Dr ShinyGoth
@ghostingdani.bsky.social
A Shiny Goth! Literary and horny. English PhD in Dallas. The Gothic, Victorians, Feminism, Foucault.
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No idea why an Afghan refugee shot National Guard soldiers within walking distance of the White House, but this new USCIS directive was revealed on Monday. Worth noting.
The folks at @afghanevac.bsky.social have in hand a new USCIS directive which largely targets Afghan refugees who fled the Taliban in the wake of the U.S. withdrawal in 2021.
In case you needed a reminder that the most loathsome people in the world work for DHS.
In case you needed a reminder that the most loathsome people in the world work for DHS.
November 27, 2025 at 5:19 AM
No idea why an Afghan refugee shot National Guard soldiers within walking distance of the White House, but this new USCIS directive was revealed on Monday. Worth noting.
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While consultants try to convince us that progressive policies are too left for mainstream: have you considered that the problem with male voters isn’t really about some fundamental disconnect between liberals and masculinity, but the massive disinfo apparatus built to manufacture one?
X Just Accidentally Exposed A Vast Covert Influence Network Targeting Americans
How a new X feature led to the most sweeping public exposure of covert foreign activity on a major platform since 2016.
weaponizedspaces.substack.com
November 27, 2025 at 7:08 AM
While consultants try to convince us that progressive policies are too left for mainstream: have you considered that the problem with male voters isn’t really about some fundamental disconnect between liberals and masculinity, but the massive disinfo apparatus built to manufacture one?
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i think about this fanon quote at least two or three times a week
November 27, 2025 at 5:31 AM
i think about this fanon quote at least two or three times a week
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a side note: you can learn *a lot* about British journalism when you realize that Boris Johnson was fired from his first job in it for serial dishonesty, and then promptly hired into a new job, where he continued to make up lies.
Not to pat my profession on the back, for all of our problems, but I do think it's to the law's credit that every US bar association that reviewed Glass' application for a license went "fuuuuuuuuuuuck no."
November 27, 2025 at 6:19 AM
a side note: you can learn *a lot* about British journalism when you realize that Boris Johnson was fired from his first job in it for serial dishonesty, and then promptly hired into a new job, where he continued to make up lies.
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isn't it good that universities all have contracts with these llm slop companies meanwhile it's killing children and also the professors are begging for reprieve? ahhh what a country....
November 27, 2025 at 6:21 AM
isn't it good that universities all have contracts with these llm slop companies meanwhile it's killing children and also the professors are begging for reprieve? ahhh what a country....
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"Also, imagine if Clippy was programmed to encourage you to kill yourself."
November 27, 2025 at 4:07 AM
"Also, imagine if Clippy was programmed to encourage you to kill yourself."
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“And also you’re going to tell your family about this new novel you’re working on and when they ask if you wrote it you’re going to break down and start sobbing into the green bean casserole”
"Imagine you stole all of the intellectual property in the world. And you're using it to help people write middling emails and make revenge porn about women, and also children. And you're powering this plagiarism and non-consensual porn machine by eating up what's left of humanity's carbon budget."
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November 27, 2025 at 5:18 AM
“And also you’re going to tell your family about this new novel you’re working on and when they ask if you wrote it you’re going to break down and start sobbing into the green bean casserole”
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A simple question for the people pushing stuff called AI in education and other fields, and especially for the people spending large amounts of money: Where's your data? What evidence do you have that this stuff is worth the cost (or even the below-cost price this stuff is being sold at)?
November 27, 2025 at 5:08 AM
A simple question for the people pushing stuff called AI in education and other fields, and especially for the people spending large amounts of money: Where's your data? What evidence do you have that this stuff is worth the cost (or even the below-cost price this stuff is being sold at)?
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the product edtech-compromised universities (that's nearly all of them) have decided your children should have access to and use, folks
November 27, 2025 at 4:42 AM
the product edtech-compromised universities (that's nearly all of them) have decided your children should have access to and use, folks
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If you want to see how quickly everyone goes into manufacturing consent mode, compare the full-court press tonight to the response to any of the people ICE has shot in the last few months, some of whom died.
November 27, 2025 at 1:21 AM
If you want to see how quickly everyone goes into manufacturing consent mode, compare the full-court press tonight to the response to any of the people ICE has shot in the last few months, some of whom died.
No way is Robinson Crusoe that high. You gotta find a space for both Emma and Jane Eyre.
1. Middlemarch
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3. Robinson Crusoe
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10. Moby-Dick
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3. Robinson Crusoe
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10. Moby-Dick
November 27, 2025 at 4:21 AM
No way is Robinson Crusoe that high. You gotta find a space for both Emma and Jane Eyre.
