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made of love and song lyrics, a token of a broken time. autonomy and solidarity forever
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when people try to parse eg a Nazi salute with “he was referring to / ironic reference” nonsense think of sex. let’s say you and I fuck, but my engagement is ironic — I’m doing it because I’m making reference to a previous discussion about fucking. are you less fucked now? me neither

if they think that by privatizing everything public i love and use they'll get me to spend money with those private companies instead then they don't know me at all. i once drove to another state to buy public cheese. all they'll do is make me more annoying

you (tiny, small of brain): this fantasy setting is unrealistic because women have rights me (large): this fantasy setting is unrealistic because it treats the military as a coherent professional organization with low social status

internet edgelords only held back in their ripping the copper out of the walls of government by antiquated programming languages it's a real 4chan vs Fortran situation

man sometimes i wish i was just an awful bloodthirsty bastard of a human being because they all seem like they're just having the time of their lives right now. it looks so relaxing. being good sux

on the one hand I have stuff to do and on the other hand he's so old and sick and blind and desperate to be on my lap 24/7 that maybe every single other responsibility is irrelevant and to hell with the consequences

I stan: 1) any writer who writes a whole book about the noble orange 2) any publisher who facilitates the writing of a book about the noble orange, and brings said book about the noble orange into the world 3) the noble orange

actually my facts do care about your feelings

It would be a shame to encourage folks to use banned book lists to do strange things like -check them out regularly at the library -request the library order them if they don’t have them -buy them -start or support banned book clubs -organize a banned book kids story time A real shame

"In other countries, this would be called 'an authoritarian coup.' In America, mealy-mouthed officials call our transition into a mafia state 'deeply troubling' and do little to curb the damage." -- HIDING IN PLAIN SIGHT (2020)

"Everyone will claim that they knew from the beginning that what they did was wrong, but they still just went on sinning"

in terms of professions that do indeed owe you something, politician is actually one of the big ones

If I had a band or a label, I would do a punk cover of "No More Kings" from Schoolhouse Rock. And then I would gather a bunch of people to write a whole album of next-generation Schoolhouse Rock songs, with songs about Social Security and Medicaid and NOAA. I am not kidding in the least.