The Cactus
@razorbladecactus.bsky.social
Political Analyst, Holocaust Historian, Novelist, and recurring presence at the Ohio Renaissance Festival
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I've written another article! This one explores how grief is a unifying lens behind the most effective horror stories, such as Silent Hill 2 and the Descent. Check it out!
#horror #media #analysis #gaming #movies #books
I've written another article! This one explores how grief is a unifying lens behind the most effective horror stories, such as Silent Hill 2 and the Descent. Check it out!
#horror #media #analysis #gaming #movies #books
Pyramid-Head, Ravens, and Car Crashes
How Tragedy Informs the Horror Stories that Linger
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November 3, 2025 at 3:18 AM
Hey, so the Trump administration created a bunch of BlueSky accounts for the sole purpose of harassing left leaning accounts. Here's a link to the full blocklist bsky.app/profile/did:...
#america #usa #politics #leftsky
#america #usa #politics #leftsky
October 18, 2025 at 3:03 AM
Hey, so the Trump administration created a bunch of BlueSky accounts for the sole purpose of harassing left leaning accounts. Here's a link to the full blocklist bsky.app/profile/did:...
#america #usa #politics #leftsky
#america #usa #politics #leftsky
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A bus of Bronx middle schoolers pulled up to the Capitol this morning for a long-planned field trip just a few hours after the government shut down.
All Capitol tours were cancelled as the guides can’t work in shutdown.
So I escorted them in myself and gave them a personal tour. They were great!
All Capitol tours were cancelled as the guides can’t work in shutdown.
So I escorted them in myself and gave them a personal tour. They were great!
October 1, 2025 at 5:15 PM
A bus of Bronx middle schoolers pulled up to the Capitol this morning for a long-planned field trip just a few hours after the government shut down.
All Capitol tours were cancelled as the guides can’t work in shutdown.
So I escorted them in myself and gave them a personal tour. They were great!
All Capitol tours were cancelled as the guides can’t work in shutdown.
So I escorted them in myself and gave them a personal tour. They were great!
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Found a good post on leaflet about moss. “They’re like tiny forests”
betweencollapseandbloom.leaflet.pub/3lyilstxjgc2n
betweencollapseandbloom.leaflet.pub/3lyilstxjgc2n
Do we want to live in a world where even moss is perceived as a threat? - Between Collapse and Bloom
betweencollapseandbloom.leaflet.pub
September 27, 2025 at 11:56 PM
Found a good post on leaflet about moss. “They’re like tiny forests”
betweencollapseandbloom.leaflet.pub/3lyilstxjgc2n
betweencollapseandbloom.leaflet.pub/3lyilstxjgc2n
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Skylight Social’s latest update!
We’ve created an FYP, featuring creator-made feeds!
⬆️Swipe up for discovery
⬅️ Swipe left (or tap right) to stay on that feed/topic
Shoutouts:
@richferro.com
#skylightsocial #skylight
We’ve created an FYP, featuring creator-made feeds!
⬆️Swipe up for discovery
⬅️ Swipe left (or tap right) to stay on that feed/topic
Shoutouts:
@richferro.com
#skylightsocial #skylight
September 22, 2025 at 8:36 PM
Skylight Social’s latest update!
We’ve created an FYP, featuring creator-made feeds!
⬆️Swipe up for discovery
⬅️ Swipe left (or tap right) to stay on that feed/topic
Shoutouts:
@richferro.com
#skylightsocial #skylight
We’ve created an FYP, featuring creator-made feeds!
⬆️Swipe up for discovery
⬅️ Swipe left (or tap right) to stay on that feed/topic
Shoutouts:
@richferro.com
#skylightsocial #skylight
Hey all! I'm investing more time in my passion for writing, which means more info about the world of Parafyx coming soon! #writing #books #thecycleofthestars
September 5, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Hey all! I'm investing more time in my passion for writing, which means more info about the world of Parafyx coming soon! #writing #books #thecycleofthestars
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This week, a federal judge ruled that the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service broke the law when it decided not to protect gray wolves in the Northern Rocky Mountains under the federal Endangered Species Act.
www.humaneworld.org/en/blog/laws...
www.humaneworld.org/en/blog/laws...
Breaking: We’ve won our lawsuit on behalf of wolves in the Northern Rocky Mountains
This week, a federal judge ruled that the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service broke the law when it decided not to protect gray wolves in the Northern Rocky Mountains under the federal Endangered Species A...
www.humaneworld.org
August 29, 2025 at 1:17 AM
This week, a federal judge ruled that the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service broke the law when it decided not to protect gray wolves in the Northern Rocky Mountains under the federal Endangered Species Act.
www.humaneworld.org/en/blog/laws...
www.humaneworld.org/en/blog/laws...
