Casper
@glitterwarlock.bsky.social
writer, editor, witch. find me lodged between two books on an old shelf like a long-forgotten bookmark. they/them
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There are a few poems that make the rounds on Armistice Day, (Remembrance Day, depending on your region) but this is the one I think the First World War should be remembered by.
www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/46560/...
www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/46560/...
Dulce et Decorum Est
Bent double, like old beggars under sacks, Knock-kneed, coughing like hags, we cursed through sludge, Till on the haunting flares we turned our backs, And towards our distant rest began to trudge.
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November 11, 2025 at 9:14 PM
There are a few poems that make the rounds on Armistice Day, (Remembrance Day, depending on your region) but this is the one I think the First World War should be remembered by.
www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/46560/...
www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/46560/...
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It is increasingly clear that there is a crisis of trust in legacy media, five-alarm fire stuff. It is bad for any news outlet to have a reputation that wards off people it should be talking to, and the wary are growing in number
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Maybe Don’t Talk to the New York Times About Zohran Mamdani
It’s remarkable, the people you’ll hear from. Teach for even a little while at an expensive institution—the term they tend to prefer is “elite”—and odds are that eventually someone who was a studen…
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November 8, 2025 at 11:37 PM
It is increasingly clear that there is a crisis of trust in legacy media, five-alarm fire stuff. It is bad for any news outlet to have a reputation that wards off people it should be talking to, and the wary are growing in number
lithub.com/maybe-dont-t...
lithub.com/maybe-dont-t...
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Mamdani: Whether you are an immigrant, a member of the trans community, one of the many black women that Donald Trump has fired from a federal job, a single mom still waiting for the cost of groceries to go down, or anyone else with their back against the wall—your struggle is ours too
November 5, 2025 at 4:35 AM
Mamdani: Whether you are an immigrant, a member of the trans community, one of the many black women that Donald Trump has fired from a federal job, a single mom still waiting for the cost of groceries to go down, or anyone else with their back against the wall—your struggle is ours too
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Shoutout to whoever was like the news sucks, let’s spice it up by doing a jewel heist at the Louvre
October 19, 2025 at 9:49 PM
Shoutout to whoever was like the news sucks, let’s spice it up by doing a jewel heist at the Louvre
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UNTIL IT’S DONE, Ep. 4: Sylvia Rivera
In the 1970s, queer New Yorkers had been pushed to the margins of NYC. Our trans neighbors faced immense cruelty. But in Sylvia Rivera, they found a champion.
As we combat Trump’s politics of darkness, her legacy can light the path forward.
In the 1970s, queer New Yorkers had been pushed to the margins of NYC. Our trans neighbors faced immense cruelty. But in Sylvia Rivera, they found a champion.
As we combat Trump’s politics of darkness, her legacy can light the path forward.
October 11, 2025 at 12:33 PM
UNTIL IT’S DONE, Ep. 4: Sylvia Rivera
In the 1970s, queer New Yorkers had been pushed to the margins of NYC. Our trans neighbors faced immense cruelty. But in Sylvia Rivera, they found a champion.
As we combat Trump’s politics of darkness, her legacy can light the path forward.
In the 1970s, queer New Yorkers had been pushed to the margins of NYC. Our trans neighbors faced immense cruelty. But in Sylvia Rivera, they found a champion.
As we combat Trump’s politics of darkness, her legacy can light the path forward.
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cry havoc and let slip the frogs of war
October 11, 2025 at 12:32 AM
cry havoc and let slip the frogs of war
I’m coming down from the excitement of First Renaissance Faire this year (last weekend) only to catch the upswing of anticipation for Second Renaissance Faire (this weekend)
September 11, 2025 at 5:13 PM
I’m coming down from the excitement of First Renaissance Faire this year (last weekend) only to catch the upswing of anticipation for Second Renaissance Faire (this weekend)
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A lot of political influencers within the Atlantic/NYT orbit are very, very eager to sell us on the lie that we can get out of fascism by sacrificing trans people.
