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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 13h

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.

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The Author, Séamas O'Reilly @seamas.bsky.social · 1d

Also keep an eye out for the one that has a gloriously self important afterword from Aubrey superfan Charlton Heston where he all but says "if I was a legendary British naval commander, and I absolutely could have been, I would have been exactly like this one".

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The Author, Séamas O'Reilly @seamas.bsky.social · 1d

Have read all the way to 20 over the years, but have never been able to bring myself to read the last one. Absolutely peerless stuff. Ready to start from the start again soon. Just let the bits about sails glide right over your eyes.

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The Author, Séamas O'Reilly @seamas.bsky.social · 1d

Ha, yes I think it was specifically that he reminds me of a non-speaking character they'd gone out of their way to present as so Northern Irish that you wouldn't even need to hear his voice to get the gist.

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paris martineau @paris.nyc · 2d

after the 10th radioactive shrimp recall in 7 weeks, i decided to do some digging

little did i know it would lead me to an underreported industrial accident that may have released an airborne plume of radioactive debris over swaths of indonesia
www.consumerreports.org/health/food-...

What Is Really Going on With All This Radioactive Shrimp? - Consumer Reports

Here’s the latest on how shrimp and spices got contaminated with cesium-137, how the FDA has responded, and why consumers should not panic.

www.consumerreports.org

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Davey Jones @daveyjones.bsky.social · 2d

I did the cover drawing and a quadrillion* interior illustrations for the new issue of The Fence, on sale now. (*number of illustrations may be exaggerated for rhetorical purposes. No responsibility is taken. Contents may settle in transit)

The Fence @thefence.bsky.social · 2d

Issue 26 is here 📸

With a cover from @daveyjones.bsky.social and work from Tamlin Magee, @garyiship.bsky.social, Ella Benson Easton, @williamasclarke.bsky.social, Zara Meerza, Antonia Bentel, @jimmymcintosh.bsky.social & more

www.the-fence.com/shop/

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The Author, Séamas O'Reilly @seamas.bsky.social · 2d

Once again, the best we've ever done, by the best to ever do it, on sale now for, by some distance, the best price in British publishing.

The Fence @thefence.bsky.social · 2d

Issue 26 is here 📸

With a cover from @daveyjones.bsky.social and work from Tamlin Magee, @garyiship.bsky.social, Ella Benson Easton, @williamasclarke.bsky.social, Zara Meerza, Antonia Bentel, @jimmymcintosh.bsky.social & more

www.the-fence.com/shop/

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The Author, Séamas O'Reilly @seamas.bsky.social · 2d

I have been studiously kind and wise in not engaging. Did feel like replying to a few with the Wikipedia page for "character limit" tho.

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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 3d

“The existence of even one ex gay dismantles the central lie of homosexuality, that it is an innate characteristic from birth and therefore should have human rights awarded to it.”

Same shit different era.

Chloe Cole: The existence of even one detransitioner dismantles the central lie of transgenderism, that it is an innate characteristic from birth and therefore should have human rights awarded to it.

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The Author, Séamas O'Reilly @seamas.bsky.social · 3d

I write full time largely because of one thread about getting high with the Irish president. As cringe as it is to admit, my entire life has been massively enhanced by Twitter and ketamine over precisely the same time that those two things have proven less beneficial for Elon Musk.

Conrad Hackett @conradhackett.bsky.social · 3d

Has anything great happened in your life because of social media?

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Keith W. Dickinson @keithwdickinson.bsky.social · 3d

Today is a day when arts degrees are worthless, but the product of those degrees is so valuable it would kill an entire industry if they were made to pay for it.

The Verge @theverge.com · May 26

Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry

Paul McCartne, Elton John and others signed an open letter.

buff.ly

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The Author, Séamas O'Reilly @seamas.bsky.social · 3d

I write full time largely because of one thread about getting high with the Irish president. As cringe as it is to admit, my entire life has been massively enhanced by Twitter and ketamine over precisely the same time that those two things have proven less beneficial for Elon Musk.

Conrad Hackett @conradhackett.bsky.social · 3d

Has anything great happened in your life because of social media?

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The Author, Séamas O'Reilly @seamas.bsky.social · 4d

Keith Urban just trying to go about his goddamn business.

