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The Meaning of Slaughterhouse-Five, 50 Years Later The Atlantic has a feature today about Slaughterhouse Five. As we know, this is about an American POW, held in an underground facility while Dresden burns above him. There is a quote in today’s story. While originally about the experience of writing a war story, I think it also may apply to the soldiers of a long ago conflict. “I suppose that flowers, when they’re through blooming, have some sort of awareness of some purpose having been served,” he mused horticulturally to a Playboy interviewer in 1973. “Flowers didn’t ask to be flowers and I didn’t ask to be me.”
when will we end the war This article talks about a poem, “America.” A few years ago, GSV held an event in Chicago, where people were invited to bring something to read. Somebody read “America.” When the reader said the N-word out loud, the one POC in the group went ballistic.
“those are not grounds for airstrikes which kill people and violate international law” you interrupt my multi tasking when you say these pithy things, and force me to make a dingle link
I wrote a story that became a legend. Then I discovered it wasn’t true.
Police bust marijuana products at a Trenton shop
Grammy-Nominated Rapper Nipsey Hussle Shot and Killed Outside Store
Brookhaven police use confiscated funds to buy Tesla for $45K
5 people shot, 1 dead; police searching for shooter
Bret Easton Ellis Has Calmed Down. He Thinks You Should, Too.
How Lil Nas X’s “Old Town Road” Became a Lightning Rod
This History of Gay Bars Is Also a Tale of LGBTQ Liberation
Philip K. Dick – Being Possessed By a Higher Mind
Our 9 Favorite Episodes of the New Yorker Fiction Podcast
Microsoft announces it will shut down ebook program and confiscate its customers’ libraries
This is not satire. Customers will receive refunds.
Kabbalah, Occultism, Freemasonry and Jordan Peterson – Stop Being Silly
Sequoyah’s syllabary for the Cherokee language
300 New Words Were Added To Dictionary.Com This Year
1. (The) male gaze 2. White fragility: 3. Safe space: 4. Textlationship: 5. Deep dive: 6. Bromosexual: 7. Dad joke: 8: Womp womp 9. Brain fart: 10. JOMO:
We’ve Added Over 300 New Words To Dictionary.com!
I am not always very attached to being alive
7 Knee-Strengthening Exercises That Prevent Pesky Knee Pain
Stacy Abrams calls Georgia’s GOP governor an “architect of voter suppression”
HELL NO, NOT IN OUR NAME: solidarity with #StopLightfoot
17-hour hostage situation ends with 3 people dead
Bringing Up Baby – I Just Went Gay All of a Sudden (1938)
After 40 Years, the Black Party Is a Testament to Our Survival
The Complex Geometry of Islamic Art & Design: A Short Introduction
The complex geometry of Islamic design – Eric Broug
Listen to a new podcast about The Clash, narrated by Chuck D
Things Stacey Abrams and Pete Buttigieg get that most other pols don’t
The McClure Twins’ racist dad and why white caretakers terrifies me
Notes of a native son: the world according to James Baldwin
Weaponized Social Media Is Driving the Explosion of Fascism
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When did America’s heart turn cold on buffet chains?
How Trump Betrayed the General Who Defeated ISIS
the old internet ~ david sedaris ~ violate international law ~ Dorothy Ashby – Hip Harp (1958).
planning a new lodge ~ spying through a keyhole ~ debunking aa
ayn rand is a _____ ~ welcome to airspace ~ the chinese burner
@STACEYNIGHTMARE I shake a man’s hand only to see how much it weighs so I can determine the cooking time. ~ Joe Rogan: It’s actually pig shit. People come into contact with pig shit, and they get this parasite. Ben Shapiro: Thats not kosher. ~ The Confederate soldiers are not very different from Nazi soldiers” With the exception of Gettysburg, the war was fought on Confederate soil. The Germans invaded many countries outside their borders, and killed millions of people. That is a big, big difference. ~ There is an expression for apathy in our culture, “doesn’t give a shit.” At one point in this story, *mom* is walking through the store, with a *special* cup. She is “acting like she doesn’t give a shit.” In truth, she just did. ~ I was disappointed when Georgia Tech tore down the Pickrick. If you are going to tell a story, you need to include the villains as well as the heroes. ~ pictures for this compendium of digital foolishness are from The Library of Congress. ~ selah