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Extinct Thing @flightless.bsky.social · 35m

I might even argue that it is better to be spoilt, if one may only be reading/watching the thing one time through. The reread is a richer experience than the initial ride.

thank u, hexed @lindsaykingmiller.bsky.social · 10h

That a well-crafted story does not become less compelling when you know some of the plot points ahead of time is the opinion which fire cannot melt out of me; I will die in it at the stake.

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thank u, hexed @lindsaykingmiller.bsky.social · 11h

Sex scenes are almost never "gratuitous" or "unnecessary." You learn things about characters and relationships during sex that you can't really learn any other way, such as whether they're into fisting.

Rachel Feder @rachelfeder.bsky.social · 1d

Tell me your most unhinged literary opinion, as a little treat

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Moby Dick @mobydickatsea.bsky.social · 5h

mystical books, whose perusal would seem to have been indispensable

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Doctora Malka Older @older.bsky.social · 4h

power to be quoted and amplified in the media any time they feel like speaking

Jess Calarco @jessicacalarco.com · 4h

And the danger of that wealth is amplified by the power we've allllowed it to buy.

Power to influence elections.
Power to mold institutions.
Power to move markets.
Power to manipulate media.
Power to punish anyone who tries to challenge or question their power.

Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 1d

The 400 richest Americans are now worth a record $6.6 trillion.

The entire bottom 50% of America is worth just $4.2 trillion.

Read that back.

When 400 people control more wealth than half a country’s population, we have a very serious problem.

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Extinct Thing @flightless.bsky.social · 2h

Is it interesting apart from the tension, though? (I haven’t seen it.) I like things where the tense parts yield fresh rewards upon rereading/rewatching, when you can appreciate the arc.

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Robyn Swirling @rswirling.bsky.social · 3h

Once again: this is also happening in DC. Still.

It feels like we’ve been forgotten, maybe because there aren’t huge confrontations to run photos of. But our neighbors are still being taken every day. Routine traffic stops are now done by 12+ feds alongside local police.

Please talk about us too.

Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 12h

"Residents in Chicago and Portland are living in a police state where masked armed forces kidnap who they want to kidnap, where they have to listen to public officials routinely lie about what is happening in their neighborhoods." donmoynihan.substack.com/p/purge-merg...

StrictlyChristo 🇺🇦🌻❌👑 @strictlychristo.bsky.social · 19h

Federal Secret Police and plainclothes ICE agents kidnap multiple people from a neighborhood in Chicago. They then deploy teargas and brutally beat neighbors who come out to express their concern.

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Extinct Thing @flightless.bsky.social · 2h

I worry that that doll is going to just start appearing in different pictures…

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Extinct Thing @flightless.bsky.social · 3h

I never kept up with the various Star Treks, so when I read a mention of Cardassians, I picture them as Kardashians. They are very nearly human, so it fits.

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Extinct Thing @flightless.bsky.social · 11h

My brain went with William S. Burroughs. 👍

Jessica Ritchey @jmritchey.bsky.social · 1d

I can't stop reading this in this voice of Hunter S. Thompson and dying.

Saoirse ☀️ @scratchcarddust.bsky.social · 4d

If you know basic kabbalah it's actually not too hard to make a golem out of a labubu. Don't recommend it though. They have a pre-existing body-dharma. As soon as they wake they run straight for the sea. V hard to counter. Lost the first one. No idea what it's doing out there. Moved like lightning.

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Extinct Thing @flightless.bsky.social · 11h

Wow!

Extinct Thing @flightless.bsky.social · 17h

This is a wholesome, most excellent thread.

Sophia_Nyx 🏳️‍⚧️ @sophianyx.bsky.social · 18h

Without saying Hurt, fav Cover Song?

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Extinct Thing @flightless.bsky.social · 17h

I always try not to say Hendrix’ Watchtower, but then I end up thinking about Hendrix’ Watchtower.

Sophia_Nyx 🏳️‍⚧️ @sophianyx.bsky.social · 18h

Without saying Hurt, fav Cover Song?

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Callies Shouldn’t Play with Dead Things @calliedot.bsky.social · 1d

Conservatives: I’m going to the grocery store, better put on my chest plate and carry my pistol.

