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submitted 140 days ago • 29 comments

Reading a book of Bill Bryson essays from the 90's: it bothers me that he wrote about things that are still big today: anti-environmentalism, anti-immigrant rhetoric, etc. It's been almost 30 years and we still suffer from the same wounds.

submitted 141 days ago • 0 comments

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submitted 142 days ago • 0 comments

Being in tech support, it amazes me me how people constantly delay the resolution of their problems because they would rather vent at some stranger and marinate in their rage about something not working. Oh wait, I just described voters in America

submitted 143 days ago • 0 comments

I acknowledge that my deep affection for Love's Travel Stops is not congruent with any of my life philosophies/beliefs. Maybe now the spirits of dead Utopian philosophers will stop haunting me. I'm a hypocrite, OK? I admit it.

submitted 145 days ago • 0 comments

I know the US is on fire, politically and socially, but wtf. After spending all night driving a variety of interstates, I am convinced that there is a place on this land, a plague of drivers not turning off their brights, even when they're right behind you.

submitted 146 days ago • 0 comments

As we get to the point where at least some Trump voters are - presumably - realizing they made the wrong choice, let's not forget that cruelty towards others is a big part of why Trump won. Those who are against Trump should not engage in that same cruelty.

submitted 147 days ago • 0 comments

Listening to John Trudell (RIP) is always good for centering your perspective (however briefly) outside the monoculture.

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submitted 151 days ago • 34 comments

Excuse me, your skin color is that of the Indigenous people who were here before Europeans. Can I see your ID? You may be here illegally.

submitted 152 days ago • 0 comments

I remember back in the Obama days, when they were first introducing "ObamaCare," watching some old white lady yell at her congressman. Specifically, she yelled "Get your government hands off my Medicaid." Hoping MAGA wakes up to the truth abt Trump is not a winning strategy.

submitted 152 days ago • 0 comments

Karl Rove, during the reign of Bush 2, said "We're an empire now. We make our own reality." Iirc, this was because a journalist called him out for making false statements. I fear the GOP has actually internalized this. Combine that with the unending lies coming from FOX and you have mass psychosis

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submitted 153 days ago • 1075 comments

We are very obviously being gamed by the ruling elite, so I will do my best not to laugh at MAGA in their future struggles as they realize Trump isn't their guy. At the end of the day, the elite wants us to turn on each other, and it takes neither brains nor imagination to guess why.

submitted 153 days ago • 0 comments

Sometimes I forget that Trump only happened because a significant portion of the US population shit their pants at the idea of a Black person in the White House, whether that be Obama or Kamala.

submitted 154 days ago • 0 comments

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submitted 154 days ago • 0 comments

I work in a tech support job, answering the phone, troubleshooting, etc. It occurs to me that it would be, technically, a nice thing to tell the people who call "I hope I never speak to you again." I don't think HR would see it that way, tho.

submitted 155 days ago • 0 comments

“We can disagree and still love each other unless your disagreement is rooted in my oppression and denial of my humanity and right to exist” James Baldwin

submitted 156 days ago • 174 comments