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Tempvs Frangit

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"Lasciate ogne speranza, voi ch'intrate" (All Hope Abandon, Ye Who Enter) USian ---------- Average human-shaped existence which doesn't expect any followers since I am so very un-clever. Schrodinger's life-form: you don't remember if I was there or n∅t.

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Tempvs Frangit @tempvsfrangit.bsky.social · Nov 21

"In the absence of light, darkness prevails. There are things that go bump in the night... Make no mistake about that. And we are the ones who bump back." --Professor Trevor 'Broom' Bruttenholm in the 2004 film "Hellboy".

Still image from the 2004 film "Hellboy" showing actor John Hurt portraying Professor Trevor 'Broom' Bruttenholm; though John HUrt was only 64 at the time of filming, his makeup was "aged-up" since Professor Broom was somewhere between 80 and 90 years of age. Light skin-tone man with receding hairline (aka "expanding forehead") with medium-length grey hair on the back scalp and Van Dyck style facial hair (connected beard & moustache but shaved cheeks) and round-rim glasses. His expression looks very British.

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Tempvs Frangit @tempvsfrangit.bsky.social · 8h

Came across this today; sounds fun. www.youtube.com/watch?v=jCoC...

You Don't Own Me

YouTube video by The Dollyrots - Topic

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Tempvs Frangit @tempvsfrangit.bsky.social · 8h

Much like the actors slated to do the small-screen series of the boy-wizard who had portrayed LGB and even T characters in their time. Not only burning bridges, but also using dynamite to destroy their fandom.

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TheEggOne @theeggone.bsky.social · 11h

This. Anyone with eyes can see it coming. This is not a "call to arms". It is simply an observation that Trump thinks that chaos on the streets works to his favor and he and his admin are doing everything they can to provoke it. Humans, being what we are, means someone will eventually take the bait.

Brian Beutler @brianbeutler.bsky.social · 15h

Trump and Miller will probably get the blood in the streets they want eventually. We don’t know when or how it will unfold, or how the public will come to perceive it. But we do know that no matter how it unfolds or is perceived, it is already their fault. All we can do is our best.

It'll Be Trump's Fault

Donald Trump created this unstable equilibrium; no matter how it breaks down, it will be his fault.

www.offmessage.net

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Bo Thompson @gaudipern.bsky.social · 11h

The use of AI to marionette a woman whose tortured existence was spent trying to carve her own life and identity out of the space men forced her into is both damningly macabre and a surprisingly perfect encapsulation of the problems with this ghoulish use of technology.

Scientific American @sciam.bsky.social · 1d

Despite early, and familiar, copyright growing pains, Sora may be the prelude to AI-generated on-demand TV and movies

Want to See Marilyn Monroe in Game of Thrones? AI Could Make It Soon

Despite early, and familiar, copyright growing pains, Sora may be the prelude to AI-generated on-demand TV and movies

www.scientificamerican.com

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Tempvs Frangit @tempvsfrangit.bsky.social · 9h

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Tempvs Frangit @tempvsfrangit.bsky.social · 9h

It's 1971, with an Oompa Loopa and most any male porn star.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 10h

Trump is extremely orange today (Getty)

Tempvs Frangit @tempvsfrangit.bsky.social · 9h

It's 1971, with an Oompa Loopa and most any male porn star.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 10h

Trump is extremely orange today (Getty)

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Ana Marie Cox @anamariecox.bsky.social · 10h

To everyone who says, "But this won't matter": *MAKE IT MATTER.*

You have that power! This is not inside baseball and your friends and neighbors will likely be appalled. And if they're *not* appalled, don't be cynical yourself. Take the lead, give the cue.

Politico @politico.com · 14h

EXCLUSIVE: Thousands of leaked messages show leaders of Young Republican groups joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape in a private Telegram chat.

Inside rising GOP leaders’ racist chats — obtained by POLITICO and spanning more than 7 months👇

‘I love Hitler’: Leaked messages expose Young Republicans’ racist chat

Thousands of private messages reveal young GOP leaders joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape.

www.politico.com

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Tempvs Frangit @tempvsfrangit.bsky.social · 9h

Similar complexity when Mr Martin was editor for the Wild Card series. Many authors writing many character and many cross-over stories since they all lived on the same planet(s).

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Lia 🔆 💫🌈 🏳️‍⚧️ 💛🤍💜🖤 @liawhovian.bsky.social · 10h

You need to watch this!!! It is a great criticism on the failures of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds’ third season and how these flaws appearing in these latest episodes are connected to the real-life policies of the country the series was made in, the US.

Jessie Gender @jessiegender.bsky.social · 15d

My essay on Star Trek: Strange New Worlds season 3 is now up on Patreon! Trek has slid from bold futures into eugenics jokes & nostalgia cosplay right as the franchise is sold in a tech oligarch-funded merger enabling our growing fascist culture.

Early access here: www.patreon.com/jessiegender

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Tempvs Frangit @tempvsfrangit.bsky.social · 9h

Would need an unhealthy dose of Pym particles.

Image of a tardigrade, Photoshop'd so it is play a violin. Scale indicator illustrates 100 micrometers.