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Folks, two things can true at the same time.
These 2 National Guard members should not have been shot, and it's a disgusting act of violence. And, Trump + Miller have deliberately deployed them to incite division { violence. That's part of Miller's plan. They have no reason to be in our cities.
These 2 National Guard members should not have been shot, and it's a disgusting act of violence. And, Trump + Miller have deliberately deployed them to incite division { violence. That's part of Miller's plan. They have no reason to be in our cities.
National Guard members should never have been deployed in Washington, DC.
November 27, 2025 at 12:57 AM
Folks, two things can true at the same time.
These 2 National Guard members should not have been shot, and it's a disgusting act of violence. And, Trump + Miller have deliberately deployed them to incite division { violence. That's part of Miller's plan. They have no reason to be in our cities.
These 2 National Guard members should not have been shot, and it's a disgusting act of violence. And, Trump + Miller have deliberately deployed them to incite division { violence. That's part of Miller's plan. They have no reason to be in our cities.
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I'm an "A.i." abolitionist.
No consumer-facing LLMs or generative "A.i." in anything.
Sure, machine learning in science and a few other limited applications is fine.
But consumer-facing LLMs and generative "A.i." that are based on theft, push disinfo, and can be manipulated by billionaires?
No.
No consumer-facing LLMs or generative "A.i." in anything.
Sure, machine learning in science and a few other limited applications is fine.
But consumer-facing LLMs and generative "A.i." that are based on theft, push disinfo, and can be manipulated by billionaires?
No.
July 8, 2025 at 11:53 PM
I'm an "A.i." abolitionist.
No consumer-facing LLMs or generative "A.i." in anything.
Sure, machine learning in science and a few other limited applications is fine.
But consumer-facing LLMs and generative "A.i." that are based on theft, push disinfo, and can be manipulated by billionaires?
No.
No consumer-facing LLMs or generative "A.i." in anything.
Sure, machine learning in science and a few other limited applications is fine.
But consumer-facing LLMs and generative "A.i." that are based on theft, push disinfo, and can be manipulated by billionaires?
No.
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IMO the weird exception some supposed leftists seem to make for condemning-the-theft-of-labor-except-art-lol-steal-that-shit is just a weird intersection with puritan "if you enjoy yourself, it's not a real job" brainworms.
"fun" job = member of the leisure class (ROFL) = fair game. Somehow.
"fun" job = member of the leisure class (ROFL) = fair game. Somehow.
Honestly, people calling creators the "petite bourgeoisie" makes me want to snap.
We're working folk. And we work really hard. For next to nothing.
We're not lounging around eating bonbons. We're trying to figure out how we're going to be able to pay rent next month.
We're working folk. And we work really hard. For next to nothing.
We're not lounging around eating bonbons. We're trying to figure out how we're going to be able to pay rent next month.
November 27, 2025 at 2:56 AM
IMO the weird exception some supposed leftists seem to make for condemning-the-theft-of-labor-except-art-lol-steal-that-shit is just a weird intersection with puritan "if you enjoy yourself, it's not a real job" brainworms.
"fun" job = member of the leisure class (ROFL) = fair game. Somehow.
"fun" job = member of the leisure class (ROFL) = fair game. Somehow.
It really just comes down to trying to integrate all of the potential slayers. It was very Scrappy Doo there at the end.
I've watched the full series at least a dozen times, and season seven is easily the worst one.
November 27, 2025 at 4:09 AM
It really just comes down to trying to integrate all of the potential slayers. It was very Scrappy Doo there at the end.
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Buffy Season 5 is a perfect series finale. The season 7 one is fine.
November 27, 2025 at 3:34 AM
Buffy Season 5 is a perfect series finale. The season 7 one is fine.
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Inflation is driving up prices for Thanksgiving staples. Since last year:
– Turkey is up 36%
– Ham is up 49%
– Cranberry sauce is up 22%
Trump’s trade war is shrinking portions and making the holidays less affordable.
– Turkey is up 36%
– Ham is up 49%
– Cranberry sauce is up 22%
Trump’s trade war is shrinking portions and making the holidays less affordable.
November 27, 2025 at 2:37 AM
Inflation is driving up prices for Thanksgiving staples. Since last year:
– Turkey is up 36%
– Ham is up 49%
– Cranberry sauce is up 22%
Trump’s trade war is shrinking portions and making the holidays less affordable.
– Turkey is up 36%
– Ham is up 49%
– Cranberry sauce is up 22%
Trump’s trade war is shrinking portions and making the holidays less affordable.
