Monster-Theory Medium Dave
@azzageddi.myatproto.social
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English professor in Fukuoka, Japan; research focus on utopias in literature with forays into science fiction, ecocriticism, & monster theory. Immigrant, grandad, LGBTQIA+(bi), intersectional equality for all. he/him https://linktr.ee/azzageddi
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jamesbennett.bsky.social
Happy National Coming Out Day!

Been out and proud for 30 years now. Won't say it's always been easy, but I live my life on my own terms.

Today I'm thinking of those who face challenges for being who they are. And fighting for a better world. 🏳️‍🌈💙🏳️‍⚧️
A rainbow for National Coming Out Day
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grahamcaswell.bsky.social
We killed them all. Every last one of them. And now they will never be again.

They lived their Curlew lives, migrated, cared for their young, and had every right to be here - as much as ourselves. And they did us no harm.

And we killed them all.
waderstudy.bsky.social
Today IUCN has officially declared the Slender-billed Curlew extinct, marking the first known global extinction of a formerly widespread migratory bird species whose range included mainland Europe, North Africa, and West Asia.

Read more here ⬇️
www.unep-aewa.org/fr/node/6632
azzageddi.myatproto.social
More Japanese hashtags than I expected in the top Trending Now list. Even accounting for this being daytime in Japan and middle of the night in North America.
trendtags.bsky.social
🌟 Trending Now on BlueSky (Last 1 hour):

#FotoVorschlag#photography#art#aiイラスト#oc#섹트#nsfw#Caturday#섹블#aiart#gay#birds#青空ごはん部#nature#BirdOfTheDay

Trends refresh every hour.
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kevinhearne.bsky.social
The reclaiming/reframing of frogs as Antifascist after enduring years of the execrable Pepe is glorious and I am here for every scrap of new heroic frog art
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justjukka.bsky.social
Stop me if you’ve heard me say this before, but my undergrad was in German and Humanistic Studies…
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rincewind.run
they are clearly trying to terrify everyone out of showing up to the No Kings protest and I simply do not think it is going to work

see you all there
atrupar.com
Sen. Roger Marshall: "October 18 is when the protest gets here. This will be a Soros paid-for protest for his professional protesters. The agitators show up. We'll have to get the National Guard out. Hopefully it will be peaceful. I doubt it."
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paleofuture.bsky.social
Don’t feel stupid if you fell for fake video. It can be really hard to tell these days. But we do have to try and be careful with what we share because there’s so much AI video out there.

It’s just the world we live in now.
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lukeyoquinto.bsky.social
CHOTINER: So let me get this straight. Anti-racists are the real racists, is that correct?
THIEL: right.
CHOTINER: and the anti-fascists?
THIEL: right, they’re the real fascists
CHOTINER: So now you’re saying Greta is the Antichrist.
THIEL: …
CHOTINER: I think you can see where I’m going with this.
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chrisd238.bsky.social
ice to the left of them
dhs to the right of them
fbi to the front of them
galumph galumph
boogied the frog brigade
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maytagsmom.bsky.social
EXACTLY. I was promised a Rosie from The Jetsons.
faineg.bsky.social
it’s said all the time but I think we should continue to hammer home how insane it is that we got dead-eyed bros trying to sell us robots that will free us from the supposedly cruel burden of “creative careers” instead of the actual cruel burden of “doing menial household chores”
sethdmichaels.bsky.social
AI HUCKSTER: "i built you a machine that reads books for you."

ME: "can you build me a machine that unloads the dishwasher for me so *i* can read a book?"
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ironspike.bsky.social
This is what I mean when I say, when it comes to political positions, most ppl just run on vibes. 100% feelings-before-facts. Japan is screaming towards a population crash at 1,000 MPH, it's not reversible at this point. But you have political parties agitating to return to hermit kingdom status.
bloomberg.com
Japan’s far right is on the rise, alarming foreign workers. Nowhere is that anxiety more apparent than in the city of Toyota, where immigrants power the economy while facing political backlash.
Japan Needs Foreign Workers. Its Far Right Is Turning Against Them
In the city of Toyota, immigrants help power the economy while facing political backlash.
bloom.bg
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lmacthompson1.bsky.social
First, I am glad that Dr. Bray got out safely last night from the U.S. Good. Next, here's what you need to know/how to explain it to others. This is a new and extremely frightening stage.
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lmacthompson1.bsky.social
I am writing this because it has swiftly become crystal clear to me that many people have no idea what is happening or how this works. Here is a thread for non-academics to put into context what just happened to Dr. Mark Bray, a fellow historian.
azzageddi.myatproto.social
Two things I always roll my eyes at:
1. “Modern society [does thing I don’t like, unaware we’ve done this for centuries]”
2. “Western society [does thing I don’t like, unaware that Eastern societies do it EVEN MORE]”
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brainnotonyet.bsky.social
You won’t know the next pandemic is happening until your neighbors or family start getting sick.
the governments goal now is to make the world more Darwinian and dangerous so those seen as weak(read poor and minorities) will die and those they see as strong (read wealthy and white) survive
sherylnyt.bsky.social
BREAKING: Friday night massacre underway at CDC. Doznes of "disease detectives," high-level scientists, entire Washington staff and editors of the MMWR (Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report) have all been RIFed and received the following notice:
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nameoftheyear.bsky.social
LOSING MY MIND AT THE PHONE NUMBER ON THIS BUS IN FRONT OF ME
Photo of the back of a private transport bus featuring a Pegasus logo. The company phone number printed on the bus is 1-888-PEG-TRANS
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azzageddi.myatproto.social
Woke up to “Oh awesome! The Nobel Peace Prize didn’t go to Trump! This woman must be the opposite of Trump!”
Hours later, after reading several articles about María Corina Machado: “They might as well have given it to Trump. She’s just as bad.”
insurgentthought.bsky.social
A supporter of genocide and genocidal ethnonationalist state won the Nobel Peace Prize.
Image of Maria Corina Machado:
"for her tireless work promoting democratic rights for the people of Venezuela and for her struggle to achieve a just and peaceful transition from dictatorship to democracy"
THE NORWEGIAN NOBEL COMMITTEE
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authorwinifred.blacksky.app
I've never put much stock in the Nobels, except for maybe Toni's, but this is egregious. I knew nothing about this person so I did some digging. I now want to review all winners through an imperialist nation building project lens.
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brokenpandan.bsky.social
yeah honestly what Johnson and Trump are doing rn is akin to a prime minister abruptly proroguing parliament. it’s a last resort, something you do to buy time when you’re afraid you’re going to be embarrassed or challenged on the floor