#plutocracy

My friend pointed it out first, and then I started noticing too. Why would books that multiple libraries definitely, 100% had digital access to a couple of months/weeks/days ago disappear?

Amazon is invoking exclusive rights to them.*

Ebooks that the public library once had digital copies of are now only available through Amazon. Audible boasts on their covers about Audible-exclusive audiobooks that did not used to be Audible-exclusive. Entire series and collections are disappearing overnight.

Keep your eyes on the privatization of media and your libraries.

*earlier versions said "getting"; Amazon has likely always had these rights, but in the face of boycotts they're tightening the leash, so to say [source 2] [source 3] [source 4] [source 5] (sources indicate that Amazon is refusing to sell to libraries)

It's the 250th Fourth of July or something. Let's talk about democracy.

The United States cannot be saved by returning to the Revolutionary War or the Founding Fathers or the Enlightenment. We cannot find the solution to Western imperialism from the core of Western imperialism; we cannot find the escape from capitalist modernity from within capitalist modernity.

Every terrible thing that is happening in the United States - and all that which seeps out from it to the rest of the Americas and the rest of the world - can be traced back to authoritarianism, hierarchy, and the commodification of people and the natural world. The U.S has always been, at its best, "state-plus-democracy," having been forced to compromise and share power with the people, and the state is always seeking for ways to maintain its hegemonic power. Your voice doesn't matter because it was never supposed to matter, not as much as the businessmen. You feel this disempowered because you were always supposed to be powerless, your vote just part of an elaborate system meant to keep the peace between the wealthy and keep the poor productive. This country was never for you; it's all been one long con, and even the con-artists had themselves convinced it was "for the People."

In order to truly love democracy, and all the people of the Americas, you must hate the United States, which has only ever captured the will of the people to lend legitimacy to the rule of the wealthy. True (direct) democracy is possible, and it will be achieved through landback, Black liberation, gender liberation, solidarity with the Global South, and socialism.

men are afraid that women will laugh at them

Forty-six donors.

And here’s the part that matters.

Some of the biggest donors didn’t just write checks.

They later joined the administration they paid to help build.

Linda McMahon

Billionaire. Transition donor.

Now running the Department of Education.

The same woman who helped chair the transition is now shaping national education policy.

Howard Lutnick

Billionaire CEO of Cantor Fitzgerald. Transition donor.

Now Trump’s Secretary of Commerce.

He helped run the transition, then ended up in the Cabinet the transition selected.

Steve Witkoff

Real estate billionaire. Transition donor.

Now Trump’s special envoy to the Middle East and Russia.

Literally appointed to shape foreign policy in regions where he has deep business ties.

And then there are the other billionaire donors:

Jeff Yass. Paul Singer. Suzanne Johnson. Marlene Ricketts.

All cutting checks in the dark, with no disclosed amounts,

while Trump’s team refused the transparency agreement every modern transition signed.

Watchdog groups warned at the time that this lack of disclosure made it

impossible to know who was buying access or influence.

Now the picture is a little clearer.

They didn’t just donate.

They helped staff the government.

Magnetism written in the stars. Not about looks — but energy, depth, and the way the air shifts when you enter a room.

✧ VENUS — the art of seduction

Venus shows how you attract, how you love, and what draws others to you like moths to a flame.

✦ Venus in Scorpio:

The gaze that undresses you. A silence louder than any words. They don’t flirt — they possess. Sensuality wrapped in shadows, pulsing with depth. Dangerous. Addictive. Beautifully dark.

✦ Venus in Leo:

Glowing like sunlight through stained glass. They walk like they know you’re watching — and you are. Their love is grand, loud, full of gold and heat. You’re not just charmed — you’re hypnotized.

✦ Venus in Taurus:

Slow, soft, scented. The kind of beauty that lives in touch, taste, comfort. Their voice is velvet. Their presence, warm and grounding. You want to stay.

✦ Venus in Libra:

Aesthetic. Balanced. Romantic. Their sex appeal is poetry — not explicit, but lingering. They know how to say everything without saying a word. The kind of person who leaves perfume in the air after they leave.

✧ MARS — the heat behind the eyes

Mars is desire, instinct, raw want. It’s how you chase, how you touch, how you burn.

✦ Mars in Aries or Scorpio:

Aries wants it now — bold, shameless, electric. Scorpio wants it deep — eyes locked, no escape, soul-level cravings. Both radiate raw intensity. You don’t just want them. You need them.

✦ Mars in Leo or Sagittarius:

Confidence on fire. A smirk, a laugh, a dare. They seduce you with joy, motion, freedom. You chase them just to feel alive.

✦ Venus–Mars aspects:

When Venus (attraction) and Mars (desire) meet in the sky of your birth, there’s a natural chemistry. People feel it. You feel it. It’s animal, it’s delicious. You are the definition of “tension.”

✧ THE ASCENDANT & SUN — presence that glows

Your Ascendant is your aura. The Sun, your light. When placed in bold signs, your presence enters the room before your body does.

✦ Leo Rising or Sun in Leo:

Golden aura. Laughter like music. They carry themselves like royalty — and you believe it. Born to be admired.

✦ Scorpio Rising:

Still waters run very deep. Intensity without effort. Their silence is louder than others’ noise. You feel them, even when they’re still.

✦ Aries Rising:

Reckless charm. Bravery turned into beauty. They’re not asking for attention — they’re claiming it.

✦ Sagittarius Rising or Sun in Sag:

Laughing into the wind. Wild and magnetic. You’re drawn to their eyes — like they know something you don’t. And they probably do.

✧ PLUTO — the forbidden pull

Pluto is power. Hidden. Unspoken. Magnetic. When it touches your Ascendant, Venus, Sun or Moon, you become unforgettable.

✦ Pluto on the Ascendant:

People stare. They don’t know why. You walk like a storm in slow motion.

✦ Pluto–Venus:

The kind of love that ruins you. The kind of gaze that leaves you breathless. All-consuming. Obsessive. Beautifully toxic.

✦ Pluto–Moon:

Emotions you can’t name. A heart that draws people in like black holes — terrifying and divine.

✧ LILITH — wild desire

Lilith is not sweet. She is desire unfiltered. The shadow of Eve — untamed, unapologetic.

✦ Lilith on the Ascendant or in Scorpio, Leo, Taurus:

You don’t seduce. You awaken. You trigger fantasies people didn’t know they had. You are the dark feminine or divine rebel — even when you whisper.

✧ NEPTUNE — the dream

Neptune doesn’t attract with heat. It attracts with longing. It’s the perfume in the night, the kiss in a dream, the echo of a voice.

✦ Venus or Ascendant in aspect with Neptune:

Otherworldly. You’re not here — you’re floating, shimmering, glowing. The desire you spark isn’t about the body. It’s about the soul.

❝ You don’t need to speak. Your chart already does. ❞