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@joXn

The Aspirations of Samantha Bodry. they/them

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    19 Oct 2019

    If my affect on this account is too depressing, try —guaranteed 99⁴⁴⁄₁₀₀% pure wholesome good feelings. If my affect on this account is too sunny, try —everything I come across that is difficult but we shouldn’t shut our eyes to.

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  2. My novel The City in the Middle of the Night is basically Pan's Labyrinth meets Emma Cline's The Girls, on an alien planet. It's coming out in paperback next week and you can win a free copy here:

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  3. Feb 1

    When I reminded my mum about what she said to me in anger years ago, she was shocked. I was 16 at the time. And over a decade later, I still hadn’t forgotten. The person saying the words always forgets. It’s the person the words are spoken to, that’s burdened with the memory.

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  4. 17 hours ago

    A few more details help show how they constructed the coronavirus hospital in exactly ten days.

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  5. SEATTLE! My twin sister has just moved to Seattle, she's a really nice fellow leftie, I'd love her to meet people so please DM me! 😀🌹🍷

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  6. "The question is to understand how rules that intentionally involved judgment and adjustment to particulars gave way to an understanding of rules as rigid, mechanical, and universally applicable." Read our interview with the great Lorraine Daston.

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  7. Feb 1

    People really struggle to separate the concepts of "you have an obligation to do X", "it is morally virtuous to do X", "it is practically beneficial to do X", and "you must do X". In fact none of these imply any of the others

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  8. Jan 31

    C.J. Cherryh's The Pride of Chanur, with some of my favourite aliens and a deep plunge into a great universe, only $2.99 as an ebook

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  9. Jan 31
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  10. Jan 30

    Where’s my chromatic key accordion emoji?

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  11. “being a prolific tweeter” should be added to clinical checklist for ADHD. the person spends a lot of time on a website that rewards inconsistent attention levels (fleeting one-offs or hyperfocused threads) and appeals to brains constantly seeking stimulation.

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  12. Jan 30

    Remember that we are all suffering and that our suffering doesn’t make us special or wretched. It makes us human.

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  13. Jan 30

    It's OK to be lacking crucial empathy skills BTW. Empathy is really very hard (and people who claim it's not are lying to you and probably to themselves). The important thing is to recognise when you do, and to work on that when it impacts others.

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  14. Jan 30

    Recognising someone as a human being, however flawed, shouldn't be contingent on believing they are correct, and making fun of other people's ridiculous beliefs is mostly a way of helping you pretend that you couldn't fall into that trap.

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  15. Jan 29
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  16. the most cyberpunk thing to do in 2020 is change your name legally to something like John Smith and just vanish into search results like a hippo in a lagoon

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  17. How much space will Brexit free up in the European Union? 1 GB

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  18. Jan 29

    I've been saying for a while that the answer to secular stagnation is a Green New Deal. It's only thing with scale and urgency to overcome austerity bias and get the level of new spending called for. Glad to see reaching similar conclusion.

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  19. In solidarity with the French general strike, electricians unions are turning off the electricity for government, police, corporations & turning on the lights for the poor. The French people are calling them "Robin Hood!"

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  20. Calling it "dressing up like a bat" is giving Mr Wayne credit for a representaional fidelity for which he doesn't appear to be striving.

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  21. Jan 28

    All dharmas are empty but I’m still not going to play chess in the middle of the interstate.

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