Terry Pratchett
April 28, 1948 - March 12, 2015
No one is finally dead until the ripples they cause in the world die away [...] The span of someone's life is only the core of their actual existence.” -- "Reaper Man"
Photo credit: Rob Wilkins/Doubleday
April 28, 1948 - March 12, 2015
No one is finally dead until the ripples they cause in the world die away [...] The span of someone's life is only the core of their actual existence.” -- "Reaper Man"
Photo credit: Rob Wilkins/Doubleday
07:23 AM - Apr 28, 2024
Your daily reminder that only you can give up your humanity. Don’t. You need it, your family, community and work needs it. And importantly our country needs it. We need it to vote, to speak truth to power- to win.
05:03 PM - Apr 27, 2024
This is a diatom, a single-celled algae, ancient but still plentiful. They live in the oceans and other waters. They produce about 40% of the oxygen on Earth. They have a silicate exoskeleton and a lipid interior, and the trillions of their dead bodies sinking to the ocean floors gave us oil.
06:33 PM - Apr 27, 2024
Will I find a community one day? I hope so. I know that if I do, they’ll have to be able to nurture safe spaces for extroverts and introverts. Or else I won’t stick around because I won’t be welcomed.
07:08 PM - Apr 27, 2024
Growing up for me, fear and anxiety was about earthquakes, nuclear weapons/Russia, and gang violence.
I never would have imagined, in a million years, that tfg possibly becoming a dictator accountable to nobody, was the real threat to my and countless other people's livelihoods.
I never would have imagined, in a million years, that tfg possibly becoming a dictator accountable to nobody, was the real threat to my and countless other people's livelihoods.
08:09 PM - Apr 25, 2024
I will never understand the spectacle that is the NFL Draft. Like, I get curious about who will be picked, but to go and travel there to witness it. No thanks. To each their own! Enjoy it as you see fit, but I will do so from my home.
08:04 PM - Apr 25, 2024
So, the last time I posted I was bitching about work.
One week ago my husband asked for a divorce, packed and left, all within about 24 hours.
I'm here at the condo picking up the pieces.
Hope y'all are well, positive vibes requested.
One week ago my husband asked for a divorce, packed and left, all within about 24 hours.
I'm here at the condo picking up the pieces.
Hope y'all are well, positive vibes requested.
08:05 PM - Apr 25, 2024
In response to Pam I.
The 6 know what the rule of law means and know that democracy is at stake but chose to remain in the good graces of TFG.
Our solution is to vote for Biden/Harris, take back the House, and hold on to the Senate. Without those 3 things, packing the court and so much else is not possible.
Our solution is to vote for Biden/Harris, take back the House, and hold on to the Senate. Without those 3 things, packing the court and so much else is not possible.
08:07 PM - Apr 25, 2024
The "self made man" story, the Repubs trot out all the time, is a myth...
06:12 PM - Apr 25, 2024
Donate to CWK if you can.
abcnews.go.com
At emotional DC memorial, Chef José Andrés mourns 7 World Central Kitchen aid workers killed by Israeli airstrikes
Andrés said he "will not forget what they did for the hungry and for the world." World Central Kitchen founder José Andrés delivered emotional and, at times, stirring remarks to an interfaith cele...
06:47 PM - Apr 25, 2024
The ability of US history to horrify me has no limit. The reason the GQP doesn't want children to learn this history or DEI is so their corporate overlords can continue to rape and pillage the world unchecked.
https://pca.st/episode/8d5...
https://pca.st/episode/8d5...
06:50 PM - Apr 25, 2024
We've become infected with what-about-isms and it's killed real debate and discussion. The constant redirect to what-about kills our ability to connect and learn from each other. UGH
07:28 PM - Apr 25, 2024
Dear white people this pertains to,
It has to be Ok to point out white people terrible at their job/position without having to provide an equivalent black person terrible at their job/position. We already have the realization of this truth. Thin skin much?
Real talk.
It has to be Ok to point out white people terrible at their job/position without having to provide an equivalent black person terrible at their job/position. We already have the realization of this truth. Thin skin much?
Real talk.
07:29 PM - Apr 25, 2024
In response to Derek Croucher.
Seriously thinking about ordering the print to have framed. I love this one! A LOT!
09:45 AM - Apr 25, 2024
In response to Anton Brakhage.
