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Harry Turtledove @hntdove.bsky.social · 13h

Worked for Theodore Sturgeon, no matter how much he hated it.

Theodore Sturgeon describes his writing process: procrastination, despaiir, caffeine, and Benzedrine

Theodore Sturgeon, still talking about frustration with only being able to write against desperate deadlines

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TVMoJoe @tvmojoe.bsky.social · 12h

All the BW apologists at mainstream outlets should feel extra embarrassed about their advocacy for her, and her elevation to the top of CBS News, after this. It's incredibly worth a half-hour of your time. www.youtube.com/watch?v=gieT...

Bari Weiss: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)

YouTube video by LastWeekTonight

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Merewolf Smith 💀 @evilgalprods.bsky.social · 12h

lol a fuckyography

Ian Carrillo @iansociologo.bsky.social · 13h

Du Bois basically did a version of this in his bibliography in Black Reconstruction

BIB L I OGRAPH Y
STAN DARD - A N TI-NEGRO
(These authors believe the Negro to be sub-human and congenitally un-
fitted for citizenship and the suffrage.)
Burgess, John W., Reconstruction and the Constitution, 1 866-1 876.
Coulter, E. Merton, Civil War and Reconstruction in Kentucky.
Davis, William W ., The Civil War and Reconstruction in Florida.
Dunning, William A., Reconstruction, Political and Economic .
Eckenrode, F. Hamilton, Political History of Virginia During Reconstruc·
tion.
Fertig, James Walter, The Secession and Reconstruction of Tennessee.
Ficklen, John R., History of Reconstruction in Louisiana.
Fleming, Walter F., Civil War and Reconstruction in Alabama.
--, Documentary History of Reconstruction, 1 906, 1907.
Hamilton, Joseph G. de R., Reconstruction in North Carolina.
Hollis, John Porter, The Early Period of Reconstruction in South Carolina.
Lonn, Ella, Reconstruction in Louisiana after 1 868 .
Ramsdell, Charles W., Reconstruction in Texas .
Rhodes, James F., History of United States from the Compromise of 1 850.
Scott, Eben G., Reconstruction During the Civil War.
Staples, Thomas S ., Reconstruction in Arkansas .
Studies in Southern History and Politics . Inscribed to William Archibald
Dunning.
Carpet-Baggers in the United States Senate. By C. Mildred Thompson.
The Literary Movement for Secession. By Ulrich B. Phillips.
Negro Suffrage in the South. By W. Roy Smith.
Some Phases of Educational History in the South Since 1 865. By Wil-
liam K. Boyd.
Southern Legislation in Respect to Freedmen, 1 865- 1 866. By J. G. de
Roulhac Hamilton.
The Federal Enforcement Acts . By William Watson Davis.
The New South, Economic and Social . By Holland Thompson.
Grant's Southern Policy. By Edwin C. Woolley.
Taylor, Richard, Destruction and Reconstruction.
Thompson, Clara M., Reconstruction in Georgia, Economic, Social, Po-
litical, l 805-1 872.
Wooley, Edwin C., The Reconstruction of Georgia.

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Merewolf Smith 💀 @evilgalprods.bsky.social · 12h

unfortunately it’s a personality disorder, not a mental illness

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Merewolf Smith 💀 @evilgalprods.bsky.social · 12h

he looks still drunk from the night before

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Ruth Delgado @heylookitsruth.bsky.social · 17h

A mom in Houston reported her 15-year-old son with autism missing. She spent 6 days terrified, searching for him. The whole time, Houston police knew exactly where he was since they helped ICE place him in a refugee facility.

This is beyond cruel.
www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston...

Missing teen with autism transferred to refugee facility by HPD

He is currently being held at an Office for Refugee Resettlement facility.

www.houstonchronicle.com

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Merewolf Smith 💀 @evilgalprods.bsky.social · 12h

don’t worry, he blamed it on a garbage truck driver, streak unbroken

Page Six @pagesix.com · 13h

Alec Baldwin addresses crashing wife Hilaria’s car into a ‘big fat tree’: ‘I’m fine’

The actor explained why he crashed his wife's car into a tree.

pagesix.com

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Merewolf Smith 💀 @evilgalprods.bsky.social · 20h

"AI art community" oh you mean den of thieves

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Merewolf Smith 💀 @evilgalprods.bsky.social · 14h

that’s perfect hahahaha

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Merewolf Smith 💀 @evilgalprods.bsky.social · 14h

ok yes also this and Ray Vaughan

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Merewolf Smith 💀 @evilgalprods.bsky.social · 15h

Stevie is only Wonder, he doesn’t get that one

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Merewolf Smith 💀 @evilgalprods.bsky.social · 15h

I’ll bet he hates “Steve” let’s call him Steve

Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 16h

Pres. Obama to Marc Maron: "If you're a business, you say, 'You know what? We think it's important … to hire people from different backgrounds. And we're not going to be bullied into saying that we can only hire people or promote people based on some criteria that's been cooked up by Steve Miller.'"

