Lightnews — Scholar-powered news

Margaret Mitchell @mmitchell.bsky.social · 20h

October 27th, SEA, NW Film Forum: grandillusioncinema.org/film/the-bir...
October 29th, PDX, Clinton St Theatre: cstpdx.com/event/the-bi...

THE BIRTH OF HORROR: A Scary Collection of Early Film Horror - The Grand Illusion Cinema

grandillusioncinema.org

Margaret Mitchell @mmitchell.bsky.social · 20h

🎭 😱 📣 Portlanders and Seattlites!! Come see the "Birth of Horror" on film: Some the first visual recordings of the horror genre, ca ~1900, from around the world -- for the first time with *sound* (score + foley)! Showings on October 27th (SEA) / 29th (PDX)!! 🧵
www.youtube.com/watch?v=SG9C...

Church of Film & Hexafoils: THE BIRTH OF HORROR Trailer

YouTube video by Muriel Lucas

www.youtube.com

1 1 1

Margaret Mitchell @mmitchell.bsky.social · 21h

I feel seen.

drewtoothpaste @drewtoothpaste.bsky.social · 22h

ALL BOARD GAMES ARE COOPERATIVE!
you work together to get to the end so you can stop playing

3 21

Reposted by Margaret Mitchell

drewtoothpaste @drewtoothpaste.bsky.social · 22h

25 310

Reposted by Margaret Mitchell

Savannah Ostrowski @savannah.dev · 23h

The stable release of Python 3.14 is out now! Go, go, go update! 🙌

discuss.python.org/t/python-3-1...

4 27 73

Margaret Mitchell @mmitchell.bsky.social · 1d

This. Also edits to “base” visuals and slides depending on the event.

1 2

Margaret Mitchell @mmitchell.bsky.social · 2d

This post about Waffles that’s going viral doesn’t credit (what I believe to be) the source, Bravo Coolee, on Twitter a few years ago. Just wanna shout out the original. Still viral thru another person’s rewrite today.

Twitter screenshot from @BravoCoolee

“Twitter is the only place where well articulated sentences still get misinterpreted.

You can say “I like pancakes” and somebody will say “So you hate waffles?’

No bitch. Dats a whole new sentence. Wtf is you talking about.

1 3 29

Margaret Mitchell @mmitchell.bsky.social · 2d

My #SixOnSaturday with Fringe Tree berries, pink Wax Begonia flowers, just-opened crimson Mums, Black-capped Chickadee eating a Dogwood berry, scarlet Nasturtium, red blueberry leaf fallen into native PNW Slough Sedge.

1 5

Margaret Mitchell @mmitchell.bsky.social · 2d

This article makes me really sad. CW pictures of the bloody 84 yo.
She explains, “I never thought federal officers could behave this way…I always thought people must be provoking them or something, that they would never do this unprovoked.” And “we are not Antifa…We’re just regular….”

The Oregonian @oregonian.com · 3d

An 84-year-old said she sustained a concussion and was hit with a projectile after she and her husband, a Vietnam vet, were knocked down by federal officers.

Federal agents knock down elderly couple during Portland protest

An 84-year-old said she sustained a concussion and was hit with a projectile after she and her husband, a Vietnam vet, were knocked down by federal officers.

www.oregonlive.com

1 4 11

Margaret Mitchell @mmitchell.bsky.social · 3d

Just adding myself into this thread, would love to see recs others have.

1 2

Margaret Mitchell @mmitchell.bsky.social · 3d

This.

Ryan J. Gallagher @ryanjgallag.com · 4d

I think Bluesky is building dated approaches to moderation and resolution, compared to how modern the other aspects of the protocol feel

It feels like they pull in the latest tech innovations for the protocol, but none of the latest cutting edge ideas for moderation and trust & safety governance

3 14

Margaret Mitchell @mmitchell.bsky.social · 3d

🎯

3

Reposted by Margaret Mitchell

Dr. Émile P. Torres @xriskology.bsky.social · 3d

New article!! I have some incredibly exciting news to announce: I'll be writing a book next year for Verso about the TESCREAL ideologies, Silicon Valley pro-extinctionism, eugenics in the tech world, and the AGI race. More details are included here: www.realtimetechpocalypse.com/p/the-right-...

