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The name is a joke from Shakespeare This account is for whatever I feel like posting about. Mostly pictures that strike my fancy, posts about politics, disability, art, literature, et cetera The Bronx one-legged juggler // he

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Nothings Monstered @nothingsmonstrd.bsky.social · Nov 1

I usually do alt text via speech-to-text without double-checking.

If my alt text is incomprehensible, feel free to ask for a clarification.

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Louise Glaum in The Wolf Woman, 1916

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Nothings Monstered @nothingsmonstrd.bsky.social · 13m

Louise Glaum for The Leopard Woman, 1920

Black and white photograph of silent film star Louise glom wearing a leopard skin coat with the leopard's head as kind of a hat or Hood over her head and down on her forehead

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The Public Domain Review @publicdomainrev.bsky.social · 6h

Replace these “wireless telegraphs” with smartphones, update the dress a little, and this vision of "isolating technology" from a 1906 issue of Punch magazine could easily be from today: https://publicdomainreview.org/collection/a-vision-of-isolating-technology-from-1906

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Oh Joy Sex Toy @ohjoysextoy.bsky.social · 5h

Here's a sample of how we censor our comics for Facebook because they flag/delete our posts for sex/sexuality/gender-related words 😅
(Original comic from 2015: www.ohjoysextoy.com/girlsex-101/)

Girl Sex 101 review by Erika Moen and Matthew Nolan Aug 11, 2015 on https://www.ohjoysextoy.com/girlsex-101

Erika Moen draws with a cartoony style and limited pink color palette.

"haroo" mournfully howls Cassy, an East Indian trans woman with black hair just past her shoulders. She wears boots and a cute skirt and sleeved top. With a little "BOP" she kicks a small stone in the road.

"Why so glum, chum?" Asks Erika, who appears out of nowhere.

"Ugh!" Cassy exclaims. "I wanna have sex with women!!!"

"Hey, that's not a problem!" Erika laughs.

"It is when you don't know HOW!" She retorts and then begins spiraling as she demands, "What do I do? How does it work? What counts as 'sex'? How can I be any good at it?!?!"

"Oh dang, I've just finished reading a book I wish I'd had when I was asking those questions many years ago." Erika begins walking the two of them towards a larger-than-life size copy of a book. "Friend, you need to get your hands on a copy of Girl Sex 101 by Allison Moon and KD Diamond."

Notes around the book explain, "$25, 388 pages, soft cover"

Exact same page, but with peach emojis covering the words on the comic.

"haroo" mournfully howls Cassy, an East Indian 🏳️‍🌈 woman with black hair just past her shoulders. She wears boots and a cute skirt and sleeved top. With a little "BOP" she kicks a small stone in the road.

"Why so glum, chum?" Asks Erika, who appears out of nowhere.

"Ugh!" Cassy exclaims. "I wanna have 🔞 with women!!!"

"Hey, that's not a problem!" Erika laughs.

"It is when you don't know HOW!" She retorts and then begins spiraling as she demands, "What do I do? How does it work? What counts as '🔞'? How can I be any good at it?!?!"

"Oh dang, I've just finished reading a book I wish I'd had when I was asking those questions many years ago." Erika begins walking the two of them towards a larger-than-life size copy of a book. "Friend, you need to get your hands on a copy of Girl 🔞 101 by Allison Moon and KD Diamond."

Notes around the book explain, "$25, 388 pages, soft cover"

Holding open the book, Erika continues, "Written by Allison Moon and illustrated by KD Diamond, this beast of a book covers almost every conceivable sexy encounter you might have with a woman."

"Ugh, Erika." Cassy snorts, crossing her arms in frustration. "Lesbian sex books never include ME, they're always written for and about cisgender women."

"This book IS for you!" Counters Erika. "It is written for ALL women and their many anatomies, from cis to trans and the non-binary shades in between."

Taking the book, Cassy gestures as it as she continues, "But a single writer can't represent EVERY type of woman!"

"One of the reasons I love this book is that Moon features the accumulated advice of 16 diverse sex educators and over 100 survey responders to feature a wide variety of people."

In the background are portraits of Jiz Lee, Ignacio Rivera, Tobi Hill-Meyer, Sandra Daugherty, and Julia Serano.

"Wow, there's a lot of different voices in here!" Says Cassy, holding open one half of the book while Erika holds the other. Leaning in closer to look at it, she says, "Color me interested."

"You should be! This isn't like any other sex ed book I've read before." Erika agrees.

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Clayton Cubitt @claytoncubitt.bsky.social · 5h

A messianic South African speed freak with $20 is his own problem. A messianic South African speed freak with billions of dollars is the entire world's problem. Ban billionaires.

The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 10h

Exclusive: Tech billionaire Peter Thiel warned that Swedish activist Greta Thunberg and critics of AI are “legionnaires of the Antichrist” in private lectures that connected government oversight of Silicon Valley to an apocalyptic future.

