LN
@smallsimplicity.bsky.social
plays well with others, bad at group work.
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An “all you fascists bound to lose” sort of night
November 5, 2025 at 2:29 AM
An “all you fascists bound to lose” sort of night
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Another world is possible, if we fight for it
November 5, 2025 at 3:27 AM
Another world is possible, if we fight for it
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Man alive. The contrast between the courage of voters and the absolute cowardice of Democratic leadership is just undeniable and the story of the moment.
The question is which will win out in the end and that question just got a whole lot louder.
The question is which will win out in the end and that question just got a whole lot louder.
November 5, 2025 at 3:32 AM
Man alive. The contrast between the courage of voters and the absolute cowardice of Democratic leadership is just undeniable and the story of the moment.
The question is which will win out in the end and that question just got a whole lot louder.
The question is which will win out in the end and that question just got a whole lot louder.
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WHY DOES MICROSOFT EXCEL PERSIST IN LOADING MY SPREADSHEETS SCROLLED OVER ~4 COLUMNS? WHAT POSSIBLE USE COULD THIS SERVE?
October 8, 2025 at 7:18 PM
WHY DOES MICROSOFT EXCEL PERSIST IN LOADING MY SPREADSHEETS SCROLLED OVER ~4 COLUMNS? WHAT POSSIBLE USE COULD THIS SERVE?
My kingdom for capitalism to kick in and try to make me pay to use everyone's AI tools. I can't wait to eat my avocado toast and treat AI the way I treat diamonds and luxury cars. The day I see a headline about how "millennials are killing AI" by simply not buying a bad product will be a banner one.
June 2, 2025 at 5:30 PM
My kingdom for capitalism to kick in and try to make me pay to use everyone's AI tools. I can't wait to eat my avocado toast and treat AI the way I treat diamonds and luxury cars. The day I see a headline about how "millennials are killing AI" by simply not buying a bad product will be a banner one.
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A Chicago Pope implies the existence of an MLA Pope and APA Pope
May 8, 2025 at 5:36 PM
A Chicago Pope implies the existence of an MLA Pope and APA Pope
The greatest Iowa City pandemic casualty: no more free cabbage salads at Oasis.
April 14, 2025 at 6:59 PM
The greatest Iowa City pandemic casualty: no more free cabbage salads at Oasis.
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Boycotting the grocery store until they start buying an equivalent volume of groceries from me
April 7, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Boycotting the grocery store until they start buying an equivalent volume of groceries from me
Questionnaire, by Wendell Berry (2010)
How much poison are you willing
to eat for the success of the free
market and global trade? Please
name your preferred poisons.
How much poison are you willing
to eat for the success of the free
market and global trade? Please
name your preferred poisons.
March 13, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Questionnaire, by Wendell Berry (2010)
How much poison are you willing
to eat for the success of the free
market and global trade? Please
name your preferred poisons.
How much poison are you willing
to eat for the success of the free
market and global trade? Please
name your preferred poisons.
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one thing i keep thinking about is how there is simply no way to design a constitutional system that can resist authoritarian incursion if participants in that system do not actually care that much
March 12, 2025 at 2:50 PM
one thing i keep thinking about is how there is simply no way to design a constitutional system that can resist authoritarian incursion if participants in that system do not actually care that much
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BREAKING: Indigenous activist Leonard Peltier released from prison after nearly 50 years
February 18, 2025 at 4:25 PM
BREAKING: Indigenous activist Leonard Peltier released from prison after nearly 50 years
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"If cats could talk, to cops, they wouldn't"
Seen in Sydney
Seen in Sydney
February 5, 2025 at 11:36 AM
"If cats could talk, to cops, they wouldn't"
Seen in Sydney
Seen in Sydney
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YES! Chuck, where do you live? Can you call your Senator?
Congress must take action to restore the rule of law.
February 4, 2025 at 1:09 AM
YES! Chuck, where do you live? Can you call your Senator?
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Is there a word for when a bunch of private citizens following orders from an unelected billionaire occupy government buildings and cut off communications
January 31, 2025 at 10:17 PM
Is there a word for when a bunch of private citizens following orders from an unelected billionaire occupy government buildings and cut off communications
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"the left is politically disengaged" oh ya then how come we all know and hate each other's mayors
January 30, 2025 at 5:16 PM
"the left is politically disengaged" oh ya then how come we all know and hate each other's mayors
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Normalizing spelling out what people actually mean when they cite DEI rather than letting them hide behind the safe cover of a euphemism that's been sapped of meaning
January 30, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Normalizing spelling out what people actually mean when they cite DEI rather than letting them hide behind the safe cover of a euphemism that's been sapped of meaning
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A local school board president who ran on supporting public education flipped a Republican state Senate seat blue. Democrat Mike Zimmer will join the Iowa Senate.
Zimmer flips seat for Democrats in state Senate
Democrat Mike Zimmer of DeWitt, 64, won a special election to fill a senate seat north of Davenport. The seat which was vacated by Republican Lt. Gov. Chris
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January 29, 2025 at 4:04 PM
A local school board president who ran on supporting public education flipped a Republican state Senate seat blue. Democrat Mike Zimmer will join the Iowa Senate.
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Polling shows that only 16% of Americans have a negative impression of DEI. But at this Atlantic magazine staff meeting, that number seems much higher.
January 29, 2025 at 10:07 AM
Polling shows that only 16% of Americans have a negative impression of DEI. But at this Atlantic magazine staff meeting, that number seems much higher.
It is, of course, easy to despair. What is essential is to acknowledge our feelings and instead of staying in the depths, and realize that despair is the goal. As Kelly Hayes writes here, "We cannot afford to burn ourselves out in a state of panic and emotional upheaval".
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A Brutal Beginning: Orienting Ourselves Amid the Shock and Awe
We must be prepared to live and act defiantly, deriving no legitimacy from the illegitimate brutes who would govern us.
organizingmythoughts.org
January 28, 2025 at 8:16 PM
It is, of course, easy to despair. What is essential is to acknowledge our feelings and instead of staying in the depths, and realize that despair is the goal. As Kelly Hayes writes here, "We cannot afford to burn ourselves out in a state of panic and emotional upheaval".
tinyurl.com/yc6yd7rn
tinyurl.com/yc6yd7rn