Anna Orridge

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Climate crisis, horror, writing, corvids and the shakily cheerful evasion of despair. Shabby without the chic.
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I need the opinion of lawyers on Bsky. If I wanted to go back to school to become an environmental lawyer, would it be worth it or would it be a ton of debt for an industry that will make me want to die? I've already done academia and media so I'm really trying to avoid the latter for a 3rd time. 😅

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Rogart. 9.45pm. Putting Mrs. Duck to bed. Watching swallows fly around the willows. The wind has dropped. It feels as if summer has almost remembered us for parts of today. The blue sky makes such a difference. I take great pleasure in the final checks on evenings like this...

Still think calling for that election in France was an awful decision, but it looks like we're in for a dose of relief.

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ICYMI (pre-orders help, thank you!):

Out Oct 8; my 1st sf anthology (as editor), for @mitpress.bsky.social's Twelve Tomorrows series, DEEP DREAM: SCIENCE FICTION EXPLORING THE FUTURE OF ART. Wherein 10 writers imagine the future of art, across spacetime near and far. Pre-order here: mitpress.mit.edu/978026254908...

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Nova Scotia Vol 2 anthology, edited by Neil Williamson and Andrew J. Wilson, is now available for pre-order! www.lunapresspublishing.com/post/david-g... @davegoodman.bsky.social @neilwilliamson.bsky.social

David Goodman: Nova Scotia Vol 2 Anthology. Pre-Order Available Now!www.lunapresspublishing.com Nova Scotia Vol 2 anthology, edited by Neil Williamson and Andrew J. Wilson, is now available for pre-order!

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This is what I mean when I say those affected will never forgive this.

Mass murdering a captive civilian population will do that. www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...

Gaza war a recruiting boon for terrorists, U.S. intelligence showswww.washingtonpost.com Anger at the United States over its role in Israel’s war in Gaza has galvanized terror groups globally, the State Department’s top intelligence official says.

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If they keep impoverished people, especially Black people, scrambling to keep themselves and children fed... then those people have to take what low wage jobs they can, be practically indentured in their work and have little time and energy to organize against them The cruelty IS the point.

The governors of a dozen Republican-led states — AL, AK, FL, GA, IA, MS, OK, SC, SD, TX, UT, WY — opted out of a new federal food assistance program, leaving about 9.5 million students without the aid this summer

Republican-led states are blocking summer food benefits for hungry familieswww.usatoday.com Money for food is especially tight for families in a dozen states where Republican lawmakers declined to accept federal food assistance.

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Bingo.

It drives me nuts when people say we need to make sure poor people have access to AI. The entire schtick is focused on providing AI slop to the masses while ensuring the elites get real human professionals. Having a human teacher or doctor or lawyer cannot become a bespoke luxury for the wealthy.

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“So you are willing to move away to avoid paying more in taxes but unwilling to find a way to live off grid and stop benefiting from other people paying theirs?” Like I haven’t read the piece but I’m guessing that question wasn’t asked

I continue to be astonished that people are happy to announce their selfishness in this way.

‘We will fundamentally alter our lives to avoid making a modest contribution to society.’

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I'd like to propose a toast to people who like camping, and dolphins.. To all in tents and porpoises.

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One of the least nuanced assumptions in US political discourse is that folks who have served or are related to people who have served are patriotic or pro-military. The collective memory and personal experiences of Black, indigenous, and other vets of color makes that way more complicated.

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"Thunder clouds have darkened the northern sky. In the foreground, sunshine is still bright on the bramble flowers, the foxglove and the campion” Artist: CF Tunnicliffe Writer: EL Grant Watson

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As the daughter of a Black Vietnam vet who suffered life long pain from a service related injury but was constantly turned away from care by the VA I can’t even bring myself to read this. My father eventually died of a treatable condition at 62 b/c he was sent home to take ibuprofen by a VA doc.

A 2017 internal Veterans Affairs report shows Black veterans were more often denied benefits for PTSD than their white counterparts. The analysis crunched claims data from fiscal year 2011 through 2016. And disparate treatment started after WWI when it was still called shell shock. It continues.

Black veterans were denied VA benefits for PTSD more often than whiteswww.nbcnews.com “Ever since I came back from Vietnam, I knew that I had a problem, but I didn’t know what it was," said one Black veteran.

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Oh yeah, no biggie, but I did get invited to join a shanty band yesterday.

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my finished #ZombieSkulltober hormse 🤠

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if you’re waiting for everyone around you to wake up, you’ll wait forever. this is how the people grinding our bones to make their bread WANT you to be. paralyzed, alienated & purposeless

the apocalypse is ongoing. it’s been happening since before we were born. if you’re waiting for some irrefutable tipping point to do something different; it’s not going to happen

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If they’re comfortable killing other people, they will eventually be comfortable killing you. You can learn that lesson the easy way or the hard way.

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optimist: the glass is half full pessimist: the glass is half empty excel: the glass is january 2nd

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Raven behavior! It's 115F, so I put a frozen banana out on the grass. Two ravens, who had been hanging out in the shade, came over. The smaller one carried it to the shade and ate, the larger about 20 feet away. Then, they swapped places. After that, the larger stretched flat and began sunbathing. 🪶

My son's quite a good chess player. We're at the junior championships and he's doing a simul. It's a lot more relaxed than I'd imagined. 🖤🤍

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On one hand it’s nice to see more people from this generation becoming radicalized about our current situation and on the other hand the damage is done. Millions of people faithfully followed guys like this into the belief just a little more market competition will fix everything. Hard to undo.

Guys like this at FT after a lifetime of building a career pumping free market ideology are saying as loud as they can that capitalism cannot solve for climate. “The market will not fix this global market failure.”

Oh ffs, I just realised Lee Anderson clung on.

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The train station.

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One of the weirdest things about approaching 50 is recognizing how much I always unconsciously assumed that as I learned certain things and ideas were bullshit, society was learning that too and we’d all be leaving that bullshit behind from here on out

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“Almost the entire population”

Nearly 2 million people have been displaced in Gaza – almost the entire population – after the Israeli military last week ordered a further 80,000 people to evacuate parts of Gaza City amid a renewed ground operation, the latest UN figures show.

Almost entire population in Gaza now displaced amid fresh Israeli offensive | CNNwww.cnn.com Nearly 2 million people have been displaced in Gaza – almost the entire population – after the Israeli military this week ordered a further 80,000 people to evacuate parts of Gaza City amid a renewed ...

“You ain’t seen Bad Boys II?”

tell me your fav film with a quote.

Elizabeth speaks to my heart ❤️ 💚

Project 2035. Us nurturing the solidarity and creativity to minimize harm and plant the seeds of a life sustaining, feminist, multi-racial, ecologically wise society. Not one giant blueprint from a dark money think tank...

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Nycticorax nycticorax. "Night Raven Night Raven" So good they named it twice.

... Black Crowned Night Heron ... ... Nycricorax nycticorax ... 30.6.2024 ... ... HasPolat-Mia Milia ... 📷 Ahmet Gürses.