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Hera, Plague Doctor 🎃

@herasalander.bsky.social

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MHA (the degree). She/they. Writer/reviewer, researcher, and metalhead. I sometimes talk about the books I read. @ninecirclesblog.bsky.social and other bylines. Se habla castellano/español. Nazis a la horca. #metalbandcampgiftclub #metalmusicstudies

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Hera, Plague Doctor 🎃 @herasalander.bsky.social · 4d

Hi, hello! I wrote about the new @terzijdehorde.bsky.social and I clearly had a lot to say about it.

Spoiler: it's not mentioned in the review, but I got very emotional about this album.

Nine Circles @ninecirclesblog.bsky.social · 4d

There's a new Terzij de Horde out, and Hera wrote about it.

Album Review: Terzij de Horde – Our Breath Is Not Ours Alone

About three years ago I wrote about In One of These, I Am Your Enemy, a dense album that dealt with the perception of reality and how the choices we make are both influenced by others and driven by our own autonomy. It haunted me, its themes staying so close it managed to rank very high in my 2022 AOTY list…

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scare-ron "actual ghost" shanxnywy @thxnywy.art · 1d

in fascist america, frog boils goon
#art

a froggy fellow wearing a sort of a cassock, tossing ice cubes into a bubbling cauldron beside a banner that reads 'FROGS BOIL ICE"

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Zack Whittaker @zackwhittaker.com · 9h

New, by me at this.weekinsecurity.com: If you're not using ad blockers, you should be!

In this deep-dive blog, I explain why ad blockers are critical for your online security and privacy, what threats ad blockers can help defend against, and we'll explore at some of the best ad blockers out there.

Why ad blockers are a top security and privacy defense for everyone

Ad blockers can help defend against some of the top hacks, scams, and surveillance today. Here are some of the best ad blockers that you can use.

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Dave Barnard @dave2012barney.bsky.social · 8h

Tree mushrooms and John Constable's tomb in St John-at-Hampstead churchyard.

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Santiago Mayer @santiagomayer.com · 1d

Spotify is now running recruitment ads for ICE.

It’s time to cancel your account.

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₴ɎⱤɄ₱₥₳Ɽ₴Ⱨ₥ØØ₴ɆⱤɆ₵ØⱤĐ₴₮ⱧɆØⱤĐ₴ @syrupmooserecords.bsky.social · 16h

Alright folks

Syrup Moose Records will be pulling all releases from Spotify.

Everyone is free to upload themselves if they want to.

Everything will remain available on other streaming services

I will also be pulling my own shit.

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Spotify Is Running ICE Recruitment Ads. The Internet’s Not Having It.

Spotify users report hearing ICE recruitment ads with a “protect America” script and bonuses up to $50,000. The backlash is spreading across Reddit, X, and Spotify’s forums, where some say they are ca...

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こま7さい @2buan.bsky.social · 17h

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Emily J @emexastris.bsky.social · 23h

You can just not use gen AI. Just don't. You've lived your entire life without it, it is in fact incredibly easy to keep not using it.

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Hell-Raea-ser 🦋✨🏳️‍⚧️🏴 @raea.meangirls.online · 20h

fuck u gavin newsom it’d have been such peace of mind to be able to get a year of hrt through insurance im gonna give u a swirlie bitch

mady castigan✨ 🏳️‍⚧️ @madycast.com · 22h

Newsom vetoes both the PreP access and the HRT stockpile bill because he is worried it would increase healthcare costs...

He claims to support the aims of these bills. But the vetoes deny access to medical care for queer people.

(Context: He vetoed these 2 while signing 8 other queer rights bills)

Trans News Network @transnews.network · 22h

He also signed SB 590, which bolsters paid family leave.

Read his veto messages here:

www.gov.ca.gov/wp-content/u...
www.gov.ca.gov/wp-content/u...

