Osana
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Osana
@osana.bsky.social
· Oct 17
(Because I refuse to let my art die with Twitter)
A comprehensive analysis of which Final Fantasy characters have fucked:
A comprehensive analysis of which Final Fantasy characters have fucked:
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On @cancelmedaddy.bsky.social, we coined the term "Cancel Culture Grift Economy" to describe how this works.
Years ago, my colleagues at Business Insider and I tracked YouTuber “cancellation” arcs. What we found is that for many entertainers, “cancellation” actually sets the stage for a redemption arc, one that can raise their profile higher than ever. It wasn’t career-ending. It was fuel.
November 29, 2025 at 9:39 PM
On @cancelmedaddy.bsky.social, we coined the term "Cancel Culture Grift Economy" to describe how this works.
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...And lest you think the FDA's overnight bombshell kneecapping vaccines is because Makary, Prasad or RFK give a damn about your health & safety: *think again.*
"The FDA has withdrawn a proposed rule that would have required makeup manufacturers to test...
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www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/h...
"The FDA has withdrawn a proposed rule that would have required makeup manufacturers to test...
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www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/h...
F.D.A. Withdraws Rule to Require Testing Cosmetics Made With Talc for Asbestos
www.nytimes.com
November 29, 2025 at 2:12 PM
...And lest you think the FDA's overnight bombshell kneecapping vaccines is because Makary, Prasad or RFK give a damn about your health & safety: *think again.*
"The FDA has withdrawn a proposed rule that would have required makeup manufacturers to test...
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www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/h...
"The FDA has withdrawn a proposed rule that would have required makeup manufacturers to test...
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www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/h...
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Unvaccinated infants are the second most likely group to get hospitalized for Covid after older adults. Any effort to minimize the effectiveness for kids is evil.
November 29, 2025 at 10:10 PM
Unvaccinated infants are the second most likely group to get hospitalized for Covid after older adults. Any effort to minimize the effectiveness for kids is evil.
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We are launching the annual fundraising campaign for Esther's school - The Women in Action Development Project - Your donation provides a place of safety, support, and educational opportunities for vulnerable women and girls provided through local leadership! 2/2 gofund.me/202b9494e
Donate to Esther's Echo and the Women in Action Development Project, organized by Matthew Cimone
In 2004, I met a person in post-conflict Sierra Leone who cha… Matthew Cimone needs your support for Esther's Echo and the Women in Action Development Project
gofund.me
November 29, 2025 at 9:33 PM
We are launching the annual fundraising campaign for Esther's school - The Women in Action Development Project - Your donation provides a place of safety, support, and educational opportunities for vulnerable women and girls provided through local leadership! 2/2 gofund.me/202b9494e
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if you're a small creator who makes horror-themed or dark aesthetic items with a shopify/etsy/website and want to potentially be featured in a gift guide, drop your info!
November 29, 2025 at 10:34 PM
if you're a small creator who makes horror-themed or dark aesthetic items with a shopify/etsy/website and want to potentially be featured in a gift guide, drop your info!
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pour one out for the author of Arcadia, still my best-ever theater experience (2011 Broadway revival), my most reliable re-listen (1993 full-cast audio drama), and among my top five pieces of media ever.
Oof. He was truly a master, from Rosenkrantz & Guildenstern to Arcadia to Leopoldstadt—just a lifetime of tremendous, thought-provoking, hilarious work. RIP. www.bbc.com/news/article...
Playwright Sir Tom Stoppard dies at 88
www.bbc.com
November 29, 2025 at 10:49 PM
pour one out for the author of Arcadia, still my best-ever theater experience (2011 Broadway revival), my most reliable re-listen (1993 full-cast audio drama), and among my top five pieces of media ever.
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NYT: "Some describe it as extortion while others prefer to use a mob euphemism for extortion"
The so-called Grey Lady is worthless.
The so-called Grey Lady is worthless.
How did the @nytimes.com editors let this sentence appear?
"Critics have likened Mr. Trump’s approach to extortion, while others have chalked it up as a cost of doing business with this administration."
