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Cooper S. Beckett

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He/Him. Queer & polyamorous author of scary, silly, & sexy books. Fuck the administration. Fuck the Orange. spectralinspector.com

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Cooper S. Beckett @coopersbeckett.com · 12d

Horrifying watching Casablanca now as it takes place before Americans saw NAZIS as the big bad. They were a threat "over there," but now when ICE asks for "papers" we might get shot if we try to run.

This is real.
This is FASCISM.
Chicago is under attack.

Cooper S. Beckett @coopersbeckett.com · 8h

I'll tell you something, when I hear 83, fell in the basement, I'm pretty sure I know where this is going.

But he just KEEPS. ON. TICKING.

The New York Times @nytimes.com · 8h

Senator Mitch McConnell, 83, fell in the basement of the Capitol on Thursday while making his way to the Senate floor for a vote. The Kentucky Republican has had a series of health episodes, including falls, in recent years. He plans to retire in 2027.

Senator Mitch McConnell Stumbles and Falls at the Capitol

The former Senate Republican leader has had a series of health episodes, including falls, in recent years. He plans to retire in 2027.

nyti.ms

Cooper S. Beckett @coopersbeckett.com · 8h

The reason his parents aren't having children is ... fuck.

Keith Olbermann @olbermann.bsky.social · 9h

RFK Jr knows this from his extensive FaceTime research

Cooper S. Beckett @coopersbeckett.com · 8h

Looks like the appeals court ALSO says Trump can't deploy troops in chicago www.youtube.com/watch?si=RF1...

Now will anyone do anything about it when he does?

🚨Trump STUNNED by Appeals Court as Judges REFUSE to UNBLOCK TROOPS

YouTube video by Legal AF

www.youtube.com

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 10h

Who’s eating the tariffs? You, mostly.

@cnbc.com
www.cnbc.com/2025/10/16/t...

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Cooper S. Beckett @coopersbeckett.com · 8h

it was just shower room talk?

Cooper S. Beckett @coopersbeckett.com · 8h

another country has the opportunity to do the funniest thing

MeteorBlades @meteorblades.bsky.social · 8h

Our Outlaw Prez is going to meet the would-be tsar again. This time at least we won’t have to watch the supposed “strongman” from Mar-a-Lago kowtowing to Putin on American soil bcuz they’re meeting in the only place in Europe where Putin wdnt be arrested under int’l Criminal Court warrant—Hungary.

Cooper S. Beckett @coopersbeckett.com · 12h

while I loved the subtlety of the original poster (the word is used VERY loosely here) this is pretty damned epic.

STUDIOCANAL @studiocanal.com · 15h

Billy's checking his list and slashing it twice. 🎅🏼🪓🩸

Check out the official poster for #SilentNightDeadlyNight - coming to cinemas internationally this Christmas.

@cineverse-ent.bsky.social @bloody-disgusting.com

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Heather Cherone @heathercherone.bsky.social · 13h

Johnson: "This is our city. We bend to no one and we cannot be broken. They chose the wrong city to pick a fight with. We are Chicago. We've been through a lot worse than this before. We will come out of this period stronger and more united as a city than we have ever been before."

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Cooper S. Beckett @coopersbeckett.com · 13h

it'd be sad.

If he wasn't evil.

And responsible for all of this.

Yashar Ali 🐘 @yasharali.bsky.social · 14h

Senator Mitch McConnell just suffered a fall in Washington.

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Eric Umansky @ericumansky.bsky.social · 14h

BREAKING from PP

We found immigration agents have held more than 170 *citizens*

The govt doesn't track citizens held. So we did. We tallied:

Nearly 20 kids, two w/ cancer

More than 20 citizens held for day or more, incommunicado

www.propublica.org/article/immi...

by @nicolefoy.bsky.social

More Than 170 U.S. Citizens Have Been Held by Immigration Agents. They’ve Been Kicked, Dragged and Detained for Days.

The government does not track how often immigration agents grab citizens. So ProPublica did. Our tally — almost certainly incomplete — includes people who were held for days without a lawyer. And near...

www.propublica.org

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Cooper S. Beckett @coopersbeckett.com · 13h

“When they come for any of us, they come for all of us,”

That's goddamn right.

