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Tired Discordian. Uncertain how to navigate the melancholy of civilizational collapse.
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No decorum in a coup.

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MAGA GOP are pro surprise hurricane and other disastrous weather events. www.bostonglobe.com/2025/02/27/m...

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“Federal employees do not deserve their jobs. Federal employees do not deserve their paychecks.” - Marjorie Taylor Greene, federal employee

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Now that the Trump White House has usurped the independent White House Correspondents' Association and will select for itself the media outlets allowed to be part of the press pool can legacy media start dragging these assholes though the mud like they deserve? www.axios.com/2025/02/25/w...

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Links for upcoming protests. Feb. 28 economic blackout - theonecalledjai.com March 4th 50501 protest - www.mass50501.com March 7th Stand Up For Science - standupforscience2025.org/boston-ma/

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If you have not read The Last Question by Isaac Asimov you should. It's short and you can probably be done with it in ~20 minutes. users.ece.cmu.edu/~gamvrosi/th...

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Likely to end up at a protest sooner or later. So making signs.

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"Some of the things I say will be incorrect." - Elon Musk, richest idiot in the world

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I'm starting to think it's just about time to start doing things to people in effigy.

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Found on teh Internets.

submitted 21 days ago • 0 comments

"Sufficiently advanced stupidity is indistinguishable from malice." - Grey's law (more or less)

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"We should beware of the demagogues who are ready to declare a trade war against our friends—weakening our economy, our national security, and the entire free world—all while cynically waving the American flag." - Ronald Regan, well known socialist, 1988. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tp1T...

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Worth a read if you are concerned that nothing is being done about Trump/Musk's ceaseless bullshit. statuskuo.substack.com/p/is-somebod... TLDR: Things are being done.

submitted 27 days ago • 0 comments

Phone calls today to US Senators. Markey - 202-224-2742 Warren - 202-224-4543 Call was in regard to the news over the weekend of Elon Musk bullying his way into (at the minimum) the systems of the Treasury, USAID, and OPM. Musk has not gone through the Senate's advice and consent procedure.

submitted 28 days ago • 1 comment

In an attempt not to be constantly angry as the state of the country... What are people's favorite dinner time meals to pour gravy on? I am very pro-Salisbury Steak. www.youtube.com/watch?v=CFCi...

submitted 34 days ago • 1 comment

Gift article from The Atlantic regarding Trump's unconstitutional attempt to usurp the power of the purse from congress. www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc... ProPublica has an article on this same subject from November of 2024.

submitted 34 days ago • 0 comments

To support opposition to the likely general disregard for people, their rights, and their safety under Trump 2.0 I have set up monthly donations to the following organizations. ACLU American Red Cross Justice Democrats Planned Parenthood Recommendations for LGBTQ+ organizations welcome.

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Trump's second term suggests we are entering some kind of post-truth hellscape. In the hopes of curtailing that I have done the following. Maintained my subscription to the Boston Globe Subscribed to ProPublica Subscribed to The Atlantic Making monthly donation to the Wikimedia Foundation

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I blame @jedichrome.com

submitted 43 days ago • 1 comment

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

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I am no longer certain what to make of social media. Like many things before it it seems to have been ruined by the quest for the almighty dollar. I want to easily organize activities with my friends. none of whom I see nearly as often as I should. 300 characters? Not sure I can think that small

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