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Ed Burmila @edburmila.bsky.social · 17h

People don't need more evidence to conclude he's a white supremacist. Evidence isn't the issue here. The problem is convincing people that white supremacy is a threat rather than something they can elide and quietly benefit from without actually saying they like it.

☠️deadward niedermurder☠️ @niedermeyer.online · 17h

Elon Musk is a white nationalist. Anyone who needs more data points to reach this conclusion is beyond help or persuasion.

If you buy, rent, service, or supercharge a Tesla you are supporting the most powerful white nationalist on earth. Period.

Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 18h

Musk is funding the legal battle of UK Far Right activist Tommy Robinson - real name Stephen Yaxley Lennon - as he faces charges brought by counterterrorism police.

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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 18h

I thought this was lovely.

"A few years ago I received a DM from Zohran Kwame Mamdani. Only recently did I discover its existence. It was a very unusual DM—especially coming from a local assemblyman who would soon be running for higher office. He had very little name recognition at the time, and could have benefited from publicity. But unlike the thousands of messages I’ve received from people with something to promote, Zohran did not ask to be featured on Humans of New York. Instead he asked if he could introduce me to taxi drivers that were struggling beneath the burden of debt. Coming from a man with political ambitions, this self-denying request was so strange as to be almost singular. I don’t endorse politicians on Humans of New York. But I’ll endorse a good man. And it was a good man who cleared 30 minutes from his schedule yesterday to swing by Grand Central and visit Dear New York’s Vanderbilt Hall Exhibition. Nearly fifty-student artists were visiting that day with their families, and I thought a surprise visit from this widely-loved future mayor would be a special memory for all of them. Before Zohran’s arrival I was convinced I’d made a terrible mistake. The exhibit was filled to capacity with adult visitors. Dear New York is self-funded so there was very little staff and security for crowd control. In the crush of people I was almost certain this special day for the kids would devolve into thirty minutes of selfie requests. But everyone rose to the occasion."

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"Hundreds of adults quickly cleared the room and stood outside the exhibit. Eleven very notable adult photographers are also featured in the show, but even they took a step back, so that these students could briefly have the stage to themselves. Each child stood by their work and Zohran was able to meet all of them, one at a time, and honor their contributions to the most-visited art show in New York City. Thanks to everyone who ceded the stage yesterday to make this moment possible. Thank you Zohran for literally sitting down on the floor so that these young artists could feel so tall. Thanks for continually centering other people in your life and work. And thank you, for being such an important part of Dear New York."

A large group of children and adults pose together indoors in front of a sign reading "DEAR." A man in a suit sits cross-legged in front, surrounded by smiling kids. The background features an ornate architectural detail.

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Nute @nutedawn.bsky.social · 23h

Interestingly, one of the earliest pagan critiques of Constantine was that he converted specifically because the Christian God was the only deity who would offer forgiveness to someone who had committed the dreadful crimes which Constantine had. (He executed his son and wife)

BeijingPalmer @beijingpalmer.bsky.social · 1d

the good news for donald trump is that he could sincerely repent of his sins and he would be welcomed into the arms of a loving god. the bad news for donald trump is that he's donald trump.

BeijingPalmer @beijingpalmer.bsky.social · 1d

I'm forming a new heresy: universalism with one exception.

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Merewolf Smith 💀 @evilgalprods.bsky.social · 16h

this is correct and it is right he should say it on TV

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 18h

TUR: Have you met with Mike Johnson?

JEFFRIES: No

TUR: Why not?

JEFFRIES: Donald Trump has not given him permission to meet, Katy and we know that until Donald Trump gives them permission to meet, they're going to continue to hide.

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Karly Kingsley @karlykingsley.bsky.social · 18h

It’s genuinely alarming that the official DHS account is talking like this. This isn’t a parody account, it’s a federal agency using the tone of an online teenage bully to respond to fair public criticism.

