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Paul Chamberlain @paulchamberlain.bsky.social · 3h

Callanish sunrise #StandingStoneSunday

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Seth Cotlar @sethcotlar.bsky.social · 5h

Multi billionaire conducts months of historical and theological research into the Antichrist. Discovers, shockingly, that one thing the Antichrist would definitely do is tax billionaires. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

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He believes the Armageddon will be ushered in by an antichrist-type figure who cultivates a fear of existential threats such as climate change, Al and nuclear war to amass inordinate power. The idea is this figure will convince people to do everything they can to avoid something like a third world war, including accepting a one-world order charged with protecting everyone from the apocalypse that implements a complete restriction of technological progress. In his mind, this is already happening. Thiel said that international financial bodies, which make it more difficult for people to shelter their wealth in tax havens, are one sign the antichrist may be amassing power and hastening Armageddon, saying: "It's become quite difficult to hide one's money."

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Neil Mackenzie @nmackenzie.bsky.social · 3h

The Art of the Fugue
Contrapunctus 1
- JS Bach

Jordi Savall
Hespèrion XX

The Art of the Fugue, BWV 1080: Contrapunctus 1

YouTube video by Hespèrion XXI - Topic

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James Fallows @jfallows.bsky.social · 16h

Re-upping:

Excellent assessment of John "Roger Taney" Roberts.

In @harvardmagazine.bsky.social , by Lincoln Caplan.

As careful, legally informed, judicious-minded writer as you're going to find. With an unsparing judgment.

www.harvardmagazine.com/legal/suprem...

What Trump Means for John Roberts's Legacy | Harvard Magazine

Executive power is on the docket at the Supreme Court.

www.harvardmagazine.com

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John Raimo @johnraimo.bsky.social · 6h

There's some evident authorial cosplaying here that the interviewer uncritically gobbles down--it's quite funny, actually--but I still quite enjoyed reading this: www.theparisreview.org/interviews/7...

László Krasznahorkai, The Art of Fiction No. 240

László Krasznahorkai was born in 1954 in Gyula, a provincial town in Hungary, in the Soviet era. He published his first novel, Satantango, in 1985, then The Melancholy of Resistance (1989), War and Wa...

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Gil Durán @gilduran.com · 8h

Tomorrow in San Francisco: @jacobsilverman.com and @alexhanna.bsky.social at Litquake.

7 p.m. See you there?

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Litquake 2025: Gilded Rage—Elon Musk and the Radicaliza...

View more about this event at Litquake 2025

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Neil Mackenzie @nmackenzie.bsky.social · 8h

Répons: Section 6
Comp: PierreBoulez
Perf: Ensemble InterContemporain

Boulez: Répons: Section 6

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James Fallows @jfallows.bsky.social · 15h

It's official:

-2025 is now a more threatening year for the survival of the republic than 1968.

-John Roberts will now go down in history as a worse chief justice than Roger "Dred Scott" Taney.

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/11/u...

Federal Judges, Warning of ‘Judicial Crisis,’ Fault Supreme Court’s Emergency Orders

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Neil Mackenzie @nmackenzie.bsky.social · 9h

#Hellzone
San Francisco, CA

Photo of many peaceful people, sitting around in groups, enjoying the sun in a deep green Dolores Park. The skyscrapers of downtown San Francisco, including Salesforce Tower, are visible in the distance. There are a few fluffy white clouds below a bright blue sky.

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Neil Mackenzie @nmackenzie.bsky.social · 9h

Transit
Dir: Christian Petzold
Star: Franz Rogowski

From the novel by Anna Seghers

Transit Trailer #1 (2019) | Movieclips Indie

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Neil Mackenzie @nmackenzie.bsky.social · 9h

The Seventh Cross
Dir: Fred Zinneman
Star: Spencer Tracy

From the novel by Anna Seghers

Original Theatrical Trailer | The Seventh Cross | Warner Archive

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c @3boxesofsighs.bsky.social · 13h

Yours

(now I'm even losing my name - it was getting shorter and shorter all the time and is now: Yours)
- Franz Kafka

dark to light peach dahlia against a black background

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 12h

Jorge Ruiz’s blood alcohol level was far below the legal threshold for intoxication.

When his lawyers looked at similar car crash cases, they found that although Ruiz had the lowest amount of alcohol in his system, his sentence was by far the longest.

➡️ Full story: https://propub.li/3KDEql5

Article excerpt reads: Then it was Ruiz’s turn. He spoke for the first time in court.

“I want to say that I am sorry to the family,” Ruiz said. “I wouldn’t have wished for this to happen. I wish that this would have only been a dream.”

