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Aidan Wachter @aidanwachter.bsky.social · 21h

Washington

Aidan Wachter @aidanwachter.bsky.social · 2d

“It’s like masturbation, but it hurts a lot and destroys your soul!"

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Ruth Zakarin @ruthz.bsky.social · 3d

SNAP is a domestic violence intervention. Being able to feed your family is foundational to leaving an abusive relationship.

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Aidan Wachter @aidanwachter.bsky.social · 2d

River talk.

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Aidan Wachter @aidanwachter.bsky.social · 3d

hell yes. youtu.be/jmSeBG9wIfY

Hawkwind - The Watcher - Live Cleveland 22nd March 1974 - 4K HD Audio & Video Master

YouTube video by Moog Bass

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Aidan Wachter @aidanwachter.bsky.social · 3d

www.theatlantic.com/technology/2...

Here’s How the AI Crash Happens

The U.S. is becoming an Nvidia-state.

www.theatlantic.com

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Aidan Wachter @aidanwachter.bsky.social · 4d

One of my superpowers regarding magical housecleaning is the ability to lie to myself about how long it will take. Throughout the entire process. Seven hours in, I'm still: “This next part will take like 20 minutes!”

Also, Florida Water in the Bissell hard floor steam cleaner is the shit. Dilute!

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Steve Randy Waldman @interfluidity.com · 5d

if you believe that a better world is possible, you may be tarred as a doomer, because achieving a better world involves calling attention to what is wrong with this one.

your very optimism is called pessimism, particularly by people for whom the current world is more than comfortable.

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Aidan Wachter @aidanwachter.bsky.social · 4d

as is traditional: youtu.be/F7aLXehSXAo

Roky Erickson - Two Headed Dog (Red Temple Prayer)

YouTube video by PhsycadelicRock

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Aidan Wachter @aidanwachter.bsky.social · 8d

yes. youtu.be/hW8fzLR5YDU?...

Lene Lovich Performs "New Toy" Live at Trilix Studio

YouTube video by In The Round Podcast

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Cam @malaiseforever.bsky.social · 9d

reading slaughterhouse 5 for the first time and i was absolutely knocked senseless by this passage, which is so true and relevant that it feels like it was pulled from a history book

“America is the wealthiest nation on Earth, but its people are mainly poor, and poor Americans are urged to hate themselves. To quote the American humorist Kin Hubbard, 'It ain’t no disgrace to be poor, but it might as well be.' It is in fact a crime for an American to be poor, even though America is a nation of poor. Every other nation has folk traditions of men who were poor but extremely wise and virtuous, and therefore more estimable than anyone with power and gold. No such tales are told by the American poor. They mock themselves and glorify their betters. The meanest eating or drinking establishment, owned by a man who is himself poor, is very likely to have a sign on its wall asking this cruel question: 'if you’re so smart, why ain’t you rich?' There will also be an American flag no larger than a child’s hand – glued to a lollipop stick and flying from the cash register.

Americans, like human beings everywhere, believe many things that are obviously untrue. Their most destructive untruth is that it is very easy for any American to make money. They will not acknowledge how in fact hard money is to come by, and, therefore, those who have no money blame and blame and blame themselves. This inward blame has been a treasure for the rich and powerful, who have had to do less for their poor, publicly and privately, than any other ruling class since, say Napoleonic times. Many novelties have come from America. The most startling of these, a thing without precedent, is a mass of undignified poor. They do not love one another because they do not love themselves.”

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Brandon Friedman @brandonfriedman.bsky.social · 15d

It's very clear that unlimited wealth causes brain damage. That's not an exaggeration.

It's similar to other unnatural human conditions like solitary confinement (which is widely understood to cause mental deterioration) and other types of sensory deprivation.

Gil Durán @gilduran.com · 15d

Someone went there:

"It Kind of Seems Like Peter Thiel is Losing It"

via @futurism.com

futurism.com/future-socie...

It Kind of Seems Like Peter Thiel Is Losing It

He's spent the past month delivering four high-octane lectures in San Francisco's downtown waterfront on the antichrist.

futurism.com

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Forgotten Poets @forgottenpoets.bsky.social · 9d

For anyone who doesn't know - I didn't! - JSTOR now allows anyone 100 completely free articles a month. Excelsior!

