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Tom Marcinko @tommarcinko.bsky.social · 16d

Re-posted to fix typo:

Prompt: "Write an erotic vampire story."

Me: "I claim to be a fantasy writer; I ought to be able to do that..."

@ceciliatan.com
published it &
@cynthiaward.bsky.social
made this edition happen.

(It's also on Kobo)

www.amazon.com/Temperence-C...

Temperence (Cynthia Ward Presents)

Amazon.com: Temperence (Cynthia Ward Presents) eBook : Marcinko, Tom : Books

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Tom Marcinko @tommarcinko.bsky.social · 4h

This one goes out to the people of Portland.

youtu.be/cD6XYTYR4BY

Robyn Hitchcock - A globe of frogs

YouTube video by martin venator

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Tom Marcinko @tommarcinko.bsky.social · 4h

I don't get these people who've been dreaming of a "unitary executive" since their teens.

See: Most of human history.

Tom Marcinko @tommarcinko.bsky.social · 4h

Then what is the point of a Supreme Court?

The Conversation U.S. @us.theconversation.com · 4h

The Supreme Court appears ready to embrace the “unitary executive theory”, a Republican idea from the 1980s that could make the presidency all-powerful.

Republished on @salon.com:
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The Supreme Court is headed toward a radically new vision of unlimited presidential power

Recent rulings indicate that the high court is leaning toward expanding the type of presidential power that is more emblematic of dictatorship than democracy.

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Tom Marcinko @tommarcinko.bsky.social · 4h

That city is jumping.

Nibedita Sen @hernibsen.bsky.social · 4h

"Portland's ƒrogs are multiplying"

The Oregonian @oregonian.com · 5h

Things are happening at Portland's ICE facility tonight.

Read more of our protest coverage here: www.oregonlive.com/crime/2025/1...

Tom Marcinko @tommarcinko.bsky.social · 4h

Yes, I always loved that.

Holly Wade Matter @weemallard.bsky.social · 10h

Also, that it shared that riff with "Shot By Both Sides," a *completely* different song.

Tom Marcinko @tommarcinko.bsky.social · 4h

It uses the same premise but downplays technology.

I want to read it again now.

I think I need to see the rest of Tarkovsky's films too.

The only other one I've seen is Solaris.

Holly Wade Matter @weemallard.bsky.social · 4h

Does it follow Roadside Picnic reasonably faithfully? (I haven't read it but Brad has. He really wants to see this.)

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John Wiswell @wiswell.bsky.social · 6h

the girlfriend of one of the founders of antifa

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Tom Marcinko @tommarcinko.bsky.social · 4h

Crime in the US is so out of control.

I hear there's a guy with 34 felonies walking around free.

Regina Schrambling @gastropoda.bsky.social · 5h

Felon in chief doing all this for “party of law&order”

Philip Bump @pbump.com · 6h

Did a quick post earlier to reinforce that in the places where Trump says crime is out of control crime is demonstrably under control.
www.pbump.net/o/a-quick-re...

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driftglass @driftglass.bsky.social · 5h

driftglass.blogspot.com/2025/10/prof...

Professional Left Podcast Episode 940: We Are All Antifa's Girlfriend

“ Chicago is an October sort of city even in spring." -- Nelson Algren ...

driftglass.blogspot.com

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Laura Blackwell (she/her) @pronouncedlahra.bsky.social · 5h

Yes! It's actually a good idea to go for earlier in the year, but better late than never!

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Cynthia Gómez @cynthiasaysboo.bsky.social · 6h

You can nominate all through the year. Feed the maw, friends.

Laura Blackwell (she/her) @pronouncedlahra.bsky.social · 7h

HWA folks! Have you recommended others' work to the Recommended Reading list for the Bram Stoker Awards? Horror writers, have you submitted your own work to the juries? Here's how! You can even click through to the full rules if you're intrepid! www.thebramstokerawards.com/submissions/

Submissions – The Bram Stoker Awards

www.thebramstokerawards.com

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NY Times Pitchbot @nytpitchbot.bsky.social · 5h

Historians argue that Trump indicting his enemies one-by-one rather than having them murdered in a single night proves he’s not a fascist.

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Sheryl Weikal and the colorful Parrotlegals @leftistlawyer.com · 5h

Christopher Columbus was a murderous rapist piece of shit who is only remembered as anything other than a genocidal monster because he was also incompetent as an "explorer" and got lost.

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Daniel Kibblesmith @kibblesmith.com · 5h

Sorry luddites but this technology is here to stay and if you are not learning to use these tools then you are falling behind.

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William Shakespeare @shakespeare.lol · 5h

It is a tale
Told by an idiot

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DoctorNurse ❌👑 @doctornurse.bsky.social · 5h

Another member of ANTIFA: my Dad's, U.S. Navy Commander, prisoner of war, Purple Heart, Legion of Merit & Bronze Star recipient. #antifa

Older White man in Navy uniform with indicators of rank of Commander.

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Unlikely Stories @unlikely-stories.bsky.social · 5h

Is satire, yes? Skeet is joking? Maybe?

NY Times Pitchbot @nytpitchbot.bsky.social · 5h

Historians argue that Trump indicting his enemies one-by-one rather than having them murdered in a single night proves he’s not a fascist.

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Maria Haskins @mariahaskins.com · 5h

Automatic repost. 😍

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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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 5h

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Susan Perri @perri4health @perri4health.bsky.social · 5h

This is happening and people’s healthcare will suffer.

Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 12h

This is becoming urgent.

Private equity is gutting hospitals for profit — when they collapse, communities lose care. That’s life and death.

PE has been taking over some of your favorite companies for years. They sell off assets, strip the business bare, and when there’s nothing left, it collapses.

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Cheryl Lynn Eaton @cheryllynneaton.bsky.social · 5h

Tell me what I need to do to snuff "mindshare" out in its crib. I'm ready. A word that annoying cannot be allowed to gain traction.

Drew Harwell @drewharwell.com · 5h

He won by paying $1 million to show that everyone hates his product

10,000+ posters, $1M spend, and the best ad campaign of 2025.

'Friend' billboard campaign in NYC last month was genius.

What made it genius is that every vandal tag, every “AI sucks” defacement, every social screenshot is fuel.

The campaign was created as a provocation.

Friend leaned into controversy, volatility, even hate, because those are the signals that drive mindshare in 2025.

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Mack Butterfield @mack2114.bsky.social · 5h

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dsrazblue.bsky.social @dsrazblue.bsky.social · 5h

🤣 babies can’t handle their orange god not being bowed to at all times 🤣

paulpro @mariopro.bsky.social · 5h

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James Fallows @jfallows.bsky.social · 6h

Adventures in framing:

Headline presenting this as a real-world question. Rather than as another sign of deepening vortex of narcissistic delusion and detachment from reality.

Headline: Trump Has His Eyes on Nobel Prize. Will He Get It?

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Regina Schrambling @gastropoda.bsky.social · 5h

This:

Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 5h

One thing we've learned from the American judicial system: The first 34 felonies are on the house*.

*Terms and conditions may apply. See prosecutors for details if you're not white. Or rich.

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