The TRiiBE @thetriibe.com · 14h

UPDATE — Mayor Brandon Johnson lays out his FY 2026 budget recommendations to protect Chicago’s most vulnerable residents from Trump.

“When they come for any of us, they come for all of us,” Johnsons said to applause.

thetriibe.com/2025/10/mayo...

Mayor Brandon Johnson reveals budget to 'Protect Chicago' from Trump cuts • The TRiiBE

“This budget was written long before I took office,” Johnson said, surrounded by Chicago Board of Education members, the CTU president, and more.

thetriibe.com

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Cooper S. Beckett @coopersbeckett.com · 15h

it was just locker room talk

Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 15h

We checked—and no one in the GOP Hitler chat was a "kid."

No one in the GOP Hitler chat was a "kid"

We checked. Sorry, JD Vance.

www.motherjones.com

Cooper S. Beckett @coopersbeckett.com · 16h

well, this isn't good

I mean, don't cheat. Talk.

But this isn't good.

Tyler King @tyleraking.com · 16h

“A number of easy to access websites use facial recognition to let partners, stalkers, or anyone else uncover specific peoples’ Tinder profiles, reveal their approximate physical location at points in time, and track changes to their profile including their photos, according to 404 Media’s tests.”

Viral ‘Cheater Buster’ Sites Use Facial Recognition to Let Anyone Reveal Peoples’ Tinder Profiles

Videos demoing one of the sites have repeatedly gone viral on TikTok and other platforms recently. 404 Media verified they can locate specific peoples' Tinder profiles using their photo, and found tha...

www.404media.co

Cooper S. Beckett @coopersbeckett.com · 16h

wait, is Richard Kind NOT Jewish?

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 1d

AOC: You're damn right that it's a Democratic priority to keep people from getting poisoned, from dangerous chemicals

You're damn right that it's a Democratic priority to bring down the cost of housing

If they want to say that that's a Democratic priority, they're right,

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Cooper S. Beckett @coopersbeckett.com · 16h

Thank God for Site B

Cooper S. Beckett @coopersbeckett.com · 16h

I've always appreciated you, buddy :D

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Cooper S. Beckett @coopersbeckett.com · 16h

where'd they find the jeb bush clone?

Cooper S. Beckett @coopersbeckett.com · 16h

hey now, everybody loves the TIV
(Tornado Intercept Vehicle)

Cooper S. Beckett @coopersbeckett.com · 16h

#SpoonieAuthChat

Honestly, at this point, all I really want is for a book to make enough money to manage its costs. Anything more is gravy.

Spoonie Authors Network @spoonieauthnet.bsky.social · 16h

Spoonie Author Chat (for creatives who manage spoons), October 16, 2025:

What's something you really hope will happen to you as an author?

(Please quote-post and add #SpoonieAuthChat to your replies!)

Banner image with same text as the post. There’s also an image of spoons that are connected at the base.

Cooper S. Beckett @coopersbeckett.com · 16h

better just be previous recordings of burt lahr

Cooper S. Beckett @coopersbeckett.com · 16h

I don't like this Chainsaw reboot

Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 1d

We are living in one of the stupidest times in history.

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Bill Amend @billamend.bsky.social · 1d

Tonight’s dumb napkin cartoon…

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Holly Anderson 🍇 @hollyanderson.bsky.social · 1d

you fucked around and now the Episcopalians are doing memes. are you happy now. are you

Screenshot of a Facebook post featuring three of the Portland protesters wearing inflatable frog costumes with the following text:

Episcopalians on Facebook
Elizabeth Rose Elrod • 22h •
Exodus 8:2-6
"But if you refuse to let them go, I will plague your whole country with frogs...
The frogs shall come up on you and on your people and on all your officials."

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 1d

AOC: And they are able to radicalize a generation of young boys in particular, away from healthy masculinity and into an insecure masculinity that requires the domination of others who are poorer, browner, darker, or a different gender than them.

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