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Manic Pixie Soccer Mom @meganc.bsky.social · 5h

October book #2: A Sunny Place For Shady People by Mariana Enriquez - really enjoyed this collection of weird tales; there's a ton of great horror coming out of Argentina lately. My favorites were My Sad Dead, A Local Artist, and Black Eyes.

snapshot of A Sunny Place for Shady People - the book has a bright yellow cover with the title & author in purple. There's an image of a figure made of plants with purplish human arms holding a mirror & dressed in a dark red cloak.

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Manic Pixie Soccer Mom @meganc.bsky.social · 2h

In all sincerity: this is the type of pointless commitment I really respect.

KINDAFREE | IRI @denofsin.bsky.social · 2h

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Manic Pixie Soccer Mom @meganc.bsky.social · 3h

MAN the rank desperation coming off of this clip. Usually I ignore "the wheels are coming off!" posts but this phalanx of losers really does seem terrified.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 4h

Johnson: "We call it the Hate America Rally that will happen Saturday. Let's see who shows up for that. I bet you you'll see Hamas supporters, I bet you'll see antifa types, I bet you'll see Marxists on full display, people who don't want to stand and defend the foundational truths of this republic"

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Manic Pixie Soccer Mom @meganc.bsky.social · 2h

ENTIRELY reasonable. I have no real Kardashian opinions but I do think the thongs are clever & the sort of things real fashion nerds would love so it's interesting that the Kardashian haters have been so prominent.

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Manic Pixie Soccer Mom @meganc.bsky.social · 2h

Like this is the only real fashion Kim K has ever created.

Manic Pixie Soccer Mom @meganc.bsky.social · 2h

Hot take: the faux bush thongs are actually very funny & people would love them if some avant garde Euro designer made them.

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Manic Pixie Soccer Mom @meganc.bsky.social · 2h

This woman has crossed my feed multiple times now & each time I've wondered about the . . . millennial woman cosplay she's doing? Like I think she's an alien who taught herself to be human by reading fashion blogs circa 2015-2018.

ryan cooper @ryanlcooper.com · 2h

“One day very soon Reingold is going to wake up and have to confront the fact that one of the few friends she has left in the world is an elderly colleague who is really excited about AI actresses because they will allow him to finally "see a virgin on-screen." That's tough.”

Free Press Reporter Discovers That Being An Amoral Dickhead Can Cost You Friends | Defector

It can be hard to maintain friendships as an adult. People move to new cities, start families, and experience all sorts of other life events that make it difficult to keep in touch. Sometimes, you end...

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Manic Pixie Soccer Mom @meganc.bsky.social · 2h

Bag of rice? Is that still a thing?

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Manic Pixie Soccer Mom @meganc.bsky.social · 2h

In all sincerity: this is the type of pointless commitment I really respect.

KINDAFREE | IRI @denofsin.bsky.social · 2h

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Manic Pixie Soccer Mom @meganc.bsky.social · 2h

Noooooo

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Manic Pixie Soccer Mom @meganc.bsky.social · 4h

#16 This year's new addition! When Evil Lurks (2023) is an Argentine film about demon possession that can also be watched as a cautionary tale about how toxic masculinity gets everyone killed. Plus it's the only recent movie that had me turning on ALL the lights when it was over. On the Shudd

poster for When Evil Lurks, showing a figure kneeling with an axe against a red background. The movie title is in white text at the top.

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Manic Pixie Soccer Mom @meganc.bsky.social · 2h

Sooo we watched it back when they first legalized weed in AZ - we took . . . too many edibles & I don't really remember it at all & need to give it another (sober) look.

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Manic Pixie Soccer Mom @meganc.bsky.social · 3h

Foundational truths like the right to protest injustice? These losers seem terrified.

Manic Pixie Soccer Mom @meganc.bsky.social · 3h

MAN the rank desperation coming off of this clip. Usually I ignore "the wheels are coming off!" posts but this phalanx of losers really does seem terrified.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 4h

Johnson: "We call it the Hate America Rally that will happen Saturday. Let's see who shows up for that. I bet you you'll see Hamas supporters, I bet you'll see antifa types, I bet you'll see Marxists on full display, people who don't want to stand and defend the foundational truths of this republic"

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Manic Pixie Soccer Mom @meganc.bsky.social · 4h

Did you watch his episode of Cabinet of Curiosities? I thought it was great too

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Manic Pixie Soccer Mom @meganc.bsky.social · 4h

#16 This year's new addition! When Evil Lurks (2023) is an Argentine film about demon possession that can also be watched as a cautionary tale about how toxic masculinity gets everyone killed. Plus it's the only recent movie that had me turning on ALL the lights when it was over. On the Shudd

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Manic Pixie Soccer Mom @meganc.bsky.social · 5h

October book #2: A Sunny Place For Shady People by Mariana Enriquez - really enjoyed this collection of weird tales; there's a ton of great horror coming out of Argentina lately. My favorites were My Sad Dead, A Local Artist, and Black Eyes.

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Zach Rabiroff @zachrabiroff.com · 20h

Great news! We have built the Blackmail Machine from the classic sci-fi short story, "Help, The Blackmail Machine Is Selling My Sex Dreams to Stephen Miller"

The Verge @theverge.com · 1d

Sam Altman says ChatGPT will soon sext with verified adults

ChatGPT is about to get flirty.

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Manic Pixie Soccer Mom @meganc.bsky.social · 21h

The Lost Boys (1987) My high school favorite endures on this list both for sentimental reasons AND because this gothed-out 80s exploration of familial ties holds up shockingly well.

image of the poster for The Lost Boys (1987) showing a b/w photo of the cast against a red background. Movie title & info is in text at the bottom; at the top it reads "Sleep all day. Party all night. Never grow old. Never die. It's fun to be a vampire."

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Mark Hurst @markhurst.bsky.social · 23h

Big Tech is targeting vulnerable communities for its data centers. Residents incur a huge cost in water & power and airborne toxic chemicals. Town officials sign NDAs so citizens have no awareness of the threat.

New from me: data centers and their effects.
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Don't let the data center come to town

In southwest Memphis sits the Colossus, a giant AI slop factory owned by Elon Musk. Gas-powered turbines at the facility foul the air with “nitrogen oxides...

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Manic Pixie Soccer Mom @meganc.bsky.social · 1d

This - so many "lonely" men are essentially saying "I want to remain annoying/loathsome/sexist/racist but everyone loves me & thinks I'm great."

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Manic Pixie Soccer Mom @meganc.bsky.social · 1d

There are dozens of studies showing coffee is good for; this is a weird way to frame your "no more coffee for you, peasants!" take.

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Manic Pixie Soccer Mom @meganc.bsky.social · 1d

Like I cannot quite bring myself to say it was better overall, but I do think it was better when novels weren't pitched as "two other already-successful novels smushed together!" with four made-up genre names appended.

Manic Pixie Soccer Mom @meganc.bsky.social · 1d

Frankenhooker! On the big screen! With a bunch of people who'd never seen it! Was pretty awesome

snapshot of the title card for Frankenhooker on a movie screen with someone standing in front of it lecturing. The movie image shows a man in a doctor's coat attending to a sexy Frankenstein in a purple outfit.

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