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bookworm. picture editor. art appreciator. inconspicuous observer. free thinker. trail hiker. chronic escapist. perpetual learner. musical expressionist. exhausted earthling.
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Can we all please agree to stop calling the far-right "conservative" or "ultra-conservative"? They are not Conservatives. They are Regressionists; not only do they oppose and try to stop progress, they also actively work to revert us back to the times of oppression, disease, and ineducation.

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MAGA Nazi Party cheering the Musk Nazi salute ffs πŸ€¦πŸ»β€β™‚οΈ

I respect that nobody is pretending that things will get better in 2025. We all know that 2024 is going to look like a walk in the park comparatively.

Name one actor whose movies you'll watch simply because they are in them. (Can't think of a single actor, but definitely this tandem)

5 authors I’ve read 5+ books by: Terry Pratchett Brandon Sanderson Derek Landy Sebastien De Castell Dolores Cannon πŸ’«

Unpopular opinion: People who inhale helium to make funny voices are idiots. Why: Helium is used for important medical and scientific purposes and it is the only element on the planet that is a completely nonrenewable (!) resource. Once it's gone, it's gone - and the global supplies are dwindling.

I realize most of the folks here are from the US and non-EU countries, but there is a strong chance that some of your followers are EU citizens - please help spread the word & share this petition for safe abortion access πŸ™ #abortionrights #europe #petition

Hello, yes, I'm giving a talk on January 17 on the ethical use of AI in the college classroom. What's my thesis, you ask? Well, here's my title slide.

this seems a bit extreme, what happened to thoughts and prayers?

I appreciate your constructive criticism

[bing crosby voice] 🎢 have yourself an existential crisis

Some folks are pretty good seeing things coming.

ME: [extremely burnt out] I need to take the day off to relax ALSO ME: I wonder if there is a way that I could relax that would be more productive

Wind and Truth by Brandon Sanderson You Like It Darker by Stephen King Record of a Spaceborn Few by Becky Chambers #booksky #books

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. #BookSky #BookChallenge #Books πŸ¦‹πŸ“š 20/20

Just a burnt out millennial, realizing that aliens are not coming. 🫠

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. #BookSky #BookChallenge #Books πŸ¦‹πŸ“š 19/20

It may not solve all of the world’s problems, but I think we can all agree that having more bakeries, libraries, museums, and bookstores would be an important first step.

I think perhaps my greatest talent is my ability to respond to both compliments and criticisms with the exact same anxiety spiral

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. #BookSky #BookChallenge #Books πŸ¦‹πŸ“š 18/20

Can’t express how disappointing it is to see a book summary I vibe with & then see the AI cover. Add to it the author doing Olympics-level mental gymnastics trying to excuse using it.

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. #BookSky #BookChallenge #Books πŸ¦‹πŸ“š 17/20

Thanks to whoever recommended SAVAGE CONTINENT, about conditions in Europe in the years immediately after WWII, a period I'm using as inspo for next book. Here's what the Germans did to Warsaw, a city of 1m people.

what right wingers mean when they say immigrant

All I want is a cottage in the countryside, a newly-fallen snow, a crackling fire, a riveting novel, a kettle on the stove, and a healthy amount of freshly-baked scones.

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. #BookSky #BookChallenge #Books πŸ¦‹πŸ“š 16/20

and for successfully resisting the urge to eat a little treat, I shall reward myself with a little treat

Finally, a shirt that lets me proclaim, unashamed, my intense and almost overbearing sense of wanton masculinity, truly I am now the apex of all that is burly and manly and undeodorized in the world, just putting it on released a surging flood of testosterone that frightened the local birds and fish

Surround yourself with people that talk about art, love, great literature and understand compassion. They also have to be fabulous huggers.

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. #BookSky #BookChallenge #Books πŸ¦‹πŸ“š 15/20

The longer this guy stays on the run the greater the odds we’ll get a terrible musical about it. Please sir, for the good of Broadway turn yourself in before oh god Lin Manuel no put the pen DOWN

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. #BookSky #BookChallenge #Books πŸ¦‹πŸ“š 14/20

Optimist: The cup is half full. Pessimist: The cup is half empty. Journalist: Water is divisive.

In case you didn't know, librarians are educated professionals with a master's degree and don't just willy nilly buy any old books for their libraries.

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. #BookSky #BookChallenge #Books πŸ¦‹πŸ“š 12/20

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. #BookSky #BookChallenge #Books πŸ¦‹πŸ“š 12/20

NOW HEAR THIS: There is enough work, money, food, housing and plenty of resources for everyone on this planet to have enough to live a quality life. Our political system is designed to make that impossible.

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. #BookSky #BookChallenge #Books πŸ¦‹πŸ“š 11/20

Someone please explain this to young people: Reading might not make you cooler. But it does make you smarter. And wiser. And kinder. And more interesting. And way more attractive. And okay, I lied, it DOES make you cooler. #booksky

TAX THE RICH!!!!!