"Be the white whale agent, or be the white whale principal, I will wreak that hate upon him."
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Those who make peaceful change impossible will make violent change inevitable.
And violence. Though I believe they do see it, they just have the fantasy that blue collar robots and white collar AI are going to make the rest of us unnecessary except as personal servants.
The wide embrace of “AI” is clearly seen by the oligarchy as yet another way to squeeze the rest of us and increase their already obscene levels of wealth. They obviously don’t see the endpoint: Pauperism for everyone other than themselves, no one able to afford their goods, and violence.
I went looking through right-wing Facebook for bots and coordinated messaging.
I found instead violent comments at about 100x the baseline rate.
Full video + data: www.patreon.com/joohn/posts/...
Here's what it comes down to: It's good versus evil. You vote for one or the other. If you don't vote? If you sit on the fence? You're for evil. No ambiguity about it.
I want flying cars and a city on Mars, O'Neill colonies and interstellar probes.
But a society that can't provide clean water, stable culture, a habitable planet, and healthy wildlife... can never give us those things. They have to come first.
Without the Western media, Israel’s genocide of the Palestinian people would never have been possible, Owen Jones writes ✍️
Read the full story here: www.thenational.scot/news/w...
The fash are coming for you. You're a conservative Muslim? Black? Woman? Gay? Trans? Jewish?
They'll get to Catholics before the end.
There's a man goin' 'round takin' names
And he decides who to free and who to blame
Everybody won't be treated all the same
Being fash yourself won't save you.
This is fundamentally why I would rather be traditionally published.
I'm actually really good at self-publishing, but CHRIST it's a lot of work. It'd be even more if I was *also* good at marketing.
Buy my books! :D 👀
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If you can vote early, do so -- but not for a Republican. Take your ballot to be counted, don't trust the mail. You don't vote this time, it might be your last opportunity.
I haven't read everything by Harry, but I've still read quite a lot. He's accomplished something that's rare for me: his Videssos Cycle has brought me back to it 3 or 4 times, and I may re-read it again while I'm still walking around above ground.
Strongly recommended.
since California ballots are now out:
prop 40 is the billionaire tax, and you should vote yes to stick it to them
but both props 41 and 42 are designed to retroactively cancel the billionaire tax because they’re afraid they can’t beat it at the ballot box
yes on 40, no on 41 and 42
Kirkus reviews A PINT OF MURDER!
"From an American author who now lives in Ireland, the dialogue flows just right: Alanna sounds like an American with the occasional Irish phrasing, while everyone else in the village reads as genuinely Irish.
A cozy mystery informed by a deep love of Ireland."
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When Democrats win the House, they must investigate Elon Musk and bar future government contracts! My article lays out the why: deanobeidallah.substack.com/p/when-democ...
222 days after diagnosis and the most terrifying chemo experience I have ever witnessed, Terrye is recovering.
If you have helped us along during this incredible journey: We thank you.
Her doctor tells us round two may be worse. We are using this time to strengthen her.
Think good thoughts...
CHEMO DAY 222 — 10/20/26
A #GoFundMe Journal: gofund.me/d053ee11d
We are not dead yet. Terrye is slowly recovering from her first chemo series. Significant muscle wasting, pressure wounds, and numerous other ailments plagued her.
We are in a recovery phase before round 2. The challenge continues.
Expand and stack SCOTUS. That'll be ugly, but might end without bloodshed, and can be done by an administration that controls the House and Senate by a bare majority.
Yes, please‼️ But here’s what would need to happen to abolish the Electoral College.
1. The House: Two-thirds must vote to amend the Constitution.
2. The Senate: Two-thirds must approve.
3. The States: At least 38 of 50 states must ratify the amendment.
I don't wan't to abolish all oligarch wealth, I merely want to reduce it to the size where I can drag it into the bathroom and drown it in the bathtub.
People complained because Supergirl had a green star. But it turns out that James Gunn was merely leading research by a small amount.
edition.cnn.com/2026/10/16/s...
To be clear, evil billionaire scumbag Zuckerberg shutting down the official No Kings account in the middle of nationwide protests isn’t a mistake, it’s an assault on a free speech and expression, it’s pure fascism.
'... 20% of all Americans would move out of the US if they could, and 40% of young women would prefer toleave... 45% of transgender people would like to escape elsewhere, and 75% of scientists are considering leaving the United States.'
New in PN: Who wants to visit an authoritarian America?
"Data shows the US on its way to being as unpopular a tourist destination as Russia, & for roughly the same reasons. In both countries, a tourist who runs afoul of the govt might spend months in a freezing warehouse without no legal counsel."
So my brother is going into hospice care. I am searching for flights which is complicated by school and vendor events.
My heart is breaking for my sister-in-law and niblings. I cannot imagine how this all feels for them. I just know how complex and heavy it feels for me as his sibling.