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terribleoldwoman.bsky.social @terribleoldwoman.bsky.social · Oct 24

Brought to Light is an out-of-print graphic novel written by Alan Moore (Watchmen, V for Vendetta, etc.) and illustrated by Bill Sienkiewicz (Moon Knight, Elektra: Assassin, etc.) about the history and horrors of the CIA.
Complete GN readable here, I highly recommend it:
archive.org/details/Brou...

Page 9 from graphic novel Brought to Light: Shadowplay - The Secret Team in which anthropomorphic bald eagle character explains the CIA’s plots for Fidel Castro’s demise.

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Andrea Junker @strandjunker.com · 1d

Trump filed lawsuits over jokes, tweets, and news articles, but not once over any of the countless allegations of child rape. I feel like more people should mention that.

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Gabrielle A. Perry, MPH @geauxgabrielle.bsky.social · 1d

There is a book out called “The Sin of Empathy,” which is written by a white Christian nationalist cult leader out in Idaho. The idea that the left is “weaponizing empathy against Christians” is an EXTREMELY popular & growing sentiment being bolstered by the church. And we all need to be aware of it

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Eve Lazarus @evelazarus.bsky.social · 1d

In 1965, George Klippert was arrested and charged with 4 counts of gross indecency for having consensual sex with adult males. He was assessed as “incurably homosexual,” labeled a dangerous offender and sentenced to life in prison. Story:
evelazarus.com/broken-laws-...
Vancouver Archives photo

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Middle East Eye (Unofficial) @middleeasteye-rss.bsky.social · 1d

At least 500 bodies recovered in Gaza since Israel’s so-called ceasefire - https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/least-500-bodies-recovered-gaza-israels-so-called-ceasefire

At least 500 bodies recovered in Gaza since Israel’s so-called ceasefire

<article data-history-node-id="430972" about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/least-500-bodies-recovered-gaza-israels-so-called-ceasefire" class="live-blog-update default clearfix"> <h2> <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/least-500-bodies-recovered-gaza-israels-so-called-ceasefire" rel="bookmark"> <span class="field field-title">At least 500 bodies recovered in Gaza since Israel’s so-called ceasefire</span> </a> </h2> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-field-text"><p data-end="83" data-start="0">Gaza’s Health Ministry says the bodies of 500 Palestinians have been pulled from the rubble since Israel’s assault supposedly paused under a US-brokered ceasefire.</p> <p data-end="483" data-start="252">The ministry also confirmed that Israeli forces have continued their attacks, killing at least 236 Palestinians and wounding more than 600 since the truce began, exposing what Palestinians describe as a “ceasefire in name only.”</p> </div> </div> </article>

www.middleeasteye.net

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Freedom of the Press Foundation @freedom.press · 3d

🔔 Join us for a conversation with journalists abducted from Gaza aid flotillas, featuring @recolston.bsky.social, Emily Wilder, and Noa Avishag Schnall, moderated by @chipgibbons.bsky.social.

🗓️ Monday, Nov. 3, 12 p.m. EST/9 a.m. PST

RSVP: freedom.press/gaza-flotillas

Join us for a conversation with journalists abducted from Gaza aid flotillas.

Monday, Nov. 3, 12 p.m. EST/9 a.m. PST

RSVP: freedom.press/gaza-flotillas

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Raimo Kangasniemi @rk70534.bsky.social · 1d

'The course examines the history of Palestine since 1917, not as a “conflict” between equals but as a century-long process of settler-colonial dispossession and persistent Palestinian resistance.'

Short Course on Palestine Class 2: The 1947-1949 War and The Nakba
www.youtube.com/watch?v=lXnl...

Short Course on Palestine Class 2: The 1947-1949 War and The Nakba

YouTube video by The People's Forum NYC

www.youtube.com

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Gabrielle A. Perry, MPH @geauxgabrielle.bsky.social · 1d

20 police officers across the state of Mississippi, including TWO elected sheriffs, were just arrested on charges of providing police escort for drug and weapons trafficking across state lines in exchange for bribes

“Most are still employed today” - the DA IN this presser youtu.be/tzuGfqdQvjs?...

'Monumental betrayal of public trust' Mississippi officers arrested

YouTube video by 16 WAPT News Jackson

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terribleoldwoman.bsky.social @terribleoldwoman.bsky.social · 2d

www.sltrib.com/opinion/bagl...

Bagley Cartoon: Goon Squad

Check out Pat Bagley's latest cartoon: Goon Squad

www.sltrib.com

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 2d

Everything the “don’t tread on me” folks claimed to care about is being done by the people they now blindly support

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awkword @awkword.bsky.social · 2d

WE’RE SHUTTING IT DOWN!

