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Mary Holzman-Tweed @mareht.bsky.social · 17h

This does SO MUCH. 1. People are suffering. People are having trouble staying sober, trouble staying ALIVE, trouble getting out of bed. If this gives them a spark of joy, that is a generous gift. 2. It's fabulous narrative driving. 3. Opsec! Can't see a face, that's a little bit of safety.

Laura Jedeed @laurajedeed.bsky.social · 1d

This video is everywhere because it's a hilarious visual refutation of Portland being on fire. You can't get a mass movement going without convincing the masses

so yes, this does do something actually

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This literally does nothing. You are not beating fascism by dressing up in inflatable suits and dancing

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Portland is leading the way. This is how you (non violently) beat Fascism. Humor and ridicule are key.

Stillframe from a video of Portland protesters dancing in inflatable suits

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Mary Holzman-Tweed @mareht.bsky.social · 17h

I still get a big smile when I think about the last line!

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Shepherd @neolithicsheep.bsky.social · 19h

What middle and upper class cis het white people need to understand is that they only have as many rights as the most vulnerable do. You have only the rights trans people and immigrants do.

Ryan Marino, MD @ryanmarino.bsky.social · 1d

Do you really have any rights if they are openly saying they will just make up reasons to detain you?

thematthill.bsky.social @thematthill.bsky.social · 3d

Wow. Greg Bovino admits on camera that his agents can detain people if you look scared, change your demeanor, or grip a steering wheel too tight.

As his unmasked agents walk around with large guns to scare you, they may arrest you just for that — even if you're a U.S. citizen.

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Mary Holzman-Tweed @mareht.bsky.social · 19h

Ma'am, have you seen what is going on in the world? I'm with Sherman, falling into a hole and just staying there feels like the right choice for a bit.

AmeriKraut @inchargeofthegirls.bsky.social · 1d

sherman, for the love of god!

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Mikki Kendall @karnythia.bsky.social · 1d

I need the reaper to clock in and get to work

soul nate @mnateshyamalan.bsky.social · 1d

there’s something so beautifully American about our democracy’s last line of defense being coronary artery disease

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Evening House Books @eveninghouse.bsky.social · 1d

Thank you to @leannareneehieber.bsky.social for the INCREDIBLE event and book signing tonight. Leanna is a force of nature, making dark history come alive through a passionate understanding and appreciation of the gothic tradition. Thank you Leanna & thank you to everyone who took part tonight ❤️

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Mary Holzman-Tweed @mareht.bsky.social · 1d

@juliajoyce.bsky.social, was it you who told me about it? You're the cause of about 60% of my TBR...

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Mary Holzman-Tweed @mareht.bsky.social · 1d

#booksky I need your help. Someone a while ago told me about a novel coming out inspired by the heist from the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum - the weirdest, honestly funniest, and still unsolved art heist ever. I can't recall the title/author. I NEED this book! Help?

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Mary Holzman-Tweed @mareht.bsky.social · 1d

Consideration? In *this* economy?!

Girls Running From Houses @girlfleeshouse.bsky.social · 1d

Reader, prepare yourself: there is every chance the girl will not pause to consider.

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Terri Windling @terriwindling.bsky.social · 2d

"It's all a matter of paying attention, being awake in the present moment, and not expecting a huge payoff. The magic in this world seems to work in whispers and small kindnesses." - Charles de Lint

Photograph: Lottie, a young brown spaniel, on a path through the green and rust and golden magic of the Devon hills.

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Mary Holzman-Tweed @mareht.bsky.social · 2d

Houston.

Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 2d

What’s the word where you’re from that, when pronounced exactly as it looks, identifies a tourist immediately?

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WeRateDogs @weratedogs.com · 2d

This is Clio. She did not study for the test today. Also does not know how to read. 12/10 (IG: paspastotoro)

a black and gray long-haired yorkiepoo sits at a desk in a university classroom. a piece of paper lays on the desk in front of her, her paws propped up on the desk as if she's bracing herself. there are students in the background hunched over and working on paper in front of them. the pup looks at the camera with a concerned side eye. she's realizing she probably should have read some of the homework before eating it.

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Shveta Thakrar @shvetathakrar.com · 2d

If you were in the mood for some immersive magic, why not try my Night Market books? @bookshop.org currently has free shipping, too!

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Divining the Leaves

Check out Divining the Leaves - <p><strong>"Filled with beautiful and dangerous magic, this book swirls around you like irresistible perfume." —Sarah Beth Durst, <em>New York Times</em...

