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Mark Ophidian

@markophidian.bsky.social

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Multidisciplinary artist into cats, synthesizers, and sound; in the SFSU cinema MFA program, filmmaker/huge film fan, especially horror and avant-garde; LGBTQIA+, BLM, anti-fascist, he/they. 🏳️‍🌈🏴‍☠️👹

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Mark Ophidian @markophidian.bsky.social · May 17

My video essay, The Panopticon of Horror:

#foucalt #cinema #horror

Panopticon of Horror

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🔪Akilla Booper👻 @akelacooper.bsky.social · 1d

Yes they did. What we're seeing here is the beginning of the "I was never a (real) supporter" backtracking so they don't have to shoulder any blame for where we are.

They'll all eventually do this, including Republicans in office. We cannot let them live it down. Ever.

Rolling Stone @rollingstone.com · 1d

“I voted for none of this."

Prominent influencers, including Theo Von, Joe Rogan, and Andrew Schulz, are starting to distance themselves from the president they helped propel to the White House.

Story: www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...

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C. Robert Cargill @crobertcargill.bsky.social · 1d

My buddy Zelda has very strong opinions on this stuff. A reminder that her dad left explicit instructions that he did NOT want corporations to be able to do this to him and that means us too. The bare minimum here is to respect the wishes of those who said NO.

Dr Kat Day (she/her) @chronicleflask.katday.com · 1d

Daughter of Robin Williams, Zelda Williams 💔

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Please, just stop sending me AI videos of Dad. Stop believing I wanna see it or that I'll understand, I don't and I won't. If you're just trying to troll me, I've seen way worse, i'll restrict and move on. But please, if you've got any decency, just stop doing this to him and to me, to everyone even, full stop. It's dumb, it's a waste of time and energy, and believe me, it's NOT what he'd want.
To watch the legacies of real people be condensed down to 'this vaguely looks and sounds like them so that's enough,
, just so
other people can churn out horrible TikTok slop puppeteering them is maddening. You're not making art, you're making disgusting, over-processed hotdogs out of the lives of human beings, out of the history of art and music, and then shoving them down someone else's throat hoping they'll give you a little thumbs up and like it.
Gross.

And for the love of EVERYTHING, stop calling it 'the future. Al is just badly recycling and regurgitating the past to be reconsumed. You are taking in the Human Centipede of content, and from the very very end of the line, all while the folks at the front laugh and laugh, consume and consume.

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Texas Paul @realtexaspaul.com · 3d

If you drive a 2025/2026 Tesla or still use X, there really isn't an excuse. You really are just an asshole that looks the other way.

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Peter Gleick @petergleick.bsky.social · 3d

Tell me how ICE is different from the Gestapo?

Andrea Junker @strandjunker.com · 3d

“Terrible things are happening outside. Poor helpless people are being dragged out of their homes. Families are torn apart. Men, women, and children are separated. Children come home from school to find that their parents have disappeared.”

Diary of Anne Frank
January 13, 1943

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Anna Orridge @anna-orridge.bsky.social · 3d

Hostility towards Greta Thunberg continues to be an AMAZINGLY reliable red flag, especially when it comes to guys, and not just on the Right.

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Peter Gleick @petergleick.bsky.social · 3d

Poll.
61% of American Jews say Israel has committed war crimes, 40% say Israel is guilty of genocide against the Palestinians.

That's not antisemitism. That's moral and ethical responsibility.

www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

Many American Jews sharply critical of Israel on Gaza, Post poll finds

Most Jews say Israel is committing war crimes — and 39 percent say genocide — while often distinguishing between the country and its leadership.

www.washingtonpost.com

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Mark Brazill 🇨🇦🇲🇽🇺🇦 @markbrazill.bsky.social · 3d

Sorry but cops are useless. They’re lazy, racist and solve 58% of murders, not counting the innocent they coerce confessions from. They dismiss rape victims and don’t even bother with property crimes. Blunt force trauma on a suicide victim!? Are they lazy, racist or incompetent? Fire them all.

Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 3d

Trey Reed, a student at Delta State University in Mississippi, was found hanging from a noose. Mississippi police ruled the death a suicide. Now an autopsy reportedly concludes that he suffered extensive blunt force trauma across his body before he died, meaning he was beaten before he was lynched.

Kaepernick-Funded Autopsy Reportedly Finds Trey Reed Didn’t Die by Suicide — Family Attorney Ben Crump Hasn’t Confirmed

According to a source who isn't authorized to comment publicly, the autopsy of Trey Reed reveals that his death was not caused by a suicide.

www.blackenterprise.com

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Kevin Carson 🇵🇸 🇺🇦 🇹🇯 @kevincarson1.bsky.social · 4d

These guys should be easy to identify. Every minute outside their homes needs to be made miserable for the rest of their lives.

Eric Reinhart @eric-reinhart.com · 4d

ICE just blatantly violated the law and arrested sitting Chicago Alderperson Jessie Fuentes while seeking to illegally arrest a patient in a hospital. Fuck these fascists.

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Mark Ophidian @markophidian.bsky.social · 5d

Agreed. ❤️ That The People’s Joker was ever made is like catching lightning in a bottle. Even if you buy the Blu Ray for the menu alone, you won’t be disappointed.

Chris @chrisgx75.bsky.social · 9d

Tonight’s film: The People’s Joker starring Vera Drew. Second time seeing it, still awesome. Added bonus: it has possibly the longest and most unhinged Blu-Ray menu ever.

Still photo of the Blu-Ray menu of The People’s Joker, with Vera Drew in full chaos goblin mode

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Phil Nobile Jr. @philnobilejr.bsky.social · 10d

The people that don’t disclose they got Covid at an event are the same people who’d hide a zombie bite from their friends. The people who’d laugh about that… eesh.

