Sometimes You Need Dialogue Tags And Don't Want To Use The Same Four

"I`ve lived to bury my desires…", Alexander Pushkin (translated by Maurice Baring)

Dear usamericans, can I interest you in an online copy of Civil Disobedience and The Theory of the Leisure Class ? As someone from a country where protesting is second-nature, I feel inclined to share these essays. They may be old, but they hold up surprisingly well in today's capitalistic hellscape. So read up! Knowledge is power.

jess allen, the passing of time (2023)

Hegseth is now going after Gen Mark Milley.

Going to remove his security detail and be demoted in retirement.

Hope every veteran who served and voted for this sees how a decorated general is thrown away like garbage, by an alcoholic television host, simply for putting the Constitution over an individual.

I've been trying to distract myself from the horrors of modern life by knitting unnecessarily complex cable swatches. They are partly inspired by printer's ornaments and other typographic elements.

“Mythos, in Greek,” said Borges, “is not a story that is false. It is a story that is more than true. Myth is a tear in the fabric of reality, and immense energies pour through these holy fissures. Our stories, our poems, are rips in this fabric as well, however slight.”

Jorge Luis Borges, quoted by Jay Parini in Borges and Me

Guys, where do you get your book recs? And do you have recs? (Of books or of bootuber/ig/substack/podcast/...)

Citlali Haro (Mexican, 1991) - Daydream (2025)

I made a video breaking zero laws and violating zero terms of service stating that refusing to let Luigi Mangione use the restroom until he wet himself and then photographing him in his soiled clothing is a form of torture and it’s especially heinous because he hasn’t even been found guilty and TikTok dirty deleted I fucking hate that platform

I want you to remember:

The fascists hate you too and they just will pretend otherwise until after they've killed the rest of us, before they turn on you.