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SAL @sarahannelloyd.com · 16h

(Both of these were for @tonyprichard.bsky.social's Decadent Technologies class, which was very fun in general.)

SAL @sarahannelloyd.com · 17h

There's no way this paper was ever ready for prime time (it got an A anyway, thanks prof), but it was one of my favorite ones to write.

The Technology of Fixed Identity:
The Art of Jerking Yourself Off From Mirrors to New Media

“But, when she saw herself in the mirror, her face astonished her ... Some subtle influence diffused over her person transfigured it. ‘I have a lover! a lover!’ she kept repeating to herself” –Charles Flaubert, Madame Bovary, 1856 (199)

“I don’t trust mirrors so I always take Polaroids” – Cher Horowitz, Clueless, 1995

“Two thumbs up for rubbing alcohol” –kid on YouTube who lit himself on fire while wearing a banana suit, circa 2008

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SAL @sarahannelloyd.com · 17h

I don't think that's selfish! I think it's reasonable and something that most folks with chronic conditions can relate to on some level.

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SAL @sarahannelloyd.com · 17h

I'm going through some old college papers and how the fuck didn't they diagnose me with ADHD until I was 30 lol

(Note: I'm using a rhetorical device here, I'm not literally being put on trial for being a mess)

Exhibits Two and Three, Planner and Notes, Respectively, Have Been Lost; the Defendant offers the following explanation:

My planner has been under my bed all quarter. I was able to recover my notes for Cybernetic Fiction and Recycled Cinema, but even though I kicked my Cybernetic Fiction and Decadent Technologies notes into my closet at about the same time, they were, apparently, nowhere near one another.

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SAL @sarahannelloyd.com · 19h

Citing himself at the bottom of the image like he's a boomer Facebook meme page

Jamie Dupree @jamiedupree.bsky.social · 21h

Let's check in on the Senate floor where Sen. Tommy Tuberville R-AL is now speaking

SAL @sarahannelloyd.com · 19h

Hell yeah www.endlessmode.com/article/nint...

Nintendo's Baseball History: Why Ken Griffey Jr. and the Seattle Mariners Should Be Honorary Smash Bros.

As the Seattle Mariners continue their playoff run, we look at the team's long relationship with Nintendo, and the video games it inspired.

www.endlessmode.com

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SAL @sarahannelloyd.com · 19h

Bondi. It's a decentralized group. You're taking a bucket of Legos and saying you're going to take them apart.

Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 19h

Attorney General Pam Bondi: “Just like we did with cartels, we're going to take the same approach, President Trump, with Antifa. Destroy the entire organisation from top to bottom. We're going to take them apart."

SAL @sarahannelloyd.com · 19h

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Justin Baragona @justinbaragona.bsky.social · 20h

The very first article that the White House highlights is from the BBC, which spoke to a resident near the ICE facility who says they have to sleep with a gas mask because of all the tear gas being used.

Pretty sure the feds are the ones using the tear gas, not antifa.

www.bbc.com/news/article...

How Portland is wrestling with Trump protests, National Guard threat

As Trump threatens military action, residents in Portland tell the BBC about life amid the protests.

www.bbc.com

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SAL @sarahannelloyd.com · 19h

I like how the only report they cite that actually supports their point is from Fox News (and the others are the ~*~evil~*~ "mainstream media")

Justin Baragona @justinbaragona.bsky.social · 20h

"Antifa-led hellfire"

www.whitehouse.gov/articles/202...

PORTLAND: Fake News Ignores Antifa Violence, Residents’ Pleas for Help

For years, an Antifa-led hellfire has turned Portland into a wasteland of firebombs, beatings, and brazen attacks on federal officers and property —

www.whitehouse.gov

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SAL @sarahannelloyd.com · 21h

Eileen Agar, "Bum-Thumb Rock, Ploumanach, Brittany," 1936

A black and white photograph of a rock formation balancing on a raised stone surface. It looks like two buttcheeks facing upward with a thumb sticking out behind them.

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SAL @sarahannelloyd.com · 1d

thank christ

Downtown Brandi Frown 😾 @itsthebrandi.bsky.social · 1d

Her sister definitely texts like a parent who says CALL ME NOW about something not urgent.

www.wsmv.com/2025/10/08/i...

