m. blind

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first-initial-dot-etc. ~ sarcastic bastard raised by a feral tribe of sarcastic suburbanites. || Books, bookselling, scifi, fantasy, practicing writer + the writing + complaining about writing. he/him. Interpuctgames.com, personal blog at rocketbomber.com

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To piggyback: I truly think a few too many of you are far too passive in your participation in media consumption. If you are sick of having crap firehosed onto your dash/feed/scroll, CHANGE WHAT MAKES IT TO YOUR DASH/FEED/SCROLL. Block, adblock, mute, actively seek out instead of waiting for recs.

reminder that this website does not have an algorithm so if everything on your homepage sucks or you think this website is “dead” it is quite literally a skill issue. follow more & better people. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

"I hate my feed, it's infuriating, it's depressing." OK, so. Fix it? "I can't!" Well, probably closer to you don't know how, but OK again. Delete the app. "I won't!" OK, yet again. Then figure out how to use it so it doesn't make you sad. BlueSky makes this way easier than most apps.

Most of you don't use Feeds, I bet. Figure them out. sSubscribe to Feeds you vibe with. I follow Horror Artists, Horror Podcasts, Blacksky, Japanese Cluster, GameDev, and various shitposter feeds. I enjoy being here as a result.

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PREDICTION: it's going to turn out that Musk's $45 million/month to this SuperPAC will be earmarked almost entirely for Twitter advertisements. www.reuters.com/world/us/mus...

Musk plans to give $45 mln a month to new pro-Trump PAC, WSJ reportswww.reuters.com Billionaire Elon Musk has said he plans to commit around $45 million a month to a new pro-Trump super political-action committee, the Wall Street Journal reported on Monday, citing people familiar with the matter.

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Registering to vote is unnecessarily complicated www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wk01...

Registering to vote is unnecessarily complicated. Here’s 1 simple solution:www.youtube.com We created this video in partnership with the @skollfoundation. Modernizing voter registration is crucial for election integrity. See how Automatic Voter Reg...

Someone Took a Shot at Trump — Now What? www.youtube.com/watch?v=fOnA...

Someone Took a Shot at Trump — Now What?www.youtube.com ▶Join this channel to get access to perks:https://www.youtube.com/steveshives/join▶Patreon: http://www.patreon.com/steveshives▶PayPal: https://www.paypal.me/...

we must all be on edge, the overall tone of the site has changed the past couple of weeks. understandable, given *waves arms at everything* not saying there is a fix, not saying anyone in particular has to fix it. just… maybe be aware, its a little different and difficult at the moment.

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I love Jingles so much.

You can't say no to those eyes.

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Let’s also not forget how the iconic “Akira Slide” has influenced genres the whole world ‘round…

Released in Japanese movie theaters on this day…do we need to mention the title? One of the biggest influences to global cinematography and pop culture, Katsuhiro Otomo’s AKIRA debuted in theaters on July 16, 1988.

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We are going to see a lot more of this. Figuring out disposal of waste from reactors is a challenge, but this is generally a positive development. www.semafor.com/article/07/1...

Italy reconsiders nuclear energy 35 years after shutting down last reactorwww.semafor.com Nuclear energy is becoming increasingly attractive as a greener alternative to fossil fuels.

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HE LITERALLY OWNS AND LIVES AT A COUNTRY CLUB

The claim that Trump “ushered in economic populism” & “downgraded the importance of country-club Republicans while prioritizing blue collar workers,” not only reads like an RNC press release, but is belied by Trump’s record (tax cuts for the rich, an anti-labor NLRB, support for wage theft, etc.)/3

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school vouchers are designed to starve public schools and they’re working in that regard

Arizona, the model for voucher programs across the country, has spent so much money paying private schoolers' tuition that it's now facing hundreds of millions in budget cuts to critical state programs and projects.

School Vouchers Were Supposed to Save Taxpayer Money. Instead They Blew a Massive Hole in Arizona’s Budget.www.propublica.org Arizona, the model for voucher programs across the country, has spent so much money paying private schoolers’ tuition that it’s now facing hundreds of millions in budget cuts to critical state program...

