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Distant Juxtaposition@djyoung.bsky.social |
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actually autistic, queer, disabled,, writer, composer, SF/F, anti-racist, anti-fascist, asexual, there is still no spoon. stepped away from the world for a long time, still finding my way back. she/her. fictionaut.com/users/dj-young
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Steve Silberman
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THIS is the context in which to consider the Heritage Foundation President's threat that the "2nd American Revolution" might not be "bloodless": Trump ordering troops to shoot American protesters, which he was only stopped from doing last time by his Scty of Defense. www.threads.net/@gtconway3dg...
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Steve Silberman
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Thought experiment: Imagine if Obama, after claiming an election had been stolen from him and being convicted of 34 felonies, was granted immunity by SCOTUS justices who had taken undisclosed luxury trips on George Soros' dime. The fact that you can't even imagine this scenario tells you something.
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Steve Silberman
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Superb, revealing, witty article by Mary H.K. Choi on what she learned by being diagnosed with autism in her 40s. www.thecut.com/article/mary...
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David Shiffman, Ph.D. 🦈
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Reminder from a Pittsburgher who was at one point Mr. Rogers neighbor: “Look for the helpers” was intended to be advice for his usual audience, children. We’re grown ups now. We’re supposed to be the helpers.
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Distant Juxtaposition
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Pretty sure I saw that movie. It didn't end well. 😔
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This is beautiful advice, really.
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Maybe this shows my age, but I remember the "this is your brain on drugs" ads where a man shows us an egg "this is your brain" then cracks it into a hot pan "this is your brain on drugs. Any questions?" She has definitely cracked in the pan.
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Distant Juxtaposition
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I don't find anything funny at the moment, but I am finding it (cosmically?) hilarious that we are this evolved species, bringers of art and literature and music and architecture. We are engineers. We made trains and cellos and comic books. But our real genius is self-sabotage.
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Distant Juxtaposition
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If you see this post a photo without explanation
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Coach Gowron
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Why should you fight injustice, if it affects only others? Why should you defend rights that don't affect you? Because it isn't justice if you only care when it applies to you. Because rights apply to all, or nobody at all. Because you are a true warrior, and honor calls for it.
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Distant Juxtaposition
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Post an image that people will hear when they see it.
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Distant Juxtaposition
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Good morning.
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Distant Juxtaposition
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They'd take the wrong message from it if they did.
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Courtney Milan
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I don’t think we have an inflation problem so much as a private equity/large unchecked corporation problem.
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Amanda Smith
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The AI trend of “we took this art and expanded it beyond the artist’s intent because *more* of a thing means better” - showing what’s “out of frame” in a shot from a movie, or turning a six word short story into a novella - speaks to what art actually is: knowing what isn’t necessary.
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Distant Juxtaposition
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Kermit really says it all.
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Distant Juxtaposition
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Wasn't kidding.
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Distant Juxtaposition
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All the very best for a smooth procedure and swift recovery! 💛
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Distant Juxtaposition
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Shout out to the guy holding the Sugar Mama Needed sign on the sidewalk yesterday. I hope she found you.
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daryl "cherche le beau travail" bartley 🏳️⚧️
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words of advice for young people
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Iron Spike
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I often see people desperately worried about loud and angry misinterpretation, willful or otherwise, of their work by people with limited experience with fiction, low reading comprehension skills, or malice at their core. And I cannot say this enough: fuck them kids. Do what you want.
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Looks like Inspector Gadget is on the case.
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I see other writers bring this up, and I agree: I think it would behoove Democratic leadership in this country to stop aligning with the right and start working overtime to fire up people and enable them to real action, lest the masses fall into widespread desperation and chaos.
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How do you get people organized on the level we need to enact serious change, without a lot of money and powerful voices to lead them? So many good people are out there, but then the hammer falls. What desperate thing will bring people together in lieu of leadership?
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I believe people do care, a great deal, but there is a lot of shaming and blaming going around that is also unfair. I read more and more about people wanting strikes and similar actions, but all the above means people are not organized. That might be the missing element.
