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We have 30 days until the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) laws are rescinded. This is the 50-year bedrock of American conservation. Normally, these actions take years but the administration has provided 30 days for public comment gutting clean water and clean air. Drop what you’re doing, before you make any more calls or read any more social media posts, please populate the Federal Register with dissent.

A. Go to https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/02/25/2025-03014/removal-of-national-environmental-policy-act-implementing-regulations

B. Click on the green rectangle in the upper right corner ("SUBMIT A PUBLIC COMMENT") .

C. Fill in your comment, and info at the bottom, and SUBMIT COMMENT.

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No Amazon. No Walmart. No Target. No Disney. No Google. No Apple. No Visa or Mastercard. And especially no Facebook. I will not be posting on Meta platforms for the next 24 hours in support of the economic blackout.

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what is THE worst thing you've ever drank. all liquids acceptable. please tell me what it was, bonus points for why

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I’m all for fucking around and finding out but in this situation (trump & the billionaires trying to drag america into tech bro fascist hell) too many people are being hurt and too many more WILL die if things do not change. you do not need to forgive those who voted for him, you do not need to find the sympathy to feel bad for them now that they’re being affected by his policies. but we cannot turn them away once they turn on trump— and they are. too little too late, maybe. studying for the test after they failed, sure. but I’m so serious when I say this is not the time for perfectionism. this is the time to push a dictator & his cronies out with any hands that are willing to shove

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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.

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This tweet is just... Odd. Very odd.

Like... You live like this? You write like this? You think like this??

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god cursed me into seeing this image so im making it everyone elses problem

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“Authors should not be ALLOWED to write about–” you are an anti-intellectual and functionally a conservative

“This book should be taken off of shelves for featuring–” you are an anti-intellectual and functionally a conservative

“Schools shouldn’t teach this book in class because–” you are an anti-intellectual and functionally a conservative

“Nobody actually likes or wants to read classics because they’re–” you are an anti-intellectual and an idiot

“I only read YA fantasy books because every classic novel or work of literary fiction is problematic and features–” you are an anti-intellectual and you are robbing yourself of the full richness of the human experience.

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*between kisses to the top of my cat's tiny head* you are disgusting! You're despicable! You shouldn't exist! You're a monument to scientific hubris! You will be the downfall of humanity! I love you!

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Something that I get chills about is the fact that the oldest story told made by the oldest civilization opens with "In those days, in those distant days, in those ancient nights."

This confirms that there is a civilization older than the Sumerians that we have yet to find

Some people get existential dread from this

Me? I think it's fucking awesome it shows just how much of this world we have yet to discover and that is just fascinating

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Sometimes it is your fault.. Sometimes you don’t listen well enough, you’re selfish, you’re rude and you aren’t always right. Sometimes you fucked it up and tbh that’s okay. It happens, learn from it, apologize and keep it moving. Just because you fucked up doesn’t mean you’re a bad person. Don’t dwell on it

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I wish we could teach each other how to love the way we can teach animals that aren’t supposed to be able to feel it.

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Fae Horrors: Unwelcome & The Hallow

A pair of Irish fae horror films this week, both with a surprising bit of a "stranger danger" theme.

Unwelcome (2023), directed by Jon Wright, is about a young London couple who experience a violent home invasion shortly after learning they're expecting a baby. The pregnancy is fine, but they take the first opportunity they can to get out of the city -- moving out to the Irish country home of a recently deceased elder relative.

The only thing is this house comes with an extra bonus, or curse, depending how you look at it. There's a little gate at the rear of the property where you must make a blood offering (a bit of raw meat or whatnot) to the redcaps.

Going into this, I expected it to be similar to There's Something in the Barn in terms of "family fails to follow the simple rules and gets punished for it." Instead, we get something more interesting -- because the primary conflict in here is actually with some rowdy locals, and the redcaps themselves prove to be effective, if crude, allies. Just...be careful what you promise to the fae, because they'll come to collect.

Overall I really liked this one. The husband character goes through some bouts of being insufferable and moody because he's feeling emasculated by the plot in several places and his thoroughly capable bride has to do everything around here. But I actually felt sorry for him more than anything, and they overall have a pretty sweet relationship. I think I brought more subtext to the characters and the storyline in my own interpretations than the text actually supports but hey.

Also the redcaps are stupidly cute. I want one!

Meanwhile, The Hallow (2015), written and directed by Corin Hardy, was...uh. hm.

It's about a British conservationist who finds a sample of a mysterious black fungal mold slime...thing...in a forest that is in the process of being sold and privatized for lumber. Weird things start happening pretty much as soon as they move in and his wife unwisely takes the iron bars off the windows. Local cops warn them about meddling in the woods and stirring up the little folk.

Eventually, the scientist is attacked by some mystery creatures, and the rest of the film is basically a....cordyceps zombie + faerie hybrid survival....thing?

I was really not clear about several things in the plot of this movie, and reading the Wikipedia summary for this review isn't helping. I have so many questions. Beginning with, why does this scientist take his baby with him tromping around in the woods collecting fungal spores? Why are the locals more mad about him doing conservation work than about the logging company clear-cutting the forest? Is destroying the forest Good, Actually because now nobody can be killed by zombie faeries? What was the whole deal with that, anyway? There's a thing with a book that tries to give some exposition but I just...didn't get it. I also really struggled to connect with the characters and literally could not see a big chunk of the film because it's so darkly lit so.....maybe I just missed the cool stuff. idk. Other people seem to have enjoyed this film but it was not for me.

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The pettiness is just 👌😂

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racecard bed fuckability poll

arguing with a friend.

Scenario: your dating someone, everything's great. You're taking the next step, you go to their place - its completely normal except when you get to their bedroom, they have a racecar bed. Do you still sleep with them? Do you do it on the bed?

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This is an interesting thing. Looks like testimonies of people who left the MAGA movement- how they got into it and why.

Leaving a cult is really hard, so I really respect the people who are speaking from this place.

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This website is too mobile focused these days. Reblog and tell me what your desktop/laptop background is.