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Leanna Renee Hieber @leannareneehieber.bsky.social · 2d

AMERICA'S MOST GOTHIC: HAUNTED HISTORY STRANGER THAN FICTION is an INSTANT USA TODAY BESTSELLER!!! I'm SO GRATEFUL! Could not be more thrilled about this, I'm physically woozy with joy! Thank you to my co-author Andrea Janes of @boroughsofthedead.bsky.social & our @kensingtonbooks.bsky.social team!

USA TODAY BESTSELLER LIST with a heart around our title, out of 150 titles, AMERICA'S MOST GOTHIC co-authored by Leanna Renee Hieber and Andrea Janes clocks in at 74 its release week, making it an instant BESTSELLER, Leanna drew a blue heart around their placement on the list 🖤

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Mary Holzman-Tweed @mareht.bsky.social · 3d

He wants an experience, frictionless, easy to consume, to take in without having to adjust perspective, accept, understand. It reminds me of Ezra Klein cherrypicking the 5 remembrances while eliding the 4 immeasurables. They don't actually want to live. Also, they never read Lathe of Heaven.

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Mary Holzman-Tweed @mareht.bsky.social · 3d

There's a phrase the man uses; "really smooth out the variance in people". That stopped me dead, and broadened my understanding - this man, who has published products that really show he has a small, limited understanding of the human experience, does not *want* actual human relationships 1/🧵

The guy behind those ‘Friend’ ads in the subways is tired of talking to New Yorkers

New Yorkers are taking note and even scribbling their own graffiti on the ads. Avi Schiffmann, 22, says that's the point — but doesn't feel like talking to them.

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Girls Running From Houses @girlfleeshouse.bsky.social · 3d

The girl cannot leave the house because she has not yet expiated her sins.

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Mary Holzman-Tweed @mareht.bsky.social · 3d

Possibly odd question, but all will be revealed tomorrow - what's your favorite color?

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Teresa Galusaurus @galusaurus.bsky.social · 4d

Kept it quick and easy today with help from the symmetry tool, but I’d love to revisit this concept!

#Mashaween25 day 6 - cemetery 🪦

Digital illustration of a crow combined with the art prompt “cemetery.” The body is a stone urn topped with a crow head partially covered with a cloth. The outstretched wings and tail are made from ornate iron fencing.

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Mary Holzman-Tweed @mareht.bsky.social · 4d

This night promises to be very, very special! @leannareneehieber.bsky.social will be reading a *delightfully* vicious chiller, and I can't wait to be drawn into what magic @shvetathakrar.com has in store for us. Don't miss out!

Matthew Kressel @matthewkressel.net · 4d

This Wednesday, join us with guests @leannareneehieber.bsky.social & @shvetathakrar.com, for our Fantastic Fiction at KGB reading series, October 8, 7pm at the KGB Bar. @mercuriodrivera.bsky.social will be impersonating @datlow.bsky.social! Come one, come all!

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Mary Holzman-Tweed @mareht.bsky.social · 5d

Yes, precisely this! I'm in NYC, in his district, and the main thing that makes him *him*, is that his genuine love for this place shows thru in so many ways - his humor, his deep grounding in our history, etc., etc.

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Mary Holzman-Tweed @mareht.bsky.social · 5d

Those mugs are *darling*!

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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 5d

Also, here is a thought: I wonder how much "not feeling like an adult" is correlated with impostor syndrome.

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Mary Holzman-Tweed @mareht.bsky.social · 6d

Straight up. The 5 Remembrances alone puts the self in a bubble. It's isolationist, and it's a cheat. You pulled yourself up a security blanket, and said 'fuck you, I got mine' to the rest of the universe. With the 4 Immeasurables, the practice is as nothing.

Jamison Foser @jamisonfoser.bsky.social · 7d

shit's pretty bleak but at least I have lived long enough to see the Buddhists dunking on Ezra Klein:

"Coates is describing lynching, and Klein responds with a meditation about his own mortality. That’s not wisdom. That’s avoidance with a spiritual veneer."

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Ezra Klein Just Showed Us Everything Wrong With Secularized Meditation

There’s a moment in Ezra Klein’s recent interview with Ta-Nehisi Coates that’s been bugging me.

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💀Skulls and Sheets👻 @skullsandsheets.bsky.social · 7d

The leaf thrower

(Experiment with different style of pose)

A horse skulled lady with 2 arms out throwing leaves in a dress with triangular patterns of white and floral black and white patterns. Moon is in top right

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