Gom Jabbarbarienne

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Book production queen. Occasional writer. Spoonie. I post too many pictures of cats and food.

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Yes! Never forget the red wave that did not happen

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Also: Get off your arse and vote. My constituency was won for Labour by 15 votes. A high turnout from the French sorted this. You don't vote? Well, the fash do. If you're replying to this with why it's ideologically impure for a truly left wing person to vote, please just block yourself, I'm tired.

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Fight against daunting odds, because it’s the right thing to do, and because sometimes you win.

BREAKING NEWS: Voters turned out in numbers not seen in decades to stop the far-right National Rally from taking power in the French National Assembly. Polls predicted a first-place finish for National Rally, which instead came in third in initial results as polling stations closed.

Projections in France's election show voters rejecting the far rightwww.npr.org Voters turned out in numbers not seen in decades to stop the far-right National Rally from taking power in the French National Assembly. Polls predicted a first-place finish for National Rally, which ...

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Rallying cry

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Please note the wildly incorrect polling in France. No matter what the cacophony of pundits keep saying, polls are not predictive, and are never the end of the story. Organizing, volunteering, engaging in conversation, and direct action are effective tools. Let's use them here too.

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"Lord, I see what you are doing for LePen's National Rally, and I want that for Trump's GOP."

"Lord, I see what you are doing for the Tories, and I want that for the GOP."

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Ouch

Saw a "Corporations got greedy and drove inflation and Biden got on their asses and made them lower prices" ad!

Political ads I see on TV (in my swing state of PA): "Trump wants to be a dictator" "Biden is lying or maybe senile" but also "Biden has created new manufacturing jobs that don't require a college degree" "Biden has helped the environment/installed solar" I want SAVE HEALTHCARE ads!

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"I am willing to live with a result that is acceptable but not my ideal outcome for the next two years in order to prevent the worst case scenario" is seriously encouraging to see

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folks from both coalitions and all the voters who were willing to be tactical as a result even if their preferred guy dropped out, credit all around I am delighted

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This is so encouraging, and also a credit to every single politician who dropped out of the runoff so their votes could go to the second-place non-fascist candidate

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in a world with a rising fascist tide this is the only way forward until we can figure out how to turn it around it can be done things don’t have to be as bad as possible

"I am willing to live with a result that is acceptable but not my ideal outcome for the next two years in order to prevent the worst case scenario" is seriously encouraging to see

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Congrats to other country’s liberal coalitions for ever being able to get their shit in gear tell us what that’s like

Breaking news: The first projections after polls closed in France’s legislative election put a leftist alliance in the lead, as the populist, anti-immigration far right falls behind and performs far below expectations.

France election live updates: Left-wing bloc leads in results projectionswww.washingtonpost.com The populist, anti-immigration National Rally party had been hoping to install France’s first far-right government since World War II, with 28-year-old Jordan Bardella as prime minister.

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OK, so this week: - UK Tories wiped out (I know, I know) - Iran votes in a reform PM (I know, I know) - France does this Sometimes, folks, there are glimmers.

JUST IN: Polls closed in France. Exit polls show surprise: —Left coalition (New Popular Front) projected first. (!) —Far-right (RN) has lost its bid to take power. Anti-RN front appears to have worked very well. —No bloc close to majority. Follow this 🧵 for results and more:

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When we fight the fascists, we win. Too many Democratic candidates refuse to fight. Stop telling us to vote and fight for us!

“The 823,685 signatures send a loud and clear message: Arizonans want politicians and judges out of our private and personal health care decisions.” www.azcentral.com/story/opinio...

Extremists will never quit trying to outlaw abortion, and Arizona voters know itwww.azcentral.com Opinion: Arizona voters have already sent a strong message to anti-abortion advocates: We see through your scare tactics.

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I'd like to add some historical context to the discussions around Project 2025. The discourse misses why Project 2025 is so important. As I write about in my book, Heritage has built something like Project 2025 for every election since 1980, but this time it's different. Big 🧵

The Thinkers: The Rise of Partisan Think Tanks and the Polarization of American Politics, is officially published today! The book tells the story of how partisan think tanks have impacted modern policy debates. Here's why you should consider it 1/ www.amazon.com/Thinkers-Par...

