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"One likely reason for these gains is that the GOP offers narratives for meaning-making that appeal to young men who feel that modern society is depriving them of a meaningful life." (via @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social‬ )

"The trouble is, people too easily see social decay as a problem of excessive autonomy, rather than of deficient reciprocity." --𝑇ℎ𝑒𝑜𝑟𝑦 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑃𝑟𝑎𝑐𝑡𝑖𝑐𝑒 𝑜𝑓 𝑂𝑙𝑖𝑔𝑎𝑟𝑐ℎ𝑖𝑐 𝐶𝑜𝑙𝑙𝑒𝑐𝑡𝑖𝑣𝑖𝑠𝑚

This will always be true.

tree stripped down · to the mistletoe
cares curated richly · causes reft
   in the ordinary afternoon
gates of forgetfulness · gulfs yielding
swart candle · swatch of cairngorm
   orc gossamer ending

"Monotropism explains autistic experiences more coherently and in more depth than other psychological theories of autism have ever managed, but part of that is understanding the many different ways it manifests." (via @helendecruz.net)