JSTOR Home

JSTOR is a digital library of academic journals, books, and primary sources.

www.jstor.org

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A.R. Moxon @juliusgoat.bsky.social · 10d

It cannot get lost in the shuffle, even with so much else going on, that the world's most wealthy people have had their minds absolutely rotted out, just saturated to the dripping point with black mold down to the studs and frame, by the all encompassing unhumanity of their wealth.

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Aidan Wachter @aidanwachter.bsky.social · 11d

RSH forever.

Sasha Ravitch ☄️ @sasharavitch.bsky.social · 11d

happy birthday rowland s howard, dandy-goth prince of dadaist violence and the best guitarist of the past century. gone too soon, but boy did you spoil us while you were here.

skinny australian white boy in all black holds a copy of the swamp thing comic while cocking his head to the side, cigarette held between his lips. he is strange, beautiful, something between an elf and a bird of prey. it's rowland s howard of iconic postpunk bands boys next door, the birthday party, crime and the city solution, these immortal souls, and his solo work.

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Althaea Sebastiani @althaeasebastiani.bsky.social · 11d

Today marks 9 days until Nov 2, good to know if you're timing an ancestor elevation rite for the peak of this season.
#WitchSky #PaganSky

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hookland.bsky.social @hookland.bsky.social · 12d

If you promote your new book with an ‘AI trailer’, the only thing guaranteed to happen is that a lot of folk will think: ‘AI equals arseholes involved, I’ll never read this book’. That and the fact I will block you.

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Aidan Wachter @aidanwachter.bsky.social · 13d

I haz the skillz.

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Aidan Wachter @aidanwachter.bsky.social · 13d

I get this from my allies as well.

White Rose Witching @wrwitching.bsky.social · 13d

New blog post! This New Moon ritual was a doozy. In fact, I had to contend with something that was actively attempting to prevent me from getting this message.

New Moon Ritual: October 2025 — White Rose Witching

We’re going through a long period right now where the facades we’ve erected are beginning to corrode. The illusions that surround us are beginning to fray. At the same time these systems are desperate...

www.whiterosewitching.com

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Temple of Witchcraft @templeofwitchcraft.org · 13d

The Temple of Witchcraft greatly appreciates the support of donors who help us maintain our Temple space in New Hampshire, where we host in-person and Zoom classes year-round. Every dollar donated empowers us and helps us continue our important work.

Use the QR to donate today!

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Aidan Wachter @aidanwachter.bsky.social · 14d

“I chose a very inexpensive cult expressly because I didn’t want it to cut too deeply into the cake fund."

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Aidan Wachter @aidanwachter.bsky.social · 14d

Song Sohee is straight-up magic, meant both literally and metaphorically. youtu.be/YENUe7tTa9k?...

송소희(Song Sohee) - Hamba Kahle [Official M/V]

YouTube video by 송소희 Song Sohee

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Aidan Wachter @aidanwachter.bsky.social · 15d

Some good thinking that looks beyond the optics and frames the past weekend a bit outside of what I have seen elsewhere. democracyamericana.com/posts/a40ac6...

America As No-Longer-Democracy and Not-Yet-Dictatorship

Where does the country stand after the largest day of protest in U.S. history? Putting “No Kings” in perspective

democracyamericana.com

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Sarah Emily Duff @sarahemilyduff.bsky.social · 16d

‘“A hundred and fifteen years that they haven’t been here, and they still have that GPS unit inside of them,” said the visibly giddy Klamath Tribal Chair William Ray, Jr. “It’s truly an awesome feat if you think about the gauntlet they had to go through.”’

Salmon clear last Klamath dams, reaching Williamson and Sprague rivers

Just a year after four dams were removed, a group of fall Chinook have migrated nearly 300 miles into the Upper Klamath Basin.

www.opb.org

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🌈 Hailey Piper 🌈 @haileypiperfights.bsky.social · 16d

"I could've done that" says the person who never does anything

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