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mattlaff.bsky.social
words, music, board games, politics, general nerdery. god & truth & right. questions are my favorite. he/him.
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So this song is obviously incredible, but also check out Slide Guitar Guy at about 1:33, because as a musician I know exactly what he's feeling there and it is just the best

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This is the way

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It is we who must take the blame. / It is we who must repent forever. ~ Dave Cunliffe * * * "All rivers lead to the same ocean: find your form of resistance, no matter how small, and go hard. It's now or never. Together we can prevent the annihilation of the memory of the world." ~ UbuWeb

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Apropos of nothing, one of the reasons I'm happy to proclaim that trans rights are human rights is because as a rule, it seems like trans people want to be happy for you and want your life to go great, but (far too many) cis people need to make sure you're on the right team first

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this is a vicious attack on me personally

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Just thinking about this poem for no reason at all

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Helpful. Yes, #PublicServant47's terror campaign is made possible by the Republican party, but it's also funded by billionaires who still wish to be deemed as above or to the side of "politics." Say their names.

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It is absolutely bananas that you *still* can't add a podcast to Spotify by its URL

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As a palate cleanser, here is a rad mushroom

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In case you need a break from the awfulness, here's an embroidered jellyfish I finished last night--my latest project to avoid doomscrolling before bed.

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That’s it then. Don’t let any of the Dem Yes votes go another day of their lives without telling them to go fuck themselves

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Chuck Schumer is a call to action not a name, pass it on

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Chuck Schumer, who is about to start promoting a new book about antisemitism, want to rubber stamp this guy’s continued unelected control of the federal government

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what exactly do you think is currently happening, you feckless simpleton

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@schumer.senate.gov @kirstengillibrand.bsky.social

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Whoever you are, no matter how lonely, the world offers itself to your imagination Mary Oliver, always

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evergreen

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The conspiracy theorists are in charge now. Reality is what they say it is. And they are relying upon the conspiracy theories to inform and justify their actions.

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BREAKING: @schumer.senate.gov is worse than useless, pass it on

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as a resident of the state of New York I feel this in my bones

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You heard her, make the calls

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same

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Good morning to the exhausted rational readers writers parents teachers students workers artists egg buyers vaccinators waking up and turning towards an earlier-than-usual sun ☀️

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👇

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governments should spend money, literally all their fucking money. on taking care of the people from whom they got the money. on building cool shit for the people from whom they got the money to use, like highways and public works. this is real easy how can these people be so bad at this

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Robert Duncan

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Thinking this morning about my practice of manually retyping poems I love, and how I feel the need to make it again a more regular part of my days Here is a poem I will be sitting with today

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If today made anything clear to me, it's that I need to again tip the balance of my feed back toward poetry & beauty #poemsky to the rescue

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Honestly our government is such an embarrassing clown show, I hate it here a little more every single day

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meanwhile on the other side of the aisle

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color me underwhelmed

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Unsurprisingly, the suit guy has an intelligent, insightful take on this whole stupid thing

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This whole thread

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I kid you not, at least one time every single day, Taylor Swift's voice singing "I hate it here" is pushed to the front of my mind without warning, the only question is what will be the catalyst

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I will never stop missing Google Reader and social bookmarking sites like Delicious; still trying to figure out what I am becoming

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Out here supporting poet & internet pal @hanvanderhart.bsky.social, and I know what I'll be reading tonight It's bleak out there, friends, go buy someone's book of poetry/latest album/whatever

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My goodness this series is just wildly unflinching, I might have to go read it again now

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Maybe I wasn’t clear about this. I wanted more egg and no plane crash, not many plane crash and no egg.

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