i miss the early internet. people were like “you gotta see this dude. this cat sure is long.” and they were right. it was really long. it never shoulda gotten any more complicated than that.

For No Reason in Particular Here's a Bunch of Games Where You Kill Nazis

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One of the best things you can do right now is read books. Buy them. Borrow them from the library. Gift them.

Read history. Read fiction. Read science writing. Read anything that shows you the world is bigger than what fascists say it is.

Read to remember why your resistance matters. 📚💙

Take back your attention.

I don't see much point in arguing which elderly racist white man is technically responsible for this particular fuckup

one thing people genuinely need to start realizing that even if “donald trump didn’t do anything to save tiktok” and “he initiated this ban in 2020 so its actually his fault” it doesn’t matter. nothing real matters, all that matters is that something FEELS real to people

Folks trying to act cool and aloof about the TikTok ban sound genuinely idiotic. If you don’t get why it’s a devastating and dangerous precedent, that says way more about you than the people lamenting its loss. I learned so much on that app. I saw the funniest shit of my life there. Shit sucks.

Raw milk is one of those ideas that can really only take hold when people haven't seen a cow. if you see a cow from let's say ten feet or less you immediately understand the problem that pasteurization is solving

I’m so fucking burnt out ✌️

Saw someone upbraiding someone else for having a hobby while the world is on fire, and, my friends:

1. The world is ever on fire, this is today's conflagration;

2. If you don't find time for rest and joy the fire will consume you;

3. Don't let people shame you for being an entire human.

You morons, you can't repeat the Gilded Age. That's not how history works--it only goes in one direction. Now let me take a big sip of coffee and make sure no nihilistic young Italians have built homemade weapons with which to assassinate robber barons.

Many of us are echoing @timothysnyder.bsky.social's lesson in On Tyranny, "Do not obey in advance.”

A no less vital admonition that deserves attn:

STAND OUT

“...without that unease, there is no freedom. The moment you set an example, the spell of the status quo is broken, and others will follow."

Can’t say I’m a fan of Curie’s “eat wet food and then immediately go and burp in your face” routine she’s established as of late. Thanks girly pop.

I'm so trying hard to channel my sadness and rage into productivity, organizing and connection but every morning still starts with a slow motion, internal fight to even try to move what feels like a leaden body and hollow heart that desires nothing more than to sink, disappearing, into the earth.

Current mood:

Just a reminder to support your local public libraries! Write letters of support. Use the library often & in many different ways. Show up to meetings.

Library staff have been begging for help, advocacy, and action for years. Please show up for libraries.

Maybe I should start actually posting here, idk, I have such a combative relationship with social media that’s hard to overcome, but community would be fantastic.