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1850s rendering by Japanese ukiyo-e style prints and painting master Utagawa Kuniyoshi of Hu Sanniang (扈三娘), aka. "Ten Feet of Blue," the fictional character from the Chinese classic novel Water Margin said to hail from Shandong, using her 2 saber swords to block a hail of arrows flying in her direction.

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so eggs have tripled in price recently. lol. so this guy has been going out to the stores and using the stickers and leaving fake dollar bills out at tesla and i'm deeply in love with every part of it.

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Anna Kendrick

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Take your pick. We have a lot to learn from their resistance.

At the end of February 1973, members of the American Indian Movement occupied the hamlet of Wounded Knee in South Dakota, the site of the 1890 massacre of Sioux men, women and children. (The occupation lasted until the following May.)

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Isabella was an early crush 😍

Isabella Rossellini with her mother, Ingrid Bergman in Rome, 1970

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Been one of those months, huh?

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That dress!

Elizabeth Taylor and her husband Eddie Fisher enthusiastically watching the Floyd Patterson vs. Ingemar Johansson boxing match in 1960.

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me as a kid reading Dune: I appreciate the detailed world-building that justifies why everyone fights with swords and has mental powers, but the idea of a Butlerian Jihad against computers is pretty silly

me in 2025, trying desperately to find the three (3) places you need to go to to disable the latest helpful AI assistant that's inserted itself into my work chat and is advising me to do things that would be a breach of federal law: Oh Now I Get It

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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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Had one!

IBM ThinkPad 345C (1995)

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Joanne Woodward is 95 today 🎂💕

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(via Unvaccinated school-aged child dies of measles in Texas amid growing outbreak - Ars Technica)

This is just the beginning, now that the stupidest president and the worst cabinet ever are in place.

RFK Jr spread vaccine misinformation in Samoa, creating a deadly 2019 measles outbreak that claimed the lives of at least 83 people, mostly babies.

Now he’s the head of Health & Human Services in the US. 

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(Not My) PRESIDENTS’ DAY PROTESTS Organized by 50501 | February 17, 2025

In cities big...

...and cities small

In the snow...

...and in the desert

From blue states...

…to red states

From federal workers...

...to even

For our rights...

…for La Résistance!

Next Day of Action: Feb 28th - 24-hour Economic Blackout

Stay up-to-date on future protests by visiting r/50501.

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Memories

Title cards for the various series produced by HB in the late-50’s/early-60’s. 

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The Tale About Peace Deals And Russia

The End.

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Did everyone somehow just forget that Russia was the one who started the war on Ukraine? That Russia invaded Ukraine apropos of nothing, and has been doing everything it can to steal what it can and destroy what it can't? That Ukrainian kids are being stolen by Russia for russification? That Russia is actively trying to suppress Ukrainian language, culture, and national identity? That Ukraine is just defending itself and is literally just asking for Russia to fuck off and leave them alone? Did everyone just forget that??

Like I'm the nuance guy, and folks: there's no nuance here. There is no justification for this invasion. There is a clear aggressor and a clear victim. This is about as clear cut as it gets.

Russia started the damn war, and now wants it to end and is negotiating with the US (not Ukraine??) to get there. This is literally just wrapping up Ukrainian surrender to Russian imperialism in a pretty bow and calling it "peace."

I feel like I'm losing my mind.

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