#PennedPossibilities 838 — MC POV: You’re on your death bed. Who do you want by your side?

[Bolt:] There's no way I can imagine a peaceful death at this point, more of someone having stabbed me in the stomach and gloating as I lie in a gutter. I want nobody there. Alone would mean the mob didn't discover my name, didn't find where my family lives, or didn't notice those people who insist on being my friend who I try to push away because I'm poison to associate with. What a horrible thing to ask!

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Cliff’s Notes For Week Ending November 2nd

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kolektiva.social/@MikeDunnAuth… MikeDunnAuthor@kolektiva.social - In 1971, Ariel Dorfman and Armand Mattelart published “How to Read Donald Duck,” a book-length essay critiquing Disney comics as capitalist propaganda for U.S. corporate and cultural imperialism. It became a bestseller throughout Latin America and is still considered a seminal work in cultural studies. It was first published in Valparaiso, Chile when Allende was in power. Pinochet banned it and conducted public book burnings.

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Attached: 1 image In 1971, Ariel Dorfman and Armand Mattelart published “How to Read Donald Duck,” a book-length essay critiquing Disney comics as capitalist propaganda for U.S. corporate and cultural imperialism.

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How to read Donald Duck : imperialist ideology in the Disney comic : Dorfman, Ariel
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kolektiva.social/@MikeDunnAuth… MikeDunnAuthor@kolektiva.social - In 1971, Ariel Dorfman and Armand Mattelart published “How to Read Donald Duck,” a book-length essay critiquing Disney comics as capitalist propaganda for U.S. corporate and cultural imperialism. It became a bestseller throughout Latin America and is still considered a seminal work in cultural studies. It was first published in Valparaiso, Chile when Allende was in power. Pinochet banned it and conducted public book burnings.

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Hi writers!

There are writing challenges springing up to replace NaNoWriMo this year. If you're someone who's considering trying one, here's the advice that I shared for years while I still participated.

HINT: There's more to it than writing.

I "won" these nine times back in the day, and learned a lot, not just from experience, but from observing the mistakes others made.

Hope it helps.

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Benefits and Challenges of Tackling a November Writing Challenge

Before NaNoWriMo’s swift downward spiral and demise, I won it nine times, mostly by great margins. Now, other November challenges are springing up to replace it, so I’m resurrecting my advice from …

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Le Guin refused a Nebula Award for her story "The Diary of the Rose" in 1977, in protest of the Science Fiction Writers of America's revocation of Stanisław Lem's membership. Le Guin attributed the revocation to Lem's criticism of American science fiction and willingness to live in the Eastern Bloc of states, and said she felt reluctant to receive an award "for a story about political intolerance from a group that had just displayed political intolerance" — en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ursula_K…

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Quick And Effective Ways To Lock And Secure Your Mac

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Hybrid-PDF - etwas, was MS-Word nicht kann:

Libre Office Writer kann nicht nur "normale" PDF-Dokumente erstellen. Zusätzlich kann Writer ein Hybrid-Format nutzen.

Sieht wie jede andere PDF-Datei aus und kann auch so weitergegeben werden. Zusätzlich lässt sich die Datei aber im ursprünglichen Writer-Format öffnen (keine Konvertierung wie bei anderen Tools).

Kleiner Artikel dazu in den nächsten Tagen:

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Review: Redragon Antonium K728 Pro Keyboard

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Taken this day, 2013, Babylon 5 & Tron's Bruce Boxleitner visiting Forbidden Planet flickr.com/photos/woolamaloo_g…

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Bruce Boxleitner signing Forbidden Planet Edinburgh 04

Actor and writer Bruce Boxleitner paid a return visit to Forbidden Planet Edinburgh this afternoon. Well loved for his roles in Babylon 5 and Tron among his many other roles in his career, Bruce is now co-creator of a very interesting new project, th…

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I posted my Edinburgh Fringe diary on my substack, and I'm making it free for everyone this month AS A TREAT

Hope you like it, hope you share it, hope you subscribe 😀

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#ScribesAndMakers Sep 1
With many new people here, let's do another round of introductions. Tell us something about yourself and your creativity

I'd say I'm a #writer and #artist who limits posts to #WritersLife content on patreon.com/c/verses

I have #photography and some #art on redbubble.com/people/clarablac…

I have a bit up elsewhere as well but I need to rework my "online pressence".

Currently writing a Fantasy series and putting together my yearly #zine for that through Patreon.

