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Gary Reddin @garyreddin.bsky.social · 1d

Have you read my weird little chant to the old gods over at @mcsweeneys.net yet?

McSweeney's @mcsweeneys.net · 4d

"IT has seen the things you’ve done, the things you’ve become. Stealing your sister’s lighter. How deeply you embraced Ska. That time you told Jeremy you weren’t screen-peeking in Goldeneye, you were just really good from playing with your cousin."

Only ’90s Kids Will Understand This Dead Language Found Scrawled in Blood on the Wall of a Taco Bell Bathroom

Remember Ecto Cooler? IT remembers you. IT remembers every dark day you spent hiding in your room. All the hours listening to NSYNC while you carve...

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Gary Reddin @garyreddin.bsky.social · 1d

My wife once asked me what drugs writers take, this is my answer @havehashad.com

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Gary Reddin @garyreddin.bsky.social · 5d

This joke is golden and no one has ever made it before

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Gary Reddin @garyreddin.bsky.social · 5d

Does the existence of Taylor Swift
imply the existence of Taylor Slow?

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Gary Reddin @garyreddin.bsky.social · 5d

A human artist, you love to see it.

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Shawn @shawnhils.bsky.social · 5d

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Gary Reddin @garyreddin.bsky.social · 6d

“A system that steadily increases the gulf between the ordinary man and the super-rich, that permits the resources of society to be gathered into personal fortunes is, perhaps, as inimical as anything could be to the American dream.”

- James Truslow Adams, coiner of the phrase "American Dream"

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Gary Reddin @garyreddin.bsky.social · 7d

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Taco Bell Quarterly @tacobellquarterly.org · 9d

It's not that you're not talented enough! It's that the literary world is an expensive pyramid scheme!

Gary Reddin @garyreddin.bsky.social · 7d

I love Big Thief, but you can't fool me, I know a liberal arts college's English faculty cover band when I see one

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 14d

The richest man on earth owns X.

The second richest man on earth is about to be a major owner of TikTok.

The third richest man owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp.

The fourth richest man owns The Washington Post.

See the problem here?

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Derek Johnson @derekjesq.bsky.social · 18d

We cannot allow Charlie Kirk’s horrific shooting to be twisted into a reason for self-censorship.

Fascist movements seize on moments like this not to prevent violence, but to weaponize it — to twist it into political advantage, expand repression, punish dissent, and tighten control.

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ONLY POEMS @onlypoemsmag.bsky.social · 14d

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Gary Reddin @garyreddin.bsky.social · 17d

Poets have understood this waaaaaay longer than neuroscientists

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McSweeney's @mcsweeneys.net · 17d

1. You take Mary out for a nice drive. Disaster ensues.

2. Bit by bit, this town is killing you.

3. Two remorseless killers careen across a desert state, leaving a trail of destruction in their wake.

Bruce Springsteen or Stephen King?

1. You take Mary out for a nice drive. Disaster ensues. 2. Bit by bit, this town is killing you. 3. Two remorseless killers careen acro...

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Gary Reddin @garyreddin.bsky.social · 18d

If you find yourself identifying with someone who feels that antifascism is aligned against them, then brother you’re a fascist.

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Gary Reddin @garyreddin.bsky.social · 20d

Don’t think of it as “terrifying” think of it as “terrifyingly motivating”

Taco Bell Quarterly @tacobellquarterly.org · 22d

Absolutely none of us know what we're doing. Become a writer

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Gary Reddin @garyreddin.bsky.social · 20d

I've tried my whole life to be a pessimist. But then I hear birdsong, or smell the rain, or see my friend's smile, and, like an idiot, I believe in the world.

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Chuck Wendig @chuckwendig.bsky.social · 21d

One thing that bothers me tonight in particular is how so much of this is happening because of grand and sweeping capitulation by the media, by companies, by Congress, by people in power. Even when they don’t have to — they simply comply, acquiesce, and appease.

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Gary Reddin @garyreddin.bsky.social · 22d

A new CC Lecture is premiering in TEN MINUTES! Be one of the cool kids, watch it live!

www.youtube.com/watch?v=c7wC...

The Secret Language of Cults: Crash Course Lecture

YouTube video by CrashCourse

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Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 23d

Today, the UN officially designated Israel’s assault on Gaza as a genocide.

As a party to the Genocide Convention, the U.S. has a legal obligation to obey our own laws, stop weapons sales to Israel, and demand a permanent ceasefire.

End the genocide. Ceasefire now.

257. The Commission recommends that all Member States:
(a) Employ all means reasonably available to them to prevent the commission of genocide in the Gaza Strip;
(b) Cease the transfer of arms and other equipment or items, including jet fuel, to the State of Israel or third States where there is reason to suspect their use in military operations that have involved or could involve the commission of genocide;
(c) Ensure individuals and corporations in their territories and within their jurisdiction are not involved in the commission of genocide, aiding and assisting the commission of genocide or incitement to commit genocide and investigate and prosecute those who may be implicated in these crimes under international law;
(d) Facilitate the investigations and domestic proceedings and take action (including imposing sanctions) against the State of Israel and against individuals or corporations that are involved in or facilitating the commission of genocide or incitement to commit genocide;
(e) Cooperate with the investigation of the Office of the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court.
258. The Commission recommends that the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court:
(a) Examine, within its continuing investigation in the Situation in the State of Palestine, the crime of genocide for amendment to existing arrest warrants and addition to future application for arrest warrants;
(b) Examine the involvement of officials mentioned in this report for inclusion as those most responsible for international crimes committed in the occupied Palestinian territory.

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Gary Reddin @garyreddin.bsky.social · 24d

Honestly so glad I didn’t discover Townes Van Zandt until my early twenties. Teenage me would have made that my WHOLE personality.

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Gary Reddin @garyreddin.bsky.social · 25d

Just cracked a third can of Dr. Pepper to add to my table of open cans of Dr. Pepper. I may have a problem. To be clear, the problem is short term memory loss. Not three cans of Dr. Pepper. That’s a delight.

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PBS News @pbsnews.org · 25d

Men, we want to hear about your friendships.

Please fill out our form: https://bit.ly/3IgZSLL

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Gary Reddin @garyreddin.bsky.social · 28d

Country too while we’re at it

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Amal El-Mohtar @amalelmohtar.com · 28d

Simply the best slide I have ever seen in a powerpoint presentation care of @premeemohamed.com’s talk at @banffcentre.bsky.social re: Putting the Science in Science Fiction

Text mounted on a screen reads as follows:

WHAT IS SCIENCE FICTION?

1. DOESN'T MATTER
2. WHO CARES
3. MARKETING DEPARTMENT'S PROBLEM
4. NOT YOURS

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