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"This administration wants to burn it all down, and measured responses won’t work as a counter; you can’t wait for your lawyers to go over the text of Trump’s executive orders and for your pollsters to focus-group the optimal response...” @dceiver.bsky.social says it better than I can.
Trump’s Abuse of Power Comes as No Surprise
Somehow, Democrats got badly caught out by the president doing all the things he spent the past two years saying he was going to do if reelected.
newrepublic.com
February 1, 2025 at 6:08 PM
"This administration wants to burn it all down, and measured responses won’t work as a counter; you can’t wait for your lawyers to go over the text of Trump’s executive orders and for your pollsters to focus-group the optimal response...” @dceiver.bsky.social says it better than I can.
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Small Gods by Terry Pratchett
Discworld is the warm hug of fantasy - so easy to pick up and get lost in. He’s phenomenal at subliminally using political/moral themes and basically reminding people to be good humans! Picking this one as I believe it’s one of the best 💙📚
#booksky #booktok #fantasy
Discworld is the warm hug of fantasy - so easy to pick up and get lost in. He’s phenomenal at subliminally using political/moral themes and basically reminding people to be good humans! Picking this one as I believe it’s one of the best 💙📚
#booksky #booktok #fantasy
January 22, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Bonus art from Thanhausers website.
January 22, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Bonus art from Thanhausers website.
“When you have been a possession,
then you really understand what freedom means
in all its magnificent terror.”
then you really understand what freedom means
in all its magnificent terror.”
January 22, 2025 at 5:50 PM
“When you have been a possession,
then you really understand what freedom means
in all its magnificent terror.”
then you really understand what freedom means
in all its magnificent terror.”
“What harm can it do to find out? It’s a question that left bruises down the centuries, even more than “It can’t hurt if I only take one” and “It’s all right if you only do it standing up.”
January 22, 2025 at 5:50 PM
“What harm can it do to find out? It’s a question that left bruises down the centuries, even more than “It can’t hurt if I only take one” and “It’s all right if you only do it standing up.”
Funny, that: a brigand for a father was something you kept quiet about, but a slave-taking pirate for a great-great-great-grandfather was something to boast of over the port. Time turned the evil bastards into rogues, and rogue was a word with a twinkle in its eye and nothing to be ashamed of.”
January 22, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Funny, that: a brigand for a father was something you kept quiet about, but a slave-taking pirate for a great-great-great-grandfather was something to boast of over the port. Time turned the evil bastards into rogues, and rogue was a word with a twinkle in its eye and nothing to be ashamed of.”
“They were indeed what was known as 'old money', which meant that it had been made so long ago that the black deeds which had originally filled the coffers were now historically irrelevant....
January 22, 2025 at 5:50 PM
“They were indeed what was known as 'old money', which meant that it had been made so long ago that the black deeds which had originally filled the coffers were now historically irrelevant....
“When you can flatten entire cities at a whim, a tendency towards quiet reflection and seeing-things-from-the-other-fellow's-point- of-view is seldom necessary.”
January 22, 2025 at 5:41 PM
“When you can flatten entire cities at a whim, a tendency towards quiet reflection and seeing-things-from-the-other-fellow's-point- of-view is seldom necessary.”
“It's hard to explain," said Brutha. "But I think it's got something to do with how people should behave... you should do things because they're right. Not because gods say so. They might say something different another time.”
January 22, 2025 at 5:41 PM
“It's hard to explain," said Brutha. "But I think it's got something to do with how people should behave... you should do things because they're right. Not because gods say so. They might say something different another time.”
“I think," he said, "I think, if you want thousands, you have to fight for one.”
“The people who really run organizations are usually found several levels down, where it is still possible to get things done.”
January 22, 2025 at 5:41 PM
“I think," he said, "I think, if you want thousands, you have to fight for one.”
“The people who really run organizations are usually found several levels down, where it is still possible to get things done.”
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Thankfully, Jane Austen and Lucy Maud Montgomery have very likely already let me down as much as they’re ever going to.
January 14, 2025 at 8:23 PM
Thankfully, Jane Austen and Lucy Maud Montgomery have very likely already let me down as much as they’re ever going to.
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Toothpaste tabs would be amazing. Even better if they can be done without xylitol (dog safety)
Conditioner bars
Athletic socks are amazing
Blue land type products are great!
Options without fragrances are also really nice.
Conditioner bars
Athletic socks are amazing
Blue land type products are great!
Options without fragrances are also really nice.
January 14, 2025 at 4:32 AM
Toothpaste tabs would be amazing. Even better if they can be done without xylitol (dog safety)
Conditioner bars
Athletic socks are amazing
Blue land type products are great!
Options without fragrances are also really nice.
Conditioner bars
Athletic socks are amazing
Blue land type products are great!
Options without fragrances are also really nice.