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Beth @TheCoolTable @bethorne.bsky.social · 6d

Black Honey is not the iconic Clinique color; it’s RIPE RAISIN
#1994

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The Girl With the Green Ribbon (aka Jenny Hamilton) @readingtheend.bsky.social · Sep 23

deepest of deep breaths

feeling nervous about this one, friends! I've written about the mainstreaming of pull-to-publish, its impact on fandom, and what it means for an increasingly corporate and IP-driven creative landscape.

Reactor Magazine @reactorsff.bsky.social · Sep 23

"Feed fanfic into capitalism, and it comes out shaped like capitalism."

@readingtheend.bsky.social dissects the trend pulling fanfiction through the traditional publishing pipeline (and what it means for fandom):

reactormag.com/with-the-ser...

With the Serial Numbers Filed Off: The Problem with Trad Pub Fanfic - Reactor

Jenny Hamilton looks closer at three Dramione fics-turned-novels publishing this year.

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Beth @TheCoolTable @bethorne.bsky.social · Sep 22

Like a CaughtUpintheAirBNB

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Beth @TheCoolTable @bethorne.bsky.social · Sep 22

My favorite part of rapture tok are the Christians who think they’re superior bc they KNOW it’s not happening tomorrow bc “no one knows the day or the hour - not even the son of man,” but like they still believe the magic sky flight for goodies is definitely coming one day. #midnightcry

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Catherynne M. Valente @catvalente.bsky.social · Sep 18

Oh man I can’t believe we haven’t heard anything from icon Dave Chappelle on the unforgivable, worth everything to stand up against it, crime of cancelling comedy just because you don’t agree with it.

Maybe he’s napping.

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Robert Evans (the Only Robert Evans) @iwriteok.bsky.social · Sep 16

This is the most detailed look inside Tyler Robinson's Discord community I've seen and yet again, it gives us absolutely no clear motivation, political in or otherwise.

www.kenklippenstein.com/p/exclusive-...

Exclusive: Leaked Messages from Charlie Kirk Assassin

Accused shooter’s “politics” is not what government and media say

www.kenklippenstein.com

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Beth @TheCoolTable @bethorne.bsky.social · Sep 15

This is the most maga coded awards show I can imagine

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Beth @TheCoolTable @bethorne.bsky.social · Sep 15

Also side note: can country singers not sing anymore? Both of these performances sound like a bad church potluck sing a long. Go Rest High??!?! Get the evangelical outta here

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Beth @TheCoolTable @bethorne.bsky.social · Sep 15

This double country performance is TELLING

Along with Sidney Sweeney and Nate himself. This is a TELL not a show

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Beth @TheCoolTable @bethorne.bsky.social · Sep 15

I hate this shit Nate is doing with the donation money. As of 100k is not something that everyone in the first 10rows of that theater can’t spare immediately.

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Olivia Waite @oliviawaite.com · Sep 15

Bargatze doing the most conspicuous-consumption iteration of “asshole who sets cash tip on the table and pulls a dollar back every time the waitress is slow with a refill” sure does make me feel like I don’t have to care about him or his work ever again

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RaccoonMoose @raccoonmoose.bsky.social · Sep 14

Half my coworkers at Taco Bell are homeless. Some live in their cars. One guy literally lives under a bridge. Apartments around here start at $2000/mo but I could rent a dilapidated trailer with plastic sheeting for doors for $850/mo

Remora House DC 🎃 @remorahousedc.bsky.social · Sep 14

People are homeless because they can’t afford rent.

Because capitalism wrings out every piece of productivity from people while just barely maintaining their survival so they can continue to work.

Because suffering on the streets is a threat to make you go clock in.

It’s not a personal failure.

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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · Sep 15

“Severance" actor Tramell Tillman has won the Emmy for outstanding supporting actor in a drama series. He is the first Black man ever to win the award #Emmys

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Ben Miller @benwritesthings.bsky.social · Sep 10

Wrenching and enraging. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/s...

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Beth @TheCoolTable @bethorne.bsky.social · Sep 5

Wuthering Heights discourse been at it since 1848

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Dane of the Dead 🔜 TwinCities Con P5 @monkeyminion.com · Sep 1

I love the smell of consequences in the morning. Thank you, @dragoncon.org

An empty booth with a sign that says “vendor removed for selling AI art #ArtBYHumans”

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Robert Evans (the Only Robert Evans) @iwriteok.bsky.social · Aug 28

the people who made this thing should be treated like dealers who mix fent into drugs.

Whey Standard @wheystandard.bsky.social · Aug 26

Holy fucking shit

Five days before his death, Adam confided to ChatGPT that he didn't want his
parents to think he committed suicide because they did something wrong. ChatGPT told him
"[t]hat doesn't mean you owe them survival. You don't owe anyone that." It then offered to write the first draft of Adam's suicide note.

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Beth @TheCoolTable @bethorne.bsky.social · Aug 27

Cried my eyes out when belly had to break up with the cousins house

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C. Robert Cargill @crobertcargill.bsky.social · Aug 17

JESUS, MARY, AND JOSEPH! This gave me old Google back! It killed the AI results dead!

Irish @nakedirish.com · Aug 17

This, actually works. For me at least.

How to Turn Off Google AI Overview and Set "Web" as Default

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Beth @TheCoolTable @bethorne.bsky.social · Aug 16

I want to cook dinner but I have no garlic. Guess I’ll starve.

Disclaimer: I don’t grocery shop; that’s a man’s job

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Beth @TheCoolTable @bethorne.bsky.social · Aug 15

Yall really should be interrogating what you read and not just resting on that you read.

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Brian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen.bsky.social · Jul 31

Let them eat cake.

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Bruce Feldman @brucerfeldman.bsky.social · Jul 22

Today in Fascism. (One in a series.)

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Beth @TheCoolTable @bethorne.bsky.social · Jul 11

Especially since Chris Hardwick is FROM Memphis

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Beth @TheCoolTable @bethorne.bsky.social · Jul 8

Mind melding with you is a laurel I didn’t even know I needed. 👯‍♀️

The urge to be first or most viral on a title that might be big is clouding their judgement SO BAD.