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Trump's actions in Venezuela shows why it was wrong to dismiss his threats to Greenland. If he's willing to do this, he will be willing to do anything

I don’t know man if capitalism has just resulted in a small network of pedophiles destroying all life on earth then perhaps we should consider that it is a complete and utter failure as a system

My favourite one of these was when Lance Armstrong of all fucking people tried to make a comeback arguing against trans people in favour of fairness in sports.

My 2026 un-resolution list:
-Won't stop ordering unhealthy food
-Won't meditate
-Won't go to the gym regularly
-Won't save money
-Won't be a better person
-Won't finish my

The Colonel By Carolyn Forché WHAT YOU HAVE HEARD is true. I was in his house. His wife carried a tray of coffee and sugar. His daughter filed her nails, his son went out for the night. There were daily papers, pet dogs, a pistol on the cushion beside him. The moon swung bare on its black cord over the house. On the television was a cop show. It was in English. Broken bottles were embedded in the walls around the house to scoop the kneecaps from a man's legs or cut his hands to lace. On the windows there were gratings like those in liquor stores. We had dinner, rack of lamb, good wine, a gold bell was on the table for calling the maid. The maid brought green mangoes, salt, a type of bread. I was asked how I enjoyed the country. There was a brief commercial in Spanish. His wife took everything away. There was some talk then of how difficult it had become to govern. The parrot said hello on the terrace. The colonel told it to shut up, and pushed...

...himself from the table. My friend said to me with his eyes: say nothing. The colonel returned with a sack used to bring groceries home. He spilled many human ears on the table. They were like dried peach halves. There is no other way to say this. He took one of them in his hands, shook it in our faces, dropped it into a water glass. It came alive there. I am tired of fooling around he said. As for the rights of anyone, tell your people they can go fuck them- selves. He swept the ears to the floor with his arm and held the last of his wine in the air. Something for your poetry, no? he said. Some of the ears on the floor caught this scrap of his voice. Some of the ears on the floor were pressed to the ground. May 1978

Every once in a while I for some reason decide I'd like to be upset about family trauma and go look up this poem and read it and cry

cw: body horror, upsetting imagery

the way the robot also doubles in pain up to mock him is... *chefs kiss*

real thread 😶

I hate those people who ride your bumper and start flashing their lights at you like hey look at me I'm driving a police car

ICE voodoo doll discovered in New Orleans as immigration crackdown continues A handmade “voodoo doll” portraying an ICE agent was found in Uptown New Orleans as federal immigration enforcement continues across south Louisiana.

This is metal

Hugs if desired or welcomed

When we all get imprisoned for posting I’m definitely gonna be going around the yard asking what y’all said that got you locked up & it better be a banger because that’s how we’ll be establishing our hierarchy

MY 4-YEAR OLD: *calmly, while coloring a picture of the Grinch* If baby grinches die, we can eat them. If they’re clean. That’s ok

3:19am I believe in us. We will be okay. We will see communism in our lifetimes. I love you.

3:44am Burning all my paintings. My art is a waste I am sorry for wasting so much time I will never be good enough

4:31am if kirby swallowed a pirate he would be Scurby

waiting for you to
clog my toilet

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Caring for the Earth is caring for our home and for our people. Individuals make choices, but that doesn't make much difference compared to what the corporations are doing to this place. It is a duty to speak up and speak out.

I love our home.

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In the church I was in, the moon was a special symbol of the bride of Christ. I no longer believe in this. I believe the moon is a symbol of fertility and creation, movement of the ocean, water, life.

I have always loved the moon. Now I do this without shame.

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I have had illness rob me of much time outdoors in the last few years. I used to love to garden, to hike, to camp. I can't do those things anymore. But I can do what I can do. I will spend time working toward being in better shape, and soon I will be able to spend more time outdoors.

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Prayer is not begging an unfeeling god for favors, putting good deeds into a coke machine hoping for pleasant output. Prayer is works. Prayer is putting joy into the world and helping other people, being a light to others because you love others and want to not only succeed but see them succeed.

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Time is what we make of it. There may be an infinite; we do not know. What we know is that the time we have here is the time we have here. I have chosen to seize the time and work to become the better me that I know I can be, while I'm here to do it.

Fear of the end has no power over me.

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Jesus was an advocate, a man who loved the poor, people like you and me. A man who stood up to injustice and died to defend the people he was buoying up with his words. One who believed power was corrupting and who believed in the simple folk. He loved people.

The church has no power over me.

I have reclaimed them. ✝ ∞ 🤲 🔆 🌕 🌎

What are yours? You can reclaim them, too.

death by melting inside a giant s’more seems like a good exit from this mortal coil

The island of misfit skeeters

genuinely funny af

~you

I hope you move toward a feeling of comfort that you can share with those who would not judge you for your abilities. I know sharing openly on a platform like this can be uncomfortable for that. 💜💜💜

Counterpoint: Yes, you have. Yes, you are. Making art gives you the right to share it.

I don’t know what the answer is either. We’ve built a world that seems unsustainable from almost every angle.

I try to keep some historical perspective since every generation complains about change, but genAI does seem like a bad shift. What happens when most people simply don’t know anything?

Okay, got a good response on this from a native speaker in a discord server! They said "ello" is somewhat analogous to a possessive pronoun, so it would just "feel wrong" to a native speaker even if they couldn't express why. So I'm going with "ellu/lu/lu" instead.

Thank you, the Clouflare outage has been stymieing my research efforts on this this morning lol

“why is twitter down” why are you still on twitter c’mon now