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ottilie mulzet

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translator Монгол/Hungarian to English, occasional poet, adoptee Krisztina Tóth, The Eye of the Monkey. Seven Stories, 2025 Under a Pannonion Sky: Ten Women Poets from Hungary (ed.), Seagull Books, 2025 she/her/ő ᠡᠭᠡ ᠭᠡᠯᠡ ᠪᠡᠨ ᠠᠪᠤᠷᠠᠴᠠᠭᠠᠶ ᠠ! 🌈🏳️‍⚧️

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ottilie mulzet @ottiliemulzet.bsky.social · Aug 25

Final cover for Eye of the Monkey by Krisztina Tóth, publising in Oct. by @sevenstories.bsky.social in the US and @sevenstoriesuk.bsky.social in the UK. Available for preorder now

Cover of Eye of the Monkey, by Krisztina Tóth, trans. Ottilie Mulzet. An abstract image of a fence or gate at the top in brownish-taupe hues, with the title, author, and translator at the bottom.

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UNITED24 Media @united24media.com · 2d

Hungarian Nobel laureate László Krasznahorkai calls Orbán’s stance on Russia’s war against Ukraine unprecedented in Hungary’s modern history.

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Myriam Gurba (Serrano through my mom) @lesbrains.bsky.social · 2h

I like a lot of Diane Keaton movies. I also HATE that she defended Woody Allen. I believe that he is a serial CSA perpetrator and DK shielded him from accountability. That’s also part of her legacy.

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"spooky sukkot" daniel s. @self.agency · 2h

the bread-sliced bagel is practically a pogrom

jeff larson @hey.jeffl.es · 3h

I don’t know! Once you see it you can’t unsee!

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Emily Galvin-Almanza @galvinalmanza.bsky.social · 5h

Seriously, Judges *do no do things like this*

They don't give their opinion to the media

They don't criticize how SCOTUS works

This is them breaking the emergency glass, folks
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/11/u...

Federal Judges, Warning of ‘Judicial Crisis,’ Fault Supreme Court’s Emergency Orders

www.nytimes.com

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Emily Gorcenski @emily.gorcen.ski · 1d

Y’all need to stop biting at bait and just block

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Ukrainska Pravda 🇺🇦 @pravda.ua · 14h

⚡️ Poland says cyberattacks on critical infrastructure are on rise, Russia is to blame

Poland says cyberattacks on critical infrastructure are on rise, Russia is to blame

www.pravda.com.ua

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 21h

My first thought was “wow I hope this guy didn’t give out his name because he could absolutely be charged” and yup, he is correct to stay anonymous.

This man’s account is shocking. His neighbors’ situation is shocking. The entire Chicago raid is shocking.

On the other side was a mom and her 7-year-old daughter, pleading for his help.
"I wasn't planning on letting her stay, but I didn't know what the hell was going on," the man said of his Venezuelan migrant neighbors. But he quickly relented. The little girl was inconsolable and hid under his bed.
"I didn't want them to take her," said the man, who didn't want to be named because he fears he'll be targeted by federal authorities for his actions.
"I gave her my bedroom, and I just told her,
'Just stay there. Don't open, don't, shh, just stay quiet," he recalled telling the mom and daughter as he choked back tears.

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Andrew Stroehlein @andrewstroehlein.bsky.social · 14h

Will the country seriously embarrass itself internationally by having this hateful idiot as a minister?

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Andrew Stroehlein @andrewstroehlein.bsky.social · 14h

Meet the man tapped to be the Czech Republic's next Foreign Minister, Filip Turek. He has repeatedly endorsed Hitler and belittled the Holocaust. His string of racist vulgarities includes calling Obama the n-word. His sexist ugliness includes rejecting women's suffrage.
denikn.cz/1864721/popa...

„Popálit cikáně je polehčující okolnost, Obama je negr.“ Odhalujeme smazaný svět Filipa Turka

Možný budoucí ministr zahraničí Filip Turek na Facebooku opakovaně zveřejňoval otevřeně rasistické, sexistické či homofobní výroky a také četné narážky na Hitlera a Mussoliniho. Deník N má k dispozici...

denikn.cz

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Viktoriia Grivina @brams884.bsky.social · 14h

This gorgeous Kharkiv cat wishes all a quiet weekend.

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Viola Tricolor @kaffeehaus.bsky.social · 2d

Francesca Albanese's 3 reports for the UN can be read here (free e-book) :

A Moon Will Rise from the Darkness - Pluto Press

A devastating indictment against international complicity in Israel’s genocide in Palestine

www.plutobooks.com

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Mathew Lyons @mathewlyons.bsky.social · 14h

On the remarkable, audacious sanity of Autumn Journal, written at a time of political crisis and in the shadow of war.

