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Reposts of strips from my first-term collection, TRUMPBERT: OUR LONG NATIONAL NIGHTMARE (https://www.Trumpbert.com) most weekdays. New strips every Sunday.
Also by me: this screenplay adaptation of the #UrsulaLeGuin #Earthsea novel, THE TOMBS OF ATUAN. https://www.AuthorFreeman.com/atuan
#dilbert #parody #trump #satire #comic #webcomic #veryStableGenius
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Reposts of strips from my first-term collection, TRUMPBERT: OUR LONG NATIONAL NIGHTMARE (https://www.Trumpbert.com) most weekdays. New strips every Sunday.
Also by me: this screenplay adaptation of the #UrsulaLeGuin #Earthsea novel, THE TOMBS OF ATUAN. https://www.AuthorFreeman.com/atuan
#dilbert #parody #trump #satire #comic #webcomic #veryStableGenius
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Reposts of strips from my first-term collection, TRUMPBERT: OUR LONG NATIONAL NIGHTMARE (https://www.Trumpbert.com) most weekdays. New strips every Sunday.
Also by me: this screenplay adaptation of the #UrsulaLeGuin #Earthsea novel, THE TOMBS OF ATUAN. https://www.AuthorFreeman.com/atuan
#dilbert #parody #trump #satire #comic #webcomic #veryStableGenius
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mountaintops
in the omniscience
of the sky#dailyHaiku reposts by Freeman Ng, author of this screenplay adaptation of #UrsulaLeGuin's THE TOMBS OF ATUAN (https://www.AuthorFreeman.com/atuan).
Today’s 3-5-3 haiku was originally posted on Jul 7, 2024.
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mountaintops
in the omniscience
of the sky#dailyHaiku reposts by Freeman Ng, author of this screenplay adaptation of #UrsulaLeGuin's THE TOMBS OF ATUAN (https://www.AuthorFreeman.com/atuan).
Today’s 3-5-3 haiku was originally posted on Jul 7, 2024.
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mountaintops
in the omniscience
of the sky#dailyHaiku reposts by Freeman Ng, author of this screenplay adaptation of #UrsulaLeGuin's THE TOMBS OF ATUAN (https://www.AuthorFreeman.com/atuan).
Today’s 3-5-3 haiku was originally posted on Jul 7, 2024.
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Reading "A Non-Euclidian View of California as a Cold Place to Be" by Ursula Le Guin, and came across this quote from Milan Kundera. I think it's something we all need to be paying attention to.
"Totalitarianism is not only hell, but also the dream of paradise—the age-old dream of a world where everybody would live in harmony, united by a single common will and faith, without secrets from one another. […] If totalitarianism did not exploit these archetypes, which are deep inside us all and rooted deep in all religions, it could never attract so many people, especially during the early phases of its existence. Once the dream of paradise starts to turn into reality, however, here and there people begin to crop up who stand in its way, and so the rulers of paradise must build a little gulag on the side of Eden. In the course of time this gulag grows ever bigger and more perfect, while the adjoining paradise gets ever smaller and poorer."
#totalitarianism #fascism #utopia #dystopia #Kundera #UrsulaLeGuin
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Reading "A Non-Euclidian View of California as a Cold Place to Be" by Ursula Le Guin, and came across this quote from Milan Kundera. I think it's something we all need to be paying attention to.
"Totalitarianism is not only hell, but also the dream of paradise—the age-old dream of a world where everybody would live in harmony, united by a single common will and faith, without secrets from one another. […] If totalitarianism did not exploit these archetypes, which are deep inside us all and rooted deep in all religions, it could never attract so many people, especially during the early phases of its existence. Once the dream of paradise starts to turn into reality, however, here and there people begin to crop up who stand in its way, and so the rulers of paradise must build a little gulag on the side of Eden. In the course of time this gulag grows ever bigger and more perfect, while the adjoining paradise gets ever smaller and poorer."
#totalitarianism #fascism #utopia #dystopia #Kundera #UrsulaLeGuin
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Reading "A Non-Euclidian View of California as a Cold Place to Be" by Ursula Le Guin, and came across this quote from Milan Kundera. I think it's something we all need to be paying attention to.
"Totalitarianism is not only hell, but also the dream of paradise—the age-old dream of a world where everybody would live in harmony, united by a single common will and faith, without secrets from one another. […] If totalitarianism did not exploit these archetypes, which are deep inside us all and rooted deep in all religions, it could never attract so many people, especially during the early phases of its existence. Once the dream of paradise starts to turn into reality, however, here and there people begin to crop up who stand in its way, and so the rulers of paradise must build a little gulag on the side of Eden. In the course of time this gulag grows ever bigger and more perfect, while the adjoining paradise gets ever smaller and poorer."