Lewis peered down from the bench at Ruiz.

“This is America,” Lewis said. “It’s the greatest country in the world and we have the right to trial in this country. I would never penalize you for exercising that right, but Mr. Lively talked about acceptance of responsibility, contrition, remorse. I haven’t seen any of that from you.”

He sentenced Ruiz to the maximum possible punishment, longer even than the 50 years requested by prosecutors: 99 years.

The court went quiet. Even the prosecutor was shocked.

Years later, Robinson remembered that moment. “That was not something that I had expected,” he said.

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Paperpills 💊🇵🇸❤️ @paperpills10.bsky.social · 12h

Ryan Ruby is MISSED! Here's a chance to reconnect with him again!!! newleftreview.org/sidecar/post...

Ryan Ruby, Post-American Blues — Sidecar

On Thomas Pynchon.

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Joshua Reed Eakle 🗽 @joshuaeakle.com · 14h

In Chicago, four vehicles descended and eight ICE agents moved in to kidnap a child.

She screams, “I’m 15,” as ICE yanks her from the car and kneels on her neck.

This is not about immigration enforcement.

It's about terrorizing Americans.

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Jack Hutton 🇺🇸 @jackhutton.bsky.social · 12h

Scenes from a great American city: #sanfrancisco !

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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 13h

Texas is preparing emergency resources for wildfires and floods. The Texas National Guard should be THERE — not in Illinois.

We stand ready to support their return home so they are best positioned for helping Texans respond to any natural disasters.

Abbott activates emergency resources ahead of growing wildfire threat, flood risk in Texas

With expected growing wildfire danger across Texas and the potential for a flood risk this weekend, Gov. Greg Abbott is activating more state emergency response resources Friday.

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Chris Brooke @chrisbrooke.bsky.social · 13h

"My father's no different than any other powerful man. Any man who's responsible for other people. Like a Senator or a President."

"You know how naïve you sound?"

"Why?"

"Senators and Presidents don't have men killed."

"Oh. Who's being naïve, Kay?"

#DianeKeatonRIP

🚩 DIANE KEATON - THE GODFATHER (1972) Dir. Francis Ford Coppola

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 18h

“YOU hit HER.”

CHICAGO - Trump’s ICE goons ram into a passing car after snatching someone, then brutally drag the female driver of the car they hit out of her car with guns drawn and arrest her too. (Her brother says she’s a citizen)

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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 16h

Everything about this is bonkers. The arrest, the charge, the possible sentence, the **$2 million bail.**

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Tennessee man arrested, gets $2 million bond for posting Facebook meme

Larry Bushart posted a meme on a local Facebook page about Charlie Kirk. He now faces years in prison.

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Eric Blair @protecttruth.bsky.social · 17h

Correct. That’s why it’s going to take bravery from Dem leaders.

They may not be able to stop it. They may get arrested. But they can and must draw attention to the attacks on our freedoms.

Silverman on Security @silvermansecurity.bsky.social · 17h

Also, they don’t want to be arrested at best or beaten & then arrested at worst. That was the point of beating up Padilla at Noem’s press conference. Use violence & threats of violence on elected officials to establish a competitive system of control.

Eric Blair @protecttruth.bsky.social · 17h

Members of Congress should be on the streets of DC—where many of them live! —putting their bodies between these law-abiding citizens and ICE. Congress should be demanding names, and promising ICE will be prosecuted when US democracy is re-established.

But they are not—b/c they think it polls badly.

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Jo Wolff @jowolff.bsky.social · 17h

Was reminded of a neuro-surgeon who, on hearing I was a political philosopher, told me that society needs wars every couple of generations to ‘get rid of the riff-raff’. People like him are in charge of things now.

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JacquiWine @jacquiwine.bsky.social · 23h

From the archive, my thoughts on FLÂNEUSE by Lauren Elkin.

A captivating combination of memoir, social history and cultural studies on notable flâneuses - including sections on Jean Rhys, George Sand and Agnes Varda. I adored this one! #BookSky 💙📚

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Flâneuse by Lauren Elkin

When we hear the word ‘flâneur’, we probably think of some well-to-do chap nonchalantly wandering the streets of 19th-century Paris, idling away his time in cafés and bars, casually watching the in…

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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 20h

UNTIL IT’S DONE, Ep. 4: Sylvia Rivera

In the 1970s, queer New Yorkers had been pushed to the margins of NYC. Our trans neighbors faced immense cruelty. But in Sylvia Rivera, they found a champion.

As we combat Trump’s politics of darkness, her legacy can light the path forward.

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Erika Hall @erikahall.bsky.social · 17h

Here is the selective attention video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=vJG6...

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