we're the links of America...

Because if you're American, then sticking your head in the sand never actually worked as a strategic solution.

And if you're not American, then when your neighbour is poisoning their land, you should still pay attention because that shit's gonna be on your land sooner or later.

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ProPublica: Voting in America Is NUTS. Here’s How to Plan Ahead.

Does America have Capitalist Stockholm Syndrome
Marx was right. Capitalism does produce a false consciousness. Those who’ll never be capitalists are exactly those who defend it most. The imploded middle classes — in Marxist terms, the upper proletariat and the petite bourgeoisie — these days, are capitalist’s staunchest and truest defenders. Not just because they “hope to be capitalists one day” — a cognitive cause. But because capitalism replaced their sense of self.

AO3 and weird stuff

My 'works in collections' page looks nothing like what I expect it to. What the hell does "Best Match" mean when it comes down to it anyway?

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Someone has just updated the date on a fic that was posted in 2015. I know this because I read the fic and then realised I'd already kudosed it, and the two comments on the fic are dated from back then, but it's only one chapter long. I'm willing to accept that AO3 may be playing silly buggers with dates, though.

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A story I was reading was doing reasonably well through a number of chapters...until the "badass" heroine turned into the stereotype of a romance novel damsel and the author took away her agency - so far as I can tell, solely to ramp up the angst. How much do I hate this? LET ME COUNT THE WAYS.

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It seems quite a lot of people like my Bucky/Shuri Wakandan Empire AU and the worldbuilding I packed into it.

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Finally, while flicking through the Steve/Maria pairing tag, I found my last fic for it and was more than a little shocked since it's acquired a shit-ton of kudos since posting and it's not even 350 words long.