• littlewonder@lemmy.world
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    4 months ago

    Great quote. Also, love your username. SQL injection vibes.

    Edit: Went in search of more info about this quote and thought I’d share what I found:

    “A vote is a chess move, not a valentine.”

    • Rebecca Solnit

    It’s a summarized version of the writer’s idea/turn of phrase she often brought up in her writing around the 2016 election.

    Here’s her November 2016 article from The Nation.

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      4 months ago

      In reality is just results in being @'d regularly in tech-related groupchats when people post error messages.