Rob
@thedreadfulpoint.bsky.social
Pamphleteer (he/him) | serial & short fiction
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lent and ramadan kicking off on the same day
February 18, 2026 at 4:10 PM
lent and ramadan kicking off on the same day
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Putnam City: the owners of one of the largest McDonald's franchises in OKC decided to talk shit to high schoolers during their walkout. The man in red allegedly assaulted a kid and pissed himself after he was arrested.
February 18, 2026 at 4:43 PM
Putnam City: the owners of one of the largest McDonald's franchises in OKC decided to talk shit to high schoolers during their walkout. The man in red allegedly assaulted a kid and pissed himself after he was arrested.
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MAJOR: Twin Cities Tenants joins five labor unions, together repping 25,900 members, to launch a rent strike drive, vowing to withhold rent March 1 if @governorwalz.mn.gov fails to deliver an eviction moratorium and rent relief. If launched, this would be the largest US rent strike in 100+ years.
February 17, 2026 at 7:01 PM
MAJOR: Twin Cities Tenants joins five labor unions, together repping 25,900 members, to launch a rent strike drive, vowing to withhold rent March 1 if @governorwalz.mn.gov fails to deliver an eviction moratorium and rent relief. If launched, this would be the largest US rent strike in 100+ years.
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THE BLACK GATE OPENS
February 17, 2026 at 7:53 AM
THE BLACK GATE OPENS
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Art by US artist Richard Hescox (born 1949)
February 15, 2026 at 10:47 PM
Art by US artist Richard Hescox (born 1949)
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BREAKING: Majestic Realty, who owns one of the warehouses ICE was planning to purchase to create a detention camp, announced today that it would not sell to the agency. More at DMagazine.com shortly.
February 16, 2026 at 5:34 PM
BREAKING: Majestic Realty, who owns one of the warehouses ICE was planning to purchase to create a detention camp, announced today that it would not sell to the agency. More at DMagazine.com shortly.
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here we go, a whole set for anyone who needs them
March 22, 2025 at 1:47 AM
here we go, a whole set for anyone who needs them
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We’re going to continue being out there and patrolling to protect our neighbors until every single last agent is gone. We’re also going to keep this connection going and continue building community for long after whenever this operation ends.
February 15, 2026 at 4:30 PM
We’re going to continue being out there and patrolling to protect our neighbors until every single last agent is gone. We’re also going to keep this connection going and continue building community for long after whenever this operation ends.
In the past month and a half at least two people in Minneapolis famously and specifically died defending a multicultural economic zone
1/3 What Musk is really referring to here is, of course “race” - that construct that served to define the hierarchies of wealth & power structured by modern colonialism. Like other far right racists though, he uses the word “culture” as a seemingly less pernicious synonym.
February 15, 2026 at 4:07 PM
In the past month and a half at least two people in Minneapolis famously and specifically died defending a multicultural economic zone
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Art by Ralph McQuarrie for Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977)
February 14, 2026 at 10:51 PM
Art by Ralph McQuarrie for Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977)
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FAST RACING LEAGUE
SHIN'EN MULTIMEDIA 2011
Wii
SHIN'EN MULTIMEDIA 2011
Wii
February 14, 2026 at 12:10 AM
FAST RACING LEAGUE
SHIN'EN MULTIMEDIA 2011
Wii
SHIN'EN MULTIMEDIA 2011
Wii
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Ericmas eve (i'll be 43 tomorrow), but if ya'll haven't bought your sweetheart a present yet, don't worry: you can still purchase my books (TOADSTONES, Malarkey Books 2022, original weird fiction, and NIGHT FEARS: WEIRD TALES IN TRANSLATION, Paradise Editions 2023) over at asterism dot com
February 13, 2026 at 4:27 PM
Ericmas eve (i'll be 43 tomorrow), but if ya'll haven't bought your sweetheart a present yet, don't worry: you can still purchase my books (TOADSTONES, Malarkey Books 2022, original weird fiction, and NIGHT FEARS: WEIRD TALES IN TRANSLATION, Paradise Editions 2023) over at asterism dot com
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This is a genuinely huge, sweeping victory today for the University of California—or rather, for us, its faculty, acting through our faculty associations, while the UC itself maintained a strict policy of deer-in-headlights silence.
The Trump admin has given up its appeal of a powerful injunction:
The Trump admin has given up its appeal of a powerful injunction:
Trump administration drops appeal of court order blocking $1.2-billion UCLA settlement
The Trump administration dropped its appeal of a major higher education case in which a federal judge blocked its $1.2-billion settlement proposal to UCLA over alleged civil rights violations. It will...
www.latimes.com
February 14, 2026 at 4:57 AM
This is a genuinely huge, sweeping victory today for the University of California—or rather, for us, its faculty, acting through our faculty associations, while the UC itself maintained a strict policy of deer-in-headlights silence.
The Trump admin has given up its appeal of a powerful injunction:
The Trump admin has given up its appeal of a powerful injunction:
C.J. Cherryh: You do that painting of Pyanfar Chanur for my book cover?
Micheal Whelan: Sure did boss, real fuckin slutty just like you asked.
Micheal Whelan: Sure did boss, real fuckin slutty just like you asked.
February 14, 2026 at 1:21 PM
C.J. Cherryh: You do that painting of Pyanfar Chanur for my book cover?
Micheal Whelan: Sure did boss, real fuckin slutty just like you asked.
Micheal Whelan: Sure did boss, real fuckin slutty just like you asked.
Hard sci-fi is when there are cat people
February 13, 2026 at 8:40 PM
Hard sci-fi is when there are cat people
Whiskey Friday the 13th with Tony Dokoupil
February 13, 2026 at 12:23 PM
Whiskey Friday the 13th with Tony Dokoupil
Jeffrey Epstein was like a human ai companion
February 12, 2026 at 5:35 PM
Jeffrey Epstein was like a human ai companion
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collaborators suddenly realize that they could cancel their contract for a concentration camp after insisting it wasn’t possible. a world of fascists who have never felt pushback once in their life, suddenly stunned to see everyone hates them. makes you think!
kansascitydefender.com/justice/plat...
kansascitydefender.com/justice/plat...
BREAKING: Platform Ventures Backs Down From ICE Detention Center Sale After Weeks of Mass Organizing and Protest – The Kansas City Defender
The people won. For now.
kansascitydefender.com
February 12, 2026 at 4:53 PM
collaborators suddenly realize that they could cancel their contract for a concentration camp after insisting it wasn’t possible. a world of fascists who have never felt pushback once in their life, suddenly stunned to see everyone hates them. makes you think!
kansascitydefender.com/justice/plat...
kansascitydefender.com/justice/plat...
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It ain’t over til Minnesota has ICE’s battle flag
February 12, 2026 at 2:18 PM
It ain’t over til Minnesota has ICE’s battle flag