The opening scene of 'The Winds of Winter' featured the first-ever use of a piano in the show
Ramin Djawadi wanted the audience to feel something was out of the ordinary right at the beginning and make them pay closer attention to the tension of the scene
Your daily reminder that the insulin I’ve used for 24 years, Humalog, has gone from $21 a vial to $275 a vial with no changes to the insulin or even the packaging. That’s a 1200% increase on a hormone every human requires to live, but my body can’t make. I die in 48 hours w/o it
The term “Orwellian” is often accompanied by confirmation bias. There’s definitely a literary context has only so much flexibility in its interpretation.
No one can tell me that if it had been a group of Black Lives Matter protestors yesterday that they wouldn’t have been treated very differently than the mob that stormed the Capitol.
We all know that’s true — and it’s unacceptable.
"We gather due to a selfish man's injured pride. And the outrage of supporters who he has deliberately misinformed for the past two months - and stirred to action this very morning. What happened...was an insurrection, incited by the President of the United States."
@MittRomney
Wendell Berry’s “pleasingly unoriginal” formula for a good life:
Slow down.
Pay attention.
Do good work.
Love your neighbors.
Love your place.
Stay in your place.
Settle for less, enjoy it more.
This week taught me loads of people think the Jedi in the prequels were Good Guys who did everything right, instead of inhuman militarized priests whose hypocritical arrogance directly contributed to the fall of The Republic.
GOP: “We can’t do $1200 checks. That’s irresponsible. Think of the deficit.”
Also GOP: “As part of a COVID deal we are allocating $1.4 billion to build a xenophobic campaign stunt wall that falls down in the wind even though we promised voters other countries would pay for it.”