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Love love, hate hate.
Fascism is hate.
Give dogs the attention they need.
Listen to music.
Eat the rich.
Vote, vote, vote.
Be skeptical.
Consider the source.
READ.

I don't like to generalize, but at this point the GOP, Republicans, are Nazis. Nazi positions and Nazi tactics. If you support them, you are too. You want Nazis? This is how you get Nazis.

Apparently Hitler's rise was financed by the stupid rich, too.

Yes, I'm in the USA, and it is pissing me off.

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DemocracyMattersALot , to random
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June 15, 2020 – Trump blamed an increase in the number of COVID-19 cases on testing. In a tweet, he wrote, “Our testing is so much bigger and more advanced than any other country (we have done a great job on this!) that it shows more cases. Without testing, or weak testing, we would be showing almost no cases. Testing is a double-edged sword — Makes us look bad, but good to have!!!”

ponyponypony ,
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@DemocracyMattersALot

And that's when he's trying.

futurebird , to random
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This passage from “The Algebraicist” by Ian M. Banks makes me think of many of the people around that former president…

His father, nevertheless, had taught Luseferous everything, one way or another, and one of the most important things was this: there was no plateau. In life, you were either on your way up or on your way down, and it was always better to be on your way up, especially as the only reliable way to keep going up was to use other people as stepping stones, as platforms, as scaffolding. The old saying about being nice to people on the way up so that they'd be nice to you when you were on your way back down was perfectly true, but it was a defeatist's saying, a loser's truism. Better to keep going up for ever, never to rest, never to relax, never to have to descend. The thought of what might happen to you at the hands of those you'd already offended, exploited and wronged on the way up-those that still lived-was just another incentive for the serious player never even to think about easing off the pace, let alone starting to fall back. The dedicated competitor would keep presenting himself with new challenges to take on and conquer, he would seek out new levels to ascend to, he would always look for new horizons to head towards.
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    • ponyponypony ,
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    @futurebird

    Just read a collection of his short sci-fi stories and holy hell can Iain M. Banks write.

    futurebird , (edited ) to random
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    I found this photo of a cat and it's one of the most cat cats I've ever seen and I wanted to show it to you.

    Did you know that cats are real animals? Did you know you could live with a cat in your house and they really are like this:

    https://www.tumblr.com/kaijuno/749103591667679232

    ponyponypony ,
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    @futurebird

    Haha, Siamese, we had them as kids and they are whacked.

    GottaLaff , to random
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    GOP Fascist party has a lust for violence.

    “#Arizona GOP Senate hopeful #KariLake told supporters they can "strap on a Glock" to be prepared for the intensity of the 2024 campaign and urged military and law enforcement veterans to be "ready," as her race heats up in a key battleground state.”
    https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2024-election/kari-lake-suggests-supporters-strap-glock-ready-2024-rcna147902

    ponyponypony ,
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    @GottaLaff

    So peaceful protests are effectively illegal but inciting violence is not? Is it time for someone to tell peaceful protesters to strap on a Glock?

    futurebird , (edited ) to random
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    Which animal makes more melodramatic overwrought, "I've been killed and murdered... twice!" crying sounds over minor things like wanting food or getting cleaned?

    ponyponypony ,
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    @futurebird

    Thank you for giving me exactly what I wanted here: the ability to vote for both.

    futurebird , to random
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    This is my second most popular post on tumblr and I think it explains tumblr better than anything.

    ponyponypony ,
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    @futurebird

    Genius graphic choices.

    futurebird , (edited ) to random
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    He was a fungus, an algae, a lowly thing, a colony of simple organisms posing as a man. And he reveled in his own debasement. The only thing that mattered more to him than that was writing, his profession.

    "lichen sub-scribe"

    ponyponypony ,
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    @futurebird

    omg

    futurebird , (edited ) to random
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    There are ants in Minecraft! That was enough to get me to find my password and download the game. This is part of "Alex's Mod" which is often paired with " Create" which is a popular new mod that adds trains and machines and many fun things.

    I might start a create/alex's mod server this summer. Would anyone want to play some low energy vidja games? I promise I'm NOT just starting a server so I can find a way to make the ants take over the world. (Sincere! I'm a very chill player!)

    ponyponypony ,
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    @futurebird

    "If you encounter any bugs with Alex's Mobs, please report them at the github, here."

    ponyponypony ,
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    @futurebird

    Yes, I'm totally on board.

    ponyponypony , to random
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    @futurebird

    Hey I saw this, I'm pretty sure, HUGE ANT, walking up to Griffith Observatory in LA. Is it an ant? What kind? Thought you might like to see it.

    wdlindsy , to random
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    Dan Pfeifer writes that "Thursday night demonstrated the folly of Trump’s 'Sleepy Joe' strategy":

    "Donald Trump and the Republicans smelled blood. President Biden had recently been on the defensive about his age. A series of polls released over the weekend heightened Democratic concerns. The Republicans knew the press would treat a misstatement or minor gaffe during Biden’s State of the Union address as a campaign-ending transgression."


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    https://www.messageboxnews.com/p/how-trump-fumbled-his-attack-on-bidens

    ponyponypony ,
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    The spin on age should be: Biden has a lot of experience governing,

    Trump had none before his presidency, he abused that, and OH, not even a good business man.

    futurebird , to random
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    I love Ian Banks' books because he frequently takes the time to imagine a utopia, not as an allegory for why utopias are impossible (and in the extreme sense they are, we all get that, it's not interesting) but rather as an exercise in seeing how close one could get to a society with real freedom and few contradictions.

    I think it's a good exercise. OK fine so how would a world without hunger or unwanted suffering work?

    He took on the topic of gender in this spirit and it's glorious.

    ponyponypony ,
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    @futurebird

    You might be interested in Seanan McGuire's work, I've been enjoying her Wayward Children series.

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