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Neil deGrass Tyson: "How sad it must be believing that scientists, historians, scholars, economists, journalists devoted their entire lives to deceiving you, but a reality-TV star proven in court to be a lying felon is your beacon of truth & honesty"
August 23, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Neil deGrass Tyson: "How sad it must be believing that scientists, historians, scholars, economists, journalists devoted their entire lives to deceiving you, but a reality-TV star proven in court to be a lying felon is your beacon of truth & honesty"
Look, Count of Monte Cristo will always be my favorite book. But WOW there are moments in it that you want to resurrect Dumas and ask "really? That's really what you thought would make a character cooler?"
YES THIS IS ABOUT HAYDEÉ #books #montecristo #fiction #writer
YES THIS IS ABOUT HAYDEÉ #books #montecristo #fiction #writer
August 6, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Look, Count of Monte Cristo will always be my favorite book. But WOW there are moments in it that you want to resurrect Dumas and ask "really? That's really what you thought would make a character cooler?"
YES THIS IS ABOUT HAYDEÉ #books #montecristo #fiction #writer
YES THIS IS ABOUT HAYDEÉ #books #montecristo #fiction #writer
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Monthly reminder: Many people have a book in them, but it takes a special kind of freak to leave the Land of Laziness, cross the Plains of Procrastination and Insecurity Mountain, find the Blade of No One Made You Do This, and use it to cut your chest open and yank that book out.
August 1, 2025 at 1:16 PM
Monthly reminder: Many people have a book in them, but it takes a special kind of freak to leave the Land of Laziness, cross the Plains of Procrastination and Insecurity Mountain, find the Blade of No One Made You Do This, and use it to cut your chest open and yank that book out.
AI is not just a symptom of an unfair society, it is the symbol of it. It is designed to actively make the average Joe who uses it dumber while making the men who own it richer, consuming billions of gallons in drinkable water every year.
The very *idea* of Generative AI must be slaughtered. #ai
The very *idea* of Generative AI must be slaughtered. #ai
July 31, 2025 at 10:32 PM
AI is not just a symptom of an unfair society, it is the symbol of it. It is designed to actively make the average Joe who uses it dumber while making the men who own it richer, consuming billions of gallons in drinkable water every year.
The very *idea* of Generative AI must be slaughtered. #ai
The very *idea* of Generative AI must be slaughtered. #ai
The most pathetic, pitiable thing about the billionaire class is that even with all the wealth in the world, they have nothing. No burning convictions so dear they compel them to act, no great truths that they clutch to their hearts like they do gold.
They are WEAKER for their wealth #eatterich
They are WEAKER for their wealth #eatterich
July 31, 2025 at 10:23 PM
The most pathetic, pitiable thing about the billionaire class is that even with all the wealth in the world, they have nothing. No burning convictions so dear they compel them to act, no great truths that they clutch to their hearts like they do gold.
They are WEAKER for their wealth #eatterich
They are WEAKER for their wealth #eatterich
Ozzy's death hits hard. Joke all you want about his oddities, but the man built one of the most revolutionary genres in music with nothing but his buddies, passion, and a shit-ton of drugs.
Even now, it feels fake to say he's dead. Even in death, he's an immortal legend. #ozzy #rock #metal
Even now, it feels fake to say he's dead. Even in death, he's an immortal legend. #ozzy #rock #metal
July 22, 2025 at 8:21 PM
As someone who studied and read Lovecraft extensively as an English major...the guy was NOT good at writing. He was just prolific.
He borrowed from much better writers like Bierce, Chambers, and Poe without understanding anything about what made their work good.
He borrowed from much better writers like Bierce, Chambers, and Poe without understanding anything about what made their work good.
July 20, 2025 at 9:22 PM
As someone who studied and read Lovecraft extensively as an English major...the guy was NOT good at writing. He was just prolific.
He borrowed from much better writers like Bierce, Chambers, and Poe without understanding anything about what made their work good.
He borrowed from much better writers like Bierce, Chambers, and Poe without understanding anything about what made their work good.
As a horror junkie, it's shocking to me how many movies I can't watch anymore now that i'm a father.
Like, my god there are a LOT of movies that are very okay with horrific violence towards children in the name of genre expectation.
YES, DAMIEN LEONE, I'm talking to you.
#horror
Like, my god there are a LOT of movies that are very okay with horrific violence towards children in the name of genre expectation.