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I don't think people stick their heads in the sand so much as try to get by: rents, food, travel, are all out of reach for too many people. Add in disease, knowledge of climate change and global strife we have no power to influence? We need a better way forward than just Do Something.
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I do appreciate this post, but I think the reality of the masses being overwhelmed/helpless by the outrageous amount of problems we're facing is what keeps us locked in, not being ignorant or uncaring. A whole planet has screamed to end genocide in Gaza and it doesn't stop.
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David Ho
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We need to stop burning stuff. Air pollution killed 8 million people in 2021.
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Alicia
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In light of the Labour manifesto: Trans rights _are_ women's rights. I don't mean that in a "Trans Rights Are Human Rights" way, I mean that anti-trans policies are inevitably harmful to all women (as women), and, conversely, that trans-positive norms are a proximal boon to women.
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Shoshana 🏳️⚧️
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We banned CFCs to protect and heal the ozone and now satellite constellations might burn it up again. Starlink will be burning up 2,000 satellites per year in perpetuity for its service.
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AI creators are basically Syndrome from The Incredibles. "When everyone is super, no one will be"
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Reading this as my ahole brother has been talking over my mother and I and making everyone miserable with bullying: 🫡
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Steve Silberman
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One way you know Martha-Ann Alito is a true Christian, a woman of sincere faith, is that she daydreams about using a Sacred Heart of Jesus flag to get back at her neighbors for respecting LGBTQ people's right to exist. She embodies the timeless wisdom of His teaching: "Hate thy neighbor."
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Ash by Malinda Lo, Ocean at the End of the Lane by Neil Gaiman. Both fantasy, but quite different from the other.
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Post-50, functioning on maybe three decent brain cells at any given time? I gave up hope of getting the hang of anything a long time ago. I just stare at things and nod when spoken to.
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@stephanewithane.bsky.social
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America's mathematical problem illustrated by one City: Seattle has 54,200 millionaires, 130 “centimillionaires” and 11 billionaires. Meanwhile 20 schools are being closed (and a lot of people can't afford rent) www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...
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Steve Silberman
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Insurrectionist Samuel Alito vows to remake America into a Christian theocracy, using his powers as a Supreme Court justice, and says no "compromise" is possible with people who don't want to live in a Christian theocracy. www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
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Ursula K. Le Guin
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We're delighted to announce a new future for Ursula's home in Portland, Oregon. The Le Guin family will donate the house to Literary Arts as a site for the Ursula K. Le Guin Writers Residency. apnews.com/article/ursu...
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The Intercept
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“The area turned to ashes.”
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Greg Pak
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Called my US rep and senators about this today. Please consider calling if you care about this horrific situation.
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Steve Silberman
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I remember when a member of our family said we were absurd for predicting the GOP would roll back LGBTQ rights. Flash forward: the Colorado GOP is telling people to burn Pride flags, and the GOP stooges on the Supreme Court are talking about how Obergefell was wrongly decided. Who knew? WE KNEW.
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Allison Good
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YES
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Alice Wong
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2 years ago on this day I had a series of medical crises that changed my life forever.
It costs $840/day for additional care I need. It is unsustainable. This is structural ableism.
I am crowdfunding again so I can live in the community.
disabilityvisibilityproject.com/2024/06/06/h...
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This reads like they got AI to skew Covid deaths with Gaza and this is what came out. Just further erodes trust in news outlets.
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Sarah Tuttle
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Biden's decision to cease asylum on the southern border is inhumane and illegal, not to mention a garbage political move. He's going to lose who he can't afford to lose and not win fascists so 🤷♀️
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Not an OG Just a G
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Israel is defending it "targeted" strike on a school with children present that killed children and their mothers, making up half the casualties. Biden and every politician who condemned the bombing of schools in Ukraine are silent.
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Mx. Fee
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Transphobes going after cis people is the very predictable outcome of them being allowed to carry on the way they have, being allowed to influence policy and sporting body decisions. When you believe trans women aren't women, no women are women 🤷
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