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And all of this means nothing. Isn't that wonderful

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Joined December 2021
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"You can have your “Monster Mash” and your Spooky Sounds sound effects records; pound-for-pound, spell-for-spell, I think Dr. John’s debut 1969 record, Gris-Gris, is the spookiest album ever recorded.” - #Halloween take from Trunkworthy, “underappreciated yet overachieving music"
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They Said... If a settler comes to your land, carrying his rifle more heavily than his humanity, do not raise your voice. Do not raise your hands. Do not defend the home where you first learned your own name. Let him uproot the olive tree. Let him break down the door. Let him carve his name into your walls. Then, if you must weep, weep softly, lest you be accused of disturbing the world's peace. And if you die, die quietly, so the evening news can keep its tidy headlines. For in this age, the victim is not expected to survive. Only to master the art of dying without troubling anyone's conscience.
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I’ve been in the same room as Jaylen Brown on multiple occasions. I have never once felt like he thought he was above everyone else. I never once felt he disrespected anyone. My experience is he’s been nothing but a class act.
NBA sources believe Jaylen Brown thinks he’s the smartest person in the room, per @colincowherd “I had two NBA sources … two people in the league, one an executive, one a scout, say that Jaylen Brown has — it’s a disease. He suddenly thinks he’s the smartest guy in every room he’s in … You make a lot of money, suddenly you’re absolutely sure, you don’t wanna listen to your bosses, you don’t wanna listen to consultants, you don’t wanna listen to teammates.” (h/t @TheNBABase & @Fullcourtpass )
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“Come back Sidney, I want to chastise you.”
SWEET SMELL OF SUCCESS [1957] Directed by Alexander Mackendrick ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ What a film!! Burt Lancaster is so good in this it's not even fair. It's just bonkers. Tony Curtis is damn good too. He's no slouch, surely it's intimidating to share a scene with Burt Lancaster.
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Duke Ellington was born on this day April 29, 1899. In 1962, Duke went into the studio with Charles Mingus & Max Roach to record "Money Jungle" for United Artists, an album that captured 3 masters engaged in fearless music-making of the highest order: bluenote.lnk.to/DukeEllingto…
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Soweto, 1985. Credit: Santu Mofokeng
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On which I, White cigarette, Burn, for your inhalation,
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You shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you mad.
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If you're in the market for high-quality KN95s, I have a discount code with Planet of Kind! use POTATUM25 for 25% off your entire order 🫡 Masks lower your chances of catching & spreading illness, protect against allergens and keep your lungs warm! (plus all these colors??)
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And you pretty much can't get a physical copy for under $100. But the pdf is in this Google Drive for free: drive.google.com/drive/mobil…
They promoted Chomsky’s Manufacturing Consent to distract you from reading Parenti’s Inventing Reality, which was written years earlier and is far better.
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reading not as a task but as a ceremony
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What makes me sad seeing photos like this & of the NASA astronauts is, you must understand, these athletes didn’t just spontaneously all decide to mask. They’re being forced to mask bc richer ppl have a stake in their bodies & health. Their health has value. Yours doesn’t.
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THIS APPLIES TO MASKING
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