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I quite like Glass Onion, which I realize is BLASPHEMY to some, but I find its presentation of our glossy dystopia to be closer to the mark than most other movies made of late.
It's also bleakly funny that even in 2022 I thought it was laying it on awful thick about tech bro douches, but if anything Norton's character is way too aware of other people as a concept and is at least attempting to fake an interesting inner life.
Pregaming for Wake Up Dead by watching Glass Onion, for some reason it especially pleases me that Rian Johnson has Blanc quote "My God, it's full of stars" and make note that the line is from 2010 not 2001.
November 25, 2025 at 6:17 PM
I quite like Glass Onion, which I realize is BLASPHEMY to some, but I find its presentation of our glossy dystopia to be closer to the mark than most other movies made of late.
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worst forest/trees problem in generations is that a canto is A SECTION OF A LONG POEM. THAT'S IT. YOU DIDN'T WRITE A CANTO BECAUSE YOU THOUGHT THE WORD LOOKED COOL ON YOUR MEMOIR. CANTOS ARE POEMS. THAT LANGUAGE IS DYNAMIC DOES NOT MAKE YOUR SLAMBOOK A CANTO AMERICAN OR OTHERWISE
November 27, 2025 at 2:40 AM
worst forest/trees problem in generations is that a canto is A SECTION OF A LONG POEM. THAT'S IT. YOU DIDN'T WRITE A CANTO BECAUSE YOU THOUGHT THE WORD LOOKED COOL ON YOUR MEMOIR. CANTOS ARE POEMS. THAT LANGUAGE IS DYNAMIC DOES NOT MAKE YOUR SLAMBOOK A CANTO AMERICAN OR OTHERWISE
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I'm tired of responding to bad-faith MAGA outrage, which always distracts corporate media, centrists, & those who feel they must indulge their temper tantrums.
They're blaming all of us now for the National Guard shooting.
Just say:
"Fuck Off, Release the Epstein Files, and Happy Thanksgiving."
They're blaming all of us now for the National Guard shooting.
Just say:
"Fuck Off, Release the Epstein Files, and Happy Thanksgiving."
November 27, 2025 at 1:43 AM
I'm tired of responding to bad-faith MAGA outrage, which always distracts corporate media, centrists, & those who feel they must indulge their temper tantrums.
They're blaming all of us now for the National Guard shooting.
Just say:
"Fuck Off, Release the Epstein Files, and Happy Thanksgiving."
They're blaming all of us now for the National Guard shooting.
Just say:
"Fuck Off, Release the Epstein Files, and Happy Thanksgiving."
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And why should someone have to bear the cost of food delivery? Or be restricted to Walmart? And how did this become specifically about Atlanta? So many goal posts.
Anyway delivery is not an adequate replacement for a physical store in accessible proximity of where one lives.
Anyway delivery is not an adequate replacement for a physical store in accessible proximity of where one lives.
Walmart+ costs $13/mo and gives free delivery on orders over $35.
You can get fresh produce in any 'food desert' near-ish to a Walmart, which includes all of Atlanta.
You can get fresh produce in any 'food desert' near-ish to a Walmart, which includes all of Atlanta.
When you are talking about a food desert, the market is definitionally not providing access to food because there is…no store.
November 26, 2025 at 3:54 PM
And why should someone have to bear the cost of food delivery? Or be restricted to Walmart? And how did this become specifically about Atlanta? So many goal posts.
Anyway delivery is not an adequate replacement for a physical store in accessible proximity of where one lives.
Anyway delivery is not an adequate replacement for a physical store in accessible proximity of where one lives.
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A sad irony in Washington, D.C., where West Virginia National Guardsmen were shot today. Six days ago, a court ruled their deployment was illegal, but stayed the order pending appeal. My heart goes out to these public servants and their families. oag.dc.gov/sites/defaul...
November 26, 2025 at 11:48 PM
A sad irony in Washington, D.C., where West Virginia National Guardsmen were shot today. Six days ago, a court ruled their deployment was illegal, but stayed the order pending appeal. My heart goes out to these public servants and their families. oag.dc.gov/sites/defaul...
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Canada made weird tv shows because it was all being done with government funded art grant money so they fell in this wacky middle ground between “shoestring budget” and “no expectation to generate shareholder value” which is really the best way to make art
November 26, 2025 at 9:31 PM
Canada made weird tv shows because it was all being done with government funded art grant money so they fell in this wacky middle ground between “shoestring budget” and “no expectation to generate shareholder value” which is really the best way to make art