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I don't believe in Hell, but if I did I would die happy knowing there was a special seating section for anyone currently railing against "the sin of empathy," and every one of those seats is made with hot rusty barbs

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Playing with bubble glazing

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if I understand American politics correctly, progressivism is something that requires 60 senate votes to work, while national conservatism doesn’t require any votes at all

submitted 24 days ago • 743 comments

So, DEI (Diversity, Equity and Inclusion) is being replaced with WUL (White, Unqualified but Loyal)

submitted 26 days ago • 5 comments

The president can veto or support legislation. He can make recommendations to Congress. But he doesn't have the unilateral right to change laws. Trump has very little respect for the rule of law & our Constitution. He is moving us toward authoritarianism. We must stop him.

submitted 29 days ago • 569 comments

Here’s something, anyway

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Would love to understand why every Democrat is not out there every second of the day explaining in plain English that Donald Trump has declared war on cancer patients.

submitted 31 days ago • 182 comments

Saw a "Democratic strategist" say "we have to earn people's trust back." Just mind-boggling that so many don't understand how this works. Did voters in 2024 say "I trust the Republican Party"? No. They were mad at those in power. Democrats have to get them mad at Republicans. It's not complicated.

submitted 31 days ago • 177 comments

Feels like we may have just had an earthquake here (northern MA).

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I’ve voted for Democrats straight down the ballot since the early 90s, and I’ll do it again in the upcoming midterms (everyone except Seth Moulton), but what I want to know right now is where are they and when are they going to start speaking up?

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Beeswax crafts at the Topsfield Fair, Topsfield, Massachusetts

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Today’s light reading

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Living in a PKD novel is less fun than I would have imagined, and I never imagined it would be fun

submitted 32 days ago • 17 comments

Studio of Daniel Chester French, Stockbridge, Massachusetts. Studies for the Lincoln Memorial statue and the doors of the Boston Public Library are seen in the background. In the foreground is French's last (unfinished) piece, Andromeda.

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Peter Gabriel photo Andy Fallon

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This week's Internet winner goes to...

submitted 34 days ago • 464 comments

Coasters. When I was making pottery more actively I used to make these small square blanks all the time, and use them to try different design and carving ideas.

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Holocaust Memorial, Boston, Massachusetts

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Detail of an untitled installation by Damon Jespersen and Gordon Pryzbyla (2021) at Maudslay State Park, Newburyport, Massachusetts

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Imagining the armies of lawyers that must be mobilizing today.

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The courtyard of the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston, Massachusetts

submitted 42 days ago • 1 comment

Payala Qiatsuq, Snowy Owl (2004), Peabody Essex Museum, Salem, Massachusetts

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Every day it becomes clearer that buying groceries and cooking groceries are two completely separate disciplines

submitted 47 days ago • 33 comments

Word of the Day is ‘uhtcearu’ [ucht-kay-aru, with the 'ch' as in the Scottish ‘loch']: Old English for ‘the sorrow before dawn', when you lie awake in the darkness and worries crowd your mind.

submitted 48 days ago • 443 comments

2016-2021 Non-Peaceful Administration ⬇️ 2021 Non-Peaceful Transition ⬇️ 2021-2025 Peaceful Administration ⬇️ 2025 Peaceful Transition ⬇️ 2025-? Non-Peaceful, Completely Fucked Up Administration of Corruption, Lies, and Chaos

submitted 51 days ago • 21 comments

“On #ThisDayInHistory in 2021, thousands of peaceful grandmothers gathered in Washington, D.C., to take a self-guided, albeit unauthorized, tour of the U.S. Capitol building,” Collins wrote in a post on X.

submitted 51 days ago • 7 comments

[playing poker] FRIEND: I’m all in ME: [yearning for this type of commitment since we first met] me too, man, I’m all in too FRIEND: um, a pair of kings ME: you bet we are

submitted 71 days ago • 31 comments

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submitted 52 days ago • 886 comments

Ever since the election, I've been dreading 2025. But now that it's about to happen, I'm ready for it. Bring it on, bitches. I'm not going down without a fight.

submitted 57 days ago • 575 comments

Hmm can we workshop the name please? They’re going to be bullied by the skibidi kids

submitted 57 days ago • 1351 comments

Wondering if anyone else has been affected by any of the issues in Kafka's The Metamorphosis? At the moment I'm just putting out feelers.

submitted 58 days ago • 37 comments

Yes, Googling new slang might make you feel a little old, but googling new slang and still not understanding it is terrifying on a whole new existential level

submitted 60 days ago • 49 comments

ME: idk I feel thin, sort of stretched, like butter scraped over too much bread WAITER: no I meant are you okay as in like do you need more Diet Coke or anything

submitted 60 days ago • 29 comments

Let’s reduce literature to a few pat lessons

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I understand there is some discourse currently going on about "clout" here on Bluesky and while I can understand why people can be focused on it and how to achieve it I must tell you my entire posting strategy is and always has been "This was in just in my brain and now it is your problem too"

submitted 62 days ago • 150 comments