Depends if I am in the mood to just go with the flow or not. IE I read Moby Dick last month and one must just be one with the Whale Facts Chapter
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Depends if I am in the mood to just go with the flow or not. IE I read Moby Dick last month and one must just be one with the Whale Facts Chapter
"Rakesfall" by @vajra.me is probably the most recent example. I am clearly not clever enough to keep up with all the wonderful nuances and complexities, but the prose is so glorious I just kept going anyway 😂
If the prose has grabbed me, or I'm invested in the characters, I'll usually just push on with the assumption that I'll either come to some understanding later, or that I'll have still got something valuable from my time (even if it's not quite what the author hoped or planned for).
To me, there is a difference between « I don’t understand it but I’m having a great time » and « I don’t understand it and also the book is a slog ». In the first scenario it’s like listening to a banger of a song in a language you don’t speak. I’m cool with just vibing with it.
(Recently saw LA Hall coin the term “futtock-shroudery”, à la Patrick O’Brien’s novels, for the incomprehensible details that make you believe an author knows their stuff even if you don’t)
People make fun of "the wargleblasters were set to nullify and that could only mean one thing: beans." Style, but I'll put up with it if you tell me in the next sentence what that means to the emotional arc of the protagonist. But I won't put up with it if you refuse to tell me why I should care.
trust in the author matters a lot, and I’ll have to think more about how exactly a book establishes that in my brain? I think A Stranger in Olondria had me by about page ten.
Mm, depends on the author for me, I think? Like... if I don't understand, but feel like I can trust them to be doing it on purpose, I just forge ahead till my brain makes the necessary connections. If I feel like they're doing it unintentionally, I'll leave and start a new book.
The subtext will unexpectedly bean you two weeks after you finish it. It's fine.
I’m still working on A Stranger in Olondria and finding it deeply beautiful and engrossing, but I am certain most of the subtext is escaping me.
question: how much does it bother you in a book if you don’t quite understand what’s going on? what measures do you take to remedy this lack of understanding? what novels most rewarded your further investigation?
I have a pretty high tolerance for this IF the world/story is still vivid and interesting, even when I don't have complete context for it. If I feel like the author is leading me around in a maze with a blindfold on and there's nothing to latch on to, I'll usually bounce unless they're very skillful
‘Jerry wanted you to hear this from him. We built Ben & Jerrys to stand for peace and love. It was needed then and it’s needed more than ever now. Which is why Magnum Ice Cream must #FreeBenAndJerrys. #WakeUpAmerica
And Republicans constantly talk about tackling antisemitism whilst ignoring all of Kirk's antisemitic comments and how he blamed Jews for trying to replace White people in addition to this www.trtafrika.com/article/c915...
They thought he only hated trans people, didn't actually listen to his words. He was a far bigger racist than a transphobe
I genuinely don't know what's worse - a party that pretends to stand beside you so they can stab you in the back, or a party that just looks you in the eyes and stabs you in the front.
The big shift in Democratic politics over the last decade has been moving from Obama lying through his teeth to the Dem base to Dems having too much contempt for their base to even bother lying. Being lied to sucks but at least that shows the liar is giving you some consideration.
I'd be fine if they insisted the resolution be renamed something like "Anti-political violence" and included Melissa Hortman, but it's just a brazen suck up to x-tian nationalists.
Exactly. Stand for something. And if republicans claim you refuse to oppose political violence call that shit out. But nope. They're bitch asses
It's honestly worse that they don't believe Charlie Kirk deserves honoring, but being a chickenshit careerist is more important to them than doing what is right. Nobody respects them. The GOP thinks they are cucks, we think they are cowards. How is that going to work out?
I realize it’s a resolution but dayum, they could stand for something.
I, as a white woman who stands for equity and against racism, also find it personally insulting. I told Katherine Clark I was hoping to vote for a primary challenger. Her seat is safe!!! She had NO reason to vote yes. None.
And they were taught to hate and ignore the people who tried to tell them. And many are too spiteful, sadistic, and incurious to actually investigate and think about it until it affects them personally. I may be a little angry about it.
