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Erin, on the side of caution @calliopeanim.bsky.social · 22d

I’m going to try to do my 31 (minimum) horror movie thing again this year, though we’ll see if I make it.

I’ll also be putting up some recommendations for different flavors of horror and/or themed double features.

I usually start the month with some found footage stuff, out of tradition.

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Alexander Williams @floatinginwaves.bsky.social · 14h

@sharonk.bsky.social ’s everything is gender theory remains undefeated

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Erin, on the side of caution @calliopeanim.bsky.social · 7h

It is possible, albeit very convenient, that he did not know the meaning at the time.

It is not particularly credible that he did not recognize it at any time since then until he decided to run for Senate.

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Philip Gourevitch @pgourevitch.bsky.social · 8h

What is the Times doing calling this extrajudicial murder spree “cartel strikes”? On what evidence do they ape the killers’ propaganda?

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/23/u...

Trump Says He Will Not Seek Authorization for Cartel Strikes

www.nytimes.com

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👻 Pablo Hidalghost 👻 @infinata.bsky.social · 12h

*heil monitors

Post-Left Watch @postleftwatch.bsky.social · 1d

Ben Burgis calls everyone criticizing Graham Platner's SS tattoo "hall monitors".

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 12h

ah but i was told the administration would be good on antitrust

Craig Harrington @craigipedia.bsky.social · 13h

Not simply fascism. Monarchism.

Fox Business reporter Charles Gasparino, via Twitter:

https://x.com/cgasparino/status/1981496719863955913

SCOOP: A Trump official tells
@nypost
that the administration favors Paramount Skydance to buy Warner Bros. Discovery – and a number of rival bidders are likely to face stiff hurdles from US regulators in the blockbuster auction. “Who owns Warner Bros. Discovery is very important to the administration,” a senior Trump administration official told On The Money. “The Warner board needs to think very seriously not just on the price competition but which player in the suitor pool has been successful getting a deal done. And that points to the Ellisons.”

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Erin Biba @erinbiba.bsky.social · 12h

I think it’s good and important to spread the word about companies that are doing bad things and offer people alternatives to those companies that aren’t evil. I also think shouting “cancel that!” “Stop using that!” “Why are you still on that!” isn’t a great way to help ease people’s transitions.

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Fired but Fighting (National Public Health Coalition) @firedbutfighting.bsky.social · 14h

Here is list of White House ballroom donors. Please do what you will with it.

We will be coming back to share more about the companies, as it relates to public health specifically.

Source: www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

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Abe Goldfarb @abegoldfarb.bsky.social · 14h

damn good thing it wasn’t a confederate statue

Joseph Rezek @rezekjoe.bsky.social · 18h

The East Wing is totally gone. I can’t believe it

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Erin, on the side of caution @calliopeanim.bsky.social · 20h

Some past fosters:

A medium-haired kitten, her face dramatically under lit by the screen of an iPad

A medium-haired Siamese kitten with a puzzled look and a small blue feather sticking out of his mouth

A pile of orange and grey tabby cats on a bed

A tabby kitten reclining in a suggestive pose

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Parker Molloy @parkermolloy.com · 22h

I think Democrats should run on a promise to demolish Trump's Epstein Memorial Ballroom should they win in 2028, tbh

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Danielle Froom 🏳️‍🌈 @danifroom.bsky.social · 1d

Trans people are now functionally banned from the University of Virginia, the seventh university to do so.

The New York Times @nytimes.com · 1d

Breaking News: The University of Virginia struck an agreement with the White House to remove the threat of a federal investigation, part of a Trump pressure campaign. It's the first public university to do so. nyti.ms/3Wgo2JR

A brick and white building at the University of Virginia. A headline reads: "Amid Trump's Campus Crackdown, UVA Is the First Public University to Cut a Deal." Photo credit: Kirsten Luce for The New York Times.

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Erin, on the side of caution @calliopeanim.bsky.social · 23h

You do not get brownie points for removing your goddamn Nazi tattoo -after it has already become a big deal-, years after you got it and well after you decided to run for a U.S. senate seat. This is insane.

I do buy he’s fond of socialism, though - maybe of the more national variety.

