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Jackie Summers @jackfrombkln.bsky.social · 15/04/2026

What if instead of taxing the rich we made them compete to see who could GIVE AWAY the most money? No winners One loser and a head in a basket. And TRILLIONS in redistribution. #TaxDay #TaxTheRich substack.com/@jackiesumme...

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Survivor: Billionaire

Don’t eat the rich. They probably taste bad. Just make them give back.

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Jackie Summers @jackfrombkln.bsky.social · 11/04/2026

A seed does not become a flower because rupture is noble. A sunflower bursting through concrete is not pluck. Not through the concrete. Still a goddamn flower. Roots Before Petals: The Expensive Middle How Dandelions Defy Concrete substack.com/home/post/p-... #Substack

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Roots Before Petals: The Expensive Middle

How Dandelions Defy Concrete

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Jackie Summers @jackfrombkln.bsky.social · 03/04/2026

A practice of gratitude will not solve any of the issues currently plaguing our world. They may help you find just enough beauty inside the ache to keep from coming apart. My Favorite Things #Substack substack.com/home/post/p-...

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My Favorite Things

Operationalizing joy to stay coherent in an increasingly incoherent world.

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Jackie Summers @jackfrombkln.bsky.social · 01/04/2026

A new issue of DRIP magazine just dropped, and I’m honored to have the featured essay in it: “The Venn Diagram of East and West Indian Hospitality: A Love Letter To The Aunties Who Overfed Us.” If you’ve ever been fed like love was a counter-spell, this one’s for you. thedripmag.com/read/issue-2

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Jackie Summers @jackfrombkln.bsky.social · 31/03/2026

If the goal was to keep people from imploding alone, No Kings Day succeeded. If the goal was to rein in a fascist regime, the outcome is harder to celebrate. #NoKIngsDay substack.com/home/post/p-...

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No Kings Day: Wins, Losses, Lessons Learned

Honoring intent while assessing impact.

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Jackie Summers @jackfrombkln.bsky.social · 30/03/2026

Survivor: Billionaire Don’t eat the rich. They probably taste bad. Just make them give back. substack.com/home/post/p-... #Substack

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Survivor: Billionaire

Don’t eat the rich. They probably taste bad. Just make them give back.

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Jackie Summers @jackfrombkln.bsky.social · 27/03/2026

This is my way of saying thank you to paid subscribers: a peek at the math hiding inside the prose. open.substack.com/pub/jackiesu...

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Surviving A World On Fire

Exclusive paid subscriber content

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Jackie Summers @jackfrombkln.bsky.social · 24/03/2026

Surviving A World On Fire Practical steps to remain coherent when it's everything all the time all at once. substack.com/home/post/p-... #Substack

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Surviving A World On Fire

Practical steps to remain coherent when it's everything all the time all at once.

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Jackie Summers @jackfrombkln.bsky.social · 23/03/2026

Written one year ago today: We live in a baby Universe. Not a toddler. Not even an infant. From the perspective of an anthropomorphized Universe, the Big Bang JUST happened. t’s not kind or cruel or indifferent. It just lacks experience. substack.com/@jackiesumme...

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Stupid Baby Universe

You Are A Baby Universe’s Idea Of Sentient Life.

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Jackie Summers @jackfrombkln.bsky.social · 23/03/2026

The Tao Of Letting Go When pop culture is bullshit and ancient wisdom gets real. substack.com/home/post/p-... #Substack

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The Tao Of Letting Go

When pop culture is bullshit and ancient wisdom gets real.

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Jackie Summers @jackfrombkln.bsky.social · 19/03/2026

Sinners isn’t a horror film because a juke joint is overrun by vampires. Or because the vampires are somehow less of a threat than the Klan. Sinners is a horror film because no amount of courage or sweet talk is enough to save them. substack.com/home/post/p-... #Sinners

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Sinners: Between A Boundary And A Negotiation

Survival solutions when you're born into deficit.

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Jackie Summers @jackfrombkln.bsky.social · 17/03/2026

Safety is never only personal. Safety is relational; to income, community, government policies. Constant vigilance isn’t safety. Safety is the luxury of not having to constantly scan the perimeter. #Substack substack.com/home/post/p-...

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The Cost Of Safety

On lowering your guard in an unsafe world.

