An Old and Sleepy Hobbit

not to mention no social group (e.g., Iranians) are a monolith. Reductive identity politics serves absolutely no one but the ruling class.

we're in a rough timeline fs, but it is definitely a lot funnier than i would have thought

me during perfectly normal social interactions:

Oh, why are we having you sign this arbitration agreement before you apply? Um, no reason! Ha ha. No reason at all!

Am i getting meaner as the years go by? It feels like I just have less patience for people sometimes.

Mayor Mamdani Breaks His Promise to NYC Public Libraries The Struggle Against Defunding Libraries Continues...

I was as strong of a Mamdani supporter as they come, but now that he’s in a position of power he needs to be held responsible for his promises

From @prisonculture.bsky.social 👇

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judge frollo from hunchback of notredame looking anguished as he holds esmeralda's scarf and sings hellfire

nyt bros writing about aoc

liberation theology would like to have a word

i feel like my grief can't keep up with news of people passing away

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It's not enough to tell people to be "outraged." What precisely is it that you want them to DO? This is where so much falls apart and where a number of people fall short. Part of it is that people do not actually know what they want people to do; the other part is that it's DIFFICULT to organize ppl

"So great was her sorrow, as the Music unfolded, that her song turned to lamentation long before its end, and the sound of mourning was woven into the themes of the World before it began."

Tolkien really popped off by writing in Nienna.

the master's tools can a little bit dismantle the master's house

Three panel comic. Panel 1: baby monkeys in overalls jumping on a bed, having fun. Panel 2: one of the monkeys falls over the edge of the bed, reaching out as he falls. Panel 3: one of the other monkeys, now looking super buff and badass, grabs him by the arm to save him heroically. “Monkey Stronger Together.”

the problem of evil is a legit challenge to theism, but also... the fact that coffee exists? idk but maybe a Good God does exist

*soft bonk on head*

"class first, class first" I get where you're coming from... but what if i told you.... political categories can serve as ways to access capital........

stay tuned for more True Facts

Did you know: that there's a version of the Silmarillion authored by Tom Bombadil called the Bombadillion? (Canon)

Struggle is not the goal.

It’s the method.

To get free.

Too many people imagine struggle is the goal, so any acts of worldbuilding that prefigure freedom are dismissed as incidental, as distractions.

Very fond of this Mr Hyde by Grickle, look at that lovely Mr Hyde face

"Coalition building is not easy. You don't make coalitions because you like to make coalitions. You make coalitions because your ass is in the sling and none of us are going to be able to triumph alone."
(Audre Lorde)

Last year I traveled all the way to rural Vietnam to officiate a friend's wedding. It was a beautiful ceremony that mixed cultures and language, and was a celebration of the best of humanity.

He just sent me this post and said "this is how you lost the war."

Benito is a threat b/c he makes art so alluring and enjoyable you want to understand everything about it and then you end up learning about sugar and slavery and colonialism and the Taínos and Hawaii and then you probably have some thoughts of your own, and that's why art is powerful and dangerous

Is this person actually doing anything? is a good way to keep things moving and to reclaim your time.

OKC said fuck ICE. We love to see it. <3