Anyway I have Covid! Me and about 20 other people I know of. If you were at Fantastic Fest this week, think about testing/isolating.

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Your Internet Friend Tom Tomorrow @tomtomorrow.bsky.social · 11d

you probably need to be of a certain vintage to understand the absolute hilarity of ken starr being in the epstein files

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 13d

Speaking of voices under attack…can we be just as loud about Black journalists and comedians who are silenced, even by our so-called liberal outlets.

• Joy Reid
• Don Lemon
• Melissa Harris-Perry
• Tiffany Cross
• Jemele Hill
• Marc Lamont Hill
• Karen Attiah
• Amber Ruffin

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Jennifer C. Martin @notreallyjcm.bsky.social · 16d

Christian persecution in America is best defined by this image: No actual struggle, wearing clothes that cost more than my entire wardrobe, polished cross instead of rugged, and surrounded by crowds of fellow hypocrites cheering on bigotry who believe they're the victims.

ıllıllı FREE ŁINK ıllıllı @rvbdrm.com · 16d

Bearing your cross is a lot easier with wheels.

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Mark Ophidian @markophidian.bsky.social · 17d

The thing with this piece of garbage is that he won’t stay dead. There are plenty of videos on repeat, as well as Christofascists clamoring to fill his shoes. I wish it was good riddance, but it’s a hydra head.

Jane @localnotail.bsky.social · 18d

Charlie Kirk Sept 27 2024: "Just so we're clear, the Haitians that are in Huntsville that are raping your women and hunting you down at night - it's only gonna get worse - unless Donald Trump wins
There will be hundreds of thousands of Haitians brought into Alabama and they will become your masters"

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Pam Keith @pamkeithdc.bsky.social · 18d

If you are one of the almost 100 Dems who voted to honor the guy who said the Civil Rights Act was a huge mistake,

don’t bother asking Black people to vote for you, donate to you or canvass for you next year.

Don’t bother.

Please.

And don’t be shocked if you get a primary opponent.

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Bill Corbett @billcorbett.bsky.social · 18d

Charlie Kirk was a vicious, racist trust fund baby who made the world a worse place. I am the CEO of Antifa Inc. and I approve of this message.

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Hyperallergic @hyperallergic.com · 18d

A new book about Ruth Asawa and her artist-mother community reminds us that taking care of children and making art — be it public art, community work, with children, or for children — are radical acts of parenting and anti-totalitarian making.

Ruth Asawa Proved That Mothering Is Inherently Artistic

Jordan Troeller’s book about the Bay Area sculptor and her artist-mother community shows us how reciprocity and caretaking become the work itself, not just the subject or the conditions.

hyperallergic.com

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Mark Ophidian @markophidian.bsky.social · 18d

Margaret Cho @margaretcho.bsky.social · 18d

Conservatives, please consult a bdsm professional because this need for dominance in public life is inappropriate. There’s children here. Nobody needs to see your kinks. You’re blaming and subjugating communities for your disgusting perversions and that’s a menace.

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🔪Akilla Booper👻 @akelacooper.bsky.social · 19d

We didn’t have to live like this. Fuck everyone who voted for this administration

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Bill Corbett @billcorbett.bsky.social · 19d

The Heritage Foundation is one of the worst organizations in the modern world. A cesspit of sick nazi fucks. Every single idea, every single person who comes out of it makes the world a worse place. Creepy crawly death cult. Yeah I’m not very fond of them.

Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 19d

Heritage Foundation has released an absolutely insane policy proposal to label all trans people as domestic terrorists. It uses completely made up instances of terrorism and made up statistics but facts don't matter to them.

They want us all eradicated.

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Flyer from The Heritage Foundation Oversight Project titled “Transgender Ideology-Inspired Violent Extremism (TIVE): Background and FAQs on Need for an FBI Domestic Terrorism Designation.” The page defines “Transgender Ideology” and “TIVE,” outlining beliefs allegedly associated with them. It claims such ideology justifies violence against opponents or frames opposition as violence. The text references the alleged assassination of Charlie Kirk, urging the FBI to classify TIVE as domestic terrorism.

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Continuation of flyer with a section titled “Recent Instances of TIVE-Motivated Acts of Domestic Terrorism.” Lists multiple violent events from 2018 to 2025, attributing them to transgender ideology. Includes mugshots of two alleged attackers. Followed by a “Frequently Asked Questions and Key Terms” section, addressing whether transgender people are terrorists, comparing TIVE with “Nihilistic Violent Extremism,” and discussing FBI designations.

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Section titled “Terminology Used by TIVE.” Defines terms including cisgender, deadnaming, Gillick competence, misgendering, “Right to Exist,” “Trans genocide,” and a phrase “You either have a live boy or dead girl, you choose.” Each is presented as terminology used in or associated with TIVE. Page layout is text-heavy, no additional graphics.

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Benjamin Dreyer @bcdreyer.social · 19d

Then he should resign or be removed.

New York Democratic Chairman Won’t Endorse Mamdani for Mayor

www.nytimes.com

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Mark Ophidian @markophidian.bsky.social · 21d

Eat mor garbage

Oliver Willis @owillis.bsky.social · 21d

lol new clown car just rolled up

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Kashana @kashana.blacksky.app · 21d

You want to be alive, but they want you dead. We’re a new, well, funded democratic group that thinks you can meet them halfway.

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 21d

Why is the right so angry? They control the entire government and they’re still miserable f*cks.

Joy Reid nailed it.

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Imani Gandy Corn 🎃 @angryblacklady.blacksky.app · 21d

I'm really concerned that white people are just not up to the task. A lot of y'all are well meaning but you're just not up to the task because you've never been systematically oppressed and you refuse to listen to people who have been

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