Today I learned about the depopulation of Malaga Island in 1912. The short course: after ordinarily existing for half a century on a small island off the coast of Maine, a mixed-race fishing community was demonized as physically and mentally degenerate, its families eventually evicted en masse by order of the state governor, dispersed into the mainland population or forcibly institutionalized. All traces of habitation were razed right down to emptying the island's cemetery. Innsmouth, no fish people needed. No one has built or lived on the island since. I am glad to read that some of the descendants are now reuniting. Otherwise it is simply more evidence that white supremacy is why we can't have nice things.
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- 1: Does it seem slow to rain? Does it feel like soft moss?
- 2: Now let's listen to a conversation between two English actors on the subject of Warships Week
- 3: How am I supposed to know what's real?
- 4: And we'll find you a leader that you can elect
- 5: The ocean is faithful and the Devil's a liar
- 6: I'm aggrieved the hours I've lost I could have spent with my love
- 7: Melting outward like a movie burning on the screen
- 8: We've found where the divide is thin and chosen the other side
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