Karens, new essay, hierarchies, work, consumerism
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"Every Karen outburst is firstly a proclamation of defense against some violation of these rules to which the target may or may not subscribe, and secondly a move into victim-mode. The Karen thereby covers themselves in innocence, while fighting a crusade against perceived injustice, throwing a verbal tantrum for self-gratification through expression of their virtuousness and to whip up popular support."
https://johnpierremaeli.com/the-middle-class-authoritarianism-of-karen/
I want scifi films in which there is a vibrant, detailed, complex universe with plenty of background lore, but is about, say, a teenage girl finding her lost cat, or a group of socially awkward queers starting a band, or middle aged single homos finding love, or a pair of friends (one human and one alien) going on a camping trip where nothing bad happens.
"Extending lifespan of smartphones [by one year] would cut same CO₂ as eliminating two million cars"
Cool, make it more than just one year then.
Sharing a list of online bookstores I know about so you don't have to buy from Amazon or B&N (EXPAND)
McSweeney’s, independent nonprofit publishing company
https://store.mcsweeneys.net/
Detritus Books
https://www.detritusbooks.com/
Firestorm Coop, collectively-owned radical bookstore
https://firestorm.coop/
AK Press, worker-run, collectively-managed, anarchist publishing and distribution
https://www.akpress.org/
Thriftbooks, huge independent bookseller, sells new and used books for good prices
https://www.thriftbooks.com/
Fellow Traveler, bookstore owned and operated by Listen Left Audiobooks
https://fellowtravelerbooks.org/
Small Beer Press, publisher of fantasy and literary fiction
https://smallbeerpress.com/
Left Wing Books, publisher and distributor of radical books and pamphlets
https://www.leftwingbooks.net/
Bookshop.org, online bookstore with a mission to support local bookstores
https://bookshop.org/
#book #books #bookstore #online #boycottamazon #indie #independant
Someone in the comments section claims to have been hit on foot by a Ford Explorer and then chucked his tactical tomahawk at the rear tire as it sped away, "at which point the would-be assailant quickly surrendered" and then, one assumes, everyone clapped
Cult Of Action
by Misotheist
Irrationalism also depends on the cult of action for action's sake. Action being beautiful in itself, must be taken before, or without, any previous reflection. Thinking is a form of emasculation. Therefore culture is suspect insofar as it is identified with critical attitudes. Distrust of the intellectual world has always been a symptom of Ur-Fascism, from Goering's alleged statement ('When I hear talk of culture I reach for my gun') to the frequent use of expressions such as 'degenerate intellectuals,' 'eggheads,' 'effete snobs,' 'universities are a nest of reds.' The official Fascist intellectuals were mainly engaged in attacking modern cultural and the liberal intelligentsia for having betrayed traditional values." - Umberto Eco, "Ur-Fascism" June 22, 1995
From birbsite
RT @Gabrielle_Rainn@twitter.com
Holy. Please read this thread so you can better understand what's going on here in the Twin cities. We're in a hyper police state currently where BIPOC are afraid to leave the house right now. We're seeing the police state like we never have and our reps are lying to the public https://twitter.com/W_R_Emory/status/1383280504976199680
🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/Gabrielle_Rainn/status/1383594424198832131
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