A lot of them don't live in reality. Their only real lense on the world outside their own communities is the ever-growing array of propaganda networks that carefully curate what they see and hear. Doesn't excuse it, but as with Brexit, I think a lot of them didn't think he'd do this.
I’m not sure why 77 million Americans voted for this chaos knowing exactly what this orange demon was going to do.
I’m stuck on that part too, and the fact that it’s also insulting to all the other groups of people that man attacked—women, trans people, gay people, etc. Hakeem Jeffries’s little statement saying voting for the resolution didn’t mean he endorsed CK’s views was infuriating.
And it always goes in the same direction too. Something, something, purity tests… Something, something, lesser of two evils… Something, something, well it doesn’t affect me… Something, something, enjoy the camps…
The white cis men in my comments are absolutely losing their minds about how this was such a brilliant tactical move
I truly don't understand how democratic leadership think they are going to move forward after voting to honor a white nationalist who essentially called Black women—the base of the party—stupid. It's insulting. I find it personally insulting.
Step 1: Cut funding for food stamps Step 2: Stop measuring hunger Step 3: There's no evidence cuts to food stamps led to a rise in hunger www.wsj.com/economy/trum...
So human beings are all more closely related to each other than at any time in history. This *should* put an end (again) to the bullshit "racial purity" narratives, but it probably won't. Some people just want to be bigots. news.harvard.edu/gazette/stor...
Oh, shut up
Frank Zappa meets the Mothers of Prevention.
Don't pick the prickly pear by the paw: when you pick a pear, try to use the claw; but you don't need to use the claw when you pick a pear of the big pawpaw.
“Only a fool would try to deprive working men and working women of their right to join the union of their choice.” Dwight D. Eisenhower
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lol absolutely no one: Me: I really don't like Ronald Reagan.
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I’m contractually obliged to post the banger of a theme tune every single time someone mentions Pulaski.
How did I miss this?
What’s more astonishing: 1) that the president clearly believes, and repeatedly suggests, that asylum seekers are people from mental asylums, or 2) that no journalist has ever challenged him on this and no mainstream media outlets have done any deep dives on this story?
Giving a bully your lunch money is only a temporary downpayment for future bullying. We ALL need to step up for the first amendment. By-the-way, for the record, this ex-Disney employee finds Jimmy Kimmel very talented and funny. mh
When I say change takes time, this is what I mean. I have posted this screenshot many times over the years and every time I get push back. This is why voting in every single election matters. This is why we have to celebrate every single win. 1/2
It’s our cat in a box.
War Thunder forum users for some reason
I used "whilst" in a sentence during a work meeting today. I was asked if I read a lot 😅
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Yes, that’s exactly what the EO says.
BREAKING: The Board of Immigration Appeals is trying to deport our client Mario Guevara, a journalist from El Salvador, despite his clear legal path to residency and an immigration judge's order to grant his release on bond.
Eminems line from 2002 is very fitting for 2025
“Be loud, for America.” Read Governor JB Pritzker’s stirring op-ed on our nation’s current state and how we move forward together.
Weird, given his role as Roberta in Garp
The right (and some on the left) want you to believe that it's all over, that it's too late to save this country. It's not. There are more of us than there are of them. If we work together, we will stop them. We will fight and we will win!
I read “On Tyranny” after it was first published and I thank you for providing for your historical based vision of our future. We could only wish that more people were paying attention then, but we’re holding onto hope that it’s still not too late to change the trajectory.
Time to memorize these, for the same reason a German instructor (both German, & an instructor) required our class to memorize the first 10 lines of Goethe's Faust. Asked why: "so your mind will have something to recall in case you are ever placed in solitary confinement." Think about that.
Here is my best guidance, rendered beautifully by the great John Lithgow. I first published these lessons nearly nine years ago, in late 2016. They open the twenty chapters of "On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century." snyder.substack.com/p/twenty-les...
