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Michael Cerliano
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Ph.D. candidate in rhetoric at Texas Woman's University. Critical theory, visual culture, the weird. "Tell me strange things."
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A particularly striking example of early 20th Century spirit photography.

#PhantomsFriday
November 28, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Post something random or you'll have an awful December
November 27, 2025 at 9:48 PM
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Get ready for lots of t-giving screens this week
November 26, 2024 at 2:03 PM
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November 26, 2025 at 10:51 PM
Getting Dad's ham ready 😋
November 26, 2025 at 5:40 PM
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Taking a break for American Thanksgiving, and I'll be back Friday with new content.

And friends, I am thankful for YOU
November 26, 2025 at 5:36 PM
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Great talk among people how some of the Fanatiques do say that the end of the world is at hand, and that next Tuesday is to be the day. Against which, whenever it shall be, good God fit us all.
November 25, 2025 at 9:07 PM
November 24, 2025 at 5:51 AM
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Remember: they used thousands of academic books too! If you’re a scholar, check for your books too. This isn’t just novelists and pop writers, it’s academic books too!
AI advocates have warned that if every author in the class action filed a claim, it would "financially ruin" the entire industry.
Authors celebrate “historic” settlement coming soon in Anthropic class action
Advocates fear such settlements will “financially ruin” the AI industry.
arstechnica.com
November 18, 2025 at 6:32 AM
Tfw you see a trailer and realize the movie was developed specifically for you.

m.youtube.com/watch?v=-zK_...
THE TESTAMENT OF ANN LEE | Official Teaser | Searchlight Pictures
YouTube video by SearchlightPictures
m.youtube.com
November 7, 2025 at 8:35 PM
Taking a break from other stuff to work on my article.
November 4, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Might as well put up the Krampus tree.
November 2, 2025 at 9:11 PM
Blessed Samhain and Happy Halloween to everyone!
October 31, 2025 at 8:52 PM
At the Lamplight Theatre Company's staged reading of "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow"
October 27, 2025 at 2:55 AM
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Secret Life / La vie secrète - 1928
https://botfrens.com/collections/61/contents/18685
October 5, 2025 at 7:23 AM
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In the 1860s, the veil between the living and the dead was thin. William H. Mumler, the first known spirit photographer, took photographs of the dead that are both a record of longing for someone who will never return and a belief in the power of photography.
A History of Photographing Ghosts
In 1860, William H. Mumler set up the first photography studio that claimed to capture the dead, and his success started a movement of spirit images.
hyperallergic.com
October 17, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Love to be in the library at night.
October 16, 2025 at 12:49 AM
This week's curry posting brings you a chicken biryani bowl with garlic naan and a mango lassi. It also brings you course prep for discussing Foucault's concept of the archive and the practice of synthesizing research, and a field trip to the library.
October 15, 2025 at 8:35 PM
Spooky sights on the square. 🎃
October 15, 2025 at 2:17 AM
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Are you ready for HELLEBORE’s first short story anthology?

👉🏼Pre-orders for Tales of Occult Britain are open worldwide on helleborezine.com
October 2, 2025 at 3:46 PM
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I've put a few new drawings up at
www.tomgauld.com/art-for-sale

There are also badges, prints and a zine at
www.tomgauld.com/shop
October 13, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Current mood: this passage from "Nyarlathotep"
October 12, 2025 at 6:46 PM
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Gustave Doré’s Haunting Illustrations of Dante’s Divine Comedy
Gustave Doré’s Haunting Illustrations of Dante’s Divine Comedy
Inferno, Canto X: Many artists have attempted to illustrate Dante Alighieri's epic poem the Divine Comedy, but none have made such an indelible stamp on our collective imagination as the Frenchman ...
www.openculture.com
October 12, 2025 at 4:44 AM
Best I can do, UNT. Go Mean Green! Beat USF!
October 10, 2025 at 11:54 PM
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September 27, 2025 at 1:01 PM