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Mary Grace🕷️🕸️🎃👻 @emgeekay.bsky.social · 1d

This is why archives need funding support. There is knowledge in analogue media that we are racing against time to preserve.

#digipres #archives #library #DigitalPreservation 📚

www.bbc.com/future/artic...

A digital dark age? The people rescuing forgotten knowledge trapped on old floppy disks

From lectures by Stephen Hawking to the letters of British politician Neil Kinnock – it's a race against time to save the historical treasures locked away on old floppy disks.

www.bbc.com

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Sarah Shachat @sarahshachat.bsky.social · 10d

Wooden Overcoats forever.

David K. Boo-urns @davidkbarnes.com · 11d

Feeling very proud about this write-up on Wooden Overcoats in the AV Club. We've just celebrated our 10th anniversary and it seems incredible to us that the show is still picking up new listeners!

www.avclub.com/podcast-cano...

Podcast Canon: Retreat to the stealthily cozy Wooden Overcoats

www.avclub.com

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Siddhant Adlakha @siddhantadlakha.bsky.social · 12d

Any movie clubs in or around NYC (esp. high school/college) focused on or interested in Indian cinema? Get in touch, may have something fun related to #NYFF63

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Emily "Babe" St. James @emilystjams.bsky.social · 12d

These are still available!!

Emily "Babe" St. James @emilystjams.bsky.social · 12d

Anyone in LA want tickets to One Battle After Another at the Vista tonight? In VISTAVISION?? Will sell you two for the price of one!

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Ben Cannon @bencannon.bsky.social · 12d

My latest on @avclub.com. Is everything a bit too much right now? Escape to the hilarious and cozy British podcast sitcom, Wooden Overcoats. Give a read and then a listen! Or the reverse order, you choose. Free will hasn’t been criminalized…yet.

The A.V. Club @avclub.com · 12d

The David K. Barnes series hides a large heart behind its acidic exterior.

www.avclub.com/podcast-cano...

Podcast Canon: Retreat to the stealthily cozy Wooden Overcoats

www.avclub.com

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Dylan Roth @dylanroth.bsky.social · 12d

I just called Chuck Schumer’s office and, for the first time EVER, a person answered, who then politely entered my complaints into their call log.

This tells me two things:

1) They’re not getting enough calls over there, and 2) If you want to yell at Schumer, today’s the day.

(212) 486-4430

Jay Edidin @edidin.bsky.social · 12d

hey, cis people. we need you to call every single elected official you've got, now.

PinkNews @pinknews.bsky.social · 12d

Trump threatens to shut down US government unless Democrats agree to ban all trans health care
https://www.thepinknews.com/2025/09/29/trans-care-ban-government-shutdown/?utm_content=1759153201&utm_medium=social&utm_source=bluesky

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Sena Bryer @senabryer.com · 12d

And people will still say I, and all my trans colleagues are overexaggerating about the shit we go through, that "it has nothing to do with you being trans", etc etc.

Cis people, call your senator, your congressman, do SOMETHING other than replying with a 🤬🤬🤬 or this blood is on your hands as well

PinkNews @pinknews.bsky.social · 12d

Trump threatens to shut down US government unless Democrats agree to ban all trans health care
https://www.thepinknews.com/2025/09/29/trans-care-ban-government-shutdown/?utm_content=1759153201&utm_medium=social&utm_source=bluesky

Trump threatens to shut down US government unless all trans health care is banned

The US government's looming shutdown hinges on anti-trans measures after Donald Trump refused to speak to Democrats unless they were passed.

www.thepinknews.com

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Bright Wall/Dark Room @bwdr.bsky.social · 14d

OPEN CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS:

For our next issue (Nov/Dec), the theme will be: What Is to Be Done?

www.brightwalldarkroom.com/submissions

Deadline: 10/19/25

Details:

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Bill Arceneaux (keep on blogging in the free world) @billarceneaux.com · 13d

...and I'm now on Ghost! www.moviegoing.rocks

If you were a paid Substack subscriber, you have now been comped a lifetime membership! This is a clean slate.

For regular subscribers, use the email you subscribed with on Substack to sign in.

For all access, $2.50 monthly / $25 yearly.

Thanks!

