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Yes. Congratulations!

A moth! A frog! Barbed wire! A frog eating a moth, surrounded by barbed wire! (Not serious guesses, just being silly - seriously I think you're more likely to get a lyric or a band reference, but I am not cool enough to guess which.)

Why Aren't Men Asking Women Questions on Dates? "The cashiers at Trader Joe's ask more questions than guys on dates."

This story makes me sad, because I feel certain that I am also following this pattern, and that it's not going to be easy for me to address it. Like, intellectually aware of something isn't somatically aware of it, or something like that. www.insidehook.com/sex-and-dati...

Cat Valente did exactly that but her readers loved the title and description so much ("The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of Her Own Making", IIRC) that she ended up writing it anyway. So, author beware, I guess.

I am in the US, and there's one major axis in the US, the red/blue axis. Lots of qs/issues get absorbed into that (and polarization stretches it). As a first guess, not knowing ANY particulars, I would guess they're on the opposite side of that axis from me.

If I think hard about a subject, then I am pretty likely to change my mind at least somewhat. Should I change my mind ahead of time, without thinking hard about it?

I enjoyed reading this story, which rhymes with the "Houthi PC small group" story: www.lawfaremedia.org/article/anna... My takeaway isn't anything new or novel - that autocrats surround themselves with corrupt incompetents - but it's additional confirmation.

I searched and couldn't find it, would you link me or say some more keywords?

Would you say that it is not classically proportioned? Or were you remarking on the location of the washrooms?

I read and enjoyed these today:
1. www.sproutdistro.com/catalog/zine...
2. itsgoingdown.org/wp-content/u...
3. microcosmpublishing.com/catalog/zine...
4. haters.noblogs.org/files/2024/0...
5. ia800805.us.archive.org/24/items/AnA...

On the one hand, yes, things could be better (and "Joyful Militancy" has some ideas how). On the other hand, Surowiecki's "Starfish and the Spider" metaphor suggests that decentralized stuff will consistently look (and to some extent behave) different than centralized stuff.

3 if you're gentle probably a meteor because it's a classic and pretty quick. (Gamma ray burst and black hole spaghettification would be quick but not classic, quicksand and tsunami would be classic but not quick.)

Neither. I plan to give myself a four-to-six-hour "do nothing" recovery window after applying to something, or asking someone for something, that I really want.

Software architecture is horror like that too, and there's a great quote from Ellen Ullman about it: "We build our computers the way we build our cities - over time, without a plan, on top of ruins."

What is a reactionary centrist, and does the UK have them? A term favoured by US progressives can help us understand Britain’s drift to the right

"In 2012, 60 trans-related articles were published by Britain’s media. By 2022, it was more than 7,500, according to figures from Trans Media Watch. The media is not responding to public rage against vulnerable minorities; it is helping to create it." www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/politics/709...

trenchant political commentary? in this economy?

Narrator: It was at this point that Protagonist realized that his series of obstacles had *not* yet come to an end... (Continued in "Protagonist and the Insignificance of the Individual")

Yes, you are genuinely impressive.

Olivia...

Yes! "Golden brown and delicious on the outside, tender and creamy on the inside" is a classic for a reason.

The way you execute a concept in your writing is amazing, self-contained and complete. It goes all the way past "commitment to the bit" to "The bit was captured, explored, characterized, and dissected in Jax's work [Romana2025]".

Looking west from the Rail Park in Philadelphia, you can see "The Stamp.of Incarceration", a mural by Shepard Fairey about James Anderson, a human rights activist.

Looking west from the Rail Park in Philadelphia, you can see "The Stamp.of Incarceration", a mural by Shepard Fairey about James Anderson, a human rights activist. The Rail Park is a nice place to sit.

I'm worried that even if I know *intellectually* about this phenomenon, I might still not be able to avoid falling into this pattern. Anyone have some links to advice or techniques?

What I Would Have Said To You Last Night Had You Not Cum and Then Fallen Asleep Alas, friend of mine, you have had an orgasm and are falling asleep. I have not had an orgasm and am not falling asleep, which means I am awake, which means I am now going to lecture you about feminis...

"...it was not bad sex. It was normal sex. Normal, boring, vaguely dehumanizing hetero sex. Which is precisely the point: The normalcy." feministing.com/2016/01/19/w...

YouTube video by 2swap Adventures in State Space

I loved this video about state spaces of sliding block puzzles: youtu.be/YGLNyHd2w10

Silly, but I love it: www.instagram.com/reel/DNRQcX5... I am also looking forward to volunteering (food distribution) with my local Food Not Bombs group.

"Facts over feelings" It's not even much of an argument, merely a slogan? Makes me embarrassed to support facts, but I do. (And they're not in conflict with feelings? They're, like, different kinds of things.)

OH: Him: "... Anyway, the movie's called Slackers." Her: "That's cool!"

I think I may have witnessed office sparks.

Me too!

A Queer Shoulder to the Wheel A version of this piece was originally published in Flaming Hydra, an art collective I'm proud to be a part of. Then I let David loose to edit as he does so...

"What can you do? What can you do, resourceless as you are, with freedom withering in a bone-stripping sirocco of stupid, wasteful fascist oppression?" buttondown.com/theswordandt...