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Abigail Thorn

@theabigailthorn.bsky.social

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Actress & Writer. Sharako Lohar in HOUSE OF THE DRAGON; Eurus in STAR WARS; Jess in DJANGO; Nocturne in BALDUR’S GATE 3; Hotspur in THE PRINCE; Belle in DRACULA’S EX-GIRLFRIEND. Philosophy Tube & @KillJamesBond ✨👑

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Abigail Thorn @theabigailthorn.bsky.social · Aug 29

The new episode of Philosophy Tube is about the founding of the USA, settler colonialism, and how Thomas Jefferson made excuses for it.

(You may notice some parallels to current events)

youtu.be/dBjQBa23cOw?...

Jefferson & the Indians: The Complex Truth

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Abigail Thorn @theabigailthorn.bsky.social · 2h

Thinking more about this, the relationship of gender clinics to trans people has always been extractive. They make money and careers off the suffering they inflict on us.

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chira 🎋 @artofchira.bsky.social · Jun 1

whenever i encounter people who say they can't understand shakespeare verses I always send them this clip from the 2019 Shakespeare in the Park production of Much Ado About Nothing

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Kill James Bond! @killjamesbond.bsky.social · 17h

here’s the notes app speech we would have given ✊

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Kill James Bond! @killjamesbond.bsky.social · 17h

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Abigail Thorn @theabigailthorn.bsky.social · 17h

our podcast may have eaten shit at the awards ceremony but we had fun and 8.5 million fans can’t be wrong baybeee

Kill James Bond! @killjamesbond.bsky.social · 17h

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Abigail Thorn @theabigailthorn.bsky.social · 1d

Philosophy Tube pays for itself - just about. It doesn’t make much from ads (especially cause I turn midroll ads off), so we do depend on crowdfunding to keep it going. I hate asking people to sign up but please do it if you can, it’s like $5 a month, the price of a coffee ☕️

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Abigail Thorn @theabigailthorn.bsky.social · 1d

Please sign up to the Philosophy Tube Patreon if you can. The show depends on crowdfunding; it goes towards paying the crew who work so hard on making it awesome 🙌

www.patreon.com/c/Philosophy...

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Abigail Thorn @theabigailthorn.bsky.social · 1d

No but it does mean certain rules kick in about recommending products and disclosing sponsorships

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Abigail Thorn @theabigailthorn.bsky.social · 2d

you can also turn off midrolls entirely, though not on livestreams which is annoying

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Abigail Thorn @theabigailthorn.bsky.social · 2d

in the UK anyone with over 30k followers is legally a celebrity

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Abigail Thorn @theabigailthorn.bsky.social · 2d

Tickets are onsale for “Blink,” the show I’ll be in next year!

You can use code EARLYBIRD for £15 tickets before 31st October

kingsheadtheatre.com/whats-on/bli...

BLINK — By Phil Porter

A bittersweet rom-com for the digital age, starring Abigail Thorn

kingsheadtheatre.com

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Abigail Thorn @theabigailthorn.bsky.social · 2d

💯 there has never been a healthcare system (in Britain at least) that started from the premise that we should control our own bodies. Every change to the system over the last century has preserved doctors’ presumed right interfere in our decisions

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Abigail Thorn @theabigailthorn.bsky.social · 3d

Good for him, focusing on the performance rather than the numbers! Whether it’s YouTube or film, there’s a temptation to obsess over metrics to the detriment of art

IGN @ign.com · 3d

Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson has issued a statement after The Smashing Machine became the Hollywood star's worst box office opening ever.

'You Can't Control Box Office Results' — Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson Responds to The Smashing Machine's Disappointing Launch

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Abigail Thorn @theabigailthorn.bsky.social · 3d

consent manufacturing for “individual responsibility” innit: the state won’t help you, but it will punish you!

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Abigail Thorn @theabigailthorn.bsky.social · 3d

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Abigail Thorn @theabigailthorn.bsky.social · 3d

if “Manhunt” was ever made into a series I so badly wanted this to be the soundtrack to the opening montage of the world ending 😭

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Ada Palmer @adapalmer.bsky.social · 3d

I see pieces like this a lot, often w/ a spin of lamenting cultural degeneration, but reading is a LABOR issue, it’s declined because so many people are working overtime or two jobs & employers expect after hours work. France has Earth’s highest reading rate b/c long lunch breaks & labor protections