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Terzij de Horde - the only black metal on bluesky @handle.invalid · 1d

Terzij de Horde in Dutch newspaper NRC with the journalist wondering where the anti terror squads or lawsuits were, given that he saw our Antifascist Action flag on stage and 'antifa' has been designated a 'terrorist' organization in the NL. A toothless ruling, so it's still funny. For now.

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oleschri @oleschri.localfluff.space · 1d

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Internet Archive @archive.org · 1d

What's Your Wayback?

We've archived 1 trillion pages. Now we need your help! Share the top 5 web pages or sites you want to preserve for future generations.

We'll start:
1️⃣ The first ever web page at CERN
2️⃣ Wikipedia
3️⃣ GeoCities
4️⃣ WebArchive 96
5️⃣ Wayback Machine

🔗 ⬇️
#Wayback1T #WhatsYourWayback

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Hera, Plague Doctor 🎃 @herasalander.bsky.social · 1d

The secret third option: both

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⚔️🎀 𝔉𝔦𝔞𝔡𝔥 🎀⚔️ @fiadh.bsky.social · 1d

to clarify: you should be supporting indigenous, minority & marginalized artists every day. it’s good to be reminded but it should be normalized 🙏

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Meredith Shiner @meredithshiner.com · 1d

It’s impossible to overstate how much “abolish ice” is the normie position now here in chicago — just countless random moms at toddler soccer on a park district field asking me where I bought my anti-ice t-shirt. average people don’t like our neighborhoods being terrorized.

laura olin @lauraolin.bsky.social · 2d

A friend ran the Chicago marathon today and said he couldn’t count the number of FUCK ICE signs along the way.

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JP @jpegshredd.bsky.social · 1d

If only the horrors of this world could be explained away by something like this.

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Ify Nwadiwe @ifycomedy.com · 2d

I think we really should stop using antifa and just fully say anti-fascist and get them saying they are against anti fascism. Using antifa is giving them some distance and I genuinely think some of their base don’t even know that’s what it stands for.

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Ric Angius @storitu.org · 2d

You can safely replace “AI” with “corporations and billionaires” in any mainstream piece of content.

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Dr Abeba Birhane @abeba.bsky.social · 2d

"Concerns over an AI bubble bursting have grown lately, with analysts recently finding that it’s 17 times the size of the dotcom-era bubble and four times bigger than the 2008 financial crisis." futurism.com/artificial-i...

Bank of England Warns of Impending AI Disaster

The Bank of England has sounded the alarm, warning of an intensifying risk of a "sudden correction" due to an AI spending frenzy.

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Lynn Stahl @msbtterswrth.altgov.info · 3d

Hot off the presses! If you need a bigger size to print your stickers let me know!

The Portland frog as a founding father, surround by the words "give me ribberty or give me death"

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more mr. dice guy @juniorhoncho.bsky.social · 2d

pilgrim guy finishes reading a big book, leans way back in his chair and loosens the belt on his hat

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Shayne Mathis @metalshayne.bsky.social · 2d

Bari Weiss is a dishonest scumbag who shouldn’t be allowed to step foot in a newsroom let alone run one. radleybalko.substack.com/p/the-retcon...

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Hera, Plague Doctor 🎃 @herasalander.bsky.social · 2d

They can go as Sanguis, which is close to sanguine, and that's blood!

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LittlePuss Press @littlepuss.net · 4d

NEW 📗!

PERSONA by Aoife Josie Clements (@ravineangel.bsky.social)

In which a trans woman discovers porn of herself she has no memory of making, only to find herself led to an unimaginably deeper evil

"The year's great work of literary horror."
—Gretchen Felker-Martin (@scumbelievable.bsky.social)

PERSONA by Aoife Josie Clements — Debut trans horror — LittlePuss Press

"The best book I've read in years." —Gretchen Felker-Martin

www.littlepuss.net

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Graphic Granola @graphicgranola.bsky.social · 4d

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Rhonda Henry @rhonda234567.bsky.social · 3d

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