Tempvs Frangit @tempvsfrangit.bsky.social · 16h

@spiffykt.bsky.social Happy non-Math Pie Day to those who observe it🥧.

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Megan Carolan @megancarolan.bsky.social · 18h

So far the Israeli military has only said the group "approached its soldiers."

People walking towards you is not a reason to shoot them.

Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 20h

“Cease” fire

www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblo...

Five Palestinians killed by Israeli forces in Gaza despite ceasefire

Israeli army confirmed it opened fire, saying a group had approached its soldiers before being targeted.

www.aljazeera.com

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Clinpathman @clinpathman.bsky.social · 17h

Why I never joined AARP.

www.axios.com/2025/10/10/u...

UnitedHealth paid AARP $9 billion to sell branded health coverage

The disclosure sheds more light on a partnership dating to the 1990s.

www.axios.com

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 18h

Major airports are refusing to air Kristi Noem’s propaganda video blaming Democrats for the shutdown, and there’s a reason: it violates the Hatch Act

You can’t use taxpayer resources for partisan attacks. Period.

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Clara Jeffery @clarajeffery.bsky.social · 17h

The print subscriber base for @motherjones.com is 2.5 times as high. 🙀

karl rove knausgård @uhactually.bsky.social · 1d

Lmao WaPo has fewer than 100K circulation now. It turns out “alienate your liberal subscriber base” is not a good strategy when the Republicans also hate you. www.forbes.com/sites/andyme...

The Washington Post Is Running Out Of Readers Willing To Pay

Once a titan of American journalism, The Washington Post now struggles to reach even 100,000 print subscribers most days.

www.forbes.com

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 17h

Hey @MarshaBlackburn — you gonna speak up about this, happening in your neighborhood? Or do you only care about “protecting women’s sports” when you can attack trans kids? 🤼

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 1d

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🫶🏻LaylaBella🫶🏻 @laylabelle3.bsky.social · 1d

So my mom passed away in March. She had dementia.
She was given a cognitive test once a week and you know what they always told her ?
Take a guess ?
They always told her she had a perfect score and that she did fantastic .

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Tempvs Frangit @tempvsfrangit.bsky.social · 16h

14 Oct 1977, anti-gay crusader Anita Bryant was "pied" in the face by Thom Higgins, a gay rights activist.
Bryant, who was already well-known as a singer, led Save Our Children, a homophobic campaigning group which successfully overturned legal protections for LGBT+ people in Dade County, Florida.

Four-panel sequence from a news archive showing a woman getting a custard cream pie smushed in her face, with one panel showing the man who had applied the pie.

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Dan Mihalopoulos @dmihalopoulos.bsky.social · 1d

This version is confirmed, by Hoffman Estates police, puncturing the official DHS statement.

At this point, there is a statement from DHS re 🧊 activities in the Chicago area that’s refuted in similar fashion on nearly a daily basis at a minimum over the past week

Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi @congressmanraja.bsky.social · 1d

Despite what some, including at DHS, are claiming, this video isn’t from a year ago in Chicago. It was Friday in Hoffman Estates, in my district, a street I’ve walked myself. It appears to show a child being violently detained by ICE. It’s real, and I’m demanding accountability.

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onion person @junlper.beer · 1d

if you already didn’t have enough reasons to cancel spotify:

Santiago Mayer @santiagomayer.com · 1d

Spotify is now running recruitment ads for ICE.

It’s time to cancel your account.

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News Eye @newseye.bsky.social · 1d

NEW: There’s a disaster unfolding in Alaska right now. And no major network is covering it.

The remnants of Typhoon Halong battered western Alaska overnight. Homes, with people in them, have literally been swept into the Bering Strait.

At least 20 are missing. No comment from any federal agency.

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Save the CBC 🇨🇦✌️ @savethecbc.bsky.social · 1d

🇨🇦 The Trump admin is buying into Canadian critical mineral companies — giving Washington a stake in our clean-energy future.

CBC reports Ottawa can still block the deal under national security laws.

This is why we need a strong public broadcaster — facts, not spin.

🔗 r.pebmac.ca/https://www....

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audie verde @audieverde.bsky.social · 1d

I have been watching the devastating videos from friends and colleagues. Some folks are still missing in cold waters. The few news and info sources for locals are also the same ones being cut by federal funding. People should know this is happening

KTOO Public Media @ktoopublicmedia.bsky.social · 1d

The U.S. Coast Guard commander for Western Alaska compared the devastation in Southwest Alaska villages over the weekend to the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina.

(From @alaskapublic.org)

Officials say storm 'completely devastated' Western Alaska communities

A Coast Guard commander recounts scenes of Alaskans swimming in floodwaters in the middle of the night, in search of debris to hold onto.

www.ktoo.org

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Emily Gorcenski @emily.gorcen.ski · 1d

Fun fact, in the original text of Exodus, the plural form is not used. It’s not a plague of frogs. It’s a plague of frog. A plague of frog that will cover all of Egypt. Frogzilla. One Kaiju frog.

Melanie @macsmail.bsky.social · 1d

This country needs a plague of frogs! 🐸 🐸 🐸 🐸

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