Moderation defines community. Moderate like 4Chan, and you will have 4Chanās audience. @Devilstower@mstdn.socially
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Sep 2, 2023 ā¢ 16 tweets ā¢ 3 min read
This is a horror story. In fact, itās a horror story about a horror story.
This would be an excellent spot to stop reading.
In 1993, I wrote a short story with a decidedly downbeat tone. It was so downbeat that the note I got back from Gardner Dozois, who was then-the editor at Asimovās Science Fiction magazine, was, āI rarely say this, but this is too dark.ā ā¦
May 28, 2023 ā¢ 13 tweets ā¢ 3 min read
In May 1933, several thousand people gathered in Berlinās Opera Square. They brought with them booksā25,000 of themāfrom authors such as Ernest Hemingway, Helen Keller, Jack London, and Albert Einstein. At the end of the evening, they piled the books into a great mound. ā¦
Thenāwith a band playing and universal applauseāthey burned them. As the flames roared up, the crowd heard a speech from Minister of Enlightenment Joseph Goebbels. The era of critical race theory is over, Goebbels told them. Then he said that the flames would end to wokeness. ā¦