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Thats me (the girlfriend)

… not the fish

I just dicked my gf down and now she's smoking the pen and playing with gummy legos. I'm so lucky to be alive

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this website’s easy watch. *dangles a bunch of greek gods like keys*

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Wh-whats going on??????

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A guy I've known in meatspace for many years posted this on leaving Facebook, which for me is mostly the place I say "Happy Birthday" to people I haven't seen in a decade and collect the occasional Leftist meme. Anyhow, he's usually what I'd classify as "Annoyingly Intelligent" and has not only read but also understood everything on a given topic.

"ON LEAVING:

Here is a list of books that discuss the importance of leaving a space in order to win, aka strategic withdrawal. We have to set up a Blue Ocean or we lose even more civil rights. It's that simple. Leave this space.

Military & Strategic Thinking

"The Art of War" – Sun Tzu

Sun Tzu emphasizes strategic withdrawal, deception, and choosing battles wisely rather than engaging in direct confrontation. He argues that sometimes yielding ground is necessary to gain an advantage later.

"On War" – Carl von Clausewitz

Clausewitz discusses the strategic use of retreat and defensive operations to exhaust an opponent and prepare for a counterattack.

"The Strategy of Indirect Approach" – B.H. Liddell Hart

This book promotes avoiding direct confrontation in favor of maneuvering to force the enemy into an untenable position. Giving ground can be a crucial element of this.

"Defeat Into Victory" – Field Marshal William Slim

A firsthand account of the British retreat from Burma in WWII and how strategic withdrawal allowed them to regroup and counterattack.

"The Utility of Force" – Rupert Smith

Discusses how modern warfare has shifted from conventional battles to strategic retreats, insurgencies, and asymmetric warfare.

Political & Diplomatic Strategy

"The Prince" – Niccolò Machiavelli

Machiavelli discusses how leaders must sometimes concede territory or power to secure long-term control and stability.

"Strategy" – Lawrence Freedman

A broad study of strategy in war, politics, and business, including how yielding ground can be a strategic tool rather than a sign of weakness.

Business & Competitive Strategy

"The 33 Strategies of War" – Robert Greene

Greene draws from historical and military examples to show how giving up immediate gains can lead to greater long-term victories.

"Blue Ocean Strategy" – W. Chan Kim & Renée Mauborgne

In business strategy, sometimes it’s best to "retreat" from competitive markets (red oceans) to find new, uncontested spaces (blue oceans).

"Good Strategy, Bad Strategy" – Richard Rumelt

Discusses how strategic retreats and refocusing efforts can be a sign of strong leadership rather than failure."

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My dad's office had one of these well into the 2000s and it was marvelous.

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another one beats

another one beats

another one beats the meat

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Found this on Pinterest, but count this screenshot as a reblog

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SHE was a punk. HE did ballet. #woke #truelove

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shout out to ace and aro kids who are constantly bombarded with the opinion that sex and romantic love are directly connected to living a happy life.

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But if you find one the food fucking slaps

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He kidnaped Martin Luther King Sr

Yall sleeping on this Sam L. Jackson interview about trump lmfao.

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I found out during our department DEI committee meeting today that the major federal granting agencies (e.g., NSF, NIH) now have "lists of banned words" that, if found, can cause your grant application to basically go into the shredder.

Among the words the government really hates is "transition" (because RaDiCal GenDEr IdEolOGiEs!). Our committee members are all chemists. If you want to study liquid-vapor phase transitions, you're screwed. Transition states in a chemical reaction? Nope.

I'm a mass spectrometrist. My little corner of the analytical chemistryverse uses a technique called "multiple reaction monitoring", where your instrument is simultaneously monitoring a precursor ion and a certain fragment. That specific-combination-of-ions is called a transition.

...I literally can't even talk about fucking mass spectrometry.

But hey, some trans girl in Iowa can't play badminton anymore! Victory! Yeah! Cheaper eggs! Make America Great Again!

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Found this on facebook but reposting to SAVE A LIFE.

Or at least some of y’all’s GPAs.

You’re welcome.

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100% sure that whenever Trump dies, that day will become a Tumblr holiday, and there will be posts that circulate annually with crab rave GIFs in the reblogs as far as the eye can see

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USA people! Buy NOTHING Feb 28 2025. Not anything. 24 hours. No spending. Buy the day before or after but nothing. NOTHING. February 28 2025. Not gas. Not milk. Not something on a gaming app. Not a penny spent. (Only option in a crisis is local small mom and pop. Nothing. Else.) Promise me. Commit. 1 day. 1 day to scare the shit out of them that they don't get to follow the bullshit executive orders. They don't get to be cowards. If they do, it costs. It costs.

Then, if you can join me for Phase 2. March 7 2025 thtough March 14 2025? No Amazon. None. 1 week. No orders. Not a single item. Not one ebook. Nothing. 1 week. Just 1.

If you live outside the USA boycott US products on February 28 2025 and stand in solidarity with us and also join us for the week of no Amazon.

Are you with me?

Spread the word.