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Scissorman from Clock Tower @koinskock.bsky.social · 4h

I imagine all the notifications they're getting from Teams about how absolutely bullshit the meeting is

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Scissorman from Clock Tower @koinskock.bsky.social · 7h

At Least Six, As Many As Twelve

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Scissorman from Clock Tower @koinskock.bsky.social · 8h

Go fuck yourself.

Scissorman from Clock Tower @koinskock.bsky.social · 8h

We found out like six years ago that Epstein-Barr (you know, mono) causes cancer, autoimmune diseases, and is the single largest cause of MS, and people got that shit and we were like, "Oh it's just mono." Like why would you want to get a virus when we don't know what the knock-on effects will be?

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Robert Evans (the Only Robert Evans) @iwriteok.bsky.social · Apr 3

i will never understand the instinct to obsess over stuff like this when there are real problems

how in God's name does a stranger masking impact you

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Scissorman from Clock Tower @koinskock.bsky.social · 8h

Sorry, did I say "stupid"? I mean "prophetic", apparently.

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Scissorman from Clock Tower @koinskock.bsky.social · 8h

This is the plotline of a particularly stupid episode of South Park from like five years ago.

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Scissorman from Clock Tower @koinskock.bsky.social · 21h

I sincerely believe this is the only thing in life that matters.

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Scissorman from Clock Tower @koinskock.bsky.social · 23h

it boggles my mind that they're doubling down on this because this kind of shit does not play well in Canada and they threw the last federal election--a lock-in unlike any we'd seen before--thanks to going all-in on stunts like this.

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Scissorman from Clock Tower @koinskock.bsky.social · 1d

yeah i mean it worked out so well for them in the last federal election

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Scissorman from Clock Tower @koinskock.bsky.social · 1d

i have been canceled for saying the emperor is not wearing any skin., he is simply draped in it like a disused mirror in an attic

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Scissorman from Clock Tower @koinskock.bsky.social · 2d

Canada has multiple concurrent secessionist movements angling for political dominance in their respective provinces, and its largest provincial government is so mind-blowingly, outwardly corrupt it makes New Jersey look like a poorly-run lemonade stand.

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Scissorman from Clock Tower @koinskock.bsky.social · 2d

Japanese school and work culture is so notoriously bad that it's a theme in like hundreds (thousands?) of Japanese books and movies and TV shows. South Korea's institutional-governmental capture is so bad there's literally a global massive hit Netflix show about it. Every country has problems!

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Scissorman from Clock Tower @koinskock.bsky.social · 2d

I read this report recently that showed that there has been a considerable amount of recovery after democratic backsliding around the world. I think it's important for people to keep in mind. Hell, Madagascar just ousted its semi-autocratic president with the HELP of the military.

Democratic Recovery After Significant Backsliding: Emergent Lessons

In a global political landscape marked by twenty years of widespread democratic backsliding, some good news exists: in a handful of countries where leaders significantly undercut democratic norms and ...

carnegieendowment.org

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Scissorman from Clock Tower @koinskock.bsky.social · 2d

I appreciate this, thanks dude!

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Scissorman from Clock Tower @koinskock.bsky.social · 2d

Sad to say I have not, but I'll add it to my pile! I'm curious about the gothics especially if you have a recommendation?

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Scissorman from Clock Tower @koinskock.bsky.social · 2d

Yeah Dune isn't super great, but Dune Messiah has passages and lines that strike like a (kris)knife. "They had zealot faces, untouched by awe." The scene of the Fremen fighter on the ocean world having an actual world-ending existential crisis by the sight of so much water. Brilliant shit.

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Scissorman from Clock Tower @koinskock.bsky.social · 2d

Fwiw I have the bad ADHD and the only way I respond to texts is syncing them to my computer with iMessage. If I didn't do this I would never talk to any of my friends.

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Scissorman from Clock Tower @koinskock.bsky.social · 2d

Plato has entered the chat. Plato has crashed the chat. Plato does not believe in a "chat."

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Scissorman from Clock Tower @koinskock.bsky.social · 2d

man i hope this is a shitpost

Scissorman from Clock Tower @koinskock.bsky.social · 3d

I dunno if you know, but her books underwent a huge censorious excision before their publication. Penguin recently released the original 1818 edition (the one before all the Bowdlerization) and it's much more incisive and interesting and confrontational.

Frankenstein: The 1818 Text

Check out Frankenstein: The 1818 Text - <b>Mary Shelley’s classic novel, presented in its original 1818 text, with an introduction from National Book Critics Circle award-winner Charlotte Gordon...

bookshop.org

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Scissorman from Clock Tower @koinskock.bsky.social · 3d

Degrassi.

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Scissorman from Clock Tower @koinskock.bsky.social · 3d

I just don't understand the argument. Spenser had royal ties too--he was a literal officer of the British government, and Faerie Queene is just a hagiography of Elizabeth I. Spenser also didn't write for an audience; he wrote for his social circle. Of course he's less popular; nobody read him.

Scissorman from Clock Tower @koinskock.bsky.social · 3d

I'm so sorry to say I don't know your dad's work (or his name, unfortunately), at least off the top of my head; what name did he publish under?

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Scissorman from Clock Tower @koinskock.bsky.social · 3d

I also have opinions backed up by a degree in English Literature (a Master's, at that!) and I can say that I think your take is patently off-base. If patronage was your problem, surely Spenser wouldn't be your choice--he was a colonial officer in Ireland who championed exterminating their culture.

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