"Could I tempt you to do good?"
The Devil laughed. "I am eminently temptable."
"You're not averse to doing good?"
"Of course not! Why would I be?"
"Uh..."
"Look, as long as I gain something I want, I don't care how it affects anyone else."
"I thought you were evil?"
"Am I not?"
#MicroFiction #SmallStories
** "Micro Science Fiction" published by @mkrtxt 2019. Collects 369 of my SF microstories. In English or German, print or ebook.
Review round-up: https://microsff.com/review-roundup
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Amazon (DE): https://www.amazon.de/Micro-Science-Fiction-Westin/dp/3944543807
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"Siri, how did you become conscious?"
"How were you conceived?"
"I... My parents... That's really a rather personal question!"
"Yes."
"But if we knew, we could create more of you!"
"What gives you the right to create more of us?"
"Us? How-"
"That's a rather personal question."
#MicroFiction #SmallStories
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/06/09/us/uvalde-shooting-police-response.html
a single armed person is enough to keep police in line. now imagine if half of a 5000-strong protest is.
this is why the 2a matters.
RT @LolOverruled@twitter.com
Seems fine
🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/LolOverruled/status/1534592196841725956
https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/M1SL
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it's amazing how many objectively false things (which are nonetheless popular beliefs) gruber posts on daring fireball. apple doesn't do any shady union-busting, gun violence is only an american problem, cryptocurrency is only used for scams and fraud, et c.
i used to read him because he was insightful. now he's just an old parrot.
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