Category Archives: We the People

Amoeba’s Lorica: It was a dream

“It was a dream”, they said. “Ignore it. There’s beer in the fridge if that will help your rest and ours.” They turned up the sound on their superhero videos, ate peanuts from a can, and tossed the nibs and … Continue reading

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Amoeba’s Lorica: Meme-ories 60 (Our True Flag)

“Many [scientific research] grants were eliminated because they contain words, including climate, diversity, disability, trans or women. Some drew the administration’s ire because the applications included D.E.I. statements required by the previous administration. “Australian academics have stopped attending conferences in … Continue reading

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Amoeba’s Lorica: Diabolical Lexicographer (Self-Esteem)

SELF-ESTEEM, n. Self-idolization, self-deification, self-worship. Exaltation of the ‘sacred I’ in disregard, nay defiance, of the fact that We are clay, from which We are created and to which We shall return, having contributed to it the stench of our … Continue reading

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