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EerilyPhD 👻 @ejwillingham.bsky.social · 5h

They are a type

EerilyPhD 👻 @ejwillingham.bsky.social · 5h

1992: family home rented to 4 frat boys@ Xtian uni. I stopped by to check on things. They had broken into locked areas&taken our things to use, ritually slaughtered a ram in our backyard,& tacked notes on my sib’s corkboard abt girls they wanted to rape+ racist “memes.” They’ve always been this way

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EerilyPhD 👻 @ejwillingham.bsky.social · 5h

They were def doing this in the ‘80s, too. It’s not like it just stopped&then started up again. They’ve always been like this. It’s part of the culture, no matter how they’ve tried to dress it up. This language was their test of the room, who was in-group etc. I’ve had it tested on me plenty

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Alex Tomlinson @alextomlinson.com · 6h

Flat, graphic illustrated poster entitled "Red-Eyed Birds of North America" featuring shadowy gray-blue silhouetted birds punctuated by bright red eyes. 23 birds are depicted in total, some highlights being the Snail Kite, Roseate Spoonbill, Common Loon, and Wood Duck.

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Einav Rabinovitch-Fox @einavrfox.bsky.social · 6h

Happy to share my piece for @theguardian.com on the mainstreaming of fascist fashion. If we want to fight this, we first need to learn to recognize (and name) its aesthetics, especially today. Check it out 🗃️https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/oct/15/fascist-fashion-language

The not-so secret language of fascist fashion

Today’s rightwingers want their message to go mainstream, so it’s coming to a store near you

www.theguardian.com

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Violet Miller @vimiller.bsky.social · 16h

The 15 y/o detained by CBP today in the East Side neighborhood has been released per a statement from his attorneys.

Story tk in the morning.

CHICAGO (October 14, 2025) – A 15-year-old American citizen was detained by Customs and Border Patrol (CBP) agents today in a manner reminiscent of authoritarian regimes, holding him incommunicado in a federal building garage for five hours without informing his family, stating any charges, or allowing him to call an attorney. The teenager, who is Hispanic and African American, was grabbed off a Chicago East Side street at approximately 12:30 p.m. CST slammed to the ground, kneed in the back, and zip-tied by CBP agents. He was then transported to a federal law enforcement facility not affiliated with CBP or ICE, where CBP agents held him, handcuffed, in the back of a vehicle in a garage—never booking him, never reading him his rights, never stating why he was detained, and never allowing him to contact his mother.

For five hours, his mother had no idea where her son was or whether he safe. Federal agents provided no information about his whereabouts, no phone call, no explanation for the arrest. His mother’s terror was amplified by her son’s heart condition and the complete absence of any information from authorities.

"This is how people disappear in autocracies—grabbed off streets, held in unmarked locations, no calls to family, no stated charges, no due process," said Founding Partner Antonio M. Romanucci of Romanucci & Blandin, the firm that obtained his release this evening. "A 15-year-old American citizen was effectively 'disappeared' for five hours in Chicago. This is not law enforcement; this is the playbook of authoritarian regimes."

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EerilyPhD 👻 @ejwillingham.bsky.social · 18h

8 months pregnant, wait in line to order at takeout taco place, order something ON THE MENU and guy goes, "I'm not gonna mess up my line with that," and ... just declines my order? So FURIOUS. That was first child, so like, April 2001. Thought about it today, still mad. WTF

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Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 19h

Here is the students' @idsnews.bsky.social report out of Indiana University, where the student media director was fired today. www.idsnews.com/article/2025...

LETTER FROM THE EDITORS: IU fires student media director after he refused to censor the IDS

Indiana University directed the IDS to stop printing news.

www.idsnews.com

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EerilyPhD 👻 @ejwillingham.bsky.social · 20h

it's a short road from point Asshole to point Bigot

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EerilyPhD 👻 @ejwillingham.bsky.social · 20h

Maybe that's what I am remembering. The bigots, they blur

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EerilyPhD 👻 @ejwillingham.bsky.social · 20h

I have her filed under “nope” in my brain that I can only vaguely connect to something she did/said on Twitter back in the day but that tracks with this behavior

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HL Eisthen, defective human product @hleisthen.bsky.social · 20h

“An Oct. 7 email ... from the Media School administration [specified] that the IDS's print publication should solely focus on a special theme, such as homecoming or fall sports, and contain "no other news at all, and particularly no traditional front page news coverage.”” WOW.

Jess Calarco @jessicacalarco.com · 21h

Indiana University has fired the staff director of the student newspaper, after disputes in which university leadership tried to pressure him to prevent students from publishing news.

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The director of student media at Indiana University was fired amidst a dispute between university leadership and editors at the Indiana Daily Student over what content gets printed in the student newspaper.

As director of student media, Jim Rodenbush did not directly oversee or have any say over the content published in the IDS, per a charter between the IDS and the university. But he told IndyStar his firing follows a series of meetings with IU Media School leadership in which it grew increasingly apparent they were expecting him to officially prohibit students from publishing news.

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EerilyPhD 👻 @ejwillingham.bsky.social · 20h

Why wasn’t his son doing a better job of policing his viewing of naked people

The Oregonian @oregonian.com · 21h

U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson calls Sunday's naked bike ride in protest of the Portland ICE facility and and Trump troop deployment "the most threatening thing I’ve seen yet"

www.oregonlive.com/portland/202...

