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I'm not leaving but I am giving Bluesky a spin as well. Give me a follow if you're there.
https://bsky.app/profile/mostaurelius.bsky.social
About me/Interests:
#UnitedStates #Maryland #Baltimore #philosophy #Stoicism #philanthropy #outdoors #camping #bushcraft #meditation #deism #socialism #film #art #journaling #writing #reading #books #socialjustice #mentalhealth #life #food -
@mostaurelius IMHO - Sounds like the #DNC #DWS same old tactics. Shame and slander the #Progressives (which happen to be Democrats, rather than GOPs).
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@mostaurelius @blackmastodon
My experience is that bookshop(.)org is receptive to kind, polite feedback if you think the steps above could use improvement. They'll do bookshop outreach if you ask them to, in case you know of an unlisted Black-owned store.They use browser cookies and affiliate URLs (think now defunct smile.amazon.com; I'm sure that was their model). Human frailty means you will eventually forget to check. Private browsing, clear cookies, switch device or browser, "*boop* what preferred bookstore?" 😖
I pointed this out via a decent email dialog with #BookshopDotOrg over 12 months ago. The fact that it still works in this deeply suboptimal way is intentional, if only intentional neglect.Bookshop.org and last.fm are absolutely part of the coalition in my mind. Both are fantastic candidates for #AdversarialInteroperability — like maybe a #Bookwyrm plugin or #Firefox browser extension — to smooth over the rough edges until they do the work on their end.
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@mostaurelius @blackmastodon
Using Bookshop.org to Support Black-owned Bookstores- Use the Store Locator; filter "Black-owned"; once upon a time they had a direct link, but alas no more
- Pick a store as recipient of your purchase subsidies; like Marcus Books
- Bookmark that URL in a place you will actually remember to use; Bookshop(.)org is a little tricksy and false and tries hard to forget your prefered bookshop and will divert your subsidies into the slush fund for all bookshops
- When buying or wishlisting books, start from the bookmark for your chosen store. Use Bookshop's own search form, not Google
- When ready to checkout out, start from the bookmark for your chosen store. Keep double checking during checkout. Make sure the "Thank you" / receipt page lands you back on your chosen store. Contact support if anything goes awry
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@mostaurelius I’m a sucker for a #littlefreelibrary We have several nearby. Like your example, they are crafted with care. In related news, while browsing the free-cart at our #LocalLibrary I stumbled upon this gem (especially since I’ve been trying to learn grammar.) 15 pages on the #comma #ohboy!
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Thank you. Testing now...
#Covid #CovidIsNotOver #Nosocomial #CovidIsAirborne #HEPA #N95 #P100
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@mostaurelius Stilicidi casus lapidem cavat.
The steady drip of water
causes stone to hollow
and yield.
#Lucretius
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@punklawyer @mostaurelius There's also a #PBS show with the same name that covers the book and shows many images that illustrate the topic.
Plus the show, #13th, by #AvaDuvernay on #Netflix and possibly other platforms.
Enraging and enlightening.
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@srfirehorseart @mostaurelius I have an opinion on this that is a corner case.... Alt text is a great thing, I get it. Yet here is my problem: I do #paridolia art. Which means people should look at it and express their own inspired vision/image ... So writing down what I see defeats the purpose. Do ya ken?
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> ... Tlaib’s accusation of anti-Palestinian bias, which is institutionally rampant nationwide, was immediately twisted by Nessel into an alleged antisemitic attack. “Rashida should not use my religion to imply I cannot perform my job fairly as Attorney General. It’s anti-Semitic and wrong,” wrote Nessel on X. Again, Nessel’s religion was not mentioned.
https://theintercept.com/2024/09/24/cnn-rashida-tlaib-dana-nessel-antisemitism
#RashidaTalib #DanaNessel #JackTapper #DanaBash #CNNbashing #CNNslurs
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#Slavery was never abolished in the #US, it was only modified, as explicitly defined in the #13thAmendment.
The #PrisonIndustrialComplex is literally #SlaveryByAnotherName.
Where are the international sanctions on the #UnitedStates?
And people are still confused as to how we can be allies with brutally repressive, and #authoritarian regimes. Like attracts like.
From: @mostaurelius
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It's almost Free Comic Book day.
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“A noble man compares and estimates himself by an idea which is higher than himself; and a mean man, by one lower than himself. The one produces aspiration; the other ambition, which is the way in which a vulgar man aspires.”
By Marcus Aurelius
From: The Stoic
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“Think of yourself as dead.
You have lived your life.
Now, take what's left and live it properly.
What doesn't transmit light creates its own darkness.”
By Marcus Aurelius
From: The Stoic
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“How much time he gains who does not look to see what his neighbour says or does or thinks, but only at what he does himself, to make it just and holy.”
By Marcus Aurelius
From: The Stoic
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“Nothing, to my way of thinking, is a better proof of a well ordered mind than a man's ability to stop just where he is and pass some time in his own company.”
By Lucius Annaeus Seneca
From: The Stoic
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“Recognize the malice, cunning, and hypocrisy that power produces, and the peculiar ruthlessness often shown by people from 'good families.'”
By Marcus Aurelius
From: The Stoic
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“We are members of one great body, planted by nature. We must consider that we were born for the good of the whole”
By Lucius Annaeus Seneca
From: The Stoic
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“Everything - a horse, a vine - is created for some duty. For what task, then, were you yourself created?”
By Marcus Aurelius
From: The Stoic
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“IN THE morning when thou risest unwillingly, let this thought be present - I am rising to the work of a human being. Why then am I dissatisfied if I am going to do the things for which I exist and for which I was brought into the world?”
By Marcus Aurelius
From: The Stoic
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“Epictetus being asked how a man should give pain to his enemy answered, By preparing himself to live the best life that he can.”
By Epictetus
From: The Stoic
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“First say to yourself what you would be, and then do what you have to do.”
By Epictetus
From: The Stoic
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“What concerns me is not the way things are, but the way people think things are.”
By Epictetus
From: The Stoic
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“Take the shortest route, the one that nature planned - to speak and act in the healthiest way. Do that, and be free of pain and stress, free of all calculation and pretension.”
By Marcus Aurelius
From: The Stoic
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💿 Listening to: EPMD - Rampage (featuring LL Cool J)
https://youtu.be/A0mSlxrupRE
#music #hiphop #rap #EPMD #LLCoolJ #FridayJams -
I live in deep blue Maryland and of course I'm in the only red district represented by this fucking chud.
‐---------Maryland’s Rep. Andy Harris is new chair of the House Freedom Caucus
https://www.thebaltimorebanner.com/politics-power/national-politics/andy-harris-freedom-caucus-GDWYELNJRFHG7IWEEMTNVPPNSM/#news #USnews #Maryland #government #politics #FreedomCaucus #AndyHarris
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💿 Listening to: EPMD - Rampage (featuring LL Cool J)
https://youtu.be/A0mSlxrupRE
#music #hiphop #rap #EPMD #LLCoolJ #FridayJams
