Ewamore, Quoth the Raven
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Massive human raccoon, broad spectrum nerd, 6ft 2 of ADHD chaos, a cishet she/her of mayhem, used to be a SFF bookseller. 'Ever'. carcosa-based lifeform. UK. @EwaSR on twitter
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ewacat.bsky.social
If you're looking for the clown, he's two storm drains over
little raccoon in a US storm drain peering through the gap looking innocent as only chaotic little raccoons do
ewacat.bsky.social
unseemly, but i support it regardless. i am just so private school it requires comment
ewacat.bsky.social
it is unseemly seeing Winnie the Pooh have a Diana moment
noturtlesoup17.bsky.social
The inflatables have made it to Broadview.
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noturtlesoup17.bsky.social
The inflatables have made it to Broadview.
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dmk1793.bsky.social
This is such a good article btw - I really buy this as a theory of contemporary US politics
ewacat.bsky.social
very funny when there are posts about different bits of the world collapsing at once. can't tell what's going on but not a lot of it is great
ewacat.bsky.social
genuinely i know two women who this happened to and my initial response to this was "oh, classic"
fesshole.bsky.social
‪My husband's having an affair but doesn't realise I know. I read his messages to her and she's starting to ghost him, ignoring his messages or just replying with an emoji. His messages to her are increasingly desperate. His desperation is turning me off more than the affair.
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matthewpb.bsky.social
Returns from a chain bookshop have reduced our sales to a minus figure in the most important sales month of the year.

Please support independent bookshops this Christmas.
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cinemashoebox.bsky.social
god i love when the NYT writes about britain
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dieworkwear.bsky.social
It's hard to help Americans left behind because so much of US identity is rooted in individualism. The average American conservative holds all three positions at once:

— Virtue signals about supporting US manufacturing
— Against raising the minimum wage
— Buys foreign imports because they're cheap
HardPass4 on Twitter tweets: "I'm willing to pay more for quality products if they are made in America, by Americans, who are paid a decent income." The tweet shows Norman Rockwell's "Freedom of Speech" painting, which is often used to show the tweeter is expressing a brave opinion. HardPass4 on Twitter tweets: "MINIMUM WAGE JOBS WERE NOT MEANT TO BE A CAREER. Why does no one understand this? Entry level jobs are STEPPING STONES to better jobs. No one wants to work towards that though." HardPass4 on Twitter tweets: "Buy $5 gloves instead of $50 ones. Trust me." The tweet shows a box of "Gorilla Grip" gloves. The label on Gorilla Grip gloves show they're made in China.
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youreacuntmate.bsky.social
Found the worst playground in England
ewacat.bsky.social
brilliant ideas actually, might have to copy you with that second one as a matter of urgency
ewacat.bsky.social
i need a 'magneto was right' t-shirt but i can never find one satisfying enough
beardynoise.bsky.social
Not gay as in "I empathise with the plight of the X-men" but queer as in "Magneto was right"
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beardynoise.bsky.social
Not gay as in "I empathise with the plight of the X-men" but queer as in "Magneto was right"
ewacat.bsky.social
i will be honest, i am so tired the world doesn't feel ENTIRELY real, so i thought i was hallucinating the office until i drank the coffee and this is simply too foul to be a figment of my imagination
ewacat.bsky.social
unfortunately, i am in the office, again
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riotgrlerin.bsky.social
celebrities as lord of the rings characters: thread
Doja cat in a dress the same shape as the eye of Sauron. The Eye of Sauron.
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sorrowscopes.bsky.social
Taurus: You will have the opportunity to exact a terrible vengeance. Take it. Treat yourself.
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sharonk.bsky.social
thiel, man, what the fuck are you talking about

He describes the plot of Watchmen, a 1986 graphic novel involving superheroes grappling with moral questions about humanity against the backdrop of impending nuclear war:

The antihero Ozymandias, the antichrist-type figure, is sort of an early-modern person. He believes this will be a timeless and eternal solution – eternal world peace. Moore is sort of a late-modern. In early modernity, you have ideal solutions, ‘perfect’ solutions to calculus. In late modernity, things are sort of probabilistic. And at some point, he asks Dr Manhattan whether the world government is going to last. And he says that ‘nothing lasts forever.’ So you embrace the antichrist and it still doesn’t work.

Thiel later finds biblical meaning in the manga One Piece, discussing how he believes it represents a future where an antichrist-like one-world government has repressed science. He believes that the hero, Monkey D Luffy, represents a Christlike figure.

In One Piece, you are set in a fantasy world, again sort of an alternate earth, but it’s 800 years into the reign of this one-world state. Which, as the story unfolds, gradually gets darker and darker. You sort of realize, in my interpretation, who runs the world and it’s something like the antichrist. There’s Luffy, a pirate who wears a red straw hat, sort of like Christ’s crown of thorns. And then towards the end of the story, transforms into a figure who resembles Christ in Revelation.

Thiel, along with a researcher and writer at Thiel Capital, explored these ideas at greater length in an essay for the religious journal First Things earlier this month.