#totalitarianism #fascism #utopia #dystopia #Kundera #UrsulaLeGuin
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Reading "A Non-Euclidian View of California as a Cold Place to Be" by Ursula Le Guin, and came across this quote from Milan Kundera. I think it's something we all need to be paying attention to.
"Totalitarianism is not only hell, but also the dream of paradise—the age-old dream of a world where everybody would live in harmony, united by a single common will and faith, without secrets from one another. […] If totalitarianism did not exploit these archetypes, which are deep inside us all and rooted deep in all religions, it could never attract so many people, especially during the early phases of its existence. Once the dream of paradise starts to turn into reality, however, here and there people begin to crop up who stand in its way, and so the rulers of paradise must build a little gulag on the side of Eden. In the course of time this gulag grows ever bigger and more perfect, while the adjoining paradise gets ever smaller and poorer."
#totalitarianism #fascism #utopia #dystopia #Kundera #UrsulaLeGuin
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Frage an die Fedifreaks, ich möchte anfangen #ursulaleguin zu lesen:
welches Buch eignet sich zum Einstieg?
gerne boosten
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Frage an die Fedifreaks, ich möchte anfangen #ursulaleguin zu lesen:
welches Buch eignet sich zum Einstieg?
gerne boosten
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Frage an die Fedifreaks, ich möchte anfangen #ursulaleguin zu lesen:
welches Buch eignet sich zum Einstieg?
gerne boosten
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Frage an die Fedifreaks, ich möchte anfangen #ursulaleguin zu lesen:
welches Buch eignet sich zum Einstieg?
gerne boosten
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How to build #solarpunk (the aesthetic vision without the social change) - watch now 00:59s
Instructions were unclear. Penis stuck in an #elysium sky paradise for the rich while the poor are burning on the wastelands.
Do not. Walk. Towards. Omelas.
#omelas #dystopia #cyberpunk #scifi #ursulaLeGuin #LeGuin #greenwashing #climateCatastrophe
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How to build #solarpunk (the aesthetic vision without the social change) - watch now 00:59s
Instructions were unclear. Penis stuck in an #elysium sky paradise for the rich while the poor are burning on the wastelands.
Do not. Walk. Towards. Omelas.
#omelas #dystopia #cyberpunk #scifi #ursulaLeGuin #LeGuin #greenwashing #climateCatastrophe
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How to build #solarpunk (the aesthetic vision without the social change) - watch now 00:59s
Instructions were unclear. Penis stuck in an #elysium sky paradise for the rich while the poor are burning on the wastelands.
Do not. Walk. Towards. Omelas.
#omelas #dystopia #cyberpunk #scifi #ursulaLeGuin #LeGuin #greenwashing #climateCatastrophe
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How to build #solarpunk (the aesthetic vision without the social change) - watch now 00:59s
Instructions were unclear. Penis stuck in an #elysium sky paradise for the rich while the poor are burning on the wastelands.
Do not. Walk. Towards. Omelas.
#omelas #dystopia #cyberpunk #scifi #ursulaLeGuin #LeGuin #greenwashing #climateCatastrophe
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J’ai plein de trucs « sérieux » à lire mais... Je suis en vacances. Alors j’ai entamé « Les dépossédés » d’Ursula Le Guin.
« - Eh bien, vous m’avez, dit-il, et il sourit. Vous avez votre anarchiste. Qu’allez-vous donc en faire? » (fin du premier chapitre)
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J’ai plein de trucs « sérieux » à lire mais... Je suis en vacances. Alors j’ai entamé « Les dépossédés » d’Ursula Le Guin.
« - Eh bien, vous m’avez, dit-il, et il sourit. Vous avez votre anarchiste. Qu’allez-vous donc en faire? » (fin du premier chapitre)
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J’ai plein de trucs « sérieux » à lire mais... Je suis en vacances. Alors j’ai entamé « Les dépossédés » d’Ursula Le Guin.
« - Eh bien, vous m’avez, dit-il, et il sourit. Vous avez votre anarchiste. Qu’allez-vous donc en faire? » (fin du premier chapitre)
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J’ai plein de trucs « sérieux » à lire mais... Je suis en vacances. Alors j’ai entamé « Les dépossédés » d’Ursula Le Guin.
« - Eh bien, vous m’avez, dit-il, et il sourit. Vous avez votre anarchiste. Qu’allez-vous donc en faire? » (fin du premier chapitre)
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I‘ve been working on something for our PNW patron spirit Ursula Le Guin, and have loved this line from “The Farthest Shore” since encountering it.
A crown of trees seemed the appropriate tribute. 🌲👑🌲
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I‘ve been working on something for our PNW patron spirit Ursula Le Guin, and have loved this line from “The Farthest Shore” since encountering it.
