now! The first book in 4 of my different series on sale for $5*!
Sale ends in 3 days!
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(link includes 2025 Birthday Bundle) #booksky #romancesky #romancelandia #blacksky
February 26, 2025 at 1:00 PM
If you've been meaning to try my books, nows the time. Walk with me.
My FIRST BUNDLE is available now! The first book in 4 of my different series on sale for $5*!
Sale ends in 3 days!
🥳💕 payhip.com/RWBirthda...
(link includes 2025 Birthday Bundle) #booksky #romancesky #romancelandia #blacksky
My FIRST BUNDLE is available now! The first book in 4 of my different series on sale for $5*!
Sale ends in 3 days!
🥳💕 payhip.com/RWBirthda...
(link includes 2025 Birthday Bundle) #booksky #romancesky #romancelandia #blacksky
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Realistically, what's happening is that people advocate for Dems to do a thing and then hope it will work when the Dems follow suit. When it doesn't actually work, they'll then assume that either the Dems Did It Wrong, or that they're malicious. But they did everything right here.
February 26, 2025 at 2:14 AM
Realistically, what's happening is that people advocate for Dems to do a thing and then hope it will work when the Dems follow suit. When it doesn't actually work, they'll then assume that either the Dems Did It Wrong, or that they're malicious. But they did everything right here.
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They did what you called for. Stood united. Moved heaven and earth to be there and *be* united. Instead of taking the W and claiming that your advocacy worked in pushing the Dems, some people are intent on deepening their doomerism and not realising they're doing propaganda for Trump in the process.
February 26, 2025 at 2:10 AM
They did what you called for. Stood united. Moved heaven and earth to be there and *be* united. Instead of taking the W and claiming that your advocacy worked in pushing the Dems, some people are intent on deepening their doomerism and not realising they're doing propaganda for Trump in the process.
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Anyone saying the Democrats got their wallets inspected on the vote is, frankly, being either stupid or a wrecker, or both. The GOP flipped their own people. The Dems got their own reps back into the chamber, at least one limping out of a hospital bed, another with her newborn, and they were united.
February 26, 2025 at 2:09 AM
Anyone saying the Democrats got their wallets inspected on the vote is, frankly, being either stupid or a wrecker, or both. The GOP flipped their own people. The Dems got their own reps back into the chamber, at least one limping out of a hospital bed, another with her newborn, and they were united.
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I, however,
Have such meagre power,
Clutching at a
Moment,
While you control
An hour.
But your hour is
A stone.
My moment is
A flower.
-Langston Hughes, "Poet to Bigot"
#everynightapoem
Resharing for all the wins and losses of this hour
Have such meagre power,
Clutching at a
Moment,
While you control
An hour.
But your hour is
A stone.
My moment is
A flower.
-Langston Hughes, "Poet to Bigot"
#everynightapoem
Resharing for all the wins and losses of this hour
February 1, 2025 at 4:31 PM
I, however,
Have such meagre power,
Clutching at a
Moment,
While you control
An hour.
But your hour is
A stone.
My moment is
A flower.
-Langston Hughes, "Poet to Bigot"
#everynightapoem
Resharing for all the wins and losses of this hour
Have such meagre power,
Clutching at a
Moment,
While you control
An hour.
But your hour is
A stone.
My moment is
A flower.
-Langston Hughes, "Poet to Bigot"
#everynightapoem
Resharing for all the wins and losses of this hour
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Trans and nonbinary sibs, drop your CA, VM, PayPal, etc below!
If you have a GFM or other crowdfunding effort, drop that, too!
Cis folks, let’s show our support. Donate if you can. Share a link to your community.
If you have a GFM or other crowdfunding effort, drop that, too!
Cis folks, let’s show our support. Donate if you can. Share a link to your community.
January 29, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Trans and nonbinary sibs, drop your CA, VM, PayPal, etc below!
If you have a GFM or other crowdfunding effort, drop that, too!
Cis folks, let’s show our support. Donate if you can. Share a link to your community.
If you have a GFM or other crowdfunding effort, drop that, too!
Cis folks, let’s show our support. Donate if you can. Share a link to your community.
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My child was struggling to choose a Year Book quote…Dorothy Parker, Terry Pratchett, Tamsyn Muir…many possibles considered
But today they reckon they’ve made their choice:
“So they made us smarter. The anxiety and depression were side effects.”
Thank you @marthawells.com
Thank you #murderbot
But today they reckon they’ve made their choice:
“So they made us smarter. The anxiety and depression were side effects.”
Thank you @marthawells.com
Thank you #murderbot
January 28, 2025 at 8:00 PM
My child was struggling to choose a Year Book quote…Dorothy Parker, Terry Pratchett, Tamsyn Muir…many possibles considered
But today they reckon they’ve made their choice:
“So they made us smarter. The anxiety and depression were side effects.”
Thank you @marthawells.com
Thank you #murderbot
But today they reckon they’ve made their choice:
“So they made us smarter. The anxiety and depression were side effects.”
Thank you @marthawells.com
Thank you #murderbot
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Oh yeah, the full piece: harpers.org/archive/2016...
The Habits of Highly Cynical People, by Rebecca Solnit
harpers.org
January 28, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Oh yeah, the full piece: harpers.org/archive/2016...
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We're in the middle of a coup attempt in the USA right now, and if you want to use it as an occasion to congratulate yourself and discourage action, you're basically masturbating in public while aiding Trump.
January 28, 2025 at 5:09 PM
We're in the middle of a coup attempt in the USA right now, and if you want to use it as an occasion to congratulate yourself and discourage action, you're basically masturbating in public while aiding Trump.
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Here is a photo of a trans non-binary biologist (me) holding a bird (Eastern Towhee) that is likely a bilateral gynandromorph-- a fusion of cells with female-type chromosomes and cells with male-type chromosomes in one bird!
Biological sex and human gender diversity is real and wonderful ❤️🏳️⚧️
Biological sex and human gender diversity is real and wonderful ❤️🏳️⚧️
January 22, 2025 at 8:55 PM
Here is a photo of a trans non-binary biologist (me) holding a bird (Eastern Towhee) that is likely a bilateral gynandromorph-- a fusion of cells with female-type chromosomes and cells with male-type chromosomes in one bird!
Biological sex and human gender diversity is real and wonderful ❤️🏳️⚧️
Biological sex and human gender diversity is real and wonderful ❤️🏳️⚧️