They will beat that drum even louder as the right weaponizes this tragedy.
They are liars now & they will be liars in the coming days.
They will beat that drum even louder as the right weaponizes this tragedy.
They are liars now & they will be liars in the coming days.
August 28, 2025 at 3:16 AM
A lot of political influencers within the Atlantic/NYT orbit are very, very eager to sell us on the lie that we can get out of fascism by sacrificing trans people.
They will beat that drum even louder as the right weaponizes this tragedy.
They are liars now & they will be liars in the coming days.
They will beat that drum even louder as the right weaponizes this tragedy.
They are liars now & they will be liars in the coming days.
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Transgender studies professor Dr. Susan Stryker tears Gavin Newsom a new one while accepting the Transgender Legacy Award from the California state legislature 🔥🔥🔥 @susanstryker.bsky.social
August 25, 2025 at 10:20 PM
Transgender studies professor Dr. Susan Stryker tears Gavin Newsom a new one while accepting the Transgender Legacy Award from the California state legislature 🔥🔥🔥 @susanstryker.bsky.social
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Newsletter: My 16,000 word opus - How To Argue With An AI Booster, a comprehensive guide to arguing with AI boosters, addressing both their bad faith debate style and their specific (and flimsy) arguments as to why generative AI is the future.
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How To Argue With An AI Booster
Editor's Note: For those of you reading via email, I recommend opening this in a browser so you can use the Table of Contents. This is my longest newsletter - a 16,000-word-long opus - and if you like...
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August 25, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Newsletter: My 16,000 word opus - How To Argue With An AI Booster, a comprehensive guide to arguing with AI boosters, addressing both their bad faith debate style and their specific (and flimsy) arguments as to why generative AI is the future.
www.wheresyoured.at/how-to-argue...
www.wheresyoured.at/how-to-argue...
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"Listen here, my good bitch. Writers have been using me long before the advent of AI."
The Em Dash Responds to the AI Allegations
“In recent months, a curious fixation has emerged in corners of academia: the em dash. More specifically, the apparent moral panic around how it is...
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August 4, 2025 at 12:30 PM
"Listen here, my good bitch. Writers have been using me long before the advent of AI."
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All of you are smart and creative enough to brainstorm without ChatGPT. You might need practice, you might need another person to bounce ideas off of (plenty of online places to do that) but you are definitely creative enough to think of ideas without this.
“Some of us aren’t creative enough to brainstorm without ChatGPT!” Well then maybe you should sit this one out.
August 3, 2025 at 4:45 PM
All of you are smart and creative enough to brainstorm without ChatGPT. You might need practice, you might need another person to bounce ideas off of (plenty of online places to do that) but you are definitely creative enough to think of ideas without this.
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A very cool technology that allows students to interact with John Maynard Keynes’ ideas as he develops them is called a book
July 23, 2025 at 11:10 PM
A very cool technology that allows students to interact with John Maynard Keynes’ ideas as he develops them is called a book
Just finished the #GuardianCowl in lovely yarn from Republic of Yarnia @isasaxonists.bsky.social!! Going to be months before it’s cool enough to need this but I love how it looks!!
July 8, 2025 at 7:40 PM
Just finished the #GuardianCowl in lovely yarn from Republic of Yarnia @isasaxonists.bsky.social!! Going to be months before it’s cool enough to need this but I love how it looks!!
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The thing that everybody needs to read:
June 22, 2025 at 2:21 AM
The thing that everybody needs to read:
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The conservative movement is lying about basically every empirical "debate" of our time, from climate change to voter fraud to vaccines. Why is it so impossible for reactionary centrists to contemplate the possibility they're lying about trans healthcare too?
No, New York Times. That's not what trans people are saying.
June 20, 2025 at 12:20 PM
The conservative movement is lying about basically every empirical "debate" of our time, from climate change to voter fraud to vaccines. Why is it so impossible for reactionary centrists to contemplate the possibility they're lying about trans healthcare too?