The Right Time for a Realtime Roundup!

Here are the fun topics we covered over the past two months!

www.realtimetechpocalypse.com

4 10 40

Reposted by Margaret Mitchell

Dr Abeba Birhane @abeba.bsky.social · 4d

Yesterday the Royal Society held a series of panels & keynotes in celebration of the 75th anniversary of the Turing Test. The unanimous critical takes on AGI, big tech's power concentration & the call for urgent action left me w hope things might be turning

Watch here m.youtube.com/live/GmnBTCK...

2 30 78

Reposted by Margaret Mitchell

Drew Harwell @drewharwell.com · 7d

OpenAI employees are very excited about how well their new AI tool can create fake videos of people doing crimes and have definitely thought through all the implications of this

220 3.3K 11K

Margaret Mitchell @mmitchell.bsky.social · 7d

If you thought climate change was bad, allow me to introduce you to imate-clay ange-chay.
www.politico.com/news/2025/09...

Energy Dept. adds ‘climate change’ and ‘emissions’ to banned words list

It is the latest in a series of Trump administration efforts to dispute, silence or downplay climate change.

www.politico.com

1 4 25

Margaret Mitchell @mmitchell.bsky.social · 7d

I would guess that religious and historical scholars have a lot to say about the nature of justice here, and the role it plays in the destruction of human societies.

3

Margaret Mitchell @mmitchell.bsky.social · 7d

This isn't even "an eye for an eye" this is "death for not doing anything, but we will say that you spit".

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 7d

Trump: "I was watching during Biden, there were troops standing up, brave. They're spitting at them & screaming. That soldier is standing there, he wants to knock the hell out of the person but he's not allowed to do anything. So they just stand & get abused. I say, they spit, we hit. Is that okay?"

1 6

Margaret Mitchell @mmitchell.bsky.social · 7d

The whole point is that it all crumbles if we don’t all actively work to preserve it. It’s nearly impossible to be a born-n-bred United States of American citizen and miss that memo.

7

Margaret Mitchell @mmitchell.bsky.social · 7d

I’m confused. Did he not have to say the Pledge of Allegiance every day as a kid? Or memorize any of America’s founding documents? Or integral speeches? We, kids of the US, memorize so much about being indivisible, equal, divided we fall, together we strive for a more perfect union. 1/

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 7d

Trump to generals: "America is under invasion from within. We're under invasion from within. No different than a foreign enemy, but more difficult in any ways because they don't wear uniforms. At least when they're wearing a uniform you can take them out."

2 11

Margaret Mitchell @mmitchell.bsky.social · 8d

🤖 This ad sounds like a threat.

Charles Logan @charleswlogan.bsky.social · 8d

Apparently General Ludd's army - who're also possible Holden Caulfield fans - is displeased with the new ad campaign in NYC from the makers of Friend, an AI wearable/surveillance nightmare.

⚒️🤖⚒️

A photograph of an ad in a subway station. The ad's text reads, "I'll ride the subway with you." Somebody has taken a black marker and drawn a line through the text. Next to the printed text are the handwritten words, "Don't be a phoney. Be a Luddite."

1 1 19

Reposted by Margaret Mitchell

Senator Ron Wyden @wyden.senate.gov · 8d

Portlanders — show off your corner of war-ravaged Portland below.

Cats Pajamas @katzpeejays.bsky.social · 9d

Our corner of war-ravaged Portland.

210 610 2.2K

Margaret Mitchell @mmitchell.bsky.social · 9d

🌱

Margaret Mitchell @mmitchell.bsky.social · 10d

#SixOnSaturday appreciating the first Saturday of autumn

Rust-colored Dahlia about to bloom, Tuberous Begonia, dark red Mums about to bloom, Witch Hazel leaf turned red, red rose hips, and red Coleus Inferno.

2 6 59

Reposted by Margaret Mitchell

Senator Ron Wyden @wyden.senate.gov · 11d

There are credible reports that federal agents may be replaying the 2020 playbook and surging into Portland with the goal of provoking conflict and violence in my hometown. I am in close contact with state and local officials to monitor this activity.

530 5.7K 19K