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Nitish Pahwa @nitishpahwa.com · 1d

wrote about how Dr. Phil pivoted to wholesale MAGA punditry after leaving daytime TV to start his own company—and why his Trump friendship and ICE ride-alongs couldn't save his new venture from the bankruptcy proceedings that now have him tied up in court slate.com/business/202...

He Used to Dominate Daytime TV. Now He’s Sucking Up to Trump—and His Media Empire Is Collapsing.

When Dr. Phil signed off his talk show in 2023, he pivoted to MAGA politics. It’s not working so well for him.

slate.com

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Nitish Pahwa @nitishpahwa.com · 1d

so, a big Resistance account on here kindly reshared my piece, then deleted their original post, and wrote another one linking to an article from a different site that aggregated my reporting here (and did so with due credit to be fair) … social media can be so weird

Nitish Pahwa @nitishpahwa.com · 1d

wrote about how Dr. Phil pivoted to wholesale MAGA punditry after leaving daytime TV to start his own company—and why his Trump friendship and ICE ride-alongs couldn't save his new venture from the bankruptcy proceedings that now have him tied up in court slate.com/business/202...

He Used to Dominate Daytime TV. Now He’s Sucking Up to Trump—and His Media Empire Is Collapsing.

When Dr. Phil signed off his talk show in 2023, he pivoted to MAGA politics. It’s not working so well for him.

slate.com

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Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 1d

Unless and until some kind of compelling legal and moral argument is presented as to why this is a legitimate use of deadly force, this is just…mass murder.

Amarnath Amarasingam @amaramarasingam.bsky.social · 1d

The military has now killed 27 people as if they were enemy soldiers in a war zone and not criminal suspects. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/14/u...

U.S. Military Kills Another 6 People in 5th Caribbean Strike, Trump Says

www.nytimes.com

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Greg Pak @gregpak.net · 21h

@rweingarten.bsky.social, please cancel the @aft.org's partnership with this terrible company. They cannot be trusted to keep this away from products they offer children.

404 Media @404media.co · 23h

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman announced in a post on X Tuesday that ChatGPT is officially getting into the fuckable chatbots game, with “erotica for verified adults” rolling out in December.

🔗 www.404media.co/chatgpt-erot...

ChatGPT’s Hail Mary: Chatbots You Can Fuck

As recent reports show OpenAI bleeding cash, and on the heels of accusations that ChatGPT caused teens and adults alike to harm themselves and others, CEO Sam Altman announced that you can soon fuck t...

www.404media.co

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EerilyPhD 👻 @ejwillingham.bsky.social · 21h

Wonder if they'd consider scraping this article, which is followed by a "rights and permissions" link, to be a "growing pain" for them

Scientific American @sciam.bsky.social · 2d

Despite early, and familiar, copyright growing pains, Sora may be the prelude to AI-generated on-demand TV and movies

Want to See Marilyn Monroe in Game of Thrones? AI Could Make It Soon

Despite early, and familiar, copyright growing pains, Sora may be the prelude to AI-generated on-demand TV and movies

www.scientificamerican.com

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EerilyPhD 👻 @ejwillingham.bsky.social · 22h

Look into who was appointed the new EIC there and no surprise

EerilyPhD 👻 @ejwillingham.bsky.social · 23h

Party Down nailed it

Image of a leader of the fictional California College Conservative Union Caucus leader, a heavy-set man with non-stylin' brown hair and sideburns, glasses, and a pink shirt, looking in a puzzled way at Ken Marino, who plays the catering team lead in the show and is wearing a pink bowtie.

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Maia Szalavitz @maiasz.bsky.social · 1d

original reporting on this is actually from Slate slate.com/business/202...

How Dr. Phil Blew It

When he signed off his talk show in 2023, he pivoted to MAGA politics. It’s not working so well for him.

slate.com

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Brianna Chesser @chessercat.bsky.social · 1d

Actual safety notice from my alma mater:

Ray-Ban Meta sunglasses being used exactly as everyone expected

The techbros are not okay (it’s a completely open campus…not all the buildings, obviously)

UNIVERSITY OF SAN FRANCISCO
Office of Public Safety

Crime Safety Advisory:
Suspicious Occurrence Reported

Dear USF Community,

We want to make you aware of recent reports of a suspicious occurrence on and around campus. Multiple community members have reported contact from an individual, described as male and wearing Ray-Ban Meta sunglasses, who has approached women with unwanted comments and inappropriate dating questions. Reports indicate that this individual may be attempting to post these interactions online under the account name "pickuplines.pov" on TikTok, Instagram, and possibly other social media platforms.

While no threats or acts of violence have been reported, we want our community to stay informed and take steps to support one another.
If you encounter this individual or any suspicious activity:

Take immediate action to report the incident at the time it occurs by calling Public Safety Dispatch.
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Musa Okwonga @okwonga.bsky.social · 1d

It’s funny how black people are expected to reach across the aisle to voters like these, while no one ever expects them to reach across the aisle to black people. Amazing who gets to be human, and who doesn’t.

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 1d

POLITICO: “.. They referred to Black people as monkeys and ‘the watermelon people’ and mused about putting their political opponents in gas chambers. They talked about raping their enemies .. and lauded Republicans who they believed support slavery.

@politico.com
www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

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EerilyPhD 👻 @ejwillingham.bsky.social · 1d

"seriousness of the issue" = "we're scared shitless about the lawsuits"

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EerilyPhD 👻 @ejwillingham.bsky.social · 1d

These dudes sure do have a phenotype

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