Erin, on the side of caution @calliopeanim.bsky.social · 23h

Doesn’t really address anything I said, but cool dramatic writing exercise, I guess?

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McSweeney's @mcsweeneys.net · 2d

"From our vantage point as a fundamentally innumerate body of milquetoast thinkers who are wrong about everything, holding fewer sincere beliefs is the key to electoral success."

The Partisans Are Wrong: Holding No Sincere Beliefs Is the Way to Win

“Moving to the center would enable Democrats to confront [Trump] more aggressively and effectively because voters would see them as credible.” — Fr...

buff.ly

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Erin, on the side of caution @calliopeanim.bsky.social · 23h

“They” have not used this attack on every progressive because not every progressive has had a -fucking Nazi tattoo-

A lot of people on here who are super enthusiastic about Mamdani, say, consider this tattoo issue to be a dealbreaker. Maybe ask yourself why that is.

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Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 1d

OK, so we get the state intervening in the market, but not in a socialist way, in a right-wing nationalist way that’s corrupt and corporatist. A social nationalism, if you will. We can workshop the name later.

The Wall Street Journal @wsj.com · 1d

Exclusive: Several quantum-computing companies are in talks to give the Commerce Department equity stakes in exchange for federal funding.

Exclusive | Trump Administration in Talks to Take Equity Stakes in Quantum-Computing Firms

The discussions signal Washington’s wider involvement in critical parts of the economy.

on.wsj.com

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Larry Glickman @larryglickman.bsky.social · 1d

The fourth paragraph is politically obtuse, framing this as a battle between Trump’s heartfelt desire to put an “imprint” on the White House versus “the sensibilities of many in Washington.” NO! This is an attack upon the citizenry at large and upon the basic principles of republican governance.

But the previously unannounced decision to demolish the East Wing was at odds with Mr. Trump’s previous statements about the project, and underscored his intention to blast through the sensibilities of many in Washington to continue putting a lasting imprint on the White House.

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Erin, on the side of caution @calliopeanim.bsky.social · 1d

“Overplayed their hand” in what respect, exactly?

And “anti-establishment” without paying attention to any details is how you get Fetterman.

Erin, on the side of caution @calliopeanim.bsky.social · 1d

Okay, but like…did literally any of those other people have an -actual fucking Nazi tattoo-?

Leaving aside his personal opinions, do you realize how disastrous that is when running against a multi-term incumbent senator?

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Erin, on the side of caution @calliopeanim.bsky.social · 1d

Democracy dies in darkness; The Washington Post dies in roughly two and a half years.

Jon Passantino @passantino.bsky.social · 1d

Some news: The Washington Post is preparing to cut newsroom staff even after several high profile exits. Bezos’ new opinion editor has privately told people The Post is in “severe financial distress.” Details in @status.news www.status.news/p/washington...

Pain at The Post

As morale sinks and top talent exits, staffers at The Washington Post are bracing for more pain ahead of the holidays—raising questions about Will Lewis’ leadership, nearly two years into his tenure a...

www.status.news

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Erin, on the side of caution @calliopeanim.bsky.social · 1d

You don’t see how not dealing with your Nazi tattoo -until you decide to run for Senate- displays a colossal lack of judgement?

Also, “every progressive candidate gets called a Nazi”? Come on, man.

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BeijingPalmer @beijingpalmer.bsky.social · 1d

Will Lewis has destroyed the Post both reputationally and financially within *two years* of taking over. Now, let's not forget to give due credit to Bezos here but man, what a loser.

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Erin, on the side of caution @calliopeanim.bsky.social · 1d

Right, but what you seem to be saying is “Nazi shit is fine so long as I like the policies he talks about“

Criticism of Israel is 100% warranted, but I should not need to explain why you can’t make that a central pillar of your campaign and then have an actual honest to God Nazi tattoo.

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Erin, on the side of caution @calliopeanim.bsky.social · 1d

Regardless of whether he has actual Nazi sympathies, having an honest-to-god SS skull tattoo and not doing anything about it for years betrays a lack of judgment that is disqualifying.

At best, he exudes enormous Fetterman energy.

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Erin, on the side of caution @calliopeanim.bsky.social · 1d

The time to grow and learn is probably some time in the twenty years before you announce you’re running for senate against a multi-term incumbent.

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