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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 1d

“I’m worried about my community… I’m out here in a frog costume to show how ridiculous the notion that we’re violent terrorists is, and showcase how that narrative is wrong…”

Serious Q: is it too late to give this dude the Nobel Peace Prize? 🐸 🏆

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The Hollywood Reporter @thr.com · 11h

Diane Keaton, who won an Academy Award for best actress for her portrayal of the titular quirky character in Annie Hall and portrayed Kay Adams in the three Godfather films, has died. She was 79. Read about her life and legacy: bit.ly/47kDP0j

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Sarah Elizabeth Cox @oispooky.bsky.social · 5d

I'm writing this book partly, mostly, for readers who aren't already into boxing 🥊

The Devil's Dance Floor is about pugilists, pressmen, policemen, and Alf Ball's pet puma. Murder, madness, Jem Smith's tight tights. We got wives. Bald bears. A Victorian epidemic of discarded orange peel! Smallpox!

Sarah Elizabeth Cox @oispooky.bsky.social · 5d

Seconds out! Round one!

THE DEVIL'S DANCE FLOOR

This isn't an official announcement from Duckworth. It's a page from my agent's newsletter and book fair rights catalogue, which is public. So, a tiny-text soft launch? Details subject to change.

A lot of thank yous and less Disney, to come.

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Page from literary agency Curious Minds rights guide for Frankfurt Book Fair etc. Alongside a photo of me looking slightly drunk and a lot hostile, it says, in tiny font:

NEW DEALS
AGENT - Eli Keren
PUBLISHER - Duckworth
PUBLICATION - Spring 2027
STATUS - Manuscript due April 2026
LENGTH - 80,000 words
RIGHTS SOLD
World English (Duckworth)
The Devil’s Dance Floor
Late-Victorian London and the Last Bareknuckle Boys
SARAH ELIZABETH COX
An 1880s’ group biography of the last of Britain’s
bareknuckle boxers from the historical consultant behind
A Thousand Blows (Disney+/Hulu)
THE DEVIL’S DANCE FLOOR is the first popular book from Sarah Elizabeth Cox,
the historical consultant behind Steven Knight’s television series A Thousand Blows
and author of the historical blog ‘Grappling with History’.
A group biography of Victorian boxers, THE DEVIL’S DANCE FLOOR is a cultural
history that does far more than recount the true story behind the fictionalized
version now streaming. Taking a narrative approach, Cox charts the decline of
bareknuckle boxing over the 1880s, and, in doing so, explores subjects ranging
from policing and healthcare to the press and entertainment – all while offering a
personal-scale view of the melting point of Victorian London (think Hallie
Rubenhold’s The Five: The Untold Lives of the Women Killed by Jack the Ripper but
with a lot more getting punched in the face).
The subjects themselves hail from as far afield as London’s East End and the North
to the United States and the Caribbean. Each has a unique story to tell and reveals
something not only about our shared history but also about the world we live in
today.
Sarah Elizabeth Cox was a historical consultant on season one and two of Steven Knight's
1880s’ boxing and crime TV drama A Thousand Blows. She researches biographies of
Victorian and Edwardian boxers and wrestlers for her website ‘Grappling with History’ and
works as the British Science Association’…

1888 portrait of boxer Hezekiah Moscow, a slim Black or Black/East Asian mixed heritage man, taken by Harry Carpenter. He is shirtless, fists raised, wearing white tights and a chequered sash at the waist. There are painted palms on the studio backdrop.

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QM_UCU @qmucu.bsky.social · 22h

*FIFTEEN THOUSAND JOBS LOST*.
If this were in a sector in which the PM could go and do a photoshoot looking like One Of The People, we’d have had a government intervention by now.

LopaLeach @lopa.bsky.social · 1d

Cuts equivalent to 15,000 jobs planned at UK universities – UCU www.timeshighereducation.com/news/cuts-eq...

Cuts equivalent to 15,000 jobs planned at UK universities – UCU

Proposed job losses almost triple since March as unions prepare to vote on nationwide industrial action

www.timeshighereducation.com

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Koolaid-Girl @koolaid-girl.bsky.social · 1d

The Cat's outta the bag, I designed the Lackadaisy Mixer book! It was such a fun and challenging task to make this real, so go grab your copy! Tracy and the LD team and Glitch's team were so awesome to work with <3 I really appreciate them

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ちゃこたた @akcotcooooooo.bsky.social · 18h

10年前、あの祭り　#イラスト

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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 18h

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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brendalu @biddycreek.bsky.social · 16h

Here’s a link to the essay that the video stems out of. degenerateart.beehiiv.com/p/you-don-t-...

You don't have to swallow frogs

Klein and Coates show that if you don't know what your core beliefs are, you're going to get played.

degenerateart.beehiiv.com

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Guillermo del Toro @realgdt.bsky.social · 17h

This workshop will initiate with people from Mexico, Latin America and Europe to strengthen the ties of stop motion and collaboration and, in exchange, education will be provided for free for one Mexican / Latinamerican student for the first ten years also.

Cartoon Brew @cartoonbrew.bsky.social · 17h

Guillermo del Toro, Netflix, and Gobelins have teamed to open a stop-motion studio in Paris. The endeavor shares a kindred spirit with Mexico's El Taller del Chucho, also co-founded by del Toro, and will honor stop-motion legend Mark Gustafson.
www.cartoonbrew.com/stop-motion/...

Guillermo Del Toro, Netflix, Gobelins Team On Stop-Motion Studio

The new Paris studio shares a stop-motion spirit with Mexico's El Taller del Chucho, also co-founded by del Toro, and honors Mark Gustafson’s legacy.