“Blackout The System has called for a nationwide boycott, urging participants to refrain from working or spending money from Nov. 25 to Dec. 2 as a protest against a damaged government and economic system.”

www.blackenterprise.com/economic-bla...

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Charlie Angus @charlieangus104.bsky.social · 3d

My latest on Trump, Reagan and the World Series. Ronald Reagan's war on the American dream made the ascendancy of Donald Trump possible.
charlieangus.substack.com/p/the-meltdo...

The Meltdown and the Master

Trump, Reagan and How 40 Years of “Freedom” Fuelled the Age of MAGA

charlieangus.substack.com

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terribleoldwoman.bsky.social @terribleoldwoman.bsky.social · 3d

Excellent video by Dr. Justin Sledge that explores the origins of modern beliefs about ghosts.
Great Hallowe’en viewing!!
youtu.be/5JiSlez9kZo

Are Ghosts Really Demons? The Most Important Textbook on Ghosts - Ludwig Lavater 1569 De Spectris

YouTube video by ESOTERICA

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ElieNYC @elienyc.bsky.social · 4d

"Can Donald Trump run for a 3rd term?"
No.
"What if he..."
Still no.
"How about..."
STFU, No.
"Then why are we talking about it!?"
Because evil MAGA apparatchiks need you to fear that he will.

I explain in @thenation.com

www.thenation.com/article/poli...

Why Has Trump Been Flirting With a Third Term?

Trump cannot be president again. But he and his loyal followers have every reason for wanting to make people think he can.

www.thenation.com

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terribleoldwoman.bsky.social @terribleoldwoman.bsky.social · 3d

Scene from the 1931 Dracula movie of a Jerusalem cricket crawling out of a tiny coffin

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Meg Linehan @meglinehan.com · 3d

Leadership and moral clarity.

andré, but scarier @838carlisle.bsky.social · 3d

from sarah gorden:

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Ricochet Media @ricochetmedia.bsky.social · 4d

They’re already here: How U.S. corporations have been eroding Canada’s economic sovereignty.

From Big Oil to Big Tech, American firms are tightening their grip on Canada’s economy — with Ottawa’s quiet approval.

New column by Jared Walker:

ricochet.media/politics/can...

#cdnpoli #elbowsup

They’re already here: How U.S. corporations have been eroding Canada’s economic sovereignty

From Big Oil to Big Tech, American firms are tightening their grip on Canada’s economy — with Ottawa’s quiet approval

ricochet.media

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Jesse Duquette @jesseduquette.bsky.social · 5d

Can’t wait for the pitchfork party that awaits Latex Luthor once he lays off upwards of 600,000 Amazon employees and replaces them with A.I.

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Justin Baragona @justinbaragona.bsky.social · 4d

This was just posted by a CBS News producer on their Instagram stories.

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Rachel Gilmore @rachelgilmore.bsky.social · 5d

Members of one of Canada’s largest white nationalist networks held a show of, um, force(?) in downtown Ottawa and in Regina over the weekend.

It was a pathetic display, but one we should unfortunately still talk about (with some research help from @antihate.ca!)

So let's do that:

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 5d

Israel just launched a wave of strikes on Gaza, killing over 100 - including, reportedly, dozens of children… then declared the ceasefire is back on.

They have killed over 200 since the “ceasefire” www.cnn.com/2025/10/28/m...

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Arié (pronoun = name) - #FreeThemAll 🏳️‍🌈ⵣ🪬 @ariemoyal.com · 5d

One of the worst things about social media is that people think they need to argue with strangers and win them over - this is just another way empire drains us.

Save your energy for organizing with people who get it or are actually ready to learn.

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Nathan Fowkes Art @nathanfowkes.com · 5d

From a trip to Utah, and sold this one at Lightbox Expo last weekend.

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The Daily Beast @thedailybeast.bsky.social · 6d

Homeland Security’s official X account posted a fawning response to a white nationalist Nazi-sympathizer—fueling outrage over the agency’s increasingly extreme online propaganda.

DHS Sucks Up to Prominent White Nationalist Nazi-Sympathizer

Homeland Security’s official X account engaged on immigration with a self-styled extremist.

trib.al

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womensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 7d

A new Scottish tartan memorializing the (mainly) female victims of the Witchcraft Act has been officially registered, created by Claire Mitchell and Zoe Venditozzi, founders of the Witches of Scotland campaign #WomensArt
via Smithsonian Magazine

Square of tartan with vertical and horizontal thin stripes in red and grey on black

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terribleoldwoman.bsky.social @terribleoldwoman.bsky.social · 7d

What good do his apologies do to undo the damage that his ignorance has caused?