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A fine, chonky Squirrel of the Day for July 16, 2024 #sqrlpix

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15 books about Appalachia to read instead of Hillbilly Elegy that counter “the stereotypes of [Republican VP pick] J.D. Vance’s version of Appalachia”. [kottke.org]

“15 Books About Appalachia to Read Instead of Hillbilly Elegy”kottke.org From Kendra Winchester at Book Riot: Since Hillbilly Elegy came out in 2016, I’ve experienced countless people claiming to now “understand” where I come from and what Appalachian people are like. But they don’t think

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Why Vance rather than Rubio? Because of crazy: "Mr. Carlson told Mr. Trump in that June phone call that he believed that if he chose a “neocon” as his V.P. ... then the U.S. intelligence agencies would have every incentive to assassinate Mr. Trump in order to get their preferred president."

How J.D. Vance Won Over Donald Trumpwww.nytimes.com It started with a meeting at Mar-a-Lago more than three years ago. Later, Tucker Carlson, Elon Musk and other key allies made direct appeals on his behalf.

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i can also vouch for this. a high school friend hadn't heard of Project 2025 until i told him and was not amused by it, to say the least. admittedly, he's not a Trump guy, but he wasn't gonna vote for Biden until he learned about it.

if you’re trying to engage with politically disconnected people about project 2025, identify a specific part that you think will resonate with them. i just told my friend who’s a public school teacher about the plan to abolish the department of education and that got her hooked.

"Let's Talk about Project 2025" 9 minutes. Even faster if you watch at 1.5x speed. Not the best one to share with your bonkers cousins in Ohio but good background info to share with for your fellow lefty neighbors. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zxwx...

Fine, Let's Talk about Project 2025www.youtube.com SUPPORT more videos like this at http://patreon.com/rebeccaSUBSCRIBE at http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=rkwatson+++Links + transcript ava...

took me a minute to find this one again. this⤵ is the video to share with your bonkers cousins (they might listen to someone who sounds like Beau). 13 minutes. www.youtube.com/watch?v=op0y...

The Roads to Project 2025....www.youtube.com Link: https://www.project2025.org/policy/Beau of The Fifth Column main channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/BeauoftheFifthColumnPatreon: https://www.patreon.co...

"Let's talk about Trump trying to distance from Project 2025...." www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q4MV...

Let's talk about Trump trying to distance from Project 2025....www.youtube.com Link: https://youtu.be/op0yk50uMlQ?si=qvS5JJUztKKflhviSupport via Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/beautfcThe Roads with Beau: https://www.youtube.com/channe...

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9781568360225 Hopkirk, "The Great Game: The Struggle for Empire in Central Asia" 9780679720195 Kennedy, "The Rise and Fall of the Great Powers" came first to mind but is def. focused on Europe (and money), the colonies aren't directly covered but my memory of the exact contents are VERY fuzzy

a google also pulled up 9781107640177 and 9780199547371 but I couldn't get either to come up (checking gapines.org interlibrary loan) so those might depend on if you have privileges at your local university library.

Homegapines.org

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You libs saying JD Vance stands for “Jautomatic Difle” are exposing yurselfs as a bunch of 🤡s ——it stands for “Jarmalite” which is the company that manufacturers JD Vance.

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IDK who the first person to express this sentiment was, but: "When people talk about traveling to the past, they worry about radically changing the present by doing something small, but barely anyone in the present really thinks that they can radically change the future by doing something small."

What are people doing w/neighbors & friends to create & nurture networks of collective care & mutual aid? What small but significant (or super size me and spectacular, and everything in between) actions & practices are people talking about, preparing for, or taking?

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It's as disheartening as it is fascinating that we're just a few years shy of a century since the richest people in the world lined up against the poorest in almost exactly the same kind of political confrontation we're facing today.

Remember how the rich fucked everything up so badly the only way to keep America from a Communist revolt was the New Deal? Don't think that's gonna work twice ...