Image shared by Geoff The Toking Mongoose with the following alt text: AEW wrestler Orange Cassidy sitting on a chair with his feet up playing with a rubix cube while other AEW wrestler Thekla does her trademark spider pose where she arches backwards and walks on her hands and feet while looking at Orange

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bakoon @bakoon.bsky.social · 3d

this bong rip is for you boys. cheers on the frameworks

Nature @nature.com · 3d

BREAKING: The Nobel Prize in Chemistry has been awarded to Susumu Kitagawa, Richard Robson and Omar M. Yaghi “for the development of metal-organic frameworks”

Stay tuned for more.
#NobelPrize

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The Author, Séamas O'Reilly @seamas.bsky.social · 4d

Guy I used to play football with claimed his uncle had been in the IRA (not, in itself, a major bit of news where I'm from) but had to quit after a bombing he did that left him with no outward signs of trauma, save the fact he had to "eat all his meals standing up" (a dazzling additional detail).

The Fence @thefence.bsky.social · 4d

Fence #26 will be a special on all things print, and in tribute to the storied history of the UK gutter press, our letters page wants your GOSSIP & SCANDAL.

So, we're asking you all: what was the most scandalous (true or false) bit of gossip that dominated your school or neighbourhood growing up?

A photo of assembled paparazzi waiting to snap your shame for the scandal sheets.

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The Fence @thefence.bsky.social · 4d

Fence #26 will be a special on all things print, and in tribute to the storied history of the UK gutter press, our letters page wants your GOSSIP & SCANDAL.

So, we're asking you all: what was the most scandalous (true or false) bit of gossip that dominated your school or neighbourhood growing up?

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Jennifer Kretchmer @dreamwisp.bsky.social · 4d

Because it feels relevant as we continue to evaluate the media and our representatives’ statements, my favorite way to identify the active vs. passive voice.

A post by Rebecca Johnson:
“I finally learned how to teach my guys to ID the passive voice. If you can insert "by zombies" after the verb, you have passive voice.”

A tumblr respond from mightymur:
“The final, brilliant word on passive voice.
"She was killed [by zombies.]"<--passive
"Zombies killed [by zombies] her." <-- active”

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Celestial M Weasel @celestialweasel.bsky.social · 4d

Amongst other things, at some point someone had sprayed PINSHON IS A CUNT on the wall outside the end of the main hall. Mr Pinshon being the deputy head. It had been scrubbed off but was still visible. Frankly if I were the head I would have had the wall painted or the bricks sanded. Anyway...

The Fence @thefence.bsky.social · 4d

Fence #26 will be a special on all things print, and in tribute to the storied history of the UK gutter press, our letters page wants your GOSSIP & SCANDAL.

So, we're asking you all: what was the most scandalous (true or false) bit of gossip that dominated your school or neighbourhood growing up?

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Celestial M Weasel @celestialweasel.bsky.social · 4d

Also...
New council offices were built in the early 80s
Rumour had it that
A) there was a nuclear shelter in the basement (true)
B) that in the event of nuclear war the people who would go into it were local councillors and school dinner ladies with the aim of repopulating the county (unlikely)

The Fence @thefence.bsky.social · 4d

Fence #26 will be a special on all things print, and in tribute to the storied history of the UK gutter press, our letters page wants your GOSSIP & SCANDAL.

So, we're asking you all: what was the most scandalous (true or false) bit of gossip that dominated your school or neighbourhood growing up?

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👻 🧹 🐈‍⬛ hob bug boo 🐈‍⬛ 🧹 👻 @dubdobdee.bsky.social · 4d

a bunch of the teachers & their wives started following bhagwan shree rajneesh & a few of them (including my sister's piano teacher)* ended up quitting & moving to antelope, oregon, to live in his cult compound

*years later we spotted her bobbing around near him in TV footage

The Fence @thefence.bsky.social · 4d

Fence #26 will be a special on all things print, and in tribute to the storied history of the UK gutter press, our letters page wants your GOSSIP & SCANDAL.

So, we're asking you all: what was the most scandalous (true or false) bit of gossip that dominated your school or neighbourhood growing up?

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Parker @jeffparker.bsky.social · 4d

The Apostolic church at the end of my street made our town nationally famous for a week by hanging Santa Claus (Father Christmas to you) www.weirduniverse.net/blog/comment...