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here goes for a cool, collected dive at death and destruction, and the devil fetch the hindmost

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El Capitan displays a massive American flag upside down—the traditional signal of distress or extreme emergency.

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Elon, I hate to break it to you but you aren’t my boss. I answer to the people of Minnesota. But since you bring it up, I spent last week fighting to stop tax breaks for billionaires like you, paid for by defunding health care for moms and babies

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In the era that I studied when I was still part of the academic world one recurrent topic was that of "over-mighty subjects". This referred to subjects of the Crown who were themselves so powerful that they threatened the sovereign power of the Crown itself. In the US we have no sovereign, or ...

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As government workers get Micro Mind Moscow Musk’s email they should REPLY ALL when responding and mocking him.

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I'm rooting for the Alligator Gar!

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Here's one of the warnings I gave in an article before the US election. It's devastating to see it all happening. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

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According to ProPublica, dozens more pregnant and postpartum women have died in Texas hospitals since abortion bans were implemented, compared with maternal deaths in the state immediately before the pandemic.

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So, ridicule Americans who want to flee abroad all you want. But remember, there’s a reason why Germany produced the most Nobel laureates before World War II, but the U.S. took the lead afterward.

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This wasn't just predictable, it was predicted. Over and over. Everywhere. By everyone except the people with the power to do something about it.

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He ain’t a fucking king.

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I wrote about the White House's bondage porn video. slowcivilwar.substack.com/p/tingles

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"When a country of - overall - nice people turns slowly - fascist, nice people do not notice this transformation all at once..."

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Wonder Woman understands the current situation....

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The whole damn country's gone mad....

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I hate stupid people, so this is a difficult time to be alive.

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A reminder....

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I have swam through libraries and sailed through oceans

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Encyclopædia Britannica will continue to use ‘Gulf of Mexico’ for a few reasons: -We serve an international audience, a majority of which is outside the U.S. -The Gulf of Mexico is an international body of water, and the U.S.’s authority to rename it is ambiguous. 🧵⬇️

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Remember what happened the last time a group of billionaires decided they didn’t need regulations?!? 👀🧪

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Part 1 of my 4-part series on a General Theory of What the Fuck Is Going On With the Species Formerly Known As Humanity is now up! Each part is under paywall for 24 hours, then open to the public. I don't want any of it to stay locked, but I gotta eat. catvalente.substack.com/p/move-fast-...

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A quick resistance task: 1. Google Gulf of Mexico 2. “Gulf of America" is the top 3. Click on the three little dots to the right of it 4. Select "Send Feedback" 5. Click on "Gulf Of America" 6. Select "Inaccurate content" 7. Select "Incorrect" and type in "The correct name is “Gulf of Mexico"

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It’s still the Gulf of Mexico….

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Elon Musk is a terrible president!

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Academics—read this—

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Under fascism, no one is safe. Universities stayed quiet as the admin targeted DEI & foreign aid, censored research, etc. Now, they face devastating cuts to indirect cost rates, threatening research & operations. Silence won’t protect institutions. It won’t protect people; it never does.

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☎️ Call your reps daily, don’t stop calling until musk is held accountable You can call after hours & leave a message- fill up those voicemails NO excuse why we can’t call our reps daily We must outnumber maga, who calls their reps 10x more than us Specific scripts below ⬇️ 5calls.org

here goes for a cool, collected dive at death and destruction, and the devil fetch the hindmost

El Capitan displays a massive American flag upside down—the traditional signal of distress or extreme emergency.

Elon, I hate to break it to you but you aren’t my boss. I answer to the people of Minnesota. But since you bring it up, I spent last week fighting to stop tax breaks for billionaires like you, paid for by defunding health care for moms and babies

In the era that I studied when I was still part of the academic world one recurrent topic was that of "over-mighty subjects". This referred to subjects of the Crown who were themselves so powerful that they threatened the sovereign power of the Crown itself. In the US we have no sovereign, or ...

As government workers get Micro Mind Moscow Musk’s email they should REPLY ALL when responding and mocking him.

I'm rooting for the Alligator Gar!

Here's one of the warnings I gave in an article before the US election. It's devastating to see it all happening. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

According to ProPublica, dozens more pregnant and postpartum women have died in Texas hospitals since abortion bans were implemented, compared with maternal deaths in the state immediately before the pandemic.

So, ridicule Americans who want to flee abroad all you want. But remember, there’s a reason why Germany produced the most Nobel laureates before World War II, but the U.S. took the lead afterward.

This wasn't just predictable, it was predicted. Over and over. Everywhere. By everyone except the people with the power to do something about it.

He ain’t a fucking king.

I wrote about the White House's bondage porn video. slowcivilwar.substack.com/p/tingles

"When a country of - overall - nice people turns slowly - fascist, nice people do not notice this transformation all at once..."

Wonder Woman understands the current situation....

The whole damn country's gone mad....

I hate stupid people, so this is a difficult time to be alive.

A reminder....

I have swam through libraries and sailed through oceans

Encyclopædia Britannica will continue to use ‘Gulf of Mexico’ for a few reasons: -We serve an international audience, a majority of which is outside the U.S. -The Gulf of Mexico is an international body of water, and the U.S.’s authority to rename it is ambiguous. 🧵⬇️

Remember what happened the last time a group of billionaires decided they didn’t need regulations?!? 👀🧪

Part 1 of my 4-part series on a General Theory of What the Fuck Is Going On With the Species Formerly Known As Humanity is now up! Each part is under paywall for 24 hours, then open to the public. I don't want any of it to stay locked, but I gotta eat. catvalente.substack.com/p/move-fast-...

A quick resistance task: 1. Google Gulf of Mexico 2. “Gulf of America" is the top 3. Click on the three little dots to the right of it 4. Select "Send Feedback" 5. Click on "Gulf Of America" 6. Select "Inaccurate content" 7. Select "Incorrect" and type in "The correct name is “Gulf of Mexico"

It’s still the Gulf of Mexico….

Elon Musk is a terrible president!

Academics—read this—

Under fascism, no one is safe. Universities stayed quiet as the admin targeted DEI & foreign aid, censored research, etc. Now, they face devastating cuts to indirect cost rates, threatening research & operations. Silence won’t protect institutions. It won’t protect people; it never does.

☎️ Call your reps daily, don’t stop calling until musk is held accountable You can call after hours & leave a message- fill up those voicemails NO excuse why we can’t call our reps daily We must outnumber maga, who calls their reps 10x more than us Specific scripts below ⬇️ 5calls.org

Just imagine.

No.