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(by Chloe Humbert, crossposted from substack) Sometimes people don’t see something, and don’t even know they’re not seeing it. There seems to be some confusion on the left about how the right-wing organizes and rallies people to action, to vote, to...
by watermelonpunch
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on Mon Oct 30, 2023 at 02:40 PM PDT
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This ain’t no party It might surprise some theists that I don’t enjoy being an atheist. Not that I’m miserable about being one, but it’s not fornication Fridays, weekend orgies, Meth Monday,
by stlmoz
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on Mon May 23, 2022 at 08:30 AM PDT
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Well, no, of course I have never competed in the Olympic Games. But I have been a fan of many competitors in those events.�
I have attended two Games as a fan —�Atlanta in 1996 and Salt Lake City ...
by BeninSC
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on Wed Feb 09, 2022 at 10:45 AM PST
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1. Get off Facebook. Or at least stop reading the news feed. If you can’t bear to cancel your account, at a minimum limit your interactions to people you have met in person (and know they are who they say they are). They could still be crazy, but at...
by lafosner
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on Thu Jan 13, 2022 at 02:52 PM PST
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Tom Joseph (a.k.a. @TomJChicago on Twitter) just posted these much-needed words of encouragement on his Patreon page. I won’t reprint it in full here but here is the link to his blog post, titled “How To Stay Positive in Turbulent Times”....
by ChrisH982
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on Fri Aug 07, 2020 at 01:56 PM PDT
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Until I was eight, I lived at 57th and Stony Island in Chicago. For those not familiar, this was an (almost) all black poor ghetto, even in the mid-1950s. My sister (one year older) and I were the only white children in our classes. In first and second...
by clphilo
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on Sat May 30, 2020 at 11:09 AM PDT
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Think about Nixon for reference. He founded the EPA, did some foundational diplomacy, worked to desegregate the schools and all — but most everything connected to him is about the impeachment and resignation. But I’m not seeing any kind of ‘bright...
by Ryan in FL
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on Fri May 15, 2020 at 03:05 AM PDT
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On Monday, May 11, Donald Trump decided to hold a pep rally to champion how big and strong and robust America’s COVID-19 testing capabilities are. It was the most pathetic attempt yet by this incompetent administration to cover their criminally...
by Walter Einenkel
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on Mon May 11, 2020 at 02:17 PM PDT
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I think that Hillary Clinton’s comments about Bernie Sanders were unhelpful, stupid, and show a profound lack of capacity for personal examination. I find the whole Rachida Tlaib booing incident counter-productive, though at least she has the...
by Albino Terrorist
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on Mon Feb 03, 2020 at 07:31 AM PST
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“Enemy. Enemy. The word is tugging at a recent memory. Pulling it into the present. The look on Haymitch’s face. ‘Katniss, when you’re in the arena…’ The scowl, the misgiving. ‘What?’ I hear my own voice tighten as I bristle at some unspoken...
by Save the clock tower
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on Mon Feb 03, 2020 at 07:23 AM PST
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I got the idea for both this diary and a morning walk from a Guardian article about trying to get people to gain new perspective on planet earth through a virtual reality set up showing earth viewed from space. It made me think about how my own...
by dot farmer
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on Thu Dec 26, 2019 at 01:35 PM PST
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Sometimes we get so caught up in our daily lives or politics and the drama of it all that it needed to step back and do a little looking at life from a different perspective.
As you can see by ...
by Gwennedd
21 comments
on Fri Dec 06, 2019 at 10:00 PM PST
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Sometimes it’s good to look at the world a little differently
a new perspective can help you meet new friends.
by strawbale
70 comments
on Mon Dec 09, 2019 at 07:00 PM PST
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I remember where I was, watching results roll in from each State in our Republic in 2016. Visiting a friend and former colleague, I sat alone on his couch long after he’d gone to bed. He’s black, and already knew what was coming. I didn’t want to...
by Feed
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on Thu Jan 24, 2019 at 10:50 PM PST
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Mr Colbert bucks up and makes some fine Lemon-aide, from a news-barrel full of Lemons.
Hate is Not What America Stands For
— Oct 29, 2018
Here’s the Link to the Crowd-funding site, he mentioned in his opening.
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by jamess
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on Tue Oct 30, 2018 at 06:34 PM PDT
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Perhaps, the 21st Century & beyond Democratic Party could utilize a perspective of: FREE FROM THREAT which is what JUSTICE seeks to achieve & what DEMOCRACY promises just as Democracy promises ACCESS to & PURSUIT of (rights), ie. DEMOCRACY’...
by Shortmd
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on Sat Jun 16, 2018 at 02:37 PM PDT
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Focused Meditation
To Calm the Mind and Body
Deep Breaths
To Cleanse the Body and Mind
As I Stare
Into a brightly, glowing Candle
But -
The Candle is ImBalanced
One side Higher than the other
One side lower than the Other
Which -
A matter of...
by Leah Sellers
10 comments
on Sun May 20, 2018 at 05:54 PM PDT
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Earlier today — “today” being 3 April 2018, just to be clear — the Washington Post put out that Robert Mueller has gone on record saying that as of right now — “right now” being the early months of 2018 — he isn’t looking at naming the President as a...
by merchantbard
143 comments
on Tue Apr 03, 2018 at 10:41 PM PDT
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I wrote this once before, but apparently some didn’t get the message.
Today there’s a diary up entitled So Tell Me the Difference Between Hitler and the GOP When They Take Healthcare Away from Millions.
Fuck that.
This will be very short. You...
by dhonig
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on Sun Nov 19, 2017 at 05:47 AM PST
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I read “What happened” by Hillary Clinton, and it pinched my heart hard, and lifted it too.
OK, so it’s kind of this crazy thing on the DK, and elsewhere when it comes to Hillary, but I kind of feel I have to give my credentials, lest I be...
by StellaRay
553 comments
on Sat Sep 30, 2017 at 08:59 PM PDT
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