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George R.R. Martin > Quotes > Quotable Quote (?) George R.R. Martin “I think there are two types of writers, the architects and the gardeners. The architects plan everything ahead of time, like an architect building a house. They know how many rooms are going to be in the house, what kind of roof they're going to have, where the wires are going to run, what kind of plumbing there's going to be. They have the whole thing designed and blueprinted out before they even nail the first board up. The gardeners dig a hole, drop in a seed and water it. They kind of know what seed it is, they know if planted a fantasy seed or mystery seed or whatever. But as the plant comes up and they water it, they don't know how many branches it's going to have, they find out as it grows. And I'm much more a gardener than an architect.” ― George R.R. Martin

I thought this sounded familiar and it turns out it literally just found an old George RR Martin quote and wrote a short story out of it:

Washington Post: “Is fascism bad? The answer may surprise you”

Teen Vogue: “Here are three fun tips you can use this summer to disable an armored personnel carrier”

No, each state does not deserve a voice. The amount of land you own/represent shouldn't determine the value of your vote.

The craziest thing to me is that I see so many of them claiming that the Democratic party's shift to the left is what loses them elections 🤪

A polydactyl orange?! 🥹

Still can't believe they made this guy director of HHS.

Nobody should be defending this system that evolved out of necessity to undermine the progress of worker's unions. Instead, this whole reply section is full of comments about the "genetic" advantages brown people have to toil in hot weather 🙄

Very telling that this reply was flagged as "rude" 🙄

compassionate societies define success by the paucity of poor people;
cruel societies define success by the grotesque wealth of the few, pretending the burgeoning poverty is the fault of poor people and not policies;

New Bomb Capable Of Creating 1,500 New Terrorists In Single Blast

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250+ million acres of public lands eligible for sale in SENR budget reconciliation package The bill mandates disposal of over 2 million acres of BLM and National Forest lands; public lands eligible for sale in the bill encompass over 250 million acres, including local recreation areas, wild...

“Over 250 million acres of public lands are eligible for sale in the bill, including local recreation areas, wilderness study areas and inventoried roadless areas.” www.wilderness.org/articles/med...

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dude this party is such an echo chamber. it's just friends hanging out and chilling and having a good time. you need to invite some people over who want to kill you with hammers

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There is one place, however, where Musk, with the help of his minions, achieved his goals. He did indeed shred U.S.A.I.D. Though a rump operation is now operating inside the State Department, the administration says that it has terminated more than 80 percent of U.S.A.I.D. grants. Brooke Nichols, an associate professor of global health at Boston University, has estimated that these cuts have already resulted in about 300,000 deaths, most of them of children, and will most likely lead to significantly more by the end of the year. That is what Musk’s foray into politics accomplished.

Musk should be asked about this in every interview he does now and forever. To ignore it is a dereliction of duty.

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I fell in love with that Smetana string quartet because of this movie.

Report Confirms Anyone Who Really Likes A Politician Is Insane

Report Confirms Anyone Who Really Likes A Politician Is Insane
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He has obstructed the Administration of Justice, by refusing his Assent to Laws for establishing Judiciary powers. He has made Judges dependent on his Will alone, for the tenure of their offices, and the amount and payment of their salaries. He has erected a multitude of New Offices, and sent hither swarms of Officers to harrass our people, and eat out their substance. He has kept among us, in times of peace, Standing Armies without the Consent of our legislatures. He has affected to render the Military independent of and superior to the Civil power. He has combined with others to subject us to a jurisdiction foreign to our constitution, and unacknowledged by our laws; giving his Assent to their Acts of pretended Legislation: For Quartering large bodies of armed troops among us: For protecting them, by a mock Trial, from punishment for any Murders which they should commit on the Inhabitants of these States: For cutting off our Trade with all parts of the world: For imposing Taxes on us without our Consent: For depriving us in many cases, of the benefits of Trial by Jury: For transporting us beyond Seas to be tried for pretended offences: For abolishing the free System of English Laws in a neighbouring Province, establishing therein an Arbitrary government, and enlarging its Boundaries so as to render it at once an example and fit instrument for introducing the same absolute rule into these Colonies: For taking away our Charters, abolishing our most valuable Laws, and altering fundamentally the Forms of our Governments: For suspending our own Legislatures, and declaring themselves invested with power to legislate for us in all cases whatsoever. He has abdicated Government here, by declaring us out of his Protection and waging War against us.

It's crazy that The Declaration of Independence is basically just "You created ICE so it's time to revolt."

Look at my boy. LOOK AT HIM.

School choice is a scam to funnel taxpayer money to private and religious schools…

It's because their extensions are itchy.

#UniversalHealthcare

Ya know, maybe we should unite in our hatred of fascism. All we need is for some people to hate it a smidgen more than socialism. It's a small ask 🤷‍♀️

Ooo another screenshot to reply to fundraising spam with ❤️

The lack of "hell to pay" when Dems manage to gain control, historically, is why we're here.

To admit covid cost him the election would be to admit that he lost the election.

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