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I have been muttering about this in side conversations for a while, and feel like this may be a good moment for a long thread to talk more directly about

A plush toy I saw in a shop window back in the 20th century made me so angry that I became fully devoted to socialism.To myself, I call this The

Does someone have kid-appropriate anti-colonialist Thanksgiving propaganda I can spread around? “the first Thanksgiving feast was called by John Winthrop [for] soldiers that had just massacred the entire Pequot tribe,

Evidently Pagans are talking about this today, so:I don’t believe in the gods, I have committed to conceiving of the Cosmos in terms of the gods.The Cosmos has deep, pervasive,

I was looking at this real life horror show and thinking about how someday this is going to be part of the familiar aesthetic language of evilhttps://www.reuters.com/news/picture/us-border-patrol-migrant-camp-from-above-idUSRTS2HV7C I made

OK, this still of Henry Cavill looking handsome and dashing in curly hair for a new film has inspired me to unleash the Superman Hair Rant which I have been

OK, I’m coining a neologism:——————— hyperkludge———————A hyperkludge is a design which is not a good solution for much of anything, but is a tolerably bad solution for so many

Nested threads, another discussion of institutional politics relevant even if you don’t care about TTRPGs.This connects to my recurring lament that Boomers Never Let Go, which I would like to

Joe Biden has been credibly accused of sexual assault. He must drop out of running for President.There is no way his candidacy avoids severely hurting the nation, the Democratic Party,

Thread about the dark logic of “pro-life” advocacyhttps://twitter.com/amandamarcotte/status/1252927327094353921 Remember, “pro-life” advocacy was invented in living memory as a rationalization for racist politicshttps://www.politico.com/magazine/stor

So the other night I had someone in a dream explain to me a secret theme of the final episode of 'M*A*S*H', "Goodbye, Farewell, and Amen", and when I woke

I have bottomless rage at having been forced to spend about a thousand hours of my life in “physical education” classes that did not teach me how to stretch, train,