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I hate these fascist motherfuckers with every cell in my body and with nearly equal timbre I hate the cowardice of the only people in a position to oppose them who treat it like they were playing crazy 8s over cocktails and watercress sandwiches

We can upload 3 minute videos now. YOU KNOW THE RULE

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DID YOU KNOW for 25 years Matthew Shepard had no permanent resting place due to concerns his grave would be vandalized Reverend Budde learned of this, she invited the Shepards to inter him inside the Washington National Cathedral. www.matthewshepard.org/matthew-shep... She was and is a real hero.

I want to talk about my move from Substack to Ghost for a second, and what it's been like working with a nonprofit tech company that actually lives its values. Especially if you're a writer still on Subtack, please read. 1/x First of all, about the org: They are a nonprofit, I just met employee +

Incredibly mindful post to carry with us

I am a former incarcerated firefighter. I served in a California fire camp from 2009 to 2012. Misinformation is afire on the internet, so here are facts about the prison firefighter program, all in one place. A thread.

May we rage when we must and rest when we can. May we make the peace we so desperately need. May we turn our hands, in all things, to the justice that peace requires. The only liberation is a shared liberation. May we have courage sufficient to build it. Shabbat shalom ❤️

SAVE SAMUELS LIBRARY! Samuels Public Library, in Virgina, needs your support. Their phenomenal library staff are doing all they can for their beloved library kids & grown-ups. Library people deserve everything good! We love you, Samuels Library friends ✨📚❤️‍🩹 www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/202...

Doechii Tiny Desk is out now! Run, don’t walk!

Read this in middle school and ‘whew’ it left an impression

Connections Puzzle #536 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟪🟪🟪🟪

*Happiness *Murder Well now🧐

My favorite day of the year! #bookswelove

Lucy & Penny: the bestest girls on neighborhood watch duty

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I honestly don’t think Americans understand how much their day to day lives depend on federal civil servants and now is the time for professional commentators to write op-eds explaining

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"how did this happen" "whose fault is it" man I don't fuckin care anymore. I think the one thing I know is that the right built parallel institutions—I grew up in them—and the left is doing that too, and now is the time to help, and to welcome the public into them. gonna start with libraries & books

At the end of the day this election went the way it did because VERY rich people used their power and influence to create a universe of false information that directly fed people's most wretched impulses (racism, sexism, xenophobia) and exploited their ignorance. That's the sum of it.

Bluesky now has over 10 million users, and I was #1,941,619!

Since they stuck AOC in the non-broadcast hour, here's her speech to share with everyone you know. www.youtube.com/watch?v=elJD...

If you're looking for practical ways to defeat Trump at the polls, here are some suggestions of things you can do to protect voting rights and get out the vote: gregpak.net/2024/07/02/t...

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