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Eric Williams @geoliminal.bsky.social · 6m

truly incredible to see @utaustin.bsky.social pissing away its entire reputation by creating secret, unannounced committees designed to kill Black and Diaspora Studies, Gender Studies, Latin America Studies, etc to appease fascist scumbags

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Eric Williams @geoliminal.bsky.social · 1h

"we are concerned."
*masked ICE agents terrorize a neighborhood and kidnap a bunch of children, who are never heard from again.
"VERY concerned, indeed."
*Stephen Miller declares Martial Law in Trump's name*
"And remember, NO vandalism!"

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Eric Williams @geoliminal.bsky.social · 1h

ah yes, Lloyd Doggett offering the full-throated, chest-pounding, cri de coeur of the Democrats: "we are concerned"

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Eric Williams @geoliminal.bsky.social · 21h

cannot state this strongly enough, but

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Lisa Röstlund @lisarostlund.bsky.social · 7h

We’ve met with Greta Thunberg and others in the flotilla. They describe hours-long scenes of torture and sexual harassment in Israeli captivity. Experts conclude that they have been subjected to serious crimes – Sweden’s foreign minister believes they have themselves to blame.

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Greta Thunberg: “They kicked me every time the flag touched my face”

– Greta Thunberg on her days in Israeli captivity Beating, kicking, and threats of being gassed in cages. Greta Thunberg and several others from the flotilla ar

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Eric Williams @geoliminal.bsky.social · 3h

honestly, buy a hundred copies and hand em out to the trick-or-treaters

Paradise Editions @paradiseeditions.bsky.social · 9d

For spooky season, we're offering 25% off of Night Fears, our anthology of weird fiction in translation, edited by
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Night Fears: Weird Tales in Translation

With its unique blend of fantasy, horror, and science fiction, Weird Tales was the quintessential pulp magazine of the early 20th century. While classic American writers like H.P. Lovecraft and Robert...

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Eric Williams @geoliminal.bsky.social · 5h

incredible how they're generally extremely bad at math AND history. In fact, that's one of the primary requirements for success in the field - poor grasp of contextual data and a blindly reductionist approach to visualization. that and being soulless devils, of course.

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Eric Williams @geoliminal.bsky.social · 5h

every time I'm forced to hear an economist speak (even one who has won a "nobel") I'm reminded forcefully that it's a fake discipline for the dumbest motherfuckers in history

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Deep Cuts in a Lovecraftian Vein @deepcuts.blog · 8h

The bad brain day has begun. Let's play a game to distract me from my own self-recrimination.

1 like = 1 factoid about WEIRD TALES (1923-1954)

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Freedom of the Press Foundation @freedom.press · 19h

“I was hung from the metal shackles on my wrists and ankles and beaten in the stomach, back, face, ear and skull by a group of men and women guards, one of whom sat on my neck and face, blocking my airways…Our cell was awoken with threats of rape.”

Crickets from the State Department. Awful.

Journalist Abducted by Israel Says She Was Tortured in Israeli Custody

A journalist who was abducted by Israeli forces last week as she accompanied a Gaza-bound humanitarian aid vessel says she was tortured in Israeli custody alongside activists seeking to break Israel’s...

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The Crustian Daily @crustiandaily.news · 20h

An ICE agent has violently kidnapped a young black American man in Chicago. Video footage shot by the Save American Movement shows the moment of the kidnapping, while his sister explains that her brother is an American citizen.
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ICE Violently Kidnap Black 19-Year-Old American Citizen In Chicago

Video shows the moment ICE take an American citizen without explanation

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aaron boothby @ellipticalnight.bsky.social · 21h

I don't believe she's nearly haunted enough by her failure to say even this mediated version a year ago

also just say the word, it's not controversial and you already lost

Emissary Of Night | ليلى @diplomatofnight.com · 21h

On MSNBC, Kamala Harris was asked if she agreed that Israel is committing genocide against Palestinians.

“I will tell you that when you look at the number of children that have been killed [...] the refusal to give aid, we should all step back and ask this question and be honest about it, yeah.”

Former Vice President Kamala Harris held back from labeling Israel's actions in Gaza a "genocide" on Sunday but said it was an appropriate question.
"A lot of folks in your party have called what's happening in Gaza a genocide. Do you agree with that?" correspondent Eugene Daniels asked Harris during an interview on MSNBC's "The Weekend."
"Listen, it is a term of law that a court will decide," Harris responded. "But I will tell you that when you look at the number of children that have been killed, the number of innocent civilians that have been
killed, the refusal to give aid and support, we should all step back and ask this question and be honest about it, yeah."

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Eric Williams @geoliminal.bsky.social · 21h

gotta switch over to the "roman gladiator all legume diet" to get our protein and protect our gains

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Vulpez @vulpez.bsky.social · 1d

every ICE agent deserves the death penalty and they must be prosecuted

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Eric Williams @geoliminal.bsky.social · 21h

you can tell the grifters don't take their roko's basilisk bullshit seriously, because it seems like "we had to delay your ascension to the Godhead for two years so we could use your processing power to make bespoke CSAM porn" would certainly get them thrown in AM's hellworld, you know what i mean?

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Eric Williams @geoliminal.bsky.social · 21h

we're on the cusp of a gigantic expansion of a.i. so profound that it will functionally be the apotheosis of a new God...but first we need to monetize it into a factory for the most depraved, vilest pornography you can imagine

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Eric Williams @geoliminal.bsky.social · 21h

cannot state this strongly enough, but

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Laura Flanders @gritlaura.bsky.social · 22h

Meanwhile, in Masafer Yatta, the ethnic cleansing continues. Having attacked homes, fields, wells and ancient caves, the Israelis are now flattening the tents and trees families shelter under. Is it good to see hostages / prisoners released? Yes! But Middle East “peace” this is not.

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Palestinians see ‘new Nakba’ in West Bank villages as demolitions return

Israeli forces have carried out multiple demolitions in the West Bank's Khallet al-Daba in 2025.

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Eric Williams @geoliminal.bsky.social · 22h

it looks incredible, and what a great project!!

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Eric Williams @geoliminal.bsky.social · 1d

COME for the great discussion of The Barre Incidents by @renbolger.bsky.social...STAY for the praise of Toadstones's Hell Reagan cover made by the inimitable Alan Good of @malarkeybooks.bsky.social!!!

HorrorJoy Podcast @horrorjoypod.bsky.social · 2d

Our episode with @renbolger.bsky.social and Alan Good of @malarkeybooks.bsky.social is out NOW! Give it a listen to hear about Lauren's new book, The Barre Incidents, and to hear about the great work being published at Malarkey.

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#horrorfans #horrorsky #booksky

Lauren Bolger and Alan Good on Meet Your Maker

Listen to Horror Joy on RedCircle

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Eric Williams @geoliminal.bsky.social · 22h

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paris martineau @paris.nyc · 1d

my latest investigation for @consumerreports.org is based on months of reporting and 60+ lab tests of leading protein supplements

we found that most protein powders and shakes have more lead in one serving than our experts say is safe to have in a day (🧵)

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Protein Powders and Shakes Contain High Levels of Lead - Consumer Reports

CR tests of 23 popular protein powders and shakes found that most contain high levels of lead.

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Karlo Yeager Rodríguez @kjy1066.bsky.social · 1d

Forgive the cobbled-together feel of this, but eat up!

Nine stories in this TropiWeird combo - including two stories never before seen! As they say in PR: buen provecho!

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Eric Williams @geoliminal.bsky.social · 1d

the "protein powder has a zillion percent lead in it" story explains a LOT of the conversations i overhear while waiting for a bench to free up

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