DHS Twitter account responding to Maria Cardona

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LEFT COAST RIGHT WATCH @lcrw.bsky.social · 19h

🧵 Last May, we discovered the AZ “active club” chapter was led by Ryan Drago, who previously served 9 years in prison for manslaughter after he murdered a Latino teenager while wearing a Nazi uniform. Drago's wife, Ashley (Krogstad) Drago is also affiliated with numerous white supremacist groups.

MEET THE KILLER NEO-NAZI MASSEUSE AND HIS SAX-PLAYING ARMY RESERVIST TRADWIFE | Left Coast Right Watch

A convicted neo-Nazi murderer and is working in the Phoenix metro as a masseuse with his Nazi influencer army reservist wife.

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Merewolf Smith 💀 @evilgalprods.bsky.social · 18h

and that's best case scenario

Jason Linkins @dceiver.bsky.social · 19h

This is basically what a [Brett] Kavanaugh Stop looks like: Cops roll up on brown person, demand papers, penalize them for not having them. This became the law of the land in that shadow docket decision.

www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/13/i...

ICE tickets Chicago man with legal residency $130 for not having his papers on him: ‘It’s not fair…I’m a resident’

Under federal law, registered foreign nationals must carry proof of registration with them at all times. But prior to a second Trump administration, it was rarely enforced.

www.chicagotribune.com

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Kayleigh McKee, Cheerer for the Dolls ⏬️ AnimeUSA! @ghaspey.bsky.social · 21h

I'll say it: I think its rly annoying and frankly amateurish that writers are constantly told their villains must be understandable or have sympathetic motivation to be interesting or realistic when all our big villains irl are in fact rich, stupid, selfish, trickster dillweeds and always have been

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Merewolf Smith 💀 @evilgalprods.bsky.social · 18h

looks like dude three videos up has a problem with women! who could have guessed?
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Jake Wittich @jakewittich.bsky.social · 20h

The same ICE agent who handcuffed Ald. Jessie Fuentes has been filmed in at least 3 other violent encounters, including the viral arrest of a woman in Waukegan in front of the mayor.

“He’s obviously a danger to individuals and particularly women," Fuentes said.

Read more at @windycitytimes.com

Ald. Jessie Fuentes to file lawsuit against ICE agent who handcuffed her in Humboldt Park incident - Windy City Times

Ald. Jessie Fuentes (26th Ward) is preparing to file a lawsuit against the ICE agent who handcuffed and threatened to arrest her at Humboldt Park Health earlier this month. In an interview with Windy ...

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bleary @bleary.off-the-records.com · 20h

If anyone needs me I will be in the museum, lying down next to the bog bodies.

Did people really memorize phone numbers before cell phones, or is that just a movie thing?
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I was watching some old shows from the 90s and noticed people would just dial numbers from memory - like they'd call their friends or family without looking anything up.
Made me wonder if that was actually normal back then? Did people genuinely have all their important numbers memorized, or did most folks keep a little address book or written list nearby?

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Merewolf Smith 💀 @evilgalprods.bsky.social · 19h

"alleged" doing the work of Atlas

The Guardian @theguardian.com · 19h

Farage criticises ‘disgraceful’ rhetoric after alleged attack on Reform council leader

George Finch, 19, says he was called a ‘racist’ and ‘fascist’ during incident in Warwickshire on Friday The Reform UK leader, Nigel Farage, has criticised “disgraceful” rhetoric from the Labour and Green parties after the UK’s youngest council leader was allegedly assaulted. George Finch, 19, the Reform leader of Warwickshire county council,said he was called a “racist” and a “fascist” before being allegedly assaulted on Friday. Continue reading...

www.theguardian.com

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Merewolf Smith 💀 @evilgalprods.bsky.social · 19h

fuck, man, we really are at "papiere bitte"

Gregory Pratt @royalpratt.bsky.social · 21h

NEWS: ICE gave a Rogers Park man a $130 ticket for not having his papers on him. They rounded him up last week and eventually let him go, but not without a fine that some critics say is un-American. Trump admin enforcing little-used law
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/13/i...

ICE tickets Chicago man with legal residency $130 for not having his papers on him: ‘It’s not fair…I’m a resident’

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement fined Rueben Antonio Cruz $130 for not having his papers with him.

www.chicagotribune.com

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