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白浜鴎 @shirahamakamome.bsky.social · 1d

【お知らせ】アメリカの漫画賞・ハーヴェイ賞で『とんがり帽子のアトリエ』が2025年のベストマンガ賞を受賞いたしました！ハーヴェイ賞は4度目のノミネート、同賞は2020年に次いで二度目の受賞となります。とても光栄です。応援してくれている皆さんのおかげです、ありがとうございます！🎊 #Δ帽子

www.comicsbeat.com/nycc-25-pres...

NYCC '25: Presenting the 2025 Harvey Awards winners

Here are all the winners of the 2025 Harvey Awards, presented Friday, October 10 at New York Comic Con 2025.

www.comicsbeat.com

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Lulavot by Emily K 🐸🐸 @posts.by.emilyk.art · 2d

"Frog! Frog! Frog! Frog!"

"FROGS TOGETHER STRONG" (and how cute are the two little frogs holding hands)

Guys I just fucking love this so much

I love frogs, and I love these frogs in particular.

screenshot from The Oregonian's video report on the Portland ICE facility protest. Two guys are in frog costumes, with a sign that says "FROGS TOGETHER STRONG" and has two frogs holding hands.

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Kimberly Chrisman-Campbell @hottycouture.bsky.social · 1d

www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...

You Have No Idea How Hard It Is to Be a Reenactor

Benedict Arnold’s boot wouldn’t come off, and other hardships from my weekend in the Revolutionary War.

www.theatlantic.com

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Lackadaisy Tracy @lackadaisy.bsky.social · 1d

Hey everyone, we have some big news to share!

LACKADAISY - Last Call

A preview of Lackadaisy Season One - the Speakeasy is in its prime as Mitzi and the band regale the crowd with an original musical number, Last Call. This seemed like the ideal way to announce that Lackadaisy is now officially a ‪Glitch‬ Production!!

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The Fake History Hunter @fakehistoryhunter.net · 1d

When this lady fainted in 1953, her dog defended her from bystanders.
Which of course makes him a good boy, even though he also kept those who wanted to help her back.

www.newspapers.com/article/lexi...

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Richard Morris @ahistoryinart.bsky.social · 1d

'Living room with my sister,' (1847) is one of several Adolph Menzel painted of rooms in his house at 18 Schöneberger Strasse in Berlin - private experiments in capturing different light sources, moonlight, late sun filtered through curtains and in this case, artificial light.

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Phil Hornshaw @philhornshaw.com · 2d

Journalists: Save. Your. Work.

I use journoportfolio.com, and I've also liked the Fireshot browser extension, which makes quick PDF snapshots of websites.

Aftermath @aftermath.site · 2d

GameZone, a website dating back to 1994, has had its archives wiped:

aftermath.site/gamezone-video...

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Richard Morris @ahistoryinart.bsky.social · 1d

Thomas Dugdale Cantrell's 'The Arrival of the Jarrow Marchers in London,' (1936) depicts the 200 unemployed men who completed a near 300 mile walk to London to protest against the poverty suffered in Jarrow following the closure of its shipyard; the juxtaposition of society.

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Authors Against Book Bans @authorsabb.bsky.social · 1d

Research is a skill! Here is a great guide from Bookriot on how to become well informed about your local elections. Maybe the way you help protect the right to read is by taking these skills & making a voting guide or candidate scorecards to distribute to your neighbors.

Be an Informed Pro-Library, Pro-Literary Voter Now: Book Censorship News, October 10, 2025

Elections in several states will be coming up throughout the months of October and November. Here's how to be a pro-library voter.

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Doki Rosi 🌷🌷🌷 @dokirosi.bsky.social · 1d

A PRESS TOUR DE WICKED VEM PRO BRASIL!!! 💚💕✨ #wicked #fanart

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Jared Holt @jaredlholt.bsky.social · 1d

Fascism demands to be taken seriously and to be feared. That makes mockery a powerful tool. Is it how you "beat" fascism? I wouldn't go that far. But inflatable Reptar has surely poked a clearer hole in the story the White House is telling that the Democratic Party's multimillion dollar comms shops.

Laura Jedeed @laurajedeed.bsky.social · 1d

This video is everywhere because it's a hilarious visual refutation of Portland being on fire. You can't get a mass movement going without convincing the masses

so yes, this does do something actually

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This literally does nothing. You are not beating fascism by dressing up in inflatable suits and dancing

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Portland is leading the way. This is how you (non violently) beat Fascism. Humor and ridicule are key.

Stillframe from a video of Portland protesters dancing in inflatable suits

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Accented Cinema @accentedcinema.bsky.social · 1d

Film criticism isn't just about opinions.
In this video, we'll examine some common piftalls for film critics, and learn how to be better at evaluating movies.

youtu.be/G3D0xCcAsrE

How to Spot a Bad Critic | Video Essay

YouTube video by Accented Cinema

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Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 1d

Printing presses kept their letters in cases.

Capital letters went in the upper case.
Smaller letters went in the lower case.

This is why we say ‘UPPER CASE’ and ‘lower case.’

Ok, but what did we call them before the invention of the printing press?

MAJUSCULE and minuscule.

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やすうらやか @15delicious.bsky.social · 1d

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Louie Stowell @louiestowell.bsky.social · 1d

One of the things about this study is that a lot of baby and toddler books are written in house, by editors. So the study reveals the whiteness of editorial in kidlit even if not explicitly. But, big picture, this trend is unacceptable. I remember so many promises www.theguardian.com/books/2025/o...

‘Catastrophic decline’ in Black representation in children’s books

A report by charity Inclusive Books for Children found that of the 2,721 books surveyed, only 51 featured a Black main character, down by 21.5% since 2023

www.theguardian.com

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Fallonthropy @movabletypo.bsky.social · 1d

Man why is there a helicopter circling around DTLA at this time of night.