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A U.S. president, deploying troops to suppress protests in Los Angeles. This is a terrifying moment in American history.

submitted 20 days ago • 7 comments

“Trump didn't deploy 2,000 National Guard troops on January 6 when the U.S. Capitol was under siege... But he deployed 2,000 today in Los Angeles.”

submitted 20 days ago • 10 comments

What a stupid system, to give so much unchecked power to a couple of narcissistic man-baby cartoon villains.

submitted 21 days ago • 0 comments

The enemy of my enemy is still my enemy but I still like seeing them fight

submitted 22 days ago • 429 comments

THE QUESTION “Will I ever be healthy again?” Her face—plaintive, but bracing. In the silence that followed, galaxies bloomed and fell to seed. I dropped the word gently, cushioned in a nest of my own astonishment: “No.”

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THE LIE People who tell you this is beautiful are lying. It is pain-driven moans, blood on the carpet, piss in the bed, desiccated lips, eyes full of fear, and grief before grief. We are kinder to dogs. -Barbarella Fokos

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It seems to me that this administration will keep firing intelligence analysts until they can find one who will lie to justify the regime disappearing perceived enemies to foreign torture dungeons.

submitted 40 days ago • 463 comments

Caring for a loved one on hospice is HARD. I've been writing poems to help me process all these emotions.

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Chipmunk in the backyard, looking all adorable n shit

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7 years ago, David showed up with a gin martini in one hand and a deck of cards in the other. “I want to try something,” he said. Now we're finally ready to share Nice Try, Wise Guy, David's noir-inspired card game of mob hits, favors, and friendly betrayals. Take a peek: nicetrywiseguy.com

submitted 42 days ago • 0 comments

Oriole in the backyard (Chilmark, MA)

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I’ve never seen this clip before. I’ve also never pondered what she poses. Getting a group of Black women to burn a bus full of white children? You couldn’t do it. And that’s a damning indictment of white womanhood.

submitted 55 days ago • 20 comments

I wrote a poem about a turkey.

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Amy Sherald, who painted former First Lady Michelle Obama's portrait in 2018, has a major survey of her work opening this week at the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York.

submitted 79 days ago • 25 comments

The stock market is tanking so badly it almost feels like we are being governed by someone who went bankrupt six tim— Oh.

submitted 84 days ago • 852 comments

Dear media, It’s not: “President Trump Discusses Possible Third Term.” It’s: “Kleptocratic Wannabe Dictator Says He Can Serve ‘Third Term’ In Blatant Disregard Of The Constitution He ‘Swore’ An Oath To Defend.” You’re welcome.

submitted 88 days ago • 430 comments

I asked ChatGPT to help me out with some retorts to white men claiming persecution (it's all over Xitter), and it gave me these gems: “Ah yes, straight white men: history’s silent victims.” 1/2

submitted 89 days ago • 1 comment

I appreciate that Jeffrey Goldberg did not sit on this news for a book that he writes two years from now

submitted 93 days ago • 1153 comments

Bravo to @jeffreygoldberg.bsky.social for his bravery and journalistic integrity.

submitted 94 days ago • 576 comments

They LIE

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I feel confident in predicting history will judge this decade or so as the absolutely stupidest time in American history. Honestly our kids and grandkids will read about this time and be shocked that adults existed.

submitted 96 days ago • 2262 comments

Roses are red Violets are blue

submitted 99 days ago • 2567 comments

Something to think about

submitted 101 days ago • 708 comments

So much for the land of the free. More like third world dictatorship.

submitted 102 days ago • 0 comments

Poorly made, overpriced piece of 💩

submitted 102 days ago • 0 comments

More of this, please. A LOT more of this, please.

submitted 102 days ago • 1710 comments

Peek at our doc in progress! For 60 years, internationally renowned artist Masami Teraoka has railed against abuses of power. As he reflects on his art, his family, and the battles still ahead, the question remains: What price does an artist pay for telling the truth? #documentaryfilm

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ASMR video of opening and biting into my Crackling Caramel in Dark Chocolate bar.

submitted 113 days ago • 1 comment

Anyone have that sinking feeling happening?

submitted 115 days ago • 795 comments

This.

submitted 129 days ago • 325 comments

The Kendrick Lamar halftime show was positive because a lot of people are now finding out and talking about 40 acres and a mule and what that means.

submitted 135 days ago • 483 comments

I’m so proud to share this wonderful write-up about my chocolates. 😃💗 Especially this bit: “…Denouement is the best chocolate I have ever had the opportunity to taste.” 😊

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Sometimes it’s the details of the work that are the most exciting to me. Here are a few of my favorite details in various works of mine.

submitted 137 days ago • 0 comments

My feed on Threads is full of fantastic deep dive breakdowns of the incredible artistry and layered symbolism packed into that amazing halftime show. I love it.

submitted 137 days ago • 1 comment

this is genuinely embarrassing. But I guess they can't hire a Black cultural critic to write about the extremely Black half-time show because that would be DEI or whatever

submitted 138 days ago • 88 comments

Thai Tea Milk Chocolate Bar.

submitted 137 days ago • 0 comments

Yet another reason to love K-dramas: the incredible dialogue.

submitted 137 days ago • 1 comment

Hey NYTimes — now you’re lighting the beacons? NOW?!? After months of “Sauron: Avatar Of Evil… Or Extreme Uniter?” thumbsucker reporting you’re screaming what we’ve known since 2015? Fuck all the way off.

submitted 138 days ago • 3158 comments