Flaming Hydra

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On fire & hard to kill

A collective of 60 writers and artists, making a newsletter for you each weekday.

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We've been less active over here but PLEASE know our blogs are still fire. "What’s the purpose of history and memory if not to warn and prepare? And what’s the purpose of that warning and preparation if, when the moment comes, all the parallels are useless?" https://flaminghydra.com/certain-parallels/
Certain Parallels

The meeting ended with a majority pledge of allegiance to the new University Credo. Confident that it now had the support, or complaisance of the majority of the University, the Government issued fresh orders. All those who had resigned should be… ejected from the University at once. Twenty-four hours’ grace,

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TODAY: Julianne Escobedo Shepherd raptly watches rural Iranian YouTubers. "The government has bulldozed their homes multiple times, she said, and for a time they lived in caves; more recently, they purchased land and are trying to get a permit to build another home." https://flaminghydra.com/surreality-tv/

For us as Germans, it is hard to imagine living in constant fear of being shot or stabbed by fellow human beings.

https://flaminghydra.com/killers-on-the-loose/

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📝 🎥 A wonderful review of the Netflix adaptation of Gabriel Garcia Marquez's masterpiece "One Hundred Years of Solitude."

I also listened to this monumental work as an audiobook and was captivated by the power of this family tragedy. Now all that’s left for me to do is prepare some snacks and enjoy this detailed film adaptation of the novel.

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🌀 https://flaminghydra.com/when-a-book-can-be-a-movie/

#movie #netflix

TODAY: @brianhioe on cleaning and activism: "I wonder if it is my desire to cleanse the world of filth in some way that motivated me to become an activist, and try and change society—though that sounds like a rather dangerous motivation, like the sort of person who would become some kind of dystopian autocrat torn from the pages of The Hunger Games." https://flaminghydra.com/tidying-up/
TODAY: Yemisi Aribisala solves a mystery of a disturbing scene that haunted her in her youth. "The bending of knees, lowered heads and outstretched hands were unforgettable, pointing to a loss of dignity so deep and otherworldly it registered in my gut." https://flaminghydra.com/r/e9e4cb6f?m=1e1ac67a-2f95-4752-aff2-5b0a9ee15876
TODAY: BRAND NEW HYDRA Ian Williams, with some closing advice he recently gave to his students. "Put up some flyers, pick up a skateboard. Do something you haven’t done before and find some joy with others doing the same." https://flaminghydra.com/issue-216/#hard-but-worth-it
ALSO TODAY: Rax King on being with her husband in the hospital https://flaminghydra.com/issue-212/#the-standard-of-care
TODAY: @OsitaNwanevu with a delightful read about a big moody dead pope movie https://flaminghydra.com/house-of-cardinals/
ALSO TODAY: Miles Klee considers of a photo of orange men eating McDonalds https://flaminghydra.com/issue-208/#twenty-one-reactions-to-seeing