"We have frequently printed the word Democracy. Yet I cannot too often repeat that it is a word the real gist of which still sleeps." Walt Whitman, Democratic Vistas, 1871
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"We have frequently printed the word Democracy. Yet I cannot too often repeat that it is a word the real gist of which still sleeps." Walt Whitman, Democratic Vistas, 1871
Listen to your elders and sages: do not do to others what you would not have done to you.
Best Picture, no real competition
"As someone whose kids won’t die fighting in the war, it’s important that you understand the flimsy, morally bankrupt justifications for war, and why it’s vital for you to throw more of your children's lives at this one."
www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/the...
Scribbled on/in a bathroom stall, the opening lines from Farewell Transmission by Songs: Ohia: The whole place is dark / Every light is on this side of the town / Suddenly it all went down
Seen in a bathroom stall at DEN.
The Conference of Catholic Bishops is... not playing around in this brief.
www.supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/25...
Read this in print over the weekend. Me and Michelle both in tears by the end.
If "AI" was being built, used, and planned for in responsible ways--the way a civilization designed to enhance human thriving would do--then a lot more people would be enthusiastic about its potential. But the people in charge of defining what AI will be are the fucking worst short-term scumbags.
There is not this seething horde of bigots that needs to be checked by the Ivy-educated Good People.
In fact, many of those Good People have prejudices deeper and sharper than anyone, and will burn society to the ground to express them
the ninja turtles and the power rangers putting aside their differences and teaming up
lent and ramadan kicking off on the same day
"I am forged of divine gold sourced from the sacred hills of Medjugorje. I was purchased at a Miami-Dade jewelry store that is really a front for a Medicare fraud scheme. As God intended."
www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/i-a...
No Kings includes Draft Kings
in order for any progress to take place we ALL have to be prepared to see things get better in ways that contradict our beliefs about what's possible and where
Excellent advice for much nonfiction, too.
A newsletter from the vapid hypocrite Congress Man John Moolenar, sent the Monday after CBP agents murdered Alex Pretti on the streets of Minneapolis, begins "I believe every life has value and deserves protection." And go on to offer a one-question survey about . . . abortion. My response: "What a timely survey, Congressman John Moolenaar! As it happens, I'm very right-to-life. I think you should definitely look into the abortion your president's operatives performed on Alex Pretti on the streets of Minneapolis Saturday. I mean, he definitely had a heartbeat and seemed perfectly viable until they threw him down on the pavement and shot him in the back a dozen times. I think he had a right to life. What do YOU think?"
Alex Pretti’s coworkers take a moment of silence this morning
Just found out this dude’s store is called Dreamhaven Books. dreamhavenbooks.com
"they don't deserve our fear" is a profound thing to say imo & I'm grateful for it
distrust yes caution yes. fear God maybe (proverbs 9:10 though I have long-winded thoughts about the fear of God). these men terrorizing citizens may be a lot of things but they don't know the first thing about God
someone in a nail polish subreddit created a shade that matches the one in this photo and is selling it on etsy so she can afford to buy her boyfriend a bulletproof vest to wear while doing ICE watch at home depot. we live in hell but we are going to fucking win.
Also, please feel free to invite Mitt Romney and any other national U.S. political figure from the last 20 years.
Seen in Los Angeles
(Credit: Zurita Carpio)
he not busy being born is busy vibing
"Did you see what Mark Cuban posted? Oh did you see the clapb—"
You shake yourself awake in the cold North Atlantic water. You are not online. It is July of 1858. You are a baleen whale, and you have changed your mind. The future most not come to pass. The telegraph cable must break.
Tired: DIE HARD is a Christmas movie
Wired: FROSTY THE SNOWMAN is a Bergmanesque meditation on mortality and the innate human hope in resurrection
BREAKING: Britain appointed Sarah Mullally as the new Archbishop of Canterbury, the first time a woman has been named leader of the Church of England in the 1,400 year history of the role reut.rs/46RSbE6
We are losing something by having newsrooms where everyone who has more than a few years’ experience has gotten fired. I don’t fault a young writer for not knowing about things that happened before she was born. But now there are no editors to help give context to these stories, either.
It’s @philipchristman.bsky.social day! Celebrate by listening to an interview about his new book *Why Christians Should Be Leftists* and picking up your own copy via your favorite purveyor of fine literature. 💪🏼