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Tolkien: the Palantír are these seeing stones, you see, and it's how Sauron was able to hijack Saruman's mind to do like evil and shit which is why Gandalf says he's abandoned reason for madness bcs Saruman was being a greedy little b-
Peter Thiel: noice let's call the evil company Palantir
Peter Thiel: noice let's call the evil company Palantir
June 17, 2025 at 1:39 PM
Tolkien: the Palantír are these seeing stones, you see, and it's how Sauron was able to hijack Saruman's mind to do like evil and shit which is why Gandalf says he's abandoned reason for madness bcs Saruman was being a greedy little b-
Peter Thiel: noice let's call the evil company Palantir
Peter Thiel: noice let's call the evil company Palantir
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Protesters Urged Not To Give Trump Administration Pretext For What It Already Doing
Protesters Urged Not To Give Trump Administration Pretext For What It Already Doing
LOS ANGELES—Responding to escalating clashes between civilian activists and militarized immigration authorities, Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass publicly urged protesters Monday not to give the Trump adm...
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June 9, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Protesters Urged Not To Give Trump Administration Pretext For What It Already Doing
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This is an “insurrection” to the trump White House. They aren’t satisfied with protests being peaceful, they don’t want them to exist at all
HAPPENING NOW: Aerial coverage of protesters marching peacefully in LA to protest ongoing ICE raid operations and Trump’s federalization of the National Guard
Reporter: “What we’re looking at right now is a quiet, organized group and demonstrators marching peacefully to their destination.”
Reporter: “What we’re looking at right now is a quiet, organized group and demonstrators marching peacefully to their destination.”
June 8, 2025 at 8:07 PM
This is an “insurrection” to the trump White House. They aren’t satisfied with protests being peaceful, they don’t want them to exist at all
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Yeah I guess LeBron putting up a 22.6 PER is pretty special, but it's not that impressive when you compare him to people rolling out of bed and firing off something like this at age 86.
June 8, 2025 at 5:49 AM
Yeah I guess LeBron putting up a 22.6 PER is pretty special, but it's not that impressive when you compare him to people rolling out of bed and firing off something like this at age 86.
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The most striking thing about the LA protests is how many people just dropped everything to show up and yell at federal agents. There are people in suits, and carrying dogs, and wearing flip flops or bike helmets.
These are not people who planned to do this today. But there they are.
These are not people who planned to do this today. But there they are.
June 7, 2025 at 10:44 PM
The most striking thing about the LA protests is how many people just dropped everything to show up and yell at federal agents. There are people in suits, and carrying dogs, and wearing flip flops or bike helmets.
These are not people who planned to do this today. But there they are.
These are not people who planned to do this today. But there they are.
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Also people need to really drop this“ice officers are really proud boys/other far right groups” conspiracy theory cooking. The enemy within is ice and dhs. These are not some outside of government force.This is what they have always been. Stop making conspiracy’s that excuse these historic realities
June 6, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Also people need to really drop this“ice officers are really proud boys/other far right groups” conspiracy theory cooking. The enemy within is ice and dhs. These are not some outside of government force.This is what they have always been. Stop making conspiracy’s that excuse these historic realities
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Musk Weighs Return To Politics After 60th Death On ‘Elden Ring Nightreign’ Tutorial
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Musk Weighs Return To Politics After 60th Death On ‘Elden Ring Nightreign’ Tutorial
AUSTIN, TX—Reconsidering his recent departure from Washington as the words ‘YOU DIED’ appeared once more on his screen, billionaire Elon Musk reportedly weighed a return to politics Monday after his 60th death on the tutorial level of Elden Ring Nightreign. “Seems like these enemies are glitched to be unkillable—maybe I should stop back by the […]
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June 7, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Musk Weighs Return To Politics After 60th Death On ‘Elden Ring Nightreign’ Tutorial
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Elon and Trump pulling into separate Home Depot parking lots and tweeting “I’m here you fuckaas bitch”
June 5, 2025 at 9:12 PM
Elon and Trump pulling into separate Home Depot parking lots and tweeting “I’m here you fuckaas bitch”
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