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/u...
"Critics have likened Mr. Trump’s approach to extortion, while others have chalked it up as a cost of doing business with this administration."
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/u...
Northwestern University Nears Deal to Resolve Its Conflict With the White House
www.nytimes.com
November 29, 2025 at 9:26 PM
NYT: "Some describe it as extortion while others prefer to use a mob euphemism for extortion"
The so-called Grey Lady is worthless.
The so-called Grey Lady is worthless.
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One of the little cuties that we were able to keep instead of sending for TNR last week. ❤️ Her brother is a little disaster of an orange tabby who likes climbing shirts, so it's hard to get a good pic of him.
November 29, 2025 at 12:01 AM
One of the little cuties that we were able to keep instead of sending for TNR last week. ❤️ Her brother is a little disaster of an orange tabby who likes climbing shirts, so it's hard to get a good pic of him.
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There’s no accessible research that proves these deaths and Kennedy refuses to release his data so this is all a “take my word for it” situation, which means they’re lying.
November 29, 2025 at 9:07 PM
There’s no accessible research that proves these deaths and Kennedy refuses to release his data so this is all a “take my word for it” situation, which means they’re lying.
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This is a fucking nightmare.
Vinay Prasad of the FDA claims that he has proof that 10 children died from COVID19 vaccines, so the FDA will now target flu shots, look at whether people should receive multiple vaccines at the same time, and make the vaccine approval process significantly more difficult.
FDA to impose strict new vaccine requirements, claiming child covid shot deaths
Vinay Prasad, the nation’s top vaccine regulator, said his team concluded that coronavirus shots were linked to children’s deaths, necessitating a new approach.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 29, 2025 at 7:21 PM
This is a fucking nightmare.
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The problem isn't CK's talent, NYT. Stop making the argument that enough talent allows you to do and get away with things. CK had a longstanding system of pathological abuse and used his fame and connections to squash it, ruining lives and careers. That has nothing to do with a movie he just wrote.
When a cancelled performer reënters the culture, we expect them to offer us a great work, channelling their newfound clarity into the finest art they’ve ever made. With his new comedy show and début novel, has Louis C.K. met the bar?
www.newyorker.com/culture/crit...
www.newyorker.com/culture/crit...
Louis C.K.’s Next Chapter
In a new standup special, and a début novel, the comedian navigates murky, post-#MeToo terrain: not quite exiled, not quite welcomed back.
www.newyorker.com
November 29, 2025 at 9:02 PM
The problem isn't CK's talent, NYT. Stop making the argument that enough talent allows you to do and get away with things. CK had a longstanding system of pathological abuse and used his fame and connections to squash it, ruining lives and careers. That has nothing to do with a movie he just wrote.
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The Boston Globe identified the companies in Massachusetts that employ the most SNAP recipients. A key stat: "In Massachusetts, 74% of working-age recipients of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program are employed, half of them full-time."
Full article: www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/28/m...
Full article: www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/28/m...
November 29, 2025 at 3:55 PM
The Boston Globe identified the companies in Massachusetts that employ the most SNAP recipients. A key stat: "In Massachusetts, 74% of working-age recipients of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program are employed, half of them full-time."
Full article: www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/28/m...
Full article: www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/28/m...
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Hi my name is Julie and I want to see my son this Christmas.
I lost my job in February and I was unable to be there for his birthday this year.
Missing the holidays would mean it would be a year since we were in the same state
gofund.me/4fd1c660a
Please share and donate if you can.
I lost my job in February and I was unable to be there for his birthday this year.
Missing the holidays would mean it would be a year since we were in the same state
gofund.me/4fd1c660a
Please share and donate if you can.
Donate to Bring Julie and Her Son Together This Christmas, organized by Julie Kitchen
Hi, my name is Julie and I want to spend Christmas with my son.
… Julie Kitchen needs your support for Bring Julie and Her Son Together This Christmas
gofund.me
November 29, 2025 at 8:59 PM
Hi my name is Julie and I want to see my son this Christmas.
