pierce

wordy dilettante (he/him)

[pierce @pierceindeed]

mr beast seems to be promising a gameshow adaptation of The Ones Who Walk Away From Omelas

[pierce @pierceindeed]

Mr police I gave you all the clues

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megalopolis is a movie about the magical power of going on a travelator for the first time

[pierce @pierceindeed]

zadie smith in the new yorker:

[wint @dril]

the wise man bowed his head solemnly and spoke: "theres actually zero difference between good & bad things. you imbecile. you fucking moron"

[pierce @pierceindeed]

help I'm being gangstalked by the new york times

[pierce @pierceindeed]

as Dr King once said, I have a dream... that people will be judged not by how often they shower, but by the content of their microbiome

[pierce @pierceindeed]

This paper will / this paper has

[pierce @pierceindeed]

@pagemelt huge respect for the clarity and serenity of 'I don't like it'. if u don't like it... hit da bricks!

[pierce @pierceindeed]

tired: defending that Cut piece

wired: defending Yoko Ono's pioneering feminist performance art work Cut Piece (1964)

[gaming disorder pawg @roun_sa_ville]

Words became a useless vehicle to convey the scale of Israel’s barbarity long before this, but the evils unfolding here are unlike anything I’ve ever seen

[pierce @pierceindeed]

@SpencerGuard @CNN @CNNOpinion based on your combat tours & qualifications it seems important to distinguish between 'expert in doing urban warfare' and 'expert in human rights and international law'. an expert at pounding beers isn't a psychologist of alcoholism, you know?

[pierce @pierceindeed]

@pagemelt this is impeccable, feels like it should be a clue in some perfectly designed retro mystery

[pierce @pierceindeed]

a lot of aus media even 'progressive' types have dropped the ball when it comes to saying hey genocide is bad actually. Overland coming in with a banger reading list & long proud history of solidarity & advocacy

[evelyn araluen @evelynaraluen]

Too many people have expressed outrage at our advocacy for Palestine. You haven't been paying attention. Here's some of the incredible perspectives on Palestine Overland has published over the years ✊🏾

[pierce @pierceindeed]

Clive Barker, 'In The Hills, The Cities'

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@composer_chris Chris I will librett this for free any day of the week

[pierce @pierceindeed]

@davidfrum As a journalist, could you provide specific examples of this, rather than slandering a whole diverse sector? Imagine if an academic said that Islamophobia was rampant in journalism, politics and natsec to the extent that it led to a series of ill-considered and murderous wars.

[pierce @pierceindeed]

@geoffrey_cain Geoffrey Cain's FBI buddy: Proud to announce we've invented The Perfect Police State from Geoffrey Cain's classic book, 'Don't Invent the Perfect Police State'

[Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @OlufemiOTaiwo]

the world would be better off if it had more actual, committed, principled pacifists. but I suspect that what we have instead are mostly people who believe that violence is only the legitimate province of some people, and what is morally required of everyone else is submission

[Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @OlufemiOTaiwo]

i like teaching lefty theory as much as the next guy but I can rarely do better at explaining the connection between capital and social-political domination than just pointing at what the guys with the capital do and say