Socialism is what they called public power. Socialism is what they called social security. Socialism is what they called the growth of free and independent labor organizations. Socialism is their name for almost anything that helps all the people. —Harry Truman, 1952

I love collaborative games I don't know if there's a competitive bone in my body, I'm always a little uncomfortable playing /against/ people, but playing WITH them? Excellent. Games that let me exercise that instinct to help others are so nice 🙌 Easy way to trick me into playing something new lol

Whenever I think of how CARTOONISHLY evil trump is I remember it's also literal. Like, MANY cartoon villains were actually based on him. Before he ever got into politics. That orange disease has always been a villain.

The Desiderata

They should invent a new type of spinal cord for humans that doesn't cause bodily devastation

Editing setback as after reaching my goal of reducing the book down to 135kwrds I've seen requests to get it to 120k or lower... which is understandable, but difficult 😅 I like longer books and there's only so much I can remove from mine in another pass... but I'll do my best while juggling queries

There is and will always be an INTRINSIC motivation to make things worse under Capitalism. Literally. Everything you hate about the economy: shrinkflation, skimpflation, planned obsolescence, no oversight, low wages -- all foregone conclusions if you give Capitalism enough time to establish itself.

This is Pixie. She's relaxing bc her brother Pumpkin is busy elsewhere. (Apparently female orange cats are a bit rare!)

Imagine the sheer relief when the monsters are out of power and we can better support one another again The lives saved, the stress dissolving away, and maybe... maybe even justice. Wouldn't it be so nice to have justice? It seems so far away, but you never know, could be just the turn of a corner

I don't want to spoil people's fun, but at the same time I've just got to say: I have this prediction You know how paranormal experiences were very widespread until everyone had a camera in their hands & suddenly evidence was very slim? I bet there'll be a rise again with AI running wild 😂

Lots of people talk about DarkSouls when they discuss intentionally difficult games, but what I have to say MUST be said I have played every DS & Soulslike from ER & Sekiro to Lies of P. Sure, they're challenging. but fr... have you ever tried to fight the secret bosses in Kingdom Hearts games?!?!

My attempt at a ShinRa Bangle so far! Added two materia I just wanted to have something that feels like it really came from the FFVII world. If I make another I'll try to get it smaller/sleeker, less cosplay/more casual, but I was limited by the size of the 'materia' this time. Came out okay!

"You are not here to serve the illusion. The illusion is here to serve you."

Remember: If we allow ourselves to fall into fatalism, or wallow in disappointment, or become resigned to what is rather than what should be, we will lose the long game. The greatest enemy of positive social change is cynicism about what can be changed.

This is what oligarchy looks like: If you're Elon Musk, the richest man alive, Tesla gives you a $1 trillion pay package & Trump gives you a huge tax break. If you're a poor kid on SNAP, Trump appeals a court decision that would have prevented you from going hungry. Obscene.

🌹🎭🌹 Words will ✨always✨ retain their power.

Remember, remember the 5th of November

Mamdani: "We can respond to oligarchy and authoritarianism with the strength it fears, not the appeasement it craves. After all, if anyone can show a nation betrayed by Donald Trump how to defeat him, it is the city that gave rise to him."

Mamdani ✊

Trump's USDA is ordering grocery stores to follow a federal rule outlawing them from giving discounts to SNAP recipients whose benefits are currently frozen illegally. So Trump's happy to finally follow the law as long as long as he can inflict pain and cruelty? Got it.

This is a purely rhetorical question, as I know the many factors involved here. In fact the truth is so apparent and widely spoken upon I need not say a thing, in truth. It is simply for the catharsis of saying alou-- WHY IS EVERYTHING AT LEAST 7 DOLLARS. WHY IS 7 THE NEW 1 WHY IS LIFE SO HARD ty

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The media's really just going to bounce over the fact that at Trump's meeting today they said "we've been fighting antifa for a hundred years, since they tried to stop us in 1930s Germany" and everyone nodded along, huh

As fear grows I want to speak aloud on the threat of Martial Law. Ppl speak about it as the looming fascist goal, the end game But while ML wouldn't necessarily mean 'it's over for us' it WOULD mean it's over for THEM The fear is ML would mean great violence and hard times - that may be true 1/4

Trump's approval ratings are tanking. He's flailing on the economy. He hasn't done squat to help working people. The Epstein scandal haunts him. Remember that every authoritarian action Trump is taking must be understood against the backdrop of his declining popularity.