I lost my job in February and I was unable to be there for his birthday this year.
Missing the holidays would mean it would be a year since we were in the same state
gofund.me/4fd1c660a
Please share and donate if you can.
I lost my job in February and I was unable to be there for his birthday this year.
Missing the holidays would mean it would be a year since we were in the same state
gofund.me/4fd1c660a
Please share and donate if you can.
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Cities in Washington tried to come up with many reasons why they shouldn’t have to release information collected by ALPR cameras. A court has shot them down and reaffirmed the public’s right to know. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...
Washington Court Rules That Data Captured on Flock Safety Cameras Are
A Washington state trial court has shot down local municipalities’ effort to keep automated license plate reader (ALPR) data secret.The Skagit County Superior Court in Washington rejected the attempt
www.eff.org
November 29, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Cities in Washington tried to come up with many reasons why they shouldn’t have to release information collected by ALPR cameras. A court has shot them down and reaffirmed the public’s right to know. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...
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Tom Stoppard. A seer for our times.
From the end of The Coast of Utopia:
From the end of The Coast of Utopia:
November 29, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Tom Stoppard. A seer for our times.
From the end of The Coast of Utopia:
From the end of The Coast of Utopia:
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Former US military lawyers speak out:
"The Former JAGs Working Group unanimously considers both the giving and the execution of these orders, if true, to constitute war crimes, murder, or both."
Statement on Media Reports of Pentagon “No Quarter” Orders in Caribbean Boat Strikes
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"The Former JAGs Working Group unanimously considers both the giving and the execution of these orders, if true, to constitute war crimes, murder, or both."
Statement on Media Reports of Pentagon “No Quarter” Orders in Caribbean Boat Strikes
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November 29, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Former US military lawyers speak out:
"The Former JAGs Working Group unanimously considers both the giving and the execution of these orders, if true, to constitute war crimes, murder, or both."
Statement on Media Reports of Pentagon “No Quarter” Orders in Caribbean Boat Strikes
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"The Former JAGs Working Group unanimously considers both the giving and the execution of these orders, if true, to constitute war crimes, murder, or both."
Statement on Media Reports of Pentagon “No Quarter” Orders in Caribbean Boat Strikes
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There are specific reasons Trumpists want war on Venezuela, but there‘s a generic one: they crave power to make war on anyone, any time, for completely fabricated reasons, and then to use the guise of war to increase violence and repression everywhere, including home.
They are lawless bestial scum.
They are lawless bestial scum.
November 29, 2025 at 6:28 PM
There are specific reasons Trumpists want war on Venezuela, but there‘s a generic one: they crave power to make war on anyone, any time, for completely fabricated reasons, and then to use the guise of war to increase violence and repression everywhere, including home.
They are lawless bestial scum.
They are lawless bestial scum.
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www.nexusmods.com/morrowind/mo...
I made a mod that replaces cliffracers with Thomas the Tank Engine. I am incapable of learning lessons whenever it involves corporations, because I fundamentally do not view toy company CEOs or media CEOs as people.
#morrowind #thomasthetankengine
I made a mod that replaces cliffracers with Thomas the Tank Engine. I am incapable of learning lessons whenever it involves corporations, because I fundamentally do not view toy company CEOs or media CEOs as people.
#morrowind #thomasthetankengine
November 24, 2025 at 8:52 PM
www.nexusmods.com/morrowind/mo...
I made a mod that replaces cliffracers with Thomas the Tank Engine. I am incapable of learning lessons whenever it involves corporations, because I fundamentally do not view toy company CEOs or media CEOs as people.
#morrowind #thomasthetankengine
I made a mod that replaces cliffracers with Thomas the Tank Engine. I am incapable of learning lessons whenever it involves corporations, because I fundamentally do not view toy company CEOs or media CEOs as people.
#morrowind #thomasthetankengine
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What happened is precisely what the world's leading macroeconomists predicted would happen.
