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Haunted Mitten Podcast @hauntedmitten.bsky.social · 1d

Couldn't make it out to Haunting Tales with Leanna Renee Hieber? You can watch it now on YouTube!
@leannareneehieber.bsky.social
@aadl.org
www.youtube.com/live/sItqZvx...

Author Event | Haunting Tales with Leanna Renee Hieber

YouTube video by Ann Arbor District Library

www.youtube.com

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Crysta K. Coburn @crystakcoburn.bsky.social · 1d

Video in the comments.

Jay Kuo @nycjayjay.bsky.social · 1d

We can learn a great deal about how to handle ICE in our towns from the good people of Chicago. Everybody be ready with whistles to summon the neighborhood.

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Fagatha Ghostie @joelnb.bsky.social · 2d

Don't make me tap the Robert Pattinson quote, Leto.

“I always say about people who do method acting, you only ever see people do the method when they’re playing an assholes,” Pattinson said in an interiew with Variety in November. “You never see someone being lovely to everyone while they’re really deep in character.”

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Crysta K. Coburn @crystakcoburn.bsky.social · 2d

I wanted to share with you this spooky story from China. I love this channel. I just discovered it maybe a couple of weeks ago. I prefer to watch it while Greg is in the house because the stories give me chills...in the best way!
youtu.be/3u16HfLKinw?...

The Weeping Woman in Bejing's Most Haunted Mansion: Chaonei No.81

YouTube video by Beauty and the Beasts

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Crysta K. Coburn @crystakcoburn.bsky.social · 5d

See you soon!

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Crysta K. Coburn @crystakcoburn.bsky.social · 6d

Yup.
theoatmeal.com/comics/ai_art

A cartoonist's review of AI art - The Oatmeal

This is a comic about AI art.

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Crysta K. Coburn @crystakcoburn.bsky.social · 9d

This was really neat! The interior is all decorated, and you walk through different little spooky scenes. Lots of selfie opportunities and at least one bucket of candy. 🍬

Haunted Mitten Podcast @hauntedmitten.bsky.social · 9d

Have you visited the Historic Spooky Caboose in Ypsilanti's Depot Town? It's part of Nightmare on Cross St, every weekend this October.
#YpsiReal #PureMichigan #HappyHalloween

The end of the historical caboose in Ypsilanti's Depot Town has a skeleton on the roof and now on poles like scarecrows on the ground, corn stalks tied together and leaning against the caboose, a couple of hay bales, and more than a dozen pumpkins gathered around.

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Crysta K. Coburn @crystakcoburn.bsky.social · 12d

"Journalists should not have to fear government retaliation, including prolonged detention, for reporting on government activity... Mario’s treatment should terrify any person in this country that cares about a free press."
www.aclu.org/press-releas...

Mario Guevara To Be Deported After Appeals Court Denies Stay | American Civil Liberties Union

The government detained him for over 100 days in retaliation for his reporting on law enforcement

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Tiffany Babb @explodingarrow.bsky.social · 13d

If you have two minutes free right now, call Netflix and leave a comment in support of this programming and ask them to stand up for their shows against political pressure.

Phone number is 1-866-952-4456, and I waited less than a minute before a human picked up.

Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 13d

1. Led by Elon Musk, the far-right has exploded in a campaign to get Netflix to remove shows with queer and trans characters.

If Netflix capitulates to their demands, an already strained market for LGBTQ+ animators might become even more dire.

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Elon Musk Leads Campaign To Force Netflix To Remove Shows With Trans Characters

Musk's posts have been seen by tens of millions of users, and many conservatives are now attempting to force Netflix into a removal of LGBTQ+ content.

www.erininthemorning.com

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Courtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 13d

Hey authors, the official list of Anthropic works is available for searching.

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Submit a Claim

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Crysta K. Coburn @crystakcoburn.bsky.social · 14d

Check out my article Five Haunted Tales of Ann Arbor in the CW Monthly! 🎃👻🦇

crazywisdomjournal.squarespace.com/cw-monthlt-o...

CW Monthly October 152 — Crazy Wisdom Community Journal

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The Back Office Studio @backofficestudio.bsky.social · 14d

October is here 👻 Join us on Friday for a Ghost Story Hour hosted by Neighborhood Theatre Group!

📆 Friday, October 3 at 7:30pm
📍 The Back Office Studio
🔗 Sign up to tell a story: forms.gle/hnkFH9HASu3m...

#Community #StoryTelling

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Silky @silkyweineck.bsky.social · 15d

two excellent op-eds on @umich.edu’s surrender to the forces of darkness.

a. @leilakawar.bsky.social and Terri Friedline on two events dedicated to making Palestinian suffering visible

michiganadvance.com/2025/09/29/r...

