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Yom 'asal; yom basal. Writer, filmmaker, poet, books! - SF/Humor/Litfic. Minneapolis/formerly Seattle https://www.amazon.com/stores/author/B004K6HQNY https://www.youtube.com/@kwolfbrooks
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"It's not that I'm afraid of dying, it's just that I don't want to be around when it happens." -Martin Fossum (15 April 2025)

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Anybody else out there suffering John Stewart fatigue? Just seems like half his interviews are swallowed up by yawn-inducing side-glances and me, me, me reaction laugh-hoarding. His fugues into seriousness fall flat.

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Following up on this. They just banned a Canadian trans musician from getting a visa to tour the US. They're straight up banning trans people from entering the US. www.stereogum.com/2303977/bell...

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“You have to quit spraying your dandelions. Who cares if your lawns have a couple of flowers on it? Do you want to eat?”

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AOC: How can anyone possibly make an objective vote on healthcare, energy, or war when their personal wealth is tied up in pharmaceutical, oil and gas, or defense company stock?

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Love it. Has that Phil Spector/Pet Sounds harmonies and hard snare.

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This part

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AOC is calling out colleagues for stock trades before tariffs were paused: “Any member of Congress who purchased stocks in the last 48 hrs should probably disclose that now … It’s time to ban insider trading in Congress.” AOC is absolutely right. More here: www.dworkinsubstack.com/p/saturdays-...

submitted 4 days ago • 42 comments

Ready to have your mind blown? ✨☄️🛰️

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Seamus Heaney #poem (first verse): In the bog, in the bog old Seamus trudged and slogged, naming monsters of the English Olde, the lineaments perched on his Irish brogue.

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Or it could include ray guns, a space elevator and talking polar bears. We live in an era of unprecedented bullshit www.reuters.com/world/europe...

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I thought I might as well go below and make a rough draft of my will.

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BREAKING: The country of Norway just entered a bill to give transgender Americans asylum in the country of Norway… LGBTQ+ STRONG! 🌈✨

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This is TONIGHT at the Bryant Lake Bowl! Doors open at 6, come at 6:30 to hear a half hour set from Dissociate before we start the show proper at 7pm. I will be reading a performance-style version of "The Year Without Sunshine." www.bryantlakebowl.com/theater/scif...

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Sorry to have to do this. This is Ginger, your new overlord. Bow and obey.

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Manning is basically saying that if Canadians don't vote the way he wants, he's going to work to tear the country apart IMO, that's a threat and I don't take kindly to threats I don't have Manning's clout, but I'll be damned if I will let that geriatric old prick destroy my country without a fight

submitted 10 days ago • 34 comments

After staffing cuts to FEMA, we'll see if the emergency response (or lack of) to flooding in KY and TN draws any criticism.

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so funny..

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There is simply NO rational justification for this other than the wholesale destruction of all national environmental and health protections and the protection of polluting industries. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

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www.youtube.com/watch?v=hh7C...

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Crawford: Today, Wisconsinites fended off an unprecedented attack on our democracy, our fair elections, and our Supreme Court.. Wisconsin stood up and said that justice does not have a price, our courts are not for sale

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Crawford DESTROYS Musk in Wisconsin!!!

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Hell yeah!!

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Your moment of critically endangered beauty ❤️ With just 16 known to remain in the wild, Ginger could be the first (+ last) Red Wolf you see.

submitted 15 days ago • 171 comments

While it was happening, I was in San Vicente resonantmotion.org/san-vincente/

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