A crown of trees seemed the appropriate tribute. 🌲👑🌲
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I‘ve been working on something for our PNW patron spirit Ursula Le Guin, and have loved this line from “The Farthest Shore” since encountering it.
A crown of trees seemed the appropriate tribute. 🌲👑🌲
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I‘ve been working on something for our PNW patron spirit Ursula Le Guin, and have loved this line from “The Farthest Shore” since encountering it.
A crown of trees seemed the appropriate tribute. 🌲👑🌲
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I‘ve been working on something for our PNW patron spirit Ursula Le Guin, and have loved this line from “The Farthest Shore” since encountering it.
A crown of trees seemed the appropriate tribute. 🌲👑🌲
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Book Review: The Disposessed
A SF novel about two worlds operating with two different philosophies.
Both insisted they were right and the other was wrong. Both minimized contact with each other.
https://tiereddemocraticgovernance.org/blog_details.php?blog_cat_id=20&id=399
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Book Review: The Disposessed
A SF novel about two worlds operating with two different philosophies.
Both insisted they were right and the other was wrong. Both minimized contact with each other.
https://tiereddemocraticgovernance.org/blog_details.php?blog_cat_id=20&id=399
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Book Review: The Disposessed
A SF novel about two worlds operating with two different philosophies.
Both insisted they were right and the other was wrong. Both minimized contact with each other.
https://tiereddemocraticgovernance.org/blog_details.php?blog_cat_id=20&id=399
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Book Review: The Disposessed
A SF novel about two worlds operating with two different philosophies.
Both insisted they were right and the other was wrong. Both minimized contact with each other.
https://tiereddemocraticgovernance.org/blog_details.php?blog_cat_id=20&id=399
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Why is Science Fiction Holding US Back?
They need to imagine a world where we get along much better:
https://tiereddemocraticgovernance.org/blog_details.php?blog_cat_id=26&id=545
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Why is Science Fiction Holding US Back?
They need to imagine a world where we get along much better:
https://tiereddemocraticgovernance.org/blog_details.php?blog_cat_id=26&id=545
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Why is Science Fiction Holding US Back?
They need to imagine a world where we get along much better:
https://tiereddemocraticgovernance.org/blog_details.php?blog_cat_id=26&id=545
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Why is Science Fiction Holding US Back?
They need to imagine a world where we get along much better:
https://tiereddemocraticgovernance.org/blog_details.php?blog_cat_id=26&id=545
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Started reading #Lavinia by #UrsulaLeGuin and WOW. JUST WOW. I didn't know books could do that. I feel I will love this book.
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Started reading #Lavinia by #UrsulaLeGuin and WOW. JUST WOW. I didn't know books could do that. I feel I will love this book.
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Started reading #Lavinia by #UrsulaLeGuin and WOW. JUST WOW. I didn't know books could do that. I feel I will love this book.
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Started reading #Lavinia by #UrsulaLeGuin and WOW. JUST WOW. I didn't know books could do that. I feel I will love this book.
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New life update #blog post!!
I'm in a transitional period in my life, moving from #Germany to #Spain, and I wanted to express more deeply what the immigration experience means for me. As well as what home means.
I've structured my post to mirror #Virgil's #Aeneid, taking inspiration also from #UrsulaLeGuin's #TheDispossed and #Dante's #inferno.
The journey I want to talk about involves geographical displacement, but the real distance travelled takes place inside.
https://sofiabelen.github.io/blog/my-journey-home-is-to-a-place-ive-never-been/
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New life update #blog post!!
I'm in a transitional period in my life, moving from #Germany to #Spain, and I wanted to express more deeply what the immigration experience means for me. As well as what home means.
I've structured my post to mirror #Virgil's #Aeneid, taking inspiration also from #UrsulaLeGuin's #TheDispossessed and #Dante's #inferno.
The journey I want to talk about involves geographical displacement, but the real distance travelled takes place inside.
https://sofiabelen.github.io/blog/my-journey-home-is-to-a-place-ive-never-been/
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New life update #blog post!!
I'm in a transitional period in my life, moving from #Germany to #Spain, and I wanted to express more deeply what the immigration experience means for me. As well as what home means.
I've structured my post to mirror #Virgil's #Aeneid, taking inspiration also from #UrsulaLeGuin's #TheDispossessed and #Dante's #inferno.
The journey I want to talk about involves geographical displacement, but the real distance travelled takes place inside.
https://sofiabelen.github.io/blog/my-journey-home-is-to-a-place-ive-never-been/
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New life update #blog post!!
I'm in a transitional period in my life, moving from #Germany to #Spain, and I wanted to express more deeply what the immigration experience means for me. As well as what home means.
I've structured my post to mirror #Virgil's #Aeneid, taking inspiration also from #UrsulaLeGuin's #TheDispossessed and #Dante's #inferno.
