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I wondered why the ball kept getting bigger and then it hit me. Life is kinda like that, so I try to follow Joseph Campbell's dictum and be a joyful participant in the sorrow of the world.

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β€œNo one man can terrorize a whole nation, unless we are all his accomplices.” -Edward R. Murrow

06.10.2025 17:01 β€” πŸ‘ 21924    πŸ” 6762    πŸ’¬ 383    πŸ“Œ 217
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β€œ50 thousand low income, working class Americans will die every year.”

02.10.2025 03:40 β€” πŸ‘ 251    πŸ” 74    πŸ’¬ 6    πŸ“Œ 6

"Damn these human beings; if I had invented them, I would go hide my head in a bag." -Mark Twain

27.09.2025 22:27 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

For me, getting out of bed in the morning is an act of courage. Going out the door, absolutely heroic.

24.08.2025 03:06 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Alan C Reese | Substack Poet by calling. Writing instructor by profession.

I am off down the Yellow brick road of Substack in an attempt to keep me off the streets and out of trouble. Please join me. I would love your company.
substack.com/@alancreese?...

22.08.2025 20:37 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Where can I fill out an application?

16.08.2025 16:09 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Mary Pearce | Substack Mary Vivian Pearce was a major player in every John Waters' movie since "Hag in a Black Leather Jacket" (1964). She now resides in Baltimore County where she enjoys reading and watching movies and ref...

substack.com/@maryvivianp...

15.08.2025 00:25 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Songs of Blynde Nightingales American haiku for you

open.substack.com/pub/alancree...

15.08.2025 00:13 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Does Bove resemble Nosferatu or is it just me?

30.07.2025 03:26 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Does he resemble Nosferatu or is it just me?

26.07.2025 04:05 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1

That's too many!

26.07.2025 03:48 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Oh boy. A summer cold. What fun! Haven't had one of those in decades. I've been expelling buckets of mucous from my nostrils the size and consistency of jellyfish.

18.07.2025 04:11 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Does Emil Bove look like Nosferatu, or it just me?

17.07.2025 15:07 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

Watching a Wes Anderson film is like watching a live action cartoon.

12.07.2025 18:20 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Robert Frost

07.07.2025 22:32 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Better shot

06.07.2025 03:27 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Mine

06.07.2025 03:25 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Not soon enough

04.07.2025 03:39 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Barred owl in my tree.

26.06.2025 02:39 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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26.06.2025 02:38 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

What an asshat!

23.06.2025 04:03 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Someone got her to come because Trump can't.

15.06.2025 19:09 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Bel Air, MD.

15.06.2025 03:23 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

This new ICE age may present a more serious existential threat of extinction than the previous one.

13.06.2025 03:47 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

They’re trying to silence us with fear and force. But β€œdarkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that.” On 6/14, we show them what resistance looks like. Peaceful, unshakable, and everywhere!

10.06.2025 03:41 β€” πŸ‘ 14127    πŸ” 3204    πŸ’¬ 231    πŸ“Œ 102
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Everyone should say it:

The thing about Stephen Miller is not that he is the brains behind Trumpism.

Yes, he is one of the people who conceptualizes the impulses of the Trumpist movement and translates them into policy.

But that's not what's interesting about Miller.

It's not brains. It's bile.

08.06.2025 21:45 β€” πŸ‘ 27643    πŸ” 6626    πŸ’¬ 864    πŸ“Œ 307

RIP.Alice Notley, 1945-2025

22.05.2025 22:48 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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