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terribleoldwoman.bsky.social @terribleoldwoman.bsky.social · Oct 24

Brought to Light is an out-of-print graphic novel written by Alan Moore (Watchmen, V for Vendetta, etc.) and illustrated by Bill Sienkiewicz (Moon Knight, Elektra: Assassin, etc.) about the history and horrors of the CIA.
Complete GN readable here, I highly recommend it:
archive.org/details/Brou...

Page 9 from graphic novel Brought to Light: Shadowplay - The Secret Team in which anthropomorphic bald eagle character explains the CIA’s plots for Fidel Castro’s demise.

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Cooper Lund @cooperlund.online · 1d

A New Yorker cover shouldn’t make me feel like this, but here it is, making me feel like this

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terribleoldwoman.bsky.social @terribleoldwoman.bsky.social · 4h

The emperor’s new award.

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Denise Wheeler @denisedwheeler.bsky.social · 4h

🧵Go back to 2019.

A small group of right-wing donors convened in the tiny village of Rockbridge, Ohio, to discuss plans for extending the future of the MAGA movement and turning Trump's political coalition into an enduring transformation of the Republican Party.

Convened by Thiel and Vance.

The secretive donor circle that lifted JD Vance is now rewriting MAGA’s future

Chris Buskirk put tech elites in power in Trump’s Washington. His efforts are grounded in a controversial theory: An “aristocracy” is needed to move the country forward.

www.washingtonpost.com

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Heba Gowayed هبة جويد @hebagowayed.bsky.social · 8h

Friends— here it is. Updated & expanded thanks to the space afforded to me in the @therumpus.net & the guidance of the brilliant @roxanegay.bsky.social’s edits. The win centers Muslims humanity — but what does that mean in a country that rejects that?

therumpus.net/2025/11/05/z...

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terribleoldwoman.bsky.social @terribleoldwoman.bsky.social · 5h

‘…(Bill C-5 and Bill 5 together) designate “special economic zones” wherein industrial projects approved at the cabinet level are exempt from environmental and labour laws.‘
ricochet.media/indigenous/w...

Will Canada abandon environmental assessment in the Ring of Fire?

Doug Ford wants Ottawa to ignore First Nations’ warnings that drinking water, treaty rights, and the land itself are on the line

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Andrew Lawrence @ndrew.bsky.social · 17h

so where are the op-eds about republican overreach today? where’s the commentary about donald trumps war against american citizens or his terror campaign targeting brown people? where’s the pearl clutching over the conservative social media bubble reliant on nazi propagandists?

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PressProgress @pressprogress.ca · 16h

🎧 PODCAST: Looking inside Mark Carney’s ‘extremely Orwellian’ austerity budget

From $60 billion in cuts to eliminating 40,000 jobs, Canadian Labour Congress Sr. Economist @dtcochrane.bsky.social shares his impressions of the Carney government's first budget live inside the media lock-up in Ottawa

Looking Inside Mark Carney’s ‘Extremely Orwellian’ Austerity Budget

Canadian Labour Congress DT Cochrane shares his first impressions of the Carney government's first budget live inside the media lock-up in Ottawa

pressprogress.ca

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Zeteo @zeteo.com · 1d

A video of Israeli soldiers gang-raping a Palestinian man in prison was leaked. The Israeli government and its supporters are upset – not at the horrific assault, but at the fact that the tape was released.

Read Minnah Arshad’s full article: zeteo.com/p/israel-pal...

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George Tsakraklides @tsakraklides.bsky.social · 1d

“We subscribed to the narrative of conflict in order to create the myth of human supremacy, and we invented human supremacy in order to legitimize conflict. Both conflict and supremacy are myths we fabricated so that we can turn ecosystems, resources and human beings into consumables”

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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 2d

Today’s politics may be confusing, but it’s clear that the Republican Party supports these 2 things:
1. Masked, armed men snatching people off the street because of the color of their skin.
2. The hiding of records to cover up for powerful people who rape children.

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Anonymous @youranonjd.bsky.social · 1d

He engineered a war built on deception & falsified intelligence. Under his direction, over 200,000 Iraqi civilians were killed, & studies estimate up to 650,000 total deaths by 2006. His policies privatized war, normalized torture, & destabilized an entire region for a generation. Rest in piss!

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Andrea Junker @strandjunker.com · 4d

Trump filed lawsuits over jokes, tweets, and news articles, but not once over any of the countless allegations of child rape. I feel like more people should mention that.

