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They have you busy fighting a gender war to keep you from fighting a class war.

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Writing advice from some guy called John Steinbeck.

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you know who else came from chicago and was on "a mission from god"

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Dr. Kiran Rabheru, geriatric psychiatrist, helped stop the World Health Organization from designating "old age" as an illness. In the passage screenshotted below, he gives his "Rule of 20s" prescription for extending your "healthspan," the length of quality, healthy living. Full text in alt.

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Releaf

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Legit! #writers #booksky #writingcommunity

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Terminator hands you a collection of Joan Didion's nonfiction writing "We tell ourselves stories in order to live if you want to live."

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Might save a life.

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This is why. This is woke. This is normal. That other shit is not.

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“A poem cannot stop a bullet. A novel can't defuse a bomb. But we are not helpless. We can sing the truth and name the liars.” Salman Rushdie youtube.com/@literarypea...

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The real heroes in this fight so far have been the men and women attending those Town Hall meetings!🔥

submitted 91 days ago • 414 comments

As Donald Trump turns the United States into one of the closest allies Russia has worldwide, it's worth revisiting the news item below, which came out immediately after Trump won a surprising victory in November:

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This is Winston Churchill visiting Washington DC to request assistance in the war against Germany. Notice he is wearing a "zip suit" and not a traditional suit. This was to honor the British troops--the same reason Zelensky dresses the way he does.

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Guessing a lot of Americans have no idea about this. The US guaranteed Ukraine's safety for the disarmament of Ukraine's nuclear weapons. The accord was reiterated 2009. Six years before Russia attacked Crimea. www.armscontrol.org/factsheets/u...

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NEW: A searing editorial in the The Kyiv Independent. “It’s time to say it plainly. America’s leadership has switched sides in the war. The American people have not, and they should speak up. “A president just disrespected America in the Oval Office. It wasn’t Zelensky.” @kyivindependent.com

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More class in his pinky than Trump has shown his entire life.

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Say it with me... 🧪 👩‍🔬

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An awesome woman named Beth Kelley shared this with me and wanted me to share it with you. If you're wondering what we, as little people caught in a big web can do, Beth has you covered: Here is her Advice:

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In light of everything happening, I wrote about how the KKK in the 1920s felt unstoppable, about the people that fought against them anyway, and about how fascism always fails. dansinker.com/posts/202…

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In an ideal world the President of the United States, the world's richest man, and the two worst humans alive would be four different people.

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“the United States is not a startup. The federal government exists to do all of the things that are definitionally not profitable, that serve the public good rather than protect investor profits. (The vast majority of startups also fail, something the United States cannot afford to do.)”

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School play gets canceled for "inappropriate content". In response students write [REDACTED], their own anti-censorship play skewering the school district, sells out performances, and ultimately takes gold at the Lenaea High School Theatre Festival. www.kqed.org/arts/1397192...

submitted 105 days ago • 91 comments

👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 🐆🥣😳 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

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