My novel Water Dogs is listed in Storygraph, so please consider leaving a fabulous review there!

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Water Dogs by

1970s midwest punk rock teenagers gain superpowers and save the universe with the help of underwa...

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Hi. This blog mostly features my adorable cats, Joey and Sheena. Thank you for occasionally indulging me when I post non-feline things.

I just published my novel, Water Dogs. It's the best book about midwestern teens from the 1970s discovering punk rock and saving the universe that I've ever written. Please buy lots of copies from Barnes & Noble (or Amazon).

Screenplays for Movies and TV Shows

On this website you will find thousands of screenplays for movies and TV shows. My goal is to create a useful educational resource for screenwriters - reading screenplays is a great way to learn from more experienced peers. It's also a fun and fascinating way to look "behind the scenes" of your favorite movies and TV shows

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Today, I will spend my day updating my old molasses-slow Windows 10 laptop to Fedora Cinnamon, mainly so I can use the free version of Scrivener for my writing.

Most of that time will be spent waiting for my laptop to actually start and be responsive so I can check I don't need to back up anything important.

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20+ years of creating art professionally and writing poetry for self care = 5 books! High end 80# paper 100 full color pages. Large at 8.5x11 and suitable for framing.

HERE: artwanted.com/sharoncummingsar…

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Today in Labor History, July 23, 1944: Madeleine Riffaud, 19, got off her bicycle, pulled out a gun, and assassinated a Nazi military officer as he took a stroll over the river Seine. She was pursued by French collaborators with the Nazis, beaten, tortured and imprisoned in a concentration camp. She escaped, but was later caught, eventually being released in a prisoner swap. She then joined the armed uprising against the Nazis. After the war, she became a journalist for the Communist newspaper L'Humanité, and other left-wing publications, reporting on anti-colonial rebellions in Algeria and Vietnam. She also wrote poetry and a memoir: On l'appelait Rainer (Called Rainer).

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Review: HOZO Design NeoRuler

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Some of the photos from my newsletter THE PENNY GAFF this month

Also: A ridiculous story about me and David Blaine!

Read it at - open.substack.com/pub/matricar…

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came across this on the post below and really vibed with it, thought i'd repost it with alt-text.

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Celebrating Juneteenth

Photography by Carl Van Vechten in 1950s Harlem:

1) actor James Earl Jones
2) writer James Baldwin
3) Billie Holiday
4) writer WEB DuBois

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Celebrating Juneteenth

Photography by Carl Van Vechten in 1950s Harlem:

1) writer Zora Neal Hurston
2) singer Joyce Bryant
3) actress Carmen De Lavallade
4) painter Ladybird Cleveland

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heavenly tinkle
echoes through eternity
it's only the wind

#dailyhaikuprompt - wind chimes

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#introduction time! I'm a #climate #UrbanPlanning #CleanEnergy and #tech nerd who loves thinking about system-level solutions and riding my #ElectricBike eveywhere

When not biking to my job working in #SolarPower, I'm learning #french, a #gamer and #solarpunk #writer - check out my first book at howtosurfahurricane.com/

How to Surf a Hurricane

How far is Moro willing to go to steal top-secret batteries from his family? A solarpunk heist novel set in 2040, combining thrilling action with a hopeful perspective on climate change adaptation.

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fantastic piece by @megapolisomancy.bsky.social

highly recommend for any #writer of #horror #weirdfiction or (ironically perhaps) #solarpunk

"Weird fiction inspires us to take something liberatory from our reading, to think of our received ideologies critically so that we can offer utopian responses to the weird realities..."

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Reading Weird Fiction in an Age of Fascism

Zachary Gillan I have been thinking, for obvious reasons, about living in a world of reactionary politics, and about the political valences of the irreal, and about ARB’s insistence upon the radica…

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In a world where metrics of “success” are money or status, I’m as susceptible as anyone to focusing on the wrong things.

Then I meet a couple opening an #indiebookstore or a young #writer and I remember these events are about connection and inspiration (not sales).

(Sales are also nice haha)

Gelöst | Frage: Libreoffice Writer Dokument als durchgehendes PDF Dokument exportieren?

Wie kann man in LibreOffice Writer ein Dokument so als PDF so exportieren, dass das fertige PDF keine einzelnen Seiten hat, sondern ein durchgehendes Dokument ist? Also ähnlich wie die Webansicht im Writer.

Danke für Eure Tipps und Hilfe im Voraus

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