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Magen Cubed @magencubed.bsky.social · 2d

This has been one of the most well-received newsletters I've put out in quite a while. Thanks so much for the shares and recommendations people have added in the comments 💜

If you have any other films you'd like to add, feel free to drop them in the comments on the post or at my newsletter

Magen Cubed @magencubed.bsky.social · 5d

I assembled a list of short films you can watch right now for free this Halloween. Scary, strange, surreal, and sometimes funny, this list includes live action, stop motion, and animated films from around the world and from filmmakers you've never heard of before

20 short weird, scary, funny, and surreal films you can watch right now.

Urgent Help & Hope for Gaza Mother

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Magen Cubed @magencubed.bsky.social · 6d

Please donate and share 🙏 It's been two years of genocide. Help Adham and his family survive and begin again after displacement

Adv Adham Madi 🍉🇵🇸 @mr-adham.bsky.social · 7d

From southern Gaza
I send you my heartfelt gratitude despite the pain we endure

After a long journey of suffering we were finally able to rent a simple place to shelter us and protect us from the cold and harshness of the open air

we still desperately need your support🙏🏼
tinyurl.com/HelpAdhamsFa...

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Magen Cubed @magencubed.bsky.social · 11d

Here's what they need right now:

• A mattress for Najwa
• Coats
• Hoodies for the boys
• Pants
• Sweaters
• Gloves
• Scarves
• Warm hats
• Food, water, and medicine

Magen Cubed @magencubed.bsky.social · Aug 30

Please continue to support my dear friend Najwa and her family 🙏 They need our support to survive the horrors of the ongoing genocide

I am Najwa Abu Ishaq from Gaza. I suffer from an endocrine disorder, and I’ve lost both my husband and my home to war. Please, I need your help to rebuild my life and live in peace. —Najwa

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Magen Cubed @magencubed.bsky.social · 5d

I assembled a list of short films you can watch right now for free this Halloween. Scary, strange, surreal, and sometimes funny, this list includes live action, stop motion, and animated films from around the world and from filmmakers you've never heard of before

20 short weird, scary, funny, and surreal films you can watch right now.

This Is (Not) A Ghost Story

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Magen Cubed @magencubed.bsky.social · 2d

Last year, I wrote a personal essay about living in a haunted house when I was 14. All of it happened, insofar that *something happened*, whether I believe in the causes or not

Sometimes, we have dreams about things

Sometimes, they reveal things you don't want to know

This is what I dreamed

I don't put much stock in dreams. When it comes to things like that, I'm kind of an agnostic. There are things that have happened in my life that feel like...

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Magen Cubed @magencubed.bsky.social · 2d

This has been one of the most well-received newsletters I've put out in quite a while. Thanks so much for the shares and recommendations people have added in the comments 💜

If you have any other films you'd like to add, feel free to drop them in the comments on the post or at my newsletter

Magen Cubed @magencubed.bsky.social · 5d

I assembled a list of short films you can watch right now for free this Halloween. Scary, strange, surreal, and sometimes funny, this list includes live action, stop motion, and animated films from around the world and from filmmakers you've never heard of before

20 short weird, scary, funny, and surreal films you can watch right now.

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Magen Cubed @magencubed.bsky.social · 5d

I assembled a list of short films you can watch right now for free this Halloween. Scary, strange, surreal, and sometimes funny, this list includes live action, stop motion, and animated films from around the world and from filmmakers you've never heard of before

20 short weird, scary, funny, and surreal films you can watch right now.

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Magen Cubed @magencubed.bsky.social · 6d

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Love you, too 💜🫂 Please take care and stay safe. I'm praying for you and your loved ones

Video captures Drake wearing Chanel denim lederhosen at Germany's Oktoberfest

Magen Cubed @magencubed.bsky.social · 6d

Please donate and share 🙏 It's been two years of genocide. Help Adham and his family survive and begin again after displacement

Adv Adham Madi 🍉🇵🇸 @mr-adham.bsky.social · 7d

From southern Gaza
I send you my heartfelt gratitude despite the pain we endure

After a long journey of suffering we were finally able to rent a simple place to shelter us and protect us from the cold and harshness of the open air

we still desperately need your support🙏🏼
tinyurl.com/HelpAdhamsFa...

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Magen Cubed @magencubed.bsky.social · 6d

Okay, one more thing while I'm on

I think Taylor Swift works for the CIA and her new album feels like even more proof

Alright, bye!

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Magen Cubed @magencubed.bsky.social · 6d

That's what I told Melissa, lmao

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Magen Cubed @magencubed.bsky.social · 6d

It's worse!

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Magen Cubed @magencubed.bsky.social · 6d

It's real!

The Canadian rapper was seen walking with his crew and drinking beer at the popular festival in Munich on Saturday, Sept. 20.

www.usatoday.com

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Magen Cubed @magencubed.bsky.social · 6d

Breaking my silence to hate on Drake, the way Kendrick taught us 🙏

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Magen Cubed @magencubed.bsky.social · 6d

I know I said I wouldn't be around anymore, but I need people to know this

A friend of Melissa's went on a big group trip to Germany for Oktoberfest, and they saw Drake there at the bar in lederhosen, and dude was so embarrassing they got away

Okay, bye!

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Magen Cubed @magencubed.bsky.social · 8d

I don't think I'm going to be sticking around on Bluesky. I'm not deleting since I still need to promote my writing, but I can't really justify spending time here anymore

If you want to stay in touch, I'm on Instagram. If you want to read my work as it comes out, subscribe to Nature's Corrupted 💜

Magen Cubed @magencubed.bsky.social · 9d

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Because I don't know how much longer I can rely on social media to promote it, please consider subscribing so you can keep up with my work 💜

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Magen Cubed @magencubed.bsky.social · 16d

You can watch Mr. Samuel's Teatime Stories for Good Kids and Confused Adults here. If you enjoy surreal independent art, the entire series is online

Mr. Samuel's Teatime Stories - Part I: Home

YouTube video by Yara Asmar

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Magen Cubed @magencubed.bsky.social · 16d

An essay I wrote last summer about Yara Asmar's surreal puppet video series, Mr. Samuel's Teatime Stories for Good Kids and Confused Adults. This is an essay about time, grief, and memory, written after the death of Mr. Samuel's performer, Dr. Michael Dennison, which felt very appropriate

Where We Go When We Go

The middle of the year snuck up on me in a way that I didn't expect. That's on me. One moment, it was March and I was just beginning to warm up after a...

Androids Dreaming at the Bottom of the World

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Magen Cubed @magencubed.bsky.social · Jul 4

In this month's newsletter, I discuss the 2001 "animated play" Malice@Doll, a dystopic fable about machines who dream, dolls who become real girls, the terrors of the flesh, and the radical potential for transformation and divinity

Pinocchio and The Fairy With Turquoise Hair Then there appeared at the door a beautiful Baby with blue hair and a white face, like a waxen image, with her...

Barbed Wire, Sharp Teeth, and David Lynch's Rabbits

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Magen Cubed @magencubed.bsky.social · Sep 5

In my latest essay, I talk about the death of artists, learning how to be a better writer, and how good art can restore our capacity to feel if we give it the chance to

When I was twenty-four, maybe twenty-five, I was standing in the shower and washing my hair one day. This would have been 2010 or 2011. I don't remember...