peonymonster.bsky.social
@peonymonster.bsky.social
woman in STEM: sorcery, transmutation, ephemera, mal du siècle
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Because engaging with their demands for civil debate is pointless
April 6, 2025 at 4:25 PM
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The zoomers can’t comprehend how big this pose was in the early 2000s
March 31, 2025 at 2:50 PM
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France is moving far too fast against Marine Le Pen.

by Merrick Garland
March 31, 2025 at 3:56 PM
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One of the world’s most chilling ruins is the Ploutonion at Hierapolis, otherwise known as “the Gate to Hell”.

Here crowds once watched priests lead animal sacrifices down into a cave, where they died mysteriously as if dragged down to the underworld. And no one knew how they did it until recently.
March 26, 2025 at 10:27 AM
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alt text: a chunky bee resting upon yellow stamens, absolutely filthy with pollen. His little face is covered in it. His legs are furry with pollen. He’s hitting the sauce.
March 21, 2025 at 12:44 AM
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the feminine urge to
Bluesky CEO: imagine a 'world without Caesars'
Jay Graber dunks on Mark Zuckerberg without mentioning his name.
mashable.com
March 10, 2025 at 10:57 PM
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Tried to google the word count of On the Road.
March 7, 2025 at 8:10 PM
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Gavin Newsom has the exact appearance and energy of the mayor in an 80s crime film who winds up at the end of the movie saying “Good detective work, Sergeant Bolan … too good” and then pulling a pistol. This is also who he actually is down to his bones.
March 6, 2025 at 3:50 PM
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I am accepting submissions for my emerging writer series at gay.submittable.com. You should have three publications or fewer and no book contract. Yes, this is a paid opportunity. Guidelines at the link. Plz follow the guidelines.
Roxane Gay Books & The Audacity Submission Manager
THE AUDACITY, my newsletter, features an emerging writer twice a month. I define emerging writer as someone with fewer than three article/essay/short story publications and no published books or book ...
gay.submittable.com
March 6, 2025 at 10:44 PM
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I guess ‘Defund Sesame Street’ had a better ring to it.
March 6, 2025 at 2:39 AM
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I'd like to announce that I'm pivoting to media criticism. Here is my critique of the media. It sucks ass. Having registered this critique I'm now pivoting back to songs about the true nature of prophecy & books where there was maybe a ghost but you're not entirely sure
March 5, 2025 at 7:16 PM
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In grim contrast to the red carpet, Soheila Golestani faces 74 lashes for her Oscar-nominated film, The Seed of the Sacred Fig. Watch this film to understand the repression of Iran’s theocratic regime &why the #WomenLifeFreedom movement is so important: www.thetimes.com/culture/film...
The actress facing 74 lashes in Iran for her Oscar-nominated film
Instead of attending the glitzy Hollywood ceremony, Soheila Golestani is on trial by the Revolutionary Court for her part in The Seed of the Sacred Fig
www.thetimes.com
March 5, 2025 at 4:45 PM
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"They'll never cut Social Security" is the new "they'll never overturn Roe v Wade."
March 5, 2025 at 4:20 PM
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“No Other Land,” a documentary made by a collective of Palestinian and Israeli activist filmmakers about the systemic demolition of Palestinian homes in the West Bank, won the award for documentary feature.

See the full list of winners: www.latimes.com/entertainmen...
March 3, 2025 at 2:54 AM
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The half an avocado I cut open and tried to save for later
March 3, 2025 at 1:55 AM
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“And therefore, I will _____.”
Strong words from Republican Senator Murkowski
March 1, 2025 at 10:36 PM
March 1, 2025 at 10:23 PM
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Every Movie in 1999:
I'm starting to think that suburbia might have problems, btw.
March 1, 2025 at 8:17 AM
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Worth noting that when the war started Zelensky’s English was very shaky and he’s clearly spent a ton of time improving it for exactly this purpose.
February 28, 2025 at 7:55 PM
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fuck yes
Is it every short story writers’ dream to write a disturbing short story that will freak out high schoolers in English class or is it just me?
February 28, 2025 at 1:39 AM
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What drives me crazy about the anti-DEI rhetoric is everyone wants to be judged on merit. But you can't be judged on merit if you can't even get in the door because you don't fit some prejudiced definition of who is capable and who isn't
February 25, 2025 at 3:01 PM
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One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This is out today. bookshop.org/p/books/one-...
February 25, 2025 at 12:39 PM