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Gabrielle A. Perry, MPH @geauxgabrielle.bsky.social · 3d

There is a book out called “The Sin of Empathy,” which is written by a white Christian nationalist cult leader out in Idaho. The idea that the left is “weaponizing empathy against Christians” is an EXTREMELY popular & growing sentiment being bolstered by the church. And we all need to be aware of it

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Eve Lazarus @evelazarus.bsky.social · 3d

In 1965, George Klippert was arrested and charged with 4 counts of gross indecency for having consensual sex with adult males. He was assessed as “incurably homosexual,” labeled a dangerous offender and sentenced to life in prison. Story:
evelazarus.com/broken-laws-...
Vancouver Archives photo

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Middle East Eye (Unofficial) @middleeasteye-rss.bsky.social · 3d

At least 500 bodies recovered in Gaza since Israel’s so-called ceasefire - https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/least-500-bodies-recovered-gaza-israels-so-called-ceasefire

At least 500 bodies recovered in Gaza since Israel’s so-called ceasefire

<article data-history-node-id="430972" about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/least-500-bodies-recovered-gaza-israels-so-called-ceasefire" class="live-blog-update default clearfix"> <h2> <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/least-500-bodies-recovered-gaza-israels-so-called-ceasefire" rel="bookmark"> <span class="field field-title">At least 500 bodies recovered in Gaza since Israel’s so-called ceasefire</span> </a> </h2> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-field-text"><p data-end="83" data-start="0">Gaza’s Health Ministry says the bodies of 500 Palestinians have been pulled from the rubble since Israel’s assault supposedly paused under a US-brokered ceasefire.</p> <p data-end="483" data-start="252">The ministry also confirmed that Israeli forces have continued their attacks, killing at least 236 Palestinians and wounding more than 600 since the truce began, exposing what Palestinians describe as a “ceasefire in name only.”</p> </div> </div> </article>

www.middleeasteye.net

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Freedom of the Press Foundation @freedom.press · 5d

🔔 Join us for a conversation with journalists abducted from Gaza aid flotillas, featuring @recolston.bsky.social, Emily Wilder, and Noa Avishag Schnall, moderated by @chipgibbons.bsky.social.

🗓️ Monday, Nov. 3, 12 p.m. EST/9 a.m. PST

RSVP: freedom.press/gaza-flotillas

Join us for a conversation with journalists abducted from Gaza aid flotillas.

Monday, Nov. 3, 12 p.m. EST/9 a.m. PST

RSVP: freedom.press/gaza-flotillas

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Raimo Kangasniemi @rk70534.bsky.social · 4d

'The course examines the history of Palestine since 1917, not as a “conflict” between equals but as a century-long process of settler-colonial dispossession and persistent Palestinian resistance.'

Short Course on Palestine Class 2: The 1947-1949 War and The Nakba
www.youtube.com/watch?v=lXnl...

Short Course on Palestine Class 2: The 1947-1949 War and The Nakba

YouTube video by The People's Forum NYC

www.youtube.com

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Gabrielle A. Perry, MPH @geauxgabrielle.bsky.social · 4d

20 police officers across the state of Mississippi, including TWO elected sheriffs, were just arrested on charges of providing police escort for drug and weapons trafficking across state lines in exchange for bribes

“Most are still employed today” - the DA IN this presser youtu.be/tzuGfqdQvjs?...

'Monumental betrayal of public trust' Mississippi officers arrested

YouTube video by 16 WAPT News Jackson

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terribleoldwoman.bsky.social @terribleoldwoman.bsky.social · 4d

www.sltrib.com/opinion/bagl...

Bagley Cartoon: Goon Squad

Check out Pat Bagley's latest cartoon: Goon Squad

www.sltrib.com

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 5d

Everything the “don’t tread on me” folks claimed to care about is being done by the people they now blindly support

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awkword @awkword.bsky.social · 4d

WE’RE SHUTTING IT DOWN!

“Blackout The System has called for a nationwide boycott, urging participants to refrain from working or spending money from Nov. 25 to Dec. 2 as a protest against a damaged government and economic system.”

www.blackenterprise.com/economic-bla...

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Charlie Angus @charlieangus104.bsky.social · 5d

My latest on Trump, Reagan and the World Series. Ronald Reagan's war on the American dream made the ascendancy of Donald Trump possible.
charlieangus.substack.com/p/the-meltdo...

The Meltdown and the Master

Trump, Reagan and How 40 Years of “Freedom” Fuelled the Age of MAGA

charlieangus.substack.com

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terribleoldwoman.bsky.social @terribleoldwoman.bsky.social · 6d

Excellent video by Dr. Justin Sledge that explores the origins of modern beliefs about ghosts.
Great Hallowe’en viewing!!
youtu.be/5JiSlez9kZo

Are Ghosts Really Demons? The Most Important Textbook on Ghosts - Ludwig Lavater 1569 De Spectris

YouTube video by ESOTERICA

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ElieNYC @elienyc.bsky.social · 6d

"Can Donald Trump run for a 3rd term?"
No.
"What if he..."
Still no.
"How about..."
STFU, No.
"Then why are we talking about it!?"
Because evil MAGA apparatchiks need you to fear that he will.

I explain in @thenation.com

www.thenation.com/article/poli...

Why Has Trump Been Flirting With a Third Term?

Trump cannot be president again. But he and his loyal followers have every reason for wanting to make people think he can.

www.thenation.com

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terribleoldwoman.bsky.social @terribleoldwoman.bsky.social · 6d

Scene from the 1931 Dracula movie of a Jerusalem cricket crawling out of a tiny coffin

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