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Empath. Old enough to have fought for the Equal Rights Amendment. Hating that we're here again.
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Vancouver's home opener tifo

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Upstanding Americans feel the shame of the degenerate spectacle yesterday in the Oval Office but can console themselves that the values and institutions we took the lead in building, now upheld by the free states of Europe, can uphold our values until America can beak free of its current captivity.

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submitted 11 days ago • 13 comments

There is always something you can do to gum up the works of fascism. A story. Claude Cahun. The queer nonbinary French-Jewish photographer. Nazis conquered France, were training soldiers on Jersey, where Cahun lived w/their partner, Marcel Moore. They did disinfo & morale smashing via Surrealism.

submitted 18 days ago • 39 comments

Somehow, the expense has flown under the radar of the waste, fraud and abuse experts at DOGE.

submitted 14 days ago • 7 comments

Folks: I am NOT affiliated with the group that is using my name to support an economic boycott. Please spread this post, if you would.

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submitted 31 days ago • 22 comments

Empathy says: You and I are made of the same lovely, heartbroken, and screwed-up stuff.

submitted 31 days ago • 5 comments

The case for a Shadow Cabinet – a positive form of opposition. snyder.substack.com/p/shadow-cab...

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The best historical artefacts are the accidental ones that freeze a moment in time forever. I thought I’d try to find all the times pets have ruined their owner's day and recorded that instant for all of history.

submitted 60 days ago • 19 comments

Some worthwhile advice for healthy distancing to keep in mind for the New Year!

submitted 62 days ago • 45 comments

ADVENTURER: Dragon! We are here for your gold! Prepare to die! DRAGON: My gold? ADVENTURER: Yes! We climbed this great mountain, swam it's flooded caverns and- DRAGON: Fair enough ADVENTURER: Wait, what? DRAGON: It's yours ADVENTURER: DRAGON: How are you carrying it out of here? ADVENTURER: Um... /1

submitted 64 days ago • 88 comments

Been seven years since I first read this, on the English language's *completely universal but totally invisible* adjective hierarchy, and I can honestly say I've thought about it most days since.

submitted 74 days ago • 119 comments

Another Tesla recall?!?

submitted 74 days ago • 0 comments

Mo Senator doing the Nazi thing already: SB 72 ... people to report violations of this act which shall include a toll-free telephone hotline, e-mail, and online reporting portal. Any person who makes a report in which an illegal alien is arrested shall receive a reward of $1,000...

submitted 91 days ago • 0 comments

The range of consumed processed food in the USA is an average of 60% at the lowest and 90% in deprived areas.

submitted 91 days ago • 14 comments

The average American got 7 out of 11 questions correct on this Pew Research science 🧪 quiz. You can do better, right?

submitted 100 days ago • 120 comments

😳wild to see it all in one place like this. prospect.org/politics/202...

submitted 100 days ago • 207 comments

In case you needed a laugh today: open.substack.com/pub/jojofrom...

submitted 100 days ago • 377 comments

For us to be of any use in a Trump world, we have to pay grave attention to our inner states, so we don’t perpetuate the autocrat’s goals of fear, isolation, exhaustion or constant disorientation. Take a few minutes to read this. Preserve yourself. 💖 wagingnonviolence.org/2024/11/10-t...

submitted 102 days ago • 30 comments