Lachesis

good for my soul
heaven knows it's good for my soul

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I want to underline that: how very difficult a process of healing it has been.

Because it's surprising that simply witnessing the full-scale moral collapse of the United States has shifted the network in my brain to think less about harm avoidance and more about harm reduction and doing good deeds.

"Constant labour of one uniform kind disturbs the intensity & flow of a man’s animal spirits, which find recreation & delight in mere change of activity."
Karl Marx, Capital

curious about this gendered mention of "animal spirits," i searched this webpage for the word "woman." it didn't appear

Croatia Resumes Compulsory Military Service After Almost 20-Year Break First conscripts arrive at barracks for two months of basic training, as Croatia's government reintroduces obligatory military service almost two decades after it was abolished.

Compulsory military service in #Croatia existed until 2007.
Now it is returning after a break of almost 20 years, with up to 4,000 conscripts to be called up annually in five generations per year for training in the Croatian Armed Forces.
balkaninsight.com/2026/03/09/c...

Mar. 10, 1865 | Confederate Soldiers Hang Black Woman in Darlington, South Carolina Learn more about our history of racial injustice.

"...white residents had deserted the area as Union forces approached, & the soldiers allowed the Black men & women to take whatever belongings had been left behind... When the Union soldiers left Darlington, Confederate troops returned..."

don't worry, it's still legal to learn history facts.

...and follow this account! @andrealaflamme.bsky.social

check out this page! step aside, sir

Happy Harriet Tubman Day to all those who celebrate.

a photo captioned"tiny rag doll nation" an old fashioned little bed with a tiny granny-square comforter. a wee caucasian dolly with red hair is under the covers and a brown girl in a long nightie and crocheted green slippers leans up against the bedframe. two miniature china siamese cats lie atop the coverlet, while a little orange cat, with happy tail & ears, is about to stroll out of frame. the whole thing just looks so cozy. come to bed, honey

i want to go to there

Why Trump’s war on Iran is definitely taking place What's it like to re-read Baudrillard as bombs fall on Tehran?

if you want to understand how trump talked himself into an war of choice to overthrow the government of iran, you have to start where all discussions of great wartime leaders start:

with french postmodernists and SUNSET BOULEVARD

It's all happening inevitably, in answer to the pattern of generations. One girl flees the house; another arrives in winter, seeking time to write.

i heard michael wolf on daily beast podcast saying this was a thing Epstein always did. bought ppl shoes. wolf wasn't sure why. but he did get one pair
please lord please let today be the day

We have heard from migrants subjected to ICE flights that guards/federal agents lay out the WRAP on the tarmac as a threat: Do what we say on the flight or you're gonna get put in a straitjacket.

"despite internal concerns voiced... due to reports of deaths involving use of the WRAP by local law enforcement. And... a dozen fatal cases in the last decade where local police or jailers around the U.S. used the WRAP and autopsies determined “restraint” played a role in the death."

this thread. srsly.

patty murray.

I can blame Bari Weiss all I want, but it's a cop-out. Antisemitism is dangerous and growing even if bad-faith actors are also saying this and using it to promote bad things.

Israeli forces kill Palestinian journalist Amal Shamali in Gaza attack Shamali, who worked for Qatar Radio, killed in an Israeli air strike on central Gaza's Nuseirat refugee camp.

more than 270 media workers have been killed in Gaza since 10/7/23

"According to Brown University’s Costs of War project, more journalists... than in the US Civil War, World Wars I & II, the Korean War, Vietnam War, the wars in the former Yugoslavia & the post-9/11 war in Afghanistan – combined."

And to all you cis people unconcerned that the UK government just banned life-saving treatments for trans kids based on a moral panic, contrived authority and "common sense," they're already coming for you too - autism, adhd, birth control, pushing ozempic, ...

Just don't say we didn't tell you.

Superman flies through a window to confront a criminal: WHO ARE YOU? WHAT DO YOU WANT OF ME? IM GOING TO GIVE YOU THE FATE YOU DESERVE, LUBANE, FOR PROMOTING THIS WAR AND PROFITEERING UPON THE DEATH AND MISERY OF OTHERS:

Morning Bluesky.

The house, like the girl, is vengeful.

Coming soon to America 😔

I think this is about the temperature but honestly it works for decades as well

How come all these expensive shows can fund explosions and super involved rescues but can’t fucking find a stethoscope from this century for their doctor actors to wear

I'm finding it increasingly hilarious to sit with the very real possibility that Karoline Leavitt just literally doesn't know what "the draft" means.

there's a xylospongium wilipedia page

it really does look like an aardvark

The Gulf states & Israel depend on water desalination to live. If Israel & US break the taboo of bombing vulnerable desal infrastructure, they risk catastrophic harm.

Percent of drinking water from desal:
Israel: 80%
Kuwait: 90%
Saudi Arabia: 70%
Oman: 86%
UAW: 42%

www.ndtv.com/world-news/i...

ha ha ha i wondered