Moviegoing with Bill

Movie reviews "that care forgot," from Hollywood South's independent film critic.

www.moviegoing.rocks

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Brandon Kennedy @bicycleidiot.bsky.social · 14d

RIP Kaleb Horton
kalebhorton.ghost.io/2025-so-far/

I also have advice. Everybody loves reading advice on the computer, so I'll share it: the best thing you can do right now is log off as hard as you can. Go outside, talk to people in real life where it's actually kind of rude to talk about the news, try to actually see the friends you usually just text message. Go for a long drive and turn the phone off while you do it. Get back into your hobbies or pick one and learn it for a while. Watch one of those studio movies that reviews called "wildly miscalculated" and you haven't seen since high school. Play an album you like but find embarrassing. Go to free community events even if they sound stupid. If you take the freeway, try the surface streets. Go to a bad diner and just order some bad coffee because even bad coffee is good coffee.
You can't help anybody when you're exhausted and keep posting one million college-educated rewordings of "I would love to be dead right now" on the computer. Walk away from the thing and try out some of those normal things you hear about and if you get bored that's wonderful because we're not supposed to get bored anymore. It turns out boredom is the Cadillac of feelings.

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Fossillocator @fossillocator.bsky.social · 16d

It looks like Dinosaur Field Station of NJ is closing and selling their Dino sculptures

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Kai Ryssdal @kairyssdal.bsky.social · 17d

Yes

Bill Grueskin @bgrueskin.bsky.social · 17d

So just to be clear: The US is propping up Argentina’s economy, and now Argentina can eliminate its export taxes, so it can sell tons of soybeans to China, so China isn’t forced to buy soybeans from the US, so the US can pay subsidies to keep our farmers solvent.

www.reuters.com/world/china/...

China expands Argentina soybean buying to 20 cargoes, traders say

Chinese importers kept up a hectic pace of Argentine soybean purchases after the South American supplier's move to abolish export taxes temporarily made its prices competitive, traders said on Wednesday.

www.reuters.com

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 18d

Seems bad for our society when you can’t make racist terrorists the villains

Vulture @vulture.com · 18d

Apple has pulled The Savant, its series starring Jessica Chastain’s about hunting down white supremacist cells across America, from its immediate release schedule.

Apple Pulls The Savant From Its Release Schedule

Apple has pulled The Savant, its series starring Jessica Chastain’s about hunting down white supremacist cells across America, from its immediate release schedule.

www.vulture.com

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Laura Bassett @lebassett.bsky.social · 18d

More than 1800 detainees are missing after the closure of Alligator Alcatraz. Their families and lawyers can’t find them and they’ve vanished from the ICE database. Feels like this should be a much bigger story www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...

Hundreds of Alligator Alcatraz detainees drop off the grid after leaving site

As of the end of August, the whereabouts of two-thirds of more than 1,800 men detained at Alligator Alcatraz during the month of July could not be determined by the Miami Herald.

www.miamiherald.com

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Nathan Edwards @grackle.space · 19d

dudes rock

Tumblr post from every-lemon
Sep 8

so my spouse is part of a weirdly intense but mostly benign men's workout group that meets at like, 5:30am outside every day, even in winter. they do a lot of burpees and lugging cinder blocks up hills and stuff.
they take turns leading the workouts and tomorrow is his turn. I asked what he was planning. he handed me a sheet of William Carlos William poems from a large stack he'd printed.
I said "what" and he explained, helpfully, "it's a William Carlos William themed workout." I asked what inspired it and he said "l've been planning this for months."

Follow up tumblr post
every-lemon
Sep 9
it was a smash hit.
a dozen guys showed up (more than usual). spouse brought a red wheelbarrow and they took turns bringing cinder blocks up the hill with it. then they broke up in teams and did a relay with an "icebox" (cooler filled with 40lbs of ice). at the end he opened the cooler to reveal it was full of beach plum lacroix and all the guys cheered. they drank sparkling water as he read 'approach of winter' out loud.
he was home by 6:30am.

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Lauren Shippen @laurenshippen.com · 19d

I am casting ONE MORE ROLE for my 90s rock audio drama, Phantom Pulse!!!!

this time we're seeking an LA-based Black actor with (or comfortable with) she/her pronouns!! please share around, we want to hear from as many people as we can!!