Resistance at the University of Michigan was supposedly dead — In fact, it’s spreading • Michigan Advance

At the University of Michigan, seven more charges were handed down last week against pro-Palestine students and alumni. These latest disciplinary charges represent a decision by University of Michigan...

michiganadvance.com

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Crysta K. Coburn @crystakcoburn.bsky.social · 15d

Shut it down. Shut it all down.

Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 15d

1. It's shutdown day, and anti-trans provisions are on the line... either today, or in a few more weeks if a clean continuing resolution passes.

Trump posted a video this morning blaming a shutdown on trans people and immigrants.

Here is your shutdown guide.

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Shutdown Day Guide For LGBTQ+ People: "Continuing Resolutions" And New Anti-Trans Posts From The White House

Shutdown day is here, and there has been a lot of competing coverage on Republican priorities, Democrat's demands, and what shutdown politics means for LGBTQ+ people in America.

www.erininthemorning.com

Crysta K. Coburn @crystakcoburn.bsky.social · 16d

So excited! 👻

Ann Arbor District Library @aadl.org · 16d

Join @leannareneehieber.bsky.social and the hosts of Haunted Mitten Podcast as they discuss spooky stories, women in the paranormal, and much more!

Friday, October 10 at 6 PM at the Downtown Library.

👻 https://aadl.org/node/640558

A black promo graphic for an upcoming 'Haunting Tales' Author Event with Leanna Renee Hieber. A photo of Hieber is on the right. Bold, white text displays the event title and details.

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Crysta K. Coburn @crystakcoburn.bsky.social · 16d

I'm so excited! Anxiously awaiting my copy of the new book. I pre-ordered it from a new local bookstore.

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Crysta K. Coburn @crystakcoburn.bsky.social · 18d

Shopping around for the best price on life preserving medication is such a quintessentially US thing to do. 🙄

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Crysta K. Coburn @crystakcoburn.bsky.social · 19d

Time for a new scent. Pumpkin Spice All The Things!! from LynBDesigns. 🎃🧡

A package for wax melts rests against a cauldron-shaped burner. The orange lump of wax sits on top; a burning tea light glows within.

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Jay Kuo @nycjayjay.bsky.social · 20d

The GOP members really hate this discharge petition. They don’t want to go on record voting against the Epstein Files Transparency Act. That’s why we need to demand a floor vote.

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Crysta K. Coburn @crystakcoburn.bsky.social · 22d

Author friends: If you haven't already filled this out: secure.anthropiccopyrightsettlement.com/register

Register

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Crysta K. Coburn @crystakcoburn.bsky.social · 23d

Hey #AnnArbor!

Join Leanna Renee Hieber, author of The Haunted History of Invisible Women & America's Most Gothic, & Kay Gray and Crysta K. Coburn, the hosts of Haunted Mitten Podcast, as they discuss spooky stories, women in the paranormal, and much more! aadl.org/node/640558

Author Event | Haunting Tales with Leanna Renee Hieber | Ann Arbor District Library

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Crysta K. Coburn @crystakcoburn.bsky.social · 27d

Man, how many cool books am I going to read that have @dianapho.bsky.social in the acknowledgments? The world may never know. 😊 Seriously, that was a fun surprise. I love seeing people I know in books. Also if anyone asks why I didn't have children, I'm gonna point to this book. It's visceral. 😱

Book cover: Flowers for the Sea by Zin E. Rocklyn. The silhouette of a pregnant Black woman is embraced by tentacles.

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Haunted Mitten Podcast @hauntedmitten.bsky.social · 29d

We'll be at This, That & the ODDer Things (50 E. Cross St., Depot Town, Ypsilanti) on Sunday, October 5th from 5 to 7 pm. Come pick up a copy of "Ypsilanti Ghosts and Legends" or just say hi!

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Elizabeth Spiers @espiers.bsky.social · Sep 12

I wrote my own Charlie Kirk obituary, and about valuing truth over manners: www.thenation.com/article/poli...

Charlie Kirk’s Legacy Deserves No Mourning

The white Christian nationalist provocateur wasn't a promoter of civil discourse. He preached hate, bigotry, and division

www.thenation.com

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The Fig Economy @figgityfigs.bsky.social · Sep 15

Look, they do not have the capacity or competence to do this at the scale they want you to fear they do, and your fear is precisely their greatest force multiplier. Everybody who is cowed into silence by their threats allows them a smaller pool to focus on.

Zack Beauchamp @zackbeauchamp.bsky.social · Sep 15

Stephen Miler is open about what's coming: a federal law enforcement crackdown on its political opponents

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