@quinn The broader world is as foreign to many Americans as California is to Florida or Utah is to New York.
Its an important part of understanding and facing our challenges.
Most folks aren't so different but the belief that they are makes them coil up into tiny worlds and tiny lives, fearful of every possible source of joy and thus angry at every possible theft of joy that's within that tiny worldview.
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@quinn@social.circl.lu Americans also often don't travel within our own country.
One of my current neighbors thinks she would need pepper spray to travel abroad and she's disinterested in traveling more than a state or two away from home. She's so extremely angry but the other neighbors are so sweet to her. The fear has her trapped in this small corner of life and the smallness of her life has her angry, resentful, and clingy.
Folks have ideas about the other states informed by tv and news.
One of my current neighbors thinks she would need pepper spray to travel abroad and she's disinterested in traveling more than a state or two away from home. She's so extremely angry but the other neighbors are so sweet to her. The fear has her trapped in this small corner of life and the smallness of her life has her angry, resentful, and clingy.
Folks have ideas about the other states informed by tv and news.
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Feb 26, 2026
Wanted to share James Stout's survey and Patreon in general because he's a thoughtful journalist who often highlights less featured stories about immigration:
https://www.patreon.com/posts/outdoor-access-151740183
He also has his new book:
https://bookshop.org/p/books/against-the-state-anarchists-and-comrades-at-war-in-spain-myanmar-and-rojava-james-stout/95e3b2c0ccd737e8
He had posted on BlueSky but I think his work would have a lot of interest here.
#journalism #outdoors #hiking #accessibility #nature #mutualAid #books #writers
https://www.patreon.com/posts/outdoor-access-151740183
He also has his new book:
https://bookshop.org/p/books/against-the-state-anarchists-and-comrades-at-war-in-spain-myanmar-and-rojava-james-stout/95e3b2c0ccd737e8
He had posted on BlueSky but I think his work would have a lot of interest here.
#journalism #outdoors #hiking #accessibility #nature #mutualAid #books #writers
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Feb 26, 2026
For folks who might be having a rough time, here's some #cats
I will note that its just one cat in the shot.
#CatsofMastodon #catstodon
I will note that its just one cat in the shot.
#CatsofMastodon #catstodon
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Writer, Artist and Bookdragon with a varied interest in science, history, humanities, biology, technology, food and books. Profile banner image is a blurry ethereal image of fluffy brittle plants in the winter. Profile image is ephemera of a feather, a sprig of rosemary, a rosebud and a broken butterfly wing. Posts are set to auto delete over time. For less words and more pictures: https://pixelfed.social/clarablackink
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Dec 28, 2025
#WritersCoffeeClub 12/27. How can we as writers support one another?
By remembering that we need a large community of writers & readers. Not as individuals building a fandom but as people who want storytelling to exist.
We each build our own corners of knowledge but we reside in the same broader community & it remains vitally important to support each other, to support readers & to make our community a place of refuge for those who nurture it rather than uplifting a few successful tyrants.
By remembering that we need a large community of writers & readers. Not as individuals building a fandom but as people who want storytelling to exist.
We each build our own corners of knowledge but we reside in the same broader community & it remains vitally important to support each other, to support readers & to make our community a place of refuge for those who nurture it rather than uplifting a few successful tyrants.
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@cstross@wandering.shop I don't know Linda was the one who drafted this but she did talk a sex abuse survivor out of compensation years back. This lawsuit related to that incident: https://abcnews.go.com/US/linda-mcmahons-alleged-wwe-sexual-abuse-lawsuit-paused/story?id=116558050
Just, perhaps important to underscore this type of leadership and professionalism in this moment.
Just, perhaps important to underscore this type of leadership and professionalism in this moment.
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Nov 14, 2025
@cstross@wandering.shop Given that every tech guy (and a few gals girlbossing too hard) are basically every creepy, dangerous horror movie child but grown up...I guess it makes sense that they'd make demonic dolls from hell.
What else would you make if you'd stopped becoming the creepy child? Go on a speaking tour about the anti-Christ? Mr. Reptile is already doing that.
What else would you make if you'd stopped becoming the creepy child? Go on a speaking tour about the anti-Christ? Mr. Reptile is already doing that.
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