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2026-07-03,
of ardor and anniversaries

Chamois, Friday, 3 July 12026 HE
2026-07-03 | 26G03 | 2026-184 | 2461225
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today

a post to Mastodon yesterday nicely summed up the attitudes I’ve been seeing surrounding USA’s 250th anniversary celebrations – and looking at the news photos, even the MAGAts aren’t showing up for their golden calf

We’re all aware that a whole lot of people of aren’t exactly feeling America’s 250th.

What’s actually *amazing* is how thoroughly you have to fuck up to make Americans look at an excuse to get drunk, eat garbage, blow stuff up, & praise ourselves & go:

you know what nah
—Catherynne M. Valente, posted to Mastodon (2026-07-02)