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Inhabits Southern Reach. Lives on whiskey and hot chocolate. May like music a bit.

Good morning! A post just rolled across my fedi-timeline saying not to post about politics on Mastodon, so I'm here to remind you that:

1 "politics" refers to decision-making about how to live together in groups
2 choosing to not participate in political discussion is saying you support the status quo, and is a political stance
3 abstaining from politics because you feel safe from its impacts is a privilege and a choice to abandon your more vulnerable neighbours

Schrödinger’s nurse.
Simultaneously too important to strike, but not important enough to pay properly……
@bloor This is your 4 week notice to remember to buy some fantastic cheese for Christmas.
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dismantlingthedream
every time i eat crisps, i lick my fingers, and i hear portishead's "glory box" played on an ensemble of kazoos.

I have finished reading The Red Scholar's Wake. Yes, it's a lesbian space pirate romance. But also it's an interrogation of idealism, the replication of corrupted power structure when attempting to be free of corrupt power structures, and the pain of action in spite of fear and uncertainty.

Beautiful, as expected. Strong recommend.

RT @SueSuezep
#PMQs
When Rishi Sunak attacks trade unions at #PMQs it's us he's attacking. The hard-working British people, not some teeny tiny nutcase cult. It all of us, we are the unions.
The balcony of an abandoned theater hidden away above a small grocery store for decades
Gallery: https://www.abandonedamerica.us/girard-theatre
The Secret of the Abandoned Girard Theatre

The formerly grand Girard Theatre in Philadelphia was hidden away for half a century above the drop tile of a neighborhood supermarket.

Now let me tell you this: freedom of speech doesn't apply to fascism. Freedom of speech doesn't apply to trolling, and to repression, and to intolerance itself. They must all be ripped down, crushed, and destroyed at first visibility, now and forever. The Paradox of Tolerance tells us that our own principles cannot survive if we tolerate those who are intolerant, because they won't play by the same rules, and they will eliminate our own freedom.