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“Nobody’s going to want to sit on high-speed rail for fifteen hours to get from New York City to LA.”
Me. I will sit on high-speed rail for fifteen hours. I’ll sit on it for days. I’ll write and read and nap and eat and then do it all over again. I’ll stare out the windows and see America from ground level and not have to drive. I’ll see the Rockies and the deserts and cornfields and the Mississippi River and your house and yours and yours too. I’ll make up stories in my head about the small towns I see as we go along. I’ll see the states I’ve yet to see because driving or flying there is a fucking slog and expensive to boot. I’ll enjoy the ride as much as the destination. And then I’ll do it all over again to come the fuck home.
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Jeff Bezos's Amazon and Elon Musk's SpaceX are both fighting in court to have the National Labor Relations Board declared unconstitutional. Starbuck's and Trader Joe's joined them in separate lawsuits. All of these companies have a disgraceful history of worker abuse and union busting. All of them have been charged by the NLRB with hundreds of violations of workers’ organizing rights The NLRB is standing up to their union busting. That’s why they’re trying to destroy the NLRB. I'm going to do my best to keep you all informed about this case as it snakes its way through the courts. The future of unions may depend on the final verdict. http://dlvr.it/T49LM1
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i remember adults telling me, as a kid, to listen to doctors and get my flu vaccine and any shots i could because they remembered Before.
then they started fighting Covid precautions.
i remember adults telling me, as a kid, that the ozone was disappearing and the earth was dying and we needed to recycle and save the planet.
now my parents think climate change is a myth.
i remember adults telling me, as a kid, that racism was a plague, that we had to love and accept everyone, that we should never judge before walking a mile in their shoes.
then they told me that protesting for my Black siblings was wrong.
i remember adults telling me, as a kid, that we needed to give to the poor. working at soup kitchens. making quilts. collecting food and money and supplies. building houses. because it was the christian and just plain right thing to do.
now they look at me, on food stamps with their grandchildren, and lament the "welfare state".
i remember adults telling me, as a kid, that it was easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle than a rich man to enter the Kingdom of Heaven and that any rich man, especially an immoral one, should never run our country.
you can guess who they voted for.
i remember adults telling me, as a kid, so very much.
when did they forget?
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guy who has chronic pain and fatigue: man why can't i do more stuff
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hello google chrome refugees
don't use any of these browsers, they're also chrome
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Here are my favorite firefox plugins for security/anti-tracking/anti-ad that I recommend you get
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please get off chrome google is currently being investigated for being an Illegal Monopoly so get outta there okay love you bye
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i in fact CAN have a post roman empire europe setting and also use DND races. this is true. this IS something i can do.
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I'm a cryptid in Stardew valley. I live on the outskirts of town. I disappear for days on end, purchasing daily one-way tickets to the calico desert. Nobody knows where I go while I'm there. Can occasionally be found fishing at random spots throughout town. I am never not running on at least one triple shot espresso. I take the abandoned minecarts to get around and am frequently seen disappearing into the sewers. I carry a sword for some reason. Once every week or two I will stride into your bedroom to deliver you your favorite meal. I'm a self-made millionaire. I attend all the town events and will go to your concert in the next town over. I have donated approximately 2583 items to the local museum and singlehandedly revitalized the town community center. There are rumors I can talk to junimos. I'm friends with the local wizard
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@dam-peace WOO I HAVE BEEN SUMMONED!!!
Last Song: Ecstacy (slowed) by SUICIDAL-IDOL
Favorite Color: Green or silver! :] I adore both equally
Currently Watching: uhhh I think the last thing I watched as a TV show was Hells Kitchen 🤔
Sweet/savory/spicy: I used to say spicy but... man the stress got me downing sweets like it ain't no one's business
Relationship Status: single and only mingling with fictional people
Current Obsession: medieval European history, retold in a dramatic way by this one British tiktoker, SDV 1.6, BG3' gale and halsin, and... Lance from TGR
Last thing you googled: Can I stay on campus during the holidays!
Tagging: @chellybean615 , @anathemafiction , @fiddles-ifs , @shibe-myths
9 people you'd like to get to know better
Tagged by @leedee013, thank you friend <3
Last song: this might be outrageous but I don't really listen to music
Favorite color: purple, no further explanation
Currently watching: anime MDZS, I'm waiting for the next seasons of Interview with the vampire and TGCF
Sweet/savory/spicy: can't choose, sorry lmao
Relationship status: single and vibing
Current obsession: too many I'm afraid, still mostly AFTG though
Last thing you googled: when's the time change (essential knowledge)
Tagging @lacklusterlion @reinekes-fox @sofarwingless @yes-i-exist-shutup @tisaqslur @quiescentdestiny @cultpastorkevin @greenautumnleaves and whoever wants to do it because I've run out of people
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anyway hi update on life
im planning to continue my education this coming fall, going in for a bachelors of social work
my options to keep my bills paid during that time will either be disability if i ever get approved or working 2-3 days a week. hopefully however, with me actually doing shit that is fulfilling and not just doing whatever i need to do to survive, I'll actually get back to writing.
i am fiddling with a fun idea rn that is blooming quite nicely and pulls a few of my old ideas together. a common theme in it: order and discord versus good and evil, for balance does not recognize good and evil, but only order and discord.
ta ta!
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DONDE ESTA MI STARDEW VALLEY 1.6 ARF ARF ARF
I AM AWAKE I AM ALIVE I AM HUNTING MY NEXT ROUND OF SEBASTIAN ROMANCE
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IT'S HAPPENING I AM FINALLY PROGRESSING WITH A CHARACTER IN BG3 WMFMWMMDKWKD
yes it's the cleric of selune with shadowheart run. because im a classy lad
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i can’t believe this is real
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Gee, I thought these people were the ones who were like “If you don’t like it, you can just move to a blue state.”
And now they’re mad the guy is doing just that?
You can’t oppress and discriminate against someone then be mad when they take their highly useful skill elsewhere.
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On May 19 Sgt. Michael Kunovich deemed him suspicious while outside the Super 8 motel parking lot. Aguilar Mendez was sitting down eating but started to walk away when the officer approached in his patrol vehicle. Kunovich began to question him, but Aguilar Mendez couldn't understand him or communicate well and repeated that he was sorry. That's when Kunovich decided to search him, and Aguilar Mendez resisted. Two other deputies arrived to assist in taking the 5-foot-4, 115-pound teen to the ground as Kunovich repeatedly stunned him with his taser, all seen on body-worn camera video. Aguilar Mendez can be heard screaming for his family and is seen trying to gain control of the taser as the officers note in the video. Toward the end of the 6-minute scuffle, the deputies saw that their handcuffed suspect had a small folding knife and disarmed him. Kunovich collapsed a short time later in medical distress and died at the hospital, the Sheriff's Office said. Aguilar Mendez, who came here from Guatemala, was staying with other farmworkers at the hotel. He is being detained without bail, which is the subject of another hearing as yet to be decided. (source)
I'm going to need you all to start spreading awareness about this case and sign the petition. I'm a 5'4 woman and I weigh more than him. He's only 18, indigenous and doesn't understand English nor Spanish really. I can't imagine how confused and scared he was. Tased 6 times and apologizing repeatedly and calling out for his family... he is not responsible for the police officer's death. The fact he's been held for 8 months without bail is disgusting.
Virgilio looks so small, sad and defeated in all of the images I've seen of him.
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