TobermorianSass
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Whatever. It's not my Axminster.
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If you are part of any sort of cool project, for the love of god ask yourself "hey wait does One Dude have sole access to levers that can explode this entire thing?"
And if so, it does not matter how much you like him or trust him, you GOTTA take those levers away from him. Otherwise you're doomed
And if so, it does not matter how much you like him or trust him, you GOTTA take those levers away from him. Otherwise you're doomed
November 26, 2025 at 6:13 PM
If you are part of any sort of cool project, for the love of god ask yourself "hey wait does One Dude have sole access to levers that can explode this entire thing?"
And if so, it does not matter how much you like him or trust him, you GOTTA take those levers away from him. Otherwise you're doomed
And if so, it does not matter how much you like him or trust him, you GOTTA take those levers away from him. Otherwise you're doomed
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imagine if all this anti-piracy energy was spent yelling about public funding for the arts instead
that would actually benefit the majority of working artists, though, and not the loudest winners of the marketized arts scene.
that would actually benefit the majority of working artists, though, and not the loudest winners of the marketized arts scene.
November 25, 2025 at 10:46 PM
imagine if all this anti-piracy energy was spent yelling about public funding for the arts instead
that would actually benefit the majority of working artists, though, and not the loudest winners of the marketized arts scene.
that would actually benefit the majority of working artists, though, and not the loudest winners of the marketized arts scene.
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The writers very obvious very cool and awesome fetishes
November 22, 2025 at 4:05 PM
The writers very obvious very cool and awesome fetishes
hello all silm fandom folks. i have important questions. concerning the hottest forms of patricide (ft. incest) bc my friend & i cannot decide which gender combinations are the hottest. pls vote if u have similar thoughts & concerns: www.tumblr.com/tobermorians...
November 23, 2025 at 1:26 PM
hello all silm fandom folks. i have important questions. concerning the hottest forms of patricide (ft. incest) bc my friend & i cannot decide which gender combinations are the hottest. pls vote if u have similar thoughts & concerns: www.tumblr.com/tobermorians...
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Researching this week's column, I stumbled across something that amazed me:
the near-absence of reliable data about climate impacts over most of the
world. Due to the rich world's failure to fund research. We don't know
because our governments don't care. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
the near-absence of reliable data about climate impacts over most of the
world. Due to the rich world's failure to fund research. We don't know
because our governments don't care. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
There’s a catastrophic black hole in our climate data – and it’s a gift to deniers | George Monbiot
Climate sceptics tell us that more people die of extreme cold than extreme heat. What’s the truth? asks Guardian columnist George Monbiot
www.theguardian.com
November 21, 2025 at 8:07 AM
Researching this week's column, I stumbled across something that amazed me:
the near-absence of reliable data about climate impacts over most of the
world. Due to the rich world's failure to fund research. We don't know
because our governments don't care. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
the near-absence of reliable data about climate impacts over most of the
world. Due to the rich world's failure to fund research. We don't know
because our governments don't care. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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bad writing can lowkey be beautiful. not because the language is beautiful but because bad writing can reveal things about the writer that "good writing" would know to conceal or distract from. sometimes when reading bad writing I feel a terrible, thrilling closeness to the author.
November 18, 2025 at 6:19 PM
bad writing can lowkey be beautiful. not because the language is beautiful but because bad writing can reveal things about the writer that "good writing" would know to conceal or distract from. sometimes when reading bad writing I feel a terrible, thrilling closeness to the author.
one of the beautiful ironies of life is that many so-called historical materialism posters rely on some very idealistic notions for their 'analyses'. always quite funny to see in real time, esp when its abt art/media where you can tell they know barely anything abt history or material conditions,,,
November 17, 2025 at 4:51 PM
one of the beautiful ironies of life is that many so-called historical materialism posters rely on some very idealistic notions for their 'analyses'. always quite funny to see in real time, esp when its abt art/media where you can tell they know barely anything abt history or material conditions,,,
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Refugees have often smuggled valuables so that they aren’t completely destitute on arrival at their destination. Sewing coins or jewelry into clothing as a nest egg for starting a new life. This is deliberate impoverishment followed by complaints about dependence on state resources.
