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As I’ve been pointing out - what’s happening here in HB is what’s happening to our nation as a whole. MAGA is not interested in listening to communities. MAGA only wants what makes themselves feel good, regardless of the cost to anyone else, and it will literally kill this country.

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New Patreon alert! Because I'll probably be spending a lot of time screaming into the void, I have created a Patreon for anyone who would like to join me. It's not expensive. $1 a month to read my blog posts and get an inside look at the life of a professional weirdo. patreon.com/user?u=4751652

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Apropos of today, here's a charity I give to when able, and have since the beginning of Russia's invasion. United Help Ukraine, a U.S. based non-profit, has been doing humanitarian work since 2014, providing first aid, food and psychological support to besieged areas: unitedhelpukraine.org/about-us/

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I can't wait to see this slush pile, y'all. I need to read the stories that are going to show up.

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One annoying thing about the "run the government like a business" guys is that they also are terrible at running businesses. I run my podcast "like a business" in the sense that things are made to a high quality and shipped on time, but it seems their only version of "good business" is "layoffs"

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We want to send a message to the world: what has happened today is an absolute disgrace. It is completely un-American.

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“Do you ever read any of the books you burn?” He laughed. “That’s against the law!” “Oh. Of course.” ~Ray Bradbury, Fahrenheit 451, about books, fire, censorship, ignorance — from my #Books that Need to be Taught and #Read in School Series. #booksky #booktok #bookstagram #tbr

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Tomorrow, you all should buy items from Ukrainian artists on Etsy.

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Special Collections libraries are my favorite places in the world. Sitting with Helen Peabody's papers & assorted ephemera at Miami University's Havighurst Special Collections library, doing research for her chapter in AMERICA'S MOST GOTHIC, was one of the most peaceful & meaningful days I've spent.

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I just donated $120 so that Thomas has to keep changing game at random every 15 minutes for the next 3 hours. All proceeds go to the Trevor Project

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Remember in the early days of the internet how it screamed every time we logged on? We should have paid attention to that.

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We apologize to our Ukrainian supporters. We are embarrassed by how our president and vice president have behaved. We are fighting to redeem the soul of America. 🇺🇸

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Sorry Ukraine, some of us over here did try but we all failed catastrophically to make this country do the right thing.

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STUPID PINK BUILDING is officially out today BUT! I am 100% supportive of the blackout, so I will not be offended if you wait until tomorrow to buy it (and will myself be waiting to share links) Happy boycotting 🩷

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I have faith that @notesfromhel.bsky.social's call for Philadelphians to "step in with a little help and encouragement" will have an effect. share.inquirer.com/vVKcqu

submitted 5 hours ago • 1 comment

This is a very well written piece, and if you don’t follow Dave you should

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Slava Ukraini! 🇺🇦 ✊

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I like that I'm seeing a lot of people saying in addition to not buying anything tomorrow they're going to use the day to cancel Prime subscriptions, switch to duck duck go, libro.fm etc. If this gets people thinking about their consumption habits like that it's a great thing.

submitted 20 hours ago • 6 comments

I don’t know if it’s possible to quantify how much global influence and power this administration has willfully squandered in the past four weeks. It is a national security disaster.

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A woman in this hospital waiting room just said out loud to herself, "I owe $3 on my highway toll account? What?" and the whole room immediately erupted: "No, you don't! It's a scam! Don't pay it!" A different kind of mutual aid. 😂

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None of us can be sure what will “work.” You try multiple things and find your way in. Read some histories of the Civil Rights Movement by those who participated. They were never “sure” of what would work. Some campaigns fizzled out. But persistence, creativity, determination, and focus were key.

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This baby girl was collected by her forever family and now her name is Juniper! Another girl is getting picked up tomorrow. We have 2 boys already fixed and ready for immediate adoption! @joshpatterson.photo

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The point of excluding categories of people from the military like this is to send the message that they are unworthy of citizenship, it is pure bigotry and the assumptions behind it are disproven by the honorable service of the people being targeted in the first place bsky.app/profile/bran...

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This. On many, many counts. Pure bigotry. And propaganda.

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The landmark supreme court case Island Trees School District v Pico in 1982, established that school boards cannot restrict the availability of books in their libraries simply because they don’t like or agree with the content. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

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More of this everywhere, please.

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labor history is so hot right now (and not just because I’m getting ready to send a draft of ANTIOCH off to my agent this weekend, cough cough, etc #LaborPunk )

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"hey so we fired the people who do maybe the hardest single job in modern civilization and absolutely cannot be replaced because there are never ever enough of them is there some way we can just string an LLM together to compensate"

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The Isle of Man is named for its divine protector, the son of the sea himself: Manannan mac Lir is the Lord of Tir na nOg, and covers the Manx people with his cloak of mists, which he can also use to make people forget. #FolklyFriday

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🚨 This U.S. Coast Guard Veteran, dedicated to fighting waste, fraud, and abuse, was fired from the Federal Acquisition Service. If the government was serious about accountability, they’d be hiring more experts—not purging them. Watch her story:

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Seed distribution for gardeners, tool lending, classes, private meeting and study space, and much much more at many libraries. Check out your library for all they offer.

submitted 11 hours ago • 2 comments

The illegal, unconscionable USAID freeze continues to have horrific impacts around the world, and we're going to keep covering it

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Use code SMILINGMAN for 10% off Phil's powerful distilled coffee. One shot is two lattes and tastes amazing. I receive no compensation of any kind. This coffee is how I met my best friend and I still pay full price for it but drink it for free at his house and get access to emergency orders

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Cornish and American miners once left out a bit of their food each day, crumbs, so that the knockers would keep them in good graces. These mining spirits are the difference between a safe mine and disaster. #FolkyFriday

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www.mprnews.org/story/2025/0...

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#art #garden #poppies colorbysusan.etsy.com/listing/1866...

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I really hate to be right here but yeah they're laying people off to fund unprofitable, unsustainable generative AI www.wheresyoured.at/subprimeai/

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Today's my birthday. It would be great if everyone could either: 1. leave a review of my work, if you've ready any. 2. Check out the pre-order for my upcoming urban fantasy 3. Be kind to each other 4. Read and support indie authors and Black authors in SF You can pre-order at mochamemoirspress.com.

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Sam Altman is talking about bringing online "tens of thousands" and then "Hundreds of thousands" of GPUs. 10,000 GPUs costs them $113 million a year, 100k $1.13bn, so this is Sam Altman committing to billions of dollars of compute for an expensive model that lacks any real new use cases. Suicide.

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Tomorrow, February 28, let’s disrupt the status quo by spending ONLY at businesses that uplift our communities. That means: 🚫 No gas from corporate giants 🚫 No fast food chains 🚫 No big-box retailers (Target, Walmart, Amazon, etc.)

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