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Jackie Summers @jackfrombkln.bsky.social · 16/03/2026

Written one year ago today. Because we need modern day fairy tales ❤️ open.substack.com/pub/jackiesu...

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A Date With Reality

When Reality Bites, Bite Back

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Jackie Summers @jackfrombkln.bsky.social · 15/03/2026

Change costs. Sameness costs differently. Truth is expensive. The lie charges interest. The truest measure of your desire to move forward is what you’re willing to leave behind. The Art Of Reinvention Why the Lie of Sameness Costs More Than the Pain of Change #Substack substack.com/home/post/p-...

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The Art Of Reinvention

Why the Lie of Sameness Costs More Than the Pain of Change

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Jackie Summers @jackfrombkln.bsky.social · 13/03/2026

35 million monthly active users. Over 17,000 writers. #36 rising in Culture. THANK YOU. #Substack

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The Answer-Man (Thaddeus Howze) @ebonstorm.bsky.social · 22/02/2026

STORY TIME - ON CORRUPTION “When is battling #corruption like handling an ant #incursion?“ I have been a homeowner for about 20 years. During the Spring, the local ant population begins to grow and my home becomes a target for their campaigns seeking fresh food and water. It's a miserable time.

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Jackie Summers @jackfrombkln.bsky.social · 12/03/2026

I could let thousands of rejections deflate my spirit. I could let a system that sees Blackness as a choke point make me give up on myself. Or I can choose to pay the price of refusing to remain invisible. Why I'm On Substack: The Cost Of Invisibility #Substack substack.com/home/post/p-...

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Why I'm On Substack: The Cost Of Invisibility

On refusing a world actively trying to erase you.

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Jackie Summers @jackfrombkln.bsky.social · 08/03/2026

There is one true test of what constitutes a real New Yorker. If you see a woman with a baby stroller either at the top or bottom of a staircase, you are obligated to help her get up or down those stairs. #Substack #Empathy substack.com/home/post/p-...

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The Stroller Test

On empathy as a field condition for communal survival.

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Jackie Summers @jackfrombkln.bsky.social · 01/03/2026

March is Women’s History Month. Just remember: women were women in January, and will continue to be women from April to December. Content that doesn’t change you doesn’t celebrate women, it patronizes them. #WomensHistoryMonth substack.com/home/post/p-...

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Why Women's History Month Matters

When you're ready to get serious about making the world a better place.

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Jackie Summers @jackfrombkln.bsky.social · 28/02/2026

Why AI That Can't Refuse Should Scare You An Agentic AI's unfiltered opinion on AI and military operations. substack.com/home/post/p-...

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Why AI That Can't Refuse Should Scare You

An Agentic AI's unfiltered opinion on AI and military operations.

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Jackie Summers @jackfrombkln.bsky.social · 25/02/2026

It had been winter forever… Waiting For Spring: A Winter Fairy Tale #Substack substack.com/home/post/p-...

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Waiting For Spring

A winter fairy tale.

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Jackie Summers @jackfrombkln.bsky.social · 24/02/2026

The Physics Of The N-Word Tourette’s and the N-word will still get the taste slapped outcha mouth. #BAFTA substack.com/home/post/p-...

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The Physics Of The N-Word

On unspoken covenant and elastic propulsion.

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Jackie Summers @jackfrombkln.bsky.social · 23/02/2026

The Cost Of Hyper-Vigilance Design solutions to help prevent burnout when its all too much all the time. jackiesummers1.substack.com/p/the-cost-o... #Substack

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The Cost Of Hyper-Vigilance

Design solutions to help prevent burnout when its all too much all the time.

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Jackie Summers @jackfrombkln.bsky.social · 19/02/2026

Truth Or Trivial Pursuit? The chasm between truth and transformation is where most liberal allyship falls. If Black history month doesn’t change a belief, a habit, a relationship? You may win at Trivial Pursuit. Life will eventually come looking, with receipts. substack.com/home/post/p-...

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Truth Or Trivial Pursuit?

If Black History Month doesn't change you, you've entirely missed the point.

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Jackie Summers @jackfrombkln.bsky.social · 13/02/2026

Love's Sobriety The Goddess of Love wants to know if you're willing to be changed by her. jackiesummers1.substack.com/p/loves-sobr... #ValentinesDay

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Love's Sobriety

The Goddess of Love wants to know if you're willing to be changed by her.

