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Smoke pouring out of windows, flames licking up walls, and yet too many are acting like the building isn't on fire. It's baffling how many will let the whole house burn down while firehoses & fire hydrants are right there for use. They just need assembling. So: Assemble. #academicsky #writingsky

submitted 8 hours ago • 1 comment

So simple, so accurate.

submitted 9 hours ago • 0 comments

What's been eye-opening is seeing how easily people accept the unacceptable. How quickly those who consider themselves normal shrug, "It is what it is," and do nothing. No wonder fighters & resisters insist on fighting NOW before the majority accepts horror as the norm. #academicsky #writingsky

submitted 10 hours ago • 2 comments

"You can't escape your chains by pretending they're not there." - Josh Johnson #academicsky #writingsky

submitted 1 day ago • 2 comments

Please remember that many truly horrible people have a vested interest in your exhaustion. They want you to feel frazzled, rushed, and out of breath. Resist the push to tire you out. Stop a while. Breathe in. Exhale. Rest. Then continue the good work of fighting back. #academicsky #humpday

submitted 3 days ago • 0 comments

You know how in fairy tales when the evil entity + minions step into a vibrant forest, everything wilts and the birds drop out of the sky? It's just that everyone's wilting and planes are dropping out of the sky... #academicsky #writingsky

submitted 3 days ago • 0 comments

Nice things stop being nice when gross people get their grubby hands on them. The grossness rubs off, corrodes all the nice, and ruins the whole vibe. #academicsky #writingsky

submitted 3 days ago • 0 comments

This. Making air travel this unsafe is unconscionable. #academicsky #travel

submitted 4 days ago • 0 comments

How many more planes need to drop out of the sky until people understand the severity of the issue?! #academicsky #writingsky

submitted 4 days ago • 0 comments

3 people live in a house: X, Y, Z X is visibly abusing Y Z dgaf because X leaves them alone & shares comforts Y fights for their freedom X tries hard to stop Y Z fears losing comforts but can't stand the noise Z brokers silence between X and Y to avoid discomfort #academicsky #writingsky

submitted 5 days ago • 1 comment

It's not the enemy But the cowards among our ranks who terrify For they will open the gates from within Fearing the pain of defence The hurt of hard fighting Wailing: Why me? They will watch the castle burn And throw all into the fire Professing: At least it isn't me. #academicsky #writingsky

submitted 5 days ago • 0 comments

Take time to rest & decompress Allow your eyes to see real objects: trees, the sky, a body of water. Breathe in. Breathe out. Cut away the noise. Hydrate. Eat something nice. Enjoy a day of peace and quiet. #academicsky #writingsky #sunday

submitted 6 days ago • 0 comments

This. No-pocket pj's are ridiculous and disturb the spirit. #fashion

submitted 7 days ago • 0 comments

Wrathful Felonius Nincompoop adds to list of 🍊 names #Thursday

submitted 9 days ago • 0 comments

Hamlet, Prince of Denmark, dithered, doubted, hesitated, schemed, soliloquied, and put on plays, yet got his lady and his friends lethally harmed. And in the end, everyone he loved and hated perished - himself included - and Norway got the whole kingdom. Just a thought. #academicsky #writingsky

submitted 10 days ago • 0 comments

What do you do when the social contract is not only ignored but torpedoed? #academicsky #writingsky

submitted 10 days ago • 0 comments

When you kick truth out of daily life, everything disintegrates b/c all the reference points disappear. We are relational beings. If reference points are negotiable moment to moment, language collapses. Communication disappears. And thus, civilizations fall. #academicsky #writingsky

submitted 10 days ago • 1 comment

"It’s disgusting and, frankly, counterproductive to point out that I voted for this. To imply that I had personal free will and agency when I walked into a voting booth and picked Mayor Bomberman is insulting."

submitted 11 days ago • 20 comments

You know how vampires need to be invited into your house first? How they'll do anything to make you lower your guard & invite them in? How once invited they promptly exsanguinate everyone inside? You know that election in November? That was US voters saying "Come on in." #academicsky #writingsky

submitted 12 days ago • 2 comments

Starving the mind of rest and recuperation will not produce healthy results. Take the time to rest. #academicsky #sunday

submitted 13 days ago • 1 comment

Imagine watching your neighbour down the road have a full-blown violent meltdown full of seething hate. One half of the family triggered the meltdown on purpose and absolutely loves it. And the other half of the family won't intervene because that would be impolite. #academicsky #writingsky

submitted 13 days ago • 1 comment

Never thought we'd witness a country Neville Chamberlain itself into the abyss, but there's a first for everything. #academicsky #writingsky

submitted 13 days ago • 0 comments

1 And The Liar lied; and the cowardly believed him. 2 For the lies made them feel like kings among peasants, with license to hurt the weak and afraid. 3 Yet The Liar did lie; and emptied all coffers, plunging the cowardly into the dirt, kings and peasants and all. #academicsky #writingsky

submitted 17 days ago • 0 comments

There's a German saying: "Wer nicht hören will muss fühlen." Roughly: "Those who don't heed the warnings must feel the consequences of refusing to listen." It's hard seeing that saying play out in real time... #academicsky #writingsky

submitted 18 days ago • 0 comments

This seems to be a general problem across established news media. Especially when it comes to anyone teetering on the conservative catastrophe curve...

submitted 18 days ago • 0 comments

You cannot build community in a culture that overtly & covertly rewards narcissism with attention, money, status and power. 1/6 #academicsky #writingsky

submitted 20 days ago • 1 comment