November 29, 2025 at 8:05 PM
What happened is precisely what the world's leading macroeconomists predicted would happen.
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a few candidates have talked about this but any Dem planning to run in 2028 should make it explicit: the next DOJ will, in fact, go after you if you’re funding this awful ballroom, or any other pay to play deals you make with this administration
Dimon on why JPMorgan Chase is not funding WH Ballroom:
We have an issue, which is anything we do, since we do a lot of contracts with governments here and around the world, we have to be very careful how anything is perceived, and also how the next DOJ is going to deal with it.
We have an issue, which is anything we do, since we do a lot of contracts with governments here and around the world, we have to be very careful how anything is perceived, and also how the next DOJ is going to deal with it.
November 29, 2025 at 7:32 PM
a few candidates have talked about this but any Dem planning to run in 2028 should make it explicit: the next DOJ will, in fact, go after you if you’re funding this awful ballroom, or any other pay to play deals you make with this administration
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"I keep thinking that evil would like nothing better than to have us feel awful about who we are."
November 29, 2025 at 7:32 PM
"I keep thinking that evil would like nothing better than to have us feel awful about who we are."
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🧵Former Honduran President Hernandez was convicted in April 2022.
But the investigation/prosecution began during Trump's first term and concluded under Biden.
Just read some of the standouts from the indictment below to know what a corrupt narco thug Hernandez is.
This is who Trump is pardoning.
But the investigation/prosecution began during Trump's first term and concluded under Biden.
Just read some of the standouts from the indictment below to know what a corrupt narco thug Hernandez is.
This is who Trump is pardoning.
November 29, 2025 at 8:17 PM
🧵Former Honduran President Hernandez was convicted in April 2022.
But the investigation/prosecution began during Trump's first term and concluded under Biden.
Just read some of the standouts from the indictment below to know what a corrupt narco thug Hernandez is.
This is who Trump is pardoning.
But the investigation/prosecution began during Trump's first term and concluded under Biden.
Just read some of the standouts from the indictment below to know what a corrupt narco thug Hernandez is.
This is who Trump is pardoning.
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our media is so obsessed with the five famous assholes who unapologetically fucked up instead of all the people who didn't
what about everyone who doesn't "need" a second chance because they didn't expose themselves or assault anyone or move a former student into their house right after graduation?
what about everyone who doesn't "need" a second chance because they didn't expose themselves or assault anyone or move a former student into their house right after graduation?
November 29, 2025 at 8:12 PM
our media is so obsessed with the five famous assholes who unapologetically fucked up instead of all the people who didn't
what about everyone who doesn't "need" a second chance because they didn't expose themselves or assault anyone or move a former student into their house right after graduation?
what about everyone who doesn't "need" a second chance because they didn't expose themselves or assault anyone or move a former student into their house right after graduation?
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Reading the account of the second strike on the first boat the U.S. destroyed sent a chill up my spine and spiked my blood pressure.
Unfortunately, too often, people overlook atrocities unless they happen to them or to people they care about.
If we don’t find our collective humanity, we’re sunk.
Unfortunately, too often, people overlook atrocities unless they happen to them or to people they care about.
If we don’t find our collective humanity, we’re sunk.
November 29, 2025 at 7:53 PM
Reading the account of the second strike on the first boat the U.S. destroyed sent a chill up my spine and spiked my blood pressure.
Unfortunately, too often, people overlook atrocities unless they happen to them or to people they care about.
If we don’t find our collective humanity, we’re sunk.
Unfortunately, too often, people overlook atrocities unless they happen to them or to people they care about.
If we don’t find our collective humanity, we’re sunk.
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“Pete Hagueseth” 😏
Exactly 80 years ago tomorrow (Nov. 30, 1945), German submarine commander Heinz-Wilhelm Eck and two of his former subordinates on the U-852 were shot by Allies in Hamburg for killing the survivors of a ship they had sunk. Pete Hagueseth should be very worried. www.executedtoday.com/2009/11/30/1...
November 29, 2025 at 6:43 PM
“Pete Hagueseth” 😏