mattie; loud introvert energy
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Let's get drunk and watch Star Trek.
7yo, home from opening night of her first big school play, collapses into a chair and sighs dreamily. “I got so much attention.” Oh god. Chat. I think I have a theater kid.
November 7, 2025 at 2:47 PM
7yo, home from opening night of her first big school play, collapses into a chair and sighs dreamily. “I got so much attention.” Oh god. Chat. I think I have a theater kid.
NEW YORK TIMES OPINION PAGE
Are Women Human?
Are Women Human?
November 6, 2025 at 9:36 PM
NEW YORK TIMES OPINION PAGE
Are Women Human?
Are Women Human?
DIRECTLY caused by the guy who's been publicly ranting about how there are too many non-white babies being born. Not to get histrionic on the internet, but there's a word for intentionally causing the deaths of hundreds of thousands of people based on race.
One analytical model shows that, as of November 5th, the dismantling of U.S.A.I.D. has already caused the deaths of 600,000 people, two-thirds of them children. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/jUzNSc
The Shutdown of U.S.A.I.D. Has Already Killed Hundreds of Thousands
The short documentary “Rovina’s Choice” tells the story of what goes when aid goes.
newyorkermag.visitlink.me
November 6, 2025 at 9:22 PM
DIRECTLY caused by the guy who's been publicly ranting about how there are too many non-white babies being born. Not to get histrionic on the internet, but there's a word for intentionally causing the deaths of hundreds of thousands of people based on race.
The first time I heard this quote — in a speech she was giving — those first 3 sentences stopped me dead in my tracks. A real “well, shit” moment for me, in the best kind of way.
We live in capitalism. Its power seems inescapable. So did the divine right of kings. Any human power can be resisted and changed by human beings. Resistance and change often begin in art, and very often in our art, the art of words.
November 2, 2025 at 7:04 PM
The first time I heard this quote — in a speech she was giving — those first 3 sentences stopped me dead in my tracks. A real “well, shit” moment for me, in the best kind of way.
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It’s basically Deep Space Nine.
Hello welcome to bluesky. We have every kind of anti-government radical left of center, and also, baseball
November 2, 2025 at 3:54 AM
It’s basically Deep Space Nine.
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Clouds in the west laid great shivering mirages on the plain, the shadows of dreams of lakes gone dry ten million years ago.
October 30, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Clouds in the west laid great shivering mirages on the plain, the shadows of dreams of lakes gone dry ten million years ago.
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You know what this landscape needs? More trunkless legs of stone
October 28, 2025 at 7:23 PM
You know what this landscape needs? More trunkless legs of stone
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I think any story about Trump's autocracy should be mostly about the people and institutions who failed to stop it. This guy isn't a political genius, everything else just happens to be rotten. 'Toddler Consolidates Power In Household' is a story about incompetent parents, not shrewd maneuvering
October 28, 2025 at 2:07 PM
I think any story about Trump's autocracy should be mostly about the people and institutions who failed to stop it. This guy isn't a political genius, everything else just happens to be rotten. 'Toddler Consolidates Power In Household' is a story about incompetent parents, not shrewd maneuvering
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There are almost always already people doing good stuff in your community. The best lesson I learned that it is not my job to reinvent the wheel. Just to find the wheel factories and ask them what they need.
October 28, 2025 at 5:40 PM
There are almost always already people doing good stuff in your community. The best lesson I learned that it is not my job to reinvent the wheel. Just to find the wheel factories and ask them what they need.
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Making a recurring donation to your local food bank is one of the easiest & most effective ways to help people in your community. Now is a great time to either set one up or increase your existing support. Find a food bank near you: www.feedingamerica.org/find-your-lo...
October 26, 2025 at 5:52 PM
Making a recurring donation to your local food bank is one of the easiest & most effective ways to help people in your community. Now is a great time to either set one up or increase your existing support. Find a food bank near you: www.feedingamerica.org/find-your-lo...
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when a dude says "women just don't like science fiction" what you should hear is "women just don't like me." that is what they are saying
October 25, 2025 at 12:39 PM
when a dude says "women just don't like science fiction" what you should hear is "women just don't like me." that is what they are saying
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SEXY TNG WORF CRUSHER PICARD CHAIN OF COMMAND
sexy cube
October 25, 2025 at 11:36 PM
SEXY TNG WORF CRUSHER PICARD CHAIN OF COMMAND
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A movie where there's something deeply wrong with the society that surrounds the main character, but nobody can see or will outright lie about it, so everyone is pretending things are normal while the main character slowly loses their mind to the horror
That's what it's like living in America
That's what it's like living in America
October 25, 2025 at 9:15 PM
A movie where there's something deeply wrong with the society that surrounds the main character, but nobody can see or will outright lie about it, so everyone is pretending things are normal while the main character slowly loses their mind to the horror
That's what it's like living in America
That's what it's like living in America
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god I love librarians. absolutely the best people. want the rock-solid principles of a leftist community organizer with the compassion and thoughtfulness of a great teacher, but also the systems-organizational mind of the best project manager? Try librarians! They're also really nice and like books
October 23, 2025 at 1:32 AM
god I love librarians. absolutely the best people. want the rock-solid principles of a leftist community organizer with the compassion and thoughtfulness of a great teacher, but also the systems-organizational mind of the best project manager? Try librarians! They're also really nice and like books
In retrospect, I admit “sometimes it’s like someone took a knife, baby, edgy and dull and cut a 6-inch valley through the middle of my skull” IS a better rhyme, but “through the middle of my soul” is way more emo — and also how I’ve always sung it — so I will be making no changes at this time.