"Please think of the children! Twisted Sister's singing about how they aren’t gonna take it & the album cover has scary men in makeup, David Lee Roth wants to have sex with his teacher & we need to get back to the times when the camera panned up so it wouldn’t show Elvis’s gyrations!"— James Fell
Oy! All the Rumsfeld types and Cheney’s who were always hovering around in the shadows, pulling levers and fucking up the people who wanted to help everyone, not just the old white guys.
#ItFigures‼️
Literally nationalizing a social media platform millions of young people use obsessively so they can flood it with propaganda.
Again I don’t believe this is an actual deal that’s been finalized unless it actually happens and has been confirmed by independent sources. I’ve heard so many business and deal lies that they are not trustworthy
This is going to be so bad. Allies and donors of the president controlling TikTok user information and what they see? Just cut to the misuse of data lawsuits and left wing voices getting shadow banned.
So TikTok will shortly be garbage like twitter. Like everything they get involved with.
These people literally contradict everything they've ever believed in to "own the libs". They've become the government they always were so terrified of but it looks like them so they aren't afraid. A wolf in sheep's clothing, yes?
So, Tik Tok will be censored and only Republican lies will be posted. A Tik Tok replacement will come.
"And the algorithm will be controlled by America." So much for the free speech and no censorship Republicans are always screaming about. To me what this really means is that every aspect will be controlled and if this regime doesn't like it, it won't be allowed.
Not interested, thanks.
Oh well TikTok, you had a good run. Now you will be a Trump control asset.
The seventh seat will be reserved for Louis Cyphere (Lucifer)
youtu.be/J7GY1Xg6X20?.. Democratic speach by Charlie Chaplin to Save America now Release epstein files for charlie kirk will victims will identify their epstein predators in congress pedopotus kkkabinet & gop rats in Epstein trap "You give an oath to the Constitution, not to a dicktraitor"
I have zero faith that this shell game will protect Americans on TikTok.
Larry Ellison will control it then, and you can kiss any privacy, or accuracy in news away right the hell now! Vote for an end to end BLUE WAVE!
we used to enforce anti-trust laws. ah, the "real" good old days.
Oh, so TikTok will become a Nazi cesspool just like X?
Oracle, whose executive officer is Larry Ellison, another tech billionaire that owns one of the Hawaiian islands ... terrific, so it's now a data collection/spyware app now for another breed of bad folks with nefarious intentions - but hey, at least they aren't China, amirite? #wecanthavenicethings
Oracle=Larry Ellison, Billionaire owner & Trump’s latest bff.
Yes, I feel so much safer that fascist Americans will control the algorithm over communist Chinese.
"Controlled by America" isn't what you think it means. And of course, incorrectly using the nomenclature "America", but not surprising from tiny intelligence.
Hooray for free market capitalism with no restrictions from the government amirite?
Oracle. Well known for borking giant public project and throwing up its hands and saying "oops" and then walking away. Then coming back 6 months later to bid on another public project.
A nationalized TikTok is almost funny, if it was not so scary to think that they will secure the app with privacy and not use the data to control. People will move on to another platform.
So TOTAL censorship, got it. The end of TikTok.
And once again the federal government sits on a company board and 47’s corrupt friends get the company. There is zero reason to believe they have the interests of the citizens of the US at heart
It’s like the ads for TikTok targeting their demographic users, kids, are writing themselves. “Sign up for TikTok, the old rich white guys are monitoring & limiting your every move”
And, in completely unrelated news, the head of Oracle will soon be purchasing multiple huge media companies.
The algorithm will be controlled by right-wing extremists, which is all they care about.
TikTok about to become ReichTok.
Yeah, who exactly, Karoline, WHICH AMERICANS EXACTLY will be controlling the algorithm?
MAGA hair is beginning to resemble the styles preferred in the court of Louis XIV.
Algorithms equals obey obey obey
Just look at these 2 fake blonde demonizing witches having a little chat about further eroding democracy and enriching trump and all those that spent gabs of coin to get him elected. The corruption is off the charts and so blatant for all to see.
I grew up hearing my Republican dad rail about the “liberal media”. It was all a lie. Goodbye, Tik Tok.
