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The Gilded Age | Full Documentary | AMERICAN EXPERIENCE | PBS YouTube video by American Experience | PBS

Pretty important doc here. Was reeling a bit at the scope and breadth of what was going on, and the unstoppable nature of it. youtu.be/yjpYzFtxfjU?...

If you’re in the US, you can watch PBS for free using the app. There’s a series of documentaries called American Experience that’s really good—each is about a different event in history.

Go watch The one about the Gilded Age in season 30.

It feels so familiar, it’s genuinely eerie.

Oh my god

A Deadly Unidentified Disease Has Emerged in the DRC More than 50 people have died in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, most within 48 hours of the onset of symptoms. Initial analysis suggests neither Ebola nor Marburg is the cause.

Cool cool. Everything’s fine. www.wired.com/story/a-dead...

He so handsome

Photo of the book “everything must go”

Yall need to read this book!! So good.

What literary dystopia do you think we’re headed for? Snow Crash, Judge Dredd, Blade Runner, or another one?

Done, commented and requested response

#Washington folks: HB 1584 is an attempt to take away vote by mail in our state, forcing us to only vote in-person on election days. Making it harder for people to vote is voter suppression. Use the link to message state reps and tell them to reject this bill!

Subscribed to Wired again for the first time in several decades.

They create chaos to give the illusion of control through a flurry of conflicting and over the top acts.

Pessimism warns us about the dangers to come, but it also delivers a dose of poison that tells us we don’t have problem-solving skills, and that there’s no hope left.

How Climate Change Will Help China And Russia Wage Hybrid War Increased refugee flows, weather threats, and declining food security will deepen tensions already being exploited to divide and weaken the U.S. and its allies.

“Indeed, China, Russia, and other hostile states can use climate change as a new tool in blended aggression (often called hybrid warfare) against the West.”

At COP27, climate change framed as battle for survival World leaders and diplomats framed the fight against global warming as a battle for human survival during opening speeches at the COP27 climate summit in Egypt on Monday, with the head of the United Nations declaring a lack of progress so far had the world speeding down a “highway to hell”.

"We are on a highway to climate hell with our foot on the accelerator."

LOTR Fellowship of the Rings (extended version) through the lens of current events is pretty real.
“Even the smallest person can change the course of the future.”

Mind games includes blaming you for the results of things *they* have done or caused to happen.

#narcissism
How to protect yourself:
1. Set clear boundaries
2. Limit emotional engagement
3. Document everything
4. Gray rock method
5. Strategize in the background to protect yourself (no-contact, protection orders, etc.)

#narcissism
The narcissistic cycle goes like this:
1. Idealization (love-bombing)
2. Devaluation (includes mind games, gaslighting, stonewalling, and no-win scenarios)
3. Repetition of 1, 2, and 3 (just to keep you in the game)
4. Discard

#narcissism
Narcissists intentionally target people who they believe are easier to exploit or manipulate. This may include people who are socially isolated or lonely, have a history of trauma or abuse, or have low self-esteem.

there’s a bill on the floor rn to outlaw gender affirming care for minors in washington, PLEASE go to this link and select "oppose." takes 30 sec. examples on stuff to say in thread!
app.leg.wa.gov/pbc/bill/1038