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Dr Surekha Davies, Historical Monster Consultant (she/her) @drsurekhadavies.bsky.social · 1h

Tickled to encounter a mention of my HUMANS: A MONSTROUS HISTORY near the start of @manvir.bsky.social's essay around @realgdt.bsky.social's FRANKENSTEIN in @newyorker.com!
Here's hoping someone will review the book there ... ... ...

#spookyseason #monsters 🗃
www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...

How Monsters Went from Menacing to Misunderstood

For most of human history, monsters were repugnant aberrations, breaches of the natural and moral order. What’s behind our relentless urge to humanize them?

www.newyorker.com

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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 1h

"It felt at times like I was reporting on Erdogan in Turkey or Putin in Russia. There is an intimidation, a sort of fear effect" Trump has had "that has rippled through the private sector."

@edwardluce.bsky.social joins @monacharen.bsky.social on The Mona Charen Show:

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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 5h

I know it’s too much to expect them to know their history, but if the American Revolution had a motto, it definitely would not have been “immigrants go home.”

It would have been “get your fucking soldiers out of our cities.”

Craig Harrington @craigipedia.bsky.social · 5h

America... boy, I dunno.

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 3h

This is a real thing that a judge had to say to the Chief of US Customs and Border Protection.

Heather Cherone @heathercherone.bsky.social · 3h

"Kids dressed in halloween costumes walking to a parade" do not present an immediate threat to law enforcement officer and riot control measures may not be used, Ellis says.

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Stabby Messenger 🎃🔪🦋 @starrymessenger.bsky.social · 1h

I find it hard to believe someone named Fischetti doesn’t have bonus aunts. Most cultural Catholics roll so deep in relatives that you develop a shorthand. I refer to my mom’s second cousins as Aunts and Uncles for my own sanity

southpaw @nycsouthpaw.bsky.social · 2h

Next you’ll be telling me he referred to his second cousins as his first cousins once removed, the absolute villain, the rapscallion, the horse thief

NY Post: Zohran Mamdani didn't tell the whole truth about his hijab-wearing 'aunt' who feared for safety post-9/11
By Matthew Fischetti and Hannah Fierick

The "aunt" who Zohran Mamdani said was too afraid to wear her hijab on the subways after 9/11 is actually his dad's cousin.

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𝔎𝔯𝔦𝔰 𝔉𝔯𝔢𝔶𝔡𝔞𝔩 🇺🇦🇵🇸 @freydalpishti.bsky.social · 2h

To be fair, this take from a year ago is almost normal compared to what her brain parasite is making her do now. Last I checked, she was doing insane antisemitic impressions live on air and talking about how (((they))) are controlling us.

Sharon @sharonk.bsky.social · 2h

just circling back on this, ana

Ok. Fine. I'll bite. Fascism requires a militarized citizenry, conquest/imperialism, the elimination of our governing bodies (like Congress) and the notion that anyone who isn't part of a master race should be *massacred*. Weird thing to label a guy who brags about not starting any new wars. He also passed criminal justice reform and personally pardoned black inmates who were serving life sentences for drug crimes who Obama was unwilling to pardon. But I'm the "fucking stupid" one. Okay.

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grimm ☀️ @mugrimm.bsky.social · 2h

Also a thing I was too mad to even realize here, Trump has literally had civil rulings that he was categorically racist and loves talking about white genes all the time. I'm sorry but if you don't get that Trump does master race stuff constantly you're a dummy lol

Sharon @sharonk.bsky.social · 2h

just circling back on this, ana

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Sharon @sharonk.bsky.social · 2h

just circling back on this, ana

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McSweeney's @mcsweeneys.net · 1d

"I suppose you’ve come to say you’re sorry? I hope so, given your years of sneering and hand-wringing about how I was ruining knowledge. Meanwhile, you turned your information environment into a hypercapitalist post-truth digital snuff film."

Hi, It’s Me, Wikipedia, and I Am Ready for Your Apology

“Wikipedia, the constantly changing knowledge base created by a global free-for-all of anonymous users, now stands as the leading force for the dum...

buff.ly

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Ariella Elm @ariellaelm.bsky.social · 2h

Every state with a Democratic AG or governor is suing Trump over the SNAP pause starting on November 1.

It’s a really good reminder of the importance of democratic attorneys general and governors. I don’t think it’s been as clear before this year of the importance of the AG office.

fingfx.thomsonreuters.com

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Matthew Noe @noethematt.bsky.social · 8h

"I DON'T NEED YOU TO FUCKING REWRITE WHAT I'VE JUST WRITTEN!"

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Grist @grist.org · 3h

The West’s new gold rush is the data center boom.

The tech industry’s soaring electricity and water demands are raising consumer rates and threatening sustainability goals.

grist.org/sponsored/th...

#DataCenters #Climate #Arizona #Colorado #Nevada #NewMexico #Utah

The West’s new gold rush is the data center boom

The tech industry’s soaring electricity and water demands are raising consumer rates and threatening sustainability goals.

grist.org

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 3h

Opposing gerrymandering doesn’t mean Democrats should surrender to the MAGA power grab in Texas.

California's Proposition 50 would cancel out the seats that Trump and Greg Abbott are trying to steal.

Vote YES by November 4. www.youtube.com/watch?v=A4Hx...

Trump Wants To Steal 2026. California Can Stop Him.

YouTube video by Robert Reich

www.youtube.com

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 3h

Tesla’s profit fell 37% in the third quarter. Yet Elon is demanding a pay package of $1 trillion.

Is he worth it?

