Tag Archives: Quotes

end of maintained trail

Posted on August 2, 2022 by istsfor manity

SOLASTALGIA What I’m Reading: “Maybe democracy worked for restaurant reviews and movie ratings, but boy, was it creating problems in this case. What were all those dystopias she’d had to read about in high school, concerning the individual trampled by … Continue reading →

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no nazi homophobes

Posted on August 1, 2022 by istsfor manity

The Best Stuff I Read This Week “… noncooperation with evil is just as much a moral duty as is cooperation with good.” — Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. / Stride Toward Freedom “Our modern capitalist economy was born thanks … Continue reading →

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looking for a way

Posted on July 25, 2022 by istsfor manity

The Best Stuff I Read This Week “…nothing drives up the price of oil quite like war…” — Naomi Klein / No Is Not Enough “Climate grief and coronavirus grief feel strikingly parallel. The solutions to both problems rely on … Continue reading →

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i pass gin

Posted on July 19, 2022 by istsfor manity

The Best Stuff I Read This Week “I’m not looking to overthrow the American government, the corporate state already has.” — John Trudell / Santee Dakota activist, artist, and poet (1946–2015) “Given that we have left it so late, can … Continue reading →

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a snare drum

Posted on July 11, 2022 by istsfor manity

The Best Stuff I Read This Week “Astronaut-Bouncinglooks jive-phony, unless,of course, you think of the moonas a snare drum” — Thomas Sayers Ellis / “Polo Goes to the Moon” “We as a nation must undergo a radical revolution of values. … Continue reading →

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like to salute

Posted on July 4, 2022 by istsfor manity

the best stuff i read & listened to this week “A cow with a mouth at both endschews hell going and coming.” — Ai / “Guadalajara Cemetery” “Organic Chemistry: A means by which to make undergraduates cry using only carbon … Continue reading →

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a shared reality

Posted on June 26, 2022 by istsfor manity

The Best Stuff I Read This Week “I want for us to wantto patch every heartand pave every roadand destroy every systemthat has ever left usbroken.” — Jordan Jace / “I want” “Democracy’s survival depends on what happens inside our … Continue reading →

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