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Angelle of Death @cityofangelle.bsky.social · 1h

I remain convinced that books like Gatsby and The Red Badge of Courage stay in the high school curriculum mostly because they're *short*.

Angelle of Death @cityofangelle.bsky.social · 2h

I loathe Hemingway (and his fanboys) BUT luckily I came to college having already read a ton of florid 19th century lit, and could see that The Sun Also Rises was a revolution in form and style that totally justified the hype.

Angelle of Death @cityofangelle.bsky.social · 2h

This is a great 🧵, but this idea - about a pendulum from collectivism to individualism and back again - is one I really need to sit with.

For years, I've been feeling a pull toward larger/deeper community, nut my hyperindependent CPTSD self hasn't always been comfortable with it. This may be why.

cognitive dissonance is a helluva drug @hnysuklchocolat.blacksky.app · 6d

talked abt useful tools that help you survive, but become harmful when you hold on to them for too long. all of this comes to mind with these clips...

her pt abt the collective trying to snuff out individualism is VERY interesting 50+ yrs later when the individual is killing collectivism

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Angelle of Death @cityofangelle.bsky.social · 4h

Canadian version is using that as well, from what I’ve seen.

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Angelle of Death @cityofangelle.bsky.social · 15h

I mean, thank dog that the only thing greater than their stupidity is their hubris.

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Angelle of Death @cityofangelle.bsky.social · 16h

I kinda-sorta went to the same Catholic high school as Martin Sheen (it was all boys when he was there, then it merged with the girls’ school) but fuck it, I’m still claiming it.

Nicky Schwenzer @nickyschwenzer.bsky.social · 22h

At MSNBC's annual live event, Nicolle talks to Sheen about President Trump's lack of humanity & the "sycophants" in his Cabinet.

Martin Sheen has been playing iconic leading men for nearly 70... but Emmy & Golden Globe winner says that while acting is his profession, activism keeps him alive.

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Angelle of Death @cityofangelle.bsky.social · 16h

Many of the girls who died in the Triangle Shirtwaist Fire were immigrants, too.

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Kelly Lynne D’Angelo ✨ @kellylynnedang.bsky.social · 19h

Posted 10/13 @ 4:21! Be safe LA!

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The City of Malibu in California has issued a shelter in
place for tonight and tomorrow in addition to the evacuation warning around the burn scar ahead of the incoming storm system with potential for dangerous flooding, debris flows and perhaps a tornado or two.
Heed local officials! Stay safe!
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Angelle of Death @cityofangelle.bsky.social · 1d

Do everything you can to give the best part of your day--when you have the most clarity, energy and creativity--to the film, not the day job.

The day job likely won't notice the difference. But it will definitely show up in your film.

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Lee Drutman @leedrutman.bsky.social · 1d

New study finds Democrats represent public opinion better than Republicans: "the quality of statehouse democracy, here meaning the dynamic relationship between opinion and policy, is substantially weakened by Republican Party control of state government."

www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/epdf/10....

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Clark Kent @clarkfromearthx.bsky.social · 2d

The most radical thing you can do today is believe that a stranger is capable of goodness. Act on that belief. Hold a door. Listen. Assume the best before assuming the worst.

That small act is a crack in the foundation of cynicism. #RadicalOptimism

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Angelle of Death @cityofangelle.bsky.social · 1d

I’ve one more book to go before that one, and I can’t wait!

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Lynn Stahl @msbtterswrth.altgov.info · 3d

Hot off the presses! If you need a bigger size to print your stickers let me know!

The Portland frog as a founding father, surround by the words "give me ribberty or give me death"

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Angelle of Death @cityofangelle.bsky.social · 1d

Tearing headlong through @paulcornell.bsky.social's Lychford books, one right after the other, is exactly what my soul needed.

Much better world-ending threats than the ones real life is pushing out right now. #BookSky

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Sorrowscopes @sorrowscopes.bsky.social · 2d

Taurus: You will have the opportunity to exact a terrible vengeance. Take it. Treat yourself.

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Angelle of Death @cityofangelle.bsky.social · 1d

Excellent analytical piece on the incredibly dumb moment we find ourselves in, by @sarahjeong.bsky.social

Dr. Samantha Hancox-Li @sjshancoxli.liberalcurrents.com · 2d

The Frog is the best thing to happen to American politics all year, but the fact that politics has devolved into Posting is ultimately a bad thing.

www.theverge.com/policy/79849...

American politics has devolved into shitposting and aura farming

The Frog is owning the president.

www.theverge.com

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Faine Greenwood @faineg.bsky.social · 1d

someone on the Internet who really wants to convince you to shine lasers at manned aircraft as a protest tactic “because they did it in Chile in 2019” is either:

1. a fascist fed, or,

2. so terminally stupid that they have become functionally indistinguishable from one

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puff 🐇😈 @incupuff.bsky.social · Apr 27

please support ur friends making creative shit in this cruel world. u have no idea how much a kind comment can mean to an artist when every website just tries to make you focus on the numbers

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Claire Willett @clairewillett.bsky.social · 2d

found exactly the one use of “evil recoils in the presence of Christ” I am willing to sign off on, HOOOOOOOOLY SHIT

Father Larry did not come here to fuck around

Rich Raho @richraho.bsky.social · 2d

Chicago priest Fr. Larry Dowling describes procession to ICE facility: “No one had the courage to speak directly to us. No one from Homeland Security could stand in the presence of the Monstrance holding the Blessed Sacrament. No wonder. Evil is repelled, recoils in the presence of Christ.”

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Angelle of Death @cityofangelle.bsky.social · 2d

I just watched it this week! You are not alone and aaaaaarrrrgghhhh it’s so good!!!

It was the movie that several other summer blockbusters were trying to be.

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Angelle of Death @cityofangelle.bsky.social · 2d

I HAVE A SWEATER READY AND EVERYTHING!

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Angelle of Death @cityofangelle.bsky.social · 2d

Great thread, and Ra explains both the symbolism and the significance better than I would have.

rahaeli @rahaeli.bsky.social · 2d

It's always good to see priests who still remember there are *seven* Catholic social principles. Also, that noise you hear is the USCCB screeching to the Vatican and getting back nothing, lol

Rich Raho @richraho.bsky.social · 2d

Chicago priest Fr. Larry Dowling describes procession to ICE facility: “No one had the courage to speak directly to us. No one from Homeland Security could stand in the presence of the Monstrance holding the Blessed Sacrament. No wonder. Evil is repelled, recoils in the presence of Christ.”

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Angelle of Death @cityofangelle.bsky.social · 2d

This.

rahaeli @rahaeli.bsky.social · 2d

It's been really, really nice seeing the Catholic social justice tradition in the US feel like it's empowered to spread its wings again without risking censure after a long time of being suppressed by US Catholic leadership, and it's exactly what I was hoping for from Pope Bob.

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Angelle of Death @cityofangelle.bsky.social · 2d

Yeah, that tracks. Sigh.

Angelle of Death @cityofangelle.bsky.social · 2d

Never be sorry you helped us keep the bar afloat!