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J.D. Sargan @jdsargan.bsky.social · 7h

I'm giving several talks about the books in the next couple of months, if you want to hear more (before you buy?). The first, linked below, is online via. UPenn @sims-mss.bsky.social on October 17th at 12 midday EDT.

Trans Studies as Book Historical Method

J. D. Sargan considers generative modes of reading through the premodern archive to seek out trans lives beyond the ephemeral glimpses that have gone unnoticed in the historical record.

www.library.upenn.edu

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soul nate @mnateshyamalan.bsky.social · 20m

love your work mrs theranos but how do you walk into this

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Désespérer @decervelage.bsky.social · 19m

Saigon Surf Rock:
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Nếu Có Xa Nhau

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Désespérer @decervelage.bsky.social · 21m

Inject this stuff straight into my veins!
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Phương Tâm - Đêm Huyền Diệu (Magical Night)

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Désespérer @decervelage.bsky.social · 23m

Let’s just keep on getting Saigon Funky!
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Carol Kim - Nỗi Buồn Con Gái (The Sadness Of Being A Girl)

YouTube video by GRAVEYARD ROCK

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Désespérer @decervelage.bsky.social · 24m

Let’s all get Saigon Funky!
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Carol Kim - Cái Trâm Em Cài (Your Hair Clip)

YouTube video by GRAVEYARD ROCK

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Zach Dorfman @zachsdorfman.bsky.social · 1h

Wow, tell me more about Weimar Germany and what came after?

Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 2h

"Antifa has been around in various iterations for almost 100 years in some instances, going back to the Weimar Republic in Germany."

- Jack Posobiec at Trump's roundtable on antifa

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Matthew Blanchette @mattpb.bsky.social · 48m

My mutuals, tell me your thoughts on this -- good, bad; up, down; whichever. I'm curious; it's not my vid, but I've been a longtime viewer of this channel: www.youtube.com/watch?v=uqcC...

Why Vanessa Redgrave Gave the Most Controversial Oscar Speech Ever

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McSweeney's @mcsweeneys.net · 20h

A large rat, wearing a coat made of smaller rats, looks over his shoulder as he scurries toward his subway lair.

UPRIGHT: Manifesting into reality, asserting one’s truth
REVERSED: Literally nobody believes in you.

Tarot Readings for Life in the Big, Soul-Crushing City

Life in the big city can be many things. But mostly it is hard, expensive, and exhausting. Occasionally, it can smell like poop. Above all, it is c...

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Cheryl Lynn Eaton @cheryllynneaton.bsky.social · 49m

I didn't know Mamdani's wife was a comics nerd! New York, you have to vote for him now because I need at least one person in comics to have good health insurance.

Luke Steuber @lukesteuber.com · Jun 25

This is Zoran Mamdami’s wife’s portfolio site and she is very good

HOME | Rama Duwaji

Rama Duwaji is a Syrian illustrator and animator based in Brooklyn, NYC.

www.ramaduwaji.com

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Ryan Bort @ryanbort.bsky.social · 5h

MAGA lawmakers regularly share its content. Elon called it "one of the best accounts on X." It's run by a Macedonian who has never set foot in America — and who illegally donated to a U.S. congressional campaign.

Great stuff from @jsweetli.bsky.social:

www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...

The Viral MAGA Accounts Run by a Man Who Has Never Been to America

Two influential MAGA social media accounts are run by Rumen Naumovski, a Macedonian who may have illegally donated to a U.S. election.

www.rollingstone.com

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Todd Vaziri @tvaziri.com · 1d

Vanity Fair asked me to talk about visual effects, and it was my great honor to show off some of ILM’s terrific work over the years.

Todd Vaziri on Vanity Fair VFX
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ILM's VFX Secrets Behind Star Wars, Transformers & More | Vanity Fair

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Eric Orchard @inkybat.bsky.social · 48m

There’s a real temptation to just cover this with hatching but I’m holding back.

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Désespérer @decervelage.bsky.social · 48m

Glad to see that Louis’ Nana finally got her fancy state seal delivered.

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Repugs R Stinky @artfulscribe.bsky.social · 17h

Gotta luv them Red States, bless their pointed little heads.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2h

Trump: "I don't know what could be worse than Portland. You don't even have stores anymore. They don't even put glass up. They put plywood on their windows."

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Pam Keith @pamkeithdc.bsky.social · 11h

Every farmer who gets a bailout is a socialist.

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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 1h

Let’s check in on the warzone in Portland.

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Benjamin Dreyer @bcdreyer.social · 2h

Oh! I almost forgot!

h/t @jamesurbaniak.bsky.social and @esseph63.bsky.social

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Benjamin Dreyer @bcdreyer.social · 2h

As caprices go, this one's pretty capricious.

Old Acquaintance

[a happy surprise, with commentary]

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Wallace Polsom @wallacepolsom.bsky.social · 2h

Illustration by Yves Simard for the cover of the novel, “The Circe Complex” (Macmillan London Ltd., 1975), by Desmond Cory.

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StrictlyChristo 🦋🇺🇦🌻❌👑 @strictlychristo.bsky.social · 3h

The Oregon National Guard general says if they were to be deployed, they would be instructed under his leadership to protect the protesters and not ICE

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John Reppion @johnreppion.bsky.social · 4d

#DailyGhost
4) DALLINGTON CHURCH
Northamptonshire, 1907. Two girls out for a walk enter the church. Inside, they are terrified to see the place full of kneeling people who seemed "to be made of a substance similar to bubbles". No explanation has ever been offered, and the apparition never reoccurred

Haunted East Anglia by Joan Forman (1974 / 1990)

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Eric Orchard @inkybat.bsky.social · 2h

Working on the pitch again

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Laura Jedeed @laurajedeed.bsky.social · 10h

More propaganda with painfully normal people zip-tied at the side of the road please, this will for sure convince the American people that you're the good guys

Homeland Security @DHSgov

We're having an All Night Revival

Still frame from a video: Painfully normal people zip tied on the side of the road, sitting on a guardrail in a row

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