October 22, 2025 at 10:38 PM
In retrospect, I admit “sometimes it’s like someone took a knife, baby, edgy and dull and cut a 6-inch valley through the middle of my skull” IS a better rhyme, but “through the middle of my soul” is way more emo — and also how I’ve always sung it — so I will be making no changes at this time.
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the symbolism of “Trump destroying the White House for a overpriced luxury vanity project, during a government shut down, days after a historically-large mass demonstration against his regime called “No Kings”’ would be rightly viewed as laying it on a little thick if it was in a work of fiction
October 20, 2025 at 10:08 PM
the symbolism of “Trump destroying the White House for a overpriced luxury vanity project, during a government shut down, days after a historically-large mass demonstration against his regime called “No Kings”’ would be rightly viewed as laying it on a little thick if it was in a work of fiction
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Data.
WELL HOW ABOUT THAT
"A millionaire levy in Massachusetts has generated $3 billion more in revenue than expected without forcing significant high-profile departures from the state."
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
"A millionaire levy in Massachusetts has generated $3 billion more in revenue than expected without forcing significant high-profile departures from the state."
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Millionaire Tax That Inspired Mamdani Fuels $5.7 Billion Haul in Massachusetts
A millionaire levy in Massachusetts that New York City mayoral frontrunner Zohran Mamdani holds up as a model for taxing the rich has generated $3 billion more in revenue than expected without forcing...
www.bloomberg.com
October 21, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Data.
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Take note of all these people turning out for protests in small towns in red states.
Remember them the next time you’re inclined to write an area off because “they voted for this.”
Remember them the next time you’re inclined to write an area off because “they voted for this.”
October 18, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Take note of all these people turning out for protests in small towns in red states.
Remember them the next time you’re inclined to write an area off because “they voted for this.”
Remember them the next time you’re inclined to write an area off because “they voted for this.”
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Them: need help doing things?
Me: yes
Them: we have a doing things medication
Me: ooh
Them: hahahahaha guess what you have to do to get it?
Me: oh no
Them: things.
Me: yes
Them: we have a doing things medication
Me: ooh
Them: hahahahaha guess what you have to do to get it?
Me: oh no
Them: things.
October 14, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Them: need help doing things?
Me: yes
Them: we have a doing things medication
Me: ooh
Them: hahahahaha guess what you have to do to get it?
Me: oh no
Them: things.
Me: yes
Them: we have a doing things medication
Me: ooh
Them: hahahahaha guess what you have to do to get it?
Me: oh no
Them: things.
A true description of life past 40.
i will never watch a "Time Lapse Video" i already feel like 150 days pass in a matter of minutes. the sun arcs across the sky again and again before i can take a breath. the months chisel new grooves in my face every time i look in the mirror. also they're boring
October 7, 2025 at 1:47 AM
A true description of life past 40.
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we aren’t going to be able to make up for what they’re stealing from people who need it. but setting up a recurring donation—whatever you can afford—to your local food bank is one of the easiest & most effective ways to help people in your community. find one near you:
September 22, 2025 at 2:16 PM
we aren’t going to be able to make up for what they’re stealing from people who need it. but setting up a recurring donation—whatever you can afford—to your local food bank is one of the easiest & most effective ways to help people in your community. find one near you:
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giving to this was deeply satisfying, and I recommend you give it a try.
DO IT, GOOD PEOPLE
DO IT, GOOD PEOPLE
It's bleak out there. But we're gonna do some good this week.
How I'd Fix Atlanta has partnered with Undue Medical Debt to help a bunch of ATLiens this week, and we need your help.
Give what you can. Tell everyone you know.
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How I'd Fix Atlanta has partnered with Undue Medical Debt to help a bunch of ATLiens this week, and we need your help.
Give what you can. Tell everyone you know.
unduemedicaldebt.org/campaign/whe...
When Good Georgians Get Together, Great Things Happen
How I’d Fix Atlanta started as a free newsletter sent on a Thursday of most months in 2022. We’ve published 37 essays (and counting) since, put out a couple print zines, done some readings around the ...
unduemedicaldebt.org
September 25, 2025 at 11:37 PM
giving to this was deeply satisfying, and I recommend you give it a try.
DO IT, GOOD PEOPLE
DO IT, GOOD PEOPLE
What WOULDN’T Paul Farmer do?, asked no one.
nobody tell emily oster, it's ineffective to spend money on the poors you know
September 24, 2025 at 7:48 PM
What WOULDN’T Paul Farmer do?, asked no one.
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It’s so important to not let yourself become bitter or disheartened or cynical. To not let the news of the world break your spirit. Because I’m already doing that. It’s my thing. Find your own, stop copying me.
April 29, 2025 at 11:43 AM
It’s so important to not let yourself become bitter or disheartened or cynical. To not let the news of the world break your spirit. Because I’m already doing that. It’s my thing. Find your own, stop copying me.
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US President back-pedalling furiously after his administration treated some innocent hard-working Koreans like they were innocent hard-working Latinos.
September 15, 2025 at 6:42 AM
US President back-pedalling furiously after his administration treated some innocent hard-working Koreans like they were innocent hard-working Latinos.