I think the same thing that can get somebody in prison is the same thing that could make them a really good writer. Impulse control. There’s no, 'Is this a bad convenience store to rob? Is this a bad sentence?' " —Lynda Barry

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It is significant when more stories are told in a country that are based on truth than there are true stories told, each worse than any fiction you have ever imagined.

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Watching an entire village gather in a field in a southern province of Cambodia to celebrate, feed, and entertain trans women and an all-girl pro-labor and human rights musical group is so far beyond anything I have ever experienced in the American punk underground that I spend some time alone recalibrating what I mean by the word “awesome.”

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New York-based slave-making ants have been found to be far more aggressive than the others, even other slave-making ants that also live on the East Coast. Even ants of the same species. In fact, it is thought that when a New York-based slave-making ant moves to, say, West Virginia, it mellows out a little, begins to enjoy all it has worked for. You know.

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America KICKS ASS. Why? September 11th! Also: Check out this shiny belt! And look at this idiot we caught trying to cross the border, that we photographed tied to the underside of a car. He’s only 8! Confused? Now we’re shooting off fireworks! America!

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