reminder that the 'read & return' lifehack actively harms authors, especially self published authors. Also please consider that 1 Libraries exist and are free 2 Authors will not continue writing books you like if they aren't making any money or think it doesn't sell www.npr.org/2022/06/27/1...

Authors are protesting Amazon's e-book policy that allows users to read and return

Authors say readers are exploiting Amazon's seven-day return policy by using Amazon like a library and returning books after reading them.

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Try to make sure as many folks see this as possible, but especially MAGA. A lot of the stages described in this video are already familiar. Draw those parallels. Make those points. You may not get far with them, but they are not your audience. youtu.be/8K6-cEAJZlE?...

Post-WW2 Anti-Fascist Educational Film | Don't Be a Sucker | 1947

YouTube video by The Best Film Archives

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Weird recent discovery. Sharing here in case it's helpful for others too. Whenever your brain starts throwing out disaster scenarios, instead of trying to ignore them or reframe, try challenging your brain to imagine even worse. Like, "Okay, you wanna do this? Let's fucking go!" 1/2

Imagine being the White House demon right now and having to live with Temu Louis XIV with his shitty gold applique obsession.

Dune, 1965

I don't think everyone gets that there is no going back to how things were at this point. The good/bad news is that everything is crumbling. The good/bad news is that we need to figure out what kind of society to build next. And we all need to start imagining that "next" now.

New blog post just dropped. As you can probably tell from the title, I'm being super subtle. Very diplomatic. My take on the shaping force of worldview & the impossibility of remaining apolitical. Also: a feral disaster groundhog. Apolitical = Shit - Seo Helrune share.google/nJenwrEl2zQf...

Apolitical = Shit - Seo Helrune

It's Tower Time/the Wolf Age (pick one). Calls for apolitical discourse are shit. Red flags all round. Read more to find out why.

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Oh hai, Bluesky! I kinda forgot this app existed. Watched Sinners last night, and omg what an amazing movie! Definitely the kind of film that lives in your mind long after the end credits are done.

This is what patriotism looks like - marching toward the Capitol with pride, purpose, and the promise of liberty for all.

Los Ángeles is only the first city, MAGA and Trump don’t have enough troops to keep up the pace. Mayors and governors need to back the American people over the Trump regime ICE forces.

Tomorrow!!!

No shit, Beanhead. Almost like there was a reason for that whole "separation of powers" thing.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · last yr.

GOP Rep. Bacon: "We made a mistake. We passed legislation that gave the president some temporary tariff authorities. I think we should look back and maybe restore the power back from Congress and take away the authorizations."

To this day, this remains my favorite academic paper title.

I keep thinking about a vid by @parkroseperma.bsky.social about the need for artists in the movement. She's 100% right. Art is important, and not only for marketing purposes. It can also help us to envision futures and ways of being outside of the neoliberal box. Imagination -> innovation. 1/3

Help, the kid has an electric guitar! The dog is TRAUMATIZED. I'm not sure my emotional support human skills are up to this task.

Get ready for a continuous occupation of the National Mall until Donald Trump is impeached and removed from office. #3E #EndOligarchy #USProtests

THIS is the energy. Tax the rich. Corporations are not people.

The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · last yr.

NEBRASKA CROWD: “TAX THE RICH! TAX THE RICH!” @USRepMikeFlood: “So your proposal to solve (the debt) is tax the rich?” NEBRASKA CROWD: *CHEERS WILDLY* (not sure this went quite as he planned 😬)

This is the second time she's posted against going to war. It makes me wonder about the internal convos about Iran, because between this and Rick Scott going on TV talking about how we "need" to destroy Iran because of nukes, I'm going to be watching this one closely.

How many innocents will need to die before everyone else accepts they are being intentionally culled by Trump and Musk? It's not incompetence. It's autogenocide. #3E #EndAutogenocide

Anonymous@youranoncentral.bsky.social · last yr.

End autogenocide: "Autogenocide is genocide that a population is coerced to perform on itself. Sometimes, this is a media incited war, often accompanied by wide availability of drugs and weapons to ensure maximum violence. #3E #EndAutogenocide

Call to action: nationwide protests and sit-ins. Saturday April 5th. “REMOVE REVERSE RECLAIM” #3E #USprotests

Chuck Schumer just axed his book tour. One of the most entrenched powerful men in the Senate did that because the People got loud and pissed off. Do not let anyone fool you into thinking that we The People are not in charge. We run these rich fucks when we claim our power. We can stop this coup.

Few people are aware that Liberty locks eyes with a statue of Minerva, an armored goddess of war and the arts, at Green-Wood cemetery in Brooklyn. Without Liberty, what is left? Interesting how the response to that question is the same for circumstances and statuary alike.

Anonymous@youranoncentral.bsky.social · last yr.

France is calling for the US to return the Statue of Liberty because the US no longer represents the values that led France to offer the statue.

"Weird" how Trump tends to make these bullshit decrees after midnight. I know a lot of people are locked into the idea of him not sleeping because of too much Adderall (or whatever), but really, we should be thinking about this in terms of bot networks and Moscow local time.

They targeted the capital, ergo civilians. Regardless of what you may think of the Houthis and their actions, this is just plain wrong. Evil. We shouldn't be bombing civilians, period. Also, why does this feel like it's going to become the pretext for furthering some nefarious domestic agenda?

Maya Media@mayamedia.bsky.social · last yr.

Houthis say children among 32 killed after US fighter jets bomb Yemen. The US raids come after Trump warned that ‘hell will rain down’ if Houthis attacked ships in the Red Sea www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/3/...

This is just wonderful! I used to go to school with a lad who has sickle cell anemia. As a kid, I always felt so bad for him having to wear a sweater when it was hot. I don't know where he is in the world now, but I hope this makes it out to people like him in the near future.

Chise@sailorrooscout.bsky.social · last yr.

THIS IS INCREDIBLE! Cohen Children’s Medical Center has confirmed that it has successfully ELIMINATED sickle cell disease from Sebastien Beauzile, using the groundbreaking genetic treatment Lyfgenia. He has made HISTORY by becoming the FIRST in New York to be CURED of sickle cell anemia! 🧪🧵⬇️

With some notable exceptions, fuck the Democratic Party. Time for something better. This is not an opposition.

Allison Gill@muellershewrote.com · last yr.

NEW: Here are the 10 “democratic” senators that voted to sell out veterans, the American people, and their colleagues in the House. Cortez Masto Durbin Fetterman Gillibrand Hassan King Peters Schatz Schumer Shaheen

does Chuck Schumer realize that voting to damn the USA to Hell also massively increases the odds of a wine mom trying to eat his actual heart on live TV

Save me from the 'all nature is delightful' brigade, save me their inaccurate, dangerous positivity. The wise witch knows some places hold bruises, that their psychic skin is scarred. The wise witch knows some places bare their teeth. Not all the land will like you. – #EmilyCBanting, 1981 #WitchSky

Do it. Call this guy, tell him NO on cloture.

bells110.bsky.social@bells110.bsky.social · last yr.

EVERYONE - FLOOD SCHUMER’s OFFICE WITH CALLS!!!