November 17, 2025 at 12:32 PM
Refugees have often smuggled valuables so that they aren’t completely destitute on arrival at their destination. Sewing coins or jewelry into clothing as a nest egg for starting a new life. This is deliberate impoverishment followed by complaints about dependence on state resources.
Sometimes. Fandom surveys. Are not well designed.
November 17, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Sometimes. Fandom surveys. Are not well designed.
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(everyone who complains about not enough men/masculinity in literary fiction should be forced to read no fewer than five (5) books by trans men before they are allowed to publish any more opinions)
November 16, 2025 at 4:50 PM
(everyone who complains about not enough men/masculinity in literary fiction should be forced to read no fewer than five (5) books by trans men before they are allowed to publish any more opinions)
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It's not just ambition on climate action that's being run down, but nature.
Planet Earth is in the fight of its life and, on balance, those of us who are its allies are losing.
It's our duty to work out why, and act on it.
share.google/N0QU31GX4Znw...
Planet Earth is in the fight of its life and, on balance, those of us who are its allies are losing.
It's our duty to work out why, and act on it.
share.google/N0QU31GX4Znw...
Conservation projects abandoned as rich countries retreat from climate fight | The Observer
share.google
November 15, 2025 at 8:44 AM
It's not just ambition on climate action that's being run down, but nature.
Planet Earth is in the fight of its life and, on balance, those of us who are its allies are losing.
It's our duty to work out why, and act on it.
share.google/N0QU31GX4Znw...
Planet Earth is in the fight of its life and, on balance, those of us who are its allies are losing.
It's our duty to work out why, and act on it.
share.google/N0QU31GX4Znw...
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“Queer theory…is in its flop era.” My review of Kay Gabriel’s PERVERTS is out today in @thebaffler.com. Kay’s book is a funny and true antidote to the cheap sentiment of bad queer discourse, a reckoning with sex/gender as pleasure center and system requiring defeat. thebaffler.com/latest/we-wa...
November 13, 2025 at 1:49 PM
“Queer theory…is in its flop era.” My review of Kay Gabriel’s PERVERTS is out today in @thebaffler.com. Kay’s book is a funny and true antidote to the cheap sentiment of bad queer discourse, a reckoning with sex/gender as pleasure center and system requiring defeat. thebaffler.com/latest/we-wa...
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warner brothers trickster figures explained
November 8, 2025 at 3:23 AM
warner brothers trickster figures explained
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and if you *are* a ghoul, faking decency is the price of admission into polite society. seethe about it on your own time
November 7, 2025 at 7:46 PM
and if you *are* a ghoul, faking decency is the price of admission into polite society. seethe about it on your own time
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naval battles in the Age of Sail are like if the only way to make war was for the sides to drive sports cars off opposing ramps and loose arrows at each other out the windows while in midair
November 6, 2025 at 5:57 PM
naval battles in the Age of Sail are like if the only way to make war was for the sides to drive sports cars off opposing ramps and loose arrows at each other out the windows while in midair
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feanor and son conversation
November 6, 2025 at 11:03 PM
feanor and son conversation
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setting my Rude filter to SHOW. setting my Unruly filter to WARN. setting my Vulgar filter to HIDE. setting my Churlish filter to SHOW BADGE. setting my Impudent filter to TSK STERNLY. setting my Callow filter to FROWN. setting my Naughty filter to... hmmm... DEPLOY OPERA GLASSES FOR FURTIVE PEEPING
November 6, 2025 at 10:30 PM
setting my Rude filter to SHOW. setting my Unruly filter to WARN. setting my Vulgar filter to HIDE. setting my Churlish filter to SHOW BADGE. setting my Impudent filter to TSK STERNLY. setting my Callow filter to FROWN. setting my Naughty filter to... hmmm... DEPLOY OPERA GLASSES FOR FURTIVE PEEPING
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5. They saw the countryside as the “true” heart of the nation, which upheld clean and decent traditions, and sustained old ideas about how society should be run. Crucially, they believed, it was not “polluted” by “miscegenation” and the “dilution” of “racial characteristics”.