And many are “former” slave states:
https://medium.com/the-ant... (Map needs update)
https://medium.com/the-ant... (Map needs update)
05:12 AM - Apr 22, 2024
I've done a lot of stupid shit in my life but I never showed off Mark Milley's classified plans to attack Iran to random dipshits who happened to be wandering through my vermin-infested golf motel
07:04 PM - May 31, 2023
Once again, we see that it is actually less expensive to just give people money than to penalize them for being poor. We don't do it because we can't afford to help them. We do it because our society views poverty as a sin to be punished
#TheCrueltyIsThePoint #PovertyIsAPolicyChoice #BasicIncomeNow
#TheCrueltyIsThePoint #PovertyIsAPolicyChoice #BasicIncomeNow
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Yay, it's GrrlScientist! SciComm at Forbes ⧖ Ⓥ @grrlscientistProviding $7500 each to 50 homeless ppl resulted in savings of $8100 per person according to new unconditional cash grant experiment04:41 AM - Apr 22, 2024
https://basicincometoday.c...
04:48 AM - Apr 22, 2024
#SpoutingClassics #LaidbackTracks
A favorite. The carillon near the art museum sometimes plays a section of this.
A favorite. The carillon near the art museum sometimes plays a section of this.
Seong-Jin Cho – Debussy: Suite bergamasque, L.75: III. Clair de lune - YouTube
Listen to Debussy’s 3rd Movement “Clair de Lune” on his “Suite bergamasque” played by Seong-Jin Cho. On the eve of the 100th anniversary of Claude Debussy’s ...
02:30 PM - Apr 21, 2024
(Edited)
6 Threaded Spouts
It’s interesting to me how quickly some people stop spouting here or delete their accounts and go right back to the bird they say they hate when folks here call them on their bullshit.
Mr. B never said folks on Spoutible would be fine with everything someone says.
Something that’s become…
Mr. B never said folks on Spoutible would be fine with everything someone says.
Something that’s become…
01:39 PM - Jan 12, 2024
Starting? We got ours 2 years ago and if you Cox in AZ definitely switch. It just works all the time without lag or rebooting
10:26 AM - Apr 21, 2024
Whoa, whoa, whoa there, CNN. A Churchill would have called the vote for a popular bipartisan bill like this months ago without needing all the external pressure. Johnson is still a self serving MAGA.
cnn.com
By passing Ukraine aid, the accidental speaker became an unlikely Churchill | CNN Politics
Republican Speaker Mike Johnson showed political courage that is rare in Washington and notable legislative skill for an inexperienced leader in forcing a long-delayed $60 billion aid bill for Ukraine through the House of Representatives on Saturday.
09:46 AM - Apr 21, 2024
Let's hear some more about liberal victories - in this case, Shawn Fain and the UAW's successful campaign in TN. On to the rest of the South!
balloon-juice.com
Balloon Juice - Another Hero For Our Times – Shawn Fain
There’s an old saying that when the student is ready, the teacher will appear. It’s not the same, of course, but it strikes me that in these turbulent times, when everything the U.S. stands for is in peril, leaders have appeared. Sheldon Whitehouse is one. Marc Elias is another. ProPu..
03:43 PM - Apr 20, 2024
In the spirit of introducing myself to my new Spoutible community, meet Queen Bella. This sassy Boxer-Dane mix is shown ignoring her human peasant’s plea to stay out of the new fence in progress area. If you listen closely you can hear her eyes rolling 🙄 #doglogic
11:32 AM - Apr 20, 2024
And they will find a palatable-to-white-people polite facist to back next time. We got oddly lucky trump was so incompetent and greedy. Next time the facists will use the system to crush opposition like in Turkey, Hungary, and Russia
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Ground Control @MrTCB15Andrew Vachss said it best: "Some people, we forgive at our peril." That certainly applies to this crowd. The moment MAGA is gone, they will rebuild and adapt to this century. And I cannot shake a terrible suspicion that some of the forgiving will come along.04:25 PM - Apr 20, 2024
04:36 PM - Apr 20, 2024
Day 1 without Post. It’s so sad I can’t start my day hitting that pretty P icon. No disrespect to Spoutible. I am really glad to be a part of the new-to-me community but it’s bittersweet 😢🤗 #postrefugee
11:13 AM - Apr 20, 2024