Louis MacNeice and Autumn Journal

One of the 20th century's great history poems – and a joyous confession of faith in everyday life

open.substack.com

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Mattie Kaiser @mattiekaiser.bsky.social · 1d

The resistance will be televised... On the cartoon network?

Screenshot of tiktok video captioned "new characters unlocked at the Portland Detention Center" showing several inflatable cartoon characters including "left shark" and some guitar players in the background

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Emily Andras @emandras.bsky.social · 1d

Super pumped for 2026’s Nobel Peace Prize Winner, Portland Frog

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Kashana @kashana.blacksky.app · 1d

Very much enjoying the inflatable frog segment of the civil war.

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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 13h

Among many others at the CDC, the Trump regime laid off the staff of the Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report.

“The publication’s storied history includes a June 1981 report that five previously healthy gay men were treated for an unusual pneumonia — the first hint of the AIDS epidemic.”

Trump Administration Lays Off Dozens of C.D.C. Officials

www.nytimes.com

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ottilie mulzet @ottiliemulzet.bsky.social · 5h

fantastic piece by Jonathan Liew

Pete Paphides @petepaphides.bsky.social · 14h

I'd love to know what every comedian who played the Riyadh Comedy Festival thinks of this piece by Jonathan Liew. It's an electrifying read. And really hard to think what any counter-justification from the participating comics would consist of. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

We know what the comedians got out of the Riyadh comedy festival. What about the Saudi regime? | Jonathan Liew

The tawdry event was an ultimately doomed attempt by the Saudi government to buy the kind of authentic grassroots culture it is unwilling to countenance, says Guardian columnist Jonathan Liew

www.theguardian.com

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Count Binface @countbinface.bsky.social · 14h

I hereby declare war on premature Christmassing.

Any shop caught doing this before 1st December must be shut down and turned into affordable housing.

Choose sanity. Vote Binface.

(Photo dated 9th October 2025)

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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 13h

The UK successfully criminalized climate and genocide protests recently. It's obvious that the Trump regime would also criminalize peaceful protests in the US. Kiss goodbye to the First Amendment.

All In with Chris Hayes @allinwithchris.bsky.social · 22h

WATCH- @chrislhayes.bsky.social on the "incredibly dishonest and downright dangerous new talking point being pushed by MAGA:"

“Republicans on Capitol Hill are claiming that peaceful protesters are part of a terrorist network hell bent on destroying America.”

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Angie Rasmussen @angierasmussen.bsky.social · 19h

I don’t know who needs to hear this but the CDC is being eviscerated right now. America is not going to have any kind of outbreak response capacity after tonight. Americans’ health data is no longer secure. Say goodbye to federal public health in any capacity. It’s a disaster. We won’t recover.

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Susan Pickford @libripotens.bsky.social · 12h

The trouble with capitalism is you run out of other people's planet

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Arfur Towcrate @arfurztowcrate.bsky.social · 13h

Thatcher said "The trouble with socialism is that eventually you run out of other people's money."

The trouble with capitalism is that if you run out of other people's money, you can do it again with a new limited company

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The Society of Authors @societyofauthors.bsky.social · 13h

Today is Bookshop Day, a day to celebrate ALL bookshops on our high streets.

Bookshops are an integral part of an author's livelihood, and we celebrate all the talented booksellers who share their guidance and expertise.

Visit your local bookshop today and show them your support.

#bookshopday

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Marek @marekmcgann.bsky.social · 13h

A new facet to David Graeber's idea of "Bullshit Jobs": work that uses AI without consideration. If you think using AI without doing all of the work to check the outcome, you implicitly consider what you're doing to be bullshit.

(See also: every company deploying AI in customer service.)

Iris van Rooij 💭 @irisvanrooij.bsky.social · 13h

“Deloitte “misused AI and used it very inappropriately: misquoted a judge, used references that are non-existent,” Pocock told Australian Broadcasting Corp. “I mean, the kinds of things that a first-year university student would be in deep trouble for.””

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fortune.com/2025/10/07/d...

Deloitte was caught using AI in $290,000 report to help the Australian government crack down on welfare after a researcher flagged hallucinations | Fortune

The updates “in no way impact” the report’s findings and recommendations, the Big Four firm said.

fortune.com

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Rachel Deering @racheldeering.bsky.social · 3d

The Fantastic Mr. Fox, Roald Dahl, illustr. Donald Chaffin, 1970.

An illustration from Fantastic Mr. Fox by Roald Dahl, of the Fox family. It shows a family of foxes, including the father, Mr. Fox, seen from the back with a walking stick; the mother, Mrs. Fox, wearing a dress and apron; and their four children. They are gathered in a room with a door, framed pictures on the wall, and a hanging lantern in their burrow.

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