Inside billionaire Peter Thiel’s private lectures: Warnings of ‘the Antichrist’ and U.S. destruction

In leaked recordings of private lectures by tech billionaire Peter Thiel he argued that “the Antichrist” is likely to take the form of a critic of technology.

wapo.st

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Your Internet Friend Tom Tomorrow @tomtomorrow.bsky.social · 5h

I mean, his lips to god's ear

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 9h

Thune: "If the Democrats had won the majority, they probably would've tried to nuke the filibuster. And then you'd have four new senators from Puerto Rico and DC, you'd have a packed Supreme Court, you'd have abortion on demand ... "

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Forever Louise Brooks @foreverlouiseb1.bsky.social · 5h

Katharine Hepburn and Joel McCrea, 1933.

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Nothings Monstered @nothingsmonstrd.bsky.social · 28m

World's quickest haircut

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The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 4h

His slip of the tongue reveals who’s really in charge. trib.al/mIvP0yE

“Illinois governor says we’re provoking actions that are unlawful,” Miller said on CNN. “If I put federal law enforcement and National Guard into a nice sleepy Southern town, is anyone gonna riot?”

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Julian Sanchez @normative.bsky.social · 1h

Non-Trump Republican judges seem to be doing a better job recognizing the stakes of the present moment than the modal elected Dem.

Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 2h

As a group, District Judges (from across the ideological spectrum!) performing as well as just about anyone right now in defending democratic liberty.

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John R. @tribe.bsky.social · 1h

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Patrick Chovanec @prchovanec.bsky.social · 1h

This kind of partisan political message, under the guise of a public service announcement, is illegal on several levels.

Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 1h

A new Noem video is being played at airports trashing Democrats.

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Nothings Monstered @nothingsmonstrd.bsky.social · 1h

“one who sings with his tongue on fire
Gargles in the rat race choir”

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Jeff Nichols @backwardsriver.bsky.social · 1h

Unsubtle Polish-language cartoon critical of Irish-American clout in Chicago, 1922

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Nothings Monstered @nothingsmonstrd.bsky.social · 1h

Kings are better when they're shorter.

Woodcut of the beheading of King Charles I of England in 1649

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The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 2h

Trump’s second term reads like a list of the Founders’ worst fears. trib.al/NrmI87J

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Nothings Monstered @nothingsmonstrd.bsky.social · 1h

"It was an emergency because the king said it was, and it was in the monarch’s power to anticipate danger and to act in the public interest.” It did not matter if the king’s claims were pretextual or not; all that mattered was that he made them."

The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 2h

Trump’s second term reads like a list of the Founders’ worst fears. trib.al/NrmI87J

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Dave Levitan @davelevitan.bsky.social · 5h

NEW: Is it good if your boss asks you to let them know if you get fired?

My latest from inside NOAA, EPA, elsewhere. Please sign up and subscribe to the new very reasonable paid tiers.

Federal Employees Have Been Asked to Tell Their Bosses if They Get Fired

Multiple people at multiple agencies said their bosses have told them to email up the chain if they hear about RIFs, because, per one source, "they probably won't be told if people are fired."

www.gravityisgone.com

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Dave Levitan @davelevitan.bsky.social · 4h

One fed employee told me the internal conversations feel very different from previous shutdowns.

www.gravityisgone.com/federal-empl...

"Every other fed I've talked to agrees how much it sucks to be furloughed, but also that this shutdown needs to continue until the administration starts respecting the rule of law," said a NOAA employee. "Even the conservative Republicans."

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Nathan Newman- ANTIFA Since Nazis Murdered Family in Death Camps @nathansnewman.bsky.social · 5h

Cuomo will not attack Trump or Tish James by name because he will be Trump's agent in NYC.

As Mamdani says, this is mealy-mouthed platitude by Cuomo, not a challenge to rising authoritanism.

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 5h

Mamdani: I run against a disgraced former governor who, in this moment, has chosen to issue a statement in which he cannot even say the name Tish James, nor the name Donald Trump.

If you cannot say Trump’s name today—how will you stand up to him tomorrow?

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The Oregonian @oregonian.com · 22h

Things are happening at Portland's ICE facility tonight.

Read more of our protest coverage here: www.oregonlive.com/crime/2025/1...

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 7h

Re-upping this piece on news that Vought is firing federal employees:
*Vought lying that shutdowns compel layoffs, never have before.
*Layoffs are a choice, the shutdown is an excuse.
*Comes on top of existing RIFs, will make restoring govt services harder post-shutdown.
substack.com/home/post/p-...

Shutdown hostage taking

Russ Vought's threatens more mass firings; SCOTUS blesses his de facto impoundment

substack.com

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Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 9h

No Kings protests, and anti-regime protests in general, serve two main positive functions:

1) Reminding participants and observers that they’re very far from alone, countering regime efforts to divide and isolate

2) Showing the absurdity of regime lies about the peaceful, pro-democracy opposition

Reconstructionist @unavaleable.bsky.social · 9h

Funny they can't say the name of protests because saying "No Kings" makes it soooo clear it's the opposite of a "hate America rally"

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 11h

Emmer: "This is about one thing and one thing alone -- to score political points with the terrorist wing of their party, which is set to hold a hate America rally in DC next week."

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