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one of the reasons i wrote this piece is to get away from the gauzy mythology of the civil rights movement "spontaneous mass resistance" "rosa parks was just tired". no. the movement remains a masterclass in the tactics--and the strategy--of resistance.

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In 2016, Bernie Sanders broke the all-time records for presidential candidates’ individual donors AND rally sizes set by Barack Obama, when Hilary Clinton couldn’t fill an auditorium. The DNC and elected corporate shill Dems cheated to maintain control against Leftism. So all of America lost.

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If you saw a person losing a game of chess to a dog, over and over, you would assume the person is losing intentionally, that they are losing on purpose. Probably to make money selling tickets to see the amazing chess playing dog. Anyway, the dems

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Kinda fitting that after spending a week in a perfectly coordinated Scandinavian country, I landed at JFK, found out American rescheduled my flight home for 7:30pm tomorrow (without telling me), and the help desk had one person working for a line of a hundred people.

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Today I've discovered an animal called "Skeleton panda sea squirt" exists. A sessile, filter feeding tunicat.

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Hey there, Lonely Driver. Those are some real rough roads up ahead Maybe you should slow down AND BARE YOUR SOUL TO ME

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Why not start your week by watching the start of my first attempt at mime? www.youtube.com/watch?v=CmB2...

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Feliz Sam Va Lentin! 💖💖💖

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You're nuts if you're questioning the wisdom and leadership of the Democratic Party right now. They're not the problem. The problem is the voters. What we need to do is replace 300 million voters

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At last, a health secretary who’ll do something about miasma

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The circumstances are “we’re not sure if there is a Federal Trade Commission anymore and we’d like to try something”

submitted 11 days ago • 72 comments

1. fountain pen (TWSBI Vac 700R Iris) 2. notebook (Rhodia dot grid in A5 size) 3. EMT shears 4. dice 5. ADHD meds (afternoon dose)

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In order to serve you better, we have decided to serve you worse.

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If we’re renaming bodies of water based on petty grievances, I propose that this be renamed the Kendrick Lamar passage.

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‘You Can’t Let This Happen,’ Says Fundraising Email From Sitting U.S. Congressperson

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At this point, my money is on Conopholis the cat-fox familiar to be the final survivor of #VALLEY100.

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Continuing the Deity series with Deity 4. This time I’ve added some color! I also included detailed closeups and the toned drawing as well in the comments below.

submitted 14 days ago • 24 comments

Just so everyone knows, I go by "Big Balls" online

submitted 13 days ago • 38 comments

Little Blondie is 8 weeks old, has had her first shots, and wants a home with someone who will be patient with her.

submitted 14 days ago • 7 comments

Republicans nearly started coming apart at the seams because they were called weird. It was effective for many reasons but one of the most important was that it signaled to all of us that our representatives were starting to treat our would be oppressors with contempt instead of collegial respect.

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Screaming into the void

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Yeeeah no, I have literally memorized the em dash sequence for the numpad. — — —. Because -- and - are used incorrectly in its place all the time, and I want to be correct, cuz at heart I'm still a goddamn Poindexter.

submitted 13 days ago • 19 comments

Wildflower Crystal Island in Oil Pastels www.portablecity.net/wildflower-c...

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I'm not sure I'll ever do better than this one-line room description. It's amazing what your brain does under pressure.

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The ASL version of “Not Like Us” is magnificent.

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I encourage folks to think about connecting with their financial institutions over this, including VISA directly. The links following this may be helpful items to point out to these companies.

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Hey, Superbowl was real cool and all, but also immediately before it Trump said he was serious about annexing my country, and this morning it's coming out that he's not planning on temporarily moving Palestinians out of Gaza, he's just ethnically cleansing and seizing the strip.

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I know he was a massive asshole and mostly sucked but as Dem leaders respond to things like gutting NCFB and NIH with “we don’t know what our message should be” I think about Alan Grayson’s “the Republican healthcare plan is ‘don’t get sick, and die quickly’” and how it made the entire GOP melt down

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it might be time to Old Yeller the democratic party as a whole if this is the way they're gonna act in the face of opposition.

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More people ought to express what’s in their heart when they have their moment, even if it is frightening

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I was TOLD we'd cruise the seas for American gold!

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Look, I get it. And honestly, I understand if you feel like supporting US authors is somehow tacit support of the US. I can promise I hate this guy and my money goes to getting him out of power (and, y’know, food) but no ill will if you can’t. It’s a shitty situation all around.

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I'm Querrcus (they/them), an ascetic with a familiar, who was arrested for iconoclasm. My familiar is Conopholis. SWEET SPOT: 39–50 LUCK: 4 ALIGNMENT: Even STARTING LOCATION: 3 #VALLEY100

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