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“He is always on the brink of suicide … because he seeks salvation through the routine formulas suggested to him by the society in which he lives.” — Umberto Eco on Charlie Brown

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Everybody says this and nobody does it. Fuckin get started already

The only thing scary about Halloween this year are these temperatures! Ha ha ha! *pulls the mic close* I'm going to start killing oil executives

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if you're so sexually dominant & accepting of body diversity then how come you dont

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Anyone notice how it looks like the centre isn't gonna hold lately. I saw a falcon the other day and the falconer was chasing after it yelling but it didn't even notice. Hey does this gyre look normal to you

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esims are low again. check out connecting humanity for more information on directly sending esims or for a linked to crips for esims for gaza's fundraising. you can also set up a recurring donation on chuffed for esims. i have a weekly donation here because being able to keep as many people as possible connected to the rest of the world is critical for documenting the situation and allowing individuals to continue their own grassroots fundraising/organizing

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"to get treatment for adhd you (person with untreated adhd) need to schedule and then show up for several appointments" is the kind of shit the greek gods would inflict on a guy who ate his son

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God almighty it should not be fourteen degrees c on Halloween night in northeast Scotland. You should be able to see your breath. It's utterly fucked

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Go to sleep with a migraine, wake up the next day with a headache. My life is a joke.

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Vegeta: please bulma my people are dead just let me give my daughter a saiyan name

Bulma:

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you just don't get shit like this with 8-episode streaming seasons

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Find a protest near you here: X, X, X, X & X

Donate or join Palestine action here: PALESTINE ACTION

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two things are true:

alan moore is one of the defining, most revolutionary writers in the medium of english language comics and he's not even limited to that, even decades later his best work still crackles with energy

and he's reddit as hell dude lmao

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it’s actually funny how much DE explicitly states in the opening scenes ‘hi you are playing a cop. A cop has a certain social and political role. It affects how people engage you.’ and how little it nevertheless shows up in popular readings

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this part of stevie nicks’ interview with rolling stone is taking me out

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Just today I got to see a chess book that I remember reading as a little kid. While it didn't give me a lifelong passion for chess, it did give me a lifelong passion for fantasy for its artwork.

The book is "Chess for Young Beginners" from 1975, and here's some of the artwork:

Like, this artwork goes hard. I especially appreciate the colour scheme for the black pieces, with its browns, bronzes, reds and oranges.

This artwork is amazing, evocative, exciting and dramatic. I recommend giving it a look if you have a chance - you can probably scrounge up a PDF of this thing with a bit of searching.

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watched the stalks of a lavender bush by the bus stop dip and sway from the sheer amount of fat little bumblebees on it and you know what. some things in this world are good