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🔗 Truth, Consequences, Climate, and Demand

the only thing history loves more than a surprise party is irony.

💬 Mitch Wagner - I think.

The source was 🔗 here

🔗 How Not to Respond to Political Violence

I dunno Peggy.

• Three assassination attempts that nobody really talks about?
• Politicians living on military compounds because they are being threatened? (If I wanted to demonstrate to ‘the masses’ that the country is unsafe - I would choose to keep a few loyalists on military bases for their ‘protection’.)

👁️ Doesn’t really stack up for this bear.

👁️ ‘Nuff Said.

🔗 The Inspiration

🔗 Hey you, start communicating!

OK! Definitely taking on board Kev’s closing instruction …

So yeah, start communicating! 🙃

💬 Kev Quirk

And of course - because ‘everything is a remix’ - Kev’s post 🔗 was inspired by this one.

Meanwhile, also this morning 🔗 swissmiss shared this short poem.

point out the good
when you see it.

in life,
in others,
in yourself.

because the world
needs to remember
what kindness and
love look like.

💬 Topher Kearby

Which all goes to explain why random people out there are on the internet are going to start receiving email from me. The first one is going out in a minute. It won’t be daily. There will be a reason.

🔗 Features via Mission Alignment

When you use Micro.blog, you should never have to opt in or pay extra for something that is a core part of our mission.

💬 Manton Reece

Thank you @manton - very nice.

🔗 Other Looks – ProjectVRM

We do need a refresh, and I’ve been working with our friends at WordPress on that. The main constraint is that we need to base the site on a WordPress theme of some kind. I invite suggestions.

💬 Doc Searls

Do we though? Or are we attempting to ‘keep things simple’?

The stuff that @dave has been highlighting in his threads points to ideas that can still live in Wordpress. Personally I liked the design that 🔗 Devon came up with - why not go with that?

🔗 Routing around the algorithms

And what’s funny about that is that they assume that my ambition is positional. They assume that my ambition is a title or a seat. But my ambition is way bigger than that. My ambition is to change this country.

💬 AOC

🔗 The Boring Internet

The protocols belong to no one. They can’t be acquired. They can’t be taken public.

💬 Terry Godier

Reminds me of an old adage of mine - that these days sits in my 🖇️ Johnsim Library.

😂 McSweeney’s doesn’t always do it - but …

🔗 Math Problems for Moms

ANSWER: C. There were no thank-yous, and your child had an explosive tantrum because her Labubu was orchid pink, not pastel pink.

💬 Sara White and Lindsey Smith

That’s just one - I think you’ll find the whole piece resonates.

Reminding us all that even real writers. Prolific writers. Writers that write for a living - constantly question themselves.

🔗 Keeping it real

We are now at the stage where it is not an issue of whether I can write, but whether what I’m writing about is worth reading.
…
I say this to you as someone who has been a full-time freelance writer since the 1990s, someone who tends to write and have published around two thirds of a million words per year.

💬 William Gallagher