The Thinkers: The Rise of Partisan Think Tanks and the Polarization of American Politics (Studies in Postwar American Political Development): Fagan, E.J.: 9780197759660: Amazon.com: Bookswww.amazon.com The Thinkers: The Rise of Partisan Think Tanks and the Polarization of American Politics (Studies in Postwar American Political Development) [Fagan, E.J.] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. The Thinkers: The Rise of Partisan Think Tanks and the Polarization of American Politics (Studies in Postwar American Political Development)

Democrats in these states need to be pounding the public consciousness with this. TV, radio, billboards, skywriting— anything and everything where they can say, "The Republicans turned down free food for poor families."

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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THIS. The "there's no difference between Republicans and Democrats" people need to read this and vote blue. They. Have. Different. Policies. They "opt out" of feeding poor students. Democrats enable feeding poor students. Voting blue means a material difference in people's LIVES.

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It's a good time to randomly text someone a link to chicken.pics. Especially anyone bumming themselves out with doom scrolling. Contemplate how unaware chickens are of human politics. Visit the chickens. Be with them. They are your friends. Except for the one who is your sworn enemy.

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This epic fantasy trilogy is doing so much interesting unpacking of the tropes of epic fantasy. Recommended. Start with SAVAGE COMPANY!

Stoked for my epic fantasy novel SAVAGE COMPANY to be part of @solarisbooks.bsky.social’s #stillproud ebook sale because #pridemonth should be a year round thing! You can grab it and scads of other ebooks for just .99 thru the 14th from their website! bit.ly/3ng219P

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The Sunday Morning Transport dives into a dungeon today with a story from Scott Lynch (@scottlynch78.bsky.social) that takes us through a labyrinth from a number of perspectives not often considered. The first free story in our month of free stories!

Selected Scenes from the Ecologies of the Labyrinthwww.sundaymorningtransport.com July marks our third (We can’t believe it’s been two and a half years!) summer — and we’re celebrating with four great free reads. Yes, you read that right, a whole month of free goodness from The Sun...

Ginny likes to sit on top of the paper products and pretend to be a gargoyle. It's the highest point in the house, not counting the stairs. #GinnyStaresAtMe

VERSION CONTROL AND CONSISTENT NAMING CONVENTIONS ARE YOUR FRIENDS signed, a person with 30 years' book production experience

Oh no! I just got an ebook I’d pre-ordered, and the file delivered is an ARC with “TK” in all the map spots. I am cringing so hard in sympathy with this poor author.

Sometimes I outdo myself. Of course, it isn't all that creative to put oyster sauce and bulldog on stir fry but it's so delish. Lamb, shrimp, pineapple, and broccoli over rice.

Many of the jewelry-making videos I watch have music. At normal speed, much of it is soporific. I watch the videos at 2x speed, and it's amazing how many of those dull tunes become absolute bangers.

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They can't take the sky from him.

since reddit is dying i want to share my favourite post about one of my favourite guys ever. i never really posted on reddit, just read stuff, but this post is now behind a locked wall. alt text to follow in a thread since it’s too long to fit in the alt text on the image

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Campaign news has overshadowed this. For all those who missed it: the administration announced $1 billion to help communities be more resilient to climate change/natural hazards. www.dhs.gov/news/2024/07...

President Biden Announces $1 Billion in Project Selections to Make Communities More Resilient to Climate Change and Natural Hazards Through His Investing in America Agenda | Homeland Securitywww.dhs.gov President Joseph R. Biden, Jr., Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro N. Mayorkas and FEMA Administrator Deanne Criswell today announced the 656 project selections for $1 billion in clim...

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art is probably the best thing humans ever came up with

Connections Puzzle #392 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟨🟦🟨🟨 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟪🟪🟪🟪 I can't believe I actually figured out blue and purple (once those 8 words were all that was left).