Welp, @Marvel has *badly* embarrassed itself. The cowardice they've demonstrated is just dazzling.

I'm going to distract myself from this bullshit by purchasing some of @ChuckWendig's books, and you should, too.

@Marvel @ChuckWendig DAMN FINE STORY is a book Chuck wrote about how to write real good! Chuck knows all about writing real good. You should buy it:

https://t.co/v1t1RwGYn9
BLACKBIRDS is the first book in Chuck's Miriam Black series. It has one of the best opening paragraphs I've ever read in my god damn life. You should buy it:

https://t.co/DqtEbdUXQX
INVASIVE is a book Chuck wrote about how nature and the future are terrifying! The concept makes my skin itch. You should buy it:

https://t.co/NBQIodHYKE
Under the Empyrean Sky is the first book in a trilogy Chuck wrote! It's about agriculture and class and look you guys, just, "Fear The Corn" is the truest phrase in the english language. You should buy it:

https://t.co/mdWCR2bnY9
THE BLUE BLAZES is, no lie, one of my favorite books. Mookie Pearl is the protagonist of my heart. You guys know I love crimes, and also underbellies, and also butchery, and also the supernatural, and this book delivers it all. You should buy it:

https://t.co/idmIu4KKcD
Chuck Wendig has written A ZILLION books. These are just a few highlights, but seriously, his back-catalogue will keep you in clover until the end of time. Take your Marvel money and use it on some of these books instead.
Calls for 'civility' come from people who are trying to position themselves as reasonable, and who are trying to position those who object to their tactics and ideals as unreasonable aggressors.

Let me say this as roundly as I can: fuck that *entire* shit.
In moments of crisis or horror or emergency or fear - moments like the one we as a nation are living in now - "be civil" means "act like everything's okay."

When things are not okay, it's appropriate to react as though things are not okay.
Don't be fucking civil. Don't be apolitical. Don't pretend that things are okay just because someone says you have to. Don't speak softly so as not to bother the people who hurt you and your community. Fuck that noise.

Anyway: @ChuckWendig does good work. Go buy his books.

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#தினம்_ஒரு_திருவாசகம்
தொல்லை இரும்பிறவிச் சூழும் தளை நீக்கி
அல்லல் அறுத்து ஆனந்தம் ஆக்கியதே – எல்லை
மருவா நெறியளிக்கும் வாதவூர் எங்கோன்
திருவாசகம் என்னும் தேன்

பொருள்:
1.எப்போது ஆரம்பித்தது என அறியப்படமுடியாத தொலை காலமாக (தொல்லை)

2. இருந்து வரும் (இரும்)


3.பிறவிப் பயணத்திலே ஆழ்த்துகின்ற (பிறவி சூழும்)

4.அறியாமையாகிய இடரை (தளை)

5.அகற்றி (நீக்கி),

6.அதன் விளைவால் சுகதுக்கமெனும் துயரங்கள் விலக (அல்லல் அறுத்து),

7.முழுநிறைவாய்த் தன்னுளே இறைவனை உணர்த்துவதே (ஆனந்த மாக்கியதே),

8.பிறந்து இறக்கும் காலவெளிகளில் (எல்லை)

9.பிணைக்காமல் (மருவா)

10.காக்கும் மெய்யறிவினைத் தருகின்ற (நெறியளிக்கும்),

11.என் தலைவனான மாணிக்க வாசகரின் (வாதவூரெங்கோன்)

12.திருவாசகம் எனும் தேன் (திருவா சகமென்னுந் தேன்)

முதல்வரி: பிறவி என்பது முன்வினை விதையால் முளைப்பதோர் பெருமரம். அந்த ‘முன்வினை’ எங்கு ஆரம்பித்தது எனச் சொல்ல இயலாது. ஆனால் ‘அறியாமை’ ஒன்றே ஆசைக்கும்,, அச்சத்துக்கும் காரணம் என்பதால், அவையே வினைகளை விளைவிப்பன என்பதால், தொடர்ந்து வரும் பிறவிகளுக்கு, ‘அறியாமையே’ காரணம்

அறியாமைக்கு ஆரம்பம் கிடையாது. நமக்கு ஒரு பொருளைப் பற்றிய அறிவு எப்போதிருந்து இல்லை? அதைச் சொல்ல முடியாது. அதனாலேதான் முதலடியில், ஆரம்பமில்லாத அஞ்ஞானத்தை பிறவிகளுக்குக் காரணமாகச் சொல்லியது. ஆனால் அறியாமை, அறிவின் எழுச்சியால், அப்போதே முடிந்து விடும்.

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The benign product is sovereign programmable money, which is historically a niche interest of folks with a relatively clustered set of beliefs about the state, the literary merit of Snow Crash, and the utility of gold to the modern economy.

This product has narrow appeal and, accordingly, is worth about as much as everything else on a 486 sitting in someone's basement is worth.

The other product is investment scams, which have approximately the best product market fit of anything produced by humans. In no age, in no country, in no city, at no level of sophistication do people consistently say "Actually I would prefer not to get money for nothing."

This product needs the exchanges like they need oxygen, because the value of it is directly tied to having payment rails to move real currency into the ecosystem and some jurisdictional and regulatory legerdemain to stay one step ahead of the banhammer.