Some thoughts... https://robertreich.substack.com/p/what-really-elon-demands-a-1-trillion

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RTÉ News @news.rte.ie · 4h

Children in Dublin's north inner city have been praised for transforming railway arches in the heart of their community into a vibrant outdoor gallery.

Children transform Dublin railway arches

Children in Dublin's north inner city have been praised for transforming railway arches in the heart of their community into a vibrant outdoor gallery.

www.rte.ie

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Stabby Messenger 🎃🔪🦋 @starrymessenger.bsky.social · 15h

So grim and dystopian

Andrew Couts @couts.bsky.social · 17h

You should read every @toddfeathers.bsky.social investigation. But this scalpel cut into Alpha School for @wired.com is a master class in dissecting institutions that drink their own kool-aid and are stunned when someone holds up a mirror as it dribbles off the chin. www.wired.com/story/ai-tea...

Parents Fell in Love With Alpha School’s Promise. Then They Wanted Out

In Brownsville, Texas, some families found a buzzy new school’s methods—surveillance of kids, software in lieu of teachers—to be an education in and of itself.

www.wired.com

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Steve Bowen @stevebowen.bsky.social · 16h

What we're witnessing with #Melissa is ultra rare in the history of known hurricanes in the Atlantic. This level of sustained intensity and feasting on every joule of ocean heat content without any real disruption is incredible.

Not hyperbole: Jamaica is facing a generational catastrophic event.

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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 15h

But I have not seen Noem publicly questioned about that disastrous raid yet. Straight racial profiling, no accountability.

Peggy Jenkins @peggyonhopi.bsky.social · 16h

Noem went against Trump’s orders when she raided the Hyundai factory in Georgia.

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Melissa Jo Peltier @melissjpeltier.bsky.social · 15h

This is insanity.
A society can’t withstand this level of lawlessness for long.

Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 16h

BREAKING: A Department of Homeland Security officer shot at an unarmed black man during a traffic stop in DC, and the DC police officer said he was told by superiors not to mention the shooting in his incident report. 1/ www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/202...

Lawyers allege cover-up after fed shoots at man during D.C. traffic stop

Neither D.C. police nor the Department of Homeland Security have explained why the Homeland Security agent fired his weapon.

www.washingtonpost.com

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Big Demon Energy @mayawest.online · 1d

Hey y'all. Eggs the cat is in the emergency room for a second night, probably needs surgery tomorrow.
They think they can fix it but It's already approaching 5 digits, and I'm just about tapped out.

I'm sorry to ask but if you're able I would be grateful for the help.

Big Demon Energy @mayawest.online · 2d

If you can help in any way or would like to buy anything I sell (check the links in my bio) I'd be very grateful.

The pinned item is 1/5 the cost of what I've already put out for the ER/x rays/blood tests.

If it gets filled, I'll add another one.
Thank you.

Shares also appreciated!
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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 16h

The Trump regime has decided that ICE is not Gestapo enough so it’s boosting the role of the Border Patrol thugs who enjoy zip-tying children and tear-gassing neighborhoods in Chicago.

Trump plans to install Border Patrol officials to lead a more aggressive migrant crackdown

The White House has approved a list of ICE leaders to be replaced by Border Patrol officials in coming days amid disappointment with arrest numbers.

www.nbcnews.com

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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 1d

I have a very bad feeling about this...

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vil feral 🌙🦇 @villainouschild.bsky.social · 21h

remember the trenches?

Photo of a bronze sculpture in a Norway park, titled “Man Attacked by Babies” wherein a man is fighting off four flying babies. Two are being launched away by the back of his right fist and arm, another by his left fist, and the last is being kicked away from his body by his right foot.

The photo is edited with labels. The man is Reylos. The flying babies are: antis, Disney brass, clickbait rags, and crybaby gamergate fascists.

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Em aka Red 🦋 🍂 @huttsleia.bsky.social · 2d

To be blunt; anyone trying to pit Oshamirs & Reylos against each other, is wasting their time.

* There’s huge overlap in that Venn, honey

* Oshamir & Reylo are sister ships

* Reylos will ride so hard for Oshamirs that our hooves will shake the mesospheric mantle

* Reylo sez: #RenewTheAcolyte bb

🦋🍂Linzy on the hunt for Ben Solo @ohmyfandoms31.bsky.social · 2d

I really don't love outsiders pitting us against each other. To me this is bigger than the Ben Solo movie. This is about letting LF tell the stories they want to tell! I need Iger OUT.

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Stephen Wolf @stephenwolf.bsky.social · 1d

If their plan succeeds, Virginia Dems could pass a congressional map to flip 4 GOP seats & elect a 10-1 Dem majority in response to the nationwide wave of new GOP gerrymanders.

My hypothetical map has 9 solid D seats, 1 safe R, & 1 swing seat. Interactive map:
davesredistricting.org/join/598f596...

Image of a hypothetical Virginia congressional map that is gerrymandered to elect a ten-to-one Democratic majority and flip four Republican seats in 2026. Nine of the districts are securely Democratic and shaded solid blue, one of the districts is overwhelmingly Republican and shaded dark red, and one district is narrowly Democratic-leaning and shaded light blue.

An embedded chart shows the results of the 2024 presidential election in each district, with Kamala Harris winning nine districts by double-digit margins and the swing district by 3 percentage points. Republicans votes are wasted by being packed into a single district in western Virginia that Donald Trump won in a 55-point landslide. Black voters would retain their current ability to elect their chosen candidates in the safely Democratic 3rd and 4th districts in the Hampton Roads, Richmond, and Southside regions.

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