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We are working on launching an ALT DOGE website. It will soon feature a team page listing all of Elon’s staffers, our own wall of receipts (tracking the money he’s taking from America), and a section to help Americans keep tabs on the false claims on Doge’s website—which now exceed 52%.

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Since the president has signed an EO making English the official language of the United States, here is the first non-English copy of the Declaration of Independence, printed in German just days after July 4, 1776. We have always been multilingual. cdm16274.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/coll...

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In other news, I just completed my first #Ukrainian lesson on #Duolingo.

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hat tip to @theliamnissan.bsky.social

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I expect I’ll learn a lot from this new YouTube channel.

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I liked my country’s old allies a lot better than I like its new allies. 💔🙁

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Why yes, I am.

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I'm also going to need some emotional support Britons, some emotional support Germans, some emotional support Aussies, ...

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Pround of my Senator!

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This is SORT OF what I envisioned for the house band at Gamaufry Tavern. They play modern songs on historical instruments. You can’t hear them, but you can read about them in Shadow of the King.

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Main character: why did you write me into the worst situation ever? Me: worst situation so far... #writingcommunity #booksky #amwriting #writer #writerlift

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Sunday Inspiration: A Successful Man A successful man is one who can lay a firm foundation with the bricks others have thrown at him.—David Brinkley

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Sunday Inspiration: Who Hates You? It’s good to know who hates you, and it’s good to be hated by the right people.—Johnny Cash

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I just did this from my work computer and my phone; I’ll do it from my laptop when I get home tonight.

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Just saw a farmer say, "you don't have to admit you were wrong, you have to admit you were lied to, " and idk that seems like a good framing to call people in

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Sunday Inspiration: Saints You meet saints everywhere. They can be anywhere. They are people behaving decently in an indecent society.—Kurt Vonnegut

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Oops 😬

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Worldbuilding: African Elves? Black History Month seems as good a time as any to write a little about how African mythology intersects with the story world of Shadow of the King. I'll begin with a disclaimer: I feel it's important to make a distinction between the "sacred" and the "spooky," a…

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Sunday Inspiration: Differences It is not our differences that divide us. It is our inability to recognize, accept, and celebrate those differences.—Audre Lorde

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I want to learn an Indigenous Native American language. Either Muskogee since I live in territory taken from the Creek Confederacy or either Cherokee or Shawnee to recall my family roots in Appalachia. Linguistically, I want to be as diverse, equitable, and inclusive as I possibly can.

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We're finally dismantling the federal government! Sure hope it doesn't serve essential functions that I've taken for granted my whole life

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Senators’ phones have been ringing off the hook with nonstop calls from hospitals, police departments, volunteer firefighters, food pantries, drug treatment centers, on and on and on.

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Hey guys! I’ve started something new. My new Substack… Go check it out! jimacosta.substack.com/p/hold-on-to...

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We need more shows like Andy Griffith, where the bumbling sidekick tries to act all manly, carries a gun, blusters, etc., but everybody knows he’s a clown, while the hero is unarmed, has quiet strength, cares about everyone, and gets things done because he has won the respect of his community.

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Hace quinientos años que se llama el Golfo de México, y ningún payaso anaranjado puede cambiar eso.

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calling them hallucinations seems to me to connote that some sort of abnormal perception is going on. but in fact (1) there is no perception at all, as there is no perceiver, and (2) there’s nothing abnormal about it. all the chatbot answers are “hallucinations,” but some happen to be right

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Sunday Inspiration: A Wounded Healer A wounded healer is someone who can listen to a person in pain without having to speak about his or her own wounds.—Henri Nouwen

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Interviewer: “so what’s this gap in your resume?” “Oh, those were the years when they weren’t hiring Black people.”

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History doesn't always repeat itself. Sometimes it just screams "Why don't you ever listen?" and lets fly with a club. --John W. Campbell Campbell was crazy as a bedbug, but he wasn't stupid, unlike most modern right-wingers.

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Don’t Take My Word for It Here is a very gracious review of Shadow of the King from Brandi of Dragons and Spaceships.

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Dragons & Spaceships is a newish podcast that deserves a bigger following. I had a lovely conversation with Brandi a few weeks back. Go check it out!

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Interview on Dragons & Spaceships! Dragons & Spaceships is a newish podcast that deserves a bigger following. I had a lovely conversation with Brandi a few weeks back. Go check it out!

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If memory serves, this is the second time it has snowed in Macon since we moved here.

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Blessings to all who are remembering Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. today. May God open all of our eyes that we may judge all people not by the color of their skin but by the content of their character.

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Sunday Inspiration: The Burden You Carry I cannot worry much about your sins and miseries when I have so many of my own. I can only love you all, poor fellow travelers, fellow sufferers. I do not want to add one least straw to the burden you already carry.—Dorothy Day

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I'm kind of curious about the new remake of #Nosferatu. As I understand it, it's a movie about the dangers of selling real estate to foreign aristocrats.

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The moon doesn’t bark back at the dog.

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A god that needs a government to enforce their will is a false god invented by tyrants to further their own pursuit of wealth and power.

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Sunday Inspiration: True Laughter A wonderful thing about true laughter is that it just destroys any kind of system of dividing people.—John Cleese

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I love that Canadian Scoopers are getting all the attention online for their heroic efforts in combatting the wildfires in L.A … But please acknowledge & give credit to the all the brave Mexican Firefighters who’ve arrived on the ground to help. #VivaVivaViva🇲🇽 mexiconewsdaily.com/news/mexican...

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"The best revenge is to be unlike him who performed the injury" -Marcus Aurelius Antoninus (121 – 180 AD), Roman Emperor and Stoic Philosopher #philosophy #quotes #stoicism

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I don’t mind this online defensive driving course to get a discount on my car insurance, but boy howdy did they need to spring for a copyeditor!

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Is there an #Assyriologist in the house? I know #Sargon II bragged about capturing #Samaria c. 722 BCE, but does he ever say he was actually there? Is there any info about the general or generals that conducted the siege of Samaria?

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