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Original 1925 jacket cover of The Great Gatsby The Great Gatsby Here is a novel, glamorous, ironical, compassionate a marvellous fusion into unity of the curious incongruities of the life of the period which reveals a hero like no other one who could live at no other time and in no other place. But he will live as a character, we surmise, as long as the memory of any reader lasts. "There was something gorgeous about him, some heightened sensitivity to the promises of life. .. It was an extraordinary gift for hope, a romantic readiness such as I have never found in any other person and which it is not likely I shall ever find again?" It is the story of this Jay Gatsby who came so mysteriously to West Egg, of his sumptuous er-tertainments, and of his love for Daisy Buchanan a story that ranges from pure lyrical beauty to sheer brutal realism, and is infused with a sense of the strangeness of human circumstance in a heedless universe. It is a magical, living book, blended of irony, romance, and mysticism. CHARLES SCRIBNER'S SONS The GREAT GATSBY FITZGERALD

They were careless people, Tom and Daisy- they smashed up things and creatures and then retreated back into their money or their vast carelessness or whatever it was that kept them together, and let other people clean up the mess they had made.

-FS Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby, published 4/10/1925.

Having experienced the horror of walking into a bathroom that mysteriously reeks of Monster, that stacks.

No Oscar nods for Monkey Man, I Saw The TV Glow, Furiosa, or Love Lies Bleeding did a nice job of preparing me for what a fucking trainwreck this would be.

a series of threaded replies: - my post: who up waning they gibbous - Papa Nurgle's favorite daughter's post: It's a waxing cresent tonight, JERRY - my post: who up waxing they crescent

i'm on bluesky for the scientific community

This one is making the rounds again, and very much worth a read.

None of us can be sure what will “work.” You try multiple things and find your way in. Read some histories of the Civil Rights Movement by those who participated. They were never “sure” of what would work. Some campaigns fizzled out. But persistence, creativity, determination, and focus were key.

Dana Gould tweeted: Thinking about Rush Limbaugh and how, now that he's dead, you never, ever hear about him. No one mentions anything he did. Because what he did had no value. It contributed nothing worthwhile to the culture. Nothing of lasting value. He just made anger. Every day. Rising, blooming & fading like a fart. Then he died & was instantly replaced by a fleet of little replicas, farting fake fury five days a week. Creating nothing of interest or artistic value to anyone. Seriously, what an awful way to make a living.

Thinking about this a lot lately…🙃

If we are not disabled, we are temporarily able-bodied.
Disability protections protect all of us.

The thing is, when we had high marginal tax rates on the rich, the rich still had yachts and second and third houses and fancy vacations and really good schools for their kids, so, yes, I think most people who are really very rich would do just fine, and the rest of the US would do better than now.

Not an optimist or a pessimist but a secret third thing where you look up at the sky and scream a lot

a green bottle of shampoo is sitting in a sink Alt: a cat knocks over a green bottle of shampoo sitting in a sink

"We've added A.I. to--"

me:

History: “Eventually the incompetent fascists invariably lose power and then society recovers in a new and stronger way”

Me: “Oh, cool, so what has to happen for the spell to be broken??”

History: “mmmm…well, that part is less encouraging.”

Gritty isn't playing around.

JFC indeed.

AI: The New Aesthetics of Fascism It's embarrassing, destructive, and looks like shit: AI-generated art is the perfect aesthetic form for the far right.

It's embarrassing, destructive, and looks like shit: AI-generated art is the perfect aesthetic form for the far right argues @garethwatkins.bsky.social newsocialist.org.uk/transmission...

This year, get her what she really wants for Valentine’s Day.

Revenge.

Great piece by @elienyc.bsky.social. Our institutions won’t save us. Only we can do that. Twas always thus, and always thus will be. Make sure to read the entite thing here: www.thenation.com/article/poli...

There is still beauty in this world

While we may face repercussions for this, the truth lies in the metadata. Memos to federal employees are being authored by individuals with ties to Project 2025. You can verify this yourself.

White House pauses all federal grants, sparking confusion The Trump administration has put a hold on all federal financial grants and loans, affecting tens of billions of dollars in payments.

I think some people hear “grants” and think that without them, scientists and government workers just have less stuff to play with at work. But grants fund salaries for students, academics, researchers, and people who work in all areas of public service.

“Pausing” grants means people don’t eat.

At a Lower Decks panel.

Q: “If they offered you a Star Trek police procedural, would you do it?”

Tawny Newsome: “yes but the first episode would be them all quitting being cops.”

Give this woman the keys to Star Trek now please.

telling the reich to eat shit is an effective tactic at scale. if a critical mass of people do that, the reich pretty much has to eat the shit