"As flies to wanton boys are we to the gods. They kill us for their sport."—King Lear, IV, i, 41-42

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  “Sixty years of one man’s life is a long time to deliver on a promise, especially considering all the lives preceding and surrounding my own.” James Baldwin, 18 April 1984

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  It's also an admission by the GOP that they have no ideas to offer, no solution to people's problems. Just fear and lies.

  

  People are missing a key point about the right's lies about the Paul Pelosi attack. Shaming and fact-checking have no chance of working, because the whole point is that the lying and the deranged cruelty are a naked assertion of power in their own right. washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/…

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  In this thread: “We are all just little blobs of data floating down an algorithm controlled by impulsive dunderheads.” Yeah, that sums up social media and most comments sections.

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  Best practices?! Don't talk to me about "best practices." If people were concerned about "best practices," I wouldn't be in this mess in the first place!

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