Amy van der Hiel

from the Stepford Wives movie, several women in conservative dress, smiling

Florence Pugh and Harry Styles in Don’t Worry Darling

absolutely correct. lots of media confirms this is a real winner move

‘Heroic actions are a natural tendency’: why bystander apathy is a myth Modern research shows the public work together selflessly in an emergency, motivated by a strong impulse to help

'Human nature' is the capacity to categorize others as part of self. Extending the boundaries of concern, people often help strangers in emergencies.

www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

am reminded of the old joke: what did James Watson discover?

Rosalind Franklin’s notes.

against a gray sky, tree with yellow leaves highlighted by light

pretty autumn view

can you even ✨imagine✨ the world we would have right now if we had spent the hundreds of BILLIONS that were invested in ai in art, science and social mobility instead?

Reminder that this is a winning position, and people support it

"Here we believe in standing up for those we love, whether you are an immigrant, a member of the trans community, one of the many black women Trump has fired, a single mom waiting for the cost of groceries to go down, or anyone else with your back against the wall. Your struggle is ours too."

This is it exactly.

Also, I can not stress enough how the real reason for the American War of Independence was a desire to keep slavery following the British court ruling of Somerset v Stewart in 1772 which was very negative towards the institution (and morality) of slavery.

fantastic!!! I hope you had tons of fun

A panel from an Archie comic showing Bettie and Veronica pacing separately on a street, both with thought bubbles over them saying, "Worry . . . worry . . . "

Good morning, friends!

unsure how trapped you are. do you have people offering local friends/family to help? if not, I can

Starving millions as winter sets in is a special kind of cruelty

The City of Boston became the second-largest city in the world to outlaw facial surveillance — banning both the technology itself and any information it produces.

👁️❌

Because President Botstein understands the job of a university president. Protective your students.

ha! certainly the couples Halloween costume I think of the most is “wire mother” and “cloth mother”https://www.tumblr.com/neimiismycoolgirlname/732728970246799360

sufficient unto the day is the fuckwittery thereof

whoa. (has her own personal epiphany). if you want to say more re:demisexual/deepest passions, I’d love to hear. is deepest passion related to competency too, do you think?

In social movement studies, we talk about how marches and protests expand the threshold of acceptable risk so that people take more and bigger social risks IN PUBLIC, EN MASSE. This is extremely important for the bourgeois white folks holding signs and building social rapport.

In Boston we really, really don’t like kings

don't obey frog poster in red and black

good morning

Resistance Is Cringe But it’s also effective.

After 2024, pundits brushed off the Resistance as cringe. I submit: Yes, it was. And cringe is good. Cringe, in fact, will save democracy.

experiencing a possibly new dark pattern for being on hold on a customer service line - aside from repetition of the the maddeningly untrue “your call is very important to us” lie; the loudness is periodically raised to almost painful levels. Too bad, pal! I’m that stubborn and now determined

If I had explain American history in one sentence, I could do worse than "John Brown was hung for treason, but Robert E. Lee was not."

“you versus the antifascist she told you not to worry about“

such a good point! I’ve thought about why so many GenX are Trumpers. Did they see those bullies with toadies pushing around a little guy, woman or minority and not empathize with the hero but see the bad guy and go “that’s so cool!” Then I think of Fight Club, Breaking Bad and American Psycho :(

I can’t help but think this is all related. Dems are disastrously failing to meet the crisis of totalitarianism - fighting against young, exciting candidates; still following campaign advisers from the 90s; “bipartisanism”- maybe because because deep down they hate/fear the future/progress?

I will repost every portland frog joke

12/12 a fun quiz! I wonder, does that score indicate a “fucking intellectual”?

We Keep Us Safe: On Antifa This past Saturday, Donald Trump announced that his administration would be deploying federal troops to Portland, OR, authorizing the military to use “full...

in case you want some non bullshit about antifa here is something i wrote

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