The journey I want to talk about involves geographical displacement, but the real distance travelled takes place inside.
https://sofiabelen.github.io/blog/my-journey-home-is-to-a-place-ive-never-been/
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Lo he aprendido de #ursulakleguin #ursulaleguin en #LaCostaMasLejana :
Pero si de nuevo hubiera un rey sobre todos nosotros, y ese rey buscara como en tiempos pasados el consejo de un mago, y si yo fuese ese mago, le diría: 《Mi señor, no hagáis nada porque sea justo, o loable, o noble; no hagáis nada porque os parezca bueno, haced tan solo lo que tengáis que hacer, y lo que no podríais hacer de ninguna otra manera》.
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Lo he aprendido de #ursulakleguin #ursulaleguin en #LaCostaMasLejana :
Pero si de nuevo hubiera un rey sobre todos nosotros, y ese rey buscara como en tiempos pasados el consejo de un mago, y si yo fuese ese mago, le diría: 《Mi señor, no hagáis nada porque sea justo, o loable, o noble; no hagáis nada porque os parezca bueno, haced tan solo lo que tengáis que hacer, y lo que no podríais hacer de ninguna otra manera》.
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Lo he aprendido de #ursulakleguin #ursulaleguin en #LaCostaMasLejana:
-Te das cuenta, Arren, de que un acto no es, como creen los jóvenes, lo mismo que una piedra que levantas del suelo y arrojas lejos, que da en el blanco o yerra, y nada más. Cuando levantas la piedra, la tierra se aligera y la mano que la sostiene es más pesada. Cuando la arrojas, influye en los circuitos de los astros, y allí donde golpea o cae, el universo cambia. De un acto cualquiera depende el Equilibrio del todo. [...] Pero nosotros, los que tenemos poder [...] hemos de aprender a mantener el Equilibrio.
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And I can't stress enough that this isn't about being jaded or cynical. Take the inverse, let's call it Salemo. "This place has only unending suffering where everyone is tortured all the time and there's no hope." Boring. Literally the tvtropes page of Darkness-Induced Audience Apathy. "They do this because it ensures a perfect life for one child." Wow! Mass self-sacrifice! What's so important about the child that they all agree to undergo extreme suffering? Tell me more! Is there a lesson I could apply to my own life? I don't believe in perfect joy without a catch, sure, but I don't believe in perfect pain without a catch either. Even stories that start bad and end bad don't stay bad all the way through. Instead it's "Ah, things are terrible. Oh look, the main character is trying to turn things around! Oh no, they failed because of some tragic flaw in their character that they couldn't overcome!" And I say "Wow, what a bad fate, I should think about what kind of flaws I have."I'm almost wondering if this was her actual point? To play around with what makes a story complete? Not just call me an edgelord?
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I think where the disconnect lies is that I'm engaging with her story as just that, a story. The purpose of a story is both to entertain and to convey some information to get us to think about our own life and experience. An interesting story makes us have interesting thoughts. The story of "this place is perfect and nothing ever goes wrong" isn't interesting, but not because we think that's naive, it's because there's no useful information being conveyed there. Okay, they're perfect. Why? How did they become this way? Can I apply anything they do to my life so that I can make things better? Oh, you don't want to tell me? Then it's not a full narrative, it's only a snapshot of a setting. My brain is starving here.Oh, they torture a child! Wow, what a shocking moral dilemma. One innocent's suffering for the welfare of thousands, hm, that makes my brain think about whether I would want to live there. Now I'm engaged and interested, not because a child is being tortured but because there's actually a topic of discussion.
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So, I'm thinking about Omelas. Maybe I'm misreading, but the point is to make you think about why you didn't believe in the perfect place and felt it's more believable when a kid was being tortured to make it perfect, right? The whole "The trouble is that we have a bad habit, encouraged by pedants and sophisticates, of considering happiness as something rather stupid. Only pain is intellectual, only evil interesting." Like, not really? Maybe that was true in her context. All the pedants and sophisticates I see constantly stress that things are terrible right now and that we have the power to make them better. (This could be just a byproduct of social media used for mass political mobilization?)
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So, I'm thinking about Omelas. Maybe I'm misreading, but the point is to make you think about why you didn't believe in the perfect place and felt it's more believable when a kid was being tortured to make it perfect, right? The whole "The trouble is that we have a bad habit, encouraged by pedants and sophisticates, of considering happiness as something rather stupid. Only pain is intellectual, only evil interesting." Like, not really? Maybe that was true in her context. All the pedants and sophisticates I see constantly stress that things are terrible right now and that we have the power to make them better. (This could be just a byproduct of social media used for mass political mobilization?)
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Member of my (online) #writing group says my world building and style remind him of Ursula K Le Guin. 🥰
mouse drop!
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Member of my (online) #writing group says my world building and style remind him of Ursula K Le Guin. 🥰
mouse drop!