‘I didn’t mean to scare anyone’: Dolly Parton’s sister says after asking for prayers

Dolly postponed her first Las Vegas residency in more than 30 years late last month, saying she was dealing with health challenges.

www.wsmv.com

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Downtown Brandi Frown 😾 @itsthebrandi.bsky.social · 1d

Her sister definitely texts like a parent who says CALL ME NOW about something not urgent.

www.wsmv.com/2025/10/08/i...

‘I didn’t mean to scare anyone’: Dolly Parton’s sister says after asking for prayers

Dolly postponed her first Las Vegas residency in more than 30 years late last month, saying she was dealing with health challenges.

www.wsmv.com

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SAL @sarahannelloyd.com · 1d

"Poltergeist: Your home is haunted by restless spirits. They flick lights on and off, running up the electric bill. Your dad yells at you."

SAL @sarahannelloyd.com · 1d

"Rosemary's Baby: You’re pregnant with the devil’s baby. Your husband won’t stop saying, 'We’re pregnant with the devil’s baby.'"

www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/if-...

If Horror Movies Reflected Your Actual Fears

Halloween Michael Myers breaks through your front door. He informs you that your son volunteered you to bring a “homemade sweet treat” to the kinde...

www.mcsweeneys.net

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rax ‘levon honkers’ king @raxkingisdead.bsky.social · 1d

listen. when dolly parton’s sister says it’s time for us all to be prayer warriors for dolly. you fucking pray for dolly

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SAL @sarahannelloyd.com · 1d

“You’re not making art, you’re making disgusting, over-processed hotdogs out of the lives of human beings" 👏

variety.com/2025/film/ne...

Robin Williams’ Daughter Tells Fans to ‘Stop Sending Me AI Videos of Dad’: It’s ‘Gross’ and ‘Not What He’d Want’

Zelda Williams tells fans not to send her AI recreations of father Robin Williams, calling them "gross."

variety.com

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Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 1d

when you try and get your PhD advisor to review your manuscript 😂

Nobel committee unable to reach prize winner who is ‘living his best life’ hiking off grid

Fred Ramsdell was among those honoured with a 2025 Nobel Prize in Medicine but might not know because he is somewhere in Idaho and uncontactable

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SAL @sarahannelloyd.com · 4d

lol: "I’m now nine weeks into The Artist’s Way, which means nine weeks from when I acknowledged that I was out of other options."

embedded.substack.com/p/its-an-art...

It’s an ‘Artist’s Way’ fall

“If you ever see me doing that,” I said, “then just know I’ve hit rock bottom.”

embedded.substack.com

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SAL @sarahannelloyd.com · 4d

DHS statement is extremely sus even by fed standards

unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 4d

ICE reportedly opened fire on rapid responders on the southwest side this afternoon.

There are *very few* details on this available at this time. Treat all rumors with caution until verified.

This Sun-Times article cites a DHS statement that should be treated, as always, with extreme skepticism:

Shooting involving federal agents in Brighton Park under investigation

According to the Department of Homeland Security, a woman allegedly "boxed in" federal authorities, who opened fire.

chicago.suntimes.com

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 4d

It does in fact sound quite bizarre to me, which is why I hope reporters on the ground can help provide some details soon.

Warren Terra @warrenterra.bsky.social · 4d

Their story is that they shot and wounded a woman, who supposedly had her own gun and was perceived as a threat, and then that woman drove herself to the hospital?

Doesn't that sound bizarre? How is that the conclusion to an incident in which federal agents shoot someone, claiming self defense?

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SAL @sarahannelloyd.com · 5d

Yeah it was weird how it put me RIGHT BACK THERE, like it had only been an hour since I last heard it

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Sheryl Weikal and the colorful Parrotlegals @leftistlawyer.com · 5d

If you're still laboring under the illusion that Israel was a democracy founded by great men, I'd encourage you to read this.

thebaffler.com/latest/unmak...

Unmaking the Myth of Ben-Gurion | Joshua Leifer

A new biography of David Ben-Gurion leaves no doubt that the creation of Israel involved the dispossession of an entire people and the destruction of their society.

thebaffler.com

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Maria Estanislao @marialoventime.bsky.social · 5d

also from the opinion

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SAL @sarahannelloyd.com · 5d

@brittneybush.bsky.social help me??

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