Ryan Lange

The events of “Parable of the Sower,” a 1993 book about a dystopian future by Octavia Butler, begin today. This is the plot of the book and its sequel:

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I don't want a reality show, I don't want anyone named Clinton to have anything to do with it, I just want the Democrats-in-power to make up their minds who's running for president and then stfu and win already. Srsly, you people are working my last nerve here.

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Oh you just call anyone “Nazi” who disagrees with you about enacting mass deportation of ethic minorities demonized as “vermin poisoning the blood of the nation” as part of a nationalist myth of purifying violence promulgated to a far right cult by an authoritarian demagogue.

The Fig Economy

It's okay. This is a really tense situation! Everybody hates it.

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sorry for posting so much. it's because i'm mentally ill

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Spent the morning doing GOTV text banking & postcard writing with a group of Democratic women who are FURIOUS with the media & Congressional Dems for distracting from our grassroots work. People aren't worried about Biden; we're too busy trying to save our school board from book-banning extremists.

I too will do this. I would vote for a head of lettuce with a D button stuck to it if that were an option.

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CrowdStruckwww.wheresyoured.at Soundtrack: EL-P - Tasmanian Pain Coaster (feat. Omar Rodriguez-Lopez & Cedric Bixler-Zavala) When I first began writing this newsletter, I didn't really have a goal, or a "theme," or anything that c...

Newsletter: The CrowdStrike disaster is just the first of many tech industry calamities, a direct consequence of the growth-at-all-cost mindset that drives companies to grow with no regard for safety, sustainability, or responsibility to society. www.wheresyoured.at/crowdstruck-2/

I'm voting for whatever the ticket is. I would like to hope most Dem voters will, but this entire situation does not fill me with confidence about the operations of the national party.

We just should have done this during the primary. If it had happened during the primary it wouldn't be this massive shitshow. They're gonna do what they're gonna do but that doesn't mean I can't think it's dumb as hell.

Marduk Kurios

They clearly were OK with Biden for his whole term is the thing. Nobody else was in the running. NOW we want to switch? That's my complaint. I expressed my dissatisfaction with my choices but in the end, the party picked him. We're switching NOW?

Talcott

What weed seltzer do you recommend?

They had years to fix this problem. They knew it was a problem from the start of his term. They knew it was a problem in the pro forma primary they ran. Now they're trying a desperate last-minute solution and they're doing it as incompetently and publicly as possible. I'm so filled with confidence.

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This @helldude.bsky.social post keeps rattling around in my head. I think the energy re: getting Biden to step aside feels exciting because it's the first time in years when a critical mass of Democratic Party leaders have responded to voters' desires with something besides Shut Up Everything's Fine

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none of the people in the white house or congressional leadership has any ability to think more than 1 step ahead, they are all reactionary idiots, and the press is incapable of understanding this through any lens other than "is this entertaining to me." i fucking despise them all.

The old world is dying but the new refuses to be born, etc

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More Project 2025, RIP Joe Bryant, YSL judge removedwww.whatimreading.net Friday, July 19, 2024.

Every single Friday since Jan 2023, I’ve published a roundup of news stories for Black Americans. I created it in response to the misinformation that disproportionately targets our community. But the best part is that it’s free! Here’s the latest edition:

The Washington Post

Clutch them pearls, WaPo.

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I think the important thing when your political party is in uncharted territory is to let the voters know that you intend to make it as complicated and unpredictable as possible. People love uncertainty and chaos, everyone understands this!

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New Standing Room Only! Excerpt: We asked RNC attendees when America was last "great." Regardless of age, most said when they were children. Says nothing about America, but lots about conservative psychology. Subscribe today! salon.com/newsletter Music by the Specials.

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This is the dumbest, most embarrassing shit I’ve ever seen in US politics.

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Project 2025 + Forensic Science Integrity - tl;dr: lots more wrongful convictions, executions, and misdemeanor records for everyone!

convinced my boss to let me and my coworker write a “how project 2025 will influence forensic science integrity” piece for our september newsletter that goes out to lawyers and expert witnesses across the country!

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some of you need a sponsor to stop going back to twitter

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Nothing makes me lose hope faster about the world's willingness to resist fascism than seeing so many purportedly left-wing people unwilling to make basically the smallest sacrifice possible and stop supporting Vichy Twitter's nazi propaganda engine.

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We made some quick explainers on Project 2025's impact on bookbans for Authors Against Book Bans-- please feel free to share with your own networks.

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what's that? constantly litigating and relitigating everyone's place on the ladder of oppression to figure out who is allowed to talk over each other isn't working out very well? that's crazy. no way

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Lots of people are understandably scared about… everything so they just run around screaming nonsense they think shows they know what's going on & have the answers because it's hard to deal with the fact of being scared & that all real solutions require community action & changes to their status quo

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IATSE Ratifies New 3-Year Deal With AMPTPdeadline.com IATSE officially has a new deal after members ratified another three-year contract with the AMPTP on Thursday

Wonderful news! Now let’s get the Teamsters what they need and get everyone back to work! deadline.com/2024/07/iats...

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Rightwinger Leonard Leo helped fuel Bud Light boycott, tax filings showwww.theguardian.com Exclusive: Documents reveal group linked to Leo gave money to another group that played central role in boycott

The dark-money puppetmaster of SCOTUS also funded the supposedly "grassroots" right-wing boycott of Bud Light last year. In '22 Leo-linked orgs routed $1.85M to a group he said would force "woke corporat[ions]" to "pay a price for their standing up for woke special interest instead of consumers."

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