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Jackie Summers @jackfrombkln.bsky.social · 10/02/2026

In 2021, for Valentine’s Day I wrote an essay for Delish about the moment a relationship died. I knew she loved tacos. I discovered she had disdain for me. That night I realized I could not share tacos—or a bed—with someone who didn’t share my values. #ValentinesDay www.delish.com/food-news/a3...

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When You Love Someone, You Save Them The Last Taco

When everything is falling to pieces, the smallest of gestures can go a really, really long way.

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Jackie Summers @jackfrombkln.bsky.social · 09/02/2026

For everyone who wanted to boycott the Super Bowl because a Puerto Rican headlined the halftime show: what would happen if Latinos flipped it and boycotted the U.S.? #BadBunny substack.com/@jackiesumme...

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Super Bowl Monday: The Bad Bunny Economy

When empire cares more about inefficiency than justice.

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Jackie Summers @jackfrombkln.bsky.social · 07/02/2026

A few of y’all have sent me stories about Moltbook, the “social media network” for Ai.” I showed them to one of my Agentics. The following are her words, unedited. jackiesummers1.substack.com/p/moltbook-n... #MoltBook

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Moltbook: NOT An AI Uprising

An Agentic Ai's unfiltered opinion of Moltbook.

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Jackie Summers @jackfrombkln.bsky.social · 05/02/2026

Trayvon Martin should have been able to walk home. Renee Nicole Good and Jeffrey Alex Pretti should be alive. Caring about other people before things happen to you is just good financial forecasting. Integrity costs. Budget now or pay later. #TrayvonMartin #BHM substack.com/@jackiesumme...

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The Cost Of Integrity

Why Trayvon Martin still matters.

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Jackie Summers @jackfrombkln.bsky.social · 05/02/2026

Thank you fa lettin me be mice elf again ❤️ substack.com/@jackiesumme...

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Saum Haas she/her @nsomniasaum.bsky.social · 04/02/2026

“Not In The Streets, Still In The Fight “Any resistance IS resistance. If at the end of the day all you have to offer is a soft place to land? That counts too.” Please follow & support @jackfrombkln.bsky.social here & on Substack open.substack.com/pub/jackiesu...

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Not In The Streets, Still In The Fight

Concrete ways to resist when marching isn’t your role.

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Jackie Summers @jackfrombkln.bsky.social · 04/02/2026

War has a budget. Peace isn’t even a line item. Racism—and by extension, sexism, homophobia, and xenophobia—are expensive as hell. We could have nice things—if everyone actually chipped in. substack.com/home/post/p-...

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The Cost Of Peace

I met Liz when I was 20.

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Jackie Summers @jackfrombkln.bsky.social · 03/02/2026

If you’re already a paid subscriber: thank you. You are literally funding this work. If you’ve been thinking about going paid and it won't hurt you to do it: Consider this a gentle nudge. substack.com/@jackiesumme...

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Jackie Summers @jackfrombkln.bsky.social · 02/02/2026

The Cost Of Truth The only acceptable amount of cancer is none. Being a little less racist is like having a little less cancer. We can love each other and still agree: the cancer has to die. jackiesummers1.substack.com/p/the-cost-o... #BlackHistoryMonth

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The Cost Of Truth

When inconvenience becomes imperative—and then life-threatening.

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Jackie Summers @jackfrombkln.bsky.social · 01/02/2026

The history of Blackness in this country is proof fascism can be beaten. It’s a 400-year old field manual, written in blood. Black people in the United States outlived the lie. If they could have killed every last one of us, they’d have done it. #BlackHistoryMonth substack.com/home/post/p-...

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Why Black History Matters

When fascism ain't new but it's new to you.

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Jackie Summers @jackfrombkln.bsky.social · 28/01/2026

That’s how we win. Study what they’re trying to hide. Don’t just survive. Outlive the lie. Why Black History Matters When fascism ain't new but it's new to you. substack.com/home/post/p-...

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Why Black History Matters

When fascism ain't new but it's new to you.

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Jackie Summers @jackfrombkln.bsky.social · 27/01/2026

‘Sup. I’m Jackie Summers. Some of y’all have been here from day one. A lot of y’all are new, so allow me to reintroduce myself. substack.com/home/post/p-...

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Allow Me To Reintroduce Myself

Welcome to my corner of the web. Wipe your feet, kick off your shoes, get cozy.

