It's come to my attention that some people believe you can't buy a new book until you've read the books you already have. Let me assure you, as both a lawyer and a writer, that this idea is legally and morally WRONG and BAD. Buy more books.
Without doubt - theoretically. Organization requires more than just a need to act; it requires critical focus on how and where to do so.
THIS! THIS! THIS!
That's the most optimistic thing I've heard in days.
I'm convinced we can't get massive protests off the ground precisely because the conscienceless MSM refuses to clear the fog surrounding the extraordinary danger we're in.
If, by any chance, you're a Republican or MAGA trying to reach your elected representatives to - oh, say... complain about a thing or two, please be prepared to be called a Soros plant or some such dismissive b.s. You know you're not. We know you're not. They just don't want to talk to you.
Why do I find bsky such a frustrating experience? Opening myself for a one-time kick in the butt: what am I doing wrong?
Is it just me? Or have we reached optimal Upside Down Prime when discussions of the Enola Gay have nothing to do with the 10s of thousands of people killed because of this plane and everything to do w/ a man so historically damaged, so unfit for anything, that his existence is painful?
Finally, whether we go full boat or otherwise, libraries offer a wide variety of newspapers & magazines. At the end of the day, in whatever direction the hems of our attention get tugged, one of the most important commitments we can make is to protect our public libraries. 6/6
Also a note: support is crucial - so we should pitch in where we can - but it can be pricey. Substackers provide a lot of free content, but eggs are still pushing $12 a dozen in some places no matter how you make your omelet. Just sayin. 5/
This is all by way of saying, I'm not exactly throwing the NYT out with the DC piss-water but I am (and I know a lot of other people are doing this also) actively building dynamic reference lists to other sources, arcane & common sense, in all the areas we need to sensibly organize. 4/
Yet, I wish they'd leave a blank space at the top of the page so we could write it in ourselves. I.e., '3-8-25 - The United States of America is Virtually Defenseless' Or, '248-Year-Old No. American Republic Experiences a Rapid Unscheduled Disassembly.' Just so we'd know we're on the same planet. 3/
I must say - the media finger having moved on to scratch an itch someplace else – I’ve come to accept that the NYT will NEVER report the ongoing, agonizing, REAL implosion of the US in one headline. I can sympathize because to do so would make them 'actually' as opposed to 'seemingly' irrelevant. 2/
We're all at some stage of deciding what voices to listen to & protect, what media to trust (hint: none), how best to contribute our $$ & time to 'party' and other partners & allies in democracy who are actually in the fight, not just promising "Stick w/ us, we've got some fun stuff coming up." 1/
🤨 Sometimes I miss the interaction on Twitter (grrr) so tell me:
-Are you comfortable with Musk having control of the US Treasury (and all of your personal information)?
-How do you feel about axing the Consumer Protection Bureau?
-How 'bout plans to deep-six the FDIC?
-Flooding the Central Valley?
I'd order one but I have them all... and quote them incessantly.
Radical ideology indeed! That's kind'a how the Romans felt about that pest Jesus, isn't it? Saying stuff like:
“Blessed are the merciful, for they shall receive mercy."
"Be merciful, even as your Father is merciful."
"For judgment is without mercy to one who has shown no mercy."
RADICAL!
Who wore it better?
I don't believe in retiring to an echo chamber primarily because, when the enemy comes, I want to know what I'm up against. I'm staying on FB and keeping NYT (though, for the foreseeable future, The Guardian will be my morning paper). What sources are you depending on?
Does it count since he apparently never touched the Bible?
Despite the fact that I get zero interaction here on Bluesky (whine), I'm strongly advising that everyone tighten up their accounts on all social media platforms, particularly FB - go "friends only" to minimize manipulation and use the tips in www.eff.org/deeplinks/20...
cheerleading and stick in that dark void where your souls used to be.
from the Rust Belt, and the Bible Belt, from New Orleans, and Florida, AND North Carolina; our families, our history, and our hearts are still there. If your hearts are not with us, that's your loss and we will leave you to the comfort of your cruelty. Ultimately, take your "let it burn"...
fund-raising campaigns, and us normal jamokes pull out our credit cards and checkbooks to send support ANYWHERE that needs our help. "Anywhere" - because we still believe in doing what we can to lend a helping hand if we can and - THIS IS IMPORTANT - because we're "from there" - from the Midwest,...
saying their prayers to a God bigger than all the poison in the hearts of people wishing us ill. It is not virtue signaling to say that CA federal tax dollars is an enormous amount of money paid into disaster assistance WHEREVER tragedy strikes, our "rich and spoiled" celebrities spearhead...
to those of us who live here. Today... right now... someone is waking up in a home that might not be there tonight, feeding their pets and kissing their mates and children who are all in danger because we don't know how long this will go on, and on, and on, or what path it might take. And, yes...
disaster funds from North Carolina, these words - "They don't deserve anything" - from a U.S. senator, and those 'Christians' who happily claim this is God's wrath on a place that has over 16,000 churches and congregations in peril truly exposes the dark night of the American soul. It is crushing...
This is going to be a bit long so bear with me because it seems that when Trump held the mirror up to America's ugliness an inconceivable number of people recognized themselves and liked what they saw. This talk of attaching strings to California assistance, these rumors that LA is diverting...
I can only say that I wish you well in your flight from nature. Seriously, I do. I hope that nature, in all of its fury and beauty, leaves you sitting, unscathed, in the rubble outside a library with broken glasses.