No, it’s not ‘normal’ for humans to be in competition all the time. It’s not normal to work for most of your waking hours of the day. It’s not normal to be stressed 24/7. Stop taking a few hundred years of capitalism and pretending that’s just how being human is. It’s not.

Seriously buy it, best book I've read all year and orders of magnitude more creative than the Nolan movie will be.

no, babe. you’re not “defending western civilization.” you are a dip shit

Perhaps a bad sign when I no longer have the Sunday scaries, but instead I'm just angry.

Hmmm... I feel like there needs to be something between saber and rapier but I haven't figured out what yet.

some wisdom from james wilson, framer. "The truth is that, in our governments, the supreme, absolute, and uncontrollable power remains in the people."

-just finished Wrath Goddess Sing by Maya Deane -Working through my yearly reread of Night Watch by Terry Pratchett -debating on Dhalgren by Delany or a collection of le Carré stories next

*cracks knuckles* -What if Martin Luther got struck by lightning (fatally)? -What if Lafayette seized control of Paris? -What if Europeans never discovered Quinine? -What is Athens won the Peloponnesian War? -What if Hannibal had both the juice *and* the sauce (managed to win)?

-What if Cleopatra & Antony won at Actium? -What if Reconstruction had continued? -What if Wilhelm II had never come to power? -What if the Renaissance Popes had been reformers rather than decadent shitbags? -What if the British actually gave the 13 Colonies meaningful representation in Parliament?

This also works for the Mariners.

Some places must stay wild.

“you came back!” ✨🥹

great, now I'm crying on the bus

“one must imagine the Mariners happy”

One day, "It" will happen, by which I mean sudden and unexpected news that you want to celebrate. In such cases, you will want the right outfit. 🧵

Fuckin' casuals.

Stilgar says: free Palestine.

Hell yeah George, don't give those jackals an inch. www.esquire.com/entertainmen...

I think about rekindling the will to fight again after losing over and over.

[looks around] you know? tonight? words to live by

This man is so blitzed and frightened that he turned himself into a parody that no political cartoonist could hope to excel. And this was achieved purely through nonviolence.

It's the 4chan ethos as governance; I'm not even joking. This deep, networked cynicism about human nature has moved from margin to centre.

I don't believe that authors owe their readership anything. GRRM is an entirely different person from when he started those books and is trying to tell different stories with different ideas.

So smol, so hunger.

Discworld QOTD, from Hogfather

Someone should really build a high-quality creator-centric video platform that isn’t owned by baby oligarchs, tech empires, or venture capitalists

Get in the train dolls and comrades, we're doing popular front. Donate to Liberal Currents. www.youtube.com/watch?v=yHFV...

If Joyce Carol Oates is the one to drive him off the internet, I will weep with joy forever.

Sometimes I like to imagine a world in which game developers can just make cool shit without a bunch of suits sucking in air through their teeth and interfering because it might reduce shareholder returns by .03% or cause the smelliest men in the world to post a tweet

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And Sword fights

Had a similar realization not too long ago and continue to stare off into the distance because of it.

the destruction of chattel slavery is one of the great accomplishments in our nation's history and the reason conservatives hate celebrating it is because doing so legitimizes the black counter-narrative of the united states

Rise up.

If you find yourself nostalgic for Harry Potter, Discworld is right there and exponentially better

More like Princess Monowoke 😆😂🤣🤣🤣

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Yes, this administration is dangerous and cruel, but they are also shockingly dim and incompetent. Opportunities are everywhere. Make everything as hard as possible. Resist every demand. Refuse entry without a warrant. Don’t take the buyout. Their problem solving skills are 📉

Don't be doomer about the fragmentation of media or the existence of the rightwing echo chamber. A loyal opposition doesn't need to reach even half the population to be well primed for mass mobilization when the opportunity arises. We just need to hold on to as much as we can, reach as far as we can

Flood the zone. Electeds, activists, & leaders, don’t assume people know what’s going on. Tell them everywhere that: Trump & Republicans stopped Medicaid. Trump & Republicans stopped housing assistance. Trump & Republicans stopped schooling for children.

Same

I've said this frequently, TBW is one of the best written games of last year and probably the funniest game I've ever played.

it's important to remember, trump's admin used this exact same tactic back in 2017. try to overwhelm the public with hundreds of terrible executive order, make people doom-spiral so they don't resist. but they couldn't stop police stations burning in 2020. don't despair, fight back.

Wish I could repost and like this a thousand times.

Honestly this piece is really well researched.

Last night Google Maps taught me an important lesson in compassion for Jay Leno and only Jay Leno

Counterpoint: Helicopter go WHUP WHUP WHUP WHUP

Extremely important.