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Zelenskyy is a better representative of the values that America stands for than America itself under its current regime.
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We are here for a reason. Not by accident. Not by mistake. We chose this time, this place, this life.
But what will we do with it?
The world is loud, full of fear and division. It wants to pull us into its drama, make us forget why we’re here. But we are not here to fight battles that were never ours. We are not h…
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My dad called me this afternoon to tell me that the field between our houses was covered with robins, that it wasn’t just one robin that arrived as a sign of spring but a whole field full.
What he didn’t say was that birds were my mom’s thing. She would have been the one to notice. He did in her stead and made sure to bring them to my notice, too.
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I love talking Vulture's annual stunt awards with Brandon Struessnig. Lots of fun stuff this year about FURIOSA, THE FALL GUY, those ads during the Oscars that featured stunt performers, and more.
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You really can’t understand our current moment without understanding the history of the American South.
Because you better believe that the bad guys understand it.
Do not miss this piece.
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This is the best short speech about Trump's desecration of our democracy since he's re-entered office.
Read it, absorb it, but most of all, share it.
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Put a chick in it and make it gay!
When it’s cold enough to see the melody
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Not sure if I’m supposed to say this here, but here goes:
Lamenting the loss of what once was on another site, I love “following” people here simply because I cannot get emails on the regular from all the ones whose wonderful work I want to see.
I also love that there is no follower/following count here (at least that I can see—I’m inept at such things). Who cares?
I also noticed recently that I can’t see how many likes, etc. there are on a note without a further step.
I know this place is for lo…
MICKEY 17 is, sadly, not very good. It's neither funny nor fun nor exciting, the central metaphor is unbearably belabored, and the movie jettisons all the interesting ideas from the book in favor of tedious timeliness.
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A reminder: Vladimir Putin could end the war in Ukraine right now, just by ordering his soldiers to go home. No need for treaties or negotiations.
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Norway has just decided to increase its support to Ukraine for 2025 from 35 to 85 billion Norwegian kroner ($7,81 billion). Compared to the size of the population, the Norwegian aid equals $483 billion from the USA.
Tusen takk, Norge!
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When you’re 85 you are sometimes astounded by the way everything has changed
For example, hotels used to accommodate travellers, but now they are conference centres and event centres and luxury spas, where people actually staying at the hotel take second place to the big money makers
And I can remember when Heathrow Mall was an airport, and British Airways was a decent airline, and not a downmarket version of Ryan Air
And even when the BBC used to do funny comedy shows
And also when Tory MPs could…
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Poor baby. I'm glad she was taken care of. 🙏
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‘Green men - or ‘foliate heads’ if you want to be academic about it - are one of the strangest mysteries of the ancient English church.’
This week, our pilgrimage takes us to Iffley church, Oxfordshire: home to a medieval anchoress, a 1600-year-old yew, and a very mysterious green man. Also, a lot of windows.
Zelenskys support in Ukraine went up 15 points to 67 after the Oval Office meeting.
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WITH NO CONSTITUTIONAL POLICE TO ENFORCE our nation’s basic laws, the most practical check on a tyrannical president is Congress’s power of the purse. And for the last couple of weeks, as the March 14 deadline for passing a government funding bill approaches, congressional Democrats have been moving toward asserting that power.
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The target isn’t Christians, it’s Christian nationalism.
The target isn’t white people, it’s white supremacy.
The target isn’t heterosexuals, it’s homophobia.
The target isn’t men, it’s patriarchy.
So don’t take it personally. Join the work and dismantle the oppressive systems.
— Carlos Rodriguez
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Both my grandmothers have seemed to live vicariously through me for most of my life, but especially as I went off to college and graduate school and moved to the big city for professional work. At one time I thought it was weird (“Why’s she so obsessed with me?”). I remember, still with frustration, the night I told my maternal grandmoth…
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I just got a “congratulations” email from a publication that I love. It’s for a personal essay I’ve been submitting and revising for over a year.
I’m shaking. This is my very first “yes” for my creative writing!
Last night, here in Washington State, the Neah Bay High School girls and Lummi Nation High School boys won the small school state championships in basketball. Both are reservation high schools. Multiple rez high school teams have won the Washington State small school basketball championships over the last 15 years. My rez high school, Wellpinit, won the boys championship in 2023 and 2024. In earlier generations, there were more than a few anti-Indian referees. They’d walk into the gym and all t…
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I know we’re supposed to write regularly over here, but when I don’t have an essay burning a hole in my pocket, I just don’t have anything to say.
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Lent isn’t just about repenting from our private sins or getting our individual souls in shape for heaven. It is about standing with Jesus over and against the satanic enticements of empire and to worship any Caesar who sets himself up as God.
This Lent, we must reject all temptations of empire and Emperors. Lent isn’t personal. It is pol…
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"They don't read it the way you and I do, which is this guy is weirdly enamored by this dictator...they think all the Russia stuff was a scam. They don't think Trump is a Russian patsy. But they don't like Russia still."
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Trumpism is synonymous with draconianism. Even then, the deportation campaign manages to stand out: It is indiscriminate, malicious, secretive, and disdainful of the law. Its entire purpose is to rid huge numbers of foreigners living here and instilling fear in all the rest.
People who can’t handle criticism are unfit to lead.
Weak leaders fear dissent as a threat to their power. They silence their critics to shield their egos.
Strong leaders welcome dissent as an opportunity for growth. They silence their egos to learn from their critics.
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Humans are the only animals who...? Are we?
For seven months, Natalia, a chimpanzee at Bioparc Valencia, carried the lifeless body of her baby. She held him, protected him, as if he were still alive. Bioparc let her grieve in her own time. On September 21, she finally let go—not of a corpse, but of what was still, in her heart, her child.
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WONDERUL NEWS!! Warren Buffett's son Howard has given $500M to Ukraine — he warns the US is making a historic mistake by pulling its support
Life isn't fair. It never was. It never will be. The sooner you accept this truth, the sooner you can stop fighting it.
Good things happen to bad people. Bad things happen to good people. Hard work doesn't always pay off. Doing the right thing doesn't guarantee rewards. When you stop expecting life to be fair, you free yourself.
Here's the truth: When you release your grip on how things "should" be, you can finally see things as they are. The less you expect, the more peace you find. The more you accept, the stronger you become.
TLDR: Taoism is bullshit because it's capitulation - slave morality.
Why I hate that fighting for equality (equal opportunity) has been replaced with demands for equity…which is adjusting outcomes…but there are all kinds of ways life isn’t fair, but shifting the focus to outcomes and equity perpetuates victim culture over accepting your lot in life and getting on with things.
That last line is everything..
Well put! Accepting life's unpredictability can indeed yield more peace and resilience. Released from expectation, we are better able to observe what we have control over and find our power in acceptance. Thanks for reminding us!
I think and experienced that too high expectations can make the happiest moment in your life worse because you wanted it to be perfect.
It's about accepting and seeing the beauty in everything without expectations 💯
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