Leftists: I’m going to confront heavily armed and violent government goons, better get my Spirit Halloween costume.

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Extinct Thing @flightless.bsky.social · 18h

#qotd “Prioritize putting yourself in a position where you can breathe the deepest.” — Charlie Follows #yoga #boundaries #advice #rustysign #foundinbrookland

A very rusty sign, attached to a tree & covered with leafless grey vines. It says PRIVATE PROPERTY / NO TRESPASSING in brown on brown.

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Maybe It Will Happen Today @today-maybe.bsky.social · May 28

A digital homage/ripoff of Magritte’s painting ‘The Treachery of Images’. An image of a brown and black tobacco pipe with a curved stem sits isolated on a plain tan field. Below the pipe in black cursive handwriting is the phrase ‘Peut-être que cela arrivera aujourd'hui’ which I sincerely hope is an adequate French translation of ‘Maybe it will happen today’

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mave @mave.bsky.social · Feb 21

Overheard someone hiss into their phone, “I realize that, but I cannot miss Theodore’s bassoon recital,” and now I have a new catch-all excuse

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Extinct Thing @flightless.bsky.social · 1d

This was such a delicious book. I am now thinking about reading it again.

Emily Tesh @emilytesh.net · 1d

Today marks five months since the release of THE INCANDESCENT. As we swing into the grimmest bit of the school year, spare a thought for the teachers you know, for whom a demon infestation would make very little noticeable difference to the dark tunnel that is the back half of the autumn term.

Emily Tesh @emilytesh.net · May 13

THE INCANDESCENT is a book about money and education and status symbols, about loving your career, about demons, about magic, about fantasy school - but most of all about how 'school' is always a kind of fantasy. Available now!

US: bookshop.org/p/books/the-...

UK: uk.bookshop.org/p/books/unti...

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Extinct Thing @flightless.bsky.social · 1d

The sage will permit me one question and I will blow it on asking if I can stroke their belly.

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The Late Rackletang 🪦🦇 @rackletang.bsky.social · 1d

It's unlikely that I'll ever climb a mountain to consult a guru, but if I ever do, I expect to find a viscacha.

Mrs. Detective PikaBOO, Esq. @clapifyoulikeme.favrd.social · 1d

Thinking about viscachas again

The viscacha, an absurd, rabbit-like creature. They are fat, furry, and have hilariously long whiskers that extend far past their bodies. This one is plopped on his butt.

A viscacha with his whiskers pointed down and his paws in a dainty position

A viscacha holding his hand up as if to say no pictures please

Another sitting viscacha but he looks SO soft and SO fat

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Sorrowscopes @sorrowscopes.bsky.social · 1d

Scorpio: If you’re looking for answers from giant balls of plasma that are millions of miles away, it’s already too late. See a therapist. Eat a burrito.

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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 1d

A reminder that I have "Arkham" embedded in my name.

(not that there's anything wrong with that...)

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Michael Schulman @michaelschulman.bsky.social · 1d

I absolutely loved having this long conversation with Tim Curry, whose memoir comes out Tuesday. He told terrific stories about, among others, Meat Loaf, Ivana Trump, John Huston, Truman Capote, and Miss Piggy. What a life! www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...

Tim Curry Does the Time Warp

The actor and singer discusses the origins of “The Rocky Horror Picture Show,” his relationship with David Bowie, and the joy of working with Miss Piggy.

www.newyorker.com

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Nora Reed (they/them ze/hir) @nora.zone · 22d

a group of people were like "i found a way to live my life as a truer version of myself" and instead of being like "that's beautiful, how can i help" people were like "i don't think schools should have books in them anymore"

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Extinct Thing @flightless.bsky.social · 1d

What if they are like salmon… 🤔

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Extinct Thing @flightless.bsky.social · 2d

Tom Waits

Emily, a Two-Shoes-Gooder @rebelmusicteach.bsky.social · 8d

I also need to know: I am fairly middle-of-the-road on Taylor Swift but someone I know called her the Greatest Living Lyricist. She is not.

Who is yours? Either the greatest or your favorite?

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