wordy dilettante (he/him)
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mr beast seems to be promising a gameshow adaptation of The Ones Who Walk Away From Omelas
Readers added context they thought people might want to know
The image in this post is edited, MrBeast’s original post is still up and does not include “a boy in a basement”. The rest of it is real.
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as Dr King once said, I have a dream... that people will be judged not by how often they shower, but by the content of their microbiome
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Words became a useless vehicle to convey the scale of Israel’s barbarity long before this, but the evils unfolding here are unlike anything I’ve ever seen
#GAZA At the time of writing, our staff are witnessing people being shot at as they attempt to flee the Al-Shifa hospital.
a lot of aus media even 'progressive' types have dropped the ball when it comes to saying hey genocide is bad actually. Overland coming in with a banger reading list & long proud history of solidarity & advocacy
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the world would be better off if it had more actual, committed, principled pacifists. but I suspect that what we have instead are mostly people who believe that violence is only the legitimate province of some people, and what is morally required of everyone else is submission
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i like teaching lefty theory as much as the next guy but I can rarely do better at explaining the connection between capital and social-political domination than just pointing at what the guys with the capital do and say
Gurner Group founder Tim Gurner tells the Financial Review Property Summit workers have become "arrogant" since COVID and "We've got to kill that attitude." afr.com/politics/federal/alb…
my 'the Orb is safe for eyes' t-shirt has people asking a lot of questions already answered by my t-shirt
Did you know: the Orb is safe for eyes.
Developed by TFH, the Orb complies with international standard specifications, including eye safety (IEC-62741). All of its verification technology is open to the public for review and input. Learn more: worldcoin.org/orb-safety-cer…
Dave Filoni has the storytelling mind of a child entertaining his peers on the playground. this is not even an insult, it's just how he operates: 'who would win if frieza fought darth maul', 'what if my cool oc was friends with the big hero', 'and then a big monster appeared!!'
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When shows send us screeners ahead of the episode airing, they often come with DNRs (aka “do not reveal” notes telling us what spoiler plot points we can’t reveal in coverage). In honor of #Riverdale ending, here’s my favorite DNR ever
