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I once worked on a visual novel game where all the surveys and focus groups said that nobody wanted romance, they only wanted mystery and sci-fi. Then 75+% of clicks in-game went to stories with explicit romantic or sexy themes. www.pcgamer.com/gaming-indus...

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CSPAN Caller from West Virginia: I’m a diabetic and I’m on Medicare. When Biden was in there, my insulin was $6 for a 28 day supply. I just went to CVS, it went back up to $80…

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One chapter left to write in my novel 🙏🏽🙏🏽

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Shutting down already-installed infrastructure in the name of government "efficiency" while also harming business competitors of a government official who just happens to have his own network of EV chargers.

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Finished the intermediate lessons today

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E PLURIBUS By Kadir Nelson

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Finished a chapter today. Last two chapters of the manuscript to go. 🙏🏽

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Finished lesson 75 on Babbel. Goal for the year is to finish the entire course.

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The NAACP is re-mixing 1930s-era "don't buy where you can't work" campaigns to confront the neo-segregationists targeting DEI. apnews.com/article/blac...

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This is what we mean when we say “woke” and “DEI” just mean Black. Odd how the folks who insist race no longer matters and so we shouldn’t discuss it or acknowledge it, get really upset when a person who is not white plays a favorite fictional character. www.theguardian.com/film/2025/fe...

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sabotaging government so that you can turn around and tell people government is broken and that’s why we should privatize everything

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People who voted Trump who are feeling pissed off right now about broken promises are an organizing opportunity, not a gloating opportunity

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NEW: Under the Trump administration, the Office for Civil Rights has shifted its focus to removing gender-neutral bathrooms, banning transgender athletes from women’s sports and prioritizing complaints alleging discrimination against white students.

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This is a useful (but day-ruining) post on the current situation (it’s a self-coup), including a list of likely outcomes (civil war is possible, but unlikely). Also, @liberalcurrents.com is clear-eyed and becoming part of my daily reading rotation. www.liberalcurrents.com/is-it-a-coup/

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Book update: finished another chapter but made pagebreak in a different place, so that cancels out. But still, 3 chapters from being done 🙏🏽

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Been playing “Optimistic” all day. Was just what I needed.

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I do think it’s funny when the car companies are like “we may be divided but now more than ever, I think we can all agree: car ❤️”

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Finished a chapter yesterday. Just four more to go and I’m done with my novel 🙏🏽

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In my years of covering internet culture I’ve always tried to impress upon people that social media algorithms + audiences actively incentivize and reward behavior and people that are almost comically evil and stupid. Anyways now that culture is running the country

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Read this chilling article from @jamellebouie.net www.nytimes.com/2025/02/05/o...

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This RAYE album is fiya

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When I had pneumonia and blood clots in my lungs, "DEI" made my inadequate care better, saved me from having to be in the hospital longer, likely saved me from having any long-term issues (Lord willin). There’s even a small chance that “DEI” saved my life medium.com/@journojoshu...

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I need to find some wave grease/oil/whatever for Black men with psoriasis.

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When I had pneumonia and blood clots in my lungs, "DEI" made my inadequate care better, saved me from having to be in the hospital longer, likely saved me from having any long-term issues (Lord willin). There’s even a small chance that “DEI” saved my life medium.com/@journojoshu...

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Sometimes i just wish people would just say the N-word or whatever slur. All this euphemism like DEI and wokeness and whatever term the Right gets the discourse to say is kinda cowardly. At least direct bigotry doesn't waste your time.

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i think people who complain about the language police are, by and large, just cowards. say whatever you want! no one is going to stop you. but people may judge you or even, if you say the wrong thing in front of the wrong person, pop you in the mouth. but that’s life!

submitted 26 days ago • 460 comments

E PLURIBUS By Kadir Nelson

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Almost done with my first novel! Sign up for my email list and today I’ll send you the first half of the manuscript (short pitch: historical fantasy, Civil War + dragons!). Plot summary below. mailchi.mp/d337b7c73aa7...

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Each time I have sat down to write something since the election, I am bothered by this recurring phrase that I simply cannot get out of my head. So, I am going to just say it out loud: we are on our own. www.democracydocket.com/opinion/we-a...

submitted 27 days ago • 642 comments

One of the best things you can do right now is read books. Buy them. Borrow them from the library. Gift them. Read history. Read fiction. Read science writing. Read anything that shows you the world is bigger than what fascists say it is. Read to remember why your resistance matters. 📚💙

submitted 27 days ago • 48 comments

Almost done with my first novel! Sign up for my email list and today I’ll send you the first half of the manuscript (short pitch: historical fantasy, Civil War + dragons!). Plot summary below. mailchi.mp/d337b7c73aa7...

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Rewatching the nanny and this theme song has no right to go this hard

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I’m almost done with my first novel, a historical fantasy (short pitch: American Civil War + dragons!). If you or someone you know would be interested in this, sign up for my email list. I appreciate any signal boost as well. Thanks guys 🙏🏽https://mailchi.mp/d337b7c73aa7/manuscript-fundraiser

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