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Awesome robe!

I am from Finland, though, and here the default is that no one talks to you. Even when you pass by someone in the woods, people usually don't even look at you, and if someone says "Hello" they get the evil eye.

So there is that.

You didn't read that Raptitude post, I guess. He gave some good reasons.

And how you gonna meet new people if you never talk to any?

Used to be difficult for me too. After working a couple decades as a bike mechanic, I had to learn the routines of talking to anyone.

You should also read this - written by an introvert - about the social importance of talking to people you don't know
www.raptitude.com/2025/06/the-...

Whoa, this actually sounds pretty good!
Suppose I am one of them buddhist hipsters as well.

Ordered five of these :)

We live in a time of abundant resources, scientific advancements & knowledge. But we are led by those who are disconnected from wisdom. What if we embraced our true potential? What if we trusted visionaries to guide us forward? Change will come when we choose leaders w/ compassion and foresight.

Chatkontrolle stoppen! Die EU-Kommission will Messenger-Dienste wie WhatsApp und Signal zwingen, alle privaten Nachrichten und Fotos in Echtzeit zu scannen. Angeblich zum Kinderschutz. In Wahrheit bedeutet die Chatkontrolle...

Bald könnten ALLE Chat-Nachrichten von den Behörden durchsucht werden – selbst ohne Verdacht! Das entscheiden *heute* die Minister*innen. Sag Nein zur Chatkontrolle! Jetzt unterzeichnen ✍️ weact.campact.de/petitions/ch...

Throughout history, each iteration of fascism came with its own particularities. Political theorist R. Griffin posits that the one thing they have in common is palingenetic ultranationalism. (Picture : Mussolini giving a speech) Palingenetic ("born again in ancient greek) ultranationalism is a far right narrative that frames the nation as decadent, as having lost its way, as being betrayed by dark elites. To save it, it needs to be destroyed, then reborn. (Picture: Trump giving a speech in front of a MAGA flag) with that goal in mind, an authoritarian power with divisive rhetoric channelsbthe population's anger towards a scapegoat demonized outgroup: migrants, religion, sexual and gender minorities... (picture : three masked ICE agents are handling someone.) Fascism is like a chameleon : it constantly adapts to eras and cultures. It is vital to learn to identify it and call it out. (Picture: a chameleon)

"What is fascism?"

The best shirt design you ever had!
I hope there are still some left later when I get my next payday...

Classic Ride and Shine Shirt Material: 100% organic ringspun combed cotton Medium fit. Single jersey. Set-in sleeve. 1x1 rib at neck collar. Inside back neck tape in self fabric. Sleeve hem and bottom hem with wide double needle topstitch. Weight: 180 gsm.

Classic Ride and Shine Shirt

Material: 100% organic ringspun combed cotton Medium fit. Single jersey. Set-in sleeve. 1x1 rib at neck collar. Inside back neck tape in self fabric. Sleeve hem and bottom hem with wide double needle topstitch. Weight: 180 gsm.

Look at this graph.

The share of national income going to the richest 10 percent was lowest (and share to lower 90 percent highest) when union membership was at its highest. As unions have weakened, inequality has widened.

This is why we must build back union power.

Our bunny wakes us up at around 3 or 4 am in the Nordic summer, when sun barely sets ;)
Not cool.

In the winter she does it around 8 o clock, which is fine.

I called everyone in Jeffrey Epstein's little black book. What I learned about rich people, conspiracy, Ghislaine, stand-up comedy, and evil from 2,000 phone calls.

I called everyone in Jeffrey Epstein's little black book.

Here's what I learned about rich people, conspiracy, “genius,” Ghislaine, stand-up comedy, and evil from the 2,000 phone calls.

A box with the 3 books of Margaret Killjoy's trilogy of Danielle Cain books, next to a dice tray with sakura-blossom themed ttrpg dice.

New book day! @margaret.bsky.social, so excited to revisit old friends and follow the new adventure!

Also new dice from @diceenvy.bsky.social for use in playing 'Penumbra City' also from Margaret/ @tangledwilderness.bsky.social

It’s every parent’s nightmare, isn’t it? you check your child’s bulletproof backpack and find a picture book about gay penguins

That is a good - and scary - theory. First round Covid - up to 6 points decline in IQ if you had it bad. Later ones - a couple points off every time. And you have a planet full of people getting steadily less intelligent and more belligerent, with predictably horrific results.

I remember 2003.

My English teacher had us all make personal book binders for our journals. Mine was covered in anti war decals criticizing Bush.

I got called in to the office and lectured by my principal about how Sadam was a terrorist and told I was a terrorist sympathizer and got detention.

I called everyone in Jeffrey Epstein's little black book. What I learned about rich people, conspiracy, Ghislaine, stand-up comedy, and evil from 2,000 phone calls.

Just gonna leave this here...

Hee hee :)
This got a chuckle out of both me and my spouse!

she said she drew the shoes because she couldn't draw Venus' paws 💀

Parallel Worlds here in Portland on Alberta Street now has signed copies of my books...

So accurate!

Good morning !

I would, but EA mandates you must have their buggy Origin app running in the background. It works really poorly, especially when gaming under Linux with Steam + Proton, it often breaks with updates and crashes in the background.

Hard pass, as much as I would like to play those games.

Good thing there are things like Bandcamp and Patreon. You follow labels and artists that you want to, and you pay them directly.

Also, Mixcloud and Soundcloud - follow other listeners, artists and labels.

Fuck Spotify. Will never touch that.

A Haunting in the Arctic by CJ Cooke

Finished this book last night, was surprised how much I liked it. I picked it up because it's one of my favorite sub genres: a small group of people trapped in a very cold place & there are spooky goings on.

Chewing and playing

OF THE EMPIRE We will be known as a culture that feared death and adored power, that tried to vanquish insecurity for the few and cared little for the penury of the many. We will be known as a culture that taught and rewarded the amassing of things, that spoke little if at all about the quality of life for people (other people), for dogs, for rivers. All the world, in our eyes, they will say, was a commodity. And they will say that this structure was held together politically, which it was, and they will say also that our politics was no more than an apparatus to accommodate the feelings of the heart, and that the heart, in those days, was small, and hard, and full of meanness.

From a poetry collection by Mary Oliver, where after a hundred poems showcasing gentle observations on nature and animals, she hits you with this