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Annie Worsley @annieworsley.bsky.social · 1d

The stones of Calanais... brooding, magical, other-worldly... a remarkable place especially on a wild Hebridean day.

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Chris Packham @chrisgpackham.bsky.social · 59m

Amber in the shadows . Thanks to @BELLEGREENWICH for this morning's #FoxOfTheDay

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Folk Horror Revival 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @folkhorrorrevival.bsky.social · 18m

Another repost for #PhantomsFriday

Folk Horror Revival 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @folkhorrorrevival.bsky.social · 1d

And here's the cover of the 1949 Rider & Co. Ltd edition, another wonderful artwork.

Front cover art of 'Haunted Britain' by Elliott O'Donnell, depicting a swirling cloud in which menacing figures with bright red eyes and mouths are visible in the swirls. Less distinct are a coach and horses and a horse rider with antlers. Occasional gaps in the cloud reveal the walls of a ruined house, a manor house, and a tree. On the books spine is another cloudy figure and a crossroads.

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Folk Horror Revival 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @folkhorrorrevival.bsky.social · 15m

We wants it.

Kenny Brophy @urbanprehistorian.bsky.social · 1d

OK I’ve got this thing in my office. What should I do with it?

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Krassensteins @krassenstein.bsky.social · 42m

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Maria J Pérez Cuervo @mjpcuervo.bsky.social · 11h

Thís is Eglantine Price
Eglantine learned Witchcraft to figbt
tbe Nazis
Be Líke Eglantine.
Hex the Fascists.

Image from Bedknobs and broomsticks

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Jörg Hillebrand @gaghyogi49.bsky.social · 12h

The original #StarTrek pilot, "The Cage"⬅️ features sugar cubes that Pike uses to feed Tango, while the first episode of #StarTrekTOS ever shown, "The Man Trap"➡️ features salt tablets that Dr. Crater uses to feed the salt vampire/Nancy. I just like such juxtapositions.

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Elizabeth Warren @warren.senate.gov · 11h

Donald Trump wants to sell YOUR student loan debt to Wall Street.

He's not looking out for you — he's looking to make his CEO buddies more money off of your back.

Trump administration considers sale of federal student loan debt

The discussions have taken place among senior Education Department and Treasury Department officials.

www.politico.com

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Geek Chocolate @geekchocolate.bsky.social · 14h

A four-footed star carries one of the most unusual horror films of the year as death stalks a decaying house and only a Good Boy can protect his master, on general release from tomorrow.

#horror #halloween #GoodBoy #review #newrelease

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Good Boy | GeekChocolate

Moving into the supposedly haunted house of his late grandfather, a man is watched over and protected by his loyal dog, a Good Boy.

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Geek Chocolate @geekchocolate.bsky.social · 15h

"Do you believe in evil? In evil powers, in evil thoughts?"

Streaming on Arrow from tomorrow, it's certainly easy to believe in bad movies after a stay at the BoardingHouse, also known as Psycho Killer.

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#review #horror #halloween #slasher

BoardingHouse | GeekChocolate

Renting out the house he has inherited to aspiring models and actors, an aspiring telekinetic invites horror into the Boardinghouse.

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Geek Chocolate @geekchocolate.bsky.social · 16h

We sympath! Having put off persistent toothache for months a checkup this week resulted in "yeah, that wisdom tooth is coming out; you want an appointment at the hospital for full knockout or just have the jab and I'll get the pliers?" So, being us, there was some crunching and wrenching...

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Kyle Hester Film Maker @kylehester.bsky.social · 1d

Never thought I’d be posting this, but here we are.
I need emergency dental surgery—a tooth implant that’s not covered by insurance. The damage stems from an accident I had back in high school, and after years of managing the situation, it’s finally caught up with me.
gofund.me/17e0715a1

Donate to Emergency Dental Surgery — Please help if you are able., organized by Kyle Hester

Hi, my name is Kyle. I’m reaching out for help with an urgent… Kyle Hester needs your support for Emergency Dental Surgery — Please help if you are able.

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Oregon 🕎🎲 @oregonthedm.bsky.social · 1d

TV shows dropping all at once ruined community building

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Geek Chocolate @geekchocolate.bsky.social · 19h

Never thought we would be tempted to lick Boba Fett to see what he tastes like until now...

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Jack Hopkins-The Original @therealjackhopkins.bsky.social · 1d

The FBI keeps insisting it’s “restoring integrity.” That’s adorable. Integrity isn’t a slogan, boys...it’s what you demonstrate before you get caught trying to clean up your own Watergate X 10,000.

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Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 1d

This administration is flooding the zone so furiously that people have largely lost track of the lethal attacks on boats in the Caribbean, the gov’t shutdown, the economy, failed release of the Epstein files & so much else. It’s a tactic of would-be strongmen.

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Popehat Agitates And Irritates @kenwhite.bsky.social · 1d

Mike Johnson’s position is young pregnant American women shouldn’t have to wait before being turned away to die in the parking lot from an ectopic pregnancy the hospital is afraid to treat

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Mike Johnson: "If you're a young, pregnant American citizen women who shows up in an ER and you get treated and they pay the hospital less for treating you than some illegal rabble rouser who came in from some South American country to do us harm, that is wrong."

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Asha Rangappa @asharangappa.bsky.social · 1d

One of the (many) legal gaps that needs to be filled after this nightmare is over is to prohibit federal law enforcement agencies from using federal funds to create propaganda videos with anyone in custody. This is all about spectacle and content creation, remove the incentive and the means

Tina Smith @smith.senate.gov · 1d

Weird how that didn’t make the cut.

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 1d

#WarRavagedPortland

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Geek Chocolate @geekchocolate.bsky.social · 1d

Now streaming on Arrow, an ill-advised trip to the woods goes predictably bad when dudes will be dudes and eat the tainted poached meat, unleashing A Most Atrocious Thing.

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#comedy #horror #halloween #indiefilm

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A trip to a cabin in the woods of Colorado trespasses onto dangerous territory when tainted venison unleashes A Most Atrocious Thing.

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ffrf.org @ffrf.org · 1d

“Conversion therapy” isn’t counseling — it’s psychological abuse.

Colorado isn’t “silencing Christians.” It’s protecting LGBTQ youth from harm.

No one has a constitutional right to traumatize kids in the name of faith.

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HALLOWEIRD @johnnymains.co.uk · 1d

My *major* occult discovery POSSESSED, a novel by Rosalie and Edward Synton (real surname Corse-Scott), has a cover! It's out on December 4 - I'm *really* excited for you to read the book and my 5,000 word introduction which gives life to the authors and a critical overview of the novel.

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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 1d

"15 years ago, Polish workers came here to find opportunity. Now Poland is growing twice as fast as we are," says Kemi Badenoch.

Any ideas what may have happened in the interim?

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Rhianna Pratchett @rhi.bsky.social · 2d

Dad’s books are full of empathy, common sense, and a healthy suspicion of the powerful. But at its heart his work is also about how systems keep people poor while pretending it’s their own fault. So I hope Kemi’s taking notes as well as reading the jokes.

Paul Haine @paulhaine.bsky.social · 3d

Kemi Badenoch claiming Terry Pratchett as her favourite author is wild

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The Bear @bearlypolitics.co.uk · 2d

So, the plan is to cut English, the arts, and sociology - the degrees that actually study culture - while on another part of your platform claiming to “defend” British culture.

It’s performance nationalism with a reading age of seven.

Badenoch: Curb students taking 'rip-off' degrees such as English
The performing arts, sociology and anthropology are among the subjects the Conservatives would like to cut

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