Atypical Artists @atypicalartists.co · 22d

We are casting AGAIN! We've got a final member of PHANTOM PULSE, our ghost-busting 90s rock band, to find: Jo, the drummer.

Full casting details at atypicalartists.co/casting. Unlike previous postings, you do not need any musical talent, but you DO need to be based in LA!

CASTING — ATYPICAL ARTISTS

atypicalartists.co

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 19d

Well, there it is. Sinclair is digging in for a fight, so please help push back -- find stations in your area, watch their local news to see what ads they run, then write those advertisers to tell them you're boycotting as long as they're on a Sinclair station.

List here: sbgi.net/tv-stations/

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Bright Wall/Dark Room @bwdr.bsky.social · 22d

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Mark Harris @markharris.bsky.social · 22d

I'll just add this: So many people who make movies/TV right now are scared of unanticipated internet blowback. When you get into bed with a big company, one thing you expect in return for your compromises is that it will have your back if bad-faith attacks arrive. >

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Lauren Shippen @laurenshippen.com · 23d

not to make this all about my own interests, but we NEED more people to discover audio dramas

not only do they rule, but they're probably one of the few entertainment mediums left that aren't mostly controlled by massive companies vulnerable to corruption/pressure

the most successful ADs are indie

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Matt Belloni @mattbelloni.bsky.social · 23d

LOST writer-producer Damon Lindelof says he won’t work with Disney unless Kimmel js reinstated. I’m hearing other talent weighing similar pledges.

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Bright Wall/Dark Room @bwdr.bsky.social · 24d

Support independent media

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David M. Perry @lollardfish.bsky.social · 23d

graffiti on the walls
up the celts! up the celts!

Andrew Bloomberg @andrewbloomberg.bsky.social · 23d

What's the best genre of music and why is it left-wing Irish folk history songs

www.youtube.com/watch?v=xQbX...

Christy Moore - Viva la Quinta Brigada. Live at Barrowland Glasgow

YouTube video by StoptheWarCoalition

www.youtube.com

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Ele Willoughby @minouette.bsky.social · 24d

Today is the feast day of Hildegard von Bingen (1098-1179), here surrounded by plants & a mineral she touted as medical treatments, her invented alphabet & model of the universe. One of my most popular prints this year! 🧪🐡👩🏼‍🔬 #histsci #histmed

Her writings preserve not only her own knowledge & 🧵

This is my hand-printed 11" x 14" lino block print of Hildegard von Bingen (1098-1179), surrounded by plants and a mineral she touted as medical treatments, her invented alphabet and model of the universe, on lovely ivory Japanese washi paper. She is printed in dark blue on cream coloured washi paper. She is dressed in a habit holding a scroll with one of her Gregorian chants in Medieval musical notation. Her model of the universe is depicted on her habit. Clockwise from the top, she is surrounded: by tansy; common comfrey (Symphytum officinale) is sometimes used on the skin to treat wounds and reduce inflammation from sprains and broken bones, it roots and leaves contain allantoin, a substance that helps new skin cells grow, along with other substances that reduce inflammation and keep skin healthy; mandrake (species in the genus Mandragora, either Mandragora officinarum or Mandragora autumnalis) which contain deliriant hallucinogenic tropane alkaloids which are poisonous; sulfur for skin ailments does indeed act as a fungicide; lemon balm (Melissa officinalis) which has been shown to have some calming effects, some antibacterial properties and positive effects on indigestion; and quince (Cydonia oblonga), which while understudied, there is some early evidence that it may help prevent stomach ulcers. Above and below Hildegard is the alphabet along with her own alternate alphabet Litterae ignotae which she used for her own Lingua ignota (Unknown Language).

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Luke Plunkett @lukeplunkett.com · 25d

so many people who try to transition to paid writing fail because they think the writing is the job, when it's not. the business is the job. please learn more about the business!

Lex Roman @lexroman.com · 25d

Going Solo: our accelerator for journalists launching their own venture on their own is officially HALF SOLD OUT.

10 (maybe 9?) more spots left in this cohort. Starts October 2.

projectc.biz/going-solo

Going Solo workshop — Project C

projectc.biz

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