November 5, 2025 at 8:00 AM
5. They saw the countryside as the “true” heart of the nation, which upheld clean and decent traditions, and sustained old ideas about how society should be run. Crucially, they believed, it was not “polluted” by “miscegenation” and the “dilution” of “racial characteristics”.
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4. The city, for them, was a seething mass of “aliens” and “cosmopolitans” (ie Jews). It teemed with “foreign” and “degenerate” ideas and practices. Some of them, particularly Gerald Wallop (Lord Lymington), railed against its democratic impulses: he wanted a revival of aristocratic rule.
November 5, 2025 at 8:00 AM
4. The city, for them, was a seething mass of “aliens” and “cosmopolitans” (ie Jews). It teemed with “foreign” and “degenerate” ideas and practices. Some of them, particularly Gerald Wallop (Lord Lymington), railed against its democratic impulses: he wanted a revival of aristocratic rule.
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3. It was rescuscitated in the 1920s and 1930s by fascist movements. “Rural revivalism” was a major force in the emergence of fascism in Germany, Italy, France, the UK and elsewhere. In the UK it was fomented by the likes of Gerald Wallop, Jorian Jenks, Rolf Gardiner and Henry Williamson.
November 5, 2025 at 7:59 AM
3. It was rescuscitated in the 1920s and 1930s by fascist movements. “Rural revivalism” was a major force in the emergence of fascism in Germany, Italy, France, the UK and elsewhere. In the UK it was fomented by the likes of Gerald Wallop, Jorian Jenks, Rolf Gardiner and Henry Williamson.
Wait can you not delete reskeets??? What is this.
October 30, 2025 at 2:17 AM
Wait can you not delete reskeets??? What is this.
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i hate how people and even literature sometimes reduces the concept of an unreliable narrator to 'the book lying to you', not 'you are viewing the world through the eyes of someone who does not see an absolute truth'
October 29, 2025 at 7:52 PM
i hate how people and even literature sometimes reduces the concept of an unreliable narrator to 'the book lying to you', not 'you are viewing the world through the eyes of someone who does not see an absolute truth'
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‼️The climate story is being shaped by the very industries causing climate chaos.
Edelman built the fossil fuel playbook and now it’s running comms for COP30. Meanwhile, frontline communities have a different story to tell.
My latest for @thenation.com.
Edelman built the fossil fuel playbook and now it’s running comms for COP30. Meanwhile, frontline communities have a different story to tell.
My latest for @thenation.com.
How a PR Giant Hijacked COP30 to Greenwash the Planet
Edelman invented the fossil fuel narratives, and now it’s running communications for COP30. All the while, frontline communities are telling very different stories.
www.thenation.com
October 27, 2025 at 6:56 PM
‼️The climate story is being shaped by the very industries causing climate chaos.
Edelman built the fossil fuel playbook and now it’s running comms for COP30. Meanwhile, frontline communities have a different story to tell.
My latest for @thenation.com.
Edelman built the fossil fuel playbook and now it’s running comms for COP30. Meanwhile, frontline communities have a different story to tell.
My latest for @thenation.com.
can i be so fr with you. the whole "therapy" thing in art is overblown and just really fucking boring on like every single level and it feels increasingly like... a weirdly tempered fantasy of what a good life might look like in a way that seems more fatalist than actual fatalism/doomerism
October 27, 2025 at 4:57 PM
can i be so fr with you. the whole "therapy" thing in art is overblown and just really fucking boring on like every single level and it feels increasingly like... a weirdly tempered fantasy of what a good life might look like in a way that seems more fatalist than actual fatalism/doomerism