YES, DAMIEN LEONE, I'm talking to you.
#horror
July 20, 2025 at 8:54 PM
As a horror junkie, it's shocking to me how many movies I can't watch anymore now that i'm a father.
Like, my god there are a LOT of movies that are very okay with horrific violence towards children in the name of genre expectation.
YES, DAMIEN LEONE, I'm talking to you.
#horror
Like, my god there are a LOT of movies that are very okay with horrific violence towards children in the name of genre expectation.
YES, DAMIEN LEONE, I'm talking to you.
#horror
Any government which forces toddlers to represent themselves alone in court is evil beyond forgiveness, beyond redemption, and beyond humanity.
July 20, 2025 at 3:19 AM
Any government which forces toddlers to represent themselves alone in court is evil beyond forgiveness, beyond redemption, and beyond humanity.
Good night to everyone except:
-Splatterpunk writers who use SA for shock factor
-fantasy authors who write about fighting imperialism while supporting real world imperialism.
- People who use generative AI for any reason.
-people who think hope is an immature narrative theme.
#writing
-Splatterpunk writers who use SA for shock factor
-fantasy authors who write about fighting imperialism while supporting real world imperialism.
- People who use generative AI for any reason.
-people who think hope is an immature narrative theme.
#writing
July 15, 2025 at 4:33 AM
Good night to everyone except:
-Splatterpunk writers who use SA for shock factor
-fantasy authors who write about fighting imperialism while supporting real world imperialism.
- People who use generative AI for any reason.
-people who think hope is an immature narrative theme.
#writing
-Splatterpunk writers who use SA for shock factor
-fantasy authors who write about fighting imperialism while supporting real world imperialism.
- People who use generative AI for any reason.
-people who think hope is an immature narrative theme.
#writing
What happened to Mikayla Raines, owner and operator of Save-A-Fox charity, was monstrous.
There are no excuses or justifications for the sustained campaign of lies and brigading against her on social media which drove her to this.
There are no excuses or justifications for the sustained campaign of lies and brigading against her on social media which drove her to this.
June 25, 2025 at 6:25 PM
What happened to Mikayla Raines, owner and operator of Save-A-Fox charity, was monstrous.
There are no excuses or justifications for the sustained campaign of lies and brigading against her on social media which drove her to this.
There are no excuses or justifications for the sustained campaign of lies and brigading against her on social media which drove her to this.
No gods
No kings
No dogma
Only humanity
Only compassion
Only the love of our world.
No kings
No dogma
Only humanity
Only compassion
Only the love of our world.
June 15, 2025 at 2:58 AM
No gods
No kings
No dogma
Only humanity
Only compassion
Only the love of our world.
No kings
No dogma
Only humanity
Only compassion
Only the love of our world.
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Brands during Pride month:
🌈 Exxon: no matter who you love, we’ll make sure your children don’t have a livable planet
🌈 Amazon: we treat all of our warehouse workers like dirt, regardless of their sexual orientation
🌈 Raytheon: our tomahawk missiles don’t discriminate
🌈 Exxon: no matter who you love, we’ll make sure your children don’t have a livable planet
🌈 Amazon: we treat all of our warehouse workers like dirt, regardless of their sexual orientation
🌈 Raytheon: our tomahawk missiles don’t discriminate
June 2, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Brands during Pride month:
🌈 Exxon: no matter who you love, we’ll make sure your children don’t have a livable planet
🌈 Amazon: we treat all of our warehouse workers like dirt, regardless of their sexual orientation
🌈 Raytheon: our tomahawk missiles don’t discriminate
🌈 Exxon: no matter who you love, we’ll make sure your children don’t have a livable planet
🌈 Amazon: we treat all of our warehouse workers like dirt, regardless of their sexual orientation
🌈 Raytheon: our tomahawk missiles don’t discriminate
Happy #Pride Month.
This is your reminder that LGBT+ rights were earned in the blood of fighters like Ms. Marsha P Johnson, and sometimes throwing heavy shit really does solve the problem
This is your reminder that LGBT+ rights were earned in the blood of fighters like Ms. Marsha P Johnson, and sometimes throwing heavy shit really does solve the problem
June 1, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Happy #Pride Month.
This is your reminder that LGBT+ rights were earned in the blood of fighters like Ms. Marsha P Johnson, and sometimes throwing heavy shit really does solve the problem
This is your reminder that LGBT+ rights were earned in the blood of fighters like Ms. Marsha P Johnson, and sometimes throwing heavy shit really does solve the problem