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This is what I mean when I say the system is rigged.

"Drain the swamp."

Boat!

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someone on reddit shared texts of her and her husband's exclusive english dialect and it's beautiful

a linguist is analyzing it

The letters are seemingly being replaced (or added to) by adjacent letters on the QWERTY keyboard (n with b, y with u, etc)

How dare you leave this in the tags.

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him: you split up all the song of ice and fire books

it has occurred me during this process that apparently not everyone thinks about books by what color they are? like, literally when i’m looking for a book, i picture it in my mind. i have a very…tactile experience with the books i read and idk! i thought everyone did that lol.

This actually is interesting in terms of information-seeking behavior, which is a thing librarians think about a lot and often actually study (some library jobs require you to publish, and academic librarians, for instance, will often use the students at the college they work at to study how they search for information in order to figure out how to best provide them services).

him: you split up all the song of ice and fire books

it has occurred me during this process that apparently not everyone thinks about books by what color they are? like, literally when i’m looking for a book, i picture it in my mind. i have a very…tactile experience with the books i read and idk! i thought everyone did that lol.

This actually is interesting in terms of information-seeking behavior, which is a thing librarians think about a lot and often actually study (some library jobs require you to publish, and academic librarians, for instance, will often use the students at the college they work at to study how they search for information in order to figure out how to best provide them services).

it is so funny when you realize that by drow standards, especially drow noble house and ESPECIALLY Baenre standards, Minthara is the woke liberal

Liberal Drow It’s important to recognise that while the Drow culture as a whole is absolutely a xenofascist state, in which there is one culturally supreme identity with its own tiered supremacy within it, that the body politic of Drow is broad enough that there is an entire political compass of different competing schools of thought within that space, as long as they don’t stray too far from accepting the general premises of the Virtuous Circle and Lost Years. To that end, there are Drow who espouse ideas that may seem positively antithetical to the Drow orthodoxy because of what they result, not their reasons. There are for example, two major bodies of thought that the Drow culture should end slavery. One body believes that slaves should not be allowed in Drow’ith’drow because it represents a security risk and their presence is inherently beneath the dignity of the Drow. The other body believes that slavery should be ended, because any slave that exists is consuming resources that could be better put to use for a Drow’s existence. No matter how little resources are dedicated to the slave’s life, the Drow should instead turn that slave into resources for consumption and use magical unseen servants instead. Similarly, some Drow are anti-war; they don’t want to expand Drow’ith’drow to its absolute limits, because that would involve spreading Drow resources and reducing the quality of life of the Drow that remain. Similarly, some Drow are in fact in favour of leaving other cultures alive outside of the Drow city, because they can then trade with them, and in so doing, sell those people things that extol the rightness and perfection of Drow culture. This capitalist exchange is seen as a way to perfectly uplift all cultures by the Drow example. These Drow, regarded as liberals, will often include anti-slavery positions that nonetheless recommend that other cultures enslave their populations to ensure they can make material goods to meet the Drow’s demands. They understand that the world is difficult and sometimes for the good of everyone, people in charge need to make some hard choices. Some Drow on the other hand are fully expansionist and imperialist; all states should be claimed and subjugated to Drow will, and all resources in the world should flow to the Drow. These expansionists often have subtle and complex opinions on slavery, too, with ideas like inculcating slaves and then allowing those slaves to be rewarded as a sort of subordinate Drow – including slaves of their own. This is in the name of maintaining a military force capable of conquering the world, eventually. Also, note, that all these political positions, for most Drow are entirely hypothetical. Most Drow don’t have real political power, even if they vote in the elections. Most Drow don’t own slaves. Most Drow don’t engage in the military, either in its scouting in the demense or raiding outside of it. Nonetheless, Drow are energetically engaged with which side of these great conversations they think they are, convinced that this makes them informed and culturally erudite.

it is so funny when you realize that by drow standards, especially drow noble house and ESPECIALLY Baenre standards, Minthara is the woke liberal

Liberal Drow It’s important to recognise that while the Drow culture as a whole is absolutely a xenofascist state, in which there is one culturally supreme identity with its own tiered supremacy within it, that the body politic of Drow is broad enough that there is an entire political compass of different competing schools of thought within that space, as long as they don’t stray too far from accepting the general premises of the Virtuous Circle and Lost Years. To that end, there are Drow who espouse ideas that may seem positively antithetical to the Drow orthodoxy because of what they result, not their reasons. There are for example, two major bodies of thought that the Drow culture should end slavery. One body believes that slaves should not be allowed in Drow’ith’drow because it represents a security risk and their presence is inherently beneath the dignity of the Drow. The other body believes that slavery should be ended, because any slave that exists is consuming resources that could be better put to use for a Drow’s existence. No matter how little resources are dedicated to the slave’s life, the Drow should instead turn that slave into resources for consumption and use magical unseen servants instead. Similarly, some Drow are anti-war; they don’t want to expand Drow’ith’drow to its absolute limits, because that would involve spreading Drow resources and reducing the quality of life of the Drow that remain. Similarly, some Drow are in fact in favour of leaving other cultures alive outside of the Drow city, because they can then trade with them, and in so doing, sell those people things that extol the rightness and perfection of Drow culture. This capitalist exchange is seen as a way to perfectly uplift all cultures by the Drow example. These Drow, regarded as liberals, will often include anti-slavery positions that nonetheless recommend that other cultures enslave their populations to ensure they can make material goods to meet the Drow’s demands. They understand that the world is difficult and sometimes for the good of everyone, people in charge need to make some hard choices. Some Drow on the other hand are fully expansionist and imperialist; all states should be claimed and subjugated to Drow will, and all resources in the world should flow to the Drow. These expansionists often have subtle and complex opinions on slavery, too, with ideas like inculcating slaves and then allowing those slaves to be rewarded as a sort of subordinate Drow – including slaves of their own. This is in the name of maintaining a military force capable of conquering the world, eventually. Also, note, that all these political positions, for most Drow are entirely hypothetical. Most Drow don’t have real political power, even if they vote in the elections. Most Drow don’t own slaves. Most Drow don’t engage in the military, either in its scouting in the demense or raiding outside of it. Nonetheless, Drow are energetically engaged with which side of these great conversations they think they are, convinced that this makes them informed and culturally erudite.

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Democracy dies in billionaire hands.

New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani succeeded last night in his attempt to build a democratic socialist power base in the Big Apple. His endorsed congressional candidates — Brad Lander, the former city comptroller, and two democratic socialists, Darializa Avila Chevalier and Claire Valdez — all won their races Mamdani said the results showed that his victory in the mayor’s race last year marked a turning point in progressive politics. “It was not the end of a political movement, it was the beginning.” But I think it’s more than that. Democrats across the nation now face the biggest opportunity they’ve had since World War II to change the face of American politics. It’s time for Democrats to take on the class war that’s being waged by the nation’s oligarchy against most Americans by becoming class warriors themselves. By class warrior I don’t mean resorting to violence or name-calling. I mean recognizing that a billionaire class is bad for America and calling for bold changes to reverse it: taxing great wealth, busting up monopolies, strengthening labor unions, raising the minimum wage, demanding profit-sharing and capital-sharing, ensuring Medicare for all and a universal basic income, and getting big money out of politics. Congratulations to these candidates for taking on our rigged system.