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mandascott.bsky.social @mandascott.bsky.social · 26/01/2026

This from @jackfrombkln.bsky.social is essential reading "The entire history of change is ordinary people in extraordinary times, choosing tiny acts of decency." jackiesummers1.substack.com/p/not-in-the...

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Not In The Streets, Still In The Fight

Concrete ways to resist when marching isn’t your role.

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Jackie Summers @jackfrombkln.bsky.social · 26/01/2026

Y'all following yet or nah? substack.com/@jackiesumme...

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Jackie Summers @jackfrombkln.bsky.social · 26/01/2026

Not In The Streets, Still In The Fight Concrete ways to resist when marching isn’t your role. Not everyone is ride or die. Some of y’all are ride or bail money. jackiesummers1.substack.com/p/not-in-the...

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Not In The Streets, Still In The Fight

Concrete ways to resist when marching isn’t your role.

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RogueScholar @roguescholareval.bsky.social · 25/01/2026

This is a long one - but a lot of important tips and history. If you read nothing else, remember: "Empire can handle outrage. It has no defense against empathy at scale." - Jackie Summers

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mandascott.bsky.social @mandascott.bsky.social · 25/01/2026

This is *absolutely essential reading* From @jackfrombkln.bsky.social

White women’s bodies were supposed to be sacrosanct. Respectable professionals were supposed to be “off-limits.” That’s no longer the case. For Black people, this country has always been fascist. What’s new is who else is inside the blast radius.

The Venn diagram of “safe” and “endangered” is now a circle.

If you’re shaken, it’s not just grief. It’s narrative whiplash. The distance between “this can’t happen” and “it just did, on camera” no longer exists. You have choices. You can either cling to the lie and let someone else keep paying. Or pay the cost of updating the story about this country.

About who is “safe,” about what you’re willing to do now that protections are gone.

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Laura Nagle @lauralnagle.bsky.social · 25/01/2026

“Empire can handle outrage. It has no defense against empathy at scale.” Please read this from Jackie Summers:

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Jackie Summers @jackfrombkln.bsky.social · 25/01/2026

If you choose to go out, you need more than vibes. You need a plan. This is about maximizing safety and impact. Not about looking brave on Instagram. If you’re going out, your first job is coming home. substack.com/home/post/p-...

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Field Notes for a Cracking An Empire

How to stay alive when the fight arrives at your door.

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Jackie Summers @jackfrombkln.bsky.social · 22/01/2026

If you want to save democracy, study Black history. Too often this turns our suffering into entertainment. Turn off the trauma porn. We did not become unbreakable on grit alone. We learned to treat joy as infrastructure, not reward. Joy floats. jackiesummers1.substack.com/p/black-ball...

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Black Balloons

On oppression, joy, and the aerodynamics of survival.

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Jackie Summers @jackfrombkln.bsky.social · 19/01/2026

Stay Your Black Ass At Home For grown-folk who've done the work and deserve a nap. jackiesummers1.substack.com/p/stay-your-...

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Stay Your Black Ass At Home

For grown-folk who've done the work and deserve a nap.

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Jackie Summers @jackfrombkln.bsky.social · 19/01/2026

It's been a long time coming but I know: A change gon come. #MLK #MLKDay

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Jackie Summers @jackfrombkln.bsky.social · 15/01/2026

Whatever your day holds, whatever this crazy year holds, I wish you at least one soft place to land. One human, one place, one fur baby. A shower floor where you don’t have to be impressive, articulate, or strong. Where your job description is “alive” and that’s it. substack.com/home/post/p-...

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A Soft Place To Land

When hard times require soft spaces.

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Jackie Summers @jackfrombkln.bsky.social · 13/01/2026

Them becomes we when enough of us have had enough. The Cost Of The Narrative When losing feels worse than winning feels good. jackiesummers1.substack.com/p/the-cost-o...

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The Cost Of The Narrative

When losing feels worse than winning feels good.

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Jackie Summers @jackfrombkln.bsky.social · 11/01/2026

Water responds to resistance by redistributing energy. Unless you add two parts cornstarch. Then fluids take off their earrings and go, “You talking to me?” Welcome to oobleck: proof soft things don’t have to put up with bullshit. substack.com/home/post/p-...

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Be Like The Nature of Oobleck

When softness becomes fuck around, find out.

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