This was just posted by a CBS News producer on their Instagram stories.

Every Literary Agency I've queried within espouses their desire to highlight and uplift marginalized voices and I love that -- but every single one of them has almost exclusively white employees. I'm looking through every list, they have pictures, and it's magical if I see one or two non-white ppl

Joy feels fragile and precious in these times. I'm looking around for some pure & simple old videos that have brought me happiness. Here's one: "A revolution without dancing is not a revolution worth having!" - V

Yes, Kingdom Hearts was corny as all hell... but it was also ERNEST. It was true and passionate with its sappiness in a way that we don't often see anymore. It had magical sincerity!

This is what solidarity looks like. Together, we will win.

Cops led us into the street as the new “protest zone” and then beat us repeatedly. Got hit in the face with a baton. Leaving to pick up my friends who were arrested. Stay safe out there.

Reminder about the protests tomorrow. Oct 18th, No Kings Day II Stay safe -- Protect one another!! If you record, avoid people's faces, keep yourself and others as anonymous as you can. Stay with your group. Stay alert, have water on hand, wear a mask.

From the recent text chains, to the salutes, to policies, who their supporters are, and right down to their actions against our own people... it has been obvious for quite some time. We have a corrupt nazi party and a corrupt centrist party that is hardly willing to fight them. Time for change.

"Call it democracy, or call it democratic socialism, but there must be a better distribution of wealth within this country for all God's children." —MLK Jr.

“I’ll declare war on you if you don’t give me the peace prize” is an incredible bit

Absolutely fascinating, as usual. My takeaway is to be obstinately kind and let it help change the system

Dear friends, what he said

Today is a day when arts degrees are worthless, but the product of those degrees is so valuable it would kill an entire industry if they were made to pay for it.

Boycott Nestle this Halloween!! They expect a big bump in sales for the holidays and budget around that. Show them we care more about each other - human lives - than we do about petty convenience! No candy from the Nestle corporation!

"Speaker Mike Johnson’s abrupt closure of the House may have more to do with stalling a congressional investigation into Jeffrey Epstein’s sex trafficking operation than previously reported, and appears to have been a direct response to the Treasury’s surrender of Epstein’s financial records."

All this violence, escalation, fascism, and these human rights violations sure are distracting Good thing we can walk and chew gum at the same time Release the damn Epstien files, you human trafficking p*dofiles

Ghost of Yotei looks SO good! I was gonna avoid spoilers, but found out it's PS5 exclusive so I can't play it yet and figured I might as well watch some people enjoying it - the little innovations, cinematography, story, and gorgeous graphics are really something. Excited to try it myself sometime!

Happening right now. To us. In America.

ICE will reportedly hire contractors to surveil social media platforms 24/7 to target people for deportations. The information would then be funneled into an existing ICE database built by Palantir (founded by Trump ally Peter Thiel). "The party of small government,” folks.

I'm a little jealous of people who can have big overblown reactions, especially in gratitude. It must make people feel great to elicit those reactions. They express so much joy, too idk if it was the 26yrs of untreated depression, or just personality, but I just can't summon that energy

Just a little despair today, I'll reignite hope later

Too many U.S. Americans have contradictory ideas that their country is the best &richest... but simultaneously cannot afford what other '1st world' countries do for their citizens. Which is it? Are we the best and richest? Or can we not afford infrastructure, transit, healthcare, and better pay???

Humans can and should be helping each other, creating leisure time, enjoying large social circles, and using their imagination to create and play at all ages. Instead of this barely surviving, 'guilty if you're not working all the time,' individualist BULL.