This is a link to an article that explains how and why Trump rose to power.

What's more, it explains the motivations behind the people who voted for him; also, it came out on October 12, so, you know, prescient.

I dunno if you want to understand the half of the country that elected a rapist to the highest office in the land, but I found it enlightening :-( :-(

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It's Humansville.

No, seriously.

That town exists, and it makes Ponyville marginally make more sense.

From the pen of Ken White, on the blog Popehat:

I've been reading political sites and blogs and twitter feeds and such for years now. Thanks to all of that reading, and some deep thought, I think I finally understand the key distinction in American politics.

I understand the difference between Us and Them.

You know who I mean. You're one of Us, right? And that guy — and those people — they're part of Them.

So. What have I learned about the difference between Us and Them?

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Definitely not me. Nope.

I beat the final level of Super Hexagon.

Wonderful.

I have beaten the third level of Super Hexagon, an incredibly difficult game whose easiest level is labelled “hard”, and which only becomes harder from there.

This is…an actually momentous achievement. To give you an idea, I’m in the top 4% of all players who have downloaded this game.

I am NOT going to belittle this achievement: it was damned hard, and I’m literally happy I managed to do this.

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I await speculation

And which I actually don’t like hating all that much:

"War and Peace" I want those five days of my life back. DIE DIE DIE DIE DIE DIE.

Dreadlocks: a hair style which makes you smelly, is hell to clean, and which generally implies you want to be garbage in life.

Spelling errors. ESPECIALLY those that spellcheck doesn’t catch.

Artichokes. More like go choke on something and die.

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I have decided to start writing again! Or rather, to keep writing.
Given it's such a big willpower expenditure for me, it's hard.
But I want to get better, and...I like being in this community.
And I want to make better things, and to improve